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“Delicious, decadent, and utterly diabolical. No one serves up a scandal like Asha Elias.”—Kirsten Miller, author of The Change A seductive social satire about the wealthy PTA moms of an elite elementary school in Miami Beach, Pink Glass Houses is very Big Little Lies and Pineapple Street...

This wickedly wise (and wisecracking) parody of classic fairy tales redefines happily ever after for the modern feminist era. You know what? It's super creepy to kiss a woman who is unconscious. And you know what else? The way out of poverty isn't by marrying a rich dude -- or by wearing fragile...

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Tara's career comes with a lot of pros and cons - which is a nice way of saying that she's kick-ass in her fight against professional con artists. And she's tough enough to deal with all the money launderers, tax evaders, and other such criminals who cross her path...until her own boyfriend, Nick, joins their leagues. Now all bets are off. Nick is about to go deep undercover - and the stakes are higher than Tara could have ever imagined. It's all part of a joint task force with the DEA to bring down a powerful, violent drug cartel.

Die Hesselbachs sind vielen erst durch die in den 1950er Jahren erstmals ausgestrahlte Fernsehserie bekannt geworden. Doch die eigentlichen Wurzeln dieser hessischen Familie liegen im Hörfunk. Bereits 1949 wurde die erste Folge "Hesselbachs Ihrn Hausschlüssel" live aufgezeichnet und gesendet. In den folgenden Jahren sind unter dem Titel "Die Familie Hesselbach" weitere 47 Folgen dieser sogenannten Alltagschronik produziert worden.