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When Hope Inkwell gets lost she is rescued by Lucky. Hope has been hurt in the past and has strengthened her walls and no one is getting in ever again. When Lucky rescues Hope he doesn't count on her rescuing him right back. Maybe Lucky will finally be lucky in love.

"Blütezeit" ist der zweite Teil der ungekürzten Lesung von Casanovas "Geschichte meines Lebens". In den mehr als 42 Stunden schildert Casanova nicht nur seine zahlreichen amourösen Abenteuer. Er richtet auch in Paris eine Lotterie ein, erzählt vom Mordversuch an Ludwig XV, gerät später selbst mit der Justiz aneinander und beschließt, Mönch zu werden. Aber er ändert schnell seinen Entschluss und reist als Geheimagent nach Holland.

As Bridget — elder vampire and former assassin to the mother of vampires — celebrates with her soon-to-be fledgling, Sébastien, the tranquility of Paris is destroyed by violence. Over a hundred people lie dead…among them, Sébastien. Grief-stricken and furious, Bridget vows to return to her former role — using her preternatural powers to bear on those who kill so many innocents. And unexpected help arrives as other vampires — sick of the destruction of their prey and the history they’ve lived through and built — join her cause.

Vous prenez trois entrepreneurs français. Vous leur donnez une valise remplie de poudre blanche et vous les envoyez à Cuba. Bien évidemment, Maurice, Albert et Bronski ont sauté sur l'occasion. Arrivés à la Havane, le trio de barbouzes marseillais monte "Pain de Paris", la première entreprise française créée sur l'île de Fidel. Et oui, parce que cette poudre n'est pas de la cocaïne... mais de la farine. Entre espionnage, rivalités fraternelles et menaces, difficile de se faire une place au chaud sous l'ère Castro.

It’s a hot summer night, and Hugh Dalgarno, a 31-year-old clerical worker, thinks his brain is broken. Over the course of a day and night in an uncannily depopulated public park, he will sift through the pieces and traverse the baroque landscape of his own thoughts: the theology of nosiness, the beauty of the arbutus tree, the pathos of Gene Hackman, the theory of quantum immortality, Louis Riel’s letter to an Irish newspaper, the baleful influence of Calvinism on the Scottish working class, the sea, the CIA, and, ultimately, thinking itself and how it may be represented in writing.

Branson Cudahy is as southern as it gets, a cyber-crime investigator from happily landlocked Lexington, Kentucky. He has been chasing a hacker for three years, and now the trail has led him to Lobster Cove, Maine... which is a real problem for a guy with a shellfish allergy. Jenna Sanborn waits tables to pay the bills, but she dreams of opening a quilt shop in the heart of town. She'd never even think of leaving Lobster Cove, but the handsome newcomer is tempting.

Every time Brock McCauley locks eyes with Zoe Onella, his heart aches. Though Zoe explains why she skipped town, leaving him at the altar years ago, Brock refuses to go down that road again. After all, she's only back in Anniversary, Texas, to help investigate the bizarre disappearance of her best friend, Shayna.

Can the hooker find love? Judy's a hooker who falls in love with an attorney and lies about her profession. When an abusive client begins to stalk her, she turns to the strong man for her former pimp to take care of it. The client ends up dead, and in the aftermath, Judy's white lies and past secrets backfire. Once they're revealed, the man she loves walks away. Can she put her life back together? Can he forgive the lies and the deceit? Some things can be forgiven, and some things can't.

Ein stürmischer Oktoberabend: In seinem Wochenendhaus am Starnberger See wird ein pensionierter Kinderarzt tot aufgefunden. An eine Heizung gefesselt, ist er langsam verdurstet - ein qualvoller Tod. War es Rache oder doch nur ein Raubmord? Kommissar Konstantin Dühnfort enthüllt nach und nach den dunklen Charakter des Toten und stößt auf ein Drama, das seine längst erwachsenen Kinder bis heute verfolgt.

Constance plans to spend the entire Christmas break alone in her small mountain cabin with only her vibrator for company. But when a heavy storm sees a hiker seek refuge in the only shelter for miles around, things get a little more steamy....

