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Je beste vriendin is vermist. En het is allemaal jouw schuld. Lorraine – Rainy – woont op de top van Tiger Mountain: een afgelegen en soms wat sombere plek, diep verscholen tussen pijnbomen en mist. Voor Rainy is het een toevluchtsoord: een plek waar ze zich kan verstoppen voor de herinneringen die haar 's nachts wakker houden. Tot haar rust ruw wordt verstoord. Wanneer Rainy met tegenzin instemt met een vriendinnenweekend naar Vegas, bereidt ze zich voor op een uitputtende parade van shotjes en gokautomaten. Maar hierop had ze zich nooit kunnen voorbereiden.

It is late September in 2001 and the walls of New York are papered over with photos of the missing. Cora Brady’s father is there, the poster she made taped to columns and bridges. Her mother died long ago and now, orphaned on the cusp of adulthood, Cora is adrift and alone. Soon, a letter will arrive with the offer of a new life: far out on the ragged edge of Ireland, in the town where her parents were young, an estranged aunt can provide a home and fulfil a long-forgotten promise. There the story of her family is hidden, and in her presence will begin to unspool…

When I tapped into incredible powers I never knew I had that wild night, I suddenly became the target of a dangerous ruler. He believes that with me by his side, he’ll rule the world. Unfortunately for him, I have three handsome mates who aren’t about to give me up. My dragon shifter will burn the world down before he lets someone else have me. My mutant, with a heart of gold, will fight with his last breath to protect me. And my berserker will face his darkest demons to keep me by his side.

Daisy Finnegan is looking forward to the endless golden freedom of summer. No more college, no more pressure, no more worries. But when her cousin goes missing at an exclusive house party, Daisy is all too ready to confront the mysterious host…only to discover the wealthy recluse is Jay Gatsby, her childhood sweetheart—now sinfully hot and impossible to deny.

Estela isn't supposed to find love. As a slave to the Giant King, Estela's life is an endless torment. Her sole hope is to escape with her half-brother and find refuge among the elves. Teo, the Troll King, is desperate. His people are dying, and he's running out of options. When the giants come for diamonds, Teo's crystal sings. The slave is the king's mate, and with her comes a solution to save his people. Even after the king steals her from her masters, Estela's one desire is to flee.

New York City, late September 2001. The walls of the city are papered over with photos of the missing. Cora Brady’s father is there, the poster she made taped to columns and bridges. When a letter arrives from an aunt she didn’t know existed in Ireland with the offer of a new life, the name jogs a memory: an old videocassette game Cora used to play as a child where two sisters must save the students of a mysterious boarding school.

In the shadowy recesses of a city gripped by fear, a relentless serial killer lurks, leaving a trail of chilling chaos. His insatiable appetite for darkness leads him to a woman, unsuspecting and blissfully unaware, who becomes the object of his morbid fascination. As the sinister stalker fixates on his next victim, the plot takes an unexpected twist. Rather than succumbing to the cold grip of death, the woman becomes an unwitting object of his twisted affection. In a ruthless act, he eliminates her husband, forever altering the course of her life.

A fox in the wolf's den. That's exactly what life is like for Foxy Wild as she navigates life in a moonshiner-run shifter wolf town of Blue Moon. Danger is around every corner, especially when her childhood bullies are lurking in the woods and hunting her like prey. But she’s not about to let that stop her. Determined to be one of the pack's warrior elites, she will fight tooth and claw to reach the top.

Als Melanie wegloopt voor het altaar, moet ze zichzelf en haar leven opnieuw uitvinden. Voor de lezers van Jackie van Laren en Charlotte de Monchy Melanie Evers is bijna letterlijk geboren met een zilveren lepel in haar mond: haar vader had een juwelierszaak. Inmiddels heeft ze de zaak van hem overgenomen, leidt ze een leventje vol sterrenrestaurants en vakanties op Ibiza en staat ze op het punt om te trouwen met de knappe en succesvolle Duke. Maar wanneer ze aan de arm van haar vader naar het altaar schrijdt, beseft Melanie dat ze niet gelukkig is.

