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A suave baron takes a fancy to twelve-year-old Edgar's mother, while the three are holidaying in an Austrian mountain resort. His initial advances rejected, the baron befriends Edgar in order to get closer to the woman he desires. The initially unsuspecting child soon senses something is amiss, but has no idea of the burning secret that is driving the affair, and that will soon change his life for ever.

Wildlife biologist JoJo Butcher isn’t just a smokejumper for the Midnight Sun crew—she’s also in Alaska to finish up her wolf research… until, oops, she finds herself face-to-face with a wolf with nowhere to go… And then she’s rescued by a hero from the woods. Who exactly is he, and what secrets is he hiding? He's living a double life... Undercover FBI informant Michael Crew Sterling hates his life.

"The Burning Secret" by Stefan Zweig is a captivating novella that delves into the complexities of human emotions and relationships. Set against the backdrop of an Austrian resort in the early 20th century, the story revolves around a young baron who, in his pursuit of an intriguing woman, unwittingly befriends her young son. This friendship becomes a strategic tool in his quest, leading to an intricate web of deceit, passion, and emotional turmoil.

Undercover Texas PI Brock Emerson has one job—to keep chemical engineer Adelaide Reese from shutting down his client's paper mill. But he had no idea how tempting the beautiful scientist would be. Or how much he'd want to protect her....

Things are heating up in Whispering Pines, and it’s not just the weather. Sheriff Jayne O’Shea is on edge. Hopeful applicants have taken over the commons area, all of them begging to become residents. Villagers who left long ago have returned, causing an uproar among the locals. The slow burn feud between the sister witches has reached the boiling point. And her parents are acting just plain weird. Fortunately, it’s time for the annual Beltane celebration, the last opportunity for everyone to gather before tourists invade the village for the summer.

Twenty-year-old Karina is proud of the independent life she is trying to create for herself in Ft. Benning, Georgia. A dutiful officer’s daughter, supportive sister to a troubled twin brother, and caring friend, she always puts the needs of others ahead of her own, and prides herself on being a fixer of broken things. Like anyone who has grown up around an army base, Karina also knows the background noise that follows men and women home from war. And when she meets Kael, a soldier on the cusp of discharge, she’s immediately intrigued by his brooding presence and enigmatic silence.

Newlywed Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is awakened by an urgent midnight call summoning her to a suspicious fire in the woods. When she arrives at the scene, she discovers a charred body. According to the coroner, the deceased, an Amish man named Milan Swanz, was chained to a stake and burned alive. It is an appalling and eerily symbolic crime against an upstanding husband and father.

In an alternate St. Petersburg, librarian-spy Irene faces unimaginable dangers – as her arch-nemesis returns. The Burning Page is the third instalment in the Invisible Library series from bestselling author Genevieve Cogman. Librarian-spy Irene is on probation – and absconding from a mission...

When a series of suspicious fires leaves multiple victims dead in their homes, NYPD hostage negotiator Abby Mullen knows in her bones that the terrors of her childhood have returned. As a young girl, she narrowly escaped a fire set by Moses Wilcox, a fanatical cult leader who’s been presumed dead for thirty years. These murders have his fingerprints all over them.

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On the morning of June 1, 1921, a white mob numbering in the thousands marched across the railroad tracks dividing black from white in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and obliterated a black community then celebrated as one of America's most prosperous. The Burning will recreate the town of Greenwood at the height of its prosperity, explore the currents of hatred, racism, and mistrust between its black residents and neighboring Tulsa's white population, narrate events leading up to and including Greenwood's annihilation, and document the subsequent silence that surrounded the tragedy.

The remote town of Crooked Creek has barely recovered from its most recent tragedy when wildfires tear through the mountains. Detective Ellie Reeves is grappling with her own heartbreak - she has just discovered she was adopted and that her childhood was a lie. Under the scorching summer sun, Ellie is called to a river where a body has been found. She spots a lone woman’s shoe caught in a nearby tangle of vines, and a pearl necklace scattered by the water’s edge. Was the victim - whoever she was - caught in the fire, or is something more sinister at play?

