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Tödliche Intrigen, die ihren Tribut fordern. Eine Vergangenheit, die geheim bleiben sollte. Unbändiges Verlangen, das niemals gestillt werden kann. Zurück auf der Insel, behalten die Lords Madison streng im Auge. Sie würde alles tun, um ihren Bruder zu befreien. Und genau vor diesem Fehler wollen sie Madison bewahren. Während der Zeit im Schloss versorgt Madison die Lords, damit sie sich von ihren Verletzungen erholen können. Dabei erfährt sie mehr von ihrer dunklen Vergangenheit und lernt die Abgründe der dunklen Gesellschaft kennen. Doch für sie ist es kein Grund, um zu fliehen, denn obwohl es ihr schwerfällt, sich ihre Gefühle einzugestehen, bleibt sie.

Er ist ein Mörder und sein Opfer war mein Vater. Das ist eine Tatsache. Ich weiß, dass es stimmt. Aber er ist auch der Einzige, dem ich je vertrauen konnte. Ich kann nicht glauben, was sie mir über ihn einreden wollen. Ich muss ihn sehen, wenn er aus dem Gefängnis kommt. Ich muss die Wahrheit erfahren. Dann kann ich mein unerträgliches Leben endlich beenden. Sie ist die Einzige, auf die es jemals ankam. Für das, was ich getan habe, steckten sie ein Kind in den Knast. Nun bin ich ein Mann, aber ich weiß nicht einmal, was das bedeutet.

Night falls. It came like a malignant shadow with seductive promises of power. And somewhere in the night...a small girl smiled as her mother burned...asylum inmates slaughtered their attendants...in slimy tunnels once-human creatures gathered. Madness raged as the lights began to fade and humanity was attacked by an ancient, unstoppable evil.

Callypso Lillis is a siren with a very big problem, one that stretches up her arm and far into her past. For the last seven years she’s been collecting a bracelet of black beads up her wrist, magical IOUs for favors she’s received. Only death or repayment will fulfill the obligations. Only then will the beads disappear. Everyone knows that if you need a favor, you go to the Bargainer. He’s a man who can get you anything you want … at a price. And everyone knows that sooner or later he always collects. But for one client, he’s never asked for repayment. Not until now. 

'Are you happy in your life?' Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious. Before he wakes to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits. Before the man he's never met smiles down at him and says, 'Welcome back, my friend.' In this world he's woken up to, Jason's life is not the one he knows. His wife is not his wife. His son was never born. And Jason is not an ordinary college physics professor but a celebrated genius who has achieved something remarkable. Something impossible.

Chloe Davis’s father is a serial killer. He was convicted and jailed when she was 12, but the bodies of the girls were never found, seemingly lost in the surrounding Louisiana swamps. The case became notorious, and Chloe’s family was destroyed. Now Chloe has rebuilt her life. She’s a respected psychologist in Baton Rouge and has a loving fiancé. But she just can’t shake a tick-tick-tick of paranoia that it might all come crashing down. It is the anniversary of her father’s crimes and Chloe is about to see her worst fears come true—a girl she knows goes missing.

When a DGSE agent is brutally murdered in front of his family, the 'Company' swings into action, determined to track down the killers. Meanwhile, operative Alec de Payns is turning a Russian intelligence officer by blackmail. His team must establish who is posting classified material against the Kremlin to embassies all over Europe. The clues lead to a secret meeting of businessmen, terrorists and mercenaries on a luxury yacht in the Mediterranean, which Alec must infiltrate. What he discovers there will set Europe on course for catastrophe.

A&E doctor Kate North has been knocked out of her orbit by a personal tragedy. So when she's offered the chance to be an emergency replacement at the UN research station in Antarctica, she jumps at the chance. The previous doctor, Jean-Luc, died in a tragic accident while out on the ice. The move seems an ideal solution for Kate: no one knows about her past; no one is checking up on her. But as total darkness descends for the winter, she begins to suspect that Jean-Luc's death wasn't accidental at all. And the more questions she asks, the more dangerous it becomes for them all.

From the moment Rafael approached me, I knew he would destroy me in the end. He built our love on secrets and lies, on manipulation that tears us apart. I have to trust him to shield me from the flames. My grief is all-consuming, tearing me apart from the depths of my soul. He’s a steady strength at my spine, supporting me through the blackest moment of my life. Our sins are linked in ways I never expected.

