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Miss Agatha Woodville hätte nie gedacht, dass sie jemals den berüchtigten Vergnügungspalast Aphrodite auch nur betreten würde. Doch in ihrer Verzweiflung treibt es die junge Frau genau dort hin: Um ihre Familie vor dem Ruin zu bewahren, wagt sie eine Versteigerung ihrer Jungfräulichkeit. Um erfolgreich zu sein, muss sie von sich ein Bild erschaffen, das sowohl verlockend als auch unschuldig wirkt, sodass die Herren für sie bieten wollen. Agathas einziges Ziel ist es, ihre Familie zu retten – und nicht, sich zu verlieben!

Special Agent Nikki Hunt feels her chest tighten as she looks down at the body sprawled beside the lilac bushes. This morning, her ten-year-old daughter Lacey witnessed the murder of local mother Elle Harper. Out riding her bike, Lacey saw the killer escape from the house and rushed inside to protect Elle’s daughters Maisy and Maya. Nikki promises Lacey she’ll do whatever it takes to help the poor innocent girls who now sit in her house clutching their teddies. But before she has a chance to return them to the safety of their stepfather Tim, he’s reported missing.

In Beaux Bridge, im ländlichen Louisiana, passiert eigentlich nichts. Bis im Sommer 1998 sechs Teenager spurlos verschwinden. Mädchen, die die 12-jährige Chloë aus der Schule kennt. Ihre Leichen werden nicht gefunden. Doch im Schlafzimmer von Chloës Eltern findet man eine Schatulle mit Schmuckstücken der Mädchen. Als ihr Vater, ein liebevoller, bis dahin unbescholtener Mann, die Taten gesteht und als Serienmörder verurteilt wird, zerbrechen Chloës Welt und ihre Familie. Zwanzig Jahre später ist Chloë promovierte Psychologin.

Lex has just been going through the motions for years, trying to let go of the one man she can't seem to forget. When she finds herself getting ready to take on a life she's never wanted, she realizes she's stuck in the same place she was at 16—heart stolen and fully belonging to another. Now, Lex is determined to move forward and finally face reality—life without him. But when the past returns, making declarations she'd never thought she'd hear again, will Lex take a chance to go after what she's always wanted?

The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer brings to life the most intriguing woman in the history of the world: Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt. Her palace shimmered with onyx, garnets, and gold, but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue. Above all else, Cleopatra was a shrewd...

Ten vintage dramas on the theme of murder, written by internationally recognised authors and set across the globe ‘Murder is murder, anywhere in the world. The taking of life, the most terrible crime a human being can commit, is the same in any language, whether it springs from vengeance...

Miss Katherine Danvers has always been a wallflower. But now with her family on the brink of financial ruin, she finds herself a desperate wallflower. To save her family, she'll do anything. Luckily, she has the perfect plan.... She'll impress the ton by simply announcing she is engaged to the reclusive and mysterious Duke of Thornton, Alexander Masters, and secure strong matches for her sisters. No one has heard from the duke in years. Surely he'll never find out before her sisters' weddings and she can go back to her own quiet life.

One minute Lily is trying, and failing, to run her grandmother’s farm - her last remaining connection to her family. The next, she wakes to find herself in a cold, sterile cage surrounded by monsters, with no memory of how she got there. Accidentally abducted by alien poachers, unsure if she will live or die, she is dreading the worst. What she doesn’t expect is for her captors to dump her on an alien planet to fend for herself. Frrar, Tor, and Arruk have been searching endlessly for a mate to belong to, someone to finally accept them, but they are losing hope.

Der neue Thriller der New York Times-Bestsellerautorin: ein packender Pageturner um eine Mutter, der die Suche nach ihrem Sohn den Schlaf und jede Gewissheit raubt. Vor einem Jahr verschwand Isabelle Drakes Sohn Mason nachts aus seinem Kinderbett, und noch immer gibt es keine Spur. Polizei, Presse und auch ihr Mann sind längst zur Tagesordnung übergegangen, doch Isabelle findet seither keinen Schlaf: Ihr ganzes Leben dreht sich darum, Mason zu finden.

When Hugh Winthrop, the future Earl of Albury, decides to advertise for a wife in the London paper, he never expected an anonymous response from a woman who matches him wit for wit. Their back-and-forth letters on the true nature of love, something they disagree on wholeheartedly, leave him shocked - and intrigued. But then the woman he’s been corresponding with shows up on his doorstep, enticingly beautiful and offering a marriage of convenience in exchange for his protection.

This "glorious" revelatory biography from a Pulitzer Prize winner is about the most essential Founding Father (Ron Chernow)—the one who stood behind the change in thinking that produced the American Revolution. Thomas Jefferson asserted that if there was any leader of the Revolution, “Samuel...

Still struggling with personal loss and haunted by the memories of her near-death experience at the hands of the Nazis, dazzling singer Hattie James desires to leave her past behind and focus on reviving her career and rising in the ranks of the glamorous Brazilian music scene. But when she discovers that her mother’s new suitor, Swiss diplomat Frederick Ziegler, is associated with SS leader Heinz Baumann, Hattie’s suspicions ignite..

When the opportunity to become a war correspondent opens at her news agency, journalist Nicole Sheppard jumps at the chance to go to Ukraine. Her lifelong goal to gather news firsthand in the heat of battle and to test her mettle against the turbulence of war will finally be realized. What she doesn’t anticipate is having her heart and emotions tested as well when she meets the beautiful French doctor, Marie Dubois. As Nicole dodges bullets and Marie extracts them from the wounded, the two women struggle against a growing attraction to one another.

When Chloe Davis was twelve, six teenage girls went missing in her small Louisiana town. By the end of the summer, her own father had confessed to the crimes and was put away for life, leaving Chloe and the rest of her family to grapple with the truth and try to move forward while dealing with the aftermath.

ATF Agent Lexi Mills confronts sinister conspiracies and relentless enemies while navigating her personal quest for justice.

When Special Agent Nikki Hunt is called to a home on Bone Lake, she is devastated to find blood all over the floor and two young women who clearly fought for their lives. But the viciousness of the scene isn’t the only thing that strikes Nikki. The house was the scene of another murder twenty years ago. The killer was never caught. Is this a terrible coincidence, or have they struck again?

“In December 1776, a small boat delivered an old man to France.” So begins a dazzling narrative account of Benjamin Franklin’s French mission, the most exacting—and momentous—eight years of his life. When Franklin embarked, the colonies were without money, munitions, gunpowder, or...

In the remote forests of Stillwater, Minnesota, you can scream for days and no one will hear you. So when the bodies of two 15-year-old girls are discovered frozen in the snow, Special Agent Nikki Hunt is sure the killer is local: Someone knew where to hide the girls and thought they would never be found. Though Nikki hasn’t been home in 20 years, she knows she must take over the case.

Sarah Atwater is seeking a fresh start. When an opportunity arises that she can't refuse, the single mom is ready to leave her painful past behind—and perhaps her old self along with it. But sometimes, new beginnings are like learning to walk again, struggling to put one foot in front of the other.

Despite being dumped on a primitive alien world, Lily is adapting to life there, with the help of Frrar, Tor, and Arruk. But they can’t stay in the safety of the caves forever. The flood waters have receded and it’s time to join the rest of the tribe. While traveling, their group meets a familiar face from Arruk’s past - a man half feral and covered in vicious scars. Something about him draws Lily in, despite those who already hold her heart. But that isn’t her biggest concern.