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Ruby Williams is a communications officer at Carter Corporation. During a concert, she meets Adam, drummer of the Nightmareden but also surfer and environmental activist. He quickly capsizes her heart and the attraction between them is mutual. Ruby lets herself be drawn into this sweet adventure, between the scent of spray and frenzied concerts. But beneath his solar appearance, Adam seems to conceal a personality more complex than it seems. Can she really trust him?

Trinidad, 1980: Dawn Bishop, aged 16, leaves her home and journeys across the sea to Venezuela. There, she gives birth to a baby girl, and leaves her with nuns to be given up for adoption. Dawn tries to carry on with her life - a move to England, a marriage, a career, two sons, a divorce - but through it all, she still thinks of the child she had in Venezuela, and of what might have been. When, forty years later, a woman from an internet forum gets in touch, saying that she might be Dawn's long-lost daughter, it stirs up a complicated mix of feelings.

Amelia kann es nicht fassen: Es sollte der glücklichste Tag ihres Lebens werden und jetzt sitzt sie in dieser Bar am Ende der Welt und statt Hochzeitstanz gibt es nur Drinks, mit denen sie ihren Schmerz betäubt. Aber eines hat sie sich fest vorgenommen: sie wird diese Nacht mit einem Mann verbringen - wenn nicht mit ihrem Ehemann, dann eben mit einem anderem... Für Cooper Miles war das Leben bislang eine einzige endlose Party. Doch seit Chase kaum noch Zeit zum Feiern hat, fühlt sich Cooper immer öfter einsam. Bis er Amelia Hale trifft.

Rural Trinidad: a brick house on stilts surrounded by bush; a family, quietly surviving, just trying to live a decent life in a society. Clyde, the father, works long, exhausting shifts at the petroleum plant in southern Trinidad; Joy, his wife, looks after the home. Their two sons, 13 years old, wake early every morning to travel to the capital, Port of Spain, for school. They are twins but nothing alike: Paul has always been considered odd while Peter is widely believed to be a genius, destined for greatness. Paul goes walking in the bush one afternoon and doesn't come home....

Convicted of a minor crime, Riana is sentenced to a prison planet—a dark primitive hold filled with convicts vying for power. Her only chance of survival is with Cain, a mysterious loner who has won his territory in the prison through intelligence and brute strength. Sex is all she has to offer, so she uses it. She’s under no delusions here. No one is ever released, and no one ever escapes. Survival is all she can hope for—until Cain.

As a pilot and a smuggler, Lenna has spent her life flying under the radar in Coalition space—taking care of herself, not relying on anyone. She's always liked it that way. But now she's stranded without any resources on a stone-age planet, and the only way to survive is to hook up with a bunch of cavemen. She'll do whatever she needs to do in order to survive in their world—even if it means letting one of them take her as a mate. She doesn't expect to like it. Or like him. Or lose her heart in the process.

It only took four years for the world to fall apart. Now the last member of my family has died, and I'm forced to travel across what's left of three states to find the only people I know left alive. To survive, I'll have to scavenge food and supplies and try to avoid violent men who've learned they can take what they want by force. The only way I'm going to make it is by trusting Travis.

Ein Junge ist nicht nach Hause gekommen, und seine Familie wartet ängstlich auf seine Rückkehr. Ein Vater tritt in die Dunkelheit, um nach seinem Sohn zu suchen. Schließlich melden sich Entführer. Als der Vater begreift, worum es ihnen geht, steht er vor einer ungeheuerlichen Entscheidung: Darf er das Leben eines seiner Kinder zugunsten des anderen opfern?

BOOKER PRIZE LONGLIST “A vibrant, heartstrings-tugging novel” (People) about a mother’s love, in all its forms, as a woman searches for the daughter she gave up for adoption, from the prize-winning author of Golden Child “A beautiful story . . . explores what it means to be a woman...

Lyr might be a powerful elven lord in charge of thousands, but his personal life is a disaster. Just the month before, a daughter he'd never known existed arrived from Earth, giving him news of his lost love's death. Since then, he has been betrayed, captured, and almost murdered. And though his enemy was defeated, Lyr's wounds never seem to heal. He certainly doesn't need more conflict.

