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Owned is the story of the underreported and growing collusion between new wealth and new journalism. In recent years, right-wing billionaires like Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, and David Sacks have turned to media as their next investment and source of influence. Their cronies are Glenn Greenwald and Matt Taibbi—once known as idealistic and left-leaning voices, now beneficiaries of Silicon Valley largesse. Together, this new alliance aims to exploit the failings of traditional journalism and undermine the very idea of an independent and fact-based fourth estate.

She thought this was a game. She thought she could walk away. She thought wrong. I've lived a cold, unforgiving life. I've seen things, I've done things, that would break a man. If they didn't kill him first. With my past behind me, I have nothing. No way to atone for my sins and nothing to lift me from the depths of despair I've come from. And no one to give me the control that I so desperately desire.

All I want to do is look after my dad, so when I land the job of a lifetime that will take care of our expenses, I grab at the chance with both hands. Little do I know, the impossible will be expected of me. Slowly my smile fades and my laughter dies, until all that's left is the broken puppet my personal hell created. Liam Byrne, the head of the Irish mafia, returns from a business trip and I expect my hellish nightmare to increase ten-fold. Brutal, merciless, and dangerous, Liam is feared by all, even the monster intent on killing my soul. Turns out I was wrong.

My name is Harper, but to him, I’m only Kitten. When Marcello Dellucci bought me from the auction, my life was destroyed. Locked away in his mansion, I became his precious pet.

I never saw it coming, but I should have. Their betrayal has ensured my punishment at the hands of the monster I thought was dead. Varrik is determined to break me, his brutal games stripping away my hope for a future as surely as my flesh is flayed from my bones, a canvas for his depraved diversions. Kallum, Grey, and Dane—the fae males I'd foolishly allowed into my heart—have delivered me to my worst nightmare.

Ciara Ortiz wants Ryker Snow. Too bad she's known all her life he needs a shifter for a mate. She's only human. After years of staying away from the tempting shifter, she will finally see him for her brother's wedding. Can she handle it?

Esmeralda is just one semester away from graduating college and on her way to opening the restaurant of her dreams. Dante is a ruthless mafia monster that walks in the daylight. Neither of them would've ever crossed paths - until Esmeralda's mother makes a dire mistake that leaves them both at the mercy of the cartel and the whims of its captivating leader.

She's one defiant, forbidden, pain in my ass. One I can't touch. One I can’t train. But Vivienne is mine. Body. Soul….

He’s a brutal mafia boss, my new patient… and soon to be the father of my child. After his car accident, I was the doctor assigned to the ruthless mafia boss, Sebastian Petrosky. His sinfully wicked smile drew me in, and those haunting blue eyes held me captive as I treated him. I became more than his doctor– I became his obsession. Soon, he claimed me. I come undone at the mere brush of his fingers against my flesh. He lured me deep into his shadowy world, blurring ethical lines that could cost me my medical career if anyone found out. Now I’m in so deep, I may never make it out alive.

Ellie Stevens has lusted over Kayne Roberts since he first walked into the import/export company she works for a little over a year ago. As Expo's most important client, Ellie has always kept a safe distance from the man with the majestic blue eyes - until temptation finally gets the better of her. Impulsively, Ellie invites Kayne to one of Expo's infamous company parties her flamboyant boss is notorious for throwing. Unbeknownst to Ellie, the god in the Armani suit isn't just the suave entrepreneur he portrays himself to be.

A young woman desperate to save her mother turns to her last resort: a ruthless mob boss in search of an heir. What starts as a business arrangement explodes into passion that neither expected. But can Camille survive in Erik's dangerous world?

Swiping right, while looking for a one night stand, I met the perfect man. Tristan Evans, a handsome, rich, and charming club owner who also happens to be an absolute god in the bedroom. Intrigued by his lifestyle, and blinded by his charm, I waste no time accepting his proposition. In exchange for a few favors, he'll train me to be the perfect submissive.

Music kept them going. Now it's torn them apart. Guitarist Nick Crandall lost the most important thing in his life -- his band -- just as he was falling in love. A year has passed, and Oblivion is returning from hiatus. And Nick is ready to ask Lila to spend forever with him, even if he won't have his best friend at his side for the ceremony. Simon has spent the past year trying to find his way back to the thing that sustained him in his darkest hours, then grew to be his biggest demon.

Nachdem sie zu Unrecht eines Verbrechens bezichtigt und dafür verurteilt wurde, meldet sich Jessica als Freiwillige zum Interstellaren Bräute-Programm, um einer langen Haftstrafe zu entgehen. Sie wird einem Prinzen zugeordnet—dem Thronfolger des mächtigen Planeten Prillon—aber ihre Zukunft gerät ins Wanken, als die Zuweisung vom aktuellen Herrscher Prillons abgelehnt wird.

When the shadows own you body and soul… will you give them your heart? Pregnant with Sergi's child and hunted by him I've never been more vulnerable—or more protected. My men surround me like sentinels, their love fierce as the danger closing in on us all. Sergi Petrov won't stop until he has what he believes belongs to him: me, the baby, and his son's head on a platter. Even our island sanctuary can't shield us from his reach forever. As my pregnancy advances and complications arise, we're forced to make our final stand.

When Ingrid Thornsdottir arrives at Blackstone Keep to pay her grandfather's fifty-year-old debt, she expects servitude. What she doesn't expect is Mordecai Blackstone—a three-hundred-year-old alpha wolf slowly losing himself to an ancient curse, forty-seven winters deep into his own destruction. But the moment Ingrid crosses into his territory, the mate bond snaps into place with devastating certainty. She's not just payment for an old crime—she's his last chance at salvation. And he's determined to protect her from the very connection that could save them both.

I have no idea what I am in for the first time he growls his intention. The brooding, tattooed, alphahole who demands my submission. He won't stop until he's ravaged every part of my body. Licked every inch of my curves. Teased me and drawn out my need. Until he's ripped me apart and ruined me. And when he's done? He's going to claim me all over again.

Wir sammeln nicht nur gebrochene Herzen - wir führen sie auch zusammen! Das Museum of Broken Hearts ist Tonis Herzensprojekt – ein Ort voller Ideen, Geschichten und Sehnsucht, den sie mit Leidenschaft leitet. Doch als ihre Eltern für die Planung der 'Night of Wishes' im Museum einen professionellen Eventmanager engagieren, steht ausgerechnet Vince vor ihr. Der Kerl, den sie seit ihrer Auseinandersetzung beim Speed Dating absolut nicht ausstehen kann. Doch zwischen Sticheleien und intensiven Blicken entsteht eine unerwartete Nähe.

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No one in their right mind would dream of this kind of life. A normal woman wouldn’t let a man use her for His pleasure and amusement. A normal woman wouldn’t thank Him for it. But as I sleep at His feet, a collar around my neck, I am filled with such blissful contentment that nothing could ever shake me. I am not a normal woman. And Luke Thompson is not a normal man.