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I should have seen it coming. But I was too busy drowning in her essence. Enjoying every lush curve. Hanging onto each duplicitous word that tumbled from her sultry lips. Even now, with the cards on the table and the secrets exposed, I crave her. Every traitorous inch of her delectable body. She's mine. She's always been mine, and I don't care if she's my ruin. Forbidden fruit has never been sweeter…

Als eine alkoholabhängige, alleinerziehende Mutter verschwindet und einen Abschiedsbrief hinterlässt, gehen alle von einem Selbstmord aus. Bis ihre Leiche sieben Monate später in einem Lavafeld entdeckt wird. Auch im zweiten Band der preisgekrönten isländischen Krimiserie ermitteln Kommissarin Elma und ihr Team in einem hochspannenden und komplexen Fall. Im Spätherbst wird in einem Lavafeld in Westisland eine Leiche entdeckt. Es handelt sich um Maríanna, eine alleinerziehende Mutter, die vor sieben Monaten spurlos verschwand und von der man annahm, dass sie Selbstmord begangen hatte.

When Sue purchases a quiet home on Kestrel Court, she expects a holiday retreat steeped in history. Instead, she and her friends begin sensing a presence—a shadow that follows them through Revolutionary landmarks and into the woods behind their new house. At first, the spirit calls itself Lucy. Then it warns them to leave. When a locked shed on the property is finally breached, the women uncover a hidden cellar—and a shocking discovery: dozens of skeletal remains and a trunk filled with Revolutionary-era artifacts.

In a month, I've gone from magicless to one of the most powerful dark mages in the world. You'd think that would make my life easier. But all that power is only potential until I learn how to wield it, and my enemies have a huge head start. While I'm picking up every skill I can, adversaries both within Villain Academy and beyond it are working to knock me down. My fellow scions? I can count at least a couple of them among those enemies. The others...let's just say the lines between light and dark have gotten a lot more blurred.

Shortly after her 13th birthday, Ritva is sent away to Seili, an island in the far north of Finland. A former leper colony, Seili is now home to 'hopeless cases' - women the doctors call mad. But Ritva knows she doesn't belong there. As biting winter follows biting winter, she longs to be near to her sister and wonders why her father ever allowed her to be taken to this desolate place. Hope arrives in the form of Martta, a headstrong girl who becomes Ritva's only friend.

Ein tödlicher Reitunfall, der keiner war; ein Skelett ohne Kopf - und rätselhafte Grablichter. Ein Fall für Pia Korittki. Bei Probebohrungen für die geplante Umgehungsstraße stößt man auf ein Skelett ohne Kopf. Im Dorf scheint niemand den Toten zu kennen, der mehr als ein Vierteljahrhundert in seinem flachen Erdgrab ruhte. Dann stellt sich der tödliche Reitunfall einer Journalistin im nahe gelegenen Wald als heimtückisch geplanter Mord heraus. Kommissarin Pia Korittki und ihr Team ermitteln mal wieder auf dem Land.

In April 1945, German troops withdrawing from the Seelow Heights were encircled by the Soviet Army near the small town of Halbe, south-east of Berlin. Rather than surrender, their orders were to attempt to break out, westward, and join up with the German twelfth Army. A brutal battle ensued, with an estimated 30,000 German and 20,000 Russian soldiers killed, along with thousands of civilians. 

Brought to you by Penguin. ‘This is a searing and incredibly important book, storytelling at its best’ Donal Ryan ‘A cat has seven souls in Arabic. In English cats have nine lives. You probably have both nine lives and seven souls, because otherwise I don’t know how you’ve made it this...

Three haunted young men. A terrible curse. One girl who could break it...if this place doesn't break her first. I learned I couldn't trust anyone - until Cade. My foster brother took me under his wing and sheltered me from the worst of the crap thrown at us. So when he heads off on an exclusive scholarship and everyone around me starts denying he ever existed, Roseborne College has some explaining to do. I'm not leaving until I get answers.

This is the eighth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature, poetry and pictures and offers a comprehensive presentation of the world's history, art and culture, from the early times till the beginning of the 20th century. Topics in Part VIII include excerpts from the Eddas, the life of the Vikings, the Scandinavian kings' fight for supremacy and the race towards the North and South Pole. - Summary by Sonia Cast list for The ghost of Hamlet's ...

