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Eight years ago, my best friend’s younger brother stole a kiss under the mistletoe… When tragedy brings me back to Gunther’s Hollow for Christmas, Benjamin’s there, looking far too handsome. I thought he forgot all about that stolen kiss. He hadn’t. He tells me he made a wish all those years ago and that despite our nine-year age difference, he wants me. I have a confession… I want him too. Can mistletoe wishes come true? Home for Christmas is a steamy and sweet reverse age gap holiday romance with a best friend’s younger brother and the older woman who’s captured his heart....

Edenscar, a town in the Peak District, has more than most. 17 years ago, its inhabitants were hit by tragedy when a school bus veered off the road and everyone on board drowned. Everyone, that is, except Joseph Ashe. His miraculous survival has haunted him and the town ever since. Now a Detective Sergeant in the local police, Joe is called to the scene of a brutal and apparently inexplicable crime. The whole town is spooked, but Joe’s new boss, DI Laurie Bower, more used to inner-city police work, has no time for superstition.

Spannung garantiert: Ein toter Journalist und ein dunkles Geheimnis. Der packende und szenische Krimi Eisfeld – Dunkle Enthüllungen ist der 2. Fall für Mara Eisfeld, der neuen starken Frau beim LKA Berlin. Kriminalhauptkommissarin Mara Eisfeld muss sich gleich mit zwei Unannehmlichkeiten auseinandersetzen: Neben den Mediationsgesprächen beim Jugendamt, auf die ihr Noch-Ehemann Matti besteht, um ihrem gemeinsamen Sohn die Trennung so leicht wie möglich zu machen, taucht auch noch ihr Vater unangekündigt in der Stadt auf.

Das Geheimnis eines alten Kuchenrezeptes und der Zauber der Bretagne. Wenn Mona an ihre verstorbene Großmutter denkt, ist es noch immer, als läge der Duft von frisch gebackenem Kuchen in der Luft. In Oma Josefines Nachlass findet sie ein Rezept für eine ganz besondere Zitronentorte von ihrer Urgroßmutter Helene. Auf der Rückseite des vergilbten Papiers: eine Liste mit Mädchennamen – darunter auch Josefine – und der Hinweis auf eine Pension in der Bretagne. Könnte das endlich eine Spur zu ihrem unbekannten Urgroßvater sein?

Als sie vom plötzlichen Tod ihres geliebten Vaters erfährt, ist Arline zutiefst erschüttert. Die junge Frau, die in einem Pub in Glasgow arbeitet und in einer Folkband singt, macht sich sofort auf den Weg zu ihrer Heimatinsel Orkney. Im malerischen Fisherman's Cove angekommen, wird sie von Erinnerungen überwältigt. Ihr Vater hat ihr nicht nur das alte Cottage, sondern auch das Tagebuch ihrer früh verstorbenen Mutter Colina vermacht, von der sie das Gesangstalent geerbt hat.

Was macht dich wirklich glücklich? Victoria, genannt Toja, illustriert Buchumschläge. Ihre Gedanken kann sie oft besser in Bildern als in Worten ausdrücken. Seit einer Lebenskrise lebt sie in einem Haus am Stadtrand, wo sie zwischen alten Obstbäumen und Blumenbeeten wieder zu sich gefunden hat. Als am Gartenzaun die vierzehnjährige Vica auftaucht, die eigentlich ebenfalls Victoria heißt, erkennt Toja sich in dem introvertierten Mädchen wieder. Sie fühlt sich an ihre eigene Vergangenheit erinnert und an das beklemmende Gefühl, nicht richtig zu sein.

Abigail (Abi) Berg has a problem, and it’s her. Having recently turned sixteen, she’s not sure if she wants to stay Beachy Amish, an influence from some teenage English girls in a nearby town. They even have her wanting to wear ankle bracelets and makeup, a definite problem to her parents and her bishop. Hoping to change Abi’s behavior, her parents send her to live with an aunt and uncle, Clara and Jonah Ellis, in Virginia, where it’s too remote to ride her bike to see English teenagers. Little do her parents know, Abi plans to be even more rebellious there. At the end of her year ...

Carralon Ridge, a once vibrant village in rural New South Wales, has become a shell of itself, its houses and buildings bought up and left to rot by the mining company operating at its borders. A decade into its slow death, surrounded by industrial noise and swathed in thick layers of dust, the skeletal town is all but abandoned, with just a handful of residents clinging onto what remains.

Wait for Me by Amy Jo Burns is a forthcoming title from Celadon Books.

