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Er ist der beste Freund ihres Bruders. Ihre größte Versuchung. Ihr Untergang. Als der beste Freund ihres Bruders in ihr Nachbarhaus zieht, ändert sich Ava Chens Leben von Grund auf. Alex Volkov sieht aus wie die Sünde und ist kalt wie Eis. Aber Ava schafft es, seine Mauern Stein um Stein einzureißen, und je besser sie den Multimillionär kennenlernt, desto weniger kann sie sich seiner Anziehungskraft entziehen. Schon bald kann auch Alex die ungewohnten Gefühle nicht länger leugnen.

Eva und Tobias waren das Traumpaar auf dem College. Aber so sehr sie sich auch liebten, so unterschiedlich waren ihre Vorstellungen vom Leben. Und somit hatte ihre Liebe nie eine richtige Chance. Während es Eva in die große, weite Welt zog, fing Tobias im Unternehmen seiner Familie an und fühlt sich in seiner kleinen Heimatstadt in Montana auch heute noch pudelwohl. Als Eva nach Jahren dorthin zurückkehrt, um mit ihrem Dad Weihnachten zu feiern, trifft sie unverhofft auf Tobias. Sie verbringen eine leidenschaftliche Nacht zusammen, und dieses Mal soll es ein endgültiger Abschied sein.

When a number of leading scientists disappear without a trace, concern grows within the international intelligence community. Are they being kidnapped? Blackmailed? Brainwashed? One woman appears to have the key to the mystery. Unfortunately, Olive Betteron now lies in a hospital bed, dying from injuries sustained in a Moroccan plane crash.

I love nothing more than my job. As a local celebrity and businesswoman, I’ve worked my way up through the ranks to become the biggest news publisher in the area. Everything’s perfect, except my love life. But it’s complicated. This town is nothing short of conservative and would never understand me. And my mother? She’d think I was going to hell. I’m a lesbian, and it has to stay a secret.

DESPRE AUDIOBOOK. Cele mai multe dintre noi recunosc intuitiv ferocitatea ca făcând parte din adevărata lor natură, dar au fost descurajate multă vreme să și-o dezvolte. În această carte revoluționară, Kristin Neff arată cum pot femeile să folosească atât compasiunea de sine feroce, cât și pe cea tandră ca să aibă succes la locul de muncă, să îi îngrijească pe ceilalți fără să se epuizeze, să fie autentice în relații și să pună capăt tăcerii din jurul hărțuirii și abuzului sexual.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Red Riding Hood by Beatrix Potter. "Once upon a time there was a village child who was so pretty - so pretty as never was seen...." So begins Beatrix Potter's retelling of Red Riding Hood, which is filled with the delicious darkness of the original classic fairy tale as well as some trademark Potter wit and flourishes.

Freya Lockwood has avoided the quaint English village where she grew up for the last twenty years. That is, until her eccentric Aunt Carole breaks the news that Arthur Crockleford, antiques dealer and Freya’s estranged mentor, has unexpectedly died. Then Freya receives a letter from Arthur, sent just days before his death, warning her that she is in danger. Suspecting he may have been murdered, she and Carole begin to investigate. When they discover Arthur’s journals and an invitation to an antiques enthusiasts’ weekend, Freya finds herself pulled back into a life she swore to leave behind.

Im Gegensatz zu ihren Eltern kann sich Violet Hall wirklich eine bessere Beschäftigung für die Wochenenden vorstellen, als ihren Stiefbruder - erfolgreicher NHL-Spieler und ganzer Stolz der Familie - zu seinen Eishockey-Spielen mit den Black-Hawks zu begleiten. Der Sport langweilt sie ohne Ende, und seinen Teamkollegen, allesamt als Playboys verschrien, kann sie nichts abgewinnen. Doch als sie im Hotel dem legendären Teamcaptain Alex Waters begegnet, ist selbst sie machtlos gegen seinen Charme.

