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Santa brought my Christmas present early this year… one night with a smokin' hot lumberjack. Until I find out he's my bestie's brother. Oops. And now I'm snowed in with him—and his two mountain man brothers. After a social media disaster nukes my career, my best friend insists I hide out at her family's remote cabin. Except when I arrive, it's flooded. And she forgot to mention one tiny detail… Her brothers.

Um meine kleine Familie zu retten, muss ich regelmäßig in den Verbotenen Wald gehen. Als mich eines Tages Nyfain, der unheimliche Prinz unseres Königreiches, im Verbotenen Wald erwischt, bestraft er mich nicht mit dem Tod, obwohl das sein Recht wäre. Stattdessen verschleppt er mich auf sein Schloss. Anscheinend kann ich ihn retten. Ihn und das ganze verdammte Königreich. Aber dafür müsste ich das Biest in ihm zähmen. Und das würde bedeuten, ihm alles von mir zu geben, was er verlangt.

Set more than 6,000 years ago, She Who Rides Horses: A Saga of the Ancient Steppe (Book One) begins the story of Naya, the first person to ride a horse. Daughter of a Clan Chief, bolder than the other girls but shunned by the boys because of her unusual appearance, Naya wanders along through the vast grasslands where her people herd cattle and hunt wild horses for their meat. But Naya dreams of creating a different kind of relationship with the magnificent creatures. One day, she discovers a filly with a chestnut coat as uncommon as her own head of red hair.

They told you it was a vaccine. They told you it was for your safety. They lied. The war for humanity isn't coming—it's already here. It wasn't fought with bombs, but with needles, and the prize isn't territory, but your very mind. A sudden spike in domestic tragedies, an epidemic of unexplained house fires, a world growing more passive and compliant by the day. These aren't isolated incidents or tragic coincidences—they are data points. This book connects those dots, exposing the "Obedience Serum" and revealing a truth more terrifying than you can imagine.

Emily Stuart träumt von einem Leben fernab ihres Jobs in einer Kneipe und der toxischen Kontrolle ihrer Mutter. Als sie eine Stelle bei der wohlhabenden Familie Wilson annimmt, scheint sich endlich eine Tür zu öffnen: eine elegante Villa in Lafayette, ein geregelter Alltag und eine Hausherrin, die sie mit unheimlicher Herzlichkeit empfängt. Doch über dem Haus liegt der Schatten der verstorbenen Tochter Megan. Ihr angeblicher Selbstmord wirft Fragen auf, die niemand zu stellen wagt.

In the now-classic Forensics, internationally bestselling and award-winning “queen of crime” (CrimeReads) Val McDermid picks up the scalpel to uncover the secrets of forensic science, from the crime scene to the courtroom In the course of researching her best-selling books, McDermid has...

Als Duke Anson ein abgelegenes Diner in Nevada betritt, ahnt er noch nichts Böses. Sie bieten ihm einen Job als Fahrer an. Duke wird schnell klar, dass es sich dabei nicht um einen legalen Deal handelt. Doch er sagt zu, da er wieder einmal knapp bei Kasse ist. Bei einem bewaffneten Überfall geraten die Dinge jedoch aus dem Ruder. Duke wird von einem Mitläufer zum Gejagten.

Vor dreizehn Jahren kam Winter Black, die bei einer Freundin übernachten wollte, verfrüht nach Hause zurück und fand ihre Eltern brutal ermordet im Bett vor, während ihr kleiner Bruder verschwunden war – entführt von einem Serienmörder, dem man den Namen „der Preacher" gegeben hatte. In ihrer Rolle als junge FBI-Agentin, die gerade in ihrem ersten Mordfall ermittelt, ist Winter nun wieder in ihre kleine Heimatstadt zurückgekehrt.

#1 New York Times Bestseller A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK. NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY TIME, THE NEW YORKER, NPR, AP, THE ECONOMIST, SLATE, THE GLOBE AND MAIL, SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, AND MORE! “Careless People is darkly funny and genuinely shocking...Not only does [Sarah Wynn-Williams]...