Embark on a rollicking adventure to the enchanting shores of Mango Island, where dreams are as diverse as the colorful characters who inhabit it. In this uproarious contemporary tale, a motley crew of residents—from illegal Colombians to enigmatic sea captains, from a passionate French chef to affluent Iowa farmers—converge in pursuit of their American dreams. Amidst bankrupt diamond dealers and unexpected encounters with a charismatic porn star, each inhabitant of this eccentric island community finds unexpected ways to carve out their slice of paradise.

Holmes' Erzfeind, das gefährliche Verbrechergenie Farley Straker, hat sich in den Besitz einer Formel zum Bau einer Bombe mit verheerender Zerstörungskraft gebracht. Als es Holmes gelingt, Straker in einem verschlafenen Dorf an der englischen Ostküste aufzuspüren, lässt der erste Mord nicht lange auf sich warten. Doch ausgerechnet Straker hat ein wasserdichtes Alibi: die Gesellschaft von Sherlock Holmes persönlich!

Cinnamon Haynes has fought hard for everything she has – her marriage, a stable job as a career counsellor, and home of her own. She’s overcome the difficult circumstances of her childhood to build this life, and yet, she can’t help but wonder...is this all there is? Just nineteen years old, Daisy Dunlap has already faced her share of hardships, but she has big dreams for her future. A future which is threatened when she gets unexpectedly pregnant and, desperate and alone, she makes a drastic decision with devastating consequences.

Auf einem Passagierdampfer von New York nach Buenos Aires begegnen sich der Schachweltmeister Czentovic, der Öl-Millionär McConnor und der unscheinbare Dr. B. Eher zufällig tritt dieser gegen Czentovic an und besiegt zum Erstaunen aller seinen routinierten Gegner mit verspielter Leichtigkeit. Doch das Schachspiel fördert bei Dr. B., einem österreichischen Emigranten, Erinnerungen an den Terror seiner Inhaftierung im Nationalsozialismus zutage.

Bianca Bridge has always dreamt of becoming a writer. But Trinidadian high society can be unforgiving, and having an affair with a married government minister is a sure-fire way to ruin your prospects. When Obadiah Cortland, make-up artist and legend in the island's beauty scene, offers her a job as a lowly assistant, Bianca reluctantly accepts that working on his beauty magazine is the closest to her dreams she's going to get. But Obadiah has a reputation for being aloof and tyrannical, and it will take all the strength her mother taught her to endure it.

In this book, I share about my experience with being a witness and a victim to a murder-suicide. The experience was with two friends who recently separated and were potentially headed to divorce. I knew Eddie and Stacey were having problems, but what I didn't know was that Eddie was prepared to end the lives of he and Stacey.

Vous prenez trois entrepreneurs français. Vous leur donnez une valise remplie de poudre blanche et vous les envoyez à Cuba. Bien évidemment, Maurice, Albert et Bronski ont sauté sur l'occasion. Arrivés à la Havane, le trio de barbouzes marseillais monte "Pain de Paris", la première entreprise française créée sur l'île de Fidel. Et oui, parce que cette poudre n'est pas de la cocaïne... mais de la farine. Entre espionnage, rivalités fraternelles et menaces, difficile de se faire une place au chaud sous l'ère Castro.

To Violet Foster, the past 10 years have been a continual replay of an ill-fated night in high school. Without warning, she went from Downriver’s sweetheart to unintentional adult film star, her most intimate moments shared with the world in 10-second loops. She's lost friends, been forced to change career plans, and had to stop dating because of that one indiscretion. The last thing she wants is to return to the scene of the crime, but with her grandma’s health failing, she doesn’t have a choice.

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast comedy by Alexis Zegerman about the hectic life of a single mother, originally broadcast 25 August - 29 September 2010.'Mum's on the Run' is a modern-day twist on the single-family situation. It follows the hectic life ('What life?') of single mum, Jen.

For weeks, she’s been working on a prototype enlarging ray. Her entire lab thinks they are weeks from getting it working, but she’s been sabotaging progress at every turn. At night, she fixes the machine and plugs in her working code. It feels so good to grow. But on a night when everyone should be gone, she discovers there are two people still in the lab. She’s already zapped herself, and with 10 minutes remaining until she starts to grow, she knows she’ll need to come clean.