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Mable setzt alles daran, Jaxon zu retten. Dabei lässt sie sich auf einen Plan mit Miranda Tyrell ein, die einst ihren Tod wollte. Doch als diese ein Geheimnis über Mable erfährt, wendet sich das Blatt. Währenddessen versucht Zayn auf eigene Faust, den Zirkel zu stürmen, um seinen Bruder zu befreien.

Gabriela's mother, Luna, is the most beautiful woman in all of Jerusalem, though her famed beauty and charm seem to be reserved for everyone but her daughter. Ever since Gabriela can remember, she and Luna have struggled to connect. But when tragedy strikes, Gabriela senses there's more to her mother than painted nails and lips. Desperate to understand their relationship, Gabriela pieces together the stories of her family's previous generations.

Andrea Jung, the glamorous former head of Avon, was arguably the world's most charismatic and effective CEO, credited with the astonishing turnaround of the venerable brand. Jung seemed incapable of making a wrong move, until, amid declining sales, an investigation by the SEC, and a brand in crisis, she stepped down in late 2012. In Beauty Queen, former Avon VP Deborrah Himsel uses Jung's story as a case study for two timeless leadership questions: What makes great leaders great? And what makes them fail?

Despite all that Clara Berg has achieved as a wife, mother, and chemist - especially for a woman in turn-of-the-century Berlin - ending her abusive marriage comes at great cost. The judge hands her inheritance - her parents' pharmacy - over to her ex-husband. Now, with her reputation in near ruins thanks to the scandal that rocked her marriage, no reputable chemist will hire her. Worst of all, she has lost all rights to her young son and daughter.

Journalist Zoe Kincade arrives in the rundown seaside town of Sunshine Sands to report on this year's talent show. The motionless Ferris wheel blurs into the dark sea beyond and polystyrene chip trays bounce along the pavement. She checks into the Forget-Me-Not hotel, a faded Edwardian terrace that has seen better days, the place her beautiful older sister Jane stayed the night she disappeared. Zoe has spent forty years trying to block out the pain. The aftermath of that night destroyed her chance of a happy marriage and living in any kind of peace.

Varek verachtet den Palast, die feine Gesellschaft und das Leben am königlichen Hof. Seit eine grausame Hexe ihn in ein Biest verwandelt hat, bekommt ihn niemand mehr zu Gesicht. Der Fluch der Hexe verwandelt ihn Stück für Stück in ein Monster – und nur wahre Liebe kann ihn retten. Da kommt es ihm gerade recht, dass Isabells Vater, getrieben von Hunger und Kälte, Zuflucht in seinem Schloss sucht. Statt ihn dem Kerker zu überlassen, fordert die Bestie ein Jahr von Isabells Zeit – ein Jahr, das sie im Schloss verbringen muss.

There's an unspoken rule in hockey: don't date your teammate's little sister. Dating the coach's little sister might be even worse. Not to mention bro code, which clearly states a best friend's little sister is off-limits. And I'm definitely prohibited from dating the owner of the team. But what if, before she was any of those things, she was the woman who turned my world upside down? What if she's the woman I shared the three best days of my life with, then spent years searching for? Sienna Langfield is all of those things, and now that I've figured out who she is, I can't walk away.

The 50 contestants in the Miss Teen Dream pageant thought this was going to be a fun trip to the beach, where they could parade in their state-appropriate costumes and compete in front of the cameras. But sadly, their airplane had another idea, crashing on a desert island and leaving the survivors stranded with little food, little water, and practically no eyeliner. What’s a beauty queen to do? Continue to practice for the talent portion of the program - or wrestle snakes to the ground? Get a perfect tan - or learn to run wild? And what should happen when the sexy pirates show up?

To the outside world, former Miss Texas Rebecca Lear has the perfect life - until her husband leaves her for another woman. Now Rebecca’s life is a perfect mess, one she’s determined to dig herself out of without a cent of her overbearing father’s money. She heads to Austin to start anew, volunteering for a friend’s political campaign to bulk up her nonexistent résumé. Only Rebecca never counted on working with a hotshot attorney who makes her see red - and feel sexier than she has in years.

