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Haelyn Ross is barely keeping it together. With her family shattered and financial struggles mounting, she's hesitant when a promising match on a dating app encourages her to apply for a job at Graves Automobile. By some twist of fate, Haelyn lands the job as assistant to the CEO, Tristan Graves. His cold, brooding demeanor should keep her at a distance, but there's a white-hot spark between them that she can't seem to smother.

Molly Black has disappeared. She's been a bit flighty since her parents died (sure, hadn't she run off with a tree surgeon that time?) but this time, or so says her hastily written leaving note, she's gone for good. That's why the whole Black clan—from Granny perched on the printer all the way through to Killian on Zoom from Sydney—is huddled together in the back room of Uncle John's semi-D in the Dublin suburbs, arguing over what to do.

I'm the player, the gambler, the one without a heart or soul. There isn't a risk I won't take and a challenge I won't meet. Then, she came into my world, melting the ice in my veins and showing me a life a man like me never deserved.

Rowan Summerwaite is ready to finish what she started in Blood and Blade, the next installment in the Goddess with a Blade series by New York Times bestselling author Lauren Dane. It’s been only days since Rowan and her friends eliminated the immediate threat to magic users and Vampires, but...

For over half a century, Child has collaborated with the world’s most celebrated artists creating timeless classics, such as Bon Jovi’s “Livin' On A Prayer” and “You Give Love A Bad Name,” as well as Ricky Martin’s “Livin’ La Vida Loca” and “The Cup Of Life,” amongst his vast catalog. But in his memoir, Child himself takes center stage to share his transformational story of a misfit outsider to cultural pacesetter.

Dingelsbach am Fuße des Taunus 1927. Unruhige Zeiten stehen den drei Schwestern vom Dorfladen bevor! Während auf Frieda, die mittlere Tochter, ihr erstes Theaterengagement wartet – und die große Liebe –, fliegt ihre jüngere Schwester Ida von der Schule. Mit ihrem Freund Florian tritt sie dem Jugendverband der KPD bei, doch als Florian bei einer Straßenschlacht tödlich verletzt wird, kehrt sie zurück in die Heimat. Dort erwartet die dritte im Bunde, Herta, ein uneheliches Kind, was für viel Aufruhr im Dorf sorgt. Werden die drei dennoch ihr Glück finden?

In the 1870s, in Montana, mail-order brides began to change the lives of lonely men out west. This phenomenon led to the growth of towns and the establishment of families. It was a simpler time. While some people found love, others encountered deceit and had to fight for their own happiness. Join us on this adventure and witness how Terry Town grows alongside the community.

Rani Shah is everything I can't have—too young, too sweet, too innocent. Not to mention, she's my late wife's sister and my son's nanny. So when she asked me to kiss her, I should have refused. When she begged me to touch her, I could have turned her down. When she coaxed me to take the one thing she's never given away—her virginity—a better man would have walked away. Should have, could have, would have... But I didn't.

As said by Drake Princeton, "I loved you yesterday. I'll love you today, and I'll love you tomorrow, princess".

I am a liar, a deceiver, a devil in the dark. I will hunt you, steal your secrets, and use them against you. You will never see me coming. Then I met my match. She cut out my heart, left me bleeding, without a backward glance. But, she made one mistake; she stepped back into my world, trying to run from her past. She's mine, and she will soon learn there is no escape when fate says she belongs to me.

What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, right? Well, except for when it doesn't. And while for Linda Carter, that was a night she will never forget, for Asher Sloan, it was a night he couldn’t remember. A year later, their paths cross once more. Their chemistry is still combustible, but Linda has learned her lesson when it comes to Asher all too well, and she doesn’t plan on getting burned again. Refusing to take no for an answer, Asher comes up with a solution: a three-month deal where they can both get what they want.

Andrew Prince wakes up before everyone else. He schedules the bar shifts, demands perfection from Long Beach’s lifeguards—most of all himself—and makes sure the family debts are paid. His unfaltering work ethic might leave him exhausted, but it comes with one advantage: it distracts him from the love he’s harbored since childhood for the girl next door, the girl he cannot have.

