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Die Schwestern Amalia und Sofia von Reichenbrink wuchsen wohlbehütet in der elterlichen Villa auf, welche ihnen immer wie der sprichwörtliche "goldene Käfig" vorgekommen war. Nun, da sie beide ihre Volljährigkeit erreicht hatten, sollten sie zusammen die hervorragende Bildung auf Schloss Traunstein genießen, einem hochangesehenen Mädcheninternat für höhere Töchter. Doch in Wirklichkeit haben die beiden Schwestern ihre Rolle als brave und angepasste junge Frauen längst satt und warten nur auf eine Gelegenheit, endlich mal aus diesem elend langweiligen Alltagstrott ausbrechen zu können.

Im vergangenen Jahr hatten die Freunde Aurora, Marlene, John und Michael - eingespannt durch ihre Familien und ihre Arbeit - viel zu wenig Zeit miteinander verbringen können. Sehr zum Leidwesen aller, denn sie waren bereits seit der Schulzeit eine unzertrennliche Clique. Als Michael daher einen fünftägigen Ski Trip in die Berge vorgeschlagen hatte, waren alle von dieser Idee begeistert und jeder hatte es geschafft, sich für diese fünf Tage von den Verpflichtungen zu Hause freizuschaufeln. Alles für die Freundschaft.

Die beiden langjährigen Freundinnen Vroni und Resi freuen sich schon seit Wochen auf ihr persönliches Highlight des ganzen Jahres - einem gemeinsamen Besuch auf dem riesigen Volksfest rund um die Michaelskirche in Fürth. Es ist bereits seit vielen Jahren eine feste Tradition der beiden, sich dort gemeinsam eine schöne Zeit zu machen und ganz nebenbei ein paar fesche Kerle in Lederhosen klarzumachen. Doch dieses Jahr toppt Resis verrückte Idee für eine Wette alles bisher Dagewesene.

Classic Essays for College Students is an initiative to help students get acquainted with a few paradigms of academic papers written by other students that can give them some basic thinking tactics on how they can let their minds play with college subjects. Don't be intimidated by perfectionist attitudes! They constantly make it difficult for us to spread our ideas; being by nature creatures that have trouble dealing with fear, there is one thing that perfectionists always worry about in their state of mind: We are afraid of making mistakes.

Als Nicoletta ihre beste Freundin Soraya von einem Besuch des örtlichen FKK-Strandes überzeugen will, ist diese zuerst mehr als skeptisch. Schließlich hatte sie so etwas "Unanständiges" noch nie zuvor getan, wie sich in der Öffentlichkeit vollkommen nackt zu zeigen. Doch Nicoletta lässt nicht locker. Als Soraya dann auch noch erfährt, dass ihr heimlicher Schwarm Ramon ebenfalls Stammgast dieses Etablissements ist, lässt sie sich dazu breitschlagen, ihre Freundin an einem Wochenende zu einer feuchtfröhlichen Schaumparty an den FKK-Strand zu begleiten.

Auf der Station 6 der Kena-Klinik geht es spritzig zu. Schwester Anna hat die überaus wichtige, wie einträgliche Aufgabe, die Samenspenden aus dem Pool der Besten mit ganzem Körpereinsatz einzusammeln. Neben den überwiegend "normalen" Spendern gibt es aber auch ganz spezielle Kunden mit ganz speziellen anatomischen Vorzügen. Leider hält bei Manchem der Charakter nicht mit den körperlichen Vorzügen stand. Aber erfahrene Schwestern haben auch da ihre Methoden.

Nach den erfolgreichen Erziehungsorgien wurde aus Schwester Anna nur in der Eheberatung von Prof. Karberg eine Oberschwester. Aber eine der besonderen und der geilen Art. Das erste Paar leidet an einer leichten Form der sekundären Dekantolepsie, also einer leichten Form der Verklemmtheit. Beim zweiten Paar ist ein viel zu kleiner Penis das Problem. Aber Probleme sind bei Anna dazu da, gelöst zu werden.

For Zed and Tuesday, adjusting to life in modern-meets-medieval Falinnheim means normal is relative. Normally, schools aren’t in underground bunkers full of secret agents, and the chore list doesn’t involve herding dodos. The one thing that hasn’t changed: All the adults treat them like they’re invisible. When a security breach interrupts a field trip, the siblings find themselves locked out of the Resistance base. With the adults trapped inside, it’s up to Tuesday, Zed, and their friends to save the day. And for once, being ignored and underestimated is coming in handy.

