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She thought her troubles were over...they're only just getting started. Judith Rashleigh has made it. Living a life of luxury amidst the splendour of Venice, she's just starting to grow comfortable. Which is when her past catches up with her. Someone knows what Judith's done. Facing blackmail, Judith can save herself only by finding a priceless picture - unfortunately one she's convinced doesn't exist. And she isn't the only one seeking it.

This classic Victorian thriller was first produced in 1935. Jack Manningham is slowly, deliberately driving his wife, Bella, insane. He has almost succeeded when help arrives in the form of a former detective, Rough, who believes Manningham to be a thief and murderer. Aided by Bella, Rough proves Manningham's true identity, and finally Bella achieves a few moments of sweet revenge for the suffering inflicted on her.

London, 1905: The city is alight with change, and the Stephen siblings are at the forefront. Vanessa, Virginia, Thoby, and Adrian are leaving behind their childhood home and taking a house in the leafy heart of avant-garde Bloomsbury. There they bring together a glittering circle of bright, outrageous artistic friends who will grow into legend and come to be known as the Bloomsbury Group. And at the center of this charmed circle are the devoted, gifted sisters: Vanessa, the painter, and Virginia, the writer.

Notiz an mich selbst: Es ist vollkommen okay, einen Mann in einer Bar aufzureißen, um mich über Billie hinwegzutrösten, der per SMS mit mir Schluss gemacht hat. Nur sollte ich nächstes Mal nicht unbedingt Billies Dad nehmen. Dark Romance. Düstere Themen. Eindeutige Szenen. Deutliche Sprache. In sich abgeschlossen.

Ruby Genie is an orphan. Everyone expects her to have the same fantastic magical powers as her famous parents did, but Ruby can't do any magic at all, or so she thinks, and feels a complete failure. Then she begins to get smaller and smaller and smaller.

Max Riley ist Mister Romance - der Mann, dem die Frauen New Yorks zu Füßen liegen. Ob erfolgreicher CEO oder Bad Boy mit einem Herz aus Gold: Wenn der Preis stimmt, lässt er für seine Klientinnen jeden Wunsch in Erfüllung gehen - fast jeden. Denn Sex ist strikt ausgeschlossen. Genauso wie Fragen zu seiner Person, denn seine wahre Identität hält er streng geheim. Journalistin Eden Tate will hinter sein Geheimnis kommen und lässt sich auf ein gefährliches Spiel ein: drei Dates.

“Haven’t you heard about the virus?” When her BFF asks this question at the bus stop, there was no way 10-year-old Emilia could know that the global pandemic of COVID-19 was about to turn her life upside down. Based on true events, this story follows the journey of Emilia, who lives in South Korea with her teacher mother, where they both enjoy their international school community. Life is wonderful until the rapidly spreading global pandemic of COVID-19 prompts her mother to take Emilia from her home in Korea to her home in New Zealand.

Manchmal braucht es nur einen Atemzug, und die ganze Welt dreht sich. Willa befindet sich immer noch in der Gewalt ihrer Geiselnehmer, doch mit Anführer Nathan verbindet sie das zarte Band aus Kindertagen. In den tiefen Sümpfen Louisianas kommen sich die beiden näher, doch zwischen ihrer Liebe steht Isaac und auch Willas Vater ... Wird Willa den Schlüssel zu ihren verlorenen Erinnerungen finden? Und wenn ja, zu welchem Preis? Wird ihr Weg sie zerbrechen oder ihr am Ende zeigen, wer sie wirklich ist?

ROMANTIC THRILL. Willa ist die Tochter eines Milliardärs. Er besitzt nur das, was er am Leib trägt. Willa fehlen Erinnerungen. Seine sind schwarz wie der Tod. Willa ist neunzehn, außergewöhnlich feinfühlig und der Liebling ihres Dads, einem der reichsten Männer Amerikas. Als sie gezwungen wird, sich einer Bande skrupelloser Entführer auszuliefern, wird sie aus ihrem goldenen Käfig direkt in Dreck und Finsternis katapultiert. Wochen des Schreckens folgen, denn die Männer bringen ihr nur Verachtung entgegen. Vor allem ihr junger brutaler Anführer scheint sie abgrundtief zu hassen.

