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Bullied at school, Rachel’s teenage daughter Lucy is a shadow of the sweet, happy child she once was. So when Rachel returns home one night to find Lucy gone, she fears the worst. Rachel searches through the night with her husband and Lucy’s older sister, desperate to find her child safe. The following morning, a body is found in the woods. But the nightmare is only just beginning.

Ein Modeljob führt mehrere junge Frauen und ein Team aus Fotografen in eine verschneite Berggegend. Als wäre die Kälte nicht schon schlimm genug, ereignen sich bald mehrere merkwürdige Dinge. Ihre Handys werden geklaut, ein Model verschwindet, ein anderes erleidet einen Unfall... was geht am Set vor? Wer zieht in dieser Eiseskälte die Fäden? Ein Wettlauf mit der Zeit beginnt.

With all my curvy cousins getting married to pairs of sexy fraternal twins, I figure going to one of the weddings couldn’t hurt? Right? Wrong. At Ashleigh’s wedding I meet Kane and Reid, two men who look like they’re not only knocking on death’s door, they’ve got one foot on the other side. But the moment we touch, electricity shoots through my body and I know my life will never be the same. I have a boyfriend to break up with before I explore these feelings, and a life to put on pause.

Princess Æroreh Rosen was faerie blessed before her birth. To promote the New Dawn Era, the Queen coded her daughter with every feminine perfection. Hunger and lung sickness plague the kingdom of Ealdspell. But Æroreh is plugged into the Dream, a program created by a sect of faeries to control the realms through illusions of beauty and contentment. All Æroreh has ever known is blissful servitude to a cursed system, and she believes her realm is prospering. Until a different faerie sect decides to wake her sleeping mind and set her true magic free.

One for the Trouble: Book Slam, Volume One is the first release from the UK’s premier literary event. Eighteen Book Slam alumni, from household names like Irvine Welsh and William Boyd to newcomers like Kate Tempest and Sophie Woolley, were approached to take a song title for inspiration for a new short story or poem. Some took this literally (Jon McGregor’s moving reimagining of A House’s 'Endless Art', for example); others suggestively....

Forced to reassess her future, IT nerd and country girl Addie Kendall returns to her family's Wimmera farm. When she contacts her former school friend Harry Chandler with alarming news, they're compelled to unite to solve a criminal injustice. In pursuit of answers, they stumble upon a shocking find in the district's iconic Banyandah homestead, deserted since a family tragedy ten years ago.

I was drowning until billionaire Danton Belfort swept me up into his world. His unmatched reputation for mastering submissives was legendary. His methods cruel, yet beautiful. Commanding, yet delicate. He was willing to do whatever it took to reach beyond my veil of pain and ensure a transformation that would render me reborn as the most dazzling of dominatrixes. If the process didn't obliterate me. All I had to do was survive. Survive him. Survive myself.

There isn't a better restaurant in town than The Plate, and there isn't a better chef than Brooks Neal, but that doesn't mean he'd make a good partner. My life is falling apart, and so is my career as a food critic now that everyone knows I've slept with Chef Neal. I'm not sure how to right my faltering ship, but I know it's not with him! But he's so hot, and he's kind, and I can't stay away.

Grace Walton never meant to fall in love with Rick Grayson while dying. Shut out by her own family and shadowed by the fear of an early goodbye, Grace’s relentless pursuit of connection becomes a journey through heartbreak, resilience, and the fragile moments that make life worth living. But when a truth she never expected turns her world on its head, she and Rick are forced to confront the question neither dared to ask: if time were suddenly given back, would they be brave enough to love without holding back?

Einen Tag vor Heiligabend fahren Fey, Yanis und Pierre zu einem Kundenshooting quer durch Frankreich ins Landesinnere. Das Paar, das sie auf einem Gestüt erwartet, möchte sich mit der Fotosession ein besonderes Geschenk gönnen. Doch vor Ort stellen die drei rasch fest, dass es sich nicht bloß um ein gewöhnliches Shooting handelt. Hier ist jede Menge Einfühlungsvermögen gefragt, und obwohl sich dadurch die geplante Rückreise verzögert, stimmen sie zu, mehr Zeit mit dem jungen Paar zu verbringen.

