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Her first London Season has arrived, but Clare Compton is far from enthusiastic. In fact, she finds the experience positively nauseating, and when her first ball ends in disaster, the consequences threaten to upend her entire Season. She wants nothing more than to retreat to her country home away from Society’s judgmental stares. Instead, respite comes from a most unexpected source. Patrick Milton, Clare’s childhood enemy, offers a cunning solution: he will serve as her escort for the final five weeks of festivities to help repair Clare’s reputation.

Eine Frau, eine Eishockeymannschaft und eine verhängnisvolle Wette. Wenn der Stürmerstar Caleb Whyler eines nicht gebrauchen kann, dann ist das eine Frau, die Unruhe in sein Team bringt. Denn dieses ist gerade auf dem besten Weg, in die Playoffs einzuziehen. Doch genau das tut Emma, ihre neue Masseurin. Sie ist die Versuchung schlechthin und verdreht den Spielern die Köpfe. Caleb beschließt, sie sich vorzuknöpfen und ein für alle Mal für Ordnung zu sorgen. Aber Emma ist anders als erwartet und geht ihm bereits bei ihrer ersten Begegnung unter die Haut.

Makenna has a past she’d rather bury deep in her mind. Unfortunately, as the sole guardian for her five siblings, forgetting where they came from isn’t possible. All she can hope for is to provide her loved ones the kind of untroubled childhood she’d always dreamed of and keep them far away from where she grew up. Friendships and relationships, especially the romantic variety, don’t rank on her priority list. That is until she’s introduced to a hot biker whose playful personality and mesmerizing smile would make any woman perk up and take notice, even one with more responsibilities than sense.

Provocative and controversial, socially conscious and politically charged, wildly imaginative yet deeply grounded, the thirty-two never-before-published stories, essays, and poems in The Last Dangerous Visions stand as a testament to Ellison’s lifelong pursuit of art, uniting a diverse range of science fiction writers both famous and newly minted, including Max Brooks, Edward Bryant, Cecil Castellucci, James S. A. Corey, Howard Fast, Patricia Hodgell, Dan Simmons, Robert Sheckley, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Mildred Downey Broxon, and Cory Doctorow, among others.

Marcelina: Ich habe mehr gefunden, als ich gesucht habe. Mehr erlebt, als ich erleben wollte. Doch so sehr ich auch versuche von New Orleans, von dir loszukommen... ich schaffe es nicht. Es braucht nur ein Wort von dir, einen Blick aus deinen Mondscheinaugen, und schon hast du mich wieder. Und ich werde das Gefühl nicht los, dass ich am Ende mehr verliere, als ich es bisher schon getan habe. Beat: Egal was ich tue, Lina, ich werde dich einfach nicht los. Wie viel Leid, wie viel Schmerz muss ich dir noch zufügen, damit du es verstehst? Ich habe dir in einem besonderen Moment geholfen, weil ich dachte, ich müsse es tun.

Jane Fairfax knows she is truly fortunate. Most orphans face lives of hardship, whereas she was adopted by doting surrogate parents who elevated her place in Society and love her as their own. Yet even they cannot shield her from the grim realities of life without a suitable marriage. In moments of despair, Jane comforts herself with a well-worn memory: that of a young man whose kind words when they were children once soothed her heartbreak. But now that boy has grown into a dashing gentleman—and their lives could not be more distant.

Three brilliant children need me, and I’ll have to learn to co-parent with a bull of a man in the China shop of my life. We are complete opposites: I’m the "business first" workaholic in the big city with a penthouse. Then there’s Alvaro Castillo, El Toro, with callouses in his hands and ink all over his skin. I’ll need him on my side if I want the best for these kids, but my trust isn’t something I give out easily. To make things worse, El Toro has a secret that might ring the bell of defeat in all of our lives.

Baseball has always been a symbol as much as a sport. With a blend of individual confrontation and team play, a luxurious pace, and an immaculate urban parkland setting, it offers a sunny rendering of the American Dream, both the hard work that underpins it and the rewards it promises. Film...

In the heart of Northumberland, the adults of the prominent Roylance and Jenkins families cherish the hope that their children will someday marry. But when the Jenkins family is exposed and Alexander’s parents are cast into debtors’ prison, the Roylances unceremoniously cut him out of their lives, forbidding their children from any association with him and abandoning the boy to a lonely life of destitution. Despite his dire circumstances, Alex is determined: he will make it on his own.

