City Life

The bestselling author of Breasts and Eggs, Mieko Kawakami, invites listeners back into her immediately recognizable fictional world with this new, extraordinary novel and demonstrates yet again why she is one of today’s most uncategorizable, insightful, and talented novelists....

On the night he celebrates a big win, defense attorney Mickey Haller is pulled over by police, who find the body of a former client in the trunk of his Lincoln. Haller is immediately charged with murder but can’t post the exorbitant $5 million bail....

On the night he celebrates a big win, defense attorney Mickey Haller is pulled over by police, who find the body of a former client in the trunk of his Lincoln. Haller is immediately charged with murder but can’t post the exorbitant $5 million bail slapped on him by a vindictive judge....

There’s chaos in Hollywood at the end of the New Year’s Eve countdown. Working her graveyard shift, LAPD detective Renée Ballard waits out the traditional rain of lead as hundreds of revelers shoot their guns into the air....

An unforgettable and heartwarming debut about how a chance encounter and a list of library books helps forge an unlikely friendship between two very different people—a lonely London widower and a troubled teenager....

A lively, sexy, and thought-provoking East-meets-West story about community, friendship, and women's lives at all ages....

From the beloved, critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author comes a spectacularly moving and intense novel of secrecy, misunderstanding, and love, the story of Eilis Lacey, the complex and enigmatic heroine of Brooklyn, Tóibín’s most popular work twenty years later....

Yeongju did everything she was supposed to, go to university, marry a decent man, get a respectable job. Then it all fell apart. Burned out, Yeongju abandons her old life, quits her high-flying career, divorces her husband, and follows her dream. She opens a bookshop....

Raymond Jaffe feels like he doesn’t belong. Not with his mother’s new family. Not as a weekend guest with his father and his father’s wife. Not at school, where he’s an outcast....

After serving a 10-year bid in prison, Taye "City" Savage was finally freed. However, once he was released, there was no time to chill and enjoy the riches that his brothers had acquired at his left and right hand at the king’s throne of the Savage empire....

Snow blankets Manhattan's exclusive Upper West Side. The storm is the perfect cover for a fashionable, highly trained team of lethal assassins as they prowl the streets, hunting their prey....

Police detective by day, celebrity food truck chef by night, now Caleb Rooney has a new title: most wanted....

From the New York Times best-selling author of The Wedding Dress: An invitation to join The Fifth Avenue Story Society gives five New York strangers a chance to rewrite their own stories....

In a small pocket of London, between the houses of No.77 and No.79 Eastbourne Road, lies a neglected community garden. It was a beautiful thing once, a little oasis in a bustling city for neighbors by day and the local foxes at twilight....

A woman able to communicate with spirits must assemble a ragtag crew to pull off a daring heist to save her community in this timely and dazzling historical fantasy that weaves together African American folk magic, history, and romance....

A propulsive, scorching modern gothic, Yes, Daddy follows an ambitious young man who is lured by an older, successful playwright into a dizzying world of wealth and an idyllic Hamptons home where things take a nightmarish turn....

In weekly phone calls to his daughter in Australia, widower Hubert Birdpaints a picture of the perfect retirement. But it's a lie. In reality, Hubert's days are all the same, dragging on without him seeing a single soul. Until he receives some good news....

An old set of encyclopedias leads a young woman to a curious museum and one profoundly moving lesson: that every life is an extraordinary life....

After a harrowing otherworldly confrontation on the shores of Exmouth, Massachussetts, Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast is missing, presumed dead....

It's the last day of 1984, and 85-year-old Lillian Boxfish is about to take a walk. As she traverses a grittier Manhattan, a city anxious after an attack by a still-at-large subway vigilante....

The Committed follows the unnamed Sympathizer as he arrives in Paris in the early 1980s with his blood brother Bon. The pair try to overcome their pasts and ensure their futures by engaging in capitalism in one of its purest forms: drug dealing....

