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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....

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

Love isn't easy for a man raised on hate. Plain and simple. When David took Lianna Mercier to destroy her, he didn't know that he’d fall for her. A mistake he'd happily make again...because now she's his entire world. But he's not the only monster at her door. She's still heir to a family name steeped in blood and violence, a criminal family that she's too innocent to face alone, and they're coming for her. He'll die before he lets her go, because losing her will only end one way - with him eating a bullet. The only problem is...can he even ask her to choose him after all he's done?

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?

Coraline, ihre neue Liebe Ron, ein College-Baseball-Spieler, Eugene, ihr bester Freund, und die anstrengende Ashley fahren gemeinsam Richtung Florida, um dort ihre Semesterferien zu verbringen. Doch mitten im Great Smoky Mountains Nationalpark streikt plötzlich der Wagen. Die vier Studenten sind gezwungen, in einem einsam gelegenen Haus zu übernachten. Als Coraline bei einer Séance Botschaften aus dem Jenseits empfängt, die vor Ron warnen, wandelt sich die Nacht in den Bergen zu einer mörderischen Odyssee.

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.

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.

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.

Liv knows what kind of boy her grandson is. She knows Seb would never do anything to hurt his girlfriend, Izzy. But could the shadow cast by his father be influencing the boy she loves? Caitlyn, Izzy’s mother, is desperate to reach her daughter, but she only seems to push her further away. Can she help her daughter or are Caitlyn's own demons standing in the way? When an inappropriate photo of Izzy is shared online, no one is prepared for the ripples that threaten to tear their lives apart. Will the truth come out before it's too late? Or is the damage already done?

Owen Parish and Veronica Diaz have always seemed to do things backward: living together before they began dating, dealing with an annulment before they were even engaged, breaking the law to win the approval of family. But life has always had a way or working out. Until now.

Plantation Politics and Campus Rebellions provides a multidisciplinary exploration of the contemporary university's entanglement with the history of slavery and settler colonialism in the United States. Inspired by more than a hundred student-led protests during the Movement for Black Lives, contributors examine how campus rebellions - and university responses to them - expose the racialized inequities at the core of higher education.

While trying to escape a toxic past, Addison Davis finds solitude in a small New York City apartment. Her prayers are answered when she accepts an Assistant Designer position at the hot-shot ad agency, Interactive Media. The job is once in a lifetime, but the workload is overwhelming to say the least.

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.

With Apinya’s true identity exposed, Maxwell and the two Keys are captured and taken to the Bangkok warehouse, where Kyra finally locates the Third Key using her Orb Magic. While the Bureau attempt to rescue Maxwell, Kyra, Imogen and Tayla retrieve the Third Key which magically transports Kyra to the Temple of the Purple Lotus where her Orb magic is drained and the Purple Lotus comes to life.

As the Purple Lotus begins to disrupt fairy and elf magic everywhere, the Bureau lose control of their magic, all except Kyra who is unaffected. Apinya pleads with Kyra to stop the Lotus by reclaiming her Orb Magic. When she refuses, Apinya plays her last card and reveals the truth about the disappearance of Kyra’s birth father.

When Kyra contracts a magical cold, her sneezing transports Mathilda into the Library where Kyra is forced to admit magic exists. When Mathilda tries to escape, Ruksy wipes her memory and Kyra has to pretend nothing happened. Imogen suspects Tayla is the magical graffiti artist and follows her to a secret studio where she warns Tayla about her reckless use of magic, but Tayla refuses to listen.

Kyra and the Bureau escape from Magnus Sorenson with the Purple Lotus plans, but they seem to offer no hope until Kyra has a vision of what she alone must do. As the Purple Lotus continues to drain elf and fairy magic, Kyra and the Bureau risk everything in a desperate attempt to destroy the Lotus. But with the existence of magic revealed to the whole world, things can never be the same.

Kyra’s attempt to reclaim her Orb Magic from the Purple Lotus fails and its true purpose is revealed – to drain magic from elves and fairies, leaving Trilings all-powerful. When the DMI’s plan to destroy the Lotus fails, Kyra and Bureau make a risky and desperate trip back in time in an attempt to steal the original plans for the Lotus from the Triling, Magnus Sorenson.