A former Rookie contributor and creator of the popular blog Effing Dykes investigates the disappearance of America’s lesbian bars by visiting the last few in existence. Lesbian bars have always been treasured safe spaces for their customers, providing not only a good time but a shelter from...

Ainsley Greenburg is a fixer. It’s what she prides herself on. So when Ainsley realizes her marriage is at its breaking point, she makes a decision to repair it, no matter the cost. Approaching her husband to propose the arrangement is supposed to be the hard part, but Peter agrees to the salacious plan almost immediately. The rules are simple: They will each date someone new once a week. They will never discuss what happens on the dates. Soon, though, the rules are broken, turning terrible mistakes into unspeakable consequences.

If you think you don't have any need to do a cleanse--if you're sure you couldn't possibly be harboring any toxins in your body--think again. In today's world, there are poisons and pathogens that threaten our health starting before we're even born, and they continue to hold us back as we...

In order to learn how Arnold might rise to power, Rishe disguises herself as a man and leads a double life as a trainee knight! Despite her deception, she grows closer to her fiance during a secret sojourn to the city. But when a former patient from her life as an apothecary comes begging for help in saving his nation, will Rishe stand by Arnold's refusal to end his aid, dooming the country to devastation?

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR Thrown Away Child is a memoir covering Louise Allen’s abusive childhood in a foster home, how she survived - using her love of art as a sanctuary - and how she hopes to right old wrongs now by fostering children herself and campaigning for the...

Before Natasha Romanoff was an Avenger, she was a Russian spy and assassin, genetically altered by Soviet Union-era scientists to become a super soldier. But someone has stolen a sample of her blood—and the blood of James “Bucky” Barnes, the operative known as the Winter Soldier, another human weapon developed in a Russian laboratory. Whoever took their blood possesses the key to recreating the formula flowing through Natasha and Bucky’s veins—the formula that enhanced their physiology to superhuman levels.

I fell into the clutches of those hunting me. Now, I’m enslaved in chains and at their mercy. But I’m not the woman I used to be. My weaknesses have been stripped away, unveiling a strength and defiance I never knew myself capable of. And I’ll be damned if I’m going down without a fight. Because my mate is coming for me. With him by my side, we will be unstoppable, and I am a storm cloud of rage ready to be unleashed.

Discover practical strategies to make reading aloud a meaningful family ritual. The stories we read--and the conversations we have about them--help shape family traditions, create lifelong memories, and become part of our legacy. Reading aloud not only has the power to change a family--it has...

Unfortunately, not all people from magical bloodlines have powers, and at 22, I’m several years past the age they usually appear. So I’ve resigned myself to a boring, magic-less life. Then something strange happens. I get stuck in the middle of a bar fight, and instead of just punching the guy back, I blow a hole in the wall. So...I guess I do have powers. But they’re unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. This shit is definitely not normal. And it seems the magical authorities agree. I can go to school, learn to control my magic. Or they’ll take it away. Permanently.

I'm not the kind of girl who has one-night stands. Except...I did. What can I say? After a few drinks with a gorgeous man who made me feel alive for the first time since losing my mom, I was powerless to say no. And I didn't regret it. Not one minute of our hot, mind-melting night together. But he wasn't a forever kind of guy. So I walked away. I wasn't supposed to ever see him again. Then I did. Turns out my sexy one-night stand is Dr. Jacob Mitchell - and he's the cardiothoracic surgeon who just saved my dad's life.

Ever since he fell off the stage live on Question Time, Labour MP Duncan Stonebridge has been stuck in political limbo. Struggling with a tiny majority and a career that's going nowhere, he's caught between the impossible demands of his constituents and the dictates of Westminster—and constantly afflicted by the bane of all politicians: events. Whether he's getting wound up about a wind farm, saving his party agent from a rabid Russian oligarch, fending off accusations or losing a laptop full of reports, life never runs smoothly for the beleaguered backbencher.