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When a town goes to the wolves, desperate men turn to Matthew Morgan - town tamer. But while Matthew Morgan may prove himself big enough and strong enough and ruthless enough to conquer a town, can he survive the battle of the two beautiful women who claim his heart?

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West Golden wollte sie ruinieren, doch das wird sie nicht zulassen! Blue Rileys Ruf ist zerstört, als das verhängnisvolle Video mit ihr und dem berüchtigten Quarterback der Cypress Prep School an die Öffentlichkeit gelangt. Und nicht nur das: Auch ihr Stipendium ist dadurch in Gefahr, während Wests Position als König von Cypress Pointe unangefochten bleibt. Er wollte sie brechen sehen, doch sie ist entschlossen, zurückzuschlagen.

In 1953, Dee Danes, an orphan raised by her spiteful cousin, is inexperienced in love and desperately wants to fit in. She takes a job tutoring a little girl at a mansion, secretly fantasizing about romance with the owner, just like her beloved heroine Jane Eyre. The strikingly handsome and wealthy owner of Rothmorton Hall, Hugh Roth, appears to enjoy embarrassing her and Dee worries she's made a terrible mistake. Mystery surrounds the other staff and Hugh, particularly the ex-wife everyone is forbidden to discuss.

Eine abenteuerliche Reise, eine geheime Mission, eine fast perfekte Rache - ein echter Jonasson! Wunderbar verrückt und respektlos komisch: Profitgieriger schwedischer Galerist, der für Geld über Leichen geht, trifft auf kenianischen Massai-Krieger, der nicht genau weiß, was Geld ist, dafür aber ein millionenschweres Gemälde besitzt... In seiner einzigartigen Erzählweise beschreibt Jonasson einen Kultur-Clash der Extraklasse und hält den Menschen den Spiegel vor.

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More and more space arks are landing on Lumera. The humans' new home is breathtakingly beautiful, but dangerous plants and bestial predators punish every careless step. Sophisticated aliens keep themselves hidden, and they may be superior to humans. The human colony is beset by internal conflict. A civil war threatens.

Evie Callahan is positive there's something strange going on in Seaton Falls, her new home. The locals are bigger, stronger, and faster than most. That includes Nick, the boy next door who's become her silver lining in this godforsaken town. She wants to trust her instincts - about Nick, about what she suspects in Seaton Falls - but rumors of wolves and dragon shifters makes it hard to tell what's real. With a history of odd dreams and the nagging sense she's never belonged, Evie fears she's losing touch with reality.

Under Cancún’s hard blue sky, a beach boy provides a canvas for tourists’ desires, seeing deep into the world’s underbelly. An enigmatic encounter in Copenhagen takes an IT consultant down a rabbit hole of speculation that proves more seductive than sex. The collapse of a love triangle in London leads to a dangerous, hypnotic addiction. In the Nevada desert, a grieving man tries to merge with an unearthly machine.

När överläkare Pia Fjällstedt försvinner under mystiska omständigheter, blir det inte vilket fall som helst för Sundsvallspolisen. Åtminstone inte för kriminalinspektör Sofia Waltin, eftersom Pia Fjällstedt är hennes faster. Dessutom har Sofias pappa länge haft en konflikt med sin syster och hamnar högt upp på listan över dem som kan tänkas ha med försvinnandet att göra. Också Sofias kollega Johan Axberg får problem att skilja yrkesroll från privata bekymmer när hans nya flickvän blir misshandlad av sin exman.

Der "Hundertjährige" ist zurück - jetzt endlich die Fortsetzung des Weltbestsellers! Was als beschauliche Heißluftballonfahrt zum 101. Geburtstag geplant war, endet für Allan Karlsson auf hoher See, wo er von einem nordkoreanischen Schiff aufgefischt wird. Als er erfährt, dass der Kapitän in geheimer Mission für Kim Jong-un unterwegs ist, nimmt das nächste wahnwitzige politische Abenteuer für Allan Karlsson seinen Lauf.

