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Addison Reed doesn’t want to believe her foreman and family friend is responsible for her missing stock, but the man isn’t making it easy. Hoping to prove he’s innocent, she follows him into a seedy bar and finds herself in a bigger mess...kissing a complete stranger. Drifter Sawyer Dawson never settled anywhere for long. In fact, landing a job on a ranch as the new foreman just fell into his lap, and he figured Montana was as good a place as any to settle down for a while.

Der Ort, an dem alles endet. Ein Meer, in dem nichts lebt. Eine Wüste, in der alles stirbt. Eine Stadt, in der jeder schläft. An diesem Ort ist es nicht kalt. An diesem Ort ist es nicht dunkel. Es ist ein fremder Ort. Da ist ein mechanisches Herz mit dem Wunsch zu leben. Ein Toter, der zurückkehrt, um eine Schüssel Müsli zu essen. Ein zensiertes Gesicht, das sich davor fürchtet, erkannt zu werden. Und das ist nur ein Bruchteil von dem, was an diesem Ort wartet. Acht Geschichten vom Endpunkt.

"Sie ist genau so, wie eine Frau für Sie sein muss. Sie ist die Frau, mit der Sie Ihr ganzes Leben verbringen könnten. Aber das werden Sie nicht." Er hat die Drei zu sich gerufen, in der Hoffnung, dass sie ihm einen Ausweg aus seinem Leben bieten können. Und das können sie, wenn auch unter gewissen Bedingungen. Die Drei schenken ihm eine Frau - eine Frau, die nur für ihn erschaffen wurde.

"Ich hatte davon gehört, dass es hier draußen einsam war. Aber hier waren wirklich nur wir, die Sterne und der Mond. Es war wichtig, was wir hier taten. Wir mussten es tun." Am Ende dieser Nacht wird seine Frau sterben. Das weiß er. Dennoch fährt er mit ihr zum Ort, an dem sie der Tod erwartet. Es ist richtig, das weiß er. Denn der Mond will seine Frau. Der Mond liebt sie.

Fünf Geschichten von zwei Stimmen aus der jungen Horrorliteratur. Düstere, surreale Stimmungen mit Themen, die über die klassischen Motive hinausgehen.

"Das ist noch nicht das Ende aller Tage, Jakob, du bist zu voreilig. Der Krieg kann nicht vorbei sein. Vergiss bitte nicht, was du gelernt hast." "Menschen sind böse", flüsterte Jakob in den Hörer. "Menschen sind böse", antwortete die Stimme. Eine Geschichte über den Überlebenskampf einer Familie, die alleine ist, nachdem die Menschheit die Erde verlassen hat.

Smoking is one of the most addictive things you can do and quitting it is a nightmare for most people. The willpower required to give up nicotine is significant and can take many attempts. But you know that quitting could just save you a lot of cash, and maybe even your life. In this short, but impactful, book, Smoking: The Ultimate Guide to Stop Smoking and Overcome Nicotine Addiction, you will find proven ways to help you make a change in your life and stop smoking for good.

Who was Nede Wade Christie? Was he a violent criminal guilty of murdering a federal officer? Or a Cherokee statesman who suffered a martyr’s death for a crime he did not commit? For more than a century, journalists, pulp fiction authors, and even serious historians have produced largely fictitious accounts of “Ned” Christie’s life. Now, in a tour de force of investigative scholarship, Devon A. Mihesuah offers a far more accurate depiction of Christie and the times in which he lived.

For Bill Fulton, being a soldier was his identity. He was called to protect and serve. So when the army wanted to send him to Alaska, he went . After an involuntary medical discharge, Fulton was adrift until he started a military surplus store in Anchorage, where he also took on fugitive recovery missions. But when a customer revealed he planned to attack a military recruiting station, Fulton had to make a choice: turn a blind eye and hope for the best or risk his safety, his reputation, and his business by establishing contact with his customers' archnemesis: the FBI.

Das Crash-Hotel sucht junge, engagierte Mitarbeiter - die keine Fragen stellen, egal was sie sehen oder hören. Doch je länger man sich in diesem Gebäude aufhält, desto klarer wird: Irgendetwas stimmt dort nicht. Die merkwürdigsten Gestalten gehen dort ein und aus, die seltsamsten Dinge geschehen. Keine Fragen zu stellen, ist beinahe unmöglich. Jedoch sei geraten, es dennoch zu unterlassen. Die Folgen könnten fatal sein.