The best-selling legal thriller - and CBS TV series - has charismatic defense attorney Mickey Haller taking on a slam-dunk court case involving a Beverly Hills playboy - but as it spirals into a nightmare, he finds himself in a fight for his life....

Micah Mortimer is a creature of habit. A self-employed tech expert, superintendent of his Baltimore apartment building, cautious to a fault behind the steering wheel, he seems content leading a steady, circumscribed life. But one day, his routines are blown apart....

Banned in America for almost 30 years because of its explicit sexual content, this companion volume to Miller's Tropic of Cancer chronicles his life in 1920s New York City....

It’s been twelve years since I’ve seen him, twelve years since he won our war of wits by outsmarting me with a tactic I didn’t even know was allowed. But tonight…I’m going to resurrect the battle....

I can’t believe I gave my v-card to a hot billionaire old enough to be my dad. I was only going out to celebrate my friend’s birthday. Next thing I know, I’m sweaty and tangled up in the sheets - happily giving my v-card to this gorgeous grump of a man. To make matters worse, I had to sneak past his adorable little girl on my walk of shame the morning after. But he never asked for my number, so I thought for sure I would never see him again. Until the nausea started. Now I have nine months to figure this out. That is until he showed up at my doorstep with an offer I couldn’t refuse.

Daisy Hastings has always thought she was born in the wrong era. So when she bags a summer job at the Tower of London helping to run their Knight school, it feels like a step in the right direction. Theodore ‘Teddy’ Fairfax is a loose cannon. A disgraced distant relative of the royal family, he’s tall, dark and now (begrudgingly) helping with the Tower of London’s summer programme – and there’s nowhere he’d like to be less. When Teddy’s oath to be an obstruction almost gets Daisy fired, she declares war. But as the two cross swords, they start to discover they both need a little rescuing.

I'm about to marry my worst nightmare, and he doesn't know I have his daughter. Elio Rossi is a dream on paper. He's rich, handsome and head of his family's multi-billion dollar business. He's also a ruthless Mafia Don, and my older brother's best friend. But even that isn't a huge issue to me. No, Elio is my nightmare because he used to be my dream man. We've been betrothed since childhood. But the night of our engagement years ago, our parents died in a tragic accident. One that I'm sure Elio's family planned. In a moonlit sky he claimed my innocence. Now he says I'm his, and no one can ...

An unnamed young trans woman grows up in a working class suburb that has no place for her. She discovers community and kinship in downtown Madrid, amid a lively party scene animated by junkies, pop divas, and fallen angels. But with each step she takes forward, she finds herself confronted by a violence she does not yet know how to counter; in this thrilling and yet often terrifying world each choice can truly be a matter of life and death.

On that day, he saved me and helped me land my dream job, then vanished heartlessly after getting me pregnant. Little did I know that he would become the catalyst for an unforeseen series of events. Now, four years later, he's the company's new owner and my new boss. I don't plan on telling him about our four-year-old daughter, but the weight of this secret burdens me with immense guilt. While his grumpy reputation precedes him, I've discovered a soft spot in his heart. He goes to great lengths to protect me and our daughter, not even knowing she's his. Despite the pain he caused me, there ...

My night out with friends turned into a whirlwind romantic adventure with a stranger, Mr. Tattoo Muscle. Riding on the back of his motorcycle was exhilarating and completely out of my element. His enigmatic nature is intriguing, leaving me wanting him more and more. His deep, soulful eyes hold secrets, and I feel inexplicably connected to him. None of that was planned and neither was the positive pregnancy test. Shockingly, my baby daddy turned out to be one of my dad's most trusted employees, and he has the worst reputation when it comes to women. His rough exterior hints at a complicated ...

Playing fake fiancée to a retired basketball star was not my plan. Especially when he’s off limits and my brother’s best friend. No thanks to fate, I’m seated next to Evan on a plane jinxed with bad turbulence. Instead of ignoring the man I’ve learned to hate because of his neglectful family ways, I'm faking an engagement to help win joint custody of his daughter. When Evan plants an unexpected kiss on me in front of his ex, something changes inside of me. The more I see him spend time with his daughter, the more I question my harsh judgements of him. That one stolen kiss ignites a...