In einem Badeort an der Ostsee entdeckt ein Hotelbesitzer am Strand eine Leiche. Das Gesicht der Toten ist unkenntlich, niemand scheint sie zu vermissen. Kurz darauf stolpert eine Jägerin im Wald über ein menschliches Skelett. Gibt es einen Zusammenhang zwischen den beiden Toten? Und welche Rolle spielen die zwei Schwestern, die mit einem Kind zurückgezogen auf einem Bauernhof leben?

Fésűs Éva bájos és tanulságos meséi mindenkit elvarázsolnak. A dalos kedvű cipészmester, a bátor aranyműves vagy a rátermett szabólegény történetein keresztül régi mesterségek elevenednek meg.

Eine junge Frau versucht, im ländlichen Island das Verschwinden ihrer Schwester vor zehn Jahren aufzuklären. Doch immer wieder hat sie Mühe, Traum und Realität auseinanderzuhalten. Und sie hat Angst, dass sie die Nächste sein könnte. November 1967: Die vierzehnjährige Marsibil hat einen heimlichen Brieffreund, der sich mit ihr treffen will. Sie verabredet sich mit ihm, ist aber nervös, denn sie hat sich als ihre ältere Schwester Stina ausgegeben, und am verabredeten Abend schafft sie es nicht zu dem Treffen. Dafür verschwindet ihre Schwester spurlos.

The last thing Morgan wants is to spend one of her final summer weekends in a tiny town in the middle of nowhere. But that’s exactly what she’s doing since her favorite childhood babysitter is getting married. Maybe it won’t be so bad—more of a relaxing getaway. But then they introduce her to him. Will Jameson. Tall. Super cute. And sweet. Or so they say. A younger cousin to the groom, he’s also around for the wedding. But…Morgan and Will have already met. Briefly.

Our love doesn't make sense. But it might be the only thing that saves us. After the bombshell my father dropped on me, it feels like my whole world is unraveling. Everything I was brought up to believe has turned out to be a lie, and this life that looks so perfect from the outside is anything but. There's only one thing that feels real anymore. One thing I can trust. The Lost Boys are mine. And I'm theirs. No matter what.

I wasn't born a serial killer. The horror of my past made me what I am today. But I couldn't stop even if I wanted to. Because only one thing gives me respite from my panic attacks. Murder. I used to have a broody protector that kept my demons at bay. His darkness rivaled my own, and he was my everything. Tragedy tore us apart when we were eighteen. And since then, he's stayed away. Not too far, though.

Il reverendo John Ames sta morendo. Sa che non potrà veder crescere il figlio di soli sette anni, né offrirgli testimonianza di ciò che è stato e ha imparato. Sceglie allora di affidarsi a una lettera-diario, per mostrargli quanto di sé, e del mondo, è importante sapere.

Der Pastor in Estherwieck wird tot im Watt aufgefunden. Die Polizei geht von einem Verbrechen aus. Als eine frühere Freundin des Pastors als vermisst gemeldet wird, gerät Niklas John unter Verdacht. Als deren sterbliche Überreste in der Nähe einer alten Marinekapelle gefunden werden und Niklas den Verdacht nicht ausräumen kann, bittet er Fentje Jacobsen als Anwältin um Hilfe. Können die beiden gemeinsam den wahren Mörder finden?

We can't let the wild win. Despite everything I've done, my kingdom is falling apart. To overturn the murderous sorcerers determined to remake the realm into something wild and cruel, we must rely an unexpected heir to the throne. But the first fault lines started dividing our country centuries ago. We can't reach toward the past for absolution. The men I love and the allies we've gathered will have to build a new future. And I'd sacrifice anything to know I've finally set things right... even my hard-won happiness.

They made my life hell for a year - until I escaped their cruelty when my dad's job moved us away. I've never forgotten them though. Never forgotten what they did. And I know they haven't forgotten me. But when I'm offered a full-ride scholarship to the prestigious Clearwater University, I refuse to let old fears stop me from accepting. Because I'm not the girl I used to be. I'm stronger. Tougher. Angrier.