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Killing Bridezilla Author: Cleo Coyle Clare and her new pastry chef friend are about to hit it big time by providing coffee and dessert for one of the most illustrious society weddings of the year, complete with a solid gold statue centerpiece from a famous (and flirtatious) artist. Problem? The wedding is for Clare’s womanizing ex-husband who still loves her and his trend-setting, hard as nails fiancé, the immaculately cruel Breanne Summour. As if this doesn’t provide enough emotional baggage, when friends of the bride start dropping dead Clare is pulled in by her wheedling ex to save his finance’s [...]

Wealth is the Master of the Heart Author: Honoré de Balzac A classic realist novel set within the Bourboun Restoration, Honoré de Balzac’s most memorable story concentrates on the corruption of society, the sale of natural affection, the decadent debauchery of love, and the inherent doom of the selfless in a materialistic, social climbing world. In a word, this is essential Balzac at his finest. In a seedy boarding house in the Rue Neuve-Sainte-Geneviève the conniving rivalry between boarders sets a back drop against which we see the lower ends of society desperate to rise higher, whatever the cost. Here [...]