Für Vanessa muss jeder Tag ein neues Abenteuer bereithalten und als Reisebloggerin hat sie Millionen Follower auf YouTube, die ihren Blick auf das Leben teilen. Doch Vanessas Vorhaben werden über den Haufen geworfen, als ihre Halbschwester die neugeborene Tochter bei ihr absetzt und verschwindet. Das war's erstmal mit den Reiseplänen und stattdessen besteht Vanessas Alltag aus Windeln, Babykotze und nächtlichen Schreianfällen. Letztere rufen ihren extrem gut aussehenden Nachbarn Adrian auf den Plan, der sich nicht nur als hilfsbereit, sondern auch als der Babyflüsterer schlechthin erweist.

When a woman is found burnt at the stake on the edge of a pretty English village, the police suspect this is no ordinary murder. Dr. Harrison Lane, Head of the Ritualistic Behavioral Crime unit, is quickly summoned to unravel the mystery. As Harrison investigates, he uncovers a web of deceit woven through the tight-knit community of Thistleford. The villagers claim the victim, Louise Swift, was a gifted psychic, beloved by all… but Harrison immediately senses darker forces at play.

Zwei Jahre nach dem Tod ihres Verlobten ist das Leben von Sloan Monroe immer noch nicht im Lot. Doch als ein Hund mit Nimm-mich-mit-Blick durchs kaputte Sonnendach ihres Autos springt, ändert sich alles. Denn nach einigen Wochen ohne Antwort auf ihre Kontaktversuche meldet sich Tuckers Herrchen – Rock-Star Jaxon Waters, auf Tournee unterwegs. Aus nüchternen Nachrichten werden Flirts, dann lange Telefonate, denn Jaxon ist sexy, nett und witzig.

Lieutenant Capp is integrating Royal Navy tech onto a battered ship from the Old Earth fleet when she gets orders to cross the so-called Roach Frontier and investigate a potentially hostile alien race. The insectoids have survived a genocidal war and are expanding aggressively toward human territory. She arrives to find a navy warship already lurking in the system, with Captain McGowan of HMS Peerless preparing a preemptive strike against an insectoid mining colony.

Kristen steht kurz vor einem medizinischen Eingriff, der es ihr unmöglich machen wird, Kinder zu bekommen. Deshalb geht sie mit gemischten Gefühlen an die Aufgabe, die Hochzeit ihrer besten Freundin zu organisieren. Vor allem, als sie dabei Josh, den anderen Trauzeugen, kennenlernt. Er ist witzig, sexy und weiß mit ihrer direkten Art umzugehen. Allerdings träumt Josh von einem Haus voller Kinder. Kristen ist klar, dass sie nicht die Richtige für ihn ist. Doch die Anziehung zwischen Josh und ihr wird immer größer, und es wird auch für Kristen immer schwerer, ihn auf Abstand zu halten.

If you have struggled with weight loss your whole life and want finally to make a change so that you can be happy with what you see in the mirror, then keep listening. Waking up and not liking what you see in the mirror every day is one of the worst feelings a person can have. I know because I’ve been there. I felt like I had tried every diet in the book. I’m sure many of you can relate.

What is the best way to use fire magic? What does fire represent in different religions, mythologies, and cultures? And how can you make your own fire magic spells? Find answers to all these questions in this one-of-a-kind audiobook about the metaphysical uses of fire! Fire Magic: Secrets of Witchcraft, Spells, Candle Burning Rituals, Norse Paganism, and Divination is jam-packed with rituals, spells, candle-burning ceremonies, pyromancy divination methods, and much more.

Warum auf Nummer sicher gehen, wenn es so viele Abenteuer zu entdecken gibt? Bisher hat Kate alles so gemacht, wie es von ihr erwartet wurde: eine Karriere als Rechtsanwältin im glanzvollen London – und ein scheinbar perfekter Freund, mit dem sie gerade zusammengezogen ist. Als beides zerplatzt wie eine Seifenblase, ist Kate am Boden zerstört – und wild entschlossen, sich nicht mehr an die Regeln zu halten, die andere aufgestellt haben. Darum kommt ihr ein ebenso absurdes wie verlockendes Angebot gerade recht: Für eine Million soll sie ein Jahr lang die Ehefrau des teuflisch attraktiven CEOs Josh Maine spielen.