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Wynns größter Wunsch ist es zu heiraten und eine Familie zu gründen. Doch ihre Träume zerplatzen, als ihre langjährige Partnerschaft in die Brüche geht. Seither jagt ein unerfreuliches Date das nächste - bis Wynn eines Abends bei einem Pokerspiel auf Cullen "Playboy" Carmichael trifft. Cullen ist sexy, verrucht und verdient sein Geld mit dem Spielen. Zwischen Wynn und ihm knistert es gewaltig, aber sein Lebensstil ist nur schwer mit Wynns Träumen zu vereinbaren .

Darkness is coming... Der Auftakt einer überraschenden, neuen Fantasy-Trilogie. Einst lenkten sieben Propheten die Welt, doch sie sind längst verschwunden. Geblieben ist nur ihre letzte, geheime Prophezeiung. Sie sagt ein Zeitalter der Dunkelheit voraus und die Geburt eines neuen Propheten, der entweder die Welt retten oder ihr Untergang sein wird.

Verrückt, verhext und voller Tempo. Emma Charming hat dreizehn Jahre lang darauf gewartet, endlich eine Schule besuchen zu dürfen. Als junge Hexe darf sie erst unter normale Menschen, wenn sie ihre magischen Kräfte völlig unter Kontrolle hat. Das hat sie natürlich! Hofft Emma jedenfalls. Hoch und heilig verspricht sie, in der Schule auf jegliche Magie zu verzichten. Doch schon am ersten Tag geht alles schief - so wird sie nie Freunde finden!

Maeve gets an unexpected call from her brother, Sean. It's no surprise to her that he is in trouble again. But she's the only family he's got, so she must saddle up and ride to the rescue. Or at least, scrounge a lift from Aimee and drive there. Otis and Eric insist they can help, and Maeve's mission becomes a summer holiday road trip. Sean's been partying with a group of decadent socialites who have now accused him of a crime. The evidence against him is pretty damning. Trying to clear his name, Maeve and friends integrate themselves into the rich kids' circle.

Katy Rose Pool 's showstopping fantasy debut There Will Come a Darkness began an epic tale of thrilling magic, ancient prophecy and five lives who could stop the approaching Age of Darkness - or unleash it. Now the adventure continues in As the Shadow Rises, as the forces of light and darkness collide - and the end of the world begins.

Für eine Nacht gehörte der heißeste Typ des Planeten mir. Ich wusste nichts über ihn, nicht einmal seinen Namen. Am nächsten Tag war er verschwunden. Was mir blieb, war die Erinnerung. Als das Schicksal unsere Wege abermals kreuzen ließ, waren seine Lippen noch immer so verführerisch. Seine Berührungen brannten auf meiner Haut. Sich aber in diesen Workaholic im Dreitausend-Dollar-Anzug zu verlieben ist keine Option: Denn er hat ein Geheimnis. Eines, das für mich ein Dealbreaker ist.

It started as a game. We flirted. We played. Most importantly - we won. Then I discovered who he was: Gambler. Famous playboy. Silver-eyed player who never plays to lose.... And my best friend’s soon-to-be brother in law, Cullen Carmichael. He needed a good luck charm; I needed a distraction. So we made a gamble and set off for Vegas - but pretty soon I was in too deep. My heart, soul and body weren't supposed to be part of the deal. But somewhere between big wins and long nights, my house of cards started to tumble. What was this devil with those piercing eyes doing to me?

Ten-year-old Zac has never met his dad, who allegedly did a runner before he was born. But when his mum lets slip that he's the only man she's ever loved, Zac turns detective and, roping in his best friend, hatches a plan to find his father and give his mum the happy ever after she deserves. What he doesn't realise, though, is that sometimes people have good reasons for disappearing....

Lady Susanah Poole is everything a gentleman should want in a bride. She's pretty enough, the heir to her father's considerable estate, and she's perfectly behaved. Except she keeps losing her suitors one right after another to the Belles of Beak Street. When a completely unacceptable rake catches her in a rare fit of pique and suggests he could teach her what the belles have, she is determined to do whatever it takes to land a lord before her exasperated father forces her to marry an old man, even if it means accepting the guidance of a notorious womanizer.

