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Pearl O'Reilly woont al haar hele leven in het slaperige Ierse dorpje Drangan. Ze geniet van haar dagelijkse rituelen: lunchen met haar beste vriendin Una, praten met haar therapeut Mairead en werken in het winkeltje van de O'Callaghans. Haar andere gewoontes – tot tien tellen voor ze de trap op of af gaat en obsessief haar handen wassen – zijn iets minder leuk. Dan ontmoet Pearl Jack, een Nieuw-Zeelander die op rondreis is door Ierland. Zijn bezoek is kort, maar als hij een liefdesbriefje voor haar achterlaat, begint ze na te denken over een ander leven.

Surrounded by potential enemies, Hannah McGarry faces the mystery of her husband's suspicious death, the prospect of bankruptcy ... and the disappearance of the fabulous Black Trinity necklace that was to be her financial security. Desperate, she calls Archer Donovan, a silent partner in Pearl...

Theodora is the matriarch of a family that has grown into a bunch of truculent knuckleheads. While she's finally gotten them all together in South Carolina to celebrate, this Christmas looks nothing like the extravagant, homey holidays of her childhood. What happened to the days when Christmas...

Bienvenue au Bloody Black Pearl ! Quand tu tourneras la première page de ce livre, tu entreras dans le temple du Rock ! Un pub parisien où tout peut arriver. Même la rencontre de Tony, caissière et barmaid à ses heures, et Max, un pilote de ligne surnