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Una aventura llena de misterios, símbolos e historia. En esta novela encontrarás un recorrido por Madrid y la herencia que nuestros masones más carismáticos han dejado en nuestra capital. Las pistas que aparecen en la escena del crimen tienen matices masónicos, por lo que los agentes se ven obligados a contactar con una de las historiadoras más prestigiosas en la materia, Clara. Nuestra protagonista es Asperger, lo que supone que en ciertas ocasiones las situaciones se vuelvan inexplicables o extrañas para sus nuevos compañeros.

Former LAPD cop turned private investigator Yolanda Ávila blames herself for her mother's death. If she'd only followed her cop instincts instead of the juju—her random prophetic dreams—the perpetrator would have been off the streets and her mother would still be alive. The only salve against her guilt is Yolanda's vow to reject that juju crap, and to solve cases using only good solid detective work. But when her godson is kidnapped and his parents are suspected of murder, Yolanda finds herself caught between what she feels and what she knows.

Get to the root of your houseplant problems with The Houseplant Coach! Whether you're a new plant parent or have a decades-old indoor jungle, you'll learn fabulous things. Join 'professional plant nerd' Veronica as she explores the not-so-common answers to many common houseplant maladies.

Jake and Darius are seasoned homicide detectives that have seen their share of murders. With all their experience, it never gets easier, especially when the victim is a child. During one investigation they meet and become intertwined with Jessica, the mother of one of the killer’s victims. She reveals a rare gift that may help them catch the killer. Jake is skeptical but Darius puts his faith in her. When the latest child victim is close to one of their own they go into overdrive to find the killer. Will Jessica's gift be what helps them learn the identity of the killer? And for Jessica - is it really a gift or is it a curse?

It's the night before Emily's wedding. She should be thrilled. Instead, she's burning with guilty desire. Sean, her fiance's father, is a silver fox. Tall and dangerous, he's used to getting what he wants. Emily's helplessly attracted to this older man, and he knows exactly what to say to turn her on. She wants to resist, but her lust leads her astray. She likes being a bad girl, and her fiance’s too good to treat her like one. Tonight, the father is going to cuckold the son!

When John Tovey lost his sight at the age of 42, he thought his life was over. He was wrong, it was just beginning. John had followed a bad path drifting in and out of trouble. He was sent to improvement schools, a young offenders institute and eventually a prison. John was on self-destruct and thought nothing or no one could help him. Then he became the victim of a vicious attack by a notorious train ‘steaming’ gang. John knew he had to take the witness stand.

When we came to America, we brought anger and socialism and hunger. We also brought our demons. In Burning Girls and Other Stories, Veronica Schanoes crosses borders and genres with stories of fierce women at the margins of society burning their way toward the center. This debut collection introduces listeners to a fantasist in the vein of Karen Russell and Kelly Link, with a voice all her own.

Scare Street is proud to present 14 diabolical new tales in this bone-chilling collection. Each ghastly short story unleashes a new nightmare, ripped from the depths of your psyche. It’s almost as if this book has a mind of its own; a monstrous, disturbed mind, a mind full of dark dreams, and twisted nightmares.

Vuelve a experimentar el amor, el sacrificio y el peligro de la trilogía Divergente, ahora desde la perspectiva del carismático Tobias. En este esperado spin-off podrás encontrar cuatro historias: La transferencia, El iniciado, El hijo, El traidor y tres escenas más que darán a los lectores de Divergente la mirada popular de Tobias sobre distintos momentos únicos en la épica trilogía.

En el Chicago distópico de Beatrice, la sociedad está dividida en cinco facciones. En una ceremonia anual, todos los chicos de dieciséis años deben decidir a qué facción dedicarán el resto de sus vidas. Beatrice tiene que elegir entre quedarse con su familia... y ser quien realmente es.

Valorie, Veronica, Vance, and Vincent’s perfect world turned into a nightmare one hot afternoon in 1959 in Cebu, Philippines. What was to be a quick lunch with their father turned into a flight to America, where four dreadfully long years of running from state to state, hiding, and vanishing into the night followed. Kidnapped from the only world they knew, confusion quickly set in.

Was wirklich geschah? Four - das ist der geheimnisvolle Ferox-Anführer von Veronica Roths Bestseller-Trilogie "Die Bestimmung". Seine Geschichte unterscheidet sich von Tris' - und ist mindestens genauso interessant. In "Fours Geschichte" erfahren die Hörer endlich mehr über ihren Lieblingshelden: Wie kam er zu den Ferox? Wie wurde er ein Ausbilder?

Cinq destins, un seul choix. Tris vit dans un monde post-apocalyptique où la société est divisée en cinq factions. À 16 ans, elle doit choisir son appartenance pour le reste de sa vie. Cas rarissime, son test d'aptitudes n'est pas concluant. Elle est divergente. Ce secret peut la sauver... Ou la tuer.

First anal sex! It’s the hottest of all hot fantasies, and the stories in this mega collection from Naughty Daydreams Press certainly illustrate why! Whether it’s rough first anal sex in public or something a little more tame, you’ll find it here. In this collection, the girls might be happy or sad, ready or reluctant, prepared or blackmailed, wanting to scream or wanting to moan. The one thing you can be absolutely certain of? For every single one of them, it is very, very, very tight fit.

Gangbang…the thought of a lovely lady taking on three, four, even more guys at the same time? It's such a hot fantasy, and at Naughty Daydreams Press, our authors know how to write gangbang erotica! If you're looking for something rough and reluctant, we've got what you want. If you want to see something a little more tame, we've got that, too. Whatever you'd like to see in your gangbangs it is likely to be in this mega collection of twenty stories, so click, download, and make sure you have plenty of time to handle the heat!

While out collecting some Portuguese laurel for the formidable flower arranger Mrs Dawes, feisty widow Ellie Quicke comes across a dead body - a corpse without an identity. Next day, Mrs Dawes is discovered by Ellie and her grandson, Frank, badly beaten and close to death. Much to Ellie's dismay, the police think shaven-headed Neil, Mrs Dawes' grandson, is responsible, even after a third body comes to light.

Troubles never come singly. Ellie’s old friend and housekeeper falls off a ladder and hurts herself after seeing a “ghost” in a neighbour’s house, while Ellie is trying to get rid of a desperate young man, who says he’s looking for his great aunt… who happens to own the house in question. Mrs Pryce had told everyone she was moving to a retirement home, but never arrived there.

Ellie Quicke believes in helping people in trouble. But it would appear that her latest good deed has returned to bite her when she takes in a weeping girl who needs somewhere to stay. Selfish, thoughtless and irresponsible, Angelica is by no means the easiest of houseguests, confident that someone else will always pick up the bill. But when a dead body is found in the garden the morning after a riotous party she's organised, Angelica plunges Ellie's household into a situation too hot for any of them to handle.

Kingdom of Roses and Flame is a standalone Beauty and the Beast Romantasy that features a cursed dragon prince and a relentless heroine who will march into the heart of darkness to protect the people she loves. Prepare for action, danger, and a steamy romance with a HEA.

For the desperate father of a small family in Leningrad, escape to Germany could not be any worse than the certainty of starvation in they did nothing. Even if caught and imprisoned, he believes they will at least have food and not freeze to death. The only comfort for his daughter, 14-year-old Elena, is that she can take her "piano" with her, a cloth facsimile of a keyboard sewn for her by her grandmother so she could practice after her own piano was destroyed in the bombing.