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Point guard Caitlin Clark took the world of college basketball by storm when she began playing for the University of Iowa in 2020, earning 27 points in her first game alone. By the end of her college career, Caitlin broke the record for total NCAA career-scoring points by scoring 3,951 points over her four years as an Iowa Hawkeye. The high-scoring athlete grabbed the attention of the world—over 14 million viewers tuned in to watch her playoff games in April of 2024.

When Joyce moves into the ancient Beaumont House, she discovers a mysterious portrait known as the 'Lady' painting... Soon, eerie visions and faint whispers blur the line between fiction and reality... As she unravels the mansion's dark past, Joyce finds herself haunted, perhaps trapped, by the very story she's trying to write... 'Lady Painting' is a gothic thriller where secrets refuse to stay buried...

Lonely and depressed by far too much rain, Lord Randolph Lennox decides on impulse to take the first ship leaving London for the sunny Mediterranean. Chance brings him to Naples - where it's also raining. But the rain clears, and as he discovers the city, a pleasant young English governess rescues him from an altercation with a flirtatious girl and her protective family. Miss Elizabeth Walker is between jobs and taking a holiday in Naples when she meets the quiet, handsome Englishman.

Harry Hole – unerbittlich wie nie. Harry Hole hat alle Brücken hinter sich abgebrochen. In Los Angeles trinkt er sich als einer der zahllosen Obdachlosen fast zu Tode. Hin und wieder hilft er Lucille, einer älteren Filmdiva, die einem Drogenkartell eine Million Dollar schuldet. Zur gleichen Zeit werden in Oslo zwei Mädchen ermordet. Beide feierten auf der Yacht eines stadtbekannten Immobilienmaklers. Kommissarin Katrine Bratt fordert Harry Hole an, doch die Führungsetage der Polizei hat kein Interesse an dem Spezialisten für Mordserien.

Midwife Ella Mehenick can’t wait to marry the love of her life, Dan Ferguson. They have both waited so long for their perfect day, and they know their future together will be everything they’ve ever dreamed of. But when Ella suddenly and unexpectedly collapses – all plans are put on hold.

Breathe is a daily podcast spoken word inspirational podcast, hosted by author of "Beside Still Waters: 30 Day Devotion on Stillness" and marketplace entrepreneur Jo Anne Scaife. Breathe is a space where Biblical scripture will be read daily for meditation. An individual can come here to calm the mind, body, and soul through the simple reading of God's word.

A cowboy private investigator who doesn’t want to spend another Christmas alone. A single mom in a pack of trouble, trying to lie low for the holidays. The snowstorm that blows in a few sizzling possibilities. Following a chance encounter, East Whitlock hasn’t been able to get a certain sassy redhead out of his mind. Though the feisty single mom insists she can take care of herself and her small son, he can’t stand the thought of anyone so sweet and lovely being alone for Christmas — in a friend’s warehouse, no less. Every instinct in him is shouting that she’s in trouble, and ...

A damaged hero, a grieving widow, and a prison release sponsorship that delivers a second chance at love just in time for the holidays… The horse ranch Arabella Weston and her late husband built from scratch has been a haven for countless men in need of a second chance. After becoming widowed, however, she’s debating closing their work release program and selling her struggling ranch. Until her best friend guilts her into accepting one last parolee on Christmas Eve… Former motorcycle gang leader Victor Cross works around the clock, as if being chased by demons, and soon has ...

Many of us think of our dogs not as pets but as full-fledged members of our families. If you own a dog or are thinking about getting one, A Member of the Family is the ultimate resource for integrating your canine companion into the life of your household. Brimming with practical tips and techniques, this audiobook addresses the most common issues and questions that emerge over the course of a person's lifetime relationship with a dog, explaining what it takes to be a good dog owner.

Honed by danger and haunted by the past, Lord Michael Kenyon finds it easy to risk his life for his country’s sake. But in the shadow of Waterloo, he faces a far more dangerous threat - the loss of his heart to the beautiful battlefield nurse who saves his life yet can never be his. Called a saint for her virtue and selfless courage, only Catherine Melbourne knows the tragic flaw at the core of her spirit. Then fate offers Catherine a fortune, a title, a heritage for her daughter - if Michael will impersonate her husband on a visit to a wild Cornish island.

From New York Times best-selling author Mary Jo Putney - a classic love story that has become one of her most beloved and acclaimed historical romances.

Esther Hamilton, is finally finding her feet after her split with her horrible ex, and is looking forward to her new single life. She has a job she loves in the busy Accident and Emergency department, a new home and for the first time ever, a chance to just have fun with her good friends. Love is very much off the cards…Until the arrival of Joe Carter – the brother of Esther’s best friend, Danni.

After his train is robbed at gunpoint, Remington Frost awakens from a blow to find the bandits gone - along with the woman he was shadowing for protection. No stranger to risk, Remington will do what it takes to bring Phoebe Apple to safety and her kidnappers to justice. But ransoming Phoebe is just the start of trouble....

With Hazard, Beverley delivers a tale of forbidden love. With her beauty and her wealth, Lady Anne Peckworth is quite a catch. But she carries bitterness from a broken heart—until the dangerous Race de Vere enters her life. Can Anne summon the strength to resist Race and his wild ways?

For her first forty years, Jo Haldeman’s life followed a conventional path. While her husband, Bob, built his career in advertising, Jo comfortably settled into her role as mother of four, housewife, and community volunteer. In 1968, Jo’s world changed dramatically. Richard Nixon was elected President of the United States, and Bob was offered the job of a lifetime—White House Chief of Staff.

Former cavalryman Quill McKenna takes pride in protecting the most powerful man in Stonechurch, Colorado: Mr. Ramsey Stonechurch himself. But the mine owner has enemies, and after several threats on his life, mines, and family, Quill decides to hire someone to help guard the boss' daughter. Only problem is the uncontrollable attraction he feels toward the fiery-haired woman who takes the job.

Every business needs a highly skilled bookkeeper to look after the accounts. Luckily, you are a highly skilled bookkeeper. But one of the traps bookkeepers fall into is failing to see themselves as business owners.

In 1966, Kathy Leissner Whitman was a twenty-three-year-old teacher dreaming of a better future. She was an avid writer of letters, composing hundreds in the years before she was stabbed to death by her husband, Charles Whitman, who went on to commit a mass shooting from the tower at the University of Texas at Austin. Kathy's writing provides a rare glimpse of how one woman described, and sought to change, her short life with a coercive, controlling, and violent partner.

He calls himself Ulf—as good a name as any, he thinks—and the only thing he’s looking for is a place where he won’t be found by Oslo’s most notorious drug lord: the Fisherman. He was once the Fisherman’s fixer, but after betraying him, Ulf is now the one his former boss needs fixed—which may not be a problem for a man whose criminal reach is boundless. When Ulf gets off the bus in Kåsund, on Norway’s far northeastern border, he sees a “flat, monotonous, bleak landscape . . . the perfect hiding place. Hopefully.”

Jean Macrae’s family is one of the most prominent clans of Guardians, humans whose magical powers come from nature, but Jean considers her skills modest at best. She has never been able to summon the intense, earth-altering ability that has marked the most talented Guardians, and she is content without the adventure that such skill brings, until the day she is confronted by a handsome stranger whose magic imprisons her on his pirate ship.