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Having been married for over 40 years, 69-year-old Arthur Pepper is mourning the loss of his wife. He finally musters the courage to go through her possessions and happens upon a charm bracelet that he has never seen before. What follows is a surprising adventure that takes Arthur on an epic quest to find out the truth about his wife’s life - a journey that leads him to find healing, self-discovery, and love in the most unexpected of places.

Just weeks before retirement, CIA operative Drenna Steel and boyfriend Trevor Lambert are run off a mountain road by another vehicle. Drenna survives the crash, but Trevor doesn't.

Pepper Minesse is a success: a wealthy, stylish businesswoman who commands respect. But she owes that success to a thirst for revenge. Twelve years have given her the ammunition to ruin the four men responsible for the event that destroyed her as a woman - their careers for her lost innocence. At a formal meeting, Pepper offers them an impossible choice between resignation and blackmail.

In the murky underbelly of the Spanish criminal world, a brutal battle rages for control of the cocaine trade. Caught in the crossfire is Joseph, a boy who's deaf and haunted by a strange gift - the ability to communicate with the dead. Torn from the only life he's known, Joseph's English mother, sends him on a perilous journey along the Camino de Santiago, to her estranged father, Fish - an ex-squaddie and Chief Warder of the Tower of London, a fortress, like Fish, steeped in history and dark secrets.

Willowvine yearns for inclusion. Banished by the elven community for bringing bad luck as an orphan, she wishes she could earn her way back in...just to have the pleasure of turning them down.

In the aftermath of Retribution, former CIA assassin Drenna Steel is traveling across Europe, drinking heavily to dull the pain of a tragic loss. After arriving in Belfast, she soon realizes someone is watching her. The person is crafty, a master of the shadows. But who is he? No one is supposed to know where she's at.

A deeply nuanced look at the criminal justice system in America and the unequal treatment of women offenders within it. Justine Morgan had made some bad decisions in her young life but by far the worst of those was to fall in love with a charming man who would ultimately lead her into a world of trouble and crime. A law student at university, Justine was heading toward her desired goal of becoming a lawyer when Carl sat down beside her one day in her statistics class. Love and naiveté allowed Justine to meekly surrender her dreams, drop out, and blindly follow Carl wherever he commanded. ...

Mercedes Jenkins ist jung, schön und als Clubmädchen ein Teil des Demons Hell MCs. Obwohl die junge Frau nach außen hin tough wirkt, sieht es in ihrem Inneren ganz anders aus, denn sie leidet bereits seit ihrer Kindheit an schrecklichen Albträumen. Und als ob das noch nicht genug wäre, muss sie ständig einen Blick über ihre Schultern werfen, in der Angst, dass ihre Vergangenheit sie einholt. Einzig Steel, dem Vize der Demons Hell, hat sie sich seinerzeit anvertraut, nachdem er einen Überfall auf sie vereitelt hat.

Ever since running away from home as a teen, Hope Callahan has lived a rough life, often on the other side of the law. When a drug deal goes bad, she’s found in the desert beaten and nearly dead by Ozzie Byrd, a scruffy old guy in an RV. Ozzie has his own criminal past, but through him, Hope is given a chance at a new life. Will she grab this unexpected and unusual opportunity, or run from it, trying to stay alive on her own?

The Strange Husband is the story of a newly married couple from the state of New York, who decided to make their home in the Oregon Territory in 1848. Shortly after beginning their journey on the Oregon Trail, sickness causes Callie, the wife of John Wideman, to be delirious at times. After being separated from the rest of the wagon train, they meet a stranger. After a while Callie feels that the man who claims to be her husband is indeed not her husband, but the stranger. Is her mind playing games with her or is it really happening?

Alice is a scientist who relies on method, precision and proof. But when her relationship with artist Peter Brown collapses, she is forced to evaluate her own life for the first time. In her thirties, childless, it is time to break away.

Four women. Four decades of friendship. Four twisted relationships. Roxanne – the popular beauty whose encounter with Ted Bundy seals her fate when he murders the young women who are her sorority sisters. Her guilt turns her into a bully with dark and mysterious motives as she seeks revenge. Jackie – the peacemaker who settles for a revenge marriage instead of sweet love when she marries the bully from college surprising everyone when her dark enemy turns into her lover. It takes her decades to realize the truth about her marriage and complicated friendship with Roxanne. Charlene – ...

Her wedding day was perfect… …until the unthinkable happened. What would she do? Taylor had looked forward to this day for her whole life and the worst thing possible happened. He bolted. Trey’s groomsman said there was an emergency, but what sort of crisis was bad enough to leave her at the altar? What was her next move? It was all so confusing. Taylor knew their love was strong. She just couldn’t figure out what happened and before she could wrap her head around the whole mess, two men tried to burn down their bar. What was happening to her world? She planned to find out. Her ...

Evelyn and Sophie, sisters and best friends, were known as one of the climbing world’s strongest teams—but that was before Evelyn had an affair with Sophie’s husband. Now they can’t even be in the same room together. That is, until they’re both offered a mountaineer’s dream: a chance to summit the eight-thousand-meter peak Yama Parvat.

As her lover’s sanity deteriorates, Kit is forced to team up with a seductive vampire with ulterior motives. And when the perilous domain’s existence is confirmed, Kit has only one option remaining: risk her life to enter and hope to return with the cure.

The cast of characters includes Consuelo and Sophia, who are two devilishly clever old ladies. They are the Box Girls. They were raised in a very isolated way by their parents for the sake of safety, as if raised in a box. They developed special skills in their isolation that serve them well. Together they own Magnus Detective Agency.

Ex-Marine Richard Drake is on the lookout for threats to his high-profile client living on St. Mark, smallest of the US Virgin Islands. His cover as a charter sailboat captain enables him to gather gossip among the US and British islands during lazy days and balmy nights. Richard’s peaceful routine is shattered when a terrified Sophie Cooper arrives on the run and begs him to take her to isolated St. Mark. Richard agrees. She has good reason to be scared – her ex-boyfriend, Cliff Webb. She has overheard one too many party conversations at his Palm Beach mansion, where they lived ...

From the white heat of Miami to the implants of LA, the glittering waters of the Caribbean to the deserts of Arabia, Olivia Joules pits herself against the forces of terror - armed only with a hatpin, razor sharp wits, and a very special underwired bra.

Bremen, 1874. Schon als kleines Mädchen träumt Bettina Vosskamp davon, ihrem Elternhaus zu entfliehen. Ihr sehnlichster Wunsch ist es, zu ihrer Großmutter Lene nach Indien zu reisen, die dort eine Teeplantage besitzt. Als Bettina viele Jahre später "Brennys Garden" in Darjeeling erbt, ist sie entschlossen, Lenes Lebenswerk zu bewahren. Doch dort stehen ihr wirtschaftliche Nöte, ein bedrohliches Erdbeben und die Behauptung in einer harten Männerwelt bevor. Aber Bettina lässt sich nicht entmutigen – und setzt alles daran, endlich auch ihr eigenes Glück zu finden.

Growing up, he was her tormentor. Now he’s her only hope. Landon Trace, cofounder of WEST Protection, is minding his own business at a family wedding when a woman from his past literally jumps into his arms. His best friend’s little sister sure has grown up in the fifteen years since he’s seen her, but the way she catches his eye isn’t the real issue. She’s in danger—and he’s her only hope. In their youth, Elliot—aka Ells—Watson couldn’t stand Landon’s company. He spent every spare second teasing her, pulling her braids and making fun of her name. Now she has to put ...