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Alpha bear shifter, Kaine Urso, is used to keeping his company running smoothly, his sleuth safe, and his territory protected. But when the Academy falls under attack, his bear roars "Mine!" at the fiery Headmistress whose magic matches her sass. Now he's got his paws full with a stubborn witch who insists she can handle things alone—even as her classroom fills with purple smoke and possessed statues!

Sloane Parker führt ein unscheinbares Leben als Bibliothekarin in einer verschlafenen Kleinstadt. Um Licht in sein tristes Leben zu bringen, gründet Sloane einen Buchclub. Nach und nach stoßen weitere Menschen dazu, die in den Büchern und in der Gemeinschaft Trost und Freude finden. Denn jeder trägt ein besonderes Buch im Herzen – und die Kraft der Geschichten kann selbst die einsamsten Seelen zusammenführen.

Liebe ist was für Anfänger, findet Laura. Nachdem ihre vermeintliche Bilderbuchehe durch ist, hat sie die Nase voll von all den romantischen Klischees, die sie fleißig auf Instagram gepostet hat. Ihr aktueller Beziehungsstatus: geschiedener Single mit flüchtigen Affären. Doch dann wird die Redakteurin dazu verdonnert, über Liebe und »nachhaltige Romantik« zu schreiben. Hä? Vollends ins Schleudern kommt Laura, als sie eine kreative Auszeit in der Biohof-WG ihrer Schwester nimmt. Dort trifft sie den nervigen Nachbarn Finn. Und entdeckt plötzlich eine ganz neue Variante von Romantik.

Jago Trevithick KC has been busy in London with the complicated and lengthy trial of an underworld criminal. After a disastrous result, he returns to Penbartha to be with Olivia, seeking refuge and peace and to reassess his life choices. The morning after the long-awaited and eventful launch party Jago and Olivia discover a dead body and he immediately fears that his troubles in London have followed him home. As their professional lives collide, will Olivia and Jago be able to work together again to uncover the dark forces that are threatening the success of her latest venture...

Wo der Schnee leise fällt, flüstert die Liebe ...Philomena glaubt an Listen, Ordnung und daran, dass man für alles einen Plan braucht. Bis ihr Exfreund ihr vorwirft, sie sei zu kontrolliert fürs Leben. Kurzentschlossen verbringt sie die Weihnachtstage mit ihrer Freundin Jana in einer verschneiten Villa. Womit sie nicht rechnet, ist Lambert, Janas attraktiver Schwager, der Philos Gefühle durcheinanderwirbelt. Lambert ist charmant, aber auch zurückhaltend aus Angst, sein Herz zu verlieren.

Want to know what happens to a man who barely claws his way out of a tragedy, only to fall right into the arms of the one girl in the world he can never have? Another tragedy, that's what. When I was six years old, my father made a choice that altered the course of my entire life. Because of what he did, the only girl I ever loved became the only girl I couldn’t have. In a lot of ways, I did have her; I had her first steps, her first words, her first smile. I had her milestones, her heartbreaks, her dreams.

Live every day as if it were your last – that’s the motto Bess has lived by since her father died unexpectedly. As a critical care paramedic, Bess sees every day just how easily life can be taken away. But carefree living has risks, and as Bess’s debts mount, she discovers her actions could have terrible consequences.

On the same day Bells Walker learns that her IUD has failed, her husband Harry is denied tenure at his Manhattan university. So Bells, Harry, their two adolescent children, and her baby bump move to New York’s Hudson Valley, where Harry has landed a job at Dutchess College in the town of Pigkill. When the farm-to-table utopia Bells envisioned is anything but, she turns to the blogosphere. Under the pen name the County Dutchess, she anonymously dishes about life in Pigkill, detailing the activities of hypercompetitive parents and kombucha-drinking hipsters.

Set deep in the Yorkshire Dales, Diane Allen’s A Child of the Dales is a sweeping novel of family, deceit, separation and love. Abandoned as a baby on the steps of a remote inn, Ruby Blake has been raised by the innkeeper’s wife, Martha Metcalfe, unknowing of the family searching for her...

