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She’s willing to fake it for money. Just my type of lady. But this isn’t just one night. I need 12 dates for a series of Christmas parties to promote my hotels. Being a forever bachelor means that I don’t have time for love or the games it plays. A fake date from an agency should solve my problems nicely. Not only is she stunning and everything I would choose if someone gave me a checklist, but she’s studying to become a surgeon. I’d gladly let her play doctor on me. But this job isn’t an easy one.

If you like Max Hastings and World War II naval history, then you will love this autobiography, which gives an easy-to-understand insider view of life in the Royal Navy during the war. Ronnie Turner had set his sights on a career with the Royal Navy, and like Ant Middleton, he wouldn't stop until he'd achieved his goal of having "a smack at the boche". Drawn from Ronnie's illegal war diary, this enjoyable tale of pocket battleships, torpedoed crews, and Admiral Harwood's tattoos, all sprinkled with Spike Milligan-like humor, make this a story you won't want to put down.

Piper. The one I fell for during my time with the Casanova Club. It seems that I can’t shake her loose no matter how hard I try. My art and my work have been a welcome distraction, but they’re not enough. Until I meet the daughter of one of my old mentors, and everything changes. She’s an art student as talented as they come, but her pieces pale in comparison to her beauty.

Parker’s poems continue to resonate today. She was trying to make sense of who she was in a world that was busy telling her who she could and should be, regardless of how she felt about it. Aren’t we all? Having Parker’s acerbic irreverence and wit reflect our own lives back to us, in which, as she says, “good and bad are woven in a crazy plaid”, gives us reassurance, perspective, courage, and a much needed laugh.

This untouched princess is ours. We’re royal, rich, and we’ve both got absolutely enormous…castles. Women practically line up for our princely pleasures - and if they’re lucky, we’ll even share the same woman. Nothing’s off limits for the two of us, no matter how dirty.

Once you finish this book, you will become an expert reader of behaviors and body language and spot liars the moment they enter the room. There’s great value in having the skill to detect lies - this is going to help you in all spheres of your life, starting from your personal relationships to your professional life. There’s no particular thing that you need to look for in order to detect deception - there are a lot of things that make up the process, and you will learn all of them here.

Understanding, nurturing, and developing people are critical in every professional and personal relationship. But how can you get a clear picture of a person, including their needs, wants, strengths, challenges, and capabilities? There are many powerful assessment tools on the market and an overwhelming number of opinions regarding which are the best to use.

Alle suchen am Land ihr Glück, aber jeder findet etwas anderes. Paul findet billiges Bauland, Affären und ein paar seltsame Gewächse. Vera findet ihren Ex, einen Job als schlecht bezahlte Lokaljournalistin und jede Menge Nacktschnecken. Johanna findet, die Zuagroasten haben mehr Geld als Verstand. Die würden sogar Brennnesseln kaufen, wenn ein Preispickerl dran wäre. Und Harald findet, dass es ein großer Fehler war, diesen Zuagroasten unter die Arme zu greifen. Denn jeder Gefallen rächt sich.

In the world of antiques and collectibles, it helps to have a sharp eye for quality, a good ear for gossip, and a nose for murder. When the female antiques dealer she was meant to interview turns up dead, Collector's Weekly reporter Molly Appleby can't help but wonder why anyone would kill a woman so new to the area. Before she can spend much time pondering means or motive, Molly discovers that the father she never knew is keen on a reconciliation. And while it seems unlikely that his sudden interest and the death of the dealer are connected, Molly soon learns otherwise.

In the North West criminal underworld, a deal goes tragically wrong, resulting in war between the two main organised crime factions in the region. Shockwaves rock the 30-mile gap between Liverpool and Manchester - with retired detective Brendan Foley right in the middle of it all....

This is the true story of Aemilius Felix Boioannes the younger, the intended and unintended consequence of his life, the bad stuff he did on purpose and the good stuff that happened in spite of him.

Never in a million years did I expect to fall in love. Let alone with her. My favorite childhood enemy. This girl used to make my blood boil just by walking in the room. Now she does other things to me with nothing more than a look. And it’s making me want more than the tense passion we keep doing nothing about. I’ll break down her walls and show her a side of me she’s never seen. One that will steal her breath and hold her heart hostage. It’s my first time to entertain the idea of forever, but she leaves me no choice.

Art has been a staple in most cultures across the world, firmly having rooted itself as a means of communicating one’s understanding of themselves and the world around them. A great number of people in the world develop a natural passion for the act of creation, irrespective of talent. However, most of those who pursue the arts start off self-taught, and when they get to the point where they can take classes, there is a mix of bad habits and misunderstood techniques that they have to unlearn in order to improve.

Being deprived of gathering has revealed just how important it is to us; to connect with others, collaborate, share ideas and create moving, life-affirming experiences. At a time when coming together is more crucial than ever, Priya Parker sets forth a human-centred approach to gathering that can help everyone create meaningful, memorable experiences in their lives, large and small, for work and for play.

If he thinks for one minute he’s getting into these candy panties, he’s wrong. But I’ll give him a run for his money. This girl’s going down with a fight. The drunk video that was made with me calling him out for being the villain he is went viral. I’m both impressed and appalled. He’s far too smooth for his own good, and way too hot for mine. All is fair in love and war - until one night, we both lay down our weapons and concede. For one night. Besides, one night of passion has never hurt anyone, right? And all of that on Valentine’s Day.

Hazel never knew about magic, talking animals, other worlds, or how to travel from one to another. That is, until she met Mr. Sploot, a retired adventurer turned realtor. Through giving Hazel her first lessons in adventure and the fundamental tool of wisdom, Mr. Sploot ignites Hazel’s desire to become an adventurer. After moving from their home in the city and to a frightfully small village, Hazel meets a special couple. And there, in the middle of the night on a cold shale beach, surrounded by darkness and mystery, is where Hazel’s life as an adventurer first begins.

I wasn’t supposed to be on that roof on Valentine’s Day. Neither was Kellan Marchetti, the school’s designated freak. We met on the verge of ending our lives. Somehow, the tattered strings of our tragedies tangled and tightened into an unlikely bond. We decided not to take the plunge and agreed to check on each other every Valentine’s Day until school ended. Same time. One roof. Two restless souls. We kept our promise for three years.

In the summer of 1776, when Thomas Jefferson arrived in Philadelphia to sign the Declaration of Independence, declaring that “all men are created equal,” he wasn’t alone. With him was Robert Hemings, just one of the many Black people Jefferson enslaved. But who was Robert Hemings? Discover his story and the true history of those who really helped build America. Featuring riveting interviews with historians, including Margaret Kimberley, author of Prejudential: Black America and the Presidents, The Founders Unmasked is a quest for the whole truth, good and bad.

The epic tale of The Tesseract Codex continues as it drops you right into the middle of the action with a gang of interplanetary mobsters hunting down a Special Forces agent in the streets of Habston, determined to kill him. It quickly became a running gun battle as John Korbin and the crew of the Tesseract tried to save him. So Special Forces formed a plan to hire the Tesseract to secretly deliver their agents to Daggan-7. Their plan would end this business with the interplanetary gangsters once and for all.

Reckless is my middle name. Guess that’s why I got a medical discharge from the military. A fighter pilot with no plane to fly is a very unhappy boy. So commercial airlines, here I come. Thanks to a bit of serendipity, I end up in Fiji with a hot as hell, broken-hearted woman. Poor thing got stood up at the altar and decided to go on her honeymoon anyway. The man who did it must be an idiot. This woman is everything any man would want in his life or his bed.