Vous serez ma reine
Translated title: You Will Be My Queen
Author: Desplat-Duc, Anne-Marie
Genre: Romance / Historical
Year: 2025 | Pages: 376 | Origin: FRA | BA Seq Num: 91846
The only favorite of Louis XIV who almost became Queen of France.
I am Marie Mancini, niece of Cardinal Mazarin.
At sixteen, I was Louis XIV's confidante, his promised bride.
'You will be my queen', he had sworn to me... before reasons of state separated us.
Exiled, forced to marry a feared prince, I was torn from him.
But the story is not over.
I will reclaim my freedom.
I will find the Sun King at the height of his reign.
I swore an oath
Le livre de la jungle
Translated title: The Jungle Book
Author: Royer, Maude
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Year: 2023 | Pages: 278 | Origin: FRA | BA Seq Num: 86882
The fairy tales of our childhood revisited... to fuel all our nightmares! The obsession of an exhibitionist billionaire, fueled by the secrets of others and a mysterious substance. A woman condemned to a harsh sentence and scarred for life simply because she loved. A crippled ex-policeman, lost between good and evil, whom a mere flame is enough to paralyze. A hypnotherapist with animal magnetism, sexually deviant and power-hungry. A long list of laws, flouted one by one by a disillusioned young man... Kipling's work was populated by talking animals who delivered moralizing fables. In this Forbidden Tale, humans adopt bestial behaviors. Little room is left for virtue. Open this book only if you are ready to submit to the laws of the jungle
Joseph: Les Enquêtes De Joseph Laflamme
Translated title: Joseph: The Joseph Laflamme Investigations
Series: Volume 5
Author: Gagnon, Hervé
Genre: Thriller / Crime
Year: 2025 | Pages: 256 | Origin: FRA | BA Seq Num: 91860
MONTREAL, JULY 1893. Joseph Laflamme, present near the scene of a murder, is arrested and accused of brutally murdering the victim. Despite his cries of frame-up, the circumstances are overwhelming. His only hope lies in the investigation led by Inspector Marcel Arcand. While trying to support his wife, who is struggling with profound melancholy, and despite feeling like his world is crumbling around him, Arcand faces a cruel dilemma: give in to blackmail or let Laflamme be unjustly accused
Celui qui chuchotait dans les ténèbres
Translated title: The One Who Whispered in the Darkness
Author: Lovecraft, Howard Phillips
Genre: Horror / Short Stories
Year: 2023 | Pages: 126 | Origin: FRA | BA Seq Num: 86888
Horror
Ne le laissez pas entrer
Translated title: Don't Let Him In
Author: Jewell, Lisa
Genre: Mystery
Year: 2025 | Pages: 448 | Origin: FRA | BA Seq Num: 91802
They should have heeded that warning: Don't let him in. After her husband's sudden death, Nina meets Nick Radcliffe, a kind and attentive man who gradually enters her life and her heart. Nick is perfect in every way - too perfect, perhaps? Nina's daughter, Ash, is suspicious. Determined to protect her mother, she delves into the past of this mysterious Prince Charming... and soon regrets it.
In the neighboring town, Martha notices her husband, Alistair, being away more and more often. Despite his reassuring explanations, a persistent unease lingers. Something isn't right. What is he hiding? But it's already too late for Nina, Ash, and Martha: when the truth comes out, it's far darker than they could have imagined
Maria: Une Enquête De Joseph Laflamme
Translated title: Maria: The Joseph Laflamme Investigations
Series: Volume 3
Author: Gagnon, Hervé
Genre: Thriller / Crime
Year: 2024 | Pages: 512 | Origin: FRA | BA Seq Num: 91857
Montreal, January 1836. A book rocks the city: it recounts sordid tales of fornication between the Hospitaller Sisters of the Hôtel-Dieu and the Sulpicians, evoking desecration, murder, and debauchery. High society is in an uproar, and the bishop must defend the reputation of his diocese. Montreal, September 1892. A mass grave of children is discovered on Le Royer Street. Then, the mutilated body of a banker is found in Griffintown, and two little girls bearing terrible signs of sexual abuse are pulled from the river near de la Commune Street. The three cases seem unrelated until an elderly priest gives Joseph Laflamme a copy of the 1836 book, hinting that history is repeating itself. To unravel the plot, Laflamme, Inspector Arcand and the rest of the group will have to penetrate a world of corruption with unsuspected ramifications and unearth a scandal buried for half a century
Coup de tonnerre en Gascogne - Les vampires de Lectoure
Translated title: Thunderclap in Gascony - the Vampires of Lectoure
Author: Martin, Roland
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Year: 2023 | Pages: 256 | Origin: FRA | BA Seq Num: 86881
Translated
Bertrand was both irked and bewildered by the sudden commotion and piercing cries that shattered the tranquility around him. He pinched himself and rubbed his eyes, half-expecting to wake from what seemed like a surreal nightmare. Yet, the reality before him was undeniable. What on earth was this chaotic spectacle?
