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"Det her er så forkert, tænker hun, mens fingrene udforsker huden, så forkert, men så skønt. I et øjeblik glemmer hun helt, at hun har hundredvis af øjne på sig. Alt, der er tilbage i verden, er lyden af hendes prustende åndedræt og følelsen af hendes fingre på vej ned mod trusserne." Ella har desperat brug for penge. Derfor gør hun noget, hun normalt aldrig ville have gjort; noget, som er helt forkert. Når persiennerne lukkes, tænder hun for knappen, og hendes tøj falder på gulvet. Stykke efter stykke efter stykke.

In London kommt es vermehrt zu bizarren Todesfällen: Ein Mann begibt sich ins Löwengehege und wird von den Raubtieren gerissen; eine Frau stolziert während einer Modenschau über ein zerbrechliches Glasdach und stürzt ein. Doch es bleibt nicht bei diesen seltsamen Ereignissen. Was hat diese Menschen dazu gebracht, sich in derartige Gefahrensituationen zu begeben? Handelt es sich um eine Welle von absurden Selbstmorden? Erst allmählich kommt Kenneth einem makabren "Spiel" auf die Spur, das ihn tief in menschliche Abgründe blicken lässt.

Før i tiden var Anya den friske type, der altid var klar på sjov og ballade. Men siden bruddet med Jonas har hun befundet sig i et dunkelt virvar, hvor alting føles uoverstigeligt, og hun tilbringer derfor det meste af tiden i sengen. Det ønsker Anyas veninde Maria at sætte en stopper for, og hun overtaler derfor Anya til at tage med på skiferie i Barcelonas bjerge. Her hyrer hun den lækre skiinstruktør Tyler til at hjælpe dem i gang, og til Anyas store overraskelse inviterer hun ham med hjem til middag om aftenen. Og hvem ved...

På Lövdala Prästgård bor den milde och godhjärtade pastor Lyselius med sin vackra dotter Maja-Lisa. Pastorn är änkling och ger all sin kärlek och omtanke till sin dotter och tjänstefolket som bor med dem på gården. Tillvaron är idyllisk fram till den dag då Maja-Lisas styvmor Vabitz anländer till gården. Styvmodern vinner snart pastor Lyselius hjärta och kort därefter börjar mardrömmen. Vabitz är sadistiskt lagd och njuter av att plåga Maja-Lisa och tjänstefolket.

Dr. Kate fills in the gaps left by modern sex education in an accessible and prescriptive way. Your Sexual Health provides answers to your burning questions about your reproductive health (and yes—even questions about vaginal burning!) and tells you things you may have never even thought to ask. Addressing topics like taking care of your vaginal health, regulating your menstrual cycle, eliminating painful periods, choosing the right birth control, and achieving orgasms, you’ll understand your body in a new way through 69 easy-to-digest sections.

A tale of jealousy, hatred, love, and revenge, this tightly-written horror novella takes place in a secluded orange grove where only Catherine, the owner, remains with only her old employee, Ira, for company. There is also the creature haunting the grove, which may or may not be linked to Catherine’s missing husband, but Catherine prefers not to think about that. Until she’s forced to of course. Into this setting Jack Swift arrives, a young man on the run from the city. With Jack’s arrival, the secrets of the orange grove will soon be revealed.

It's a red flag to Victor when the only women to get his brief interest are those who look like Freya Aurelius. When did he develop a fetish for the most frustrating and unattainable woman in the world? Is his plan to work closely with Freya for the next five weeks a matter of masochism or the final proof that there's a fine line between genius and insanity?

Owen Parrish had no idea it was possible for his life to go off the rails so quickly. One second he was dating the girl of his dreams, and the next he was married to her cousin. There had to be a way to fix things, right? Veronica Diaz wasn’t sure who she was most mad at—Owen, her cousin Natalia, or herself. When the road to solve the unexpected issue with Owen and Natalia forces Vee to live with both of them, she’s sure she’s living a nightmare. And if she wants things to get better, she’ll need to wake up.

Das kleine, beschauliche Örtchen Gutt's Hill wird von einer ebenso unglaublichen wie grausamen Verbrechensserie heimgesucht. Giftige Briefe sind im Umlauf und das nicht nur sprichwörtlich! Drei Bewohner des Dorfes verlieren ihr Leben an tödliche Blausäure. Woher diese kommt, ist schnell ermittelt: Das Getreidesilo des örtlichen Bauern David Ridge wird derzeit damit begast. Auch sein reicher Bruder Roger wäre beinahe diesen heimtückischen Umschlägen zum Opfer gefallen.