Just as I was ready to claim my CEO throne, along comes Noah, with that cocky billionaire bad boy stride, snatching it right from under me. He may have the title, but he's about to learn he's ignited a fire he can't control. The moment was mine, but he seized it, wielding a lethal combo of charm and ambition, with an offer my dad couldn’t refuse. That supremely attractive bosshole is so arrogant that he thinks he can crush all my dreams. Forced to work through the transition, I'm hell-bent on giving him a challenge he won't forget, regardless of how HOT he looks in those damn three piece ...

"Hands off, my sister," Liam warned. My mission was clear: protect Olivia during her Rio vacation, not fall for her. Yet, Liv's touch ignites a fire, and resisting her is an intoxicating challenge. A fake engagement wasn't part of the plan when I clandestinely joined her tropical getaway, but the thrill of temptation is too enticing to resist. Liv isn't just my best bro's little sis anymore. She's a breathtakingly stunning, fiery woman I can't resist, no matter how off-limits I know she should be. Playing her fake fiancé leads to steamy, secret nights of passion I'm addicted to now. As ...

As an ex-Navy SEAL, I faced unimaginable battles and unspeakable horrors… I was broken and driven to push away those who mattered most to me. Until a ghost from my past came roaring back into my life, looking strikingly beautiful yet just as shattered as the day I cast her aside. "Addison," I murmured, barely believing she was standing before me. The moment our eyes meet, it's like a bolt of lightning to my heart. Something is wrong, though. She claims she's not my Addison, but every fiber in me knows it's her. Guilt and regret crash over me for pushing her out of my life. I threw away ...

I just found out the one-night stand from last week is half my age and my best friend's daughter... She's been working here two days and walks around like she owns the place, a straight pain in my a$$. Nola's drop-dead gorgeous but gets on my. Every. Last. Nerve. I just can't get the night out of my head when I tossed back my bourbon, gave her a side eye, and told her to get her act together. Before I could blink, she was on my lap, her thick thighs straddling mine. Being with her means I risk losing everything her father and I built. He's the one person responsible for my success. She's ...

At last, 33-year-old Jess has saved enough to move into her own apartment! But troubles at work and the endless disappointments of online dating have made her feel worse than ever. She finally finds a ray of hope when she adopts another soul in need—her rescue dog, Icing. With new purpose and the help of her friends, Jess hopes she's heading in the right direction. Can these two navigate all that life has to throw their way?

One Girl Began entwines the stories of three women, separated by history but connected by the same building. For Ellen in 1909, it is a box factory where she finds work and a transformative circle of friendship when her family fall on hard times. For Frances in 1984, it is a derelict ruin, where she joins a group of squatters and is drawn into a coercive relationship. And for Amanda in 2020, it is a gentrified conversion, where she finds herself trapped in a tiny flat and grappling with new motherhood as the pandemic looms into view.

I fell for the billionaire CEO next door and now I’m carrying his baby. Alexander Blackwood is tall, dark and too dangerously handsome for his own good. From the moment I met him, I knew he was trouble. But this ex-seal’s icy exterior and grumpy attitude doesn’t scare me in the least. When his daughter befriends me, I leap at the opportunity to help her. Through her I get to see slivers of his loving caring heart. After an unforgettable night of ravaging me in my gym, We can't keep our hands off each other, setting my whole body ablaze. But come morning, he pretends as if I don’t ...

To fall for my grumpy boss is a hard no. Especially when he’s my father’s best friend and almost twice my age. Dr. Lennox Blake is my hot new neighbor and famous billionaire plastic surgeon. I thought working for him would be a dream. But it became my worst nightmare when I shut down his playboy flirty ways. As we’re spending more time in long surgeries together, It’s impossible to ignore the chemistry between us. When he suddenly kisses me in the change room, I feel sparks run through me like I’ve never felt before. And we know this can’t happen again. But after a freak ...