Ergebnis für "The Group" in Anthologien & Kurzgeschichten

Close your eyes and make a Christmas wish . . . Oliver wants to give his best friend Lara the happy Christmas she deserves, and he hatches a plan - with disastrous consequences. Zoe just hopes the season will pass without a hitch for her and her almost four-year-old - but the universe seems to...

Jump into USAT & WSJ Bestselling Author Riley Edwards' Gemini Group with this collection of the fifth, sixth, and seventh books in the series.

Join Gareth and Gwen in their first adventures together. Murder, intrigue, and romance in medieval Wales! This audiobook includes three books: The Good Knight, The Uninvited Guest, and The Fourth Horseman.

Sebastian Aguilar lives under the shadow of the failure that ended his otherwise brilliant special ops career. An ex-Delta Force operator, he’s a warrior without a team, a drifter without a home, a man without a future. Gracie Rose is a woman convicted of a crime she didn’t commit. Which is fine by her. Prison is the perfect place to hide. But when she’s unexpectedly released, Gracie finds herself alone, destitute, and under attack, fighting to save herself from an enemy that’s ahead of her every step of the way.

Welcome to a world where fairy tales wear aprons, castles come with deep fryers, and love gets served with extra dipping sauce. In Fairytales Retold, thirty fast-food fables blend heart, humor, and just the right amount of grease. From a fry cook prince with a lost sneaker to a cursed influencer sleeping through his shift, these short rom-coms reimagine your favorite classics—now with Yelp reviews, corporate drama, and enchanted coupon codes. It’s Cinderella meets shift work. Rapunzel with headset hair. Beauty falling for the BBQ Beast.

Reluctant step-siblings Julia and Colin meet for the first time at an engagement party for their parents, and dislike each other on sight, despite their obvious physical attraction to one another.

From heirloom tomatoes to checkout-line chemistry, this delightful collection serves up thirty bite-sized romantic comedies set in the aisles of your favorite grocery store. Whether it’s exes colliding near the pumpkin display, rivals locking lips under mistletoe in Aisle 5, or a deli crush slipping love notes into sandwich orders, Aisle Be Yours is packed with flirty chaos, food puns, and feel-good fun. Each story is a cartful of heart—delivering meet-cutes in the produce section, bickering at the butter shelf, and surprise confessions at self-checkout.

They have everything—money, influence, control. What they don’t have is her. In this second, darker volume of The Reverse Harem Empire, five new obsessions unfold in secret rooms and mirrored penthouses—where every contract tempts, every touch commands, and surrender is the only currency that matters. A biotech experiment that turns pleasure into power. A private island where hunters become hunted. A debt repaid not in money, but in submission. A company where the merger happens behind closed doors. A guardianship that becomes the ultimate claim.

Spiced Kisses: 30 Romantic Comedies Stirred, Shaken & Seasoned to Perfection is a deliciously charming collection of short love stories set in the aromatic world of Spice & Soul Co. , where every romance begins with a bold flavor and a fiery clash. From cinnamon-sweet crushes to chili-flake rivalries, these bite-sized tales simmer with flirtation, mischief, and heart. Whether it’s a turmeric optimist teaming up with a grumpy ginger, or a cocktail showdown between rosemary and bourbon barrel-aged pepper, opposites attract and sparks fly—in and out of the kitchen.

From midnight fry cravings to golden-hour glances, Drive-Thru Crush delivers 30 bite-sized romantic comedies set in the most unexpected of love lanes—fast-food windows, parking lot pickup lines, and burger-scented confession zones. Whether it's a widower’s midnight tribute, a milkshake mix-up turned meet-cute, or a karaoke disaster that ends in a duet, each story serves sizzling chemistry, messy feelings, and sweet, salty heart moments you can’t drive away from.

From mistletoe mishaps to fondue fiascos, this delicious collection of bite-sized love stories serves up charm, chaos, and chemistry—one holiday at a time. In Love on the Holiday Menu, thirty romantic comedies unfold across seasons and celebrations: a Christmas cookie sabotage turns into sweet redemption, a Valentine’s nugget artist wins over a grumpy regular, and two Black Friday shoppers brawl over the last baguette—then share it in the snow. With foodie flirtations, festive meet-cutes, and more than a few kitchen disasters, each story brings laughter, heart, and flavor to the table.

From oat milk flirtations to vegan taco truck confessions, The Heart Beet serves up 30 sizzling short rom-coms where love sprouts over greens, grains, and garlic-naan first kisses. Whether it’s a butcher’s son accidentally swapping dishes with a tofu sculptor, or a grumpy traditional baker falling for a pastry student with a vegan croissant to prove, each story dishes out bite-sized romantic chaos with a veggie twist.

Eden is sent to Uoria and given the task to test the blood of the Denynso. Only, that's against the rules. She doesn't want to be that close to them, anyway. From everything she'd heard about the species, they are more temperamental than her, but her boss' ultimatum gives her no choice. She goes and gets what he wants or she loses her job, her livelihood.

Jonah is still reeling from his encounter with Aubrey in the lab and the sudden way that she ran away from him, but he knows that he can't let thoughts of her distract him. There is still so much work to do, and now that he is alone again, he needs to work even harder. When Aubrey shows up again, he wonders if it is more than professional curiosity that draws her to him. Together they keep digging, discovering new details that seem to make the situation more confusing rather than bringing them closer to clarity.

In his short time back on Earth Jacob has realized that his unlikely friendship with Jem has led him into something he could never have imagined, but that something within him is driving him to stay and join the fight. In an instant Jacob is confronted with his past and with a future that he might not ever be able to have. With the battle with the hybrids over, most of the group is recovering and working to heal the wounded, but Eden can't get the voice of the dying hybrid out of her head.

Felicity Worthington is on a mission from God: Kill Graeme McCracken and avenge her friend's death. But the lord of the manor is strangely alluring and mysteriously magnetic. Not at all the cold-hearted murderer painted by her mind's eye. As she begins to trust, to love, she is devastated to find that Graeme is indeed the Butcher of Beacon Hill.

For years, Aegeus has been legend on Uoria. His death in battle has become lore, overshadowed only by the discovery that he didn't die when he walked into that fateful battle, the clash that brought what many thought was peace to Uoria. All those years Aegeus spent in the clutches of Ryan, witness to the cruelty and madness that drove the scientist. He watched and he waited, knowing that one day he would have his chance again. Aegeus tells his story the way that only he can, through the memories that he struggles to retain.

Feeling the effects of the decision that he made to leave the Order, Malcolm is trying to get accustomed to being away from the hierarchy and in the home of the beautiful but strange woman that Athan chose. The tension between them is obvious, but he has no choice but to accept the shelter that she has offered or face the danger posed by an angered and betrayed Order. Neither fully trusts the other and both must learn to either compromise and embrace the feelings that are growing between them, or put everything that they all have been working for at risk.

Zsilvia is still struggling with her feelings for George as tortured memories of her past keep her from accepting that he is her intended mate and allowing herself to give in to his attention. Instead, she has separated herself from him and spends her time observing his efforts with the rest of the women to find a solution to the locked people in the settlement. An emotional conversation with Eden makes her start to question her own fears and think that she may be ready to take the next step with George. However, the surprising arrival of another shuttle makes her rethink everything.

The threat of the Covra gone, the Denynso are trying to help the Light Ones pick up the pieces and move forward. As Lynx spends more time with Rain he realizes that as deeply as he loves her, he doesn't really know much about her. Together they decide that it is time that they all talk about what happened and try to understand how this situation came to be. As they are gathering in the meeting hall with everyone else now in the settlement, two of their number are missing.