Au Japon, sur la ligne reliant Takarazuka à Nishinomiya, au gré des huit gares que dessert le train aux wagons rouges, plusieurs passagers montent et descendent, chacun avec son histoire, chacun perdu dans ses pensées et dans les nœuds de son existence. Nous les rencontrons à l’aller, nous les retrouverons quelques mois plus tard au retour. Dans ce décor invariable, et pourtant mouvant, des vies vont ainsi s’entrechoquer et être profondément changées… pour le meilleur. À chaque arrêt, de nouveaux passagers s’installent, se parlent, se lient. Et, d’un trajet à l’autre comme d’une saison à l’autre, le lecteur se fait l’observateur des paysages nouveaux et des multiples trajectoires qu’auront prises ces destins croisés. Tels les wagons attachés les uns aux autres dans l’alignement parfait des rails, le livre se construit sur une chaîne d’événements où tous les personnages finissent par être durablement connectés d’une manière ou d’une autre. Plus qu’une ode au voyage, ce roman choral de Hiro Arikawa est une invitation à l’arrêt sur soi-même, en même temps qu’un éloge de l’imprévisible. Et de ces rencontres qui, si l’on ne s’en défend pas, font que des êtres de passage peuvent bouleverser le cours de nos vies.

XIXe siècle, l’ère de la révolution industrielle. Après avoir reçu une lettre de son frère, Tessa quitte New York et débarque à Londres. À peine accueillie par une vieille dame et son cocher, Tessa tombe dans un piège et se retrouve enfermée dans la chambre d’une maison obscure... Durant plusieurs semaines, on va la forcer à développer des pouvoirs qu’elle ignorait posséder. Libérée finalement par Will, un Chasseur d’Ombres, Tess va découvrir un monde qui lui était totalement inconnu...

Once Upon a Time meets The Office in Hannah Maehrer’s laugh-out-loud viral TikTok series turned novel, about the sunshine assistant to an Evil Villain…and their unexpected romance. ASSISTANT WANTED: Notorious, high-ranking villain seeks loyal, levelheaded assistant for unspecified office duties, supporting staff for random mayhem, terror, and other Dark Things In General. Discretion a must. Excellent benefits. With ailing family to support, Evie Sage's employment status isn't just important, it's vital. So when a mishap with Rennedawn’s most infamous Villain results in a job offer—naturally, she says yes. No job is perfect, of course, but even less so when you develop a teeny crush on your terrifying, temperamental, and undeniably hot boss. Don’t find evil so attractive, Evie. But just when she’s getting used to severed heads suspended from the ceiling and the odd squish of an errant eyeball beneath her heel, Evie suspects this dungeon has a huge rat…and not just the literal kind. Because something rotten is growing in the kingdom of Rennedawn, and someone wants to take the Villain—and his entire nefarious empire—out. Now Evie must not only resist drooling over her boss but also figure out exactly who is sabotaging his work…and ensure he makes them pay. After all, a good job is hard to find.

A forbidden, secret affair proves that all’s fair in love and science. Rue Siebert might not have it all, but she has enough: a few friends she can always count on, the financial stability she yearned for as a kid, and a successful career as a biotech engineer at Kline, one of the most promising start-ups in the field of food science. Her world is stable, pleasant, and hard-fought. Until a hostile takeover and its offensively attractive front man threatens to bring it all crumbling down. Eli Killgore and his business partners want Kline, period. Eli has his own reasons for pushing this deal through - and he's a man who gets what he wants. With one burning exception: Rue. The woman he can't stop thinking about. The woman who's off-limits to him. Torn between loyalty and an undeniable attraction, Rue and Eli throw caution out the lab and the boardroom windows. Their affair is secret, no-strings-attached, and has a built-in deadline: the day one of their companies will prevail. But the heart is risky business - one that plays for keeps.

XIXe siècle, l’ère de la révolution industrielle. Après avoir reçu une lettre de son frère, Tessa quitte New York et débarque à Londres. À peine accueillie par une vieille dame et son cocher, Tessa tombe dans un piège et se retrouve enfermée dans la chambre d’une maison obscure... Durant plusieurs semaines, on va la forcer à développer des pouvoirs qu’elle ignorait posséder. Libérée finalement par Will, un Chasseur d’Ombres, Tess va découvrir un monde qui lui était totalement inconnu...

The South Korean runaway bestseller, debut author Baek Se-Hee’s intimate therapy memoir—think Crying in H Mart meets Maybe You Should Talk to Someone. PSYCHIATRIST: So how can I help you? ME: I don’t know, I’m—what’s the word—depressed? Do I have to go into detail? Baek Sehee is a successful young social media director at a publishing house when she begins seeing a psychiatrist about her—what to call it?—depression? She feels persistently low, anxious, endlessly self-doubting, but also highly judgmental of others. She hides her feelings well at work and with friends; adept at performing the calmness, even ease, her lifestyle demands. The effort is exhausting, overwhelming, and keeps her from forming deep relationships. This can't be normal. But if she's so hopeless, why can she always summon a yen for her favorite street food: the hot, spicy rice cake, tteokbokki? Is this just what life is like? Recording her dialogues with her psychiatrist over a 12-week period, Baek begins to disentangle the feedback loops, knee-jerk reactions, and harmful behaviors that keep her locked in a cycle of self-abuse. Part memoir, part self-help book, I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki is a book to keep close and to reach for in times of darkness. It will appeal to anyone who has ever felt alone or unjustified in their everyday despair.

A forbidden, secret affair proves that all’s fair in love and science. Rue Siebert might not have it all, but she has enough: a few friends she can always count on, the financial stability she yearned for as a kid, and a successful career as a biotech engineer at Kline, one of the most promising start-ups in the field of food science. Her world is stable, pleasant, and hard-fought. Until a hostile takeover and its offensively attractive front man threatens to bring it all crumbling down. Eli Killgore and his business partners want Kline, period. Eli has his own reasons for pushing this deal through - and he's a man who gets what he wants. With one burning exception: Rue. The woman he can't stop thinking about. The woman who's off-limits to him. Torn between loyalty and an undeniable attraction, Rue and Eli throw caution out the lab and the boardroom windows. Their affair is secret, no-strings-attached, and has a built-in deadline: the day one of their companies will prevail. But the heart is risky business - one that plays for keeps.