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Stuck spending the summer with his screwed-up family, Gabriel Walker is bored out of his mind and looking for an adventure. And he seems to find it with the hot girl who lives next door. The attraction between them is instant and electric. Soon they're spending every stolen minute together. Talk about the perfect summer fling.

Sydney Walker's new job is perfect. As the live-in nanny to the most famous quarterback in the NFL and his beautiful wife, she couldn't have it any better. Their kids are adorable. Her bosses are more than generous. Plus, there are hot football players at the house all the time. Life can't get much better than this. Until her life turns into an absolute nightmare. The media is abuzz with rumors that she and her boss, Drew Callahan, are having a torrid affair.

Newly broke girl Alexandria Asher just wants to live a normal life. After her parents are sent to prison on embezzlement charges, she enrolls in college under her mother's maiden name and tries her best to pretend she's someone else. Tristan Prescott is everything Alex is trying to avoid. A seemingly egotistical, lazy, rich jerk, she dumps her beer on his head when he comes on to her one night at a party. This only spurs Tristan into action. He loves nothing more than a challenge.

In the peaceful seaside town of Cape Bonita, wicked secrets and lies are hidden just beneath the surface. But all it takes is one tragedy for them to be exposed. The most popular girls in school are turning up dead, and Penelope Malone is terrified she's next. All the victims so far have been linked to Penelope—and to a boy from her physics class. The one she's never really noticed before, with the rumored dark past and a brooding stare that cuts right through her. There's something he isn't telling her. But there's something she's not telling him, either.

I'm your average girl at your average high school, trying to figure out my place in life. After catching my now ex-boyfriend messing around with my now ex-best friend, I've made some big changes. No more band, no more backstabbing friends and no more boring old life. Now I have new friends, a new job and new interests. But there's a certain someone who's interested in me, and I don't get it. Jordan Tuttle could have anyone he wants. He's the most popular boy in school.

Billionaire bachelor Archer Bancroft is hot as sin and always gets what he wants. But what he wants is Ivy Emerson, his best friend’s sister, and the one person he can’t—shouldn’t—crave. But Ivy isn’t the only thing Archer wants—there’s also the million-dollar bet with his friends to be the last bachelor standing. Ivy knows Archer is nothing but trouble: he’s infuriating, arrogant...and completely intoxicating. But everything changes when a stolen kiss leads to a night neither can forget.

Designing wedding cakes is Maisey Henderson’s passion. She puts her heart and soul into every cake she makes, especially since she’s such a believer in true love. But then Tucker McCloud rolls back into town, reminding her that love is a complete joke. The pro football player is the hottest thing to come out of Cunningham Falls - and the boy who broke Maisey’s heart back in high school. He claims he wants another chance. She says absolutely not. But Maisey’s refusal is the ultimate challenge to Tucker.

It's the end of summer. Just before I start senior year with my two best friends in the whole world. Dustin and Emily are everything to me. We've been inseparable since middle school, and when we're together, nothing can go wrong. But things aren't always what they seem. Em's turned into a drunken mess who parties too much. Dustin and I have hooked up a few times - and now he's ready to take our relationship to the next level. Yet I'm not sure I want things to change.

I knew from the moment I first saw her she was the one. The only girl I could ever want. The only girl I could ever love. She is light. I am darkness. She is innocent. I've done too much. She is good. I am bad. She is my every dream. I should be her every nightmare. We come from different worlds. She's...perfect. And I'm...not. Somehow she wants me anyway.

I knew from the moment I first saw him he was the one. The only boy I could ever want. The only boy I could ever love. They say he's bad for me. But I know he's not. Until the day he rejects me. And breaks my heart. Completely. Everything changes in the blink of an eye. My entire life as I've known it is...gone. Secrets are revealed. Promises once made are irrevocably broken. There's no way my family can get back to what we once were. So when Nicholas Fairfield walks back into my life like he never left it, I'm furious.

Enjoy this collection of magical short stories about dragons. In "When Dragon Shrank", hear an enchanting story of the friendship between Dragon and Red Squirrel, who swap sizes for a day. They experience one another's worlds and learn to appreciate themselves just the way they are. Also included are four other dragon stories: "Sir Thomas and the Dragon", "Too Many Dragons", "There Goes the Neighborhood", and "Mae and the Dragon."

"Kold. Urørlig. Ufølsom." Det er det, de siger om mig på skolen. Der er kun én pige, der nogensinde ville kunne få mig til at ændre mig, og det er Amanda Winters. Men jeg knuste hendes hjerte. Så for at komme igennem high school prøver jeg at fokusere på at føre vores footballhold til finalen og komme ind på det college, jeg drømmer om. Og færdiggøre mit år som senior uden at flygte fra mine problemer.