Sterling Golden würde alles tun, um seinen Ruf zu retten – auch eine Beziehung mit der Frau vortäuschen, der er vor all den Jahren das Herz gebrochen hat. Um nicht selbst Zielscheibe der Klatschgeschichten zu werden, bleibt Lexi Rodriguez keine andere Wahl, als mitzuspielen. Obwohl die beiden sich seit Jahren nicht ausstehen können und sie ihm bei jeder Gelegenheit an die Gurgel geht, müssen sie nun in aller Öffentlichkeit das perfekte Paar spielen. Aber die Grenzen verschwimmen, und schon bald fühlen sich ihre Streitereien fast zärtlich an.

The No.1 bestselling author of the Why Mummy series is back with her very first book for young YA readers! 📔📚💜📔📚💜📔📚💜 💜 Fourteen-year-old Emily is gloomily spending the summer with her mum’s best friend Uncle Tom, helping him renovate his house, instead of being at...

In Millennial Love, journalist Olivia Petter explores the questions, quirks and anxieties that consume the contemporary dating landscape. Olivia scrutinises the myths surrounding modern romance and asks why, despite having endless technology designed to aid communication, it’s harder to meet someone now than ever before.

The term "witch" needs a makeover: away with brooms, potions, or satanic pacts, because a true witch is simply someone aware of the energies that connect everything and who has learned to use them in a healing way. So here is the best news to start with: you can do it too! Learn how to develop your own powers and connect with magical energies in this book. Gain deep awareness of your innermost processes, lay the foundation for magical work, and acquire essential practical knowledge.

The survivor of a brutal academy must exhume her own past in the first book in a new series from the international bestselling author of the Library Trilogy and the Broken Empire series. Set a thief to catch a thief. Set a monster to punish monsters. The Academy of Kindness exists to create...

From bestselling author duo Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff comes the exciting finale in the trilogy that broke the mold and has been called "stylistically mesmerizing" and "out-of-this-world-awesome." Kady, Ezra, Hanna, and Nik narrowly escaped with their lives from the attacks on Heimdall...

27 millones de lectores en todo el mundo. ¿Estabas en el tren de las 8.04? ¿Viste algo sospechoso? Rachel, sí. Rachel toma siempre el tren de las 8.04 h. Cada mañana lo mismo: el mismo paisaje, las mismas casas... y la misma parada en la señal roja. Son solo unos segundos, pero le permiten observar a una pareja desayunando tranquilamente en su terraza. Siente que los conoce y se inventa unos nombres para ellos: Jess y Jason. Su vida es perfecta, no como la suya. Pero un día ve algo. Sucede muy deprisa, pero es suficiente. ¿Y si Jess y Jason no son tan felices como ella cree?

The fire is on, sherry poured, presents wrapped, and claws are being sharpened. In a seaside cottage perched on a cliff, one family reunites for Christmas. While snow falls, a tyrannical widowed matriarch presides over her unruly brood. Her niece tends to her whims, but fantasises about eloping; and as more guests arrive, each bringing their secret truths and dreams, the Christmas tree explodes, a brawl erupts, an escape occurs - and their 'midwinter madness' climaxes.

My husband set rules for whom I slept with. No one we know. Use a fake name. Never sleep over. Check emotions at the door. Don’t tell him about any of it. I followed his rules religiously. Until him. Until he made me break every rule. When my husband comes face-to-face with my mystery man, he's livid. Because they've already met. Now I’m caught between the man I love and the man that sets my soul on fire. They’re both asking me to make a decision. But how do I choose between two pieces of my heart?

Emma loved her life in the seaside village of Silver Cove. But when the discovery of sunken treasure ignited a feud between her family and that of Luke, her first love, everything fell apart. Heartbroken and betrayed, she fled. Now, as she wades into the sparkling surf for the first time in fifteen years, she remembers everything she loved about this beautiful place. Then a huge wave knocks her off her feet. Dripping wet, Emma is rescued by none other than Luke–who is, to her dismay, even more handsome than ever.