Det var ikke meningen, at han ville have indviet sin frække kollega Sophia i sin jomfruelige tilstand. Alt for mange irriterende discountforslag og spørgsmål har lært ham at lukke i. Men da hun til en fredagsbar ser på ham med sine nøddebrune øjne og fyldige læber, afslører hans uerfarenhed ham. Og hvem ved, måske er ærlighed ikke så skidt endda, for da hans fødselsdag nærmer sig, står det mere og mere klart, at der venter ham en overraskelse, han sent vil glemme ...

Hatto, eremiten, stod i ödemarken och bad till Gud. Det var storm, och hans långa skägg och toviga hår fladdrade omkring honom som de vindfarna grästuvorna på krönet på en gammal ruin. Dock strök han inte håret ur ögonen eller stack skägget inom bältet, ty han hade armarna upplyfta i bön. Han hade en stor sak att be om. Han bad Gud, att han måtte låta domens dag inbryta över denna onda värld ...

When Thor disappears to get away from the intense pressure of being the heir to the Northlands, his father asks Linea to use her tracking skills and deliver an ultimatum to his heir. Linea knows Thor will be furious and blame her as the messenger. She'll have to face him anyway and prove to herself that she's no longer a young, infatuated girl, but a strong and unapologetic woman who owns the quirkiness he once ridiculed her for. Problem is that the last time she saw the large and angry Nman, Thor threatened to spank her if she came back. He wouldn't, though . . . or would he?

Celia was only fourteen years old when she was acquired by John Newsom, an aging widower and one of the most respected citizens of Callaway County, Missouri. The pattern of sexual abuse that would mark their entire relationship began almost immediately. Over the next five years, Celia bore Newsom two children; meanwhile, she became involved with a slave named George and resolved at his insistence to end the relationship with her master. When Newsom refused, Celia one night struck him fatally with a club. Her act quickly discovered, Celia was brought to trial.

Catherine’s first memories were of the fae and the misfortune they brought. No one believed her and told her she was insane. When Catherine arrives the country estate of Thornwood, she is determined to put her past and the fae behind. That is until she meets Ray Thorn. Ray introduces her into his world of the mesmerizing and deadly faery. Then a woman is murdered by one of the fae. She knew she shouldn’t have trusted a fae. But as more bodies turn up, Catherine realizes they’re targeting women like her, and she is their next victim. Is trusting Ray worth the price?

Plantation Politics and Campus Rebellions provides a multidisciplinary exploration of the contemporary university's entanglement with the history of slavery and settler colonialism in the United States. Inspired by more than a hundred student-led protests during the Movement for Black Lives, contributors examine how campus rebellions - and university responses to them - expose the racialized inequities at the core of higher education.

When DC crime scene analyst Dr. Ellie Carr is called to investigate the heartrending case of a missing baby, she's shocked to discover that the child's mother is her own cousin. Close during their impoverished childhoods, Ellie and Rebecca eventually drifted apart. Rebecca is now half of a Washington power couple, and she and her wealthy lobbyist husband, Hunter, have been living a charmed life in an opulent mansion—until their infant son is taken. At first antagonists, then allies, Ellie and Rachael race to find the baby alive and bring the kidnappers to justice.

A good pint of ale, heating up the sheets with a beautiful woman, and living by my own rules. The only thing I try to avoid? Commitment. And I've got a three-year success rate to prove it. So why am I suddenly knocked flat on my ass whenever Grace is around? The beautiful, funny, totally off-limits massage therapist may knead the knots out of my back, but she sure as hell makes other parts stiff. She's on a mission to rid her life of toxins. No alcohol. No red meat. And, yeah, no man parts.

Using real-world examples, illustrations from their own lives, and a researchbased approach, dynamic daughter-mother duo Lauren Reitsema and Joneen Mackenzie guide you through familiar relationship situations. Their suggestions can be used with your partner, coworkers, children, extended family members, and friends. Drawing from their experience teaching thousands through The Center for Relationship Education, they introduce practical, easy-to-use strategies that will help you communicate more effectively and work through relationship challenges with confidence.

Restorative justice represents "a paradigm shift in the way Americans conceptualize and administer punishment," says author Maisha T. Winn, from a focus on crime to a focus on harm, including the needs of both those who were harmed and those who caused it.

Der Arm der Mafia schlägt gnadenlos zu: Cornelius Liewens gerät ins Kreuzfeuer der "ehrenwerten Familie" und wird überraschend vom Dienst suspendiert. Gemeinsam mit Gennaro di Lorenzo und Santina Cantese reist er "under cover" nach Sizilien, um in Catania die Identität der rätselhaften "Penthesilea" aufzudecken - der Tanz auf dem Vulkan beginnt... Da überschlagen sich die Ereignisse: Während Dr. Stine Lindbergh in Amsterdam einer erschütternden Wahrheit ins Auge sehen muss, ahnt Liewens noch nicht, dass Navarro und der unheimliche "Heartman" sich längst an seine Fersen geheftet haben.