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Was tun, wenn man auf einmal entdeckt, dass man seine große Liebe schon fast ein ganzes Leben lang kennt? Und was, wenn da aber auf einmal noch jemand anderes ist: ein anderer Kerl, der auch irgendwie verdammt anziehend wirkt? Izzy, die als Snowboard-Lehrerin in der Kleinstadt Green Valley in den Rocky Mountains arbeitet, hat sich damit abgefunden, dass sie für Will nie mehr sein wird als seine beste Freundin. Denn Will, beliebter Sheriff und Draufgänger, wird einfach niemals kapieren, was mit ihr los ist. Daran ändert auch dieser eine romantische Kuss an Silvester nichts.

Plain-spoken, headstrong Ophelia cares little about appearances. Her ability to read the past of objects is unmatched in all of Anima, and, what’s more, she possesses the ability to travel through mirrors, a skill passed down to her from previous generations. Her idyllic life is disrupted, however, when she is promised in marriage to Thorn, a taciturn and influential member of a distant clan. She must leave all she knows behind and follow her fiancé to Citaceleste, the capital of a cold, icy ark known as the Pole, where danger lurks around every corner and nobody can be trusted.

Bargained away to Dawn Court, Kat must play the part of a helpless human bewitched by the Day King. But beneath the veneer of submission, she's playing a far more dangerous game—spying for Dusk Court, and for the one person who holds her heart: Bastian. Separated from the woman he loves, Bastian has no time to rage against fate—or his queen. With his city on the brink of collapse and war brewing, he must uncover the truth before a devastating betrayal shatters everything he's fought to protect.

It was their darkest secret. Three schoolgirls made a promise - to take the horrible truth of what they did to the grave. Thirty years later, Beth and Sally have tried to put the trauma behind them. Though Carol has distanced herself from her former friends, the three are adamant that the truth must never come to light, even if the memory still haunts them. But when some shocking news threatens to unearth their dark secret, Beth enlists the help of private investigator Matthew Hill to help her and Sally reconnect with estranged Carol.

The many voices of The Promise tell a story in four snapshots, each one centered on a family funeral, each one happening in a different decade. In the background, a different president is in power, and a different spirit hangs over the country, while in the foreground the family fights over what they call their farm, on a worthless piece of land outside Pretoria. Over large jumps in time, people get older, faces and laws and lives all change, while a brother and sister circle around a promise made long ago and never kept....

Ich verspreche es dir auf makelloseste, aufrichtigste, reinste Weise Die kleine Schwester, die einzige Tochter, das Partygirl - Marigold Evergreen musste schon immer darum kämpfen, ernst genommen zu werden. Auch als sie im Parfüm-Imperium der Familie arbeiten will, verweigert ihr Bruder Odell ihr den begehrten Job. Um seine Meinung zu ändern, greift Mari zu drastischen Mitteln: Sie wendet sich an Benedict Midville - Sohn des größten Konkurrenzunternehmens, verzogener Playboy und für ihre Familie der meistgehasste Mann in Londons High Society.

Es gibt Männer, die glauben, dass ihnen die Welt gehört. Graham Morgan, CEO von Morgan Financial Holdings, gehört zu ihnen. Wenn er etwas will, bekommt er es - so einfach ist es für ihn. Bis er Soraya trifft! Sie ist ganz anders als er und die erste Frau, die sich nicht von ihm einschüchtern lässt. Und so unterschiedlich sie auch sind, kann er sich doch nicht dagegen wehren, dass Soraya ganz unbekannte Gefühle in ihm weckt. Doch gerade als Graham beginnt, an eine gemeinsame Zukunft zu glauben, holt ihn seine Vergangenheit ein und droht, alles zu zerstören.

Field Marshal Tamas' coup against his king sends corrupt aristocrats to the guillotine and brings bread to the starving. But it also provokes war in the Nine Nations, internal attacks by royalist fanatics and greedy scrambling for money and power by Tamas' supposed allies: the Church, workers' unions, and mercenary forces. Stretched to his limit, Tamas relies heavily on his few remaining powder mages, including the embittered Taniel, a brilliant marksman who also happens to be Tamas' estranged son, and Adamat, a retired police inspector whose loyalty will be tested to its limit.

Früher war es Liebe, jetzt ist sie sein Bodyguard. Die Zeit der Gefühle ist vorbei. Doch was, wenn das Herz das anders sieht? Als Teenies waren sie hoffnungslos ineinander verliebt. Doch ihre Liebe zerbrach. Mittlerweile ist Dessie eine toughe Security-Expertin, mit Gefühlen hat sie nicht viel am Hut. Sam hat aus dem Nichts ein Hotelimperium aufgebaut und viele Neider. Er braucht dringend einen Bodyguard. Ist es Schicksal, dass ausgerechnet Dessie sein Leben schützen soll? Sie war seine erste große Liebe, die Frau, die sein Herz brach. Dessie ist fest entschlossen, ihr Herz diesmal aus dem Spiel zu lassen.

