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Demyen stole my freedom to lock me in the worst cell imaginable—His bed. I get it: I'm the liar who put his brother behind bars. And I'm paying for my betrayal, one moan at a time. He promises he's going to ruin me. So why does he pull me into his bed every night? I see the truth behind those icy eyes: He's addicted. Unfortunately for me... So am I. And unfortunately for both of us, there's no ending this now. No clean break. No walking away.

Forced to flee her lover, the witch Wren Nocturne knows she still owes a debt. She must exact vengeance for those who resurrected her. Alone, and masquerading as an abused Firefly, she struggles to satisfy the blood curse threatening to tear her soul apart. With nightmarish beasts blocking her way, Wren’s search becomes a cat and mouse game with another powerful witch. Summer Helsdottir has returned, and this time, she's hunting Wren.

Marta Ribas tenía un futuro prometedor cuando conoció a Antonio, pero una lealtad mal entendida trastocará sus vidas. Cuando Antonio cae enfermo, Marta se ve obligada a ponerse a trabajar, exponiéndose a las murmuraciones del vecindario y a la indignación del esposo, humillado en su hombría. Pero a Marta se le presenta una inesperada oportunidad que le permitirá salvar su propia supervivencia y la de su hija, y encontrar, por fin, su lugar en el mundo.

A revolutionary man living in a revolutionary time, Beethoven used the piano as his personal musical laboratory. The piano sonata became, more than any other genre of music, a place where he could experiment with harmony, motivic development, the contextual use of form, and, most important, his developing view of music as a self-expressive art.Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas include some of his most popular works as well as some of his most experimental.

Jean-Pierre’s relentless pursuit of Eden has paid off. But can he keep her safe? Russians lurk within the shadows. Dead bodies pile. There are new enemies on the board, and it all goes down in Paris.

The Scavenger species are circling. It is, truly, provably, the End Days for the Gzilt civilization. An ancient people, organized on military principles and yet almost perversely peaceful, the Gzilt helped set up the Culture 10,000 years earlier and were very nearly one of its founding societies, deciding not to join only at the last moment. Now they've made the collective decision to follow the well-trodden path of millions of other civilizations; they are going to Sublime, elevating themselves to a new and almost infinitely more rich and complex existence.

In the early days of the new millennium, pages of a worn and weathered original sonata manuscript - the gift of a Czech immigrant living out her final days in Queens - come into the hands of Meta Taverner, a young musicologist whose concert piano career was cut short by an injury. To Meta's eye, it appears to be an authentic 18th-century work; to her discerning ear, the music rendered there is commanding, hauntingly beautiful, clearly the undiscovered composition of a master. But there is no indication of who the composer might be.

Who is Samantha Brooks without her violin? Fear lives in the silent spaces. Love does, too. There's a battle being waged in her heart, and Liam North is determined to win. He'll use every weapon in his arsenal. His body. His heart. Except the spotlight puts her in the crosshairs of dangerous men.

Gustav Perle grows up in a small town in Switzerland, where the horrors of the Second World War seem only a distant echo. An only child, he lives alone with Emilie, the mother he adores but who treats him with bitter severity. He begins an intense friendship with a Jewish boy his age, talented and mercurial Anton Zweibel, a budding concert pianist.

The Scavenger species are circling. It is, truly, the End Days for the Gzilt civilization. An ancient people, organized on military principles and yet almost perversely peaceful, the Gzilt helped set up the Culture 10,000 years earlier and were very nearly one of its founding societies, deciding not to join only at the last moment. Now they've made the collective decision to follow the well-trodden path of millions of other civilizations: They are going to Sublime, elevating themselves to a new and almost infinitely more rich and complex existence.

One of the world’s greatest novelists, Leo Tolstoy was also the author of a number of superb short stories, one of his best known being “The Kreutzer Sonata.” This macabre story involves the murder of a wife by her husband. It is a penetrating study of jealousy as well as a piercing complaint about the way in which society educates men and women in matters of sex - a serious condemnation of the mores and attitudes of the wealthy, educated class.

Jennifer Allison's best-selling Gilda Joyce series features a spunky heroine with a knack for hunting down the paranormal. When best friend Wendy Choy gets an invitation to compete in a piano competition in Oxford, England, Gilda Joyce manages to secure a position as Wendy's page turner. They will sip tea, flirt with English boys, and bask in the warm glow of applause. But when Wendy seems set to become the next victim of a local ghost, the Psychic Investigator goes to work.

Demyen hat meine Freiheit gestohlen, um mich in die schlimmste Zelle zu sperren, die man sich vorstellen kann. Sein Bett. Ich verstehe es: Ich bin die Lügnerin, die seinen Bruder hinter Gitter gebracht hat. Und ich zahle für meinen Verrat mit einem Stöhnen nach dem anderen.

One of Tolstoy’s most important shorter works, The Kreutzer Sonata presents a problematic view of the relationship between the sexes and promotes abstinence as the solution. Pozdnyshev jealously observes the intimacy that emerges between his wife and a violin player. Haunted by The Kreutzer Sonata, over which they bonded, it plays round and round in Pozdnyshev’s head driving him to distraction and to an unquenchable rage.

When a small boy spends Christmas in the snowy Minnesota countryside, he becomes the official scout for his young bedridden cousin, Matthew, who is running out of secrets to explore. Matthew already knows there is no Santa Claus, and he knows his life is ending. As Christmas Eve approaches, the boy worries that he will be unable to find something magical for Matthew. But when that hopeful night arrives, the two are joined in a miraculous surprise that changes their lives forever.

A love both sweet and deep blooms in Whispering Falls, where dreams and desires dance to the rhythm of Anna’s violin. Anna Avery, a celebrated violinist, returns to her New England hometown of Whispering Falls to headline the Summer Music Festival, a heartfelt nod to her late mother. It's here that she crosses paths again with Michael Reed, her former love. They had shared two years of deep connection before Anna's pursuit of her dreams led her away, leaving their relationship behind. Now, as they reunite, their past chemistry quickly rekindles, weaving together memories and the promise ...

Gustav Perle grows up in a small town in Switzerland where the horrors of the Second World War seem distant. He adores his mother, but she treats him with bitter severity, disapproving especially of his intense friendship with Anton, the Jewish boy at school. A gifted pianist, Anton is tortured by stage fright; only in secret games with Gustav does his imagination thrive. But Gustav is taught that he must develop a hard shell, 'like a coconut', to protect the softness inside - just like the hard shell perfected by his country to protect its neutrality.

In seguito a un'accesa discussione sul matrimonio e sui principi dell'amore, scoppiata in treno tra compagni di viaggio, un uomo confessa a uno sconosciuto la sua amara colpa. Dopo aver presentato alla moglie un affascinante e talentuoso violinista, assiste alla loro esecuzione della Sonata a Kreutzer di Beethoven.

Desde que David Foster, estudiante de último año de medicina, escuchó tocar el piano a la bella y talentosa Catherine Watson, ha estado prendado de ella. Tras el concierto, decide invitarla a salir junto a su mejor amigo Mark Spencer. Todo parecía ir muy bien, hasta que un terrible malentendido se cruza entre los dos, rompiendo la magia de la incipiente atracción y llevándolos por rumbos distintos.

In 2025 America, it's hardly news when a renowned octogenarian scientist dying of cancer disappears from a local hospice, but when Kansas City Star reporter Rich Azadian begins to dig, he discovers that other elderly scientists around the world have also vanished recently - all terminally ill and receiving the same experimental treatment from a global health company.