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A decade of working for the high-powered Gilchrist family empire has made sassy Katy Wade determined to open her own business. But there's one last problem she must solve before she can leave. The Gilchrists need an heir apparent to save their mysteriously floundering fortunes, and there's only one man for the job: Luke Gilchrist. All his life the Gilchrists have made Luke pay for his father's scandal, and now he's a renegade who's sworn he'll never go home - except to get even.

A Family Man tells the story of 31-year-old Matt Webster, who arrives home from work one day to find that his wife, Kath, has walked out, leaving him to care for their four-year-old son. Shock and hurt are compounded by the challenge of suddenly having to juggle work with being a single parent. While the needs of his confused, unhappy little son come first, Matt embarks on the difficult quest to find out what could have driven his wife to abandon their child. It is only as the truth emerges that he learns the full heartbreak and joy of unconditional love.

Tracy Goldstein entiende muy bien lo que implica estar enamorada: ilusiones rotas, perder sus ahorros, y ver la empresa que construyó con arduo trabajo en manos de otro. ¿Cometer el mismo error? No, gracias. Estaba advertida sobre los hombres. No obstante, el día en que empieza a trabajar para el frío y distante CEO de S.W. Group, Tracy sabe que está en graves problemas. A medida que avanzan los días, la tensión entre ambos se cuece a fuego lento, y a ella le resulta cada vez más difícil no cruzar la delgada fina entre la cordura y el riesgo.

Tracy Goldstein entiende muy bien lo que implica estar enamorada: ilusiones rotas, perder sus ahorros, y ver la empresa que construyó con arduo trabajo en manos de otro. ¿Cometer el mismo error? No, gracias. Estaba advertida sobre los hombres. No obstante, el día en que empieza a trabajar para el frío y distante CEO de S.W. Group, Tracy sabe que está en graves problemas. A medida que avanzan los días, la tensión entre ambos se cuece a fuego lento, y a ella le resulta cada vez más difícil no cruzar la delgada fina entre la cordura y el riesgo.

Look Back in Anger focuses on the relationship between an educated but disaffected working-class young man, Jimmy Porter, and his equally intelligent but dispassionate wife, Alison, who comes from an upper-middle class military family. Having pushed back against her family so they could be together, Jimmy is now disillusioned by the class divide between them and constantly belittles her. Keeping the peace is their friendly Welsh lodger, Cliff. However, the arrival of Alison's friend Helena pushes the couple to breaking point. Can Alison and Jimmy ever reconcile?

Former Army Captain and venture capitalist Preston Guthrie has always had a thing for Cat Kingston, but he never felt like he could date his best friend’s sister. Plus, he’s a wrong-side-of-the-tracks guy and she’s a white-picket-fence kind of woman. Yet when they met again just before he was deployed, sparks flew. A fire ignited. And the heat was hot. For the first time, he thought a relationship with her might be possible...until an injury in the war changed everything….

Man nennt ihn den Drachen, aber Natalie Kaleta traut sich in seine Höhle. Die junge Galerie-Assistentin sollte eigentlich nur einige Kunstwerke bei Ronan Mitchell abholen. Nun verbringt sie jedoch das Wochenende bei dem für seine Launen bekannten, attraktiven Künstler, da ihr Wagen einen Abhang hinuntergerutscht ist. Tatsächlich ein Glück für beide, denn besonders die Nächte verbringen sie sehr genussvoll... Aber Natalie träumt von einem Mann, mit dem sie Kinder großziehen kann. Und Ronan zuckt schon bei dem Wort "Familie".

When Selena Martinez had one night with Tom Murray and fell pregnant, she thought maybe this was the start of her happily ever after—just like in her favorite romance novels. But then he told her to get lost, and she realized that life isn't anything like a book. Now, she knows her place. She's meant to be in the background, never the main character, and she's fine with it. She needs all of her energy to focus on raising her son, Max, without the man she once thought could be her hero. When she runs into him again, he's caring and attentive—making her rethink everything she knew about him.

Three women from very different backgrounds, bound by friendship, separated by destiny It was impossible, but in full view of the church, the Governor and wedding guests ... The bride had vanished. Some girls are born to be loved, some are born to be useful. Some girls are born to be bad...

A fast-paced historical romance adventure, set on the mighty Murray River in the 1890s with a flawed but loveable heroine. 1890s, River Murray, Northern Victoria Georgina Calthorpe is unhappy living with her indifferent foster family the MacHenry's in their crumbling house on the banks of the...

