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Angie Reynolds' heart aches for a husband and family of her own. Unfortunately, she's looked for love in all the wrong places with nothing to show for it but disappointment. None of the guys she's dated is worthy of her, including her ex-husband. This Christmas season looks to be another one spent alone. Yet until Angie realizes her own worth, she will never be able to accept the gift of love from someone like Brad Miller.

Spinster Amelia accepts a position as a companion to her social-climbing aunt who is planning her next wedding before she is even out of mourning for her second husband. And the man her aunt is stalking is none other than the wealthy widower, the Duke of Caversham. Horrified by her aunt's behavior, Amelia decides to hide away in their host's library and gardens for the duration of their visit.

Sandy Newbigging bringt frischen Wind in ein altes Thema! Denn er hat eine Lösung entwickelt für das Problem, seinen Geist beim Meditieren nicht zum Schweigen bringen zu können: Mit einfachen und effektiven Techniken und einem praktischen Zehn-Tage-Plan zeigt Newbigging, wie man es schafft, sich nicht mehr von seinen Gedanken terrorisieren zu lassen und in stressigen Situationen innere Ruhe zu bewahren. Modern, frisch, anders - und wirksam! Die Methode für alle, die mit Meditation eigentlich nichts anfangen können.

Lea und Gabe wären das perfekte Paar. Das erkennen alle um sie herum: Der beste Freund, die Mitbewohnerin, ja sogar der Busfahrer, die Starbucks-Bedienung oder die örtliche Parkbank. Aber den richtigen Augenblick scheinen sie stets zu verpassen, die richtige Geste wird falsch verstanden, das richtige Wort fehlt. Bis die Anziehungskraft zwischen ihnen beinahe unerträglich ist. Können Lea und Gabe jemals zueinander finden?

War is hell, especially for those left behind to deal with the loss of loved ones. When an IED explosion devastates the lives of Army field medic Roberto 'Cam' Camareno and Nicole Murphy, both believe their promise of tomorrow has been shattered. As these two struggle to come to grips with the past, can they find the promise of tomorrow?

Las Vegas bound for a destination wedding, Terry and Des have promised to be friends thanks to their relationships with the bride and the groom.

In this intriguing mystery, Jeffrey Sinclair has a thief in his midst. One of his highly sensitive prototypes has gone missing, and he's on a timeline to recover it to avoid bankruptcy. In his search he finds himself in the middle of a deadly game where trust is a luxury he can't afford. The last person to have the devices has been killed and now his only link to the stolen property is the man's widow.

Die siebenjährige Lisa schließt eine ungewöhnliche Freundschaft mit dem peruanischen Teddybär Osito, der viele Jahre mit ihrem Onkel Freddie auf Reisen war. Während der von den Abenteuern berichtet, die er mit Dingen wie der Kamera, der Sonnenbrille und den Wanderschuhen erlebt hat, scheint Lisa's Leben immer mehr aus den Fugen zu geraten. Und als ob die Trennung ihrer Eltern noch nicht schwer genug zu akzeptieren ist, wird auch noch die Freundschaft mit Osito auf eine harte Probe gestellt.

She was running to adventure, he was running from destiny.Lady Sarah Halden stows away on the wrong boat when she thinks to enter a sailing race with her brother. She lands in the company of Lucky's business partner, Ian Ross-Mackeever, heir to the Earl Mackeever. Sarah finds the gruff captain handsome and desires him in ways she'd never wanted a man before. With the help of a salacious little book filled with erotic images, Sarah decides to seduce her captain.

Megan Jenkins isn’t looking forward to Christmas. The holidays will forevermore remind her of what she had and lost. Her husband, and love of her life, died a few days after Christmas the year before, leaving her a young widow with a fatherless son to raise. During the course of this Christmas Eve, Megan experiences her own Christmas Miracle as she learns the true meaning of giving with the help of Kevin Murdock, a long-time friend who’s always been there for her.

Morgan is excited to start her junior year of college. Cameron is a struggling author in need of a new idea. A small housing mix-up places this unlikely pair together. Morgan is LDS and Cameron is not. She prefers to cook at home, while he is just fine getting a burger from McDonald's. How will this duo survive 24 hours with each other as they try to get the housing mix-up straightened out?