A breakup. A college town. A group of jealous friends, tipping towards middle age. They go to parties, size each other up. At night, they obsess over past slights, dream of wild triumphs and indulge in elaborate revenge fantasies, all while imagining themselves at the beating heart of various political causes. The cast of BANAL NIGHTMARE find themselves revolving around the same questions - the choice between freedom and defeat, ambition and humility, and the need to 'speak their truth' and the tendency to slip into brazenly confrontational behaviour.

8 spanking-new tales of domestic discipline to whet your ardor and bring out the submissive within. Join professionals and novices experiencing their first forays into the dance of dom and sub in this sequel to Make Me Behave.

This is Ruby Tui. An open, raw and honest account of her journey from a troubled and unstable childhood, searching for a better option in life, to Olympic champion and the world's best rugby sevens player. After a childhood filled with neglect Ruby yearned for another path. Determined not to let her upbringing limit her, she survived abuse, drugs and tragedy to become one of the most successful women's rugby players in the world.

Kane Ravenwood, King of Onyx Kingdom, would go to the ends of the continent for Arwen Valondale, but what if she’s beyond even that? Broken in ways he never imagined he could be, Kane must survive to fulfill the prophecy and kill his father, Fae King Lazarus. After what he's endured, Kane is willing to save all of Evendell by whatever means necessary—even if that spells his own death. Little does Kane know, he's not the only one desperate for revenge. Arwen is no longer afraid to fight—no sacrifice is too great, no enemy too daunting. Now, nothing will stop her from destroying Lazarus.

My kidnapper believes that taking me as his wife will make him a true king of my people. But with a soul as black as his, I can never let that happen. But he knows just how to break me. My mutant is his plaything. My berserker stands at his side. And my dragon shifter may betray everything he holds dear to protect me. It’s said that I’m destined for greatness. But if I have anything to say about it, that destiny will be to destroy this house and every cruel life within it. I just hope I can overcome the monster inside of me, or else we’re all doomed.

Walker St. James has always lived his life one adventure at a time, and settling down hasn’t been something he’s ever considered until her—Hanna Mayson—a woman he knows he could easily fall in love with. But while he’s trying to figure out how to make things between them work, she informs him that all she wants is a vacation hookup. Giving her what she wants is easy, but if he gets his way, they'll be anything but temporary.

Self-love is not as simple as it sounds. More than basic self-care practises and everyday indulgences, it is the key to unlocking your inner power and fostering true healing within yourself. With the same welcoming and honest voice—that of an empathetic best friend who’s been through it all—that people know and love online, Ruby Dhal shares her own personal stories and advice. Through Ruby’s gentle words, discover how to harness the power of self-love to transform all aspects of your life.

Banal Nightmare is filled with complicated characters who will dazzle you in their rendering just as often as they will infuriate you with their decisions. Halle Butler singularly captures the volatile, angry, aggrieved, surreal and entirely disorienting atmosphere of the modern era.

Librarian Marcela Ortiz has been secretly in love with her best friend for years—and when he gets engaged, she knows it’s long past time to move on. But before she gets the chance, she has a bigger problem to contend with in the form of Theo Young, ex-NFL player and older brother of the man she’s in love with. When she discovers Theo's plans to confess his feelings for his brother’s fiancée at their engagement party, Marcela is quick to stop him—despite how tempting it is to let him run away with the bride-to-be.

Quirky, free-spirited Valerie Marquez likes to make sure her kindergarten class has fun while learning. Uptight, by-the-book Andrew Wexler is allergic to fun, and loud music gives him a migraine, which makes sharing a wall with the other kindergarten teacher who loves to blast music all day his worst nightmare. But during the end-of the school year party, their shared tension morphs into a night of wild sex. What neither expected was the surprise consequence of that night. A baby.

When I became a pastor, I made a solemn vow to God: I wouldn’t touch another woman, until I met my destined wife. For three years, I’ve had no trouble keeping that promise. Until my best friend's youngest daughter became my intern. Mariana is everything I shouldn’t crave—free-spirited, unapologetically atheist, and way too young for me. And yet I want her with a fevered obsession, even if it means betraying the trust of my best friend.