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Everyone in my culture knows emotions are dangerous. In Old Europe, we learn how to suppress romantic feelings and follow the rules of no commitment. Now that I'm working in the Northlands, I'm preparing Nmen for a life in France, teaching them how to flirt, have sex, and move on. The part that bothers me is watching the men practice their flirting skills on my fellow instructor, Sparrow.

College admissions season at Seattle's Elliott Bay Academy is marked by glowing acceptances from top-tier institutions and students as impressive as their parents are ambitious. But when Stanford alerts the school it's allotting only one spot to EBA for their incoming class, three mothers discover the competition is more cutthroat than they could have imagined.   

A thrilling little adventure told in nonsense verse about a young man on an adventure to slay a fearsome beast.

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Months after Jess escaped from the set of Stuck in the '90s, the nostalgic reality show she believed was her real life, the teen star is getting to know the outside world for the first time. But she can't outrun her fictional life forever—or the media empire that owns it. After Like-Life Productions tracks her down and forces her boyfriend to return to the show, Jess teams up with an underground network fighting to uncover Like-Life's schemes. To expose the truth, Jess must go back to the set and take Like-Life down from the inside . . . but getting revenge might just cost her everything.

Footloose Liz Hanson has finally come home to Ringgold, Texas, with a hankering to settle down. All she wants for Christmas is a house of her own—and the man of her dreams. The house was easy. So now she's got her sights set on her teen crush, Raylen O'Donnell, who just happens to be her extremely attractive next-door neighbor... Will her Christmas dreams come true?

Lisa Renee loves weddings. As owner of Marietta's bridal salon, Lisa takes charge when a celebrity wedding rolls into town and does what she does best: hosting the fairy tale wedding her clients dream of. But the celebrity's badly behaving bridesmaids shatter Lisa's poise, excitement, and hopes of putting Marietta and her boutique on the map. The only place she can find peace is on the pediatric ward of the local hospital where she volunteers, a place that holds more meaning to her than anyone knows. Leave it to the handsome and charming new doctor to change all of that....

Walking the line, exercising self-control, and respecting boundaries was never my thing. Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's wife - the number-one rule you don't break when you're a prospect for the Satan's Knights. I fell in love with the former vice president's wife. A lethal mistake on my behalf that only left me bitter and standing on the edge of an overpass. I would've jumped if it hadn't been for the terrified girl, crying on the other side of the fence. She was 17 and the district attorney's daughter. She was also pregnant with my little brother's baby.

Jack, while well-meaning, is not particularly ambitious...or hard working. Or smart. Every day he finds a hilarious new way to bring home a day's pay, which eventually leads to a comically happy ending.

Have you been a good girl this year? If so, you might get a visit from one of the other Clauses of the North Pole. Meet Krissy Kringle, also known as the Futa Claus. Krissy's been making her list, and checking it twice, trying to find out which women have been nice...so she can get naughty with them! Krissy knows what many good women want this year, and she's only happy to give it to them. All she has to do is show them the big secret she keeps under her fluffy red coat.

Vier Jahre haben sie Gras über die Sache wachsen lassen, vier Jahre sind seit dem brutalen Diamantenraub vergangen. Jetzt ist ihre Zeit gekommen. Getarnt als harmlose Touristen gelangen die Verbrecher Giorgio, Toni, Graziella, Bruno, Tiziana und Alfredo auf die "Möweninsel" und quartieren sich in dem schäbigen Hotel ein, das ihren Schatz birgt. Ein Gesicht aus der Vergangenheit beunruhigt die Bande. Wer ist die geheimnisvolle Schöne, die so harmlos tut und keinen der Gangster zu kennen scheint?

Nach dem Erfolg ihres Debütromans taumelt die Autorin Chloe Watson in eine tiefe Krise, denn ihre zweite Erzählung wird von den Kritikern und der Leserschaft verrissen. Ihr Absturz in die Bedeutungslosigkeit ist vorprogrammiert, doch dann entdeckt sie bei einem Spaziergang die Leiche einer jungen Frau. Wäre das nicht der perfekte Aufhänger für einen neuen Roman? Auf eigene Faust beginnt sie zu ermitteln. Ein fataler Fehler.

Er hatte Susan fixiert. Ihr Oberkörper vornübergebeugt auf dem Tisch. Sie trug nichts als schwarzen Samt über Augen und Ohren. Sie war ihm ausgeliefert. Nicht das erste Mal. Und es gefiel ihr. Er sagte, er habe ein Geschenk für sie, nachträglich zum Geburtstag. Sie sagte, sie könne es kaum noch erwarten. Er schob ihr sein Glied in den Mund. Das sei noch nicht alles, ließ er sie wissen. Dann hörte sie hinter sich leise die Tür.

Here are two beloved children's stories, written by Hans Christian Andersen, that tell the tales of an ugly little duckling who embarks on a journey of discovery and a courageous, love-sick tin soldier.

Will their marriage survive their struggles, or will their hearts become as cold as the northern winter? Lindie Wyse thinks an arranged marriage is the only way to preserve a future for herself and her unborn child. Josiah Plank is certain he’ll never love again, but he needs someone to care...

Kyra coaches the class for Magic School Sports Day in order to avoid a humiliating third defeat by their rivals, the Crowther School. Maxwell magically examines the two Temple keys which causes a chaotic magical disruption at the sports event, with Kyra at the centre. Kyra is blamed for the chaos but the disruption gives her a vision of the Temple of the Purple Lotus.

Secrets are powerful. And my feelings for this female might be the greatest one of all. Selene might be the only thing I want more than my freedom. Except she's an enigma. A riddle I can't make sense of but want to solve. When I engage her in a battle of wits, the female plays along. Yet I know she's hiding her motives. And her feelings. It's going to be harder than I thought to discover her secrets. Luckily, I'm clever and a master at creating strategies. If all else fails, then I can always resort to using my venom. Goddess, I hope that ends up being the case.

Im romantisch verschneiten Kanada erwartet eine Urlaubsgruppe nicht das erwartete luxuriöse First-Class-Erlebnis, sondern das eiskalte Böse. Der Hilferuf der Eingeschneiten erreicht über Umwege Faith. In einer unheimlichen Schreckensnacht endet jegliche Unbeschwertheit und die herbeigeeilte Faith sieht sich konfrontiert mit zwei ihrer ärgsten Widersacher. Sie ist ungeahnt in eine teuflische Falle getappt.

Alle Magie ist außer Kontrolle geraten. Zehntausende Dschinnen ziehen aus den Wüsten gegen Bagdad. Nur die Macht des Dritten Wunsches kann diesen Krieg entscheiden. Aber was verbirgt sich dahinter? Tarik hat alle verloren, die er liebt: Das Mädchen Sabatea ist im Kalifenpalast gefangen. Sein Bruder Junis kämpft an der Seite der Sturmkönige im Dschinnland. Und die geheimnisvolle Maryam hat einen Plan, der sie alle ins Verderben reißen könnte. Doch Tarik gibt nicht auf.