Nikki was exhausted from betrayal and disappointment. She didn’t even recognize the woman she saw in the mirror. This cruise was her chance to start over away from men…then she met Chad. From the first time their eyes met, her body ached to be marked as his…to spread for him…to satisfy his darkest desires. Under his direction, she discovered pleasures she never imagined possible. She never knew the cravings and desires each spank would create in her hungry body.

I don’t play any instrument. I can kinda sing, but I’m not one for being the center of attention. I love being in the crowd. Music connects everyone—the nerds, the jocks, the disillusioned, and the broken. To show my love to the rock gods on stage, I rave about them on my somewhat popular blog, Rockin' with Tabby. During the concert of the year, Summer Fest, I have a chance encounter with my music crush, Spencer Tate, head singer of my second favorite band, Suspected Tragedy. And when a drunken kiss turns into more, he offers me a vacation of a lifetime.

By the time Ivy Zelman was seven, she already knew what she was going to be: a business success. This determination powered her through turbulent times all the way to becoming one of the nation’s foremost housing experts. Ivy overcame significant challenges to succeed as a dominant force on Wall Street. But she wasn't one to coast. Despite backlash from clients, industry executives, and even internal colleagues, she insistently warned a housing crash was imminent. This bold call propelled her to launch her own research boutique and partner with Walker & Dunlop.

When a young dancer burns to death on stage, her friend Génet Shilling wants to know why. That puzzle leads Génet through strange underworlds, upending everything she thought was real. An urban faerie tale from the author behind Mage, Deliria, and Powerchords, Red Shoes explores a realm where music becomes magic; love, death, and energy converge; and time is just a state of sound.

Ben Tannen was the undisputed leader of his high school band known as the Deck. He was the Ace. Heidi Malone was the Joker and the only female among the five. All four men were half in love with her - Ben maybe more than half. Still, there had always been a certain tension between the Golden Boy and Heidi-from-the-wrong-side-of-the-tracks. And his offer of money for her college tuition didn't go over so well. She lashed out with her pride - and a bicycle chain. Fifteen years later, Heidi still owes Ben an apology, and he still holds her IOU.

Elizabeth's company made the best weight management drugs on the market. During a visit to her lab, she learns of an odd side effect with her newest products - they can cause growing and shrinking. After an accident, the lab is locked down and the drugs are accidentally rushed through the ventilation system. Now, this all-girl lab is starting to change.

This is the story of Charlton, an enslaved boy on a South Carolina plantation in the mid-1800s, who is in love with Belle, the master's daughter. She promises to marry him if he writes out a handful of words from the Declaration of Independence in the trackway leading to the big house to convince the master that Charlton has rights. These events set him on an irrevocable course to understanding the vicious and unjust world of the American South, where innocent childhood dreams lead to unthinkable cruelty.

Dr. Nathan Avant and Jacqueline Dior were torn apart by an ambitious time travel project in 2008, and it took them many lifetimes to find each other again. Now a rift in the fabric of time threatens to do the same. It is 2016 and the international community at last is united on a single project to benefit mankind. Yet even in the ethereal realm, the effects of human interventions on the planet are being felt. Conflicts among immortal beings are increasing, and otherworldly feelings toward humanity may cause a cosmic conflict that threatens to annihilate humankind.

A Cinnabar Moth Publishing anthology, A Cold Christmas and the Darkest of Winters is a collection of short stories with themes that range from sad to dark to horrifying. Each story is set during Christmas or in Winter. Many talented authors worked to create these short stories, and we are proud to present them to you in this anthology.

Book one: “Why have love and pain when you can just have great sex”? (Natalie Jane Lorin). Some say, once a good girl goes bad, she’s gone forever. However, reality says once a good girl gets laid the right way, she’s a brand-new freak, right? Natalie’s passionless marriage is slowly dying; one day her husband up and leaves without an explanation. Joyclyn, from the best-selling series, The Ultimate No-No, takes a liking to Natalie and seductively brings Natalie into her world of sex, lust, and the game of who can get it.

Tuesday and Zed Furst are perfectly normal children with perfectly strange parents. Their father won’t discuss his job, their mother never leaves the house without her guard dog, and the topic of the family tree is off limits. When a last minute “business trip” gets the adults out of the way, Zed and Tuesday decide to get to the bottom of things once and for all. Too bad some thugs with shape-shifting weapons have other ideas.

Denial. Anger. Bargaining. Depression. Acceptance. These are the five natural stages of the grieving process and something London Greene knows all too well. She’d thought she’d buried them long ago, but then a mysterious young man moves in upstairs, one with captivating green eyes and some serious emotional wounds...and she quickly figures out that he is working through each stage on his own. London can’t let that happen, and so she tries to be there for him. It’s the right thing to do, after all. But this stranger carries a secret.