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Penny never had a structured life growing up, so she has lived her whole adulthood according to her life goals and plans. She makes decisions based on thought-out reasoning, and she never ventures out of her comfort zone. All of that changes when she meets Jeremy. Jeremy is rebellious and wild but makes her feel free. She begins to fall for him before finding out that he is a billionaire rockstar.

November 1989. The Berlin Wall has just fallen when the East German couple Inge and Walter, following a secret dream they've harbored all their lives, set out for life in the West. Carl, their son, refuses to keep watch over the family home and instead heads to Berlin, where he lives in his father's car until he is taken in by a group of squatters. Led by a shepherd and his goat, the pack of squatters sets up the first alternative bar in East Berlin and are involved in guerrilla occupations.

Johnny, aka Felix Jones, is Hollywood's go-to action star. About to film his first romantic comedy, he's looking to change his image and show he's more than just a six pack with pithy one-liners. But off screen, he’s got a reputation for other things too, and not all of them are good. Anne, aka Elizabeth Moore was, until a year ago, heiress to one of New York’s biggest business dynasties. Southern Texas is hot. And temperatures do nothing but rise when ‘Anne’ sits next to ‘Johnny’ at the bar. Add in a trip to the ER, a hairless cat, and a NASA movie set, and things get even spicier.

Qamar has always been the baby of the family, the one everyone looks out for, but that hasn't made his life any easier. With dreams of becoming a professional soccer player, he's a college student struggling with imposter syndrome and the weight of his family's expectations. If it were up to him, he'd skip college altogether and dive straight into the pros, but the pressure to succeed academically and athletically is relentless. He's made some questionable decisions along the way, but his family still holds him to higher standards, never letting him forget the oath of To The Moon.

Would you take a second chance at love if an app matches you up? Would you take a second chance at love if an app matches you up? As teenagers, Kiana and Nirvaan were inseparable--until family expectations tore them apart. A decade later, despite having successful careers, their hearts are empty...

Star Kyrell. Innocent. Pretty. Daughter of a kingpin. The kryptonite to Eddie Kane, an undercover operative for the FBI and Star’s personal bodyguard. Not only is Star plagued with the reputation of being the drug lord's princess, but she is also the ward to some pretty menacing and not so kind employees of her father.

I never imagined I’d bolt like a Mustang from the altar and my cheating fiancé and then bump into my long-time nemesis. My family thinks I have lost it; they are unhappy that I ran out on my wedding. They will lose it when they find out I am falling for my brother’s best friend.

They say when you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. For Patty Halbrook, two graves won't be near enough. Patty returns to the dysfunctional hometown she thought she had escaped. While she meant to leave forever, she never meant to abandon her twin sister to a twisted world of drugs and abuse. And when she's finished getting answers about her twin's suicide, home will never be the same.

Una historia de amor, música y perdición, que nos muestra el lado más descarnado de la industria discográfica. Samanta Montoya ha soñado desde niña con ser artista. Por eso, lo dejó todo: familia, novio, trabajo, incluso su ciudad natal, para mudarse a Madrid a cumplir su meta. En la capital, la suerte le sonríe durante un fugaz estrellato, antes de que todo se derrumbe y Samanta caiga en una espiral de drogas y sexo.

The reigning queen of hip-hop lit, Nikki Turner, takes on the music biz in this tale of a young woman who risks everything to be a superstar. Fabiola Mays was born to sing. She has a voice like honey and a body to match, but one heartbreaking setback after another threatens to derail her dreams...

Heute gehe ich zu Fuß vom Westbahnhof bis zum Hotel Bauer. Meine schwarze Tasche, deren Träger abgerissen sind, halte ich umschlungen. Wie einen Schutzpolster. Stark befahrene Straße, schmaler Gehsteig. Vorbei am Café Novi Beograd, vorbei am Restaurant Donaudelta, vorbei an der Kirche Maria vom Siege. Die Tasche wie ein Baby tragend vermeide ich jeglichen Blickkontakt, schaue zumeist auf den grauen Gehsteig.

A story about an inner city youth fighting day to day for survival in the ghetto streets. Mentally scarred. Raised in his hood to be a General. Since his birth he was taught to be willing to give his life to his neighborhood. To put his life on the line. Rather it be jail by death row, life sentence, or death to the streets. Always willing to risk it all no matter the odds. Built to show no mercy, love, or compassion to the laws of society or any entity outside of his community.