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She was just a kid when she found me lying injured beside the road and saved my life. I promised her I'd return if she ever needed me. Twelve years later, I answer the phone and hear her voice: a biker gang's about to sell her to the highest bidder. Like hell they are! I tear the place apart and we roar off on my Harley...but the kid I remember has grown up into a woman I can't resist, with long red hair and curves that don't quit. And now she thinks I'm a goddamn hero.

When an illegal underground fight leaves my brother in the hospital, I make a desperate deal to save his life: I volunteer to fight in his place. In 30 days, I've got to walk into the ring, a woman in a man's world - and I've never even thrown a punch. I have one chance to survive. I need a badass who can teach me to be as tough as him. I need Aedan O'Harra, the blue-eyed, Irish beast of a man whom everyone fears. But training together means getting close. Every touch of his hands makes it harder to control my feelings.

Part owner of the Chicago tattoo shop Inked Armor, Chris Zelter is a talented artist who decorates skin with gorgeous designs. He might look the part of the typical jacked-up, inked-up bad boy, but underneath is a fiercely loyal, complicated man. Kicked out at 16, Chris has had to fend for himself for the last 12 years, making his Inked Armor crew as much family as they are business partners. For him, it’s enough - until he meets Sarah Adamson.

Kailyn Flowers was always calm, rational, and controlled—until she ended up sprawled all over Daxton Hughes, the former actor she totally crushed on as a teenager. Then she did the unthinkable: She became a mortifying fangirl in five seconds flat, which may or may not have included professing her undying love. And oddly, he didn't run away. In fact, their meet cute led to a friendship she never saw coming. Of course, she never saw his betrayal coming, either....

From the first moment I see Mason Boone, I can't take my eyes off him. Everyone's got a different story about the gorgeous, silent man in chains. He's a hero, a former Navy SEAL. He's a fugitive, on his way to a court martial. He's a loner, a mountain man who hasn't spoken to another soul in years. But when our plane crashes deep in the Alaskan wilderness, he becomes my only hope. I'm an FBI agent and he's a prisoner, but to survive the wild animals, fierce weather, and unforgiving terrain, I must put my faith in him.

Lily: To escape my uncle - one of New York's most dangerous mob bosses - I had to create a whole new life. I became an expert forger, fled to Texas, and never let anyone get close to me again. I didn't figure on having my life saved by a huge, muscled cowboy. He's arrogant, he's stubborn, and he's the local stud, so why is he interested in a curvy girl like me? And if he annoys me so much, why can't I stop fantasizing about him?

Klappentext: Lena ist Ende vierzig, liebt ihre Wahlheimat Berlin und freut sich darauf, dass aus ihrer Fernbeziehung bald eine Nahbeziehung wird. So nah wie nur möglich soll das Leben mit Sascha werden, wenn er zu ihr zieht. Bald! Ganz bald. Doch dann kommt alles anders und ehe sie drei Mal Luft geholt hat, lebt sie mit Tom, einem Mann, den sie kaum kennt, auf der Insel Kreta. Manchmal fragt sie sich, ob sie noch alle Tassen im Schrank hat. Hat sie sich verlaufen? Ist sie noch auf dem richtigen Pfad? War die Entscheidung, ihre hart erarbeiteten Sicherheiten aufzugeben, die richtige?

For Trey DeLuca, the idea of settling down was entirely unsettling. As VP of sales for his family’s wine company, he’s never in any one city - or with any one woman - for long, which is how he likes it. But when family obligations keep him temporarily grounded in his hometown, he finds the perfect distraction. She’s sweet, gorgeous, and sexy as hell...only her life screams commitment. Between raising her son and struggling to keep her dance school afloat, Sara Reed has her hands full.

Lena und Tom sind dabei, sich ein neues Leben auf der Insel Kreta aufzubauen. Lena möchte Seminare geben für Menschen, die nach Antworten suchen. Doch verwirklichte Träume haben auch mit Ende vierzig ihr Kleingedrucktes- und das Inselleben ist einfach nichts für Tom.

Endlich hat Kathy es geschafft, sich aus ihrer Ehe mit David zu lösen. Seitdem lebt sie mit John, dem Abenteurer und ehemals besten Freund ihres Mannes. Eine neue Liebe, eine neue Stadt und ein neues Leben. Davis, John, Kathy - drei Teile einer Gleichung, die mit mathematischem Geschick einfach umgestellt wurde. Ein scheinbar neues Leben auf altem Grund. Doch nichts ist, wie es scheint. Eigentlich müsste Kathy glücklich sein. Wären da nicht der Ehering, den sie immer noch trägt, und das gemeinsame Haus in Portland, das sie nicht verkaufen möchte.

