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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.

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.

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.

Ричард Руссо снова приглашает нас в уютный, ставший уже родным Норт-Бат. «Дураки все» — второй роман трилогии о маленьком американском городке, где все друг друга знают, с трудом терпят, но в беде никогда не бросят. С присущим ему юмором автор рассказывает о жизни, где всё нелепо, случайно и до слез трогательно. О людях, для которых простота — не слабость, а способ выживания. И о городе, где тебя ждут, даже если ты сам не уверен, что хочешь вернуться.

Förändringens vindar viner över Rosengädda. När Farbod öppnar en läkarstation i byn utlöser det en kedjereaktion av nybyggaranda. Handelsboden renoveras, en förskola startas och plötsligt är det fler som gifter sig än begravs i Rosengädda. Halleluja–det var verkligen på tiden! Farbods passioneradetro på byn smittar alla. Eller nästan alla.

Franco Jeffries, a six-year-old boy, likes wearing dresses…and Franco’s decision to wear a dress puts him at the center of a much larger debate....

A bittersweet story of a girl and a vampyre on a quest to discover what it means to be alive. When Moxie, a human aspiring artist fresh out of high school, stumbles across Tom, a handsome WWII veteran turned vampyre, she has to quickly adapt to the reality of supernatural monsters in the world. Human monsters, however, she’s been well aware of and Tom is nothing of the kind in more ways than one. In fact, he might just be the key to her freedom in this era of sock hops and white picket fences.

Walter Schuler was undeniably dead, and there was no getting around that fact. But what led to his demise? Was there a goose involved in some way? Can a man truly be considered dead if no one in a position of authority is there to confirm it? Walter Schuler was gone, but did anyone actually care? As he rests in the deep freezer of his mansion, alongside a dead deer head that seems to have its own grievances with him, these are the kinds of questions he finds himself pondering.

But sometimes the heart has a mind of its own. It falls without warning. The last thing I want to do is fall for the angry cowboy. Blair Andrews has spent the better part of her adulthood playing trophy wife to her politician husband in San Francisco. All she knows is her pampered, polished, perfect life. Until it all comes crashing down around her. After hiding out in her sister’s spare bedroom for months to avoid pitying looks on the streets, she decides it’s time to escape city life and learn to stand on her own.

When Detective Morgan Brookes is urgently called to her Aunt Ettie’s cottage, hidden in Covel Woods, she rushes to the scene. Panicked Ettie is shaken having discovered the chilling remains of a woman in the river, one skeletal hand reaching out from the deep water. The unknown woman was dressed to walk the rugged trails of the Lake District, so Morgan’s team assume she fell in the water and was taken by the current. But thin diagonal bruises on her neck suggest something far more sinister.

On Our Selection is a collection of humorous short stories by Australian author Steele Rudd. It follows the trials and tribulations of the Rudd family, pioneers carving out a living in the Australian bush. The book humorously depicts the struggles of farming life, the resilience of the settlers, and the quirks of rural Australian society.

Lara Bennett is world-famous in Ribbonwood, population 907. She's the woman you don't trust your husband with: a real-life femme fatale. If there's a scandal in town, she's at the center of it, ruining businesses, marriages, and egos everywhere she goes, with her sharp tongue and that body that makes you look twice. Besides… didn't she more or less kill a man?

I should've married my childhood best friend, but I chose another man. Now I'm a single mom, back in my hometown, trying to make ends meet, and my ex-bestie is my new boss. The moment our eyes meet, I know I'm the last woman on earth Nash McCreedy wants to see. Now we're forced to work together and face old memories I've avoided for years. Everywhere I look, he's there, and it doesn't help that he's the only man I've ever loved. I ignore him and the bubbling feelings for as long as I can, but fail.

Grady Stevens doesn't need love. He needs a partner. A practical, no-nonsense wife to keep his rugged life in order and care for his aging black sheepdog while he spends his days deep in the forest, working as a brooding, solitary lumberjack. Inspired by his best friend's successful mail-order bride story, Grady places an ad for his own bride. But what he gets is not what he expected.

¿Quién hubiera pensado que el invierno en Escocia podría ser tan caliente...? Hacia fuera, la vida de Ava parece perfecta: tiene una carrera estelar, forma parte de una pareja poderosa y un estilo de lo más chic. En realidad, su agencia de diseño de interiores está al borde del colapso: su novio, tan guapo, resulta ser un descarado, y sus trajes de diseño son totalmente inadecuados. ¿Viento y tormentas en Escocia para rediseñar un viejo castillo en Navidad? No, gracias.

Mick Hardin returns to the trials and tribulations of local sheriff duties, whilst the previous sheriff, his sister Linda, recovers from a gunshot wound sustained in the line of duty. Living in Linda's house in Rocksalt, Mick finds himself entwined in the trials and tribulations of being a sheriff in the perturbing Kentucky community. Unable to retire from a world of dubiousness and violence, Mick Hardin is back with determination to deliver retribution.

Elisa Levi's That's All I Know explores the toll of caring for those who cannot care for themselves, the fear of the unknown that anchors people to unfulfilling lives, and the bravery it takes to stop deceiving oneself, to give in to longing.

Rory Jones prided herself on the successful life she’d built as a wellness influencer and author – until she walked in on her boyfriend with another woman after a family funeral. Forced to run away to her late great aunt’s ranch in Colorado, Rory’s hoping that fixing up and selling the place will help her find her confidence and inspiration to write again. But Wyatt Hensley, the grumpy head rancher, isn’t willing to hand over the reins to the job he gave everything up for. Especially not to a yoga-loving, manifestation guru who doesn’t even know how to ride a horse.

From one of the most acclaimed Irish writers today, a new novel about smalltown Ireland that explores a community on the mend and the power of love and trauma to both bring people together and divide them

Though Jules has spent her adult life bouncing from one farm to another, it never mattered: home was always where her horses were. But now, newly engaged and pregnant, she is yearning for a place she can truly call home. Alachua Eventing Co-Op once felt like that, but the co-op board is making Jules’ life difficult again, and her good friend (and professional rival) Kit seems destined to take Jules’ spot as head instructor. When Jules’ doctor forbids her from getting into the saddle until the baby comes, Jules has a full-blown existential crisis. Who is she if she’s not on horseback?