2007: at the end of a momentous day, Charlie, Stella and John cross paths under the arches of Paddington Station. As Charlie locks eyes with Stella across the platform, a brief, powerful spark of recognition flashes between them. But they are strangers...aren't they? Plunging back 30 years we watch as, unknown to them all, the lives of Stella and John, and Charlie and his girlfriend Beth, are pulled ever closer, an invisible thread connecting them across the decades and through London's busy streets.

Katy Vine's "Lost and Found" is a thoughtful and uplifting look into a refugee community in the heart of Texas at a time when political sentiment surrounding refugees and immigration turned increasingly negative. Texas is known nationwide for accepting a high ratio of refugees admitted to the United States. Though most end up in Houston, the smaller city of Amarillo has become a harbor for new immigrants looking to start anew.

Having a hard time loving yourself? Do you often give more of yourself to others than you can afford? Do you find that you are drained at the end of the day, suffering from low self-esteem and confidence, and you have trouble seeing what value you bring to work or your relationships? Countless of us are dealing with always working hard to be liked by others, and yet we are dealing with low self-esteem and confidence because we aren't taking the time to love ourselves.

We have to understand that depression is temporary. It can be really hard at times and we often feel like we're stuck in a black hole and that it will last forever. Understand that even if we feel that way, don't always trust your beliefs. They are sometimes trying to protect you in a way that is truly not helping. Always be skeptical about these beliefs that you are depressed.

Let yourself go.... Georgia Green is about to board a plane to India, alone - again. Things were supposed to be different this time, but Georgia backpacked solo to Thailand and survived, what could possibly go wrong? Only she is about to find out that when in India the country calls the shots - not you. The new favourite series for fans of Bridget Jones's Diary, the Shopaholic series and Eat, Pray, Love. Join Georgia Green for her next big adventure in Bollywood!

What if you had a second chance...to find yourself? Instead of slipping on her something borrowed and tripping up the aisle to wedded bliss, Georgia spends her big day crying into a warm Sex-on-the-Beach, wondering where it all went wrong. Forced to make a bucket list of her new life goals by best friend Marie, it's not long before travel-virgin Georgia's packing her bags for a long-haul adventure to Thailand. Yet, Georgia's big adventure doesn't seem to be going to plan.

Politicians from all sides compete to convince us they can fix our immigration “problem”, but all the solutions on offer look remarkably similar. Apparently, if we want less inequality at home, we need less immigration from abroad. But what if this assumption is wrong? What if the drive to restrict migration isn’t reducing poverty here, but creating a migration system that is actually exacerbating local inequality? In The Huddled Masses, migration researcher Katy Long shows why we need to rethink the relationship.

The Best Life Stories by Reader's Digest are 150 of the best hand-picked real-life tales of resilience, joy, and hope - all in 150 words or less! I've always meant to be the kind of person who lives as if tomorrow might never come.

A lyrical and spellbinding story of love, loss, and war from a standout new voice in fiction. Katy Simpson Smith has already been acclaimed as an "heir apparent to to Michael Ondaatje and Marilynne Robinson." August 1793. On the hot, humid coast of North Carolina, nine-year-old Tabitha fills her pockets with fish bones and shells, to bring the ocean back to her room. The act, perhaps, of a child conceived at sea.

Your past will always be part of you, but does it have to define your future? Or can you rewrite your story? I want to explain it all to you. How this happened. How that summer - the summer I was 16 - made me the person I am today. I want to share my memories with you: the happy memories are like sunbursts, sparkling on the sea. But then, like a current dragging me under, there's that summer of 1997.

There are some people you can’t imagine life without. What, at the end of it all, is really important? Liv and her friends can’t imagine a life different from now: freedom, lifelong friendships, and dreams that are still within their reach. Then, Liv dies. For those left behind - Mia, Fraser, Anna, Norm, and Melody - everything stops. Their lives and dreams are frozen in time. In the years that follow, they decide to meet on Liv’s birthday to raise a toast and celebrate her life, even though none of them are living their own - not really.