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I’m going to the pros, baby! Deal made, contract signed. Now all I have to do is finish out my final season at Smithton and stay out of trouble. I like to have a good time, but don’t worry, I’ll behave. What I won’t do is talk to that double-crossing influencer who’s been badgering me for an interview. No thanks. I know Walker’s type—sweet as pie on the outside, a shark on the inside. Get this…he wants to make a deal that sounds a lot like a bribe. Not interested. No way.

Ezra, Pip and Fredo leave New Orleans and head off into wilds of Texas on their way back to Santa Fe. They travel on to California. Ezra stays and buys a 36,000-acre rancho while Pip and Fredo return to Santa Fe to get their money left behind and bring Fredo's family to California, but once in Santa Fe, Pip decides they need to go on to Missouri and get the money in the Bank of Missouri. Eventually, they make their way back to Santa Fe and then California. Ezra marries and Pip returns to New Orleans to get the beautiful Odette.

In the wake of a tragic accident that claimed her memory and her mother's life when she was just fourteen, Stella Aresun is haunted by a past shrouded in secrecy. Her attempts to recall the events are met with debilitating headaches and a wall of silence from everyone around her, including her own father.

From the moment Creole Williams met Audric Ingram, they were inseparable. But not the way one would think. They shared a best friend. What they did not do, however, was like each other. You could say that it was a war to win the best friend title. The only problem was, their best friend would never choose a clear winner. So they spent their teenage years fighting it out. What Audric didn’t know, though, was that Creole was desperately in love with him. The same went for Audric. He wanted Creole more than his next breath. But it was never the right time.

António ainda não havia feito 9 anos quando decidiu, por conta própria, explicar aos colegas da escola o porquê de seus comportamentos tão diferentes dos de outras crianças. Com clareza e serenidade, contou em assembleia como é ter Síndrome de Asperger, um tipo de transtorno do Espectro do Autismo.

When architect Sophie Caldwell returns to Marigold to fulfill her late mother’s dream of restoring the historic town square, she hopes to heal old wounds — both the town’s and her own. But what she finds is a community at a crossroads: split between the promise of quick-fix progress from outside developers and the fragile hope of rebuilding from within.

Immobilienmakler Malcom erwacht angekettet in einem schmuddeligen Büro. Von seinen Entführern lernt er auf die harte Tour, was Gehorsam bedeutet, als die Gangster ihn brutal für sadistische Sexspiele missbrauchen. In seinem Elend erkennt Malcom nur einen Hoffnungsschimmer: Cody! Der junge Mann, der unter den Entführern lebt, wird zum Fixpunkt seiner Existenz. Um ihn zu retten, würde er alles aufgeben – sogar sein Leben.

Alone on the merciless prairie, Caleb Miller faces a nightmare: his wagon train lies in ashes, slaughtered by Cheyenne warriors. With his young bride, Nettie, depending on him, he must outwit hostile tribes, master the brutal wilderness, and forge himself into a warrior worthy of the frontier. 1857, Western Prairies—Freshly married and dreaming of a homestead in the Sweet Water Valley, Caleb and Nettie’s hopes are shattered by violence. Now, survival means more than building a life—it means becoming the shield between civilization and chaos.

Clandestine methamphetamine labs crept into Texas during the latter half of the 20th century, but certain members of the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Narcotics Division were hellbent on stopping the malicious tide. Agents Dan Allen and his rookie partner, Kate Starnes, encountered a multi-layered criminal organization operating meth labs in the East Texas piney woods. Dan, in an undercover capacity, infiltrated to the highest levels of the meth clan, while attempting to balance his home life and family responsibilities.

Ruth is alone, unnoticed and at a loss: her marriage has ended, her daughter is leaving home and her job is leading nowhere. But luckily Sookie is back in her life - vivid, self-assured Sookie, who never spared the time for Ruth when they were teenagers, but who now seems to want to be friends. As Ruth is caught up in Sookie's life, she sees that everything is not as simple and Instagrammable as Sookie would have you believe.

Seit drei Wochen ertränkt Alex seine Sorgen im Pub No Mercy. Eigentlich soll er den Laden auskundschaften, aber beim Anblick des Barkeepers Tobi bekommt er regelmäßig weiche Knie. Anstatt ihn zu verraten, vereitelt er einen Angriff auf Tobi und gerät so in den Fokus eines eskalierenden Bandenkrieges. Von jetzt an besteht Alex' einziges Ziel darin, Tobi zu beschützen.

