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Eve Sumptor-Riley’s life is perfect. She’s married to the love of her life, has a beautiful daughter and the best friend any woman can have. With her businesses flourishing, and her husband’s professional life expanding, Eve’s life was finally happy. Or so she thought. Someone does not want Eve to be happy. They are determined to take everything away from her. Once again, Eve must battle her past, this time from an unknown foe. Will she be able to triumph again? Or will she lose everything she worked so hard to achieve?

Newly-separated Laura is back home living with her mum. She spends her days reading and escaping from the realities of her new life alone—until that life suddenly becomes more complicated than she could ever have imagined. When a novel received from an online book swap contains a chilling note, Laura has to overcome her own fears to help a stranger. First, she must uncover just exactly who is it that needs to be saved, and from what.

Single mom, Emma Williams starts work as an assistant for the famously frosty ice queen Vivian Sterling—CEO of Sterling Enterprises. Vivian is difficult, demanding, and hard to please. Emma finds herself more and more drawn in to wanting to please her. Will Emma's warmth and kindness get through to her and thaw the ice queen?

Samantha Reynold's new life in Aloha Lagoon is awesome. She has a great job as a surf instructor at the local resort, a gorgeous boyfriend, bartender Casey Dalton, and a BFF to tell all her secrets to. But when a man from Casey's past turns up in Aloha Lagoon claiming knowledge of a long lost treasure, life goes from paradise to downright deadly.

Rebecca and Cass Giles were living large and happy as hell. Even after three years, the two were still in the honeymoon phase of their marriage, and their professional lives were thriving. Rebecca was a highly sought-after business consultant, and Cass was finding her footing in the art world and was in demand. But time wasn't always on their side. Between work and being there for their friends, they found it more challenging to find enough time for each other.

Chekhov’s masterpiece in a full-cast performance starring Tessa Thompson, Jennifer Westfeldt, Sarah Zimmerman and Jon Hamm. Meet Olga, Masha, and Irina, warm and cultured young sisters who were reared in the exciting hubbub of Moscow, but have been living in the dull, gossipy backwaters of Russia for far too long.

Was tun, wenn's keinem schmeckt? Mit ihrer streng veganen Kost treibt Dana die Gäste ihres Bistros in die Flucht - man will Currywurst statt Quinoa. Als hätte die Alleinerziehende mit ihrer kleinen Tochter und ihrem starrköpfigen greisen Vater nicht schon genug um die Ohren, versucht die fiese Maklerin Frau Müller-Mertens, sich das Haus unter den Nagel zu reißen, in dem Dana ihr Restaurant betreibt. Im Kampf Gemüse gegen Gentrifizierung hilft Dana schließlich nur der beherzte Griff zum Brecheisen. Und als sich dann noch der neue Mann ihres Herzens als Fleischesser erweist, ist das Maß endgültig voll.

The morning of her niece's wedding, Margo Just drinks a double martini and contemplates the many mistakes she's made in her fifty-odd years of life. Spending three decades in love with a wonderful but unattainable man is pretty high up on her list of missteps, as is a long line of unsuccessful love affairs accompanied by a seemingly endless supply of delicious cocktails.

Newly divorced and bought out of her company, Nathalie rents a holiday home in the South of France. After years of hard work and a failed marriage in Chicago, she’s looking for some peace and quiet, a place to clear her mind and figure out her future. Lena loves women, her dog, and landscaping, but that’s about as complicated as it gets. When she meets her new tenant for the summer, it proves hard to stay professional as a caretaker, especially when that tenant turns out to be everything she ever wanted and more.

"His Hideous Heart is an audiobook dream. Half of the stories are read by their authors and the other half are read by professional narrators; all are delightful and, of course, haunting." -- Paste Thirteen of YA’s most celebrated names reimagine Edgar Allan Poe’s most surprising, unsettling...

Artist Juliette Montgomery's mom is getting remarried and Juliette will be moving in with her new stepfather and stepsister. Her new stepsister, Olivia Jones, is the very beautiful, enigmatic CEO of the family business. Juliette has never been attracted to women before, but she finds herself increasingly drawn to Olivia. Olivia—her new sister—the one woman who is totally out of bounds. It would be a really really bad idea to sleep with Olivia—wouldn't it?

