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Teenager Tillie Benford lives with her ditzy single mum. Tillie is severely disabled, but doesn’t let that stop her from living her life as fully as she can. She helps one of the new starters from school, bad boy Zack Johnson, through rehab when he finds himself partly paralysed after being hit by a car.

Mona and Duncan used to be best friends. Now they can’t stand each other. Too bad that’s not a good enough excuse to miss their two families’ annual trip to the cabin. But things get really complicated when they accidentally drive through a wormhole together on the way. Look what playing nice and carpooling gets you. Now they’re stranded indoors by an epic storm and stuck in an alternate timeline where things are just slightly ... off.

My brother's best friend will do anything to win. Even if it means pretending to date me–his sworn enemy. But claiming my V-card wasn't part of the plan. He's Goalie-zilla of the Houston Heatwave and the man I can't stand. Number 33. Ryker-freakin-Balinger. The only things we have in common are the temporary roof we share and the arena where we both work. Dealing with this muscular, tatted-up grump is the last thing I need. But he needs good press. And I want revenge on the team's newest arrival. So this relationship is all for show.

Gemma hat es satt: Keine Dates mehr. Und vor allem keine Enttäuschungen mehr. Deshalb konzentriert sie sich nun voll und ganz auf die Zeit mit ihren Freundinnen am Willow Square. Als sich jedoch fiese Gerüchte über ihr Liebesleben ausbreiten, die Gemma zum Gespött der Uni machen, schreitet ihr Nachbar Henry ein und hilft ihr aus der Patsche. Ausgerechnet Henry, der ständig feiern geht und Gemma regelmäßig zur Weißglut bringt, behauptet plötzlich, ihr Freund zu sein. Was als kleine Notlüge startet, entwickelt sich allerdings zunehmend zu einem ungeplanten Desaster.

The book we need NOW to avoid a social recession, Murthy’s prescient message is about the importance of human connection, the hidden impact of loneliness on our health, and the social power of community. Humans are social creatures: In this simple and obvious fact lies both the problem and the...

Bist du bereit, die Liebe in dein Herz zu lassen? Gleich hinter der Ocean View Avenue, wo man die Sonne im Atlantik untergehen sehen kann, liegt die Schreinerei, die Brooke McNally vor Kurzem übernommen hat. Während sie die neue berufliche Herausforderung und ihre Tochter Reeva unter einen Hut zu bekommen versucht, lernt Brooke den Webdesigner Owen kennen. Nach dem Tod seiner Frau ist Owen mit seinem Sohn Theo nach Jamestown gekommen, um noch mal ganz neu anzufangen.

With its breathtaking vistas and down-to-earth people, Thunder Point is the perfect place for FBI agent Laine Carrington to recuperate from a gunshot wound and contemplate her future. The locals embraced Laine as one of their own after she risked her life to save a young girl from a dangerous cult. Knowing her wounds go beyond the physical, Laine hopes she'll fit in for a while and find her true self in a town that feels safe. She may even learn to open her heart to others, something an undercover agent has little time to indulge.

Aurora Harper doesn’t like Chance Hughes. He’s too handsome, too charismatic, and he’s a player. She’s had enough of players in her life after her fiancé left her for a bridesmaid three weeks before the wedding. Been there, done that, not doing it again. But Rory let down her guard. She and Chance spent two hot weeks together after Rory nearly died at the hands of a madman. Chance was part of the team that found her, and he stayed by her side from the moment she was freed until she kicked him out of her house when she came to her senses.

Eine eiskalt geplante Mordserie erschüttert San Francisco: Die Opfer waren zwar unterschiedlich alt und wurden mit verschiedenen Waffen getötet, allen gemeinsam aber ist, dass sie Verbindungen zur Polizei hatten. Lieutenant Lindsay Boxer, der einzige weibliche Detective bei der Mordkommission San Francisco, nimmt diesen Fall sehr persönlich, denn die Blutspur führt in die eigenen Reihen. Ein neuer Fall also für ihre Freundinnen, den "Club der Ermittlerinnen".

