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They rode into town like the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Four armed outlaws bringing their own brand of hell to Paris, Texas. First they rob the First National Bank. Then they take a woman hostage as insurance. When Perley Gates learns that local waitress Becky Morris is in the hands of these tough customers, with only his friend Possum he rides to get her back. Problem is, the outlaws are heading toward the Red River--straight into Indian Territory. That's where the ranch hands draw the line. But Perley won't give up.

I have no business getting involved with Felix Brighton. I've seen the way he moves through our small town. With his playful smiles, hypnotic eyes, and easygoing charm, women are all over him with every step he takes. Meanwhile, I'm just sweet, quiet Daphne Beaumont. Just his younger sister's best friend. Just the girl he's barely ever noticed. Until I somehow end up in more trouble than I can handle and Felix makes it his duty to swoop in and save the day.

The blue alien warrior pacing in his cage terrifies me. His long dark hair is wild and his scarred body looks made for murder. I deliver food to him every day, and I'm sure by the way he stares at me that he'd rather eat me. Yet there's something about him that captivates me, and I can't stop watching him.

Ex-Special Forces soldier Rhys Garrick was trained to expect the unexpected, but when he rescues a gorgeous woman from dangerous criminals he's hunting, nothing could've prepared him for the incredible night that followed. Nor the way she disappeared the next morning. It was for the best. Rhys wasn't about to trade the freedom of the open road and his duty to the Vigilantes for a woman. So, he buries himself in club business until his next assignment takes him by surprise: Merritt Manning.

My whole life is meticulously planned out in the pages of my notebook. But I couldn't have planned to be on the front page of a magazine with Lucas Silva, a well-known model, holding me in his arms. Now I have to decide whether to sacrifice my one chance at landing my dream job or take my chances fooling the press as Lucas' supposed girlfriend. The rules are simple: no dating other people, no kissing, and no falling in love. But the more time I spend with him, the more the rules blur until I can't remember why I'm trying so hard not to give in.

The death of his little brother turned Kurt Lundquist’s world upside down. He channeled his grief into skating his heart out--and ultimately leading his hockey team to win the championship. Now, all he wants to do is throw a party with the Cup in his brother's honor. He’s got no clue where to start...until he runs into the gorgeous hospice nurse who took such great care of Jasper. She’s waaay off limits, but he’s desperate, and hires her to help him.

Hell's never been hotter with the long-lost spawn of Satan firmly where she belongs. With a shiny new corporeal body and deep desperation for adventure, Mara is ready to paint the town red. After nearly a decade of possessing humans to survive, Mara is looking for answers and she won't stop until she has the full picture. Despite her paranoia, she manages the loyalty of three very attractive demons. Whether she'll use this army for war or for her own personal pleasure is yet to be seen.

Mercy Thompson is a shapeshifter, and while she was raised by werewolves, she can never be one of them, especially after the pack ran her off for having a forbidden love affair. So she’s turned her talent for fixing cars into a business and now runs a one-woman mechanic shop in the Tri-Cities area of Washington State.

I accidentally launched an escape pod on my miserable honeymoon—with me on it—and crash-landed in the middle of an alien jungle on a forbidden "emerging civilization" planet, breaking about a hundred Cosmic Syndicate laws. Oh, and I robbed a hot lizard guy with sexy black eyes, the most colorful scales I've ever seen, and a powerful prehensile tail that curls up like a cinnamon roll. Even though I can't understand anything he's saying, my new reptilian friend turns out to be as sweet as honey and spicier than the seasoning he used on the meat I stole from his camp.

The blue alien warrior pacing in his cage terrifies me. His long dark hair is wild and messy, and his scarred body looks made for murder. I deliver food to him every day, and I'm sure by the way he stares at me that he'd rather eat me. Yet there's something about him that captivates me, and I can't stop watching him. When he lets the snarling, fearsome mask slip, I start to see there's a cool calculation to his actions. I would be risking everything to help him escape, but do I dare let this monster free from his cage?