The creative writing teacher, the delivery guy, the local Starbucks baristas, his best friend, her roommate, and the squirrel in the park all have one thing in common - they believe that Gabe and Lea should get together. Lea and Gabe are in the same creative writing class. They get the same pop culture references, order the same Chinese food, and hang out in the same places. Unfortunately, Lea is reserved, Gabe has issues, and despite their initial mutual crush, it looks like they are never going to work things out.

Jackie Delgado didn't want a new man in her life until a dreaded blind date turns out to be more exciting than she'd ever imagined. When her youngest son leaves for college, Jackie is hit hard by empty nest syndrome and pours herself into her work as a teacher. Bowing to pressure from friends, Jackie agrees to a blind date. But when Mark Brennan calls, she realizes the date won't be "blind". He's the father of one of her students.

Kat really, really wants Simon, and when she sees him painting the garage without his shirt on, things really come to a head. This cougar won't be satisfied until she has the younger man on top of her, and she makes it clear she wants him. Simon is only too happy to oblige, but he wants more than a beautiful MILF's mouth and pussy. Simon won't be happy until this beauty is bent over and moaning as he takes her virgin ass in a mind-blowing first anal sex experience!

Isabel is on top of the world. She’s in a position of real power in her company and has no trouble keeping everything under control. She has a secret to her success. She’s surrendered to a man named Jamie and enjoys perfect moments of stress-free submission that help recharge her for the demands of her job. It comes with a price, though, and Isabel is about to pay the price for letting her schedule get the better of her and missing her date with Jamie.

Lady Elise Halden is learning that if she has any hope of reining in the Earl of Camden's affections, she will need a plan. With help from her friend Lady Beverly, and her sister-in-law the Duchess, Elise sets out to win her indifferent Earl's heart. Elise, the Duke of Caversham's little sister, was always a precocious minx to avoid, till one day Michael Brightman realizes Lady Elise is all grown up and the things he wants to do with the lady are surely going to upset the friendship with her brother.

Taking lessons she learned as a child, Sandy Weaver Carman takes the listener on a journey, re-living the childhood moments when the lessons first sank in, and fast-forwarding to the grown-up business situations where those same lessons paid off. The stories are genuine, the wisdom is priceless, and each section - or "room" - of the book wraps up with exercises - or "chores" - you can use to lock in the lessons for your own life success.

Kathyrn West has it all - she's a confident, best-selling author living it up in New York City. Too bad she doesn't actually exist, and is only timid Maddie Sawyer's pseudonym. Determined to attend her high school reunion with a man right out of one of her racy romance novels, she plots to find a sexy bad boy who's up to Kathryn's standards. She finds Mr. Perfect shooting pool in a biker bar. He's a blue-collar hunk who just happens to look great in leather. But the mysterious Scott Brady has some rules of his own....

The Islands Investigations International team is back! This time, Kyra Rachel and Noel Franklin are sleuthing around Quadra Island in the employ of Noel's old high school buddy, Jason Cooper. In a quiet wooded area of the island, Jason, his wife and two younger boys are worried for the oldest son in the family. Derek was discovered badly beaten in the woods by Campbell River and has remained in a deep coma for three weeks. Desperate to find out what happened to his son and why, Jason hires Noel and Kyra.

Sandro Vasiliadis, a nurse at the Whidbey Island General Hospital, has died of an apparent heroin overdose. When his grieving mother bends over to kiss her son's corpse at the viewing, she shrieks, "That's not Sandro!" Convinced that her son must still be alive, Maria Vasiliadis hires Kyra Rachel and Noel Franklin to solve the mystery. With questions of foul play continuing to swirl around the death, the detectives' inquiries lead them deeper into Sandro's life and eventually to a medical clinic that specializes in transgendering.

The second in the Islands Investigations International Mystery series, Always Kiss the Corpse takes Kyra and Noel's investigation from the rush of Seattle to the seeming peace of the San Juan Islands in this thrilling pause-resistor. It's only once the detectives come to understand Sandro in life that they unlock the secret to his death.