The Earth is dying. For centuries, the continents have been sinking into the oceans. What is left of them has turned into a burning desert. In the 24th century, the last humans live in tightly-packed domes. Outside, agonizing heat death awaits. But, there is a glimmer of hope: Lumera. The humans have founded a colony in another solar system and made a fragile peace with the Kidj'Dan, an alien race living there. But terraforming, which the telepathic aliens hope will help Earth's inhabitants, takes more time than Earth has.

Nowhere Park is a haven for troubled kids. On the first night of summer, magic doorways appear in each of the seven cities of the southwest, and all the bastard boys and wild girls come running to answer the call. No adults, no police, no laws can follow them through. There are only a few rules to the Park, and the first is to obey the king. Legend has it that anyone who breaks the rules will be cut down by the Snipes — huge scorpion creatures with sword-like claws.

West Golden - er ist leicht zu hassen, aber es ist unmöglich ihm zu widerstehen. West Golden ist der Star des Footballteams und der unangefochtene König der Cypress Prep School. Niemand stellt seine Entscheidungen infrage oder rührt an seinem Status. Als er im Safe seines Vaters anrüchige Fotos von Blue Riley, der neuen Schülerin in seinem Jahrgang, findet, hat er nur ein Ziel: ihr das Leben zur Hölle machen. Womit er nicht gerechnet hat: Blue ist die Erste, die sich nicht vor ihm wegduckt, sondern ihm die Stirn bietet.

An addictive novel about contemporary parenthood and modern family life. A grandfather returns home from abroad to visit his adult children. The son is a failure. The daughter is having a baby with the wrong man. Only the grandfather, the proud patriarch, is perfect - at least, according to himself. Over the course of 10 intense days, the relationships of this chaotic and entirely normal family unfold and painful memories resurface. Something has to give. But the son is duty-bound to his father through an arrangement they call ‘the father clause’.

When robbing a bank in the wrong town made Tom McLean a notorious man, the only way to survive was to run. But he had been in this type of predicament before, and he knew what to do. The posse close behind him meant to see he never made the border. They wanted him bad. But it wasn't to be, for McLean had a good horse under him and a head start.

At the start of this dazzlingly inventive novel from Jonas Hassen Khemiri, Abbas, a world-famous photographer and estranged father to a young novelist also named Jonas Hassen Khemiri is standing on a luxurious rooftop terrace in New York City. He is surrounded by rock stars, intellectuals and political luminaries gathered to toast his 50th birthday. And yet how did Abbas, a dirt-poor Tunisian orphan and Swedish emigre, come to enjoy such success?

Emma loves music. She loves the boom boom boom of a good bass beat. She loves the stomp stomp stomp her feet make when she dances. She loves to rock out with her mom, her dad, and her little sister. And she loves to twang, strum, and thrum on her guitar.

Anders, ein Kleinkrimineller - seit seinen zahllosen Gefängnisaufenthalten nur noch "Mörder Anders" genannt -, ist frisch aus dem Knast entlassen und braucht einen neuen Job. Da kommt ihm die Begegnung mit der geschäftsfreudigen Pfarrerin Johanna, die wegen ihrer atheistischen Gesinnung arbeitslos geworden ist, gerade recht. Zusammen mit dem Hotelmitarbeiter Per gründen sie eine "Körperverletzungsagentur" mit Anders in der Rolle des Auftragsschlägers.

A couple of jerks wake me up at the crack of noon. Seems my klepto uncle stole an ancient deck of Tarot cards from a high-powered wizard, and too many losers want to ruin my day to get them back. The cards are cool, so I check them out, but my magic-happy cousin, Sabrina, tells me I'm not supposed to touch them. Oops. Too late. Now the damn cards are tuned to me, and if someone else wants to use them, I have to die. Why couldn't she have led with that information?