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Nachdem Lena gezwungen ist, ihre Apotheke zu schließen, findet sie sich in einer tiefen Krise wieder. Nicole überzeugt Lena, sie auf dieser Reise zu begleiten, in der Hoffnung, dass ein Tapetenwechsel ihre Stimmung aufhellen wird. Doch was als einfacher Ausflug beginnt, wandelt sich bald in ein unerwartetes Abenteuer. In ihrer Not bittet sie Antonia und Kristin um Hilfe. Schnell eilen die beiden herbei.

Eine Bibliothekarin, ein NFL-Star und eine falsche Verlobung - was könnte schiefgehen? Ausgerechnet in der Bibliothek, in der Mae arbeitet, versteckt sich NFL-Star Chris vor seinen Fans. Er ist ärgerlich hot, schrankbreit und gilt als Sexiest Man Alive. Verdammt unsympathisch, findet Mae. Dann überredet Chris sie zu einem Buchclub - er liest ebenso gern RomComs wie Mae -, und die beiden kommen sich näher. Bis ein dubioses Foto von ihm in der Presse auftaucht und er ihr plötzlich die eine Frage stellt, die Mae nur aus ihren Liebesromanen kennt.

A family holiday to the seaside takes a dramatic turn when Lady Ottilia Fanshawe's young son Luke accidentally stumbles on a body in a cave. Lady Fan and her husband Francis quickly rush to the scene and find the corpse bound and blindfolded with a bullet hole in his head. It appears the man was executed, and with smugglers well-known to operate in the area, the local sergeant suggests it was a quarrel amongst the reprobates.

After Ludwig van Beethoven’s death, a love letter in his writing was discovered, addressed only to his ‘Immortal Beloved’. Decades later, Countess Therese Brunsvik claims to have been the composer’s lost love. Yet is she concealing a tragic secret? Who is the one person who deserves to know the truth? Becoming Beethoven’s pupils in 1799, Therese and her sister, Josephine, followed his struggles against the onset of deafness, Viennese society’s flamboyance, privilege and hypocrisy and the upheavals of the Napoleonic wars.

For fans of Philippa Gregory and Allison Pataki, Butterfly Games is Kelly Scarborough’s debut biographical historical fiction novel about a young Swedish countess whose youthful love affair with the heir to her country’s throne has profound personal and political repercussions. In some games, winning means losing everything that matters. In the opulent world of the Swedish royal court, Jacquette Gyldenstolpe walks a dangerous tightrope between romance and political intrigue.

Durante un tiempo pensé que podría ser diferente a mis hermanos, pero una jodida explosión cambió toda mi vida y me convertí en un Urriaga más. El alcohol, las drogas y el dolor me ahogaron, pero la vida te da segundas oportunidades, al menos eso fue lo que creí. Casi podía ver esa puta luz al final del túnel de la que todos hablan, estaba seguro de que Catalina sería mi salvación, hasta que descubrí que me he enamorado de la hermana de un hombre al que yo mismo asesiné.

Isla may be a mermaid princess, but she's never felt at home in her undersea kingdom. Instead she dreams of the day her people can return to the surface - and the boy whose life she once saved. But while Isla foresees danger for her people beneath the ocean, she has no concept of the dark forces working to keep her people submerged. When an impetuous vow sets her on the course of the truth, Isla discovers that shadowy foes beset the kingdoms of both land and sea.

La respuesta coreana a El Señor de los Anillos, traducida por primera vez al español. Comienza un viaje épico... Keigan Draka debe liderar una peligrosa misión de rescate en el corazón del reino de los nagas, un pueblo reptiliano que se ha aislado del resto del mundo después de una gran guerra, y que además es extremadamente peligroso. Keigan es uno de los pocos que logra entrar regularmente en territorio naga y salir con vida. Pero incluso para él esto es un desafío...Especialmente cuando resulta que la persona que tiene que salvar es uno de los nagas que tanto odia.

Your artistry involves you intimately with the world around and beyond you. So your artistry involves profound but simple philosophical matters. As a human person, you are artful and philosophical, at the core of your being. Doorway to Artistry offers a playful, everyday philosophical approach necessary for life, integration, healing, and thriving in artistry. It reflects on the real and how we are involved with it, especially in our creative effort. In short, the real hospitably welcomes us, and in our artistry we reciprocate in noble courtesy.

