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A jackpot, a hot night, and a year later I'm a mother... Then we meet again , except he doesn't know anything about the baby…. And also he's my new boss... Will it work out? Even though her bank account is practically empty, Emma is persuaded by her friend to go on a spontaneous weekend of gambling in Vegas. But then the unthinkable happens. Alongside an unbelievably gorgeous stranger, she wins the jackpot on the slot machine! A wild night of partying ensues, and one thing leads to another... Twelve months later, Emma is moving to L.A. for her new job.

Amid the dizzying rides, tantalizing games of chance, and fanciful attractions of a state fair, two teenage sweethearts on the cusp of life and love's pleasures find their way to a shadowy carnival tent brimming with curiosities. There, from the bizarre and enthralling Gypsy Mummy, a mechanized merchant of dreams and prognosticator of tomorrows, the young couple learns what fate promises for them. But fate, for Odd Thomas and Stormy Llewellyn, is something altogether different: full of dark corners, sharp edges, and things no seer or soothsayer could ever anticipate.

Romance novelist Monica is in crisis. Her latest book was a flop, her relationship has failed, and an obsessive fan is threatening her. Monica needs a change of scenery and a steady income to eliminate her financial worries. Since she previously worked as a personal assistant, it seems like the obvious choice. She gets the job and celebrates with her friend Addison at a bar. And promptly ends up in bed with an attractive stranger... On her first day at work comes the shock:.

Odd Thomas is back where it all started…because the time has come to finish it. Since he left his simple life in the small town of Pico Mundo, California, his journey has taken him to places strange and wonderful, mysterious and terrifying. Across the land, in the company of mortals and spirits alike, he has known kindness and cruelty, felt love and loss, saved lives and taken them - as he's borne witness to humanity's greatest good and darkest evil.

Can the mysteries of the human heart ever be unravelled? Pursuing a scientific explanation for a disturbing and unexplained phenomenon, Jeremy's sceptical nature is thrown off course when he meets Lexie, the town librarian. As they work together, ghostly occurrences and passionate moments converge, forcing Jeremy to realise that there are some truths science cannot explain, as he finally appreciates the pleasures of exploring the heart.

How far can you run from your past? Jeremy Marsh once vowed he would never do three things: leave New York City, give his heart away again after barely surviving one failed marriage, and, most of all, become a parent. Now Jeremy is living in the small town of Boone Creek, North Carolina, married to Lexie, the woman he loves, and anticipating the birth of their daughter.

Can true love come from a one-night stand? I was naive enough to believe it could. But the truth is that Jacob is leading a double life. He was just taking advantage of me, and now I'm expecting his child…. Some people have everything: a husband, a family, a great career, a big house. I have none of that. Frustrated and lonely, I dive into the nightlife and meet the mysterious Jacob, who seduces me over a game of poker. There's a sizzle between us, and the evening ends in his hotel suite... Then, we run into each other by chance on the streets of New York.

Can the mysteries of the human heart ever be unravelled? Pursuing a scientific explanation for a disturbing and unexplained phenomenon, Jeremy's sceptical nature is thrown off course when he meets Lexie, the town librarian. As they work together, ghostly occurrences and passionate moments converge, forcing Jeremy to realise that there are some truths science cannot explain, as he finally appreciates the pleasures of exploring the heart.

Zwischen Puck und Leidenschaft: Harte Checks, eine leidenschaftliche Nacht und ein Geheimnis, das Eis zum Schmelzen bringt! Ist der Eishockey-Superstar Mason bereit, sein Bad-Boy-Image aufzugeben und sich in Therapie zu begeben, damit der Coach ihn wieder spielen lässt? Schon bald geht es nicht mehr nur um Eishockey, denn seine Therapeutin ist schwanger: von ihm.

Paris, 1939: The pavement rumbles with the footfalls of Nazi soldiers marching along the Champs Elysees. A young writer, recently arrived from Ireland to make his mark, smokes one last cigarette with his lover before the city they know is torn apart. Soon he will put his own life and the lives of his loved ones in mortal danger by joining the Resistance....