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Mimi und ihre alternden Künstlerfreunde haben sich ihren Traum vom gemeinsamen Lebensabend erfüllt und bewohnen zusammen eine Villa am See. Doch dann droht das Anwesen verkauft zu werden. Bei ihrer wilden Rettungsaktion müssen die rüstigen Rentner schon mal zu Tricks greifen - auch jenseits der Gesetze.

When a witch plays with fire, she might just ignite a love that can't be extinguished… Newly-minted Historian of the soon-to-be-ascended Riverwood Coven Georgie Pendell has always played her part—so why does she feel like an outsider in her own life? Duped and dumped by her boyfriend...

In 1914, the war which was to have been wrapped up by Christmas had - in reality - only just begun, as all sides entrenched themselves deeper into the Great War. Christmas Eve, 1914 follows one company of British officers as they rotate forward to spend their Christmas on the front lines, a mere 80 yards from the German guns. Upper- and working-class men and boys are thrown together into one trench and struggle to survive.

“An absolute delight of a magical tale.” —Louisa Morgan, author of The Age of Witches, on Small Town, Big Magic A USA TODAY BESTSELLER! A witch cursed to tell the truth, and the man who won’t let her lie to herself anymore… Cursed by her own mother to always tell the truth and one of...

“An absolute delight of a magical tale.” —Louisa Morgan, author of The Age of Witches Is her magic a threat to witchkind…or is she simply powerful enough to save the world? Rebekah Wilde was eighteen when she left St. Cyprian, officially stripped of her magic and banished from her home...

There’s no such thing as witches…right? Emerson Wilde has built the life of her dreams. Youngest Chamber of Commerce president in St. Cyprian history, successful indie bookstore owner, and lucky enough to have her best friends as found family? Done. But when Emerson is attacked by creatures...

Ü50 - und zu allem bereit! Als ihr Sohn heiratet, will sich Paula vor ihrem Ex-Mann und seiner (deutlich jüngeren) Neuen keine Blöße geben und engagiert den Bruder einer Freundin als Begleiter. Der Abend wird ein Erfolg, Aushilfsmann Karl ist ein echter Volltreffer, und Paula kommt auf den Geschmack. Nie wieder sollen Frauen in ihrem Alter an Männermangel leiden! Gemeinsam mit ihren Freundinnen Biggi und Traudl beginnt sie nun den Verabredungsmarkt zu sondieren und macht sich auf die Suche nach Männern ihrer Altersklasse.

"But I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now." (Bob Dylan). Robert Beck wollte einst Musiker werden, doch stattdessen setzte er auf Sicherheit und wurde Lehrer. Nun ist er Ende dreißig und angeödet von seinem Leben. Bis er in seiner Klasse den Außenseiter Rauli Kantas aus Litauen entdeckt. Ein Musikgenie, das singt und E-Gitarre spielt wie ein junger Gott. Beck will ihn als Manager groß ausbringen, allerdings nicht nur aus Selbstlosigkeit: der Junge ist gleichzeitig seine letzte Chance, um sich seine Träume von der Musikkarriere doch noch zu erfüllen.

Cover girl Cat St. James's picture-perfect life is anything but flawless. Luckily, she's a master of hiding the truth from the camera. Relying on that skill, she conceals her latest secret from her family while attending her brother's wedding. Her only trouble now is Hank Mitchell - the soft-spoken carpenter she'd once brushed aside. Seeing him at the reception underscores her private heartache and ignites unwelcome longing, which she promptly drowns in champagne.

Der Arbeiterjunge Konrad schwört der schönen Selma aus reichem Hause, Medizin zu studieren, um ihre behinderte Schwester Alma zu heilen. Erst die Nazis ermöglichen es ihm, seinen Schwur zu erfüllen. Brigitte muss mit ihren Eltern gegen ihren Willen in den Westen flüchten und revoltiert gegen alles und jeden. Das treibt sie schließlich in die Arme der RAF. Andrés Eltern sind bei einem Autounfall ums Leben gekommen. Die DDR bietet dem talentierten Kunstspringer eine sozialistische Vorzeigefamilie als Ersatz. Doch seine ungeklärte Vergangenheit lässt ihn nicht los.

