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When Mom told me she was getting married again and moving her new husband and his 24-year-old son in with us, I thought I’d just have to spend as much time as possible studying in the campus library to avoid all of them. I certainly never expected to learn that the marriage was simply a mutually beneficial arrangement for my mom and new stepfather, Mr. Winters. They don’t actually have feelings toward each other. I also didn’t expect him and my stepbrother, Dominick, to be such handsome, Viking-like men. Or for them to take such an interest in me.

Sofia, Brendan, and Aidan and the rest of the gang are back in this fun and funny mystery set in glamorous Malibu, California. Sofia goes undercover in a seemingly harmless cult called The Church of The Divine Goddess. At the same time, she has to protect an overly amorous English Bulldog from crazed Aussie movie star, Bruce Brunt, who wants to do to Harvey what legions of women would love to do to Bruce - cut off his marble pouch! 

One night changed everything.... Daphne’s a beauty who doesn’t know it. A wallflower blossoming into the belle of the ball. A beautiful lie. My lifelong obsession. Her father stole from me and now I’ll have my revenge. I’ll steal her away, take her to my castle. Lock her in my tower. Make her a captive to her passions. She’ll crave the one who keeps her. She’ll crave me. I’m the masked phantom in the shadows. The Minotaur in the labyrinth. The danger her father warned her about. More monster than man. She’s Beauty, and I’m the Beast.

When the daughter of a Chinese billionaire is kidnapped from her mansion in Arcadia, California, Ryan and Ty find themselves caught in the middle of a vicious standoff. Emily Yan is a Chinese "parachute kid", one of thousands of children sent to study in America by their ultra-wealthy parents. Living in a multi-million dollar mansion in Arcadia, California with her hard-partying cousin Charlie, it's not long before their ostentatious displays of wealth attract the wrong sort of attention in the form of some MS-13 gang members.

Hot Honolulu bachelor Jack Sloane has finally fallen in love. Problem is, he can't find his woman - a mysterious beauty who showed up after-hours at his Waikiki office is nowhere to be found. Worse, she doesn't seem interested in a repeat of the erotic night they spent together. The one person who can help him find his heart's desire is his frumpy secretary. Dowdy office wallflower Keely St. John has no intention of fanning her gorgeous boss' flame.

From the moment I scent her, I have to have her underneath me. The human female spins and runs straight into my chest. “Oh!” she says but then she stops, frozen as she stares up at me. “Hi.” I, too, am stopped in place. This female is nothing like the others I have seen. She is petite, with long flowing black hair. Her features are as foreign to me as any humans, but for some reason I find her face pleasing. Before I can think better of it, my tongue sneaks out over my lips to scent my surroundings.

De nieuwe serie van internationale bestsellerauteur Holly Black, van wie er wereldwijd al miljoenen boeken over de toonbank gingen. Natuurlijk wil ik zijn zoals zij. Ze zijn prachtig, als zwaarden gesmeed in een hemels vuur. Cardan is nog mooier dan de rest. Hem haat ik het allermeest. Ik haat hem zo erg dat soms, als ik naar hem kijk, ik nauwelijks kan ademhalen. Toen Jude zeven was, kwam er een vreemde man langs: een man met gekke kleren, puntige oren en een donderstem. Voor Jude wist wat er gebeurde, haalde hij een zwaard tevoorschijn en vermoordde daarmee haar ouders.

Christian Stern, un joven alquimista, erudito y ambicioso, llega a Praga en el amargo invierno de 1599 con la intención de hacer fortuna en la corte del Sacro Emperador Romano, el excéntrico Rodolfo II, sobrino de Felipe II. La noche de su llegada, borracho y perdido, Christian tropieza en el Callejón del Oro, junto al castillo, con el cuerpo de una joven tendido en la nieve. Vestida de terciopelo y con gorguera de encaje, luce en el pecho un gran medallón de oro y un profundo tajo a lo largo del cuello.

Dame Sue Black es una de las científicas forenses más reconocidas del mundo y se enfrenta a la muerte todos los días: analiza restos mortales humanos en su laboratorio, en lugares de entierro y en escenas de violencia, asesinatos y desmembramiento criminal. Sus aportaciones en el análisis de muertes en masa debido a guerras, desastres naturales o accidentes han sido fundamentales. La autora revela los muchos rostros de la muerte que ha llegado a conocer, utilizando distintos casos clave y experiencias de su vida personal para explorar cómo se ha desarrollado la ciencia forense.

Die faszinierende Rückkehr in die magische Welt von Elfenheim! Es war einmal ein Junge mit einer bösen Zunge... Bevor er Prinz und König wurde, war er ein Elfenkind mit einem Herzen aus Stein. New-York-Times-Bestsellerautorin Holly Black gibt den Blick frei auf das bewegte Leben des faszinierenden Elfenkönigs Cardan. Die Geschichten enthalten aufregende Einblicke in eine Zeit, die vor Elfenkrone spielt, ein Abenteuer, das nach Elfenthron stattfindet, und bekannte Szenen aus der Elfenkrone-Trilogie, allesamt aus Cardans Sicht erzählt.

