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The perfect recipeTake one single dad working night and day to open his hot new restaurant. Mix in his irresistible new employee a woman with a secret, looking for a fresh start. Simmer until a kiss leads to a clandestine affair that plunges Lachlan McKinnel and Eliza Coleman from the frying pan and right into the fire!When hotel heiress Audrey Girard's safe, convenient wedding to a business partner is called off, she's left to contend with her ex-fiancé's brother wild chef Shane Murphy. And there's certainly nothing safe about Audrey's attraction to Shane every day they work together is even more dangerously tempting! Could there be a wedding on the cards after all?Passionate chef Rafe Mancini is renowned for his food and his temper! No one meets his exacting standards, until stand-in maître d'' Daniella Tate breathes new life into his restaurant. Daniella is only visiting the picturesque Tuscan village of Calanetti, but with Rafe she finds the sense of belonging she's always crav

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Proposes a new Deleuzian model for understanding narrativeWhat is narrative? Ridvan Askin brings together aesthetics, contemporary North American fiction, Gilles Deleuze, narrative theory and the recent speculative turn to answer this question. Through this process, he develops a transcendental empiricist concept of narrative. Askin argues against the established consensus of narrative theory for an understanding of narrative as fundamentally nonhuman, unconscious and expressive. Close readings include:Ana Castillo, The Mixquiahuala Letters (1986)Michael Ondaatje, The Collected Works of Billy the Kid (1970)Colson Whitehead, The Intuitionist (1999)Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves (2000)

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En dieciocho años de matrimonio Liz y Jack Sutherland han formado una familia, un bufete de abogados que goza de bastante...En dieciocho años de matrimonio Liz y Jack Sutherland han formado una familia, un bufete de abogados que goza de bastante éxito y un hogar feliz cerca de San Francisco. Pero la mañana del día de Navidad, la tragedia llega a sus vidas: Jack es asesinado por el marido despechado de una clienta en proceso de divorcio. Empieza un período difícil para Liz, pues no solo ha de sobreponerse al dolor causado por la pérdida del gran amor de su vida para ayudar a sus hijos a comprender la muerte violenta de Jack, sino que ha de sacar adelante el bufete ella sola. Los meses pasan pero, cuando Liz parece haber encarrilado su vida y la de los suyos, uno de sus hijos sufre un accidente y ha de ser hospitalizado urgentemente. Mas lo que ha comenzado como un nuevo dolor, acaba abriendo el camino a la esperanza, ya que el doctor Bill Webster no solo curará las heridas del hi

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Es la noche de fin de año y una terrible tormenta azota California. En un tranquilo barrio de San Francisco, entre el caos de los árboles caídos y las casas destrozadas, tres personas están a punto de encontrarse: Quinn Thompson, quien, desde la muerte de su esposa, se ha convertido en un ser introvertido; su solitaria vecina Maggie Dartman; y Jack Adams, el carpintero que reparará los hogares de ambos...A medida que sus vidas empiezan a converger en una extraordinaria amistad, salen a la luz oscuros y dolorosos secretos y sentimientos inesperados que los pondrán a prueba. Quinn deberá elegir entre el que ha sido el sueño de su vida -navegar por el mundo- o embarcarse en otro extraordinario viaje donde el corazón es el protagonista; una decisión que también influirá en las vidas de Maggie y de Jack...Steel es una de las mejores...Los Angeles Times

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Sofia is new in town, desperate for a fresh start at her new school. On her first day, she meets three seemingly perfect girls who invite her into their circle. Sofia's expectations are shattered when her new friends kidnap Brooklyn, a troubled classmate, and attempt to save her. The girls stage an exorcism, but their efforts spiral wildly out of control. Over the course of one weekend, Sofia will learn more than she ever bargained for about friendship, secrets, and the terrifying darkness of the human soul. In an astonishing final showdown, Sofia will learn who is good and who is evil. What she discovers is the biggest surprise of all...

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