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Why is it that the first attractive man to look my way mistakes me for a bad guy, stuffs me in the trunk of his car, and ships me off to an island where I’m positive the only thing waiting for me is my own murder? I mean... yeah, Tavish is charismatic and fun, but did I mention the whole trunk thing? Oh, maybe I forgot to mention his peculiar group of friends who keep promising to “help” me, but why are they running around with masks and weapons while praising fences?

"Manchmal hörst du einen Song, und plötzlich wird er zum Soundtrack deines Lebens." Caleb "Soren" Sorensen hat sich den Urlaub anders vorgestellt. Nicht genug damit, dass er im entlegensten Winkel der Welt dabei zuschauen muss, wie seine Freunde ihr Liebesglück genießen, plötzlich taucht auch noch Jet auf – der Mann, den Soren seit Jahren nicht vergessen kann. Der kleine Bruder seines Freundes Matt ist inzwischen ein berühmter Rockstar. Und wie es aussieht, hat er Liebeskummer, den Soren nur zu gerne vertreiben würde... Jet Jackson hat sich seinen Ausflug nach Fidschi anders vorgestellt.

Scott nimmt rasend schnell ab. Sein Körperumfang ändert sich trotzdem nicht. Und noch unheimlicher: Wenn er auf die Waage steigt, zeigt sie das gleiche Gewicht an, egal wie viel er trägt, ob Kleidung oder gar Hanteln. In seiner netten Wohngegend in der Kleinstadt Castle Rock gerät er zudem in einen eskalierenden Kleinkrieg. Es entstehen merkwürdige Allianzen, doch der jährliche Stadtlauf und Scotts mysteriöses Leiden fördern bei sich und anderen eine Menschlichkeit zutage, die zuvor unter herzloser Bequemlichkeit vergraben lag.

Want to know the fastest way to get screwed out of a football career? Get photographed in a compromising position in a gay bar. Yep, welcome to my life. My agent says he can fix my image. He wants me to become the poster boy for gay football players. Me? I just want back on the field. I'll do anything to play for the NFL again, even pretend to have a steady boyfriend. If only my fake boyfriend wasn't Noah Huntington III - the most arrogant, entitled rich guy in the world.

Israel Ingham's life has never been easy. He grew up in a house devoid of love and warmth. Nothing he ever did was good enough. The fact that Israel is gay just added to the long list of his father's disappointments. Then a letter from Eastport Children's Hospital changes everything. A discovery is made, one of gross human error. Twenty-six years ago, two baby boys were switched at birth and sent home with the wrong families.

Als der Schriftsteller Manuel Ortigosa erfährt, dass sein Mann Álvaro bei einem Autounfall ums Leben gekommen ist, eilt er sofort nach Galicien. Die dortige Polizei ist auffallend schnell dabei, die Akte zu schließen. Manuel muss feststellen, dass Álvaro ihn seit Jahren getäuscht und ein Doppelleben geführt hat. Doch was suchte Álvaro in jener Nacht auf einer einsamen Landstraße? Zusammen mit einem eigensinnigen Polizisten der Guardia Civil und Álvaros Beichtvater stellt Manuel Nachforschungen an.

Als Silyor aus dem Gefängnis zurück in den Dienst geholt wird, stinkt die Sache sofort bis zum Himmel. Immerhin müsste er wegen des angeblichen Mordes an seinem Partner noch über zwanzig Jahre dort versauern. Doch seine Vorgesetzten versprechen ihm, die Strafe zu erlassen, wenn er nach ihrer Pfeife tanzt. Seine Aufgabe: einer Organisation aus Auftragsmördern das Handwerk zu legen. Für ihn eine einfache Sache. Eigentlich. Doch seine eingeschränkte Freiheit entpuppt sich schnell als Selbstmordkommando. Außerdem stimmt irgendetwas ganz und gar nicht in Yorkh.

The angel Azazel is miserable in Heaven. In the aftermath of Satan's fall, the angels live in the reconstructed ruins of an old utopia, oppressive and paranoid of any new rebellion. The angel Samyaza is content in Heaven, but he longs for the eternal city's former glory. Watching the feeble humans below, wallowing in sin for centuries after Adam and Eve, he sees opportunity to earn back the Lord's favor. On Earth, the Watcher angels arrive to lecture on God's love, but the love of a human soon begins to seem much warmer.

Ondry and Liam have settled into a good life, but their trading is still tied up with humans, and humans are always messy. When political changes at the human base lead Ondry to attempt a difficult trade, the pair find themselves entangled in human affairs. Liam wants to help the people he left and the worlds being torn apart. He also wants to serve Ondry with not only the pleasures of the nest but also by bringing human profits. Ondry has no hope of understanding human psychology in general, he only knows that he will hold onto his palteia with the last breath in his body.