Ein neuer historischer Roman aus der erfolgreichen Rhein-Trilogie von Bestsellerautorin Marion Johanning. Köln, 1215: Die junge, wissbegierige Novizin Tryngen hat sich ganz der Heilkunst verschrieben. Nach einem folgenschweren Ereignis wird sie an den Hof des mächtigen Dompropstes Engelbert von Berg gerufen. Dort muss sie sich bewähren, sonst droht ihr die Vermählung mit einem ungeliebten Mann. Engelbert ist im Begriff zum Erzbischof von Köln gewählt zu werden. Tryngen ist nicht die einzige Heilerin in seiner Nähe.

Les empires, caractérisés par des cycles d’émergence, de conquête, de domination et de déclin, présentent des traits récurrents qui suggèrent une dimension cyclique. Dans cette perspective, il convient d’analyser les leçons historiques susceptibles d’éclairer le présent. L’historien arabe Ibn Khaldûn, actif au XIVe siècle, a élaboré des théories dont la pertinence demeure significative. Le Professeur Gabriel Martinez-Gros, agrégé d’histoire et spécialiste du monde arabe médiéval, explore la pensée d’Ibn Khaldûn et son influence persistante sur le champ historiographique contemporain.

¿Es miedo lo primero que sientes cuando te despiertas? ¿Trabajas por las tardes y los fines de semana para ponerte al día? ¿Ya venciste el agotamiento una vez y te das cuenta de que vuelve a aparecer? Si respondiste afirmativamente a alguna de estas preguntas, necesita una cura.

Everything feels off—especially me. I’ve returned to Katmere Academy, but I’m haunted by fragments of days I have no recollection of living and struggling to understand who, or what, I really am. Just when I start to feel safe again, Hudson is back with a vengeance. He insists there are secrets I don’t know about, threatening to drive a wedge between Jaxon and me forever. But far worse enemies are at our doorstep.

Greystone is nothing but a painful memory. Yet Tan'Malas, the Dark God, has found footing in this strange new land just as we did. Establishing a home with enemies on all sides is no easy task, yet there is no turning back. This time we will fight the Dark God head-on and make sure no one takes our home away from us again. The Order, a fanatical faction devoted to Tan'Malas, rules these lands with an iron fist. We will use them as a stepping stone and make sure that the people have a choice in who they worship and support.

En los cuatro relatos que conforman Álbum de familia, el lector no puede escapar a una prosa profunda e irónica al presenciar la lección de cocina de una recién casada, al participar en una reunión dominguera en que se plantean todo tipo de relaciones sexuales y sociales, al contemplar la ceguera de una madre a la anormalidad que ella misma propició en sus hijos y, por último, al asomarse a los mundos plagados de ira y envidia de ciertas damas intelectuales.

Edwin Lyon is about twenty years older, several inches taller, and significantly richer. But that last part is no surprise. He is the CEO of the Lyons Club, after all. And I am so deep in debt that I couldn't see the surface if I tried. The kicker? He has no idea his new nightclub manager—yours truly—used to date his son.

Mark Twain called it The Gilded Age, those years after the Civil War to the end of the 19th Century. It was a time of great prosperity and great poverty, a time of great opportunities and social unrest. Not a golden time but an era covered in a golden shell – gilded. On a dark night in Noressex, New York, Police Detective Mike Labruzzo comes to the aid of Matthew Den Helder, the injured son of the wealthy Den Helder family.

She's a former Olympic figure skater whose world turned upside down. He's a pro football player who never let go of the past. What happens when these two finally have their second chance, and a stalker threatens everything?

"Die Welt mit ihren Herausforderungen wahrnehmen und trotzdem gern und engagiert in ihr leben: Das ist die große Kunst. Die Kunst der Zuversicht." "Es gehört zum Wesen der Hoffnung, dass sie enttäuscht werden kann, sonst wäre sie ja Zuversicht", schrieb Ernst Bloch. Aber wie bleiben oder werden wir zuversichtlich in diesen fragilen Zeiten? Mit Neugier und Herzglut macht Gabriele von Arnim sich auf die Suche. Denn sie ist überzeugt davon, dass wir Zuversicht brauchen, weil sonst Chaos und Stillstand zugleich herrschen würden. Die Kunst der Zuversicht, sagt sie, kann, nein muss man üben.