Never in his wildest imagination could he have envisioned such an uproar, particularly in Lectoure --- a serene commune nestled in the peaceful lands of Gascony, far removed from the tumult of the outside world and shielded from all manner of disturbances. This was simply inconceivable, especially in this tranquil haven. Little did he know, this was just the beginning of a series of unexpected revelations that would plunge him into an extraordinary adventure beyond his wildest dreams
Les yeux de Mona
Translated title: Mona's Eyes
Author: Schlesser, Thomas
Genre: Family Saga
Year: 2025 | Pages: 584 | Origin: FRA | BA Seq Num: 91819
Fifty-two weeks: that's how much time Mona has left to discover all the beauty of the world. It's the time her grandfather, a learned, fascinating, and whimsical man, has given himself to introduce her, every Wednesday after school, to a work of art, before she loses, perhaps forever, the use of her eyes.
Together, they will explore the Louvre, the Musée d'Orsay, and the Centre Pompidou. Together, they will marvel, be moved, and question, captivated by the sight of a painting or a sculpture.
Borrowing the perspectives of Botticelli, Vermeer, Goya, Courbet, Claudel, Kahlo, and Basquiat, Mona discovers the power of art and learns about talent, doubt, melancholy, and rebellion - a precious treasure her grandfather wishes to instill in her foreve
Le Château des Rentiers
Translated title: The Rentiers' Castle
Author: Desarthe, Agnès
Genre: Family Saga / Social Novel
Year: 2023 | Pages: 224 | Origin: FRA | BA Seq Num: 91863
Looking up at the eighth floor of a tower block in Paris's 13th arrondissement, Agnès's thoughts take her to Boris and Tsila, her grandparents, and all those who once lived in the same building. On Rue du Château des Rentiers, these Jews from Central Europe had once invented a communal life, a phalanstery.
Time has passed, but what does it matter, since with imagination, one can be 17, 22, 53, and 90 years old all at once: past and present overlap, years telescope into one another, and the utopia experienced by Boris and Tsila becomes Agnès's own project. Growing old? Yes, but in the company of those one loves.
Such is the lesson of this novel, full of humor and riddles - what does the Garden of Eden look like? What is the exact recipe for walnut cake? What is a story told to deaf people by mute people? - which takes us on a dizzying journey through the generations
Le Motesine
Translated title: The Motesine
Author: Jade, Maoh
Genre: Thriller
Year: 2026 | Pages: 493 | Origin: FRA | BA Seq Num: 91796
Gabrielle De Luca thought she had escaped her fate. The daughter of a mafia boss, she left Italy to lead an anonymous life in New York with her father's blessing, on one condition: the day he died, she would have to marry his successor.
Convinced she was finally free, her hopes were quickly dashed when, one night, men tried to kidnap her. Rescued by a mysterious stranger, she discovered too late that Tonio Motesine hadn't appeared in her life by chance... and that her savior was anything but innocent.
For Gabrielle's father was no more, and whoever married the Cosa Nostra heiress would have absolute power over the cartel. At the heart of a game of betrayals, fragile alliances, and a ruthless succession war, Tonio was her only protection. Or perhaps, her greatest threat