In the small Hampshire village of Sowerbridge, Irish labourer Patrick O'Riordan has been arrested for the brutal murder of elderly Lavinia Fanshaw and her live-in nurse, Dorothy Jenkins. As shock turns to fury, the village residents form a united front against Patrick's parents and cousin, who report incidents of vicious threats and violence. But Siobhan Lavenham remains convinced that Patrick has fallen victim to a prejudiced investigation and, putting her own position within the bigoted community in serious jeopardy, stands firmly by his family in defense of the O'Riordan name.

When Daisy dreamed of leaving home on an adventure, she never imagined ending up trapped in a tower, cut off from the world and invisible to others. The years pass slowly, leaving Daisy desperate to reclaim her old life, however dull. But her captor has bigger plans, and Daisy knows she can’t just rescue herself. She has to shatter her captor's enchantments forever. When opportunity comes, however, it arrives in an unexpected guise. Young and handsome, Prince Xander has come to rescue a princess from a tower. Instead, he finds himself battling at Daisy's side for the fate of a kingdom.

This audiobook features opening arguments followed by two rounds of reply between two moral philosophers on opposing sides of the abortion debate. In the opening essays, Kate Greasley and Christopher Kaczor lay out what they take to be the best case for and against abortion rights. In the ensuing dialogue, they engage with each other’s arguments, and each responds to criticisms fielded by the other. The result gives listeners a window into how moral philosophers argue about the contentious issue of abortion rights, and an in-depth analysis of the compelling arguments on both sides.

Celeste has been cursed since her 16th birthday - just not in the way the rest of the kingdom thinks. All they see is her breath-taking beauty, marred by her foolishness. Only she knows that she retains her brilliant mind. And it's a secret she must keep at all costs. Over the years she's grown accustomed to the necessary deception. After all, her life depends on it. And she's even found a way to protect her kingdom, working from the shadows. But now a dangerous new threat has emerged, one that Celeste can't defeat alone. She needs the help of a newly-arrived prince.

I had a good life, a meaningful life, full of order and purpose. The last thing I needed was a stalker ruining it all. I certainly didn’t need the nuisance of having a bodyguard. Not in the form of the man who broke my heart six years ago. Now he’s in my space, in my life, and turning my world upside down. I fell for him once and it almost destroyed me. There is no way I’m going to fall for him again.

Wir schreiben das Jahr 1906. Eine alte Familienfehde zwingt die junge Inga in eine Ehe, die von Hass, Verrat und dunklen Geheimnissen geprägt ist. Sie muss den Bezirksrichter Niels Gaupås heiraten, der fast dreimal so alt ist wie sie. Die Lage verschlimmert sich, als sie sich in den jungen Bauernsohn Martin verliebt.

Sie lebte noch! Atmete noch. Spürte noch immer den Strom ihres Blutes in den Adern. Der Lebensstoff floss warm und satt schimmernd aus ihr heraus, wenn sie sich die Haut aufritzte ... Milena folgt ihrer großen Liebe, die ihr den Himmel auf Erden und eine kleine glückliche Familie verspricht – und landet in einem nie endenden Albtraum. In einer Babyfabrik, der neusten menschlichen Ressource der ‚Firma' oder ‚la Familia', wie sie von einer Mitgefangenen genannt wird.

I gasp out loud as I step through the door of the beautiful country hotel. My hands fly to my mouth in shock as I see the room is filled with my friends and family, my grown-up daughters and grandchildren at the center, gathered to celebrate my special birthday. Everyone raises their glasses to toast me. I should be enjoying the moment, but I'm on edge and I can't relax. Who organized this surprise party? How did they know I was going to be here?

Do you want your kids to learn German? Look no further! This English-German bilingual book will definitely entertain and teach your kids German! Your kids will learn about animals! And with frequent listening, they will be fluent in no time!

Für Caiden Sloane, Teamkapitän der Arizona Armadillos, gibt es seit Jahren nur eine Frau: Arielle Remington, die Tochter von Armadillos Teambesitzer John Remington und erfolgreiche Managerin der Denver Demons. Als Caiden endlich den Mut aufbringt, Arielle seine wahren Gefühle zu gestehen, wird sie als neuer Boss der Arizona Armadillos vorgestellt. Aber so sehr Caiden auch versucht, die Finger von Arielle zu lassen, enden ihre hitzigen Wortgefechte immer auf ein- und dieselbe Art: Im Bett.

Beim Rinderhüten trifft Lucky Luke seinen Freund, den Pechvogel Jack Loser. Er bittet Luke, die Neuankömmlinge in St. Louis abzuholen und sie nach Chelm City in Montana zu bringen. Dabei wird er mit den Sitten und Gebräuchen der gläubigen Juden konfrontiert, die zum Beispiel sein Abendessen – frischer Hasenbraten – verschmähen, weil es nicht koscher ist.