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Alien - Erste Invasion (First Invasion) ist eine aufregende SciFi Liebesroman-Sammlung (18+) von Jenny Foster. Enthalten sind die Alien-Romane: Buch 1: Erdenbraut. Buch 2: Drachenkrieger. Buch 3: Die Gefangene. Alien - Erdenbraut: Jennas Exfreund ist untergetaucht und hat ihr jede Menge Spielschulden bei einem zwielichtigen Casinobetreiber hinterlassen, die sie nun bezahlen soll. Als sie sich weigert, bedroht er ihre Eltern und gibt ihr 48 Stunden, um das Geld aufzutreiben.

Ich bin einer der wenigen Menschen, die den Kampf gegen die Sethari noch nicht aufgegeben haben. Eher würde ich sterben, als mich den Aliens auszuliefern, die uns Menschen seit mehr als einhundert Jahren versklavt haben. Dann passiert das Undenkbare: Eine andere Rasse Aliens erreicht die Erde und bietet den Menschen einen Handel an. Im Austausch gegen gesunde Frauen vernichten sie die Tyrannen.

Amanda Cross liebt ihren Job, bei dem sie im Regierungsauftrag Zeitungsberichte auf Unregelmäßigkeiten in der Berichterstattung überprüft. Doch als sie ihre Vorgesetzte auf das merkwürdige Verschwinden junger Frauen hinweist, stößt sie auf eine Mauer des Schweigens. Jaroth Varek ist ein Bild von einem Mann. Doch hinter seiner muskelbepackten Fassade verbirgt sich ein dunkles Geheimnis.

Jennas Exfreund ist untergetaucht und hat ihr jede Menge Spielschulden bei einem zwielichtigen Casinobetreiber hinterlassen, die sie nun bezahlen soll. Als sie sich weigert, bedroht er ihre Eltern und gibt ihr 48 Stunden, um das Geld aufzutreiben. Rasquar Raell Dah'riss ist mehr als zufrieden mit dem Leben, das er führt. Als oberster Warlord der Nagaheri dient er dem König und genießt die Achtung seines Volkes. Er liebt es, zu kämpfen und zu erobern.

Inspired by the success of her crush, Sandy Blatch, Jelly decides that she needs to become a rock star. That way she'll get as many fans as Sandy's band, and Sandy will fall completely in love with her. Jelly's best friends, Myf and Roobs, are totally up for it. Meanwhile, Jelly's volunteered to help with the school's performance of Romeo and Juliet and has to watch while her Romeo, Sandy, stars alongside annoying Cicily Fanshaw.

It's not the end of the world...well, I suppose, literally, it is. A research student goes to his tutor in despair, his whole world on the verge of collapse. His project is evolving badly. Should he have tried a more intelligent design? Is it too late for his tutor to save him? Meanwhile they await the results of the competition for the most prestigious science prize of all time.

Jelly (who is wobbly when she runs and when she sees Roger Lovely) and her dorky best friends Ruby and Myf are going to senior school. They want to be cool - the trouble is, none of them is cool at all. Jelly's mum and stepdad are like chalk (a bit screechy) and cheese (a bit smelly). They're not helping the cool situation either, until Jelly's mum suggests a birthday party…

When Louis Pasteur discovered the process of fermentation in the 1870s, he noted that, while most organisms perished from lack of oxygen, some were able to adapt and even thrive as 'life without air'. In this capricious, dreamlike collection, characters and scenes traverse states of airlessness, from suffocating relationships, religions and institutions to toxic environments and ecstatic asphyxiations. Both compassionate and ecologically nuanced, this innovative collection bridges poetry and prose to interrogate the conditions necessary for survival.

All Daisy wants for Christmas is a little brother or sister. Her parents have tried everything to make her dream come true, but nothing is working. So Daisy takes matters into her own hands, praying every day and writing a letter to Santa Claus about her one and only wish. Daisy's parents are touched by her strong belief and grateful for her help, but as they explain, sometimes you have to wait. God will give you the perfect gift when the time is right.