In this wild, genre-bending audio documentary, New York Times best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Ronan Farrow dives deep into the strange and storied life of high-society socialite and former Miss Arizona Celia (Cece) Doane.

Eine Grumpy meets Sunshine Romance aus dem Cinder & Ella-Universum. Sebastian Monroe, CEO und Dauersingle, hat ein Jahr Zeit, um die Liebe seines Lebens zu finden - ansonsten verliert er die Rechte am Familienunternehmen. Kurzerhand macht er bei der Reality-TV-Show "Marry Me" mit, doch er hat wenig Hoffnung, dort tatsächlich eine geeignete Partnerin zu finden. Vivian Euling arbeitet hinter den Kulissen als Stylistin und hat damit ihren absoluten Traumjob ergattert. Doch als plötzlich zwei Kandidatinnen aus der Show aussteigen müssen, springt Vivian gezwungenermaßen ein.

Bestsellerautorin Kira Licht schreibt Suspense! Mae ist alles andere als begeistert, als sie zu ihren Großeltern in das kleine Örtchen Tallahawney in die Südstaaten ziehen soll, um endlich Disziplin zu lernen und ihren Highschool-Abschluss nachzuholen. Doch kurz nach ihrer Ankunft geschieht Schreckliches: Mitschülerin Shirley wurde kaltblütig ermordet. Die Polizei tappt im Dunkeln. Mae beschließt, selbst Nachforschungen anzustellen, und wird dabei von dem beliebten, aber verschlossenen Nathan unterstützt. Bald wird klar, dass jeder im Dorf etwas zu verbergen hat.

Jesse recovered the missing ke’tain to keep her parents safe, but it came at a high price. In the weeks after her brush with death, she struggles to adapt to her new life while burdened with the terrible secret she learned about her brother, Caleb. On her first visit to Faerie, Jesse faces new challenges and perils amid the splendor of the Unseelie court. Her relationship with Lukas grows stronger, but her happiness is overshadowed by a threat to both worlds. She might be the only one who can save them if she is willing to risk her own future to do it.

Belle wants more out of life than the small provincial town of Villeneuve can offer. There she stands out from the crowd with her unique point of view, her strong-willed independence, and her love of books. She longs for travel and adventure, for a life as exciting as the stories she reads. But...

An der Knightcrest Academy geht etwas Düsteres vor sich, etwas, das tief unter der glänzenden Oberfläche der Universität brodelt. Sydney wird in ein gefährliches Spiel aus Macht und Verlangen gezogen, das sie nur zu gut beherrscht. Wie soll man gewinnen, wenn man das Spiel nicht kennt? Und wie überleben, wenn man nicht weiß, wem man noch vertrauen kann?

The new book in the riveting viral dark fantasy series where a young woman named Cassia has been plotting her revenge against the Queen of Greed, but when a man named Rexton strikes the killing blow before she can, Cassia decides to take her vengeance on him... The compelling new book in the...

In this Very Short Introduction audiobook, the renowned philosopher Roger Scruton explores the concept of beauty, asking what makes an object - either in art, in nature, or the human form - beautiful and examining how we can compare differing judgments of beauty when it is evident all around us that our tastes vary so widely.

The inspiration for the critically acclaimed Starz miniseries The White Queen, #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory brings to life the extraordinary story of Elizabeth Woodville, a woman who rises from obscurity to become Queen of England, and changes the course of history...

His enemies stole the woman who claimed his soul. They betrayed him out of greed and desire for the crown, but they won't die for that betrayal. No. They'll die for touching her. His heart belongs to a stunning little bird. He will never stop searching for her light across the skies. Not until the blood of his enemies spills at her feet, and his queen wears their bones around her neck.

Helge Timmerberg, Abenteurer und Globetrotter, hat den letzten ihm noch unbekannten Kontinent bereist: Afrika...