Gefangen in einem dunklen Schloss auf einer Insel. Jemand, der seine Rache nehmen will. Und eine Frau, die fünf Männern die Stirn bietet. Madison Barros ist zweiundzwanzig Jahre alt, hübsch, mutig und weiß, was sie will. Ihr Leben in Lissabon war nie leicht. Doch als sie erfährt, dass ihr Zwillingsbruder für sie einen Kredit bei den Lords der Nacht aufgenommen hat, will sie diesen, so schnell es geht, ablösen. Denn die Lords stehen für Gefahr, Macht, Einfluss und eine Menge Probleme.

I was in the wrong place at the wrong time, and I witnessed a crime. The police are failing to protect me. And my chance of survival isn't looking good. Andrusha is the cold and dangerous leader of the Vancouver Russian Mafia; he's also my best chance to make it to trial alive. The only thing we have in common is our shared enemy. This man is everything your mom warned you about. He's ruthless. He's cold. And he likes to be in control. I should be afraid of him. I should keep my distance. So why is he the only one who makes me feel safe? Who will protect me from my protector?

In the dark underbelly of the mob, Tristan Caine has been an anomaly. As the only non-blooded member in the high circle of the Tenebrae Outfit, he is an enigma to all. His skills are unparalleled, his morality is questionable, and his motives are unknown. He is lethal and he knows it. As does Morana Vitalio, the genius extraordinaire daughter of the rival family. What Caine does with weapons, Morana does with computers. When a twenty-year-old mystery resurfaces, Morana infiltrates Caine's house, intent on killing him, unaware of a tie that binds them together.

A teenager is found dead, stabbed through the heart by a professional killer. Detective Stephen Greco and his team must find out who the victim was and work to piece together the backstory. Then 'The Knifeman' strikes again, leading DCI Greco into a depraved world of exploitation. How is drugs baron Vinny Costello involved? What is the connection with a private clinic that provides plastic surgery for the elite?

Miah Gray is a 27-year-old former army soldier living in rural New Hampshire with his sister, mother, and her boyfriend. He is plagued by PTSD, finding solace, but not redemption, with the aid of prescribed cannabis. All he wants to do is get high, relax with a good sandwich, and watch a meteor shower with his neighborhood crush, Jen. When the sun's light is blotted out the following morning and the world is plunged into darkness, Miah finds himself locked down with his family, covering windows with trash bags, lighting candles, and following the arcane rules of an ancient prophecy.

I'm getting a little tired of completing my goals, only to have the bar raised too substantially for me to transition at a productive pace. I started off as a sad little ghost with an impossible crush on four really hot, Gothic guys with some attitude problems. Now I'm The Apocalypse, they're the Four Horsemen, and Lucifer is my f--ked-up daddy.  

Libby Day was just seven years old when her older brother massacred her family while she hid in a cupboard. Her evidence helped put him away. Ever since then she has been drifting, surviving for over 20 years on the proceeds of the 'Libby Day fund'. But now the money is running out and Libby is desperate. When she is offered $500 to do a guest appearance, she feels she has to accept. But this is no ordinary gathering.

Ein Schatten, der weiterhin sein Unwesen treibt. Ein neuer Feind, der Madisons Vergangenheit kennt. Tiefe Gefühle, die nicht in der Dunkelheit existieren sollten. Blutend und schwer verletzt bringen die Lords Madison in ihr Palais - einen weiteren Sitz der Gesellschaft. Während Madison um ihr Leben kämpft, wird ihr Bruder von den Dolce Morte aufgesucht. Sie wollen seine Schwester! Sie ist die Einzige, die Informationen über die Dolce Morte besitzt, für die es sich zu töten lohnt. Als Madison von der Entführung ihres Bruders erfährt, reißt es ihr den Boden unter den Füßen weg.

The Grand Hotel is a horror novel by esteemed best-selling author Scott Kenemore ( Zombie, Ohio) that takes the reader on a thrilling ride through an interconnected series of stories narrated by the desk clerk and the residents of the hotel itself. And while it is not known whether or not the desk clerk is actually the devil incarnate, it is strange that so many visitors who come for a tour of the hotel have a way of never leaving.

Damien Cross treats New York City as if it’s his personal playground. He sees. He touches. He conquers. He holds the fate of my family in his hands. And makes a deal with me I can’t refuse. He’ll forgive my father’s debt if he can have something in exchange: me. I promised myself I wouldn’t get addicted, but nothing is guaranteed when you make a deal with a savage. Now this debt is my cross to bear.

I thought I knew the truth. I thought he was my savior. I’d spent my entire life running from him, only to become trapped in his web. He says I’ll become his wife, that I’ll provide him an heir. I’ll do both of those things, under one condition. His father must die.