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De første sytten år af Rosettas tilvaerelse foregår i et beskyttet London-miljø, og i husets køkken hører hun om en mordsag, der optager alle. Anklaget for mordet er en ung mand, Simon, der ifølge aviserne er flygtet. Rosettas liv aendres dramatisk, da hun tager med sine foraeldre på en laengere skibsrejse, men skibet forliser i en frygtelig orkan ud for Afrikas kyst. Kun med nød og naeppe reddes Rosetta af den mystiske daeksmand John. De skylles i land på en ø, hvor Rosetta bliver bortført af pirater, inden hun kan nå at finde ud af, hvem hendes redningsmand er.

Unge, smukke, forkaelede Maria Antonia af Østrig forvandles til Marie Antoinette af Frankrig på hendes bryllupsdag. Aegteskabet med Dauphinen, som blev den sidste konge af Frankrig, den godhjertede, men svage Louis XVI, forvandlede Marie til en af historiens mest udskaeldte kvinder. En dronnings bekendelser er hendes historie. Romanen om Marie Antoinettes liv, set gennem hendes egne øjne, er et fascinerende indblik i på den ene side et strålende hof hvor ungdom og skønhed fejres, men også de begivenheder, der førte til Den franske revolution og afslutningen på monarkiet i Frankrig.

Emma, the good girl poster child, is running from a life she suddenly sees as gray and suffocating - a life where she's successfully buried all her hopes and secret dreams. Until the night she wanders into Aftershock and is immediately drawn to the hot bass player. The electricity of his performance, the powerful music he coaxes from his guitar, the heavy vibration of each note reaches out to something deep inside her and wakes an Emma she didn't even know existed.

Som baby bliver Carmel fundet i parken til godset Commonwood House. Her bliver hun plejebarn hos familien Marline, en vanskelig position, der ikke bliver bedre af, at husets frue øjensynligt hader hende fra første øjekast. Efter en dødbringende tragedie på Commonwood House bliver Carmel sendt bort til Australien, hvor den varmhjertede onkel Toby giver hende den tryghed, hun så desperat higer efter.

Erin Braddock, daughter of wealthy and powerful rancher Rance Braddock, has been to hell and back. So has wandering cowboy minstrel, Grady Sinclair. But the moment they meet, chemistry ignites between them, erasing everything else. The sex is scorching, explosive, addictive. They can't get enough of each other. Seduced by his music as well as the sinfully sexy man himself, Erin runs away with him.

With a down-to-earth style and refreshing perspective on how to keep a marriage thriving with meaning, adventure, and romance, Dr. Clarke provides sensible advice for keeping the heart of marriage beating strong and true. I Do Ever After is a hands-on marriage resource that will inspire the married couple to keep the dream of their happily ever after alive and well.

One hot summer, Cassie Fitzgerald gave her virginity and her heart to Griffin Hunter. When he married her sister, Diane, she fled Stoneham, and, for six years, nothing could make her return. Not her sister's murder, for which Griffin was and continues to be the only suspect. Not her father's suicide, which the police chief wants to sweep under the rug. But when her mother dies, Cassie has no choice....

Kylie Monroe fell in love and in lust with Sam Cooper, reaching new highs of ecstasy as they explored the world of BDSM. She foresaw a rich life together filled with love and erotic sex. When Sam dumped her to pursue success in the legal field, telling her there was always tomorrow, she never quite recovered from the hurt.

For years, Dan and Kylie Franklin have searched for someone who can fill in all the missing blanks in their situation. When fate brings Clint Gorman into their lives, the instant attraction runs hot and deep. After a night of intense, sweaty sex, there's no doubt he's the one for them. But when Clint's past comes to light, they're forced to decide whether or not the connection they felt is enough to keep the three of them together.

Dash is not the most popular kid in school and often shunned by neighborhood kids. His peers call him different, weird, and other hurtful words. Grief and sadness are his closest friends. But all that is about to change when Dash hears his name whispered on the winds.

A refugee from a bad marriage, Grace has been single for 20 years and isn't looking to hook up with a man who at first reminds her too much of her ex-husband. But working together week after week, she soon finds herself playing out erotic scenes in her mind - with Ben as the star. The problem is her imagination only leaves her longing for the man himself.

En route to their one-night stand dates, Chelsea Haller and Alec Ramsey are stranded in the airport during an unexpected snowstorm. It doesn't take long to discover they're each other's one-night stand. Lucky for them, they're drawn together by sizzling electricity and soon forget the icy snow. As the heat between them nearly melts the sheets in Alec's hotel room, their night of erotic adventure surpasses anything they expected from a one night stand.

The Angelic War rages as Satariel, the Prince of Darkness masterminds an insurgence that splinters and divides allegiances with a third of the angels embracing the Darkness joining him in an all-out rebellion against the Creator. Metatron, the Prince of Light, leads the faithful against his twin brother, Satariel, in a desperate effort to restore and unite the seven kingdoms that comprise Heaven.

Mama has died and is now with the Great Spirits. Her strong-willed, crotchety husband is dead set on having her ashes buried in the Historic Conundrum County Cemetery. Mama's dying wish to her beloved son Hackett, "Don't let him do it!" During her lifetime Mama was a great lover of animals and now after her death they aim to repay her in spades. Events are thus set in motion bringing together Hackett and a rag-tag team of animals in a hilarious effort to honor Mama's final wish.

Unable to reach out in person, the pair communicates via the Internet and hot, erotic fantasies. Night after night, they explore their growing passion with only a blindfold to protect their secrets. As Christmas approaches, Blake must share his pain if he is to ease hers, but doing so could drive her away forever. Can they take a chance and follow their deepest soul dreams, or will their fragile hearts continue to hide from the world and one another?

Navy SEAL Gabriel Walker didn't think he was asking too much, just a hot woman with some brains who made his down time between missions pleasant. And maybe a little bit more. Forty-something Maggie Fitzpatrick wanted a younger man with a sex drive to match her own and even smarts to hold a conversation. And maybe a little bit more. When Madame Evangeline paired them for the one night stand, neither of them expected the explosive chemistry, the very hot sex, and a little bit more.

In Victorian England, little Ellie Browning swiftly discovered happily ever afters did not exist and rakes were simply rakes. When the man she had adored for years kissed her and left her heartbroken, and she was forced to marry an elderly earl to save her reputation, she resolved to put any dreams of fairy tales aside.

Cody Alvarez needs to find a wife by New Year's Day, or he will lose the ranch his uncle willed to him. Libby Morris just needs, for once in her life, to feel desired. Sensual. Appealing. Especially after an intense reshaping at a high-end spa.

Drowning in the depths of a failing marriage he deeply mourns, Harry remains a doting husband determined to revive his relationship with his wife, Samantha - the woman he still adores, wholeheartedly loves, and feels a desperate desire to prove his manhood to. Tested by childlessness, the fun, excitement, and intimacy that first drew the formerly passionate lovers together has long been stolen. Finding himself uncomfortably out of place in a seedy adult shop, Harry barely manages to escape his agony with a particularly enticing adult toy....

Douglas Hastings' passion for anything NASA drove him to analyze a treasure trove of Moon photos taken during all Apollo missions. Doug had started to believe the conspiracy theories and rumors that had swirled for years; that NASA had discovered more than just rocks on the Moon and had conspired to keep the rest of the world in the dark.