The world seems more connected than ever and yet loneliness is at epidemic levels. But what effect is it having on us and how can we treat it - even at a distance? When Obama appointed him Surgeon General of the United States, Dr Vivek Murthy observed the growing health crisis of isolation first-hand. In this ground-breaking book, he traces the roots of the problem and shows how loneliness lies behind some of our greatest personal and social challenges, from anxiety and depression to addiction and violence. But he also reveals the cure. 

From the New York Times bestselling author of Someone Like You comes a heartwarming story about childhood friends, broken lives, and an age-old promise, proving it’s never too late for love. Years ago, the day before Ellie moved from Georgia to California, she and her best friend Nolan sat...

The rules were simple. Protect the woman I love. And try to stop loving her along the way. Kane Montgomery Carr and Phoebe Dixon’s romance went from a fiery temptation to a fizzled out heartbreak. Only Kane has no idea why. All he knows is that he has to keep her safe when a stalker sets Phoebe in their sights. Yet as the two of them are forced once again into each other’s lives, the truth behind their breakup surfaces and they are forced to face the facts: the feelings and heat they buried aren’t quite as gone as they’d like.

Reality is cruel. The rising level of technological development has led to a rising level of unemployment. They're laying off everybody, from teachers to technical servicemen. What's the point of holding onto a person if they can be replaced by an advanced mechanism? But what are the people to do? How are they to live? Where are they to get money from? There is only one answer - Barliona. The official government project is gathering steam, luring more and more people into its net.

In an encounter straight out of fiction, Katie might have met Mr Right on the long-haul flight from Melbourne to New York. Richard Sinclair is charming, handsome, wealthy, cultured—and married. In an open marriage, according to him. When he invites her to join him in his lush lakeside villa in Italy as his son’s au pair, it might just be the opportunity for a reset that Katie has been longing for.

Julia führt erfolgreich das traditionsreiche Hotel Seemöwe an der Ostseeküste – bis ihr Verlobter sie völlig überraschend für eine andere verlässt. Ausgerechnet jetzt braucht sie dringend einen neuen Küchenchef. Mit Carla scheint sie einen echten Glücksgriff gelandet zu haben. Die talentierte Köchin aus Berlin will nur den Sommer über bleiben, bevor sie eine Stelle in einem Kopenhagener Sternerestaurant antritt. Doch während die beiden Frauen die Seemöwe zu neuen kulinarischen Höhenflügen führen, entwickeln sich zwischen ihnen Gefühle, die tiefer gehen als geplant.

History happens all around you. And, occasionally, to you. I could have been a bomb-disposal expert, or a volunteer for the Mars mission, or a firefighter, something safe and sensible. But, no, I had to be an historian. It began well. A successful assignment to 17th century Cambridge to meet Isaac Newton, and another to witness the historic events at The Gates of Grief. So far so good.

Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy the dog find excitement and adventure wherever they go in Enid Blyton's most popular series. In book twenty one, the Famous Five are camping out near the home of a famous scientist. But when his important research papers go missing, he needs the gang's help...

Boston hoodlum Julius Ventura wants to find his daughter's missing husband. At least that's how he puts it to Spenser and Hawk, even though it's clear that Julius isn't telling the whole truth—or maybe not any part of the truth. Something about the case appeals to Spenser's passion for justice, though, and he launches an odyssey that leads him and Hawk into the netherworld of organized crime.

Seventeen-year-old Zach was visiting his uncle in a small Montana town when a mysterious illness ripped through the world. Most died, but those who survived the Infection became mindless killers, spreading the disease with a single scratch. Now, a year later, civilization lies in ruins, and Zach is the town's sole survivor. Desperately lonely, he longs to return to his family in Seattle, but his fears hold him captive.

Wyn and Remy Gastineau were perfect together. Until, without warning, Remy walks out on their life, love, and marriage. Wyn is blindsided and heartbroken. It takes her years to get over the loss of Remy. Sometime later, their children call a family meeting, and Remy is acting strange. Wyn refuses to hope. Remy has moved on. She must do the same. But she’s wrong. Remy wants her back, and he’s pulling no punches. He’s determined to do the work to piece together the marriage he shattered. Forced by circumstances to tell Wyn things he never wanted her to know, Remy reveals his tragic secrets.