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There are threads in our lives. You pull one, and everything else gets affected. When they were children, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus, and Dave Boyle were friends. But then a strange car pulled up their street. One boy got in the car, two did not, and something terrible happened - something that ended their friendship and changed all three boys forever. Twenty-five years later, Sean Devine is a homicide detective. Jimmy Marcus is an ex-con who owns a corner store.

Beautifully read by Julia Whelan, narrator of The Women by Kristin Hannah and Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid. On Mystic Lake is an emotional, moving and poignant story about love, loss and beginning again from the multimillion-copy bestselling author of The Women and The Nightingale. 'One of...

Dave, Jimmy und Sean kannten sich schon als Kinder. Nun, 25 Jahre später, kreuzen sich die Wege der drei grundverschiedenen Männer erneut unter tragischen Umständen, als Jimmys Tochter Katie ermordet aufgefunden wird. Sean, inzwischen Polizist, leitet die Ermittlungen, und schon bald steht sein alter Freund Dave unter Verdacht. Dennis Lehanes Weltbestseller, ausgezeichnet mit dem Deutschen Krimipreis, verfilmt und mit zwei Oscars prämiert.

It’s the 1950s in Massachusetts when Beth Robbins’ world is shattered by her husband’s hit-and-run accident compounded by his mysterious disappearance. The police investigating the accident include Graham Jackson, the only Black officer on the force, and a man Beth feels strangely drawn to. As Beth navigates a complex web of secrets, racial tensions, and moral dilemmas, she must face the truth about her husband's actions while forging her own path forward, perhaps toward fulfilling her dream of becoming an artist.

When a series of personal crises prompt risk-averse research librarian Aaron Templeton to apply for a job on the other side of the country, nobody is more surprised than he is. He nearly runs home before the final interview except for one little problem: he has no home anymore. He put his condo on the market before he left California and it’s already sold. Only an encounter with free-spirited Connecticut native Cody Brown at the Mystic Seaport Museum staves off Aaron’s incipient panic attack.

Riley, a New York workaholic, has health issues that leave her no choice but to move to a small town to lead a calmer life. She hates the huge mansion she bought on a whim and stands out like a sore thumb in the cheery community of Mystic.

From the author of Praying for Strangers and four Southern gothic novels comes a chronicle of faith and spirituality that is personal, raw, wise, revelatory - and very funny. With a unique mix of passionate revelation and quirky humor, River Jordan takes us on a journey through her Southern...

Aquel día de 1975, cuando un coche se detiene junto a ellos, Dave Boyle, Sean Devine y Jimmy Marcus son demasiado pequeños para imaginar que su destino va a cambiar de forma irremediable. Dos hombres que pretenden ser policías hacen subir a Dave al vehículo con el pretexto de llevarlo a su casa.

Complementing his first book, Wonders of Spiritual Unfoldment, John goes back to the roots of his mystical experience in farming where, seeking to do his best but humbled by experience, he came to realise that the only impediment to universal good is self-willed ego “me”. This, as we know, is not easy to control.

The first time Autumn Bradley sees him, he’s rising from the river like a warrior carved from stone. Too bad the grumpy sheriff doesn’t seem nearly as impressed with her. What was supposed to be a romantic birthday weekend in the Alaskan wilderness takes a disastrous turn when Autumn’s fiancé bails, taking the satellite phone, compass, and GPS with him. Now, alone and hopelessly lost in the wild, she has no way to navigate back to safety. And with a snowstorm barreling toward her, time is running out.

Nicole is done with men. After her husband traded her in for a younger model, she built a life on her own terms, strong, independent, and thriving. She might still be curvy, but she’s healthier than ever and determined to conquer Pyramid Mountain as her next solo adventure. But the gruff, know-it-all Forest Ranger insists she’s in over her head. Too bad for him, she doesn’t take orders from anyone.

She escaped before he could claim her. Now he’s tracked her down, and he won’t let her go again. Winter never had a choice. Forced into marriage with Sean Campbell, the ruthless alpha of an enemy clan, she knew her fate was sealed. But she refused to let him mark and claim her as his own. The moment an opportunity arose, she ran, disappearing into the night before he could bind her to him forever. With nowhere safe to turn, she fled to Mystic River, Alaska, a sanctuary for shifters. There, she carved out a new life, far from the shadow of her past.

They thought locking her away would break her. They were wrong.Nova’s world shattered the day her father, the alpha, banished her fated mate, Mark. When she refused to submit to an arranged mating, she paid the price, trapped in her fox form, caged for weeks. But she didn’t bend. She escaped. And she built a life of her own, far from the skulk that betrayed her.

Kyra’s life is anything but simple. As a deputy in Mystic River, she’s caught between duty, a complicated past with her boss, and a brother who skirts the wrong side of the law. And if that weren’t enough, the town’s charming, sexy baker has made it his mission to tell everyone she’s his fated mate. But Scott isn’t just the sweet, easygoing baker he pretends to be. When a mysterious shifter dies in Kyra’s jail after delivering a cryptic message for “the baker,” the pieces of a dangerous puzzle start falling into place.

She’s been a ghost in the shadows. He just wants to be left alone. But fate has other plans. Nora Blake is an assassin, one of the best. Known only as the Ghost, she’s spent years eliminating high-value targets without hesitation. But when she refuses to kill her latest mark, she becomes the hunted. The Shadow League never tolerates disobedience, and now they’ve sent another assassin to erase her as an example. Erik “Hutch” Hutchinson walked away from war, trading a life of violence for the quiet of Mystic River.

A hellhound bound by duty. A human woman he was never meant to claim. A love that could either save the world, or destroy it. As alpha of his hellhound pack, Hayden has spent his life enforcing the laws of their hidden world. He never imagined breaking them, until the day he was called to fulfill a blood debt. His mission: rescue a kidnapped woman from an ancient dragon shifter who seeks to control one of his deadliest assassins. Her name is Fallon. And from the moment he sees her, his fate is sealed. Humans are forbidden to hellhounds.

A grumpy reindeer shifter. A sunshine-filled dreamer. A fake marriage that’s about to turn all too real. Dash Samuels hates the holidays. The lights, the carols, the forced cheer, it’s all too much. But when his family slaps him with an ultimatum, marry by Christmas Eve or lose his inheritance, he’s forced to come up with a plan. A sham marriage for ten years should be simple. No emotions. No complications. Just a contract. Noel Brooks is sweet, optimistic, and overflowing with holiday spirit, she’s everything Dash isn’t.

Asher Wells hat endlich seine Gefährtin gefunden. Er hätte wissen müssen, dass seine temperamentvolle Gefährtin nicht zur Vernunft kommen würde. Obwohl sich ein Sturm nähert, ist sie wild entschlossen, den Pyramid Mountain zu besteigen. Glücklicherweise gelingt es ihm, ein Notsignal in ihren Rucksack zu stecken....

After embracing his destiny as the last of the Paladins, Umhra the Peacebreaker is granted ancient powers by the gods. When he returns to the ruins of Antiikin to fulfill a promise, he embarks on a journey that will push the limits of his abilities. As the Grey Queen's arrival heralds the fulfillment of a prophecy that could mean the end of humanity, the kingdom of Evelium desperately needs a hero. Can Umhra once more rise to the challenge and save mankind from annihilation?

She was stolen as a child. Raised as a human. Now, the truth could cost her everything—including her fated mate. Tess lived an ordinary life, until her mother’s dying confession shattered it. She was never meant to be human.