Det har været mit livs mest turbulente sommer. Efter at jeg fandt min ekskæreste i seng med min bedste veninde, har jeg fået nye venner, et nyt arbejde og nye interesser. Men der er en helt særlig fyr, der er interesseret i mig - og jeg forstår det ikke. Jordan Tuttle kan få lige den, han vil have. Han er skolens mest populære fyr. Sexet, intelligent, rig og stjernequarterback. På trods af mine bange anelser og min tvivl lader jeg ham komme tæt på mig. Sandsynligvis for tæt.

"J'ai un cœur de pierre, mais je ne peux pas me passer des filles. Leurs sourires, la manière dont elles retiennent leur souffle lorsque je me penche sur elles pour les embrasser, leur peau douce et la facilité avec laquelle elles se débarrassent de leurs vêtements et s’offrent à moi." Owen est irrésistible et il le sait. Il accumule les conquêtes d'un soir et passe son temps à faire la fête. Avec la vie qu'il mène, ses résultats à l'université sont en chute libre, et sa place dans l'équipe de football est menacée s'il ne se reprend pas rapidement.

J'ai désespérément besoin d'elle. Si elle s'en allait, j'aurais l'impression de perdre une part de moi-même. Je crois que je suis amoureux d'elle, malheureusement j'ai le don de faire du mal à ceux que j'aime. Je ne peux pas lui infliger ça, mais je ne peux pas non plus la laisser s'en aller.

Hanté par des souvenirs qui l'empêchent de poursuivre sa relation avec Fable, Drew disparaît sans donner signe de vie. Deux mois après cette séparation, il n'arrive toujours pas à tourner la page. De son côté, Fable a trouvé un poste de serveuse dans le club branché où Drew se réunit avec ses coéquipiers les soirs de victoire. Quand il se retrouve nez à nez avec Fable, le jeune homme comprend qu'il n'a jamais cessé de l'aimer. S'il tient vraiment à elle, il devra se battre pour l'en convaincre.

Temporaire. Ce mot résume parfaitement ma vie. J'ai un job temporaire jusqu'à nouvel ordre. Je suis temporairement la mère de mon petit frère. Et je suis la fille temporaire que tous les mecs désirent parce que j'ai la réputation d'être facile. Depuis que sa mère a déserté le domicile familial, Fable travaille dur pour élever son petit frère. Victime de sa réputation de fille légère, elle enchaîne les aventures sans lendemain. Pour Drew, l'étudiant le plus en vue de la fac, c'est une chance inespérée.

La estrella con quien todas sueñan solo tiene ojos para ella. Mi padre me prometió una gran sorpresa para mi fiesta de cumpleaños dieciocho, pero jamás imaginé que se tratara de Tate Ramsey, excantante del grupo Five Car Pileup, más famoso por sus fiestas que por su música. Después de ir a rehabilitación, Tate estaba listo para regresar a los escenarios y, aunque yo habría preferido a Harry Styles, no puedo negar que mis invitados lo amaron. Mi fiesta y su presentación se volvieron un hit en redes sociales... especialmente luego de que se filtraron fotos de nuestro beso tras bambalinas.

Kelsey hat genug vom Online-Dating. Sie kommt prima alleine zurecht und hat die Suche nach dem Mann ihrer Träume aufgegeben. Außerdem hat sie bereits den perfekten Mann in ihrem Leben: Theo ist die Art von bestem Freund, der immer für ein Lachen, eine Umarmung oder einen Drink zu haben ist. Daher zögert sie auch nicht, sein Fake Date auf der Hochzeit seiner Ex-Verlobten zu sein. Schließlich kennen sie sich beide in- und auswendig. Doch bald schon beschleicht Kelsey der Verdacht, dass sie nur noch eines vortäuscht: keine wahren Gefühle für Theo zu haben ...

Eleanor ist auf der Suche nach der großen Liebe und hat keine Lust mehr, auf unangenehme Dates zu gehen, desinteressierte Männer zu treffen, oder von Freunden zu Blind Dates überredet zu werden. Als dann ein Freund für sie ein Profil bei einer neuen Dating-App erstellt, zögert sie anfänglich, lernt dann aber bei Rate-a-Date einen umwerfenden, selbstbewussten Mann kennen, der fast zu perfekt scheint, um wahr zu sein ... Mitch Anderson hat ein Geheimnis. Gerade ist er für seinen Top-Job nach Las Vegas gezogen. Nach vielen Jahren des Singledaseins sucht er nach einer ernsthaften Beziehung.