Haunting, uplifting, beautiful: the final work from Helen Dunmore. Helen Dunmore passed away in June 2017, leaving behind this remarkable collection of short stories. With her trademark imagination and gift for making history human, she explores the fragile ties between passion, love, family, friendship and grief, often through people facing turning points in their lives.

Katie Piper was 24 and well on her way to fulfilling her dream of becoming a model. She has the world at her feet – but then she meets Daniel Lynch on Facebook. After a horrific rape and acid attack her mind, body and spirit are snatched away. This is the inspiring story of her fight to get them back.

Wie weit würdest du für deine große Liebe gehen? Als Taylor Jensen an ein und demselben Tag nicht nur ihren Job an einen Kollegen verliert, sondern auch ihren Freund beim Fremdgehen erwischt, hat sie von Männern erst einmal genug. Völlig verzweifelt läuft sie Daniel Grant in die Arme, der ihr ein Zimmer in seiner WG anbietet. Einst waren sie beste Freunde, aber ein männlicher Mitbewohner mit sexy Tattoos und einem unwiderstehlichen Lächeln ist das Letzte, was Tae jetzt gebrauchen kann.

Das heißeste Date des Sommers! Carter Clynes ist Pilot und Playboy. In jeder Stadt hat er eine andere, etwas Festes sucht er nicht. Bis er Kendall trifft. Augenblicklich spüren die beiden eine magische Verbindung, und Carter überredet die junge Frau, ihn auf seinen weiteren Flügen zu begleiten. Es beginnt ein romantischer, turbulenter und herzzerreißender Trip, an dessen Ende Kendall die schwerste Entscheidung ihres Lebens treffen muss.

Eleven-year-old Olivia Brown has been in care since she was five. She has just been asked to leave her eighteenth placement. Her new home is a secluded farmhouse, centuries old, where she slowly bonds with her foster family. But the house holds dark secrets. The danger is real - but does it come from the twisted mind of a very disturbed child?

Becky's life is blooming! She's house-hunting with her husband, Luke, and...she's pregnant! Everything has got to be perfect for her baby, from the designer nursery to the latest, coolest pram to the celebrity, must-have obstetrician. But when the celebrity obstetrician turns out to be her husband's glamorous, intellectual ex-girlfriend, Becky's perfect world starts to crumble. She's shopping for two...but are there three in her marriage?

Rebecca is widely regarded as Daphne du Maurier's finest novel. It tells the story of Manderley, an exquisite house with gardens down to the sea; its owner Max de Winter; and his new young wife. And, of course, Rebecca.

Flora Stanza has sub-let her London life in a bid to join the family antiques business. Her knowledge of antiques extends only to the relics of information she has crammed from frantic daytime TV watching, but what she lacks in experience she makes up for in blind enthusiasm. So she is more than a little put off when she doesn't receive the warm country welcome she expected.

Twelve stories to get your little ones through the longest journeys this summer. Worried about how to keep your little ones occupied this summer? Worry no more with this compilation of 12 of the best loved stories. One hour of audio fun to keep your children entertained on even the longest journeys - keeping at bay the dreaded question: 'are we there yet'?

One late spring evening in 1912, in the kitchens at Sterne, preparations begin for an elegant supper party in honor of Emerald Torrington's twentieth birthday. But only a few miles away, a dreadful accident propels a crowd of mysterious and not altogether savory survivors to seek shelter at the ramshackle manor - and the household is thrown into confusion and mischief.

With her jaunty dissection of the sex life and the private grooming habits of the novel's 18-year-old narrator, Helen Memel, Charlotte Roche has turned the previously unspeakable into the national conversation in Germany.