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Ana and Beau meet by chance as Beau is challenged with an abandoned daughter. Ana knows something about abandonment. With a heart filled with hope, she steps in to a new role. Leaving her beaten path behind, she creates a place for herself in Beau and Mia’s life. What to call her? Nanny, friend or the love they are hoping for.

The Irish police owe the French Gendarme a favor. When Capitaine Trouvenon requests an Irish policewoman with, amongst other qualifications, big boobs and an ability to shoot, for an undercover job at the Cannes film festival, they select Madeline Curtis (Maddie), a detective sergeant who speaks fluent French and meets their criteria.

I wanted her the moment I first saw her. Chanelle Nicolls, the great CNN reporter, was more beautiful in person than on TV. Looking into her gorgeous eyes was like being struck by lightning. The feeling was enchanting. I'd never before wanted to possess a woman. But I wanted to make Chanelle Nicolls mine. Mine... This word, which had so far been unfamiliar to me, appeared in my mind. Something was changing in me, too quickly and dangerously.

Through words and music, Appassionata tells the story of an illicit love affair between immigrants from two cultures, who work in privileged households in a Southern California beach community. What begins as an innocent flirtation spirals into infatuation, then cascades into destructive passion. It propels the lovers to jeopardize their hard-won jobs and the lives they had so carefully constructed in the United States, ultimately spiraling them into treachery and crime.

Fragmented into 16 excerpts, stories, or scenes, this brief work by León focuses on the breakup of a couple of unnamed lovers without explicit gender, swept away by the gale of passion and desire, with the moon as their sole spectator and accomplice, and the presence of a cat that serves as witness to the impulses of a love that is hopelessly undone in the misunderstanding of bodies scorched by the fire of the sexes. The work is a heartbroken cry of a lonely, proud individual, overpowered by his own ego in the face of the loss and abandonment of the one who filled his days.

Sophie is desperate to stitch her life back together. Quirky. Derailed. Unhinged. Untamed. Awkward. And ultimately hanging on by a thread after a life-changing car crash changes the direction of her life as she knew it. Navigating losing love, death, and finding her place in the world, she sets out on a journey to fall back in love with life. Between sewing sarcastic cross-stitches, threads of sexual tension, and a rift of spiritual revelations, Sophie finds herself forming new friendships, traveling new lands, and living in limbo between worlds.

Life is serene and peaceful in Rosehill Retirement Home until a handsome 73-year-old gentleman checks in and triggers a raging competition for his affections. Joan, the self-styled boss of the home, sets her sights on making him her fifth husband but is unaware of another who has a prior claim.

Nils lebt ein Leben auf der Überholspur. Seinen Kollegen zeigt er, wie man Karriere macht, und seine Bedürfnisse befriedigt er in den Berliner Gay-Clubs. Gefühle? Wer braucht die schon! Doch ausgerechnet kurz vor dem Urlaub steht sein Leben plötzlich Kopf und zwingt ihn zu einem Aufenthalt in den Bergen. Doch dann trifft er den sturen, aber überaus attraktiven Johannes, der abgeschieden in einer Almhütte lebt. Schnell kommen sich die zwei unterschiedlichen Männer näher, und das Glück scheint perfekt. Aber die beiden ahnen nicht, dass die Dorf-Idylle trügt...

Turning 40 is a wake-up call for Hazel. All her friends are united in their pity and concern for her single state. It's now or never, girl! She's still attractive, but a tragedy in her past has marred her life, and now, her romantic prospects are dimmer than ever. When a fascinating stranger makes advances, Hazel is skeptical but intrigued. Jeffrey is handsome and suave, worldly, wise, and definitely well-heeled. He seems to be the perfect gentleman, but he may just be too good to be true.

Ben hat gerade sein Studium geschmissen, um endlich zu leben, aber so hatte er sich seinen Neuanfang in London nicht vorgestellt. Überrascht wacht er nach seiner ersten Partynacht in einem Hotelzimmer auf dem Teppich auf. Und er ist nicht allein. Mit ihm im Zimmer ist der geheimnisvolle Jordan.

