From the author of Red Maple Falls comes a heartfelt, steamy small-town romance about old promises, second chances, and the one who got away.He was her best friend. Her first heartbreak. The man who promised that if they were both still single, he'd marry her.Now she's here to collect.When work brings Phoebe back to Vine Valley, she decides there's no harm in reminding Laurent Grasso of the pact they made in college. A fake date to her stepsister's ...

“Captivating . . . [HHhH] has a vitality very different from that of most historical fiction.” —James Wood, The New Yorker**The basis for the major motion picture, "The Man with the Iron Heart " available on streaming and home video.HHhH: "Himmlers Hirn heisst Heydrich," or "Himmler's brain is called Heydrich." The most lethal man in Hitler's cabinet, Reinhard Heydrich seemed indestructible—until two exiled operatives, a Slovak an...

Featuring an introduction by Rachel Maddow, Pegasus: How a Spy in Our Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy is the behind-the-scenes story of one of the most sophisticated and invasive surveillance weapons ever created, used by governments around the world.Pegasus is widely regarded as the most effective and sought-after cyber-surveillance system on the market. The system’s creator, the NSO Group, a private corporation headquartered i...

In July 2020, Laurent Duvernay-Tardif sent shockwaves through the sports world by becoming the first NFL player to opt out of the upcoming season during the global pandemicAs plans for the 2020 NFL season ramped up and daily cases of Covid-19 continued to skyrocket, Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, a fixture on the offensive line of the Kansas City Chiefs, stepped away from the game he loved. Not only an active player but also a medical school graduate, Laurent withdrew wh...

Secret Agent Simon Marchant’s mission is to protect the world from a deadly virus, but a gunshot wound, and a deliciously curvy distraction, complicate things....Simon Marchant, CIA Agent --"After a bullet to the shoulder and betrayal at the highest levels of the CIA, I have no choice but to take a curvy woman as my captive. Her name is Cate and I must protect her, at all costs. I don’t care what it takes – I’ll risk everything to stop the ...

The global pandemic has completely disrupted how, where, and when we work and added tremendous pressure to individuals and their families. Learn how to refocus and achieve your full potential from one of the world’s top mental performance coaches. In Train (Your Brain) Like an Olympian, Jean François Ménard provides the skills necessary to:Remain focused in the face of distractionsOvercome negative self-talk and rep...

A New York Times Notable Book of the YearA passionate and insightful account by a leading historian of Haiti that traces the sources of the country's devastating present back to its turbulent and traumatic history.Even before the devastating 2010 earthquake, Haiti was known as a benighted place of poverty and corruption, blamed by many for its own wretchedness. But as acclaimed historian Laurent Dubois demonstrates, Haiti's trouble...

An ambitious and highly entertaining novel of revisionist history from the author of the international bestseller HHhH, Laurent Binet's Civilizations is nothing less than a strangely believable counterfactual history of the modern world, fizzing with ideas about colonization, empire-building, and the eternal human quest for domination. It is an electrifying novel by one of Europe's most exciting writers.Freydis is a woman warrior and leader of a b...

'One of the most charismatic and flamboyant cyclists in recent history' Daily TelegraphLaurent Fignon is one of the giants of modern cycling. Twice-winner of the Tour de France in the early eighties, Fignon became the star for a new generation. In 1989 he took part in one of the most fiercely-contested Tours of all time. Over the course of 3,285 kilometres he lost out to his American arch-rival, Greg LeMond, by an agonising eight seconds on the final Paris...

Her heart longs for peace, but peace won't keep them safe.Brielle Durand is still haunted by the massacre that killed her mother a dozen years before. Vowing to never let it happen again, she's risen to be the key defender for her people's peace-loving French settlement living in hidden caves in the Canadian Rockies. When a foreigner wanders too near to their secret home, she has no choice but to disarm and capture him. But now, what to do with this man who insists...

Over the years I cannot tell you how many readers have written me to say how hungry they get reading the books in the Maggie Newberry Mysteries! That’s not at all hard to believe since amazing food is such a dominant feature in the stories—and that’s not surprising because, as Lumière says in the famous song from Beauty and the Beast, “after all this is France!”So many readers have asked me to put the recipes located at the back of each mystery all in one place to make it easier fo...

She was called to be a healer, but her skills--and heart--have never been so challenged.Levi Masters's time as a British spy hasn't ended, though his country's war with America has. After overhearing a scout reveal a discovery that could give America the upper hand in future conflicts, Levi is sent on one last mission. While trekking through the Canadian Rockies in pursuit of his former enemy, he is taken captive by warriors from a hidden mountain village.V...