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There is no greater pain than love and loss… Three women are found dead in their homes, their nights of romance ended in violence. But as the men in their lives arrive one by one to confess the killings, FBI consultant Sophie Quinn suspects there’s more to these eerily similar murders than meets the eye. With her own father hospitalized and the final threads of family bonds stretched precariously thin, Sophie must choose between finding the man who took her sister from her and finding the truth behind this new violence.

Gabriel Dax' Nächte sind kurz. Seit seiner Kindheit leidet er unter Albträumen: Erinnerungen an jene verhängnisvolle Nacht, in der seine Mutter und sein Elternhaus einem verheerenden Brand zum Opfer fielen. Seiner Schlaflosigkeit zum Trotz ist der gefeierte Reiseschriftsteller aus Chelsea auf der ganzen Welt unterwegs – einer vom Kalten Krieg zerrissenen Welt. In Zentralafrika bietet sich ihm die exklusive Gelegenheit, den ersten Ministerpräsidenten des erst seit Kurzem unabhängigen Kongo zu interviewen.

All Cora wants for Yule is a few more shells for her collection, a cozy book by the fire, and to be spoiled by a minotaur—er, to avoid the Yuletide Ball. Nymphs are supposed to be fun and flirty, but Cora has always been shy, bookish, and serious. If only Asterion, the minotaur of her dreams, would set his cap at someone else before she can disappoint him—like everyone else who has discovered her proclivity toward speeches on the differences between clams and mussels.

Los héroes de los antiguos mitos de las diferentes culturas ya recorrieron el camino; su itinerario es conocido, solo hay que seguir su huella. Tras sus gestas, aventuras y descubrimientos, surge tanto aquello que hace avanzar las civilizaciones como lo que conduce a la conquista de uno mismo. El autor nos explica el ciclo iniciático del héroe expuesto por Joseph Campbell y nos muestra su desarrollo en libros y películas contemporáneos.

This is a continuation of the story of Traci Simmons. Her relationship with Officer Randall Wells unfolds and they embark on a new life together. As things get serious, someone from their past designs a scheme to negatively impact both of their lives. The suspense heats up as Randall becomes a target of the evil Charlotte Carter and it almost destroys his career. And, if that were not bad enough, his love and loyalty to Traci is put to the ultimate test.

Siofra has lived her entire life in isolation, terrified of her unrestrained dark magic. Then the unthinkable happens, and she and her brother are imprisoned for murder. Before the law can deliver their punishment, the siblings are rescued by a mysterious benefactor, whisked away to a glamorous manor in the far north, where everyone treats them like a prince and princess. Shadowfen Hall, and the surrounding forest, keeps a wall between Desemir and his rivals. His lack of heir leaves him vulnerable, but to marry within his peerage would ignite the very coup he needs to avoid.

Big Mama in the critically acclaimed The 12 Days of a Soul Food Christmas has a daughter named Emma Jean who loves to sew. After finding a forgotten treasure, Emma Jean discovers her true passion by teaching herself how to sew.

Everyone is welcome at Big Mama's house for the holidays! Come in and celebrate with Big Mama's family and enjoy a tasty new tradition of mouthwatering main courses and scrumptious side dishes shared with smiles and seconds everyone!

Don't go outside past dark. Come straight home after church. And above all—never, ever, go into Red Wood. These are the rules Latavia's aunt gives her when Latavia arrives in Sanctum, Alabama for the summer. Though, weird as they are, living in Sanctum does have its pros. Mainly, the cute girl who works at the local ice cream shop. But Sanctum is turning out to be as strange as the rules—and the longer Latavia’s in town, the more suspicious she is that the people there are hiding something. And the more clear it is that she’s an outsider.

Dans cette fable sur l’épreuve, deux frères, le Grand et le Petit, sont au fond d’un puits. Rien à boire, rien à manger, seul un sac les accompagne et l’ombre d’une mère. La fraternité se résume à l’essentiel : le Grand protège le Petit, le Petit donne au Grand une raison de vivre. La force vitale de ces deux enfants qui ne veulent pas mourir et s’accrochent au destin traverse le lecteur, marqué à tout jamais par les images et les mots de la hantise.

Cunning, gorgeous, and wickedly possessive, Akim could have any woman in the world…but he chose me. I thought I’d be able to get away from him eventually, that I could mend my heart and start over, but I was wrong. Fate has sealed us with an unbreakable bond.

Nikita is an endangered animal specialist; her sole job is to help endangered animals. She ends up getting stuff in the woods of India on one of her mission and is saved by a rogue white tiger shifter.

For weeks, she’s been working on a prototype enlarging ray. Her entire lab thinks they are weeks from getting it working, but she’s been sabotaging progress at every turn. At night, she fixes the machine and plugs in her working code. It feels so good to grow. But on a night when everyone should be gone, she discovers there are two people still in the lab. She’s already zapped herself, and with 10 minutes remaining until she starts to grow, she knows she’ll need to come clean.

The story begins in the wonderful '80s, a time filled with great music, alcohol, cruising, and sex. She was 15 years younger than he was. Although he had a problem with the age difference, she never did. Married three times, twice to the same woman and barely escaped a third round with her. This is a story about the multiple marriages. She also married two other men between these marriages and had an affair with Jim during both. Call it magnetism, a strange attraction, or plain old stupidity; you be the judge.

An impassioned veteran embarks back in time on a long-suffering military experience and the unexpected transition thereafter through the eyes of a meek and humble woman. She must come to embrace the life she now lives in sickness and health in remarkable ways through everything surrounding her. By the time it came for her to have a military medical evaluation, she really wasn’t feeling up to it, given the extent of how she felt that entire month. After the doctors did their evaluation and sent off the report, she waited for the final decision.

Alexis Valdés narra con profunda ternura sobre el niño que fue y logra reflejar no solo los años más duros de su vida, sino transportar al lector a la Cuba de su infancia y adolescencia, con sus problemas, sus carencias, su dolor, pero también con una alegría de vivir y la esperanza de que algún día todo será mejor.

Nina is innocent when it comes to men. At 21, she’s never really dated, and ever since she started working for Mr Beck, she feels an undeniable attraction towards this super-hot older man, but she can’t bring herself to tell him. But when Mr Beck visits the kitchen for a midnight snack, he instead finds another kind of tasty morsel. But can he resist the temptation?

In this story, 19-year-old orphan Marie visits the photographic studio of Monsieur Zee. But it is not the photographer whose initial interest is piqued by the beautiful, fresh-faced young girl, rather it is his assistant, Celeste. Perhaps it is she who holds the key to the secrets that can be found in the cabinet of Monsieur Zee.

A vicar’s wife is worried when a film she made 30 years ago comes back to haunt her. Why now? And is it possible her now comfortable world might fall apart after all these years?

In this story, Connie and Clara decide to pay a visit to Clive, the photographer, when they realise they’re out of money and it’s time to pay the rent. Clive knows how the girls can make the money they need and more, but can Connie convince Clara to go through with it? After all, she’s never had her picture taken - clothes on or off.