She was just a kid when she found me lying injured beside the road and saved my life. I promised her I'd return if she ever needed me. Twelve years later, I answer the phone and hear her voice: a biker gang's about to sell her to the highest bidder. Like hell they are! I tear the place apart and we roar off on my Harley...but the kid I remember has grown up into a woman I can't resist, with long red hair and curves that don't quit. And now she thinks I'm a goddamn hero.

Ralph Stockwood prides himself on being a leader, but when he convinced his friends to fight in the Napoleonic Wars, he never envisioned being the sole survivor. Racked with guilt over their deaths, Ralph must move on...and find a wife so as to secure an heir to his family's title and fortune.

Lukan Gardova is a cardsharp, academy dropout, and - thanks to a duel that ended badly - the disgraced heir to an ancient noble house. His life consists of cheap wine, rigged card games and wondering how he might win back the life he threw away. When Lukan discovers that his estranged father has been murdered in strange circumstances, he finds fresh purpose. Deprived of his chance to make amends for his mistakes, he vows to unravel the mystery behind his father's death. His search for answers leads him to Saphrona, fabled city of merchant princes.

The thrilling third instalment in the Millennium's Rule series by international number one best-selling fantasy phenomenon Trudi Canavan. Five years have passed since the Rebels confronted the Raen. Five years in which the boy Rielle rescued, Qall, has grown up among the Travellers, with no memory of the life that was stolen from him. Five years of chaos barely contained by Baluka and the Restorers. Worlds are at war, some overrun by deadly machines, some drained of magic by power-hungry sorcerers.

How can you promise someone forever? The simple truth is that you can’t. At least that’s what I always thought. Until I met Amelia Ryder. It was a chance encounter. We were meant to go our separate ways and never see each other again. So you can imagine my surprise when the woman I haven’t been able to stop thinking about turns up at my office two days after I sent her home—as my new secretary. And things are about to get a lot more complicated than either of us expected.

Princess Shiori made a deathbed promise to return the dragon's pearl to its rightful owner, but keeping that promise is more dangerous than she ever imagined. She must journey to the kingdom of dragons, navigate political intrigue among humans and dragons alike, fend off thieves who covet the pearl for themselves and will go to any lengths to get it, all the while cultivating the appearance of a perfect princess to dissuade those who would see her burned at the stake for the magic that runs in her blood.

Princess Shiori made a deathbed promise to return the dragon's pearl to its rightful owner, but keeping that promise is more dangerous than she ever imagined. She must journey to the kingdom of dragons, navigate political intrigue among humans and dragons alike, fend off thieves who covet the pearl for themselves and will go to any lengths to get it, all while cultivating the appearance of a perfect princess to dissuade those who would see her burned at the stake for the magic that runs in her blood.

Wie jedes Mädchen am Hofe hofft Hollis, dass sie diejenige ist, die König Jamesons Herz erobert. Als sie auf einem Ball stolpert und ihm buchstäblich in die Arme fällt, verliebt Jameson sich Hals über Kopf in sie. Er beginnt, ihr mit extravaganten Geschenken den Hof zu machen, und Hollis kann ihr Glück kaum fassen. Bis sie immer öfter angesichts grauenvoller Ungerechtigkeiten nur lächeln und schweigen soll. Entpuppt ihr Traum sich als goldener Käfig?

When Patrick Sheppard suddenly and tragically dies, he leaves behind a family in pieces. Zoe has lost the love of her life. Ethan, Gabe and Beatrice have lost their larger-than-life dad. There’s a hole where Patrick should be, and none of them can see a way forward. For Patrick’s brother Dan, though: his mission is clear. He needs to help the Sheppards to find some sort of happy again, and he makes a promise to himself to try and come close to the man Patrick was.

Elvis Cole is hired to find a woman who’s disappeared, a seemingly ordinary case, until he learns the missing woman is an explosives expert and worked for a Defense Department contractor. Meanwhile, LAPD K-9 Officer Scott James and his patrol dog, Maggie, track a fugitive to a house filled with explosives - and a dead body. As the two cases intertwine, they all find themselves up against shadowy arms dealers and corrupt officials, and the very woman they promised to save may be the cause of their own deaths.

Brian King was honorably discharged from the United States Navy five years ago. He'd left with the highest honors a man can receive in his country, but he'd paid the ultimate price to earn them. He'd returned home with all his limbs, his right mind, and with his only brother Ford, at his side. But, one thing had been lost, maybe for good...his voice. Now, being a bounty hunter is Brian's only means to satisfy his need to calculate, track, and capture. He missed companionship, he missed communicating.