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Josie is content as a maid in a rich cottager's mansion along the Cliff Walk of beautiful Newport, Rhode Island, but the arrival of her employer's handsome, pensive son tempts her into a relationship that, while chaste, is forbidden between their social classes in the Gilded Age of 1893. After travels abroad have led Arthur in search of a deeper connection with his Lord, he returns home to find love with his mother's maid, a Christian girl with a heart full of love and charity.

Antonie Ramirez could ride and shoot as well as any man - and better than most. Now, the headstrong beauty had come to Texas to honor her father's last words: Find the cattle rancher named Royal Bancroft and repay him for saving their lives long ago.

I'm in the business of hunting down and acquiring the planet's most coveted objects. Nothing thrills me more than finding and buying pieces with unbelievable value...and selling them for a massive profit. Nothing...until she bursts onto the scene. She might have the world's most tantalizing body and a smoldering look in her eyes, but she's made it clear that I have no chance. It's a challenge I can't turn down.

After years of boarding school and chaperoned dances, Lexi Maxwell is ready to detour from the perfect path her parents set her on. She makes plans to do this on her 18th birthday. Of course, she doesn't plan for the uninvited guest who crashes her party, and the last thing she expects is to fall in love with the man. Correction - the god. The kind of god with charm and smolder. The irresistible kind. And when Lexi decides to have a taste of forbidden fruit, she must also choose whether to follow the rules or follow her heart.

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A mystery hovers around the Haunted Bear Glacier near the remote town of Charming, Alaska. Town manager Chia Petit is determined to solve it. There's nothing she loves better than a good Alaska adventure - when she's not obsessed by her sexual needs or her obedience to rules, that is. Hindered by her annoying practical joker vampire roommate, helped by her happy-go-lucky dog shapeshifter best friend, Chia has more than a few challenges ahead.

After VIGIL & ANTE Studios’ latest publicity stunt, Agent Rosemary Collins and former supervillain Ironfall must maintain their cover by starring in a film of their own. This calls for a precarious truce, one rife with suspicion. But with ANTE remnants still at large, the pair must set aside their feelings, join forces again, and hunt the enemy down.

It’s a muggy summer in the forested suburbs outside of Charleston, West Virginia. Johnny Jepko and Patricia Murgatroyd watch enrapt as the crimes of their runaway next-door neighbor come to light before their eyes.

Jimi hat den vier KIBU Jumpern Pipa, i-Bob, Leni und K gebeichtet, dass sie in Wahrheit für Professor Choi arbeiten. Er war es, der die geheimnisvolle KIBU gebaut hat. Bei ihrem nächsten Jump landen die Kids im Herzen von Paris. Mit Hilfe von Rätseln und Hinweisen, die Professor Choi ihnen auf die KIBU sendet, suchen sie nach dem wichtigen KIBU Tagg mit der Jumpformel. Denn damit wird die KIBU wieder steuerbar. Doch die Suche ist besonders riskant, weil Katorga die KIBU und den Tagg mit aller Macht an sich reißen will. Und dafür schickt er seine kampflustigsten Leute aus.

Čtyřdílná kronika vypráví o osudech severočeského podnikatelského rodu Heřmanů od konce 17. století až do zrušení nevolnictví na sklonku 18. století. Životní peripetie členů rodu, kteří se stanou sklářskými a textilními podnikateli, umělci, úředníky i učenci, se prolínají s příběhy rázovitých severočeských postav – hraběcím rodem Kinských, sloupskými poustevníky, polevskými a šenovskými obchodníky, členy tajných evangelických sekt, jezuity i rozmanitými císařskými úředníky a kněžími. V závěrečném dílu tetralogie se vrací Falknovská huť částečně zpět do vlastnictví rodu Heřmanů.

Grieving from the death of her father, Dana decides to take a break from online dating. After a chance encounter with a medium predicts that she’ll find love again, a message from an intriguing stranger piques her interest. Erik Becker is the charming, witty and charismatic stranger who messages her, challenging her to step out of her comfort zone and give love another chance. Dana thinks she’s met her soulmate, but soon realizes that the man of her dreams is not who he seems.

Paige Turner has finally been healed of her deadly day-walking vampire beast mark. The paranormal librarian thinks her troubles are over, but she couldn’t be more wrong. A chaos gem has surfaced and it could just end the universe if it falls into the wrong hands.

We've witnessed Carmen and Insane through all the drama, the highs and lows, to the beautiful moment that led them here. With just a couple of weeks until they stand before each other at the altar, this short story will take us through everything to get to the perfect happily ever after that they both deserve.

Paige Turner has solved her first case as Shadow Harbor’s newest paranormal librarian, but she’s still fighting for her life from the fatal beast mark. And on top of that, she’s facing a new enemy and a powerful new magical weapon that can tear the world apart. Literally.

Schon als Kind ist Amélie fasziniert von dem Märchen des Kranichs, der aus seinen eigenen Federn ein Gewebe macht, so schön, wie es noch nie jemand gesehen hat. Sie fühlt sich ihm verwandt und studiert fortan die Vögel all jener Weltteile, in die sie als Diplomatentochter kommt: Japan, China, USA, Bangladesch, Bhutan. Sie lernt von ihnen den Aufschwung, den Sturzflug, das Leben. Aber auch den Übergang ins Reich der Toten – und die Kunstflüge des Schreibens.

Zachary Ezra Rawlins je obyčejný vysokoškolský student, který jednoho dne objeví v univerzitní knihovně zvláštní knihu. Nejprve se nedokáže odtrhnout od příběhů nešťastných milenců, sběratelů klíčů a bezejmenných akolytů, pak však narazí mezi řádky na něco nečekaného – na příběh z vlastního dětství. Stopy v podobě včely, klíče a meče ho postupně přivedou na maškarní večírek v New Yorku, do tajného klubu a obrovské knihovny, ukryté hluboko pod povrchem země. V domově ztracených měst a moří a dávno zapomenutých příběhů přestávají platit běžné zákony prostoru a času.

For Dominic, the annual fishing trips with his grandfather Earl were usually uneventful. Now at 18, he knows this will be the last trip they take together because Earl has recently been diagnosed with dementia and his lucid time is running out. Clearcutting has resumed in the Tongass National Forest in Alaska and, unbeknownst to Dominic, Earl has decided to sabotage the logging equipment nearby.

High school counselor and heavy metal fan Abra Mora spends her summer vacation traveling in her gutsy Mustang GT to escape a dark family history of depression. Late one night while making an emergency pit-stop, she comes to the rescue of an off-duty police officer in peril and saves him from a fiery end.

Die von schwerer Grippe geplagte Rose Bailey sieht, wie Hailey Patterson von maskierten Männern in einen Van gezogen wird. Doch Detective Laurie Howard traut der Beobachtung der kranken Pastorin nicht... hat Rose sich das alles nur eingebildet?

Ahleah of the Western Continent has become a political pawn known as The Vital. Her meteoric rise from auction block on Atlantis, to slave owned by the powerful and clever Lord Heracles, to an object of the kings fascination, has condemned her to protected prisoner status within palace walls. Peracles, son of Lord Heracles, the only person Ahleah trusts, has been sent away for training to become her Guardian. With his return comes the devastating news that he must marry for state reasons, leaving Ahleah at the mercy of Dark Master Melasaris.