A seemingly ordinary existence is shattered when Willow is assaulted and left for dead near her San Francisco home. It is not a random attack, as she soon discovers. The stranger who rescues her tells her she’s part of a hidden race of people whose oppressive government is on the verge of a violent uprising.

Alexa Knight has one more battle before she retires as an undefeated mixed martial arts champion. When ESPN wants to film her preparation for the final match, she reluctantly agrees. All she cares about is remaining the best. Kara Roberts is a documentary filmmaker who needs a few more dollars to finish the most important project of her life. Desperate, she agrees to work on the crew filming the final weeks before Alexa Knight’s last fight. All she cares about is making her movie. When their two worlds collide, sparks fly.

A universal story of finding a way to be comfortable in your own skin: Kate and Tam meet, and both of their worlds tip sideways. At first, Tam figures Kate is your stereotypical cheerleader; Kate sees Tam as another tall jock. And the more they keep running into each other, the more they...

Shame stitched her mouth shut, abuse scalded her voice, and religious manipulation taught her that unconditional love must be earned through self-inflicted torture. Tessa understood her failings before she knew her favorite color. “You’re too emotional, too sensitive, you look too much like your mother, and you’re a constant disappointment.” How exacting are the demands for her freedom?

Kate Cross, a no-nonsense medic, is haunted by the loss of her partner in combat. She's built walls around her heart and has no time for romance—especially with Alexis Cole, the irresistible Combat Rescue Officer with a reputation for breaking hearts. But when they're forced to work together on a high-stakes mission, the sparks between them are impossible to ignore.

Eine Familienzusammenkunft auf hoher See – was kann da schon schief gehen? Das denkt sich Maria, als sie als Bordshop-Leiterin auf dem Kreuzfahrtschiff anheuert, dessen Kapitän ihr Bruder Lukas ist. Wenn sie beide schon zusammen in See stechen – warum dann nicht gleich die ganze Familie einladen? Während nach und nach die Verwandtschaft zusteigt, beschleicht Maria jedoch das Gefühl, dass das nicht die beste Idee war. Schließlich ging bei der letzten Zusammenkunft ein Familienmitglied über Bord.

Das unerwartete Erbe eines majestätischen und faszinierenden Herrenhauses hat Sonya MacTavish's Leben von einem Tag auf den anderen umgekrempelt. Ihr Onkel, der einst verlorene Zwilling ihres Vaters, hat ihr damit ein neues Zuhause und eine neue Gemeinschaft geschenkt, die sie mit offenen Armen empfängt. Dazu gehört auch Trey, Sonyas Nachbar, mit dem sie sich so wohlfühlt wie noch mit keinem anderen Mann. Doch die Idylle hat ihre Tücken: Über dem Haus und Sonyas Familie scheint ein Fluch zu liegen.

Legal, illegal – ganz egal! Drei Frauen auf der Suche nach Gerechtigkeit und Liebe Als die drei Freundinnen Nele, Fiona und Hermine unverschuldet in existenzielle Nöte geraten, ist Schluss mit lieb und nett. Um sich und ihre Kinder über Wasser zu halten, gehen sie aufs Ganze: Mit Witz, Fantasie und einer guten Portion krimineller Energie holen sie sich einfach, was sie brauchen. Dabei geraten sie in jede Menge skurriler Situationen und finden am Ende, womit sie am wenigsten gerechnet haben: die Liebe. Eine charmante Komödie über Haben und Sein, nicht zuletzt auch über die ganz großen Gefühle.

In the world of morning television, Rebecca Pandey shines as the charismatic producer and host of an animal programme, but behind the facade, she battles nightmares that refuse to let her rest. Desperate for relief, she turns to a specialist known for unravelling the most perplexing subconscious puzzles. Out and proud dream therapist Emma Parker feels conflicted when her new client turns out to be her secret celebrity crush.