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Prinz Elias und seine ausschweifenden Feste sind legendär. Jeden Sommer kam er mit seiner gesamten Entourage und mietete die Strandvillen meiner Familie. Und jeden Sommer haben meine Eltern mich weggeschickt. Zuerst ins Sommercamp und später ins Internat - alles, um mich von dem Prinzen fernzuhalten. Und doch gibt es da diese eine unvergessliche Nacht, die wir miteinander verbracht haben... Ich bin das erste Mal seit Jahren wieder hier, doch alles ist anders: Der Prinz ist zurückgekehrt, aber es gibt keine feiernde Entourage und keine rauschenden Partys.

Filling a gaping hole in menopause care, everything a woman needs to know to thrive during her hormonal transition and beyond, as well as the tools to help her take charge of her health at this pivotal life stage—by the bestselling author of The Galveston Diet. Menopause is inevitable, but...

After being banished from her coven five years ago, Sarah vowed to stay away from black magic forever and instead tried to embrace the life of a white witch. However, now a family death has brought her back to her hometown of Raven's Cove, and the good little witch is in line to inherit a powerful gift.

June Tucker doesn’t understand people. Numbers, data, and statistics? Those make sense. People? Not so much. In a town of Friday night fighters and moonshine-swilling line dancers, she’s the odd duck. And that suits her just fine. But her sister and friends are pairing off, and the change is unsettling. George “GT” Thompson was at the top of his game — one of the best receivers in football. But a career-ending injury sidelined him for good. Now he’s hoping to find relief in the healing waters of this tiny West Virginia town.

An exhibit of BDSM photography ignites a secret longing for erotic sexual submission in a quiet, small town. Forcibly abducted, one woman must find the courage to escape from her lover's cruel hands. Another will discover the allure of consensual slavery, something she has always craved. A man hopes that by learning to transcend the barriers of erotic pain he can become the Dom he longs to be. Slave Academy will be the touchstone for them all. These different paths weave together into an erotic, and sometimes dark and dangerous, exchange of power that will leave you breathless and begging for more.

The best-known prose work by the winner of the 1980 Nobel Prize for Literature examines the moral and intellectual conflicts faced by men and women living under totalitarianism of the left or right. Written in the early 1950s, when Eastern Europe was in the grip of Stalinism and many Western intellectuals placed their hopes in the new order of the East, this classic work reveals in fascinating detail the often beguiling allure of totalitarian rule to people of all political beliefs and its frightening effects on the minds of those who embrace it.

How do you deal with those that break the law? If their aim is to evade you, how do you identify them? If their aim is to lie, how do you interview them? If they don't see their actions are wrong, how do you help them to successfully reform? Criminal psychology is the discipline which tackles these challenges head on. From the signals which give away when we’re lying to the psychological profiling of violent offenders, this exhaustive guide, written by the UK’s top experts, is the perfect introduction.

Zachary Haven is living a lie. He’s stuck in a rut, pretending to hate the woman he’s always loved. He didn’t mean for things to turn out that way. But sometimes life gets out of control, especially when you’re young and stupid. Not that he ever had a chance with her. She’s gorgeous and smart, talented and kind. And Zachary? He can’t seem to keep himself out of trouble.

Princess Pilar is tired of playing by the rules. She’s sick of the spotlight and being seen as the uptight goody-too-shoes the media has cast her to be. She’s especially tired of the fact that her brothers are allowed to run off and do whatever they want while she sits inside watching the world pass her by. That’s why she decides that while her older brothers are off on their usual summer holidays, she’s going to quietly pack her things and travel to the one place her parents have always forbidden her to step foot on - Ibiza.

I've seen far too much pain in my life. It comes with being part of the club, but when it affects others in my life I can't bear to watch it unfold. At least, it's what happened years ago. I ended up putting my nose in a situation where I probably shouldn't have. In the end, I lost the greatest love of my life...or so I thought.