Ich kam gut alleine klar. Ich brauchte niemanden. Schließlich war ich Profiboxer und ein harter Kerl, unerschrocken, unbesiegbar. Bis zu jenem Tag, an dem ich Kaleb Dixon traf. Natürlich hätte ich ahnen können, dass der Kerl Probleme macht. Man lässt sich nicht auf einen Typen ein, den man auf einer illegalen Party kennenlernt und dessen Tattoos so mysteriös sind, wie er selbst. Doch das Düstere, das ihn umgab, war mein Verhängnis. Oder meine Rettung. Denn ich sah in Kalebs Augen meinen eigenen Schmerz - den einzigen Gegner, den ich bisher nicht besiegen konnte …

Best heard with earphones. Welcome to the prelude to The Nouveau Stories. It was this Valentines to the woman whom he hopes to find who gave birth to The Nouveau Stories. And so the Gentleman begins the search to someday meet the Woman who can honestly feel what he describes in his rhetorical romantic conversations. A Gentleman who knows when not to be the perfect Gentleman.

"Mr. Right". How do you find him? What does he look like? Is there a formula to know who he is? Just ask Kimberly Kay Nezda, a successful young diva with a budding career in a big city. She had it all, or so she thought. She had many encounters and was confident she had finally found Mr. Right. A rich, handsome, suitor, the mark of perfection, but did she let him walk "The Maze?" Was it the perfect love story or the perfect storm? The Maze Effect is a steamy, riveting short story about dating, sex, and falling in love.

After Cassie Rowe's husband dies in a car accident, with another woman, the truth comes out about his abusive ways. Even after his death, Cassie must run for her own safety, and after two years she is found, by the other woman's husband! He doesn't plan on leaving until he gets what he came for. Ricky Thornton, an abandon husband, has been searching for seven years for the rings his grandmother left to him when she died. The trail ends at Cassie Rowe. He can tell she is hiding something.

Born and bred in NYC, fate leads Jamie to the wilds of Montana where the reluctant city girl encounters adventure with the people, the land and even the animals. Risking her life to save a child, Jamie shares an undeniable bond and escalating passion with her co-rescuer, Kevin. Empowered by her new surroundings, she risks it all... only to have it taken away by past demons. She has no choice but to hurt Kevin in order to save his life and returns to New York.

When Roger and Brian lock eyes on the first day of school, a friendship is born. Both men are hungry for connection - Brian needs the acceptance, encouragement, and support he never had growing up, and when he finds out his new best friend is gay, it brings his own sexual identity into question. Roger needs a big brother, a best friend, but that will never be enough, especially not when he's this close to big, strong, handsome Brian.

When Lady Eleanor Sotheby unexpectedly enters the life of Jayne Clark, a 23-year-old waitress from Wichita, Kansas, Jayne's world is turned upside down. Not only is she welcomed into a family that she never knew, but she is thrust headlong into the highest strata of European society. Nothing is too grand in the fairy-tale lives of the uber-rich - the spectacular seaside villas, the sleek chauffeured limousines, the outrageously expensive designer clothes.

When Jamie walks through the door of the Humane Society, it's not just an animal who needs rescuing that day. Tom is there to adopt another service dog into the Canine Comrade Corps, but it's Jamie his heart goes out to. But each man turns away, walks away, from the potential pain, the rejection, the knowledge that it'll all end in tears.... Jamie knows damn well that the HIV he contracted from an unfaithful lover has put him out of the dating game forever in the small town of Santa Vera.

Women in Love is a novel by British author D. H. Lawrence. It is a sequel to his earlier novel The Rainbow and follows the continuing loves and lives of the Brangwen sisters, Gudrun and Ursula. Gudrun Brangwen, an artist, pursues a destructive relationship with Gerald Crich, an industrialist.

Best heard with earphones and more than once. Welcome to "The Picnic". And so she surprises the Gentleman by accepting his invitation . . . Perhaps she will be the woman who can feel what he describes in his rhetorical romantic first date.