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Savita Modi does many things. She’s a self-taught baker who creates wonders in the kitchen, she never misses a yoga class, and she isn’t ashamed to admit that she’s a little obsessed with vampires named Edward. Savita never thought, however, that she would ever get a chance with her very first crush. But that’s exactly what happens. And it changes everything.

Before she became a legend she was just known as Thyra, the unimportant daughter of the English king. She was no fool and knew what her future held for her: marriage or a nunnery. Neither option particularly appealed to her. Then an offer for her hand is made by a mischievous looking lord from across the sea. Despite her family's wishes she refuses to sell herself short. She agrees to marry him but in exchange he must give her a kingdom. After all, if she is going to tie her fate to a stranger, she might as well be a queen.

Haddie’s life crumbles around her as the Unceasing’s plans to destroy society unfold. In this epic ending, people she loves die, alliances will divide, and the world rests on the brink of disaster. A new AngelSong enters the conflict.

Ein Neuanfang mit Hindernissen wird zum wahrgewordenen Toskana-Traum. Nach einigen beruflichen und privaten Rückschlägen erhält Emilia die Chance, ein kleines Boutique-Hotel in der Toskana neu aufzubauen. Sie träumt von Pinien, Zypressen und Weinbergen und startet voller Vorfreude in ihren neuen Lebensabschnitt. Doch vor Ort muss sie feststellen, dass das Hotelmanagement in Deutschland den Zustand des Hotels in Italien völlig falsch dargestellt hat.

Thessaloniki lived in a time when Alexander the Great was racing across the known world conquering all in his path. She was his half-sister living the privileged life of a Macedonian Princess. Under the protective eye of Olympias she learned to see everyone as an enemy. Then Alexander perishes. Suddenly, she finds herself thrust forward onto the political stage as those around her struggle for power. In a world, where loyalty is for sale, and words are empty promises, she must find a way to survive—even if that means turning to her enemies.

What if Cinderella was already a princess? What if her step-sisters weren't mean? What if she learned to control the animals? What if her family, her crown, and her love were ripped away from her? What if, in her grief, she made a terrible mistake? Maybe not all fairy-tales have a happy ending...

Marnia Gonzalez is rescued at sea from a cartel-connected Caribbean pirate, Dominik Thrace. The incident causes Marnia to abandon her destiny as a member of Mexico's influential upper-class, as she decides instead to be like her rescuer and fight ruthlessly against evil. Her sights are set on the cartels that terrorize people and breed ruthless monsters like Thrace.

Deuce Mora—a pulls-no-punches columnist and meticulous detective—keeps turning up information, bit by bit, only to find some Fed in her face, at her door, emerging from the shadows, always guarding the edges of the story, insisting it will not be told. Yes, the Feds are aware of the trafficking ring. Yes, they have a plan to move on it. No, Deuce can’t be told about the plan, and under no circumstances can she write about its existence.

Meditation is a phenomenal tool to journey into the inner landscape, which is as vast and unchartered as our own great cosmos. Meditation is not only about quieting the mind and finding stillness in the chaos that is rampant, uncontrolled thought, it is also about seeking answers from the web of human understanding, which is devoid of time and space. When meditation is used as a tool to empower yourself, there is nothing that can escape your understanding and experience of reality.

The German borders are opening and thousands of asylum seekers from the Middle East are pouring in every day. Ideal conditions for the terrorist organization "Islamic Holy War" to bring their fighters into the country.

Deuce Mora’s one tough cookie: a female sleuth with a conscience and an attitude; fiery, tough, athletic, a dirty fighter when she has to be. In Jean Heller’s first mystery featuring the scrappy newspaper columnist, Deuce finds out in short order that if you mess with organized crime, you have to be tough—and you’d better be as much detective as reporter. When she walks into a seedy neighborhood bar in a suburb of Chicago—all six feet of her, topped with auburn curls—she’s searching for a human-interest story.

Francine and her twin brother Philip share a powerful bond in childhood that fades as they became young adults. When Philip unexpectedly becomes intensely religious, his sister decides to join his Christian youth group and soon becomes infatuated with the youth pastor. Obsessed by this transgression and what he sees as his sister's moral impropriety, Philip eventually uncovers a dark secret that threatens to shatter his faith and estranges the two siblings for decades.

Marcie Anderson is stuck in a dangerous, loveless marriage. Trapped in the woods miles away from the nearest town, a decent phone, and the family she left behind, Marcie is at the whims of her husband’s foul moods. But she’s not alone.

Please Be Advised is award-winning author Christine Sneed's bright, irreverent send-up of corporate America in the 21st century. Mixing cultural critique and formal inventiveness with wicked laughs and the sort of surrealistic mysteries only a novel about the corporate world could give us, Please Be Advised tracks the decline, fall, and possible resurrection of Quest Industries, one of the world's foremost purveyors of collapsible, portable, and (occasionally) dangerous office machines.

Using the same careful and systematic exegesis that should be used for interpreting all books of the Bible, The Final Exodus brings clarity and understanding to a book that is often misinterpreted in chaotic and irresponsible ways.

Sophie Atherton knows a liar when she sees one. Perhaps because she's so skilled at deception herself. Searching for clues to a string of mysterious deaths, the secret operative for the Crown has connived her way into a phony medium's confidence. When a dashing archaeologist seeks out the charlatan's services, Sophie suspects he's after more than a long-lost heirloom. Their electric attraction storms her defenses, but loving the rakish scholar would threaten her investigation and the life she's crafted.

When the Reverend Elaine Metcalfe is inducted as the vicar of Pontvale, she hopes the job will have more to it than lending out spare sets of keys. She soon discovers there's plenty of challenges in her new home - not least the daily needs of her parishioners, which range from community theatre productions, arranging a wedding and a funeral for the same day, and local scandal over the vicar's culottes.

Sonne, Strand und Meer: Teresa liebt ihr Leben auf Mallorca. In ihrem kleinen Laden an einer Bucht verkauft sie, was sie am liebsten mag: Strandkleider und Taschen aus Blumentextilien. Als der attraktive Simon sie als Blütenköchin für ein Event auf seiner Jacht anfragt, zögert sie. Zuletzt hat sie für ihre verstorbene Mutter ein Blütengericht zubereitet. Als Teresa ausgerechnet über Simon ein aufwühlender letzter Brief ihrer Mutter erreicht, steht er ihr zur Seite und die beiden kommen sich näher. Doch ein Geheimnis lastet auf ihrer aufkeimenden Liebe.

Christine Westermann, preisgekrönte Journalistin und Bestsellerautorin, genießt mit ihren Buchempfehlungen großes Vertrauen bei einem breiten Publikum. Bücher sind aus ihrem heutigen Leben nicht wegzudenken, sie sind für sie Fenster in ein fremdes Leben. Dabei war ihr Weg zu den Büchern kein selbstverständlicher, eher ein Hindernislauf. Elegant, ehrlich und mit wunderbarer Selbstironie erzählt Christine Westermann, wie sie zu den Büchern (und Thomas Mann) fand – und begibt sich dabei auf eine fesselnde Zeitreise in ihre eigene, von Brüchen gezeichnete Familiengeschichte.

Abi Williams dreams of being a writer, but her parents and her bank account tell her she needs a real job. Stewart Vincent doesn’t like change. So when his long-time assistant quits on him right before the holidays, he dreads the process of finding someone new.