Sisters Ellie and Meg Christie share a love of books, reading, and the Book Chalet - their family's historic bookshop tucked midway up a scenic Colorado mountain. But romance? That's another story. So when their cousin signs them up for her newest business venture - matchmaking based on bookish tastes - the sisters approach their blind double dates with foot-dragging dread. And while Ellie's date meets her low expectations, Meg's match, a book-loving romantic straight out of classic literature, is a charming surprise...until he turns up murdered the next morning.

Ellie Christie is more than ready for a new chapter. She's always dreamed of running her family's historic bookshop, the Book Chalet, with her sister Meg, and after the last few years, returning to Last Word - a peaceful, Swiss-style hamlet nestled in the Colorado mountains and accessible only by ski gondola - seems like the perfect solution. And it is, until a deadly blizzard blows through, and a man is found dead on the gondola. Conditions worsen as the police open their investigation, and soon the town is left stranded with a murderer in their midst.

In this series debut, a mysterious bookshop visitor dies under murderous circumstances, compelling the Christie sisters and their cat, Agatha, to call on all they’ve learned about solving mysteries from their favorite novelist. “A fair-play plot, vivid characters, fascinating facts about...

Personne n'a rien vu. Sauf eux. Avec deux enfants en bas âge à la maison, Mary ne dort plus. Quant à Tim, c'est son passé traumatique qui lui fait perdre le sommeil. Par une étouffante nuit caniculaire londonienne, Mary et Tim se rencontrent dans un parc. Ils ne se connaissent pas, mais ils vont très vite nouer un lien indéfectible : ce sont les seuls témoins d'un drame. Dans la maison d'en face, à travers la fenêtre, ils ont assisté à ce qui ressemblait à une violente agression.

“Claire Daverley’s love stories are heartfelt, full of warmth, and show the everyday intimacies that make a life.” —Florence Knapp, New York Times bestselling author of The Names A long-lost friend reappears and ignites an old spark, leading to an emotionally fraught love triangle One...

What if the career you've built isn't the one you want to keep? Whether you're a senior leader questioning the cost of success, or a professional at any stage sensing you've outgrown the path mapped, this book is your roadmap to Uptick what comes next. A career pivot isn't about throwing everything away; it's about harnessing your transferrable skills, experience, knowledge and credibility to create an uptick, a new, planned direction built on what came before, one which aligns more with who you are today.

A mysterious inheritance unveils a dark and deadly secret in this sensational, nail-biting thriller from the internationally bestselling author of The Wrong Sister and The Woman Who Lied. When Imogen is told she’s inherited a country house near Bath, she thinks it must be a mistake. She last...

À treize ans il est le chef d'une bande de hors-la-loi sanguinaires. Il a décidé qu'à quinze ans il serait roi. L'heure est venue pour le prince Jorg Ancrath de regagner le château qu'il avait quitté sans un regard en arrière, et de s'emparer de ce qui lui revient de droit. Depuis le jour où il fut contraint d'assister au massacre de sa mère et de son frère, il avance porté par sa fureur.

Après avoir affronté bien des obstacles, le roi Jorg Ancrath, âgé d'à peine vingt ans, règne enfin sur sept nations. Mais le parcours tourmenté qui l'a mené au pouvoir ne lui a pas permis d'assouvir sa soif de vengeance. Il ne rêve que d'une chose: renverser celui qui a brisé son existence. C'est décidé, il ne reculera devant rien pour devenir empereur.

L'Empire Brisé est agité par des affrontements sans fin. Sur le long chemin de sa quête de vengeance, l'honoré Jorg Ancrath a découvert les responsables de cette éternelle guerre, et il s'est mis en tête de les défier. Or une armée de six nations coalisées, forte de vingt mille soldats, marche sur le château de Jorg. Confronté à un ennemi bien plus puissant que lui, Jorg sait qu'il ne pourra pas l'emporter à la loyale.