Lori might be a popular romance writer, but she's never been anything but a flop with sex and love in her personal life. Still a virgin at twenty-six and increasingly frustrated by her inexperience, she decides to take matters into her own hands. She hires a talented, sexy male escort to take care of her inconvenient virginity. She assumes one time with Ander will be enough, but she never dreams how much pleasure he can make her feel. Once isn't nearly enough. Twice isn't enough either.

The scandalous women of the SOCIETY OF SIRENS are back with an explosive secret…their ranks include a duchess in disguise Once upon a time she married in secret… An activist painter of radicals and harlots, Cornelia Ludgate dismisses love and marriage as threats to freedom. But when an...

Die gesamte Douglas-Schwestern-Saga von Bestsellerautorin Charlotte Jacobi jetzt als Hörbuch-Sammelband. 1910: Maria Carsten weiß schon früh, was sie im Leben will. Gemeinsam mit ihrer Schwester Anna ist sie entschlossen, eine Welt der Düfte in Hamburg zu eröffnen. Und auch wenn der Vater das Unterfangen der Schwestern tatkräftig unterstütz, sabotiert die ängstliche Mutter ihre Idee, wo sie nur kann. Doch Maria und Anna finden einen Weg, die erste Douglas-Filiale in Hamburg zu eröffnen. Und damit beginnt das eigentliche Abenteuer.

Der Krimi ist von Lucinda Riley, das Hörbuch liest Simone Kabst – eine gelungene Kombi. St Stephens, ein kleines Internat im idyllischen Norfolk. Eines Tages kommt der 18-jährige Charlie Cavendish in Fleat House, einem der Wohnheime der traditionsreichen Schule, unter mysteriösen Umständen ums Leben. Der Direktor beeilt sich zu erklären, dass es sich um einen tragischen Unfall handelt, aber die Polizei beginnt unter der Leitung von Detective Inspector Jazz Hunter zu ermitteln.

Bremen, 1874. Schon als kleines Mädchen träumt Bettina Vosskamp davon, ihrem Elternhaus zu entfliehen. Ihr sehnlichster Wunsch ist es, zu ihrer Großmutter Lene nach Indien zu reisen, die dort eine Teeplantage besitzt. Als Bettina viele Jahre später "Brennys Garden" in Darjeeling erbt, ist sie entschlossen, Lenes Lebenswerk zu bewahren. Doch dort stehen ihr wirtschaftliche Nöte, ein bedrohliches Erdbeben und die Behauptung in einer harten Männerwelt bevor. Aber Bettina lässt sich nicht entmutigen – und setzt alles daran, endlich auch ihr eigenes Glück zu finden.

Der literarische Bestseller aus Frankreich. Im Januar 2003 fand Anne Berests Mutter unter den Neujahrswünschen eine verstörende Postkarte mit nichts als den Namen ihrer vier Angehörigen, die in Auschwitz ermordet wurden; ohne Absender, ohne Unterschrift. Anne fragt nach und die Mutter erzählt ihr die tragische Geschichte der Rabinowicz. Aber erst als ihre kleine Tochter in der Schule Antisemitismus erfährt, beschließt Anne der Sache wirklich auf den Grund zu gehen. Mit Hilfe eines Privatdetektivs und eines Kriminologen recherchiert sie in alle erdenklichen Richtungen.

Der große neue Roman der preisgekrönten Autorin Nino Haratischwili. Das letzte Jahrhundert neigt sich dem Ende entgegen und in Georgien werden die Stimmen, die eine Ablösung vom ehemals allmächtigen Riesen fordern, lauter. In dieser Zeit wachsen vier unterschiedliche Mädchen - Dina, Ira, Nene und Qeto - in Tiblisi auf. Sie erleben die erste große Liebe, die mit der Unabhängigkeit des Landes aufbrandende Gewalt und Knappheit - und die Gespaltenheit einer jungen Demokratie in Aufruhr, die einen Keil in ihre Familien treibt.

Rowan Summerwaite has unfinished business in the latest installment of the thrilling Goddess with a Blade series by New York Times bestselling author Lauren Dane. Rowan Summerwaite is many things. She knows how to land a punch but has learned there’s more than one way to solve a problem. She...