My brain tells me to be cautious, but my heart leads the way as we give in to our feelings toward one another and visions of our future are all I can see. Until that vision is threatened by one admission that has us struggling to catch our breaths and acknowledging what we truly feel. And even though I know that walking away was the right thing to do, I fight to uphold the promises I made to his son and myself—the types of promises that have me realizing there is no other man I could see my future with.

When Will discovers the body of Spanish Count Don Gonzalo while walking his trusted sidekick Nosewise in the courtyard gardens, and a blackmail note arrives soon after demanding information about the king, is one of his own closely guarded secrets about to be exposed? Trouble is afoot at the palace. Are the king's enemies plotting a move against him? Will must draw on all his wit and ingenuity to get to the bottom of the treacherous and deadly goings-on at the court before further tragedy strikes...

Mercedes Jenkins ist jung, schön und als Clubmädchen ein Teil des Demons Hell MCs. Obwohl die junge Frau nach außen hin tough wirkt, sieht es in ihrem Inneren ganz anders aus, denn sie leidet bereits seit ihrer Kindheit an schrecklichen Albträumen. Und als ob das noch nicht genug wäre, muss sie ständig einen Blick über ihre Schultern werfen, in der Angst, dass ihre Vergangenheit sie einholt. Einzig Steel, dem Vize der Demons Hell, hat sie sich seinerzeit anvertraut, nachdem er einen Überfall auf sie vereitelt hat.

Marcelina. Ich dachte, ich könnte vor meiner inneren Leere davonlaufen. Dachte, mir macht nichts mehr Angst, weil ich das Schlimmste schon erlebt und überlebt habe. Ich dachte, vielleicht habe ich an diesem anderen Ort eine Chance auf Leben. Ich habe mich getäuscht, denn ich kannte dich noch nicht. Aber ich werde mich nicht vor dir verstecken. Ich werde nicht davonlaufen. Denn ich sehe dich, und das ist alles, was ich will. Beat. Jeder, der uns kennt, hält sich fern von uns. Jeder weiß, was wir tun und wer wir sind.

Miss Harriet Lockhart has been anticipating her debut into London Society since she was a little girl. When her father’s new position with the admiralty sees their return to England after a longtime post in India, Harriet finally has a chance to find a suitable—and suitably rich—husband. Mr. Foote seems the ideal candidate: well-mannered, well-groomed, and wealthy. But her plans go awry when she is whisked onto the dance floor by none other than handsome naval captain Patrick Sloane, a man she has known and despised for years.

Meet Vanessa Cordero. A cynic with a colorful past. You see, in college, Vanessa devised a profitable side gig: For a reasonable fee, she’d date your latest crush...and make his life miserable. Too clingy? Check. Jealous? Check. A mother's worst nightmare? Check, check, check. By the time Vanessa was done with him, your guy would be ready for...YOU.

Thea James is looking for something very specific—and Hanson Serrano isn't it. Never mind the fact that he's tattooed from neck to toe, but he's also much younger than her. She's been down the bad boy road before and all she has to show for it is her single mom status and an ex that makes her life miserable.

A private military contractor. A battle-tested Army unit. A grizzled militia. A pair of rogue ASHUR pilots. These are among the players throwing caution to the wind as they take on alien invaders in pursuit of treasure and glory.

I grew up with him and bested him in practically everything we did together–debate, grades, mini-golf, you name it. So I’ve built an immunity to his boy-next-door charm. Sure, sometimes I might accidentally type his name into my search engine, but his dimples, hotel empire and thirst-trap photos don’t tempt me. I’ve got my sights set on earning my way to the top of the Palmer Hotel empire, and nothing is going to get in my way.

What if the British Museum isn't a house of learning, but a vast sinkhole of still-bubbling historic injustice? What if it presents us not with a carefully ordered cross section of history but is instead a palatial trophy cabinet of colonial loot swarming with volatile and errant spirits? When artist and writer Noah Angell first heard murmurs of ghostly sightings at the British Museum he had to find out more. What started as a trickle soon became a landslide as staff old and new brought forth testimonies of their inexplicable supernatural encounters.

MISS MICHELLE ELLINGTON despises the founder of a competing school for young ladies. Already, he has lured away two teachers and seems intent on wreaking havoc upon her school, all while the headmistress is away. She’s never met the man, but the few missives they’ve exchanged have told her exactly the sort of person he is—an underhanded cad.