In the tiny village of Sandy Cove in Ireland, Ella Caron is trying to recover. When she moved to a beautiful coastguard cottage on the sea, she wanted quiet and the space to grieve after her mother’s death. She never imagined that her mother’s best friend, Lucille, would insist on moving in to keep her company. With Lucille by her side, it soon becomes clear that Lucille has her own reasons for coming to Sandy Cove. But then Lucille’s son, Rory, comes to town and her dream is under threat: he wants her in Tipperary, where she can safely grow old in their family home.

The man’s body is found in the early morning light by a local dog walker in the park outside Rosebank, a home for troubled teens in the coastal village of Longwater. The victim is Josh, a staff member, who was due to work the previous night but never showed up. DI Vera Stanhope is called out to investigate the death, with her only clue being the disappearance of one of the home’s residents, fourteen-year-old Chloe Spence. Vera can’t bring herself to believe that a teenager is responsible for the murder, but even she can’t dismiss the possibility.

Scarlett Fontaine is a true Hollywood legend—a singer, actress, and beloved fashion icon. But Scarlett dies tragically at just thirty-six years old, leaving behind no children. Or so the story goes… Gwen Hollingsworth is the curator at a museum dedicated to Scarlett’s life. She’s also sole heir to Scarlett’s fortune as a descendant of the star. But all is not well in Gwen’s world. She’s dealing with a messy marital separation and is struggling to move forward.

Sisters Alice and Annie have always been close but will a man come between them? Annie and Alice love their life working at the Beach Hotel together and each is thrilled to have finally found a sweetheart. Yet the path of true love never did run smooth and they soon find themselves facing conflict and strife. Could love come between them and the bond they share?

Emma Bovary, a beautiful yet naïve young woman living in rural France. Her husband, a kind-hearted physician, is committed to his wife, but Emma soon grows listless and dissatisfied with the provincial life he has provided her with. Yearning for passion, excitement and luxury, Emma daringly engages in various affairs, while accumulating enormous debt as she attempts to live a life beyond her means. A moving and tragic tale of misguided idealism, materialism and the bourgeois lifestyle.

Es ist Herbst in Crosby, dem kleinen Küstenstädtchen in Maine. Vor ein paar Jahren ist Lucy Barton, erfolgreiche Schriftstellerin und Mutter zweier erwachsener Töchter, mit ihrem Ex-Mann William hierhergezogen. In ein abseits gelegenes Haus am Meer. Doch die beschauliche Ruhe in Crosby wird gestört, als eine alte Frau spurlos verschwindet. Und auch Lucys Welt gerät still und leise aus dem Lot. Auf den einsamen Spaziergängen mit Bob Burgess, ihrem alten Freund und Vertrauten, sprechen beide über ihr Leben und über das, was hätte sein können.

Lizzanello, ein beschauliches Dorf, in dem sich alle kennen: Als Anna und Carlo hier 1934 frisch vermählt aus dem Norden eintreffen, freut sich Carlo, endlich zurück in seiner Heimat zu sein. Doch Anna denkt darüber nach, was für ein Leben sie als selbstbewusste Norditalienerin wohl in dem kleinen Ort erwartet, in dem ganz eigene Gesetze herrschen. Allen Widerständen zum Trotz geht Anna mutig und entschlossen ihren eigenen Weg – und bringt als erste Briefträgerin frischen Wind nach Lizzanello.

Featuring the beloved character from The Piano Maker, bestselling novelist Kurt Palka is back with a heart-wrenching story of courage, family, and enduring friendship. The Autumn of Madame Hélène takes us back to the small town of St. Homais in Nova Scotia, Canada, where Hélène Giroux is...

A lost young man’s well-intentioned—sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking—attempt at navigating adulthood, online culture, and friendship in this coming-of-age story for our times. Waylon Gans did not mean to start a riot on the university campus. He was only there because he wanted...

When the hospitals closed, the ghosts went walking. Across three decades of rural Louisiana, four lives collapse under the same slow disaster, the unraveling of America’s public mental health system. Eustis Mallory, a Korean War veteran with half his skull gone, spends his final years circling a hallway in a state hospital that no longer exists. Clara Mae Ellison, a preacher’s wife consumed by divine whispers, leads her children into the Red River believing she’s saving their souls.