Und täglich grüßt der Hochzeitscrash... Megan und Tom freuen sich auf ihr Hochzeitswochenende. Aber mit zwei komplizierten Familien, nach zehn Jahren Beziehungsgeschichte und entsprechend vielen Geheimnissen geht sehr bald alles schief. Nach einem desaströsen Essen und einem noch schlimmeren Streit am Vorabend der Hochzeit beschließen die beiden, alles abzublasen - nur um am nächsten Morgen aufzuwachen und in einer Art Zeitschleife gefangen zu sein: Sie müssen den schlimmsten Tag ihres Lebens erneut durchmachen. Wie kommen sie da wieder raus? Und was passiert, wenn sie es tatsächlich schaffen?

An incisive novelist in the Southern tradition, Michael Morris has garnered comparisons to Harper Lee and Flannery O’Connor. Set during the tumult of World War I, Man in the Blue Moon follows Ella Wallace, a single mother fighting a corrupt banker to keep her family’s ancestral land. So when a mysterious man arrives on her doorstep with promises of help, Ella reluctantly places her trust in him. But it soon becomes clear that things aren’t on the up and up, putting Ella’s land - and her family - in jeopardy

While many regard her marriage with admiration and a touch of envy, Jane Lytton quietly reaches the shocking conclusion that her relationship with Michael, a successful banker with little time for her – or the nitty-gritty of family life – is failing. Even daring to contemplate leaving Michael is daunting. With no obvious outward signs of any marital problems, family and friends greet news of the predicament with a mixture of anger and uncomprehending sympathy. Forced to accept that she is alone, Jane takes drastic steps that veer her life off course.

She''d resolved to ""act more sophisticated"" and ""get out more."" But the rumpled bedding, the coffee brewed by other hands and The Note reminded Rachel Harper that she''d done something completely out of character. She''d brought a man home from a bar. And apparently made a baby. She''d been...

Sixty-four years ago, Susannah Morgan managed to flee the horrors of the Holocaust. But the memories of that childhood ordeal have proven impossible to sweep away. For most of her new life spent settled in sleepy North Carolina, the flashbacks have been a lonely obsession - one she has hidden from her family, and about which her heart is torn. Because for all the pain and the cruelty of those terrible years, she harbours sweet memories too, of unexpected friends who risked their own lives in order to save hers.

Former special-ops soldier Sam Brand is used to getting what he wants. What he wants is to unbutton the buttoned-down, sweet, and shy Dahlia McGregor. He’s hot to find her wild side. She’s eager to let him explore it. So he makes his proposition - no strings, no hurt feelings, and no promises - save for one: she’ll have the time of her life. After a broken engagement, Lia’s looking to someday find the right man and settle down. That’s some day. Now it’s all about the night. A hot, meaningless fling with a magnificently weathered blue-eyed stud like Sam couldn’t hurt.

Hulking ex-rugby player Spencer Carlisle has crushed on Daffodil McGregor since high school. On the field he knew the moves. Off, he was a clueless clod who never gained an advantage. Rejected and rebuffed, his infatuation finally cooled - like ice. Now, it’s impossible not to feel the chill - since he’s the best man and she’s the maid of honor at their siblings’ wedding. For the sake of harmony, they’re calling a truce. Daff has her reasons for being a cynic when it comes to romance. And twice as many for not letting on that she finds Spencer attractive.

Die Scherben eines Lebens – der Anfang einer neuen Hoffnung. Der Roman "Der Wahnsinn, den man Liebe nennt" von Brigitte Riebe als Hörbuch. Ein einziger Moment und nichts ist mehr wie zuvor. Als Susa Bergmann zufällig von einer zweiten Wohnung ihres Mannes erfährt, nur wenige Straßen entfernt, ahnt sie nicht, dass er dort auch ein zweites Leben hat: mit einer jungen Frau... und einer gemeinsamen Tochter. Eine Lüge, die Susas ganzes Leben erschüttert.

Knives Out and Ocean’s 8 meets The Nest in this hilariously twisty novel by award-winning author HelenKay Dimon, about a woman who returns home from prison to her dysfunctional con artist family and tries to get them to go legit. One day a con man met an heiress, wooed her, married her, had...

Harvard physiologist Robert Merriwether has four whip-smart children, an attractive and intelligent wife, and a successful, stimulating career. True, he and Sarah have not slept together in years, and when he decides to stay behind in Cambridge for the summer while the rest of the family vacations in Maine, his newfound freedom is deeply unsettling. But that does not mean that Merriwether wants to change his life or feels unloved.