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Fiery blue eyes. Hungry red lips. Tattoo-covered hands… hands that never let go… Mikhail Zhirkov is the perfect villain. Ruthless. Powerful. Hot as hell. So, when I'm blackmailed into delivering a mysterious package to the former Bratva boss, I know I'm in deep trouble. But it's not just fear I feel. It's hate, too. He killed my father. Stole his crown. Cast my family aside. Now I'm walking up to his doorstep, secret envelope in hand, no idea what's inside… until the devil's sinful smile reveals all.

ராஜாஜி பக்தர் கல்கி என்பது பலருக்கும் தெரியும். ஆனால் ராஜாஜியுடன் சரிநிகர் சமானமாகப் பேசி வாதம் புரியும் உரிமை பெற்ற மிகச் சிலருள் கல்கி ஒருவர் என்பது பெரும்பாலோருக்குத் தெரியாது.

New York Times bestselling master of suspense, Elizabeth Peters, brings an exotic world of adventure, intrigue, and danger to vivid life, in a tale as powerful as ancient Egypt. The Emersons have returned to the Valley of the Kings in 1922 and Amelia Peabody and her family look forward to...

I saw her being stuffed in a trunk: Yelena Yenina, only daughter of the most vicious Bratva boss in Chicago. The Bratva hate my family. They burned my uncle alive. I should have left Yelena to her fate.... But she fought like a Valkyrie. Gorgeous, ferocious, and unbreakable. I saved her so I could make her mine. She says she’ll never submit to a man. I guess we’ll see....

I woke up with no memory and a child growing in my belly. The kind healer calls me Elif, and the handsome merchant Sinan looks at me like I'm his salvation. I should be grateful for this peaceful life, for gentle touches and soft words. But my dreams are full of dark eyes and consuming darkness. My hands know how to kill even when my mind doesn't remember why. And when the Shadow Lord comes for me—claiming I'm his wife, his property, his obsession—my body recognizes what my heart has forgotten. He says I belong to him. He says I'm carrying his heir.

Wall of Hadrian. Britannia, 382 AD. War is creeping back into the land. As silent as snowfall, as inevitable as winter. They've had sixteen years of peace, but all things must end. Tribune Sixtus Victorinus has grown old, complacent. It is his friend, Prefect Gaius Felicius, who first spots the signs. Once more, the Caledonian tribes are rearing their heads in the north, but the greatest danger does not lie with them. For there is a new pretender to the throne of the West.

Eine Untergrund-Organisation wird von einem Hacker angegriffen und bekommt alle Systeme lahmgelegt. In einem Club bekommen die Chefs der Organisation einen heißen Tipp und entführen Ari in ihr stillgelegtes Schlachthaus. Doch sie zweifeln: Kann die kleine, zierliche Frau wirklich ihre Hackerin sein? Ari ist fasziniert von den drei verrückten, aber unglaublich heißen Kerlen, die mit unterschiedlichsten Mitteln versuchen, ihr die Wahrheit zu entlocken. Nach und nach schleicht sie sich in die Fantasien der Männer und animiert sie immer mehr, diese auch auszuleben.

She's the forbidden fruit, and I took a bite. In my defense, it was before I knew who she was. Before she knew the devil's deal I made with her family. She's off-limits. Half my age. Innocent in a way that redefines sin and temptation. I'm broken, dangerous, haunted by my past, and wanted by the Bratva. Touching her could mean losing everything. But keeping myself from her is an impossibility.

Alpha muss sich noch immer an ihr neues Leben in der Welt der Reichen und Schönen gewöhnen, was sie nicht gerade zum Liebling des Landes macht. Ihr royaler Alltag ist bestimmt von Geheimnissen und Intrigen und dem immer stärker werdenden Gefühl, dass ihr Leben in Gefahr ist. Dabei braucht sie als zukünftige Königin von Gelaria so kurz vor ihrer Krönung jede Unterstützung, die sie finden kann. Als dann auch noch ein junger Lord auftaucht und ihr den Thron streitig macht, spitzt sich die Lage zu.

Vertraue niemals einem Royal... Reichtum, Macht und Luxus – all das könnte für Alpha nicht weiter entfernt sein. Zumindest bis ihr Stiefvater sie nach einem missglückten Einbruchsversuch nach Westby schickt, auf das Eliteinternat schlechthin. Und obwohl Alpha sich eigentlich nichts aus den Reichen und Schönen von Antira macht, befindet sie sich plötzlich mitten im Zentrum von Intrigen, Dramen und Geheimnissen. Einziger Lichtblick ist der charmante Aaron Kingston, der sie mit seinen smaragdgrünen Augen sogleich in seinen Bann zieht.

With the Beltane Festival approaching, the preparations in White Haven are in full swing, but when emotions soar out of control, the witches suspect more than just high spirits. As part of the celebrations, a local theatre group is rehearsing Tristan and Iseult, but it seems Beltane magic is affecting the cast, and all sorts of old myths are brought to the surface. The May Queen brings desire, fertility, and the promise of renewal, but love can also be dark and dangerous.

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New York Times bestselling master of suspense, Elizabeth Peters, brings an exotic world of adventure, intrigue, and danger to vivid life, in a tale as powerful as ancient Egypt. The Emersons have returned to the Valley of the Kings in 1922 and Amelia Peabody and her family look forward to...

When a redundant church is bought by a young pagan couple, the local fundamentalist minister reacts with fury. In an isolated community on the Welsh border, a modern witch hunt begins. Diocesan exorcist Merrily Watkins is expected to keep the lid on the cauldron...but what she finds out will seriously test her beliefs.

The king and queen are dead, murdered by one who will stop at nothing to rule. But the young princess - Rosemund - has survived, spirited deep into the forest by her parents’ most trusted advisor. There, she finds refuge in a small cottage and a new life, one in which she must play a role that will ensure her survival. Soldiers are combing the countryside, searching for the lost princess, and they will not rest until she is found - and executed.

“This is the original Game of Thrones.” George R.R. Martin. The puny, self-impotent Louis X, having caused his first wife to be murdered and his mistress exiled, becomes besotted with the lovely Clemence, his new Queen. Vacillating between self-pity and vainglory he is caught between the...

My child is gone, my family torn apart. I know who's taken him. Aria. I will get him back no matter what it takes. Would I have changed anything if I had known how it was going to end? No.

Jeder Betrug beginnt mit Vertrauen. Unter der Oberfläche brodelt es. Matteo stürzt die Familie mit seinen Entscheidungen in einen Strudel aus Streit und Zerrissenheit. Valentina, gefangen zwischen dem Wunsch, die Traditionen zu wahren, und dem Drang, den eigenen Träumen zu folgen, steht am Scheideweg ihres Lebens. Sofia muss schmerzhaft lernen, dass nicht jeder gerettet werden kann und manche Kämpfe verloren sind, bevor sie begonnen haben. Mit jeder Wendung bröckelt ein Stück der Fassade, hinter der sich Geheimnisse und Lügen verbergen.

My protector is a monster. Evil men are searching for me. Gideon Byrne is my salvation. Cold. Cruel. And handsome beyond measure. He should scare me. His possessive desire should make me run. But I stay. I give in to him. I give him…me. I’m falling in love with a monster. And I refuse to stop.