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You learn quick, when you become a professional hockey player, to be guarded with the media. I’ve worked hard to cover up the mistakes of my youth. But when I’m traded to the Florida Fury, where my ex-best friend is the starting right wing, I’m forced to confront my past. Ford and I have history, especially when it comes to his little sister, Imogen. My heart still lurches in my chest when I see her. My hands want to reach out, and my mouth wants to keep apologizing. She’s the only woman who ever made me want more - and the one who fell victim to my most regrettable decision.

Cameron Davies has the job she's always wanted—designing custom motorcycles at Fast & Fury. No way is she going to screw this up. But when her wild, sexy one-night stand ends up being the shop's new VIP client, her life is suddenly turned on its head. Orion Stenton radiates power, danger and, most of all, sex. His lavish lifestyle is fraught with dangers for Cam—and a far too intimate link to her past. She has to keep things professional, but it's impossible to forget the feel of him or the way he whispers her name.

UTE LEMPER – Sängerin, Schauspielerin, Tänzerin, Künstlerin – Zu ihrem 60sten Geburtstag erlaubt die Grande Dame des Chansons einen überraschenden persönlichen Einblick in ihr Leben vor und hinter dem Vorhang. Ute Lemper erzählt lebendig von den Anfängen ihres Berufes, ihren großen und kleinen Erfolgen, ihren vielen aufregenden Projekten ihrer langen Karriere im ständigen Konflikt mit ihrer wichtigsten Rolle als Mutter von vier Kindern.

We knew it wasn’t going to be easy. That our love could start a war. That my family might not accept the idea of us. But we never even got the chance to find out.... Because everything’s been ripped away from me. And all I’m left with is the memory of his touch and secrets that are threatening to break me from the inside out.

Ambitious Archaeologist Oliver Ward leads a dig in the wild jungles of Ecuador and collides with feisty, independent treasure hunter Persephone. Oliver Ward loves getting his boots dirty on fascinating digs, and investigating strange ruins in Ecuador is no exception. When bandits threaten his team, a small, tough treasure hunter bursts into his world to save the day. He finds himself captivated by the bright, vibrant woman and sucked into a wild and dangerous treasure hunt for a lost Incan emerald.

Having grown up with a port-wine birthmark on her face and neck, Quinn Dixon’s heard them all. Her own mother couldn’t bear to touch her, let alone strangers. Years of stares and insults from everyone from classmates to foster families have made her understandably reluctant to trust. So when John comes along, of course he couldn’t be interested in more than a brief affair. He’ll get sick of all the gawking and whispers soon enough and leave her…just like everyone else.

Riley Tennyson has made a huge mistake. At least that's what she keeps telling herself. Showing up to her brother's wedding pissed off and newly single, Riley seeks comfort in solitude and an open bar...until the gorgeous and irresistibly charming CJ Tully makes her a better offer - a wild night with the master of smooth-talking where nothing is off limits.

Three years after his marriage ended in dramatic fashion, Noah Coleman has one goal - to steer clear of romantic entanglements. In fact, he steers clear of most human interaction, studiously avoiding his large, meddling extended family, working until he’s exhausted and then repeating the pattern day after day. His strategy has worked well for him for years, keeping him sealed off from anything that can cause him pain or angst. Or it was working for him...before his company was hired to rebuild the Admiral Butler Inn after a fire reduced it to rubble.

Just when Torr and I had our first passionate night together, our undercover mission went t*ts up. For all I know, he might be lost to me forever. So after staggering alone through the desert, I’m calling on reinforcements for help. Dead or alive, I’m avenging Torr. I’ve been in love with my brother’s best friend for too long to let him go...and Santos. The deadly gladiator also has an iron grip on my heart, and to fail him would cut me deeper than his machetes.

On the day of our wedding, he humiliates me in front of a thousand people. Seven days later, I'm on my knees, begging him to punish me again. I never thought I'd find myself craving the cruel touch of a mafia boss, but I am, and it might just end in my death. Kazimir. His name means destroyer of peace. It fits him well.

The Yin-Yang Diet is a modern, scientific approach to balanced nutrition based on the ancient Asian concept of Yin and Yang. Yin and Yang describe how opposites or contrary forces are interconnected, interdependent and complimentary. The audiobook explains the Yin or Yang nature of foods and nutrients and how they affect our constantly changing body chemistry. A diet that is too extreme in either Yin or Yang invites disease. A diet that is balanced in Yin and Yang creates metabolic health and harmony.

You don't mess around with a teammates ex. Ever. But that's easier said than done when it comes to Blair Carmichael. She's sexy, intelligent, gorgeous, and one hundred percent off-limits. And I've never fallen harder. But I can't touch (when I most definitely want to). My teams success and my chance at a new contract for next season depend on me keeping my hands on the wheel. And off her curves.

The last thing Tamara expected was to be snatched away by a winged beast. This hadn’t been part of the brief. Was this normal hunt behavior? Surely not. She had a really bad feeling about this. Once the feeling settled in the pit of her stomach, it wouldn’t let go.

Blakely Sullivan was a foreign aid worker in the Middle East when a deadly bombing took the lives of families she’d come to know and love, collateral damage in someone else’s war. She’s spent the last year coming to terms with the senseless loss, healing from the pain, and trying to ease the guilt of someone equally important—the special forces soldier she grew close to on her mission. Ryker blames himself for the deaths, and when he won’t take her calls, she has no choice but to seek him out.

Lina thought the threats of her past would die along with Mataius. She should have known better. Nothing in her life is ever easy. Nord and Lina may have dealt with her murderer, but along the way, they also managed to land themselves at the top of several hit lists. Now the Drakes, the Brotherhood, and even the mysterious King of the Underground, Crombie, all want a piece of them.

You can own a beautiful home. You can own a vintage sports car. And a yacht. But none of these external things will ever change how you feel about life and yourself. The truth is we get frustrated and disappointed with life because we don’t focus on owning the right thing. Without knowing how to own and manage our inner world, there will always be something missing. You’ll still feel empty and unfulfilled.

Darcy Ward has sold her soul to the devil. Okay, not quite the devil, but she did agree to work with Agent Arrogant and Annoying - aka Special Agent Alastair Burke of the FBI’s Art Crime Team to lay a trap for infamous black-market antiquities ring, Silk Road. Darcy loves shoes, computers, caffeine, and working at her family business, Treasure Hunter Security. The only thing missing is her dream of a once-in-a-lifetime love, like her parents share, and a man who’ll put her first.

The Power of Micro Money Transfers is an impeccable resource on fintechs, financial markets, banking, international banking, mobile money transfers - especially micro money transfers - banking reforms, bitcoin, and cryptocurrency. Arunjay Katakam carefully unpacks international money transfers - with a focus on micro money transfers as it applies to the movement of billions of dollars in small amounts between economies.

Actress Catie Roberts had a glamorous life that many people might envy - if they didn't look too closely. But when tragedy strikes, Catie ends up broke and the sole support of her only remaining family. Catie has just one thing to fall back on: She knows about the secretive Club Volare, a New York-based club whose powerful, rich, and famous members wish to remain discreet - and she knows someone at the gossip rags willing to buy those secrets.

Stella: All I wished for was to experience that spark you read about, just once. What I wasn't expecting was the Fourth of July and heaven on earth all rolled into one. Bass player Kade Tucker is known as the Magic Man, and not only for his riffs. After breaking off a disastrous relationship, he swears off women. Only problem is, five minutes later, he might have just met the love of his life.