"Das ist noch nicht das Ende aller Tage, Jakob, du bist zu voreilig. Der Krieg kann nicht vorbei sein. Vergiss bitte nicht, was du gelernt hast." "Menschen sind böse", flüsterte Jakob in den Hörer. "Menschen sind böse", antwortete die Stimme. Eine Geschichte über den Überlebenskampf einer Familie, die alleine ist, nachdem die Menschheit die Erde verlassen hat.

In 2030, human civilization is faced with almost certain extermination. Weather patterns have become more extreme. Super storm after super storm pops up without warning. Some cities and even some smaller nations have become uninhabitable. Some say it is a man-made issue, others claim it is natural. To those losing family members, to those whose lives are destroyed, it doesn't matter what caused it, they only care about how to make it stop.

Our future has crumbled. In the late 2020s, the grid finally flickered out for the last time, succumbing to attacks from a newly formed Resistance, fuel scarcity, and general entropy. It is now the year 2037 and many have died, with the few that managed to escape death solely concerned with their daily survival. Gavin Collier is one of those lucky few, but survival alone isn't enough for him anymore.

It's the most irresistible gamble of all…Bianca Wagner knows that love's just a fleeting fantasy on Las Vegas's dazzling and seductive strip. But hot new casino owner Tanner Long is quickly changing the jaded reporter's mind. Yet the high-flying bachelor isn't a man who plays for keeps…until one passionate rendezvous in London leaves Bianca with an unexpected gift.

After tragically losing his wife and daughter in a car accident, writer-photographer Richard Lowrey loses his will to do what he does best and becomes a recluse at his house on the famed 17-Mile Drive on California's Monterey Peninsula. Single mother Janine Henderson, an editor at Richard's New York City publisher, is assigned the task of bringing him back into the fold, with two books left in his contract. The two begin to connect beyond their professional association and personal misfortunes as they seek to find true love again.

Connie Sheridan is the owner of the Sea Bluffs Lodge in Sea Bluffs, Oregon. Beautiful, 30, strong-willed, and single, Connie attends a celebrity auction to promote literacy. She inadvertently wins the bid to have dinner with the handsome romantic-suspense writer Mitch Templeton. He is part of the dynamic best seller writing duo known as Alexis Mitchell. Alexis is Mitch's ex-wife. Sparks fly instantly between Connie and Mitch. But having been hurt by men in the past, Connie remains wary of love and romance.

Raquel Deneuve prides herself on her ability to make any bad-rap celebrity look good. But the Honolulu image consultant takes on the challenge of her career when she's hired by former NBA hotshot Keanu Bailey. The hard-partying playboy has a rep for never getting serious with any woman. That spells trouble for Raquel when she starts falling for her seductive client. To the world, Keanu is the ultimate bad boy. But he's determined to prove them wrong-especially when he meets Raquel.

Hairstylist Mackenzie Reese is feeling fabulous and free! Her teenage son has gone cross-country to live with her ex, so Mackenzie's got a new lease on life--no men, no kids, no problem! Then sexy disc jockey Ian Kelly moves in next door...and it's more than just the barbecue that heats up. Ian moved to Vermont for a job and his own type of freedom. But he hadn't counted on a beautiful, sassy neighbor to stir his deep, delicious longings.

When retired FBI forensic psychologist Spencer Berry and his dog break up a scuffle between gang members, in the process of chasing one with a gun, they end up discovering the nude remains of a young woman partially submerged in a creek behind the home of police spokeswoman Deidre Lawrence. The deceased appears to be the victim of the Park Killer, a serial murderer terrorizing Sinclair Heights, Oregon over the past three years.

After being left at the altar in Texas, Madison Wagner is determined to fly solo. The once-burned book reviewer's move to Oregon is difficult, especially when she becomes attracted to the one man she should avoid at all costs. She can't help being irresistibly drawn to rugged and handsome bestselling author Stuart Kendall. If only Stuart's sister hadn't married Madison's snake of an ex-fiance.