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When he wakes in a pitch-black room with his hands bound, Roland Britten – accountant and champion steeplechase jockey – knows he’s entered a nightmare of someone else’s making. Wracking his brain to figure out who’s out to get him and why, he comes up empty, but somehow manages a death-defying escape. It isn’t long, though, before he’s recaptured.

Beckett Davis has been many things: reliable, likeable, on track to be the most accurate kicker in professional football history, and multiple-time winner of made-up awards, like "pro-athlete with the most beautiful smile." He's also spent a lifetime shouldering responsibilities that don't belong to him, but he doesn't like to think about that. Until a missed kick makes him one of the most hated people in the city and lands him doing damage control as a volunteer in his least favourite place: a hospital. But it's where he meets her.

The bestselling author of Chocolat and The Girl with No Shadow returns to Lansquenet in this enchanting new novel When Vianne Rocher receives a letter from beyond the grave, she has no choice but to follow the wind that blows her back to Lansquenet, the beautiful French village in which eight...

Die junge Kolonie Sydney droht an einer Hungersnot zu scheitern. Nur die Second Fleet kann sie noch retten. Das Warten zermürbt John und Daniel, die, um dem Hungertod zu entgehen, einen Plan schmieden. Indessen machen sich Daniels große Liebe Maja und ihr Vertrauter Pater Benedikt auf den Weg in das ferne Australien. Auch Lorelie, versucht eine Möglichkeit zu finden, ihren Verlobten John Timberland endlich wieder zu sehen.

Peter was stuck. Stuck in life. An unrewarding 9 to 5. An empty apartment. A life unfulfilled. June was stuck too. Trapped in grief that she couldn't shake. Because the one she lost, her twin sister Lily, had never left. Lily was also stuck. She was a ghost. Never aging past the ten years old she had died as, she couldn't leave her twin sister June alone in the world. Peter would probably never have met June. But, after deciding it was finally time to change, time to do something about the boring life he'd found himself in, something happened. He died. Now he's stuck as a ghost.

What the Universe Learned is a speculative love story about two people whose connection destabilizes the systems meant to protect reality. As unseen forces attempt to separate them, the universe itself is forced to confront a radical question: can love be integrated rather than erased? Quiet, intimate, and philosophical, this novel explores consequence, choice, and what remains when control gives way to trust.

Ohne zu wissen, dass die Olympischen Spiele bereits begonnen haben, reist die dreißigjährige Schriftstellerin Amy nach London, ohne vorher ein Hotelzimmer gebucht zu haben. Der Urlaub wird problematisch, als sie bei ihrer Ankunft feststellt, dass ganz London ausgebucht ist. Zwei Nächte verbringt sie auf der Straße, bis sie zufällig eine Baustelle entdeckt, auf der sie übernachten kann. Am nächsten Morgen rempelt Amy versehentlich eine Frau an, die sich „Covaley“ nennt. Sie erzählt ihr von der Notlösung Baustelle. Covaley überrascht Amy mit einem Besuch.

If you love Susan Mallery and Jill Shalvis, you won’t want to miss this new novel of second chances, dogs, and knitting, from the author of Pupcakes and Sit! Stay! Speak! Laid off, cheated on, mugged: what else can go wrong in Maeve Stephens’ life? So when she learns her birth mother has...

Alex Peters is Primetime Securities best bodyguard. He has what it takes to protect even the most difficult celebrity. He's worked with major celebrities like Chris Chandler and his girlfriend Sofia. His latest assignment is a big-name actress who has been receiving death threats. She has a reputation for being stubborn, snotty, and a diva. But worse than all that, she has an uncanny resemblance to his dead wife.

Living in Hollywood, Chris Chandler has just about everything that he could ever dream of: a People’s Choice Award, lead actor in an acclaimed television series, anything and everything money could buy. Most people would be happy with all of that, but not Chris. As Hollywood’s most eligible bachelor, it is difficult to find the one person he wants to spend the rest of his life with, especially living under the constant scrutiny of the paparazzi. Every relationship he’s had with a woman—from friends only to dating to semi-serious—gets dissected until there’s nothing left.

The story is about Ezekiel, a writer who lives in Aba, Nigeria, who dreams of becoming a renowned writer. Despite his passion for soccer, singing, and break dancing, Ezekiel's true aspiration is to see his movie scripts brought to life on the big screen. One day, Ezekiel encounters a mysterious man named Legion, who promises to make him the greatest writer in the world in exchange for a covenant. Ezekiel agrees and is initiated into a dark order, binding his soul to a path that promises power and wealth but at an unimaginable cost.

In this heartwarming and captivating epic, we embark on a transformative journey alongside Marly, an emotionally unavailable disabled veteran. Plagued by the weight of unresolved paternal issues, Marly receives a profound revelation from a divine being: his estranged mother is gravely ill in her homeland of Jamaica. Determined to uncover his ancestral roots and confront his own inner demons, Marly sets out on an extraordinary quest that not only has the power to change his own destiny, but perhaps the very fabric of the world itself! One race, one love, one family. . .

When Leta's tiny home town of Aventine-upon-Thames was burned by savage marauders from the North, the last thing she expected was to find herself in the arms of a man who looked just like the men who burned her village. Ragnar Thyrsson, a mighty and noble Viking warrior, made a promise long ago to keep her safe. The last thing that he expected was to fall in love with his charge. After leaving Leta in the care of his men, Ragnar returns to warn them of a danger from all their pasts and finds her in the arms of the four other Vikings.

Mild-mannered secretary Marietta Lawson thought her life as a corporate spy was over. She hoped it was. But, when her increasingly paranoid boss uncovers a conspiracy meant to destroy Redding PharmaCo, she is called to action one last time.

In this sensual erotic novella, Elise Montro is torn between her insecurities and a need to be in control of everything around her. While working away from the office on a series of audits, Elise is wooed by a mysterious man who takes away both her control and her insecurity. And then he disappears. When she must present work to the company's CEO, she is surprised to find him oddly familiar.