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When she inherits the ancestral manor she'd grown up in from her wily grandmother, Jilly is ready to settle down. Only problem - the manor has been willed to Luke Bannon as well. The bane of her existence, Luke is the one guy who can threaten her carefully erected walls. But not a man to be ignored, he has loved her forever. He just wishes he didn't have to share the house with her.

All the training in Heaven couldn't prepare me for the war on earth, nor for the love, loss, or loneliness humans feel. There are things worse than death, and every last one of them is hunting people like us. Even though we all feel human at times, we must remember, we are not them, we are their watchers.

Dr. Jamie Myers has tried outrunning her past, but now someone is stalking her, leaving her deadly messages. Once she'd trusted the wrong man. So how can she rely on Davis McGuire, the fiercely handsome ex-SEAL she's hired as a bodyguard? And how can she ignore the way his hands-on attention excites her?

Die junge Journalistin Helena Feldkamp tritt ihren ersten richtigen Job in der Redaktion des angesagten Berliner Stadtmagazins "B-Touch" an. Ihr direkter Vorgesetzter, Chefredakteur Jonah Winter, fasziniert sie, doch Marcus Dramstein, der Inhaber und Mitbegründer von "B-Touch", warnt sie vor ihrem neuen Chef. Dennoch lässt Helena sich auf Jonah ein und nach einem gemeinsamen Ausstellungsbesuch verbringen sie die Nacht miteinander.

Positive thinking helps personal growth in different ways. Thinking positive enables a person to strive for things that demand more of them. It also allows a person to bounce back when something negative or unexpected happens. People with a positive outlook on life look at challenges as a way to stretch themselves or as a way to venture outside of the box. Thinking positive means you are not afraid to embrace new situations or adventures, and failure is not feared.

Emma Reed needs a change from her stale, boring, straight life. Her lesbian friend drags her to a gay New Year's Eve dance. There she meets butchy El Westin, out of her league and out of her comfort zone. The unexpected kiss at midnight makes Emma's outlook start to sparkle and get interesting again. Emma has a choice to make. Is this a night of possibilities influenced by the magic of a borrowed amethyst necklace, or is it a resolution in the making?

Beverly Carter, clerk at Salynne's Crystal's and Thyme, could have sworn she placed the amethyst necklace in the display cabinet. How did the gem end up in her pocket? She'd have to take it back to work in the morning and explain her mistake to the shop owner. Trying the necklace on for just a moment couldn't hurt anything, right? When the clasp won't release, she has to call on her next door neighbor, Makala Reynaud, for help.

Katharine Cole ist auf der Flucht. Verzweifelt versucht sie, dem sogenannten Valentinstag-Killer zu entkommen, der seine Opfer mit einem Stich ins Herz tötet und sie mit einer einzelnen, roten Rose zurücklässt. Der brutale Mörder verfolgt sie bis nach New Orleans. Doch dieses Mal weigert sich Katherine, wegzulaufen. Dieses Mal wird sie alles tun, um den Verrückten, den sie einst geliebt hat, aufzuhalten - selbst wenn das bedeutet, dem gut aussehenden Cop zu vertrauen...

The Downtown Eastside in Vancouver, Canada, is about as close to urban hell as you can get in the Western Hemisphere. Yet in this cauldron of drugs, shattered dreams, and extreme violence, Tom Bauer and his girlfriend Paulie - both ex-junkies and parents of baby Melody - are trying to make a life for themselves.

Traplines is extraordinary fiction that presents the menacing underside of family life. In crackling prose, Eden Robinson describes homes ruled by bullies, psychopaths, and delinquents; families whose conflict resolution techniques range from grand theft to homicide; and kids who just can't get a break.

In 1903, five truly brilliant young inventors, the children of the world's most important scientists, went about their lives and their work as they always had. But all that changed the day the men in black arrived. They arrived to take twelve-year-old Jasper Modest and his six-year-old sister, Lucy he with his remarkable creations and she with her perfect memory from their London, England home to a place across the ocean they'd never seen before.

The Galloping Ghoul rides each full moon, exacting revenge by frightening those who tormented his past. By day, he is one of the town people, Nathaniel Hawkins, an affluent entrepreneur. He identifies with Ike Sandhill, a government surveyor, and wants to protect him from the same thugs who drove Nathaniel to revenge. Ike goes to the extreme to prove to everyone how straight laced he is. He pursues Misty VonMix with the intention of marriage.

Michelle is seeing a man unlike any other she's ever known. William keeps her guessing and the sex is as hot as any she's ever experienced. However, William has a secret, a secret that could cause Michelle to lose the one person she always counted on - her best friend, Kelly.

Isabel was able to remember the precise moment she tried killing her husband. Strangely enough, she couldn't recollect why.... An elegant and powerful tale of love and passion, promises and deceits.

When Michelle's little sister Shea comes to stay with her, Michelle attempts to tone down her lifestyle, so that she doesn't corrupt her fresh faced, innocent sister. But between her sexy neighbor Kelly and the wild party in the works, it will be a miracle if Little Sister Shea doesn't discover what her sexy, sultry sister is really like.

While attempting to drown their sorrows in chocolate, Michelle and Kelly meet five hunky soldiers. As good patriotic Americans, the two friends are always willing to help the troops. They soon help them out of their uniforms, and then help themselves to an erotic sexual adventure.

For university professor Mia Rose Curry, it was all academic: her course in alternative sexuality was a safe, socially acceptable way for her to talk about the things she desired most - but had never let herself experience. And while students crammed into her class to learn about fetishes, bondage, voyeurism, and much more, Mia kept her own raging desires, and her most private fantasies, carefully under wraps...until one man dared to make her secret passions a brazen reality.

Emily Eden was the daughter of the 1st Baron Auckland, a close confidant of Pitt. She was thus well placed to observe the manners and mores of nineteenth century aristocracy. A huge admirer of Jane Austen, her works reflect this in their perception, tongue in cheek humour and benevolence toward the victims of her pen. 'The Semi Attached Couple' is a revealing insight of attitudes and customs within marriage.

The house is called "Pleasance" and is rented by two sisters, Blanche and Aileen. The story revolves around the fortunes of two neighbouring families of varied social standing. The sisters' semi-detachment is to the Hopkinsons. Whilst Blanche's husband, Arthur, is abroad on a mission, the neighbours soon prove themselves invaluable as friends and Blanche and Mrs Hopkinson discover that their husbands are already acquainted!

Als Ana Young vierzehn war, wurde sie entführt. Doch sie konnte entkommen. Seit diesem Erlebnis ist ihr klar: Sie muss gegen das Böse in der Welt kämpfen. Ihr Job als LOST-Agentin ist es deshalb, nach Vermissten zu suchen. Ihr neuester Fall führt sie zu einem entkommenen Killer, der von ihr besessen ist. Sie erhält Unterstützung vom unwiderstehlich attraktiven FBI-Agenten Cash Knox - mit dem sie vor Jahren eine unglaublich heiße Nacht verbrachte.