Ruth is 30 years old. She works as a nurse in a care home, and her fiancé has just broken up with her. The only thing she has left of him is their shopping list for the upcoming week. And so she uses that list to tell her story. Starting with six eggs, and working through spaghetti and strawberries, and apples and tea bags, Ruth discovers that her identity has been crafted from the people she serves: her patients, her friends, and, most of all, her partner of 10 years.

Former Crime Analyst Merilyn Davies brings to life a gritty, heart-stopping crime thriller that will have you utterly obsessed. When a young couple are the lead suspects for the murder of their only child, Crime Analyst Carla Brown and DS Nell Jackson are assigned to investigate. The evidence seems conclusive, but something just doesn’t feel right. The case is quickly cast into doubt when the lead forensic pathologist starts receiving threatening letters - containing details only the police should know.

The severity of climate change leaves no one indifferent. The Climate Is Changing, Why Aren't We? will not try to convince you that climate change exists - we know that. It offers-easy to-understand insights into the structures that suffocate our future, while upholding a sense of optimism and humanising the climate story.

As she walks out of her marriage, a woman remembers the day her husband rescued a boy from drowning. A blind man on his wedding day celebrates the pursuit of love. And a young man leaves prison with only one desire - to see his son again. With power and precision, humanity and insight, Supporting Cast captures the extraordinary moments in our ordinary lives and the darkness and the joy of the everyday.

Life in the space lanes isn't the easiest, but for Trigg Donner, commander of the space freighter Rosebud, it's more than a steady paycheck - it's home. But when a routine landing on San Pedro unearths a mystery simmering on his own ship, Trigg comes face to face with his own fears and distrust. After spending several years stranded on a distant mining colony, former graduate student Cassandra "Lucky" Luckenbach finally has enough money saved up to catch a spaceship back home to Earth.

NEW MESSAGE . . . Daisy Jones has lived in the shadows of nightmares for years. Lonely and tired of self-induced isolation, she decided to try to meet someone on Connected.com, an online dating site. Shortly after signing up, She receives a message from a self-proclaimed prince charming. He seems to be everything a prince is- handsome, caring, charismatic- an all-around gentleman. Dom is everything she ever wanted. He quickly sweeps her off her feet. Soon, the tides turn and romance becomes terror. Daisy is faced with making a decision that will seal her fate.

For far too long, the stubborn notion that women don’t belong in finance and that men are naturally better at it has persisted—much like those old myths about using only 10 percent of our brains or that cracking your knuckles will give you arthritis. Spoiler alert: they’re all nonsense! "High Yields in High Heels" is here to dismantle those outdated beliefs and show how a simple shift in mindset can unlock financial success for anyone, regardless of gender.

Darker than the night, like a piece of reality had been ripped out of the world to grant a view into the endless abyss of the void, a shape rose from the low hills of the moor, towering above all. Sherlock Holmes, his brother Mycroft, and their associate Mary Morstan are some of the most adept mages in London, safeguarding the peace of the city. Their daily life of solving crimes is interrupted when an ancient threat rises in Dartmoor.

Brie wasn’t happy about what was coming. She’d lived here just long enough to think of this neighborhood as home. Most people wouldn’t chose a place like Dante’s Inferno to call home. But if she was going to live anywhere, it would be here. After all, the nuns had beaten into her that she was nothing but a sinner. What better place for a sinner than Hell.

In 2021, Amber James developed an unhealthy fascination with Old Saint Nick. Ever since, she’s chosen boyfriends based solely on their ability to satisfy her Santaphilia. Unfortunately, she can’t find a man worthy to come down her chimney. After multiple fails, she gives up the search for a Santa-with-benefits, and that night, she has an erotic dream featuring the jolly elf himself.

Ten-year-old Lola has always been touched by magic. In her Mexico City home, built around a towering tree, she is accustomed to enchanted blooms that change with the seasons, a sandbox that spits out mysterious treasures, and mischievous chaneques that scuttle about unseen by all but her. Magic has always been a part of her life, but now she must embrace the extraordinary as never before. Ever since The Thing That Happened, Lola's brother Alex has been sick. As his condition worsens, something begins eating away at the tree, causing its leaves and blossoms to crumble like ash.