Author Jamie Beck returns with an engrossing series about family, friendship, and starting over. In this first Cabot novel, a legacy of secrets tests old friends seeking a second chance at life and love.

Peyton Prescott would give anything for the carefree life she knew before breast cancer changed everything. But instead of using her second chance to move forward, she’s stuck promoting the memoir her brother convinced her to write, thus reliving the very battle she wants to forget. If she hopes her European book tour will allow her to enjoy revisiting her favorite travel-writing destinations, she’s wrong: Her PR whiz is too consumed with his own goals to consider her needs.

Steffi Lockwood has survived more than most. Recovering from an assault, she returns to her coastal Connecticut hometown to rebuild her life the best way she knows how: with her hands. But starting a remodeling business with one longtime friend puts her in the middle of a rift with another. Worse, being hired by her ex-boyfriend’s mother forces her to confront old regrets.

Gentry Cabot’s rebellious life comes to a screeching halt when a one-night stand leads to a sobering new reality: motherhood. Exhausted and overwhelmed, the former wild child struggles to raise an infant on her own. After a lifetime of feeling like the odd Cabot out, Gentry knows that what her son needs most is family. For his sake, she plans to rebuild bridges with them, but first she needs a little help on the home front. So humanitarian worker Ian Crawford, who has been forced to temporarily return stateside from Haiti, takes a short-term gig as a live-in nanny....

Deep in the steaming jungles of Paraguay, Aimee Weir is in trouble. The petrobiologist has found what she was looking for – a unique microorganism in a natural gas deposit – but it proves to be more destructive than anyone could have imagined. A contagion is striking down all in its wake. The camp is quarantined, but workers start to vanish in the night. Is it fear of contamination – or has something far more lethal come to the surface? Something that has been trapped beneath the miles of stone, waiting... for us.

When Jackson St. James decided that six weeks in Vermont's Green Mountains would help him get his life together, he didn't anticipate replacing his craving for whiskey with a craving for his alluring new landlord, Gabby. Now, instead of prioritizing his sobriety and the resolution of the lawsuit threatening his business, he's making excuses to spend time with the spunky young landscaper whose candor is more than a little addictive.

Hunter Cabot deeply loves two things: the international tea company he's helped his father build, and his wife, Sara. From the moment he first saw her wide smile on their college campus years ago, Hunter fell hard. Yet now, with other family members pushing to sell the thriving business and Sara grieving their failure to start a family, he's suddenly facing the crushing loss of both.

Sisters Amanda Foster and Erin Turner have little in common except the childhood bedroom they once shared and the certainty each feels that her way of life is best. Amanda follows the rules - at the school where she works; in her community; and as a picture-perfect daughter, wife, and mother-to-be. Erin follows her heart - in love and otherwise - living a bohemian lifestyle on a shoestring budget and honoring her late father’s memory with a passion for music and her fledgling bath-products business.

Grace first met Mimi when she blew into their sons’ toddler playgroup like a warm bay breeze that loosened Grace’s tight spaces. Despite differing approaches to life and parenting, the fast friends raised their kids together while cementing a sisterlike bond that neither believed could be broken. But when a string of ill-fated decisions results in a teen party with a tragic outcome for Grace’s son, the friendship is ripped apart and an already-splintered community explodes.

Wendy Moore hides her collection of pilfered bric-a-brac from everyone, including her husband. He thinks she licked her kleptomania in therapy more than a decade ago. Therapy did help, as did focusing her attention on motherhood. But now Wendy’s gardening and furniture-refinishing hobbies fill up only so much of the day, leaving the recent empty nester lonely and anxious—a combination likely to trigger her little problem. She needs a project, fast. Luckily, Harper Ross—a single, childless younger woman in desperate need of highlights—just moved in next door.