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Beckett: If you’re reading this, well, you know the last-letter drill. You made it. I didn’t. Get off the guilt train, because I know if there was any chance you could have saved me, you would have. I need one thing from you: get out of the army and get to Telluride. My little sister Ella’s raising the twins alone. She’s too independent and won’t accept help easily, but she has lost our grandmother, our parents, and now me. It’s too much for anyone to endure. And here’s the kicker: there’s something else you don’t know that’s tearing her family apart.

Moving to River’s Edge was supposed to be a fresh start. Away from chaos. Away from bad influences and worse relationships. All I wanted was to give my little brother more of a chance than I ever had. It should’ve been simple. I didn’t count on my transgressions following me. And I definitely didn’t count on meeting Dare. Tall, tortured, and tattooed. A Lost Boy through and through. Falling for someone like him was asking for heartache. But I was a sucker for punishment.

Determined to overcome a difficult past, Erica Hathaway learns early on how to make it on her own. Days after her college graduation, she finds herself face to face with a panel of investors who will make or break her fledgling startup. The only thing she didn't prepare for was going weak in the knees over an arrogant and gorgeous investor who's seemingly determined to derail her presentation.

Despite Blake Landon's controlling ways, the young and wealthy hacker finally won the trust of the woman he loved. Internet entrepreneur Erica Hathaway broke down the walls that kept her from opening her heart and her business to Blake.

Software mogul Blake Landon has met his match in headstrong Erica Hathaway. While his controlling nature and her independent spirit continue to battle, Blake has no intention of letting her out of his life again. Erica has given Blake her trust and her love, determined that they will conquer any challenges together. But when he demands more and tests the boundaries of her commitment, she is forced to face the dark desires he's kept hidden. As their bonds grow tighter, their enemies close in.

Blake Landon is a man who has everything - wealth, good looks, and the love of Erica Hathaway. The power couple has been through hell and back, and when life has torn them apart, somehow they have always found their way back to each other, more in love and stronger than ever. Erica has never been more ready to say I do. On the verge of making the ultimate commitment, she uncovers an unsettling chapter of Blake's history.

It was easy to call us forbidden and harder to call us soul mates. Yet I believed we were both. Forbidden soul mates. When I arrived in Edgewood, Wisconsin, I didn't plan to find him. I didn't plan to stumble into Joe's bar and have Daniel's music stir up my emotions. I had no clue that his voice would make my hurts forget their own sorrow. I had no idea that my happiness would remember its own bliss.

There is a place in modern-day America with no electricity, no plumbing, and no modern conveniences. In this place there is no room for dreams, no space for self-expression, and no tolerance for ambition. In this place there is a boy with the body of a god and the heart of a warrior. He is strong and faithful and serves his family honorably. But he dares to dream of more.

Days after their wedding, Blake and Erica Landon embark on their honeymoon - a journey that deepens their bond and promises to fade the scars of their past. Just when their troubles seem safely behind them, scandal surrounding would-be Governor Daniel Fitzgerald's election threatens their newfound peace. Back home, Blake finds himself at the center of the controversy, haunted by the transgressions of his hacker past that he has no wish to relive.

When the world as you know it has ended, when all that you love has been washed away, where do you find strength? When the new world you've stepped into is as isolating as the last, when your heart is broken and your future is unclear, where do you find hope?

Caught between a sexy firefighter who scorches her passions and a darkly intense millionaire who ignites her needs, she is drawn deeper and deeper into the spiral of lust and love. What's worse, the truth about her family is turning out to be darker than she'd ever have suspected. It seems as though she can't trust anyone or anything - especially her own desires.

Emma Wade has worked hard to create a stable life surrounded by people she loves. But when her dark past catches up with her, Emma fears she might not live long enough to testify against the man who hurt her all those years ago. Her only choice is to run. And if there is one thing Emma learned as a homeless teen, it was knowing when to sleep alone and knowing when to partner up.

Graduate student Katelyn Gunn is headed for her first day of assistant teaching when she is almost hit by a car. The nervous and inexperienced Kate is shocked to realize that it isn’t the near-death experience that has her heart racing, but the sinfully sexy man behind the wheel. Adam Kinkade is ultra-wealthy, devastatingly handsome, and the most powerful distribution mogul in Chicago - he is also the first man who ignites emotions inside of her other than fear. Adam is a man used to getting what he wants. And he wants Katelyn - naked and often.

For nine long months, I've been fighting to figure out how to be a single dad, how to be alone. For nine long months, I've been failing. When Hannah walked through the door, I took my first breath since I'd found myself on my own. She slipped into our lives effortlessly, showing me what I've been missing all these years. Because Hannah made me smile when I thought I'd packed the notion of happiness away with my wedding album.

Megan Riley has always lived her life right - right boyfriend, right college, right career…right up until she discovers that her boyfriend is engaged to another woman and “debriefing” her boss was an expected part of her job description.

With a camera in my face, a single picture is taken, and my life is forever changed. Worst part is that I didn't even see who took my picture. At least not until I walk into St. Skin and see her standing there with a camera. The woman hired to take pictures at St. Skin while the business continues to grow. So my sanctuary from my secrets and my past are now under threat, leaving me on edge. And everywhere I go, she's there, waiting to take my picture.

Winfield Lovecraft erwacht in den tiefen Kellern von "the castle" und bekommt unerwartet Hilfe von einem jungen Mann, der sich zu dieser Zeit ebenfalls in Chicago aufhält. Die beiden Männer entdecken etwas wahrhaft Furchtbares ... Der kleine Nicola Tesla versucht indes vergeblich Anschluss an die dörfliche Schar der Kinder zu bekommen. Eine unbekannte Frau mit einem Perlenohrring nähert sich ihm auf verstörende Weise, bis ein alter Freund Nikolas einschreitet.

Adam Salton und Nathaniel de Salis treffen im Chicago des Jahres 1893 auf der Weltausstellung Nicola Tesla, mit dessen Hilfe sie einen Sprung vollführen müssen, der alles andere als ungefährlich erscheint. Auf ihrer Suche nach einem versteckten Artefakt erweist sich Nathaniel abermals als mysteriöser Lenker der Geschicke von Adam und seiner Familie. Im Jahre 2033 befindet sich die geheimnisvolle Patientin Sarah in einem kritischen Zustand.

Sarah berichtet aus ihrem vergangenen Leben. Sie schildert, wie das Nichts das Alles verschluckte und wie der Weg sie schließlich zum Institut Aware geführt hat. Im Chicago des Jahres 1893 findet der Handlungsreisende Winfield Lovecraft in "the castle" eine Bleibe für die Nacht, die er allerdings nie vergessen, nie ganz überwinden wird.

Jules Verne und Nathaniel sind am vorläufigen Ziel ihre Reise angelangt und treffen auf einen alten, aber sichtlich gezeichneten Freund von Nathaniel. Jules Verne wird durch das Zusammentreffen mit dem Unbekannten klar: Nathaniel de Salis verfolgt noch ganz andere Pläne. Beim Besuch eines alten Studienkollegen von Nathaniel muss Adam viele Jahrzehnte später feststellen, dass sein guter Freund schon große Teile seine Vitalität eingebüßt hat.