Three little girls set off to school one sunny May morning. Within an hour one of them is dead. Fifteen years later Alison and Kitty are living separate lives. Kitty lives in a care home. She can't speak, and she has no memory of the accident that put her there or her life before it. Art teacher Alison looks fine on the surface. But the surface is a lie. When a job in a prison comes up, she decides to take it - this is her chance to finally make things right. But someone is watching Kitty and Alison. Someone who wants revenge for what happened that day. And only another life will do....

Zara, Ziggy, and Zoe are three little witches who live together in Magic Wood, where anything can happen. Cups and saucers wash themselves up, letters sprout wings, a calendar sings a song, the signpost changes direction, and Wizard Wink's school moves from place to place.

25th August 1957. The island of Spinalonga closes its leper colony. And a moment of violence has devastating consequences. When time stops dead for Maria Petrakis and her sister, Anna, two families splinter apart and, for the people of Plaka, the closure of Spinalonga is forever coloured with tragedy. In the aftermath, the question of how to resume life looms large. Stigma and scandal need to be confronted and somehow, for those impacted, a future built from the ruins of the past.

The last Boleyn is Jane, Lady Rochford - widow of the disgraced George Boleyn. Caught in the intrigues of the Tudor court, she maneuvers for personal position as her family, in turn, tries to manipulate her. The king has married again; his bride is the deceptively astute Anne of Cleves. Her wits are tested as she senses a trap closing around her, with the Howards ready to take advantage of her fall.

Winner of the Costa Book of the Year 2015. The Lie Tree is a wonderfully evocative and atmospheric story by Frances Hardinge, award-winning author of Cuckoo Song and Fly by Night. Faith's father has been found dead under mysterious circumstances, and as she is searching through his belongings for clues she discovers a strange tree. The tree grows healthy and bears fruit only if you whisper a lie to it.

When Isabel's Yorkshire village is devastated by the Black Death, it seems that the world is ending in horror and fear. But for the survivors of the terrible plague, a new and freer society will rise from the destruction of the feudal system that enslaved her family. A powerful historical novel from one of today's most exciting young writers.

Jane stumbles on the rental opportunity of a lifetime: the chance to live in a beautiful ultraminimalist house designed by an enigmatic architect, on condition she abides by a long list of exacting rules. After moving in she discovers that a previous tenant, Emma, met a mysterious death there - and starts to wonder if her own story will be a rerun of the girl before. As twist after twist catches the listener off guard, Emma's past and Jane's present become inexorably entwined in this tense portrayal of psychological obsession.

A fascinating, bite-sized insight into how human sexuality came to be the way it is now - Jared Diamond explains why we are different from the animal kingdom. Why are humans one of the few species to have sex in private? Why do humans have sex any day of the month or year, including when the female is pregnant, beyond her reproductive years, or between her fertile cycles? Why are human females one of the few mammals to go through menopause?

Here is a stunning novel set in the Tudor court, as the rivalry between Queen Mary and her half-sister, Elizabeth, is played out against a background of betrayal, conflict and passion.

Theo is determined to seek happiness with her husband's business rival, Vincent. Having fled London for Paris, however, she soon learns of Richard's financial collapse - and discovers that rather more than just his job is at stake.

It is June 1950 and a sleepy English village is about to be awakened by the discovery of a dead body in Colonel de Luce's cucumber patch. The police are baffled, and when a dead snipe is deposited on the Colonel's doorstep with a rare stamp impaled on its beak, they are baffled even more. Only the Colonel's daughter, the precocious Flavia, has the ingenuity to follow the clues that reveal the victim's identity.

A new unabridged Agatha Christie mystery, featuring the young adventurers Lady ‘Frankie’ Derwent and Bobby Jones.While playing an erratic round of golf, Bobby Jones slices his ball over the edge of a cliff. His ball is lost, but on the rocks below he finds the crumpled body of a dying man. With his final breath the man opens his eyes and says, ‘Why didn’t they ask Evans?’Haunted by these words, Bobby and his vivacious companion, Frankie, set out to solve a mystery that will bring them into mortal danger…