Als Juliet Blake in meiner Bar auftaucht ist sie traurig, weil ihr Mädelswochenende schiefgegangen ist. Also mache ich das, was ich immer mache - mixe einen Drink und höre zu. Spontan biete ich an, den Rest des Wochenendes mit mir zu verbringen, damit sie an ihrem Geburtstag nicht alleine ist. Ich hatte gar nicht die Absicht, mit ihr im Bett zu landen. Ehrlich nicht! Als es dann doch passiert, ist es einfach nur umwerfend und ich will sie unbedingt wiedersehen. Aber nur als Affäre. Nicht als etwas Ernstes. Dazu ist mein Herz nicht bereit. Niemals.

For almost a year, Talia has lived as a sex worker for the High Director of the Coalition Council, providing recreational sex and sensual pleasure for some of the most important and influential people in the explored universe. After a difficult and joyless childhood, she now has comfort and security, living and working in the center of power in Coalition space. She has everything she needs, and she doesn't know she has anything else to hope for—until she meets Desh.

'Plotting that takes the breath away' Ian Rankin 'Steve is a fantastic thriller writer' Mark Billingham Hollywood actor Robert Soloman stands accused of the brutal stabbings of his wife and her lover but he is desperately pleading that he had nothing to do with it. This is the trial of the...

Brought to you by Penguin. **THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** Is this the best worst day of her life? Once, Grace Adams was poised for great things. Now, she barely attracts a second glance as she strides down the street carrying her daughter's sixteenth birthday cake. But behind the scenes...

Drei Jahre ist es her, seit Lachlan, Eishockeystar am Fairview College, in einer Nacht alles verloren hat - seine Karriere, seine Zukunft und das Einzige, was er jemals geliebt hat: Lyla. Neben dem Wunsch, sich an ihr für den Schmerz der letzten Jahre zu rächen, plagen Lachlan alte Gefühle, die neu in ihm zu erwachen scheinen. Noch immer wird Lyla von einem düsteren Schatten aus ihrer Vergangenheit verfolgt, der sich holen will, was ihm zusteht: Lylas Körper und ihre Seele.

The truth has no place in a courtroom. The truth doesn't matter in a trial. The only thing that matters is what the prosecution can prove. Eddie Flynn used to be a con artist. Then he became a lawyer. Turned out the two weren't that different. It's been over a year since Eddie vowed never to set...

Fraud. Blackmail. Murder. It's all in a day's work for Eddie Flynn. For years, major New York law firm Harland & Sinton has operated a massive global fraud. The FBI are on to them, but they need witnesses to secure their case. When a major client of the firm, David Child, is arrested for murder...

Die New York Diaries: Träume, Liebe und Neuanfänge in der aufregendsten Stadt der Welt. Alles auf Anfang - mit Anfang dreißig. Als Claire nach einer katastrophal gescheiterten Beziehung aus London nach New York zurückkehrt, ist sie nicht nur wieder Single, sondern auch noch arbeitslos und viel zu pleite, um sich ein eigenes Appartement leisten zu können. Deshalb zieht sie kurzerhand in den begehbaren Kleiderschrank ihrer Freundin June, die im Knights Building wohnt - einem etwas heruntergekommenen, aber umso charmanteren Wohnhaus mitten in New York City.

To Chase Reilly, his best friend’s little sister has always been invisible. She’s so forbidden, he doesn’t let himself see her. Besides, she’s totally girlfriend material, and he doesn’t do the relationship thing. Until the night Chase sees her. Really, truly sees her. And nothing will ever be the same. 

Kyla was born the younger daughter of the royal family of a planet known throughout Coalition space for its indulgence and debauchery. Travelers come from all over to give into their deepest desires in the decadent royal court, but Kyla has been surrounded by sex and physical indulgence since childhood. Now she wants nothing to do with such empty pleasures—at least, until she encounters Hall.