Alles könnte so schön sein. Die Hexe Mona und ihr angetrauter Erzdämon Balthasar haben sich ihre Liebe gestanden, ein gefräßiges Dämonenschweinchen adoptiert und wollen heiraten, diesmal absichtlich... Doch dann holen die Vampirbrüder der Familie Nosdrof zum alles entscheidenden Schlag aus. Nun ist nicht nur Monas Realität bedroht - die ganze Weltordnung scheint auf dem Spiel zu stehen. Himmel und Hölle müssen endlich ihre Differenzen beilegen, um die Bedrohung durch die Vampirbrüder aufzuhalten.

Als der Romanautor Owen Quine spurlos verschwindet, bittet seine Frau den privaten Ermittler Cormoran Strike um Hilfe. Es ist nicht das erste Mal, dass Quine für einige Tage abgetaucht ist, und sie möchte, dass Strike ihn findet und nach Hause zurückbringt. Doch schon zu Beginn seiner Ermittlungen wird Strike klar, dass mehr hinter Quines Verschwinden steckt, als seine Frau ahnt.

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Needing a change of scene, Griffin Burke moves from Brisbane to Coolum Beach to start a new job. The beautiful white sand, aqua-colored ocean, blue skies, and summer breezes are everything he longs for. What he finds is a mud-covered dog, lost and hungry, with a name tag and a phone number. Dane Hughes is stuck in Surfers Paradise at a week-long work conference when he gets a phone call from his distraught mother. His dog, his fur baby, Wicket, has run away. Unable to leave and feeling helpless and miserable, he gets a text from a guy. "I think I found your dog."

Muffin maker Olivia Roberts has had it with her awful exes taking advantage of her good nature. The theft of her nana's beloved stuffed penguin is the absolute last straw. She puts up an ad at her local crime bookstore for a henchperson to help her enact a little mild revenge. To her astonishment, Margaret Blackwood, the mysterious, icy, and annoyingly opinionated bookstore owner, applies.

SSA Rain Christiansen used to be the agency's golden boy. It just takes one moment of weakness, one tiny paranormal sighting, and all of a sudden, he's the agency's embarrassment. His boss gives him one last chance to redeem himself - go down to Brickell Bay, play nice with the local police, and leave the ghost sightings behind. Rain is determined to do exactly that, even if it kills him. Cold-case Detective Daniel McKenna's latest investigation is going nowhere fast. Daniel is glad to finally have the FBI help his department requested, even if it does come in the form of his ex.

Dar and Kerry are redefining themselves and their priorities to build a life and a family together. But with the scheming colleagues and old flames trying to drive them apart and bring them down, the two women must overcome fear, prejudice, and their own pasts to protect the company and each other. Does their relationship have enough trust to survive the storm?

Bess Campbell has escaped to the windswept Australian coastal town of Port Bannir, determined to begin her life again. She is loving her fresh start, thanks to her fun job running a hip gallery, her territorial chickens, and a lot of self-help books to find her new, better self. Port Bannir local Margaret Gale runs an austere maritime museum, and rules her staff with an iron fist. She has no time for that crazy modern gallery or upbeat, earnest Bess sweeping around town on her hipster bicycle.

The Foxes are a fractured mess, but their latest disaster might be the miracle they've always needed to come together as a team. The one person standing in their way is Andrew, and the only one who can break through his personal barriers is Neil. Except Andrew doesn't give up anything for free, and Neil is terrible at trusting anyone but himself. The two don't have much time to come to terms with their situation before outside forces start tearing them apart. Riko is intent on destroying Neil's fragile new life, and the Foxes have just become collateral damage.

When professional hugger and TLC provider Teddy Harris is offered a month-long companionship contract, he's hard pressed to turn it down. When he meets notorious assassin Riordan Darcy, professional challenge and personal temptation collide, making it nearly impossible for him to endure a whole month with the gorgeous, enigmatic man without falling head over heels in love. But when a mole is discovered within Riordan's organization, relationships are compromised, and people's lives are in danger. Time isn't on their side.

Forced to grow up too fast, Liam Cavanagh, carries the burdens of responsibilities that shouldn't be his, and it's slowly destroying him. The more he tries to control, the more out of control he feels. When he gets a hit on a personal ad he placed, he shrugs it off as impossible. With nearly 600 miles between him and Daddy Cash he thought the odds were stacked against them until Cash's current boy convinces him otherwise and persuades Liam to take on the role of Daddy's new boy.