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While visiting family in Italy with my mother, I came face-to-face with Leo Toscano, the head of the Italian mafia and my worst nightmare. Let's get one thing straight: I didn't know the mafia was a thing until the ruthless man threatened to wipe out my family unless I married him. Not having much of a choice, I reluctantly said "I do," and tied myself to the heartless bastard for life. Turns out he doesn't want anything to do with me, and I quickly learn the definition of loneliness. But then secrets begin to come to light, and everything I thought I knew about my life turns out to be a lie.

The year is 1853, and Princess Elisabeth “Sisi” of Bavaria has been very clear: She will wait for the head-over-heels love the poets speak of, or she will have no love at all. Just because her older sister, Helene, is eagerly heeding their mother’s advice and preparing to marry Emperor...

It’s 1863. Napoleon III has installed a foreign monarch in Mexico to squash the current regime. Maximilian von Habsburg of Austria accepts the emperor’s crown. But it is his wife, the brilliant and ambitious Princess Charlotte, who throws herself passionately into the role. Known to the people as Empress Carlota, she rules deftly from behind the scenes while her husband contents himself with philandering and decorating the palace. But Carlota bears a guilty secret.

The Arcana aren't just figures in a tarot deck―they're real. Terrifyingly real. That's what I learned when I found a tarot card in the snow and was yanked from my world into Towerfall. The first thing the people of this harsh, cruel realm did was try to kill me, and they probably would have succeeded if Kane hadn't taken me to his hideout in the woods and nursed me back to health.

Mit Diebstählen kennt Seraphina sich aus. Und damit, steinreichen Leuten etwas vorzuspielen. Als Freundin von Adrian Montpellier trinkt sie an Bord der Diamond Empress täglich Champagner zum Frühstück und schmiedet dabei heimlich Pläne. Sie spielt die Rolle des It-Girls schon so lange, dass sie beinahe glaubt, tatsächlich dieser gefühlskalte Mensch geworden zu sein. Wäre da nicht die Diebescrew und vor allem Zoe, ihre Achillesferse.

Funkelnde Diamanten, heiße Emotionen, elektrisierende Cliffhanger – Band 2 der Stolen-Dreams-Reihe als Hörbuch! Fin weiß genau, wie sie Leute zum Reden bringt – oder zum Schweigen. Im Wellnessbereich der Diamond Empress verhilft sie den Gästen zu Ruhe und Entspannung. Dabei weiß niemand, dass zwei Bedürfnisse in ihrem Inneren wettstreiten: ein unbändiger Rachedurst und der Wunsch, ihrer Schwester ein besseres Leben zu bieten. Als Teil der Diebescrew an Bord des Luxusschiffs ist Fins Ziel zum Greifen nah, doch für den Erfolg der Mission muss sie einen entscheidenden Beitrag leisten.

Cat Cleary is a 16-year-old Irish 'slummy' arriving in Liverpool to seek her fortune. Joe Calligan, a young steam-packet deckhand, thinks she's the loveliest girl he's ever seen and hasn't the heart to tell her that Liverpool is full of people tramping the streets looking for work. And then Cat sees the White Empress, a huge luxury liner. In that moment her ambition is born - to be chief stewardess. In spite of her poverty, her lack of education, her family background, Cat Cleary sets about realising her incredible dream.

New Adult meets Heist: Spannung und Spice von Erfolgsautorin Nena Tramountani zum Hören. Noemi sitzt in der Falle. Dank ihrer zahlreichen Fehltritte hat die Pianistin weder Geld noch Job und greift in ihrer Not nach dem rettenden Strohhalm: An Bord des Luxusliners Diamond Empress soll sie während seiner 100-tägigen Jungfernfahrt Klavier für die Reichen und Schönen spielen. Als sie gleich am ersten Tag den attraktiven Akrobaten Viktor kennenlernt, verspricht die Reise prickelnder zu werden als erwartet.

Ristéard Roald is the powerful and deadly ruler of Elpidios, a planet that is slowly dying without the Blood Stones needed to absorb the radiation gradually destroying its stratosphere. He has sworn to do whatever it takes to protect his world and his people, but time is running out. Hope comes from an unexpected source, the Kassis. They have found a way to replicate the Blood Stones needed to save his world, but his first dealings with a traitorous Kassisan has left a deep distrust for the species.

As the newly crowned Queen of Minloa, Elara has her hands full with more than just her mates and ruling a kingdom. A dark threat looms on the horizon that threatens her mates' lives and will stop at nothing to get to her, while battles against fae creatures - and her own mind - put the entire world in danger. If Elara's to unite the worlds, she'll need all the power of the sun and stars, her new mates, and the strength of the world to stand up and fight.

When Princess Matilda is eighteen years old, tragedy strikes the royal family, and she becomes the only child of the king of England - the de facto heir to the throne. As her dying father persuades the barons to pledge allegiance to her, Matilda returns to England - but the lords and clergy do not like an independent woman. And Matilda is nothing if not headstrong. When the old king dies, the country is plunged into instant chaos. So begins a fierce battle between cousins that will go down in history as a time called 'The Anarchy'.