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Margot Bennett thought she was leaving the past behind when she moved to Mount Dora, Florida. A fresh start, a charming old house, and the promise of peace—until she unearths something sinister buried beneath the floorboards of Hawthorn Manor. As Margot digs deeper into the manor's history, she finds herself tangled in the chilling legacy of George and Cecilia Hawthorn, a once-beloved couple whose presence still lingers in ways no one dares to explain. Nightmares bleed into reality. Puzzles stretch throughout the sleepy city. And the deeper she searches, the more she realizes the truth.

All Macy Mercer wanted was to live her own life, but the online boy of her dreams turned out to be a father with an ulterior motive. Through constant threats and abuse, Chester Woodran seeks to replace his own missing daughter. As Macy holds tight to her thin grip on reality, Woodran takes them to their new home: a place that could double as the site of a horror movie.

Ein spannender Sci-Fi-Thriller über Attentäter und Spione, der tausende Jahre in der Zukunft spielt, in einer Zeit, in der sich die Menschheit über die Sterne ausgebreitet hat. Zwei tödliche Attentäter. Eine unmögliche Mission. Zwei Supermächte am Rande eines Krieges. Für die beste Attentäterin von Prometheus ist Versagen niemals eine Option. Doch als ihr König sie auf eine unmögliche Mission schickt, beginnt Heather Kilgore alles zu hinterfragen, was sie zu wissen glaubt.

A homecoming will shake this small town to its very foundations. The taut new mystery from the bestselling author of The Inheritance, perfect for readers of Sally Hepworth and Liane Moriarty. Desperate people do desperate things... Sixteen years ago, teenage Maddie Marshall's body was found on a...

Zusammengepfercht in einen engen Raum wird das Warten zur Tortour. Doch warten worauf...

Dieses Set beinhaltet Die Helden, die wir brechen & Die Feinde, die wir schaffen und ist die komplette Geschichte von Ophelia und Silas. Ich habe keinen Anspruch auf sie. Ich bin der uneheliche Sohn, unerwünscht und verachtet. Ophelia Hart ist das Mädchen von nebenan. Ich habe sie aufwachsen sehen – und sie unzählige Male vor meinem Halbbruder gerettet. Zwei Jahre lang war ich aus ihrem Leben verschwunden und als ich ihr wieder begegne, ist sie kein Mädchen mehr.

Ich habe keinen Anspruch auf sie. Ich bin der uneheliche Sohn, unerwünscht und verachtet. Ophelia Hart ist das Mädchen von nebenan. Ich habe sie aufwachsen sehen–und sie unzählige Male vor meinem Halbbruder gerettet. Zwei Jahre lang war ich aus ihrem Leben verschwunden und als ich ihr wieder begegne, ist sie kein Mädchen mehr. Das einzige Problem ist, dass sie seinen Ring am Finger trägt. Aber zwischen uns war schon immer etwas. Ich war immer ihr Beschützer, vor allem, wenn es um ihn ging. Und dieser Sog ist stärker als je zuvor.

The Halloween Misfits Conference is a vivid, genre-blending novella that dances between light-hearted nostalgia and creeping horror. At its core, it's an immersive, slow-burning psychological thriller with macabre twists, set against the vivid backdrop of the infamous Clown Motel in Tonopah, Nevada. With a unique narrative structure and an ambitious concept, Fleming brings listeners into a world both comical and unsettling.

How far do you go to rescue your child? Paul van Niekirk, a successful white South African is held up at gun-point when driving his new BMW. He's dragged out and his abductor drives off in his car. It's an everyday carjacking. Except his nine-month old daughter is in the back seat. As a pacifist, Paul is reluctant to carry a gun, but he descends into the heart of darkness of his country determined to find his child.

Step inside a dream which becomes reality. Venture off with Gary, a high school art teacher suffering from insomnia. For 10 years, he’s been keeping the struggle alive for his missing sister Kelly, who disappeared without a trace. When he attempts to get his life back with the help of an experimental pill, he soon finds a dangerous connection between the living and the dead. Now, caught in the clutches of his drug-induced dreams, corrupting him with visions of what really happened to Kelly.

Much like Cinderella, Hollie Simmons was waiting for her Prince Charming but wondering if her life was meant to be anything but a fairy tale. A kindergarten teacher, Hollie was raised to be a lady by her southern mother who passed away when Hollie was young. After a speedy remarriage by her father and more losses than she can count, Hollie is alone in the world with only three cold, abusive stepbrothers.

FBI agent Ramon Miguel is fiercely protective of his extended family. A hawk shifter, and eldest son of the flock's leader, it's not just his nature but his duty. When he discovers a young cousin has gatecrashed a party at the lions den, he can only hope to get him out before blood is spilled. The very last thing he expects to find when he enters the fray is his beautiful fated mate.

Foster and Ruthie Turner tried to save each other, their marriage, and their family. Every house is haunted with the past of the people who live there. When one tries to stay and the other tries to leave, everyone will face the dire consequences of both those choices.

Between college, surfing, and girls, Trent was living his best free-spirited life in Miami. He was careful not to let anything complicate that. So, when he met Kate, and they quickly became friends, he made sure to keep it that way. Better to play it safe than to risk losing her to a casual hookup. Kate was an independent girl who loved surfing, shopping, and partying with her friends. Her only hang-up in life was the hopeless crush she had on Trent. She couldn’t believe she had allowed herself to fall for the most unavailable guy she knew.

Ian McAllister has searched the world over, hunting for that all-elusive perfect photograph. He finds it on a tourist trip to North Korea when he stumbles upon a young street kid foraging for roots. Unaware that this single act will brand him a spy and cost his freedom, Ian takes the shot. Now, he must pay the penalty.

Ihr neuester Fall führt Dr. Russel Owen und sein Team zur New Yorker Comic Con. Der erfolgreiche Comickünstler Silas Robinson, Erfinder des Superhelden "Asphalt Boy", stürzte aus einem Fenster des Convention-Hotels in den Tod. Suizid oder Mord? Die Spurenlage ist unklar, noch dazu gibt es eine Reihe an Verdächtigen. Die Rechtsmediziner des NYPD haben wieder einmal alle Hände voll zu tun.

In New York City sorgt eine neue Bürgerwehr für Aufsehen: Schwarz gekleidete, maskierte, junge Leute wollen in Superhelden-Manier Überfälle und Diebstähle verhindern. Sie nennen sich die V-Guard. Doch dann kommt es zu einem ersten tödlichen Zwischenfall. Special Agent Philippa Decker und Jeremiah Cotton vom G-Team nehmen die Ermittlungen auf. Schon einmal sorgte ein selbsternannter Rächer namens Guardian für Unruhe in Manhattan.

Du kannst ihn nicht heiraten, wenn du schon mit mir verheiratet bist.So machte mir Silas Cruz einen Heiratsantrag–wobei es eigentlich mehr eine Forderung war. Er ließ mir nicht wirklich eine Wahl. Er ist dunkel, eifersüchtig und unglaublich besitzergreifend.Und er ist nur einer der Bösewichte in meiner Geschichte. Und ich dachte immer, er wäre mein Held. Doch eines weiß ich ganz genau–wann immer ich ihn brauche, wann immer ich in Gefahr bin, kommt er, um mich zu retten. Das bewies er wieder und wieder.

A cruise ship drops anchor on a coral reef in the Caribbean Sea trapping Mike Scott underwater while the air supply in his scuba tank slowly drops toward zero. The computer systems in a car are hacked and the car and runs into George Town harbor, nearly drowning the driver. A "cone of silence" drops over the island nation, cutting off communications between Grand Cayman and the outside world.