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When the Mercenary Guild tried to bend the galaxy's deadliest assassins to their will, the Depik shocked the galaxy by choosing mass suicide to enslavement. Only those Depik not present on their home planet of Khatash survived to retreat to the shadows, to plan, to form alliances, to rebuild and look forward to the day when they could retake their home from the Veetanho invaders and exact revenge.

USA Today Bestseller! "Full of tongue-in-cheek humor, excellent dialogue, and fantastic characters, this expertly crafted story from Carter (The Blonde Identity) is a heart-melting rivals-to-lovers romance combined with a delightful locked-room mystery." — Library Journal (starred review)...

The Cyth have been defeated, and a precious seed carried forth, escorted by its remaining ancient guardians. The Brotherhood has much to answer for; their schemes seem to grow in both ambition and danger in equal measure, yet the cost of their machinations is borne by the innocent. Someone must act, but the hardest part might be finding them. To do so, Verdan will have to leave the city once more, but Hobson’s Point is in a crisis. New leadership means new goals and new methods. Verdan’s focus remains on the Brotherhood, however, and will follow their trail, no matter where it takes him.

Seit er Emily das erste Mal gesehen hat, ist ihm klar, dass sie etwas ganz Besonderes ist. Doch aufgeben ist für den Bad Boy aus Boston keine Option – er wird um ihr Herz kämpfen. Die Partyprinzessin Emily gibt alles, um ihr altes Leben hinter sich zu lassen und eine fröhliche Fassade aufrechtzuerhalten. Es kommt gar nicht infrage, Sandro an sich heranzulassen, und sie stößt ihn immer wieder weg. Wer wird siegen? Kopf oder Herz? Vergangenheit oder Zukunft?

Jake Fox has built a small but loyal team of heroic misfits and made powerful rivals. When Emperor Cayn Vaguar XVIII forces him into a corner, he negotiates and gets caught in a double betrayal. Can he and the newly formed Order of the Star Blade survive the rise of a new emperor?

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When Dana hunts a demon for revenge, she doesn't know what to expect. She didn't expect to find that demon in league with a rich televangelist. She definitely didn't expect her friend the succubus to get captured. And she definitely didn't expect to team up with Tasia, her former enemy who is now a werewolf. One's dead, the other's hairy. Expect the Unexpected.

In a future dystopia, Zia Alexander lives in crumbling ruins playing the world's most illegal and addictive virtual reality game. After the loss of her mother, she plays the game for her shot at freedom. Zia discovers a map that leads to Lemuria—a real fantasy world full of dragons, wicked faeries and assassins where her mother is alive, and two princes try to win her heart.

Archeologist Kelly Pierce lives for adventure, weaving a tapestry of exploration, seeking out artifacts that whisper stories of the past. Always ready for the next expedition, she never thought Oklahoma would be on her map. Shawn Scott thrives in predictability. As director of Descriptive Statistics, numbers are her world, but people? They're a puzzle. So, collaborating with a British archaeologist is an incongruous with her routine as a desert oasis in the Arctic.

What began as a quest for truth has become a struggle for survival for Luke Skywalker and his son, Ben. They have used the secrets of the Mindwalkers to transcend their own bodies and speak with the spirits of the fallen, risking their very lives in the process. They have faced a team of Sith...

Die spektakuläre Bestseller Reihe FIRE&ICE geht in die 20. Runde! Außergewöhnliche Settings, fesselnde Storys, leidenschaftliche Lovestorys, eine Prise Drama und Situationskomik, die dich zum Schmunzeln bringt, sind das Rezept für jeden neuen Fire&Ice-Roman. In Band 20 geht es um Tyson Blackwell, der bei einem Vergeltungsschlag seine Liebe verloren hat. Nur mühsam kämpft er sich zurück ins Leben und bekommt dabei unerwartete Hilfe von einer Frau, die ihn eigentlich in den Wahnsinn treibt.

Dieser "Brother's best Friend", "Romance-Thrill"-Liebesroman ist ein "Fire&Ice"-Spinoff, der durch starke und humorvolle Charaktere, spannende Handlungen sowie einen Schuss Drama besticht. Lernt in über 6 Stunden die beiden Protagonisten kennen und verliebt euch jede Minute aufs Neue!

Brought to you by Penguin. For nearly a century, Sexton Blake was the most written about character in British fiction. He starred in approximately four thousand stories by nearly two hundred authors. A cross between Sherlock Holmes and Indiana Jones, he was a publishing phenomenon, read by young...

Ajax’s family have now joined him in the capital, helping him as he gets used to his new position as a Baron. He will have to learn how to do more than just avoid the political side of nobility while establishing his own House. His days in the Academy become more complicated as his talents outshine the rest of his generation despite his lower station.

Powerful Circe, daughter of the sun-god Helios, is sad to see Odysseus, King of Ithaca, depart from her island, Aeaea—but her heartbreak is eased after dolphins take her to Delos, where she explores a new love relationship. Circe has a strained relationship with her mother, Perse, but when she finally listens to Perse's encouragement to seek out the amphibian god Glaucus, she's glad she's heeded her advice. Together, the two embark on underwater adventures, and Circe shares with Glaucus her knowledge about the healing and harmful power of herbs.

Durch einen Sturm werden alle Flüge gestrichen. Der Filmstar Gian-Luca Garcia und die Regisseurin Louisa Bell haben dasselbe Ziel, spontan entscheiden sie sich für einen gemeinsamen Roadtrip ... und schon bald fliegen die Fetzen. Die beiden könnten nicht unterschiedlicher sein, und so entbrennt zwischen ihnen ein Wortgefecht nach dem anderen. Doch das Auto ist nicht das Einzige, was sie sich auf der Fahrt zum wohl herausragendsten Projekt des Jahres teilen müssen: Wegen eines Fehlers bei der Buchung bleibt ihnen nur ein Hotelzimmer - und ein einziges Bett.

Keel Hennity was killed by a dragon. His entire existence as a reincarnated fighting machine has focused on keeping those Star Dragons under control. Now that he's been mysteriously bonded to one of the deadly creatures, he's supposed to turn the creature into his best friend and most powerful ally. What could possibly go wrong?

A life of salvaging tech and fighting horrors in deep space has given him nerves of steel. But now, he's up against the toughest job of his life. On a frozen, not-quite-dead planet, a desperate salvage operation has gone wrong. Max, hired to investigate, travels to the distant world, but his ship is downed by an abandoned defense system.

Aria Valienne spent her life under the iron rule of a vampire clan that sees mercy as weakness. Now hunted, wounded, and desperate for freedom, she flees into the wild—only to be found by a hardened mercenary with sharp eyes and an even sharper blade. Roan should be just another danger in a world that seeks to devour her, yet something about the woman makes Aria hesitate… and hunger.

Olivia Miller hat sich den begehrten Praktikumsplatz in Pinwood Bay im Bürgermeisteramt gesichert. Sie soll fortan dabei helfen, die Kleinstadt noch attraktiver für Touristen zu machen. Von ihren Verbesserungsvorschlägen ist der griesgrämige Single-Dad und Bar-Besitzer Jesse Brown alles andere als begeistert. Mit seiner kleinen, süßen Tochter hat er mehr als genug um die Ohren. Für ihn ist Olivia nur eine weitere Großstadttussi, die sein Leben auf den Kopf stellt. Doch dass zwischen den beiden die Funken fliegen, kann keiner leugnen.