Mick Breeden is a lost soul. Serving in the army has always been the place he’s called home, but after sustaining an injury that he can’t quite move past, he’s heading back to his Texas hometown, wounded and battered. And fairly certain there is no way on God’s green earth he can ever be redeemed for what he did. Hayley Samms has never left the Texas small town she grew up in. Even though she looks sweet and kind, deep down, she’s driven to succeed and ready to make a name for herself by running the diner her beloved aunt left her with all the focus she can muster. She has no time...

When Caitlin inherits a significant sum of money on her fortieth birthday, she decides to break the habits of a lifetime and throw caution to the winds. She's about to tell her husband Paul that they're leaving London on a once-in-a-lifetime journey to Eat Pray Love their way around the world, only ... she doesn't tell Paul that, because before the candles are lit, he tells her that he's very much in love with someone else. After a drunken night trying to console herself, Caitlin books tickets to Australia—anything to get as far away as possible.

Matt O'Connor seems to have it all. Young, handsome, rich. Extremely rich, actually. But deep down, he'd give almost anything to regain the life he'd enjoyed before his father's unexpected death. Though he pretends to take his new found responsibility in stride, secretly he's struggling under the heavy weight. Kimberly Walsh is a petite, red-headed powerhouse in more ways than one. She's a success in real estate at the very young age of 23 and she can take care of herself. But her success is often attributed to her parents who own the big firm she works for. She knows she's good, but she ...

Bella Beckett is clearing out her mother Betty’s house when she finds a hidden diary. On the cover, two words are written: BURN THIS. According to the diary, thirty-five years earlier, Betty witnessed the murder of Bella’s childhood friend, Vicky. The diary is quickly dismissed by the police as fiction – Betty’s attempt at creative writing – but Bella is convinced they are wrong. As she uncovers a series of dark connections, it is clear Vicky’s killer is still at large. And they weren’t just someone familiar to Betty, but a person Bella herself knows well…

Once upon a time, Natasha believed in love. At nineteen, her heart was captivated by a man who promised her the world, only to vanish, leaving her to carry the weight of shattered dreams—and the child she never expected. A decade later, Natasha is focused on providing love and stability for her daughter, determined to break the cycle of poverty and trauma that haunted her own childhood. As they settle into the peaceful rhythms of Settlers Bridge, Natasha is drawn to the local mechanic, Hamish, whose quiet strength stirs feelings she hadn't expected to ever experience again.

It's been fifteen years since Lucy Sinclair saw her father. Fifteen long years since she sat in a courtroom and watched him sentenced to life in prison. He murdered three victims—all people she knew—which ruined her life at just seventeen. But now she's back in Virginia to talk to him, wondering if there's more to the story of what happened that fateful night.

When the sudden death of his mother forces outback opal miner Jack Hargreaves home to Wirralong, his plan is simple: mourn his mother, sort out the family farm and get the hell out of the town that has always hated him. But Elsa O'Donoghue, the beautiful hairdresser with a big heart and even brighter smile, has other plans.

Inge Klottka (71) lebt auf dem Dykenhof ihren Traum einer Frauenwohngemeinschaft. Als der benachbarte queere Facettenhof sein zehnjähriges Jubiläum mit einem großen Fest feiern will, zieht Inge nach – mit ihrer eigenen Feier zum Dreißigsten, am selben Tag! Wiesenbüttel steht Kopf. Bald findet die 17-jährige Kati im Ruhrgebiet eine rätselhafte Einladung. Kati ahnt: In Wiesenbüttel könnte sie das Geheimnis um die Trennung ihrer Mütter lüften.

Valentine Bernard is a dazzling professional trick rider constantly on the road, trying to escape the manipulative past with her ex-manager. He stole from her and controlled every aspect of her life. Sheriff Mark Talbot is a stoic Montana man deeply rooted in his hometown and dedicated to duty and family, convinced romance isn't in the cards for him. Their paths collide at a rodeo when Mark witnesses the ex-manager harassing Val and intervenes. An undeniable connection sparks despite their reservations. They begin a long-distance relationship, their bond growing through calls and letters. ...

Stories for Fun: Insanity is a delightful collection of short stories that celebrates the lighter side of life. In this second installment of the Stories for Fun series, author Brad S. Wilson brings his signature wit and warmth to tales of everyday madness and mirth.

Emma thought she had left Willow Creek—and Liam—behind for good. Chasing dreams of success and independence, she traded the quiet charm of her small-town life for the bustling energy of the city. But years later, heartbroken and disillusioned, she finds herself drawn back to the place she once called home.