Magnolia "Mack" Bishop is staring down the barrel at single motherhood--thanks to an unsolicited personal picture her husband texted another woman that quickly went viral among every mom group in town. But she's determined to not let it distract her from the professional victory she's inches away from: securing Charleston's prestigious Historic Preservation Design Fellowship, the apple of every local designer's eye.

Poruszająca powieść jednej z najbardziej poczytnych polskich pisarek Młodziutka Andzia Tarłówna jest uroczą panienką, pełną dobroci i ufności. Jej jedyną rodziną jest ojczym, który rządzi jej majątkiem i w imię własnych niecnych celów odgradza ją od świata. Miłość do przystojnego panicza sprawia, że Andzia chce sama decydować o sobie. Los jednak nie jest łaskawy dla narzeczonych - bohaterka musi się zmierzyć ze smutkiem i boleścią. Zaczyna się spełniać posępna wróżba starej Cyganki.

Readers, listeners, and critics everywhere have applauded the Best Women’s Erotica series, exclaiming that it shows "women’s sexuality in all its wet, juicy, romantic, and lustful guises" ( Libido) and "gets racier every year" ( San Francisco Bay Guardian). With stories that have raised the bar for women’s erotic writing, this series tells the truth about women’s sexuality in all its variety and emotional depth. Now listeners can experience the hottest of the hot and the best of Best Women’s Erotica from the past six years.

A knock at the door shatters Kate Hemingway’s life when she’s informed of her husband Stuart’s death in Afghanistan. She struggles to care for their young son George with only Stuart’s aloof best friend Paul as emotional support. Piece by fragile piece, she tries to rebuild her life, realising Paul and her son have formed an unlikely bond.

La singular protagonista de esta historia, es, ante todo una mujer enamorada. Por eso, aunque tuvo trece hijos, una intensa vida profesional y quedó viuda, nada pudo mermar en ella el entusiasmo por la vida de pareja. Todos los que la conocieron sabían que era una mujer peculiar, no por ello les dejó de sorprender su decisión por volverse a casar a los ochenta y dos años con un hombre de noventa y uno.

Swedish sisters Astrid, Lena, and Sandra have struggled to get along since childhood, but when Lena is diagnosed with ovarian cancer, they are each thrown into crisis together.

Widowed at thirty, beautiful, resourceful Therese Lafirme is left alone to run her Louisiana plantation. When Therese falls in love with David Hosmer, a divorced businessman, her strong moral and religious convictions make it impossible for her to accept his marriage proposal. Her determined rejection sets the two on a tumultuous path that involves Hosmer's troubled former wife, Fanny. At Fault is set in the Post-Reconstruction rural South against a backdrop of economic devastation and simmering racial tensions.

Ah, Hawái…Preciosas playas de arena blanca, aguas cristalinas, atardeceres rosas, comida exótica y una filosofía de vida basada en la felicidad. Sin embargo, si te acercas al resort Lanikai beach y echas un vistazo, te darás cuenta de que todo paraíso tiene su tormenta. Este hotel se ha convertido en un retiro de jubilados y los beneficios están tan desviados que los directivos deciden jubilar a su actual director para enviar a Archie, experto en sacar adelante sitios de capa caída. Pero Archie tiene algún que otro secretillo…

Antes de morir, Hélène le hizo prometer a su marido, Julien, que le escribiría treinta y tres cartas, una por cada año de su vida. Para su asombro, Julien se da cuenta de que esta correspondencia, que deja en un compartimento secreto de su tumba en el cementerio de Montmartre, se ha convertido en una suerte de consuelo. Le habla de la vida que ahora ha de vivir sin ella; de su amor, ya no recíproco; de su hijo Arthur, que no quiere un padre que se siente desgraciado. Hasta que un día descubre que las cartas han desaparecido y en su lugar empieza a encontrar pequeñas respuestas.

While on vacation with her family in Valencia, Claire Halde witnesses a shocking event that becomes the catalyst for a protracted downward spiral and a profound personal unravelling as she struggles to come to grips with her role in the incident. This haunting novel, which unfolds across three timelines set in as many decades, takes the listener on a dark journey through the minds of three women whose pasts, presents, and futures are decided by a single encounter on a scorching summer afternoon.