An die Macht zu kommen ist einfacher, als an der Macht zu bleiben - das weiß keiner besser als Jude. Zwar ist sie die neue Elfenkönigin, doch König Cardan hat sie verraten und ins Exil geschickt. Um ihrer Schwester Taryn zu helfen, deren Leben in Gefahr ist, kehrt Jude nun an den Hof der Elfen zurück, entschlossen, ihre Position zurückzuerobern und Cardan nie wieder in ihr Herz zu lassen. Doch am Hof ist nichts mehr, wie es war.

Sei so stark wie der König der Elfen selbst... Jude hat nur ein Ziel - als geheime Macht hinter dem Thron ihren Ziehbruder Oak, den wahren Erben des Elfenreichs, zu beschützen. Dafür hat sie Cardan, den neuen König der Elfen, an sich gebunden und zieht im Geheimen die Fäden. Die Geschicke von Faerie zu lenken, wäre schon schwierig genug.

Ein gefährlicher Machtkampf, eine Elfenkrone und ein Mädchen... "Natürlich möchte ich wie sie sein. Sie sind unsterblich. Cardan ist der Schönste von allen. Und ich hasse ihn mehr als den Rest. Ich hasse ihn so sehr, dass ich manchmal kaum Luft bekomme, wenn ich ihn ansehe..." Jude ist sieben, als ihre Eltern ermordet werden und sie gemeinsam mit ihren Schwestern an den Hof des Elfenkönigs verschleppt wird. Zehn Jahre später hat Jude nur ein Ziel vor Augen: dazuzugehören, um jeden Preis.

Radio westerns were aimed at kids until 1952 when Gunsmoke hit the radio airwaves. Produced for adult listeners, the stories were grim, the deaths brutal, and life on the plains was harsh. Radio audiences had never heard anything like Gunsmoke, and they made it the number one Western on radio. It soon made a successful transition to television, becoming the longest-running dramatic series in TV history.  

In this thoughtful, inspiring, and deeply personal book, comedian, actor, and father Michael Ian Black gets (mostly) serious about the trouble with masculinity. In the form of a heartfelt letter to his college-bound son - but with ideas sure to resonate for many parents - he reveals his own complicated relationship with his father, explores the damage caused by the expectations placed on boys to “man up”, and searches for the best way to help his son be part of the solution, not the problem, in a world in which the word masculinity now goes hand in hand with “toxic".

When former drug kingpin Keith "Big K" Turner is released from prison after serving 16 years, things aren't as they once were. Not only has the neighborhood he once reigned over changed; his entire family has changed as well. When his wife, Desiree, is found murdered, all fingers point to Big K's enemies in the streets. But that may be just the way the killer wants it to seem. When Detective Brice Simpson, the newly dubbed "hood detective" takes the case, he soon finds himself up against some of the hood's most dangerous people, some of whom he grew up with.

Kate Rees, a young American markswoman, has been recruited by British intelligence to drop into Paris with a dangerous assignment: assassinate the Fuhrer. Wrecked by grief after a Luftwaffe bombing killed her husband and infant daughter, she is armed with a rifle, a vendetta, and a fierce resolve. But other than rushed and rudimentary instruction, she has no formal spy training. Thrust into the red-hot center of the war, a country girl from rural Oregon finds herself holding the fate of the world in her hands.

Leila has always been stuck on her husband and never thought her love for him would dissipate. Even throughout the constant pain and suffering, she has hope that he'll come back to her. But Devon's cold heart and abandonment has left room for her to be rescued by another man. Rayshon Johnson - not the perfect man, but a better man - comes along and rolls the storm away, providing Leila with the emotional comfort she desperately desires. He kisses her where it hurts and helps her shed her insecurities, building his woman up from the inside.

For Samuel Grayson, everything is black or white. As a funeral director, there's no room for in-between. He's accustomed to dealing with life and death, though he's definitely more comfortable with the latter. Especially when it comes to a chaotic, petite, feisty ball of energy. Freedom Rayne. He's pretty sure her goal is to make his life hell, or so it appears. When Samuel boards a flight to Las Vegas for his sister's wedding, the last thing he expects is to share it with the woman who drives him crazy.

Violently gang-raped when she was 13 years old, and raped three more times before the age of 18, Madeleine has experienced more trauma in her life than most ever will. Living in a state of shock and self-loathing, it took her years of struggle to confront the buried memories of that first attack and begin to undo the damage it wrought, as men continued to take advantage of her fragility in the worst possible way. Yet she found the heart to carry out the best revenge plan of all: leading a fulfilling and happy life.