Set in 1790, a chilling tempest rages through the North Carolina wilderness as seasoned investigator Levi Adams wrestles with a mysterious case in the dead of night. What should’ve been a routine strangulation bears eerie signs—signs Levi has seen before. But nothing can prepare him for the knock that shatters the stillness: a messenger from Raven Cove, a cursed town Levi vowed never to return to.

Piers “Webber” Webb knew two things for certain. One, he needed to stay the hell away from Silver Donahue. Two, he didn’t think there was a chance in hell that he could. He tries, though. For a solid year, he does his best to be dismissive to the point where he appears cold and threatening. But when Silver finds herself in danger, he forgets why he was giving her the cold shoulder to begin with. The thing is, Silver didn’t forget.

Murder. Missing people. Small-town secrets. Swamp legends. Southern charm and Louisiana Folklore. Welcome to the world of Uncle Joe—where nothing is ever quite what it seems, and the deeper you dig, the darker it gets. In this gripping collection, you'll find the first five books in the Tales from Uncle Joe series, where Louisiana native Joe Conrad—“Uncle Joe” to most—stumbles into a string of chilling mysteries stretching from the Carolinas back to the haunted backwoods of his bayou home.

After receiving a call from his sister Bertha about some strange activity around her property, Joe investigates and soon comes to believe it may be the product of a Rougarou. As more weird phenomena take place, Joe and Alvin seek the help and wisdom of a friend who helps shed light on the folklore of the Rougarou. From cattle mutilations, eerie night howls, strange footprints, to dead bodies showing up with large teeth and claw marks, the theory of a Rougarou's involvement becomes more and more evident.

Humble Kai aspires to become more than the petite, inconsequential young woman her community sees. Persistence pays off when the village holy leaders reveal a prophecy—Kai might actualize her dream of being a hero if she completes three seemingly impossible tasks. Princess Solveig, descendant of the famous shieldmaiden Sigrid the Valiant, believes she was born to accomplish great things, but her poor eyesight, weak constitution, and lack of physical expertise hold her back. Convinced she can never realize her ambitions, Solveig settles for living vicariously through her warrior girlfriend.

Upon discovering the gruesome murder of one of his employees, Joe receives a mysterious call from a man believed to be the notorious serial killer known as The Pale Skinned Man. Joe and the gang work with Sheriff Landry and Detective Fontenot to track down the deranged man before he can strike again. Despite their efforts, more bodies turn up in the swamplands with the signature clues of The Pale Skinned Man. With rumors of the man secretly running a bloodthirsty group of twisted individuals with an interest in vampirism, Joe and the gang rush to find answers.

Katherine heads to Santa Fe, New Mexico along with a Maine Coon Cat kitten to spend New Year’s Eve with Lars. Her guilty feelings over the organist’s death has her needing an escape. When she reaches Santa Fe, she discovers Lars is missing. She seeks and finds him and steps into another mystery. Lars’ daughter dislikes Katherine but when the young woman is kidnapped, they are puzzled. The murder of Lars’ daughter and one of his employees makes solving the mysteries necessary. Can she learn before Lars becomes a victim.

Nach dem Tod ihrer Mutter glaubt Rose, sie sei nun ganz allein auf der Welt. Umso größer ist ihre Hoffnung, als sie ein geheimnisvolles Erbstück aus einem Londoner Frauenhaus erhält: Können die Pferdefigur und das Stück glitzernde Seide in der kleinen hölzernen Schachtel sie zu ihrer verlorenen Familie führen? Ihre Recherchen weisen Rose den Weg nach Argentinien, auf eine weitläufige und luxuriöse Ranch, wo einst die besten Polopferde der Welt gezüchtet wurden. Dort lernt sie den charmanten Benjamin kennen, der sie ermutigt, weiter nach ihren Wurzeln zu suchen.

Detective duo Mrs Jameson and Marjorie Swallow are called to investigate when a renowned garden designer suspects that someone is sabotaging her priceless Himalayan Sapphire Lilies, ahead of the 1923 Chelsea Flower Show. But soon it’s not just the flowers that are dying. Rival gardeners, intrepid plant hunters and even King George V himself are caught up in a poisonous bouquet with its roots deep in the mountains of Tibet. The third in the Marjorie Swallow 1920s murder mystery series requires all her wit, charm and pluck to solve.