Maison d'édition: Aroha
The Mediocre Man by José Ingenieros This philosophical essay explores the contrast between mediocrity and greatness in human character. Ingenieros critiques conformity, intellectual stagnation, and lack of ambition, advocating for personal growth, creativity, and the pursuit of excellence to elevate both individual and societal progress.
She wasn’t looking for a partner. He had long stopped looking for a reason. Still, when a string of odd requests, lost pets that weren’t pets, locked rooms with no walls, clients who paid in riddles, kept arriving at the same time and place, they stopped arguing and started investigating. She follows intuition. He prefers evidence. They rarely agree on anything except the facts, and even those are negotiable. Their working relationship is improvised at best, antagonistic at worst, but somehow, it works. The cases are strange. So are the people. So are they. As their files fill with stories no one else would believe, something unexpected takes shape—not just a record of mysteries solved, but a quiet understanding between two people who never quite fit anywhere else.Voir livre
SAM I hate my hometown. But whether I like it or not, I’m back. Putting me face-to-face with all the reasons I left, including the forking family I’ve been avoiding for years. What I don’t expect to find in Fork Lick? The woman who upended my world last year. Making videos with my grandmother. DIANE I know what I’m hiding. But the guy I left in bed after a steamy one-night stand… I haven’t a clue what’s going on behind those Clark Kent glasses of his. I’ve met his goofy dog Gomer, his social media-obsessed grandmother, and his sheep that lives in a palace. I know he wears a three-piece suit and a flannel shirt equally well–not to mention what he looks like underneath. I know he abruptly quit his job at that evil conglomerate. Because of something I said. What I can’t figure out is why he avoids his adorable, hilarious family. Or why he steers clear of their picture-perfect farm. Or what’s so wrong with cute-as-a-button Fork Lick? I never felt at home in the Manhattan penthouse where I grew up, but I love everything about this tiny town. Including… Sam. Problem is, no matter what his secrets are, mine are definitely worse. Don’t read this book unless you love: ❤️Hot, grumpy, nerdy heroes ❤️Sunshiny, do-gooder heroines ❤️Zany Found Families ❤️Small town hijinks ❤️Steamy One Night Stands ❤️Followed by Forced Proximity Smexy timesVoir livre
1870. The onset of the Gilded Age. Times are changing, and so are the ideals centered around women, but Kat Darlington’s troubles go much deeper than the world’s inequality, and they occur closer to home. One of five sisters in an affluent Manhattan family, Kat is a passionate young artist who yearns for adventure and a world where women have more freedom. While the women in her life seek suitors and dream of managing their own households, acquiring a husband is the least of her concerns. Their mother died while the country was in the middle of a civil war, and their father had returned to quickly marry a woman people knew little about before returning to the battlefield. Driven by her own mission, the Darlington sisters’ new stepmother wreaked havoc on the household, and made life miserable for Kat in particular. Now older, Kat sets out to discover the truth behind the mysterious woman and her disappearances. Her stepmother threatens to use Kat’s longtime friendship with Jude Williams, a student in his last year of law school and the son of a Southern white woman and a Black doctor in an era where one drop of Black blood has to be recorded on the census, to ruin her reputation and destroy Jude’s future. While Kat is worried about protecting her childhood friend, Jude’s feelings for the spirited Kat Darlington go much deeper than friendship. As Kat defies all to save her family from her stepmother and claim her independence, she enters a business arrangement with well-respected investor and businessman Merritt Huntington. He is drawn to Kat’s frankness and free spirit, but she doesn’t seek to be claimed by any gentleman. New York society is filled with whispers of scandal. Can Kat save the Darlingtons from ruin and put speculations to rest, or will she, too, become embroiled in scandal? If This Is Love is the first book in the charming and heartwarming Darlington historical romance series.Voir livre
The mate I rejected made a grave error. He played his hand too early, and he underestimated what a shifter is willing to survive in the name of love. When my mates, my family, and my pack are all threatened, there will be casualties. Who deserves to survive? And when the pieces start to fall into place—who really gets what they deserve?Voir livre
Francesca Riley thinks she's going home for Christmas with a fiancé. Instead, two nights before her trip, she gets dumped over dessert. And the cherry on top of the top of that fruit cake is that the whole thing happens in front of her ex-boyfriend, Cary—the one who got away—and his very intriguing friend. When a blizzard hits DC and snows the three of them in at Cary's townhouse, one night becomes more. And feelings get involved. When their lust melts the snow enough to go outside, will any of them be able to leave? Contains mature themes.Voir livre
A sarcastic psychic. A partner she can’t read. A mystery that refuses to stay buried. Diana Hawthorne sees more than most people—except when it comes to her own past. With snark to spare and an eye-roll always at the ready, she helps clients navigate everything from cheating boyfriends to dearly departed grandmas. But when a missing person case lands on her doorstep—and the broody, too-good-looking Blake strolls into her life—things get weird. And not in the fun, “let’s light some sage and manifest good vibes” kind of way. For the first time ever, Diana’s gifts fall short. Blake’s a total psychic blind spot, and the case they’re tangled in? It reeks of something bigger… something ancient. Now Diana must piece together a puzzle that could blow her carefully constructed reality to bits—all while pretending she’s not completely thrown by the mysterious man who makes her second-guess everything. For fans of smart-mouthed heroines, supernatural suspense, and mythology with a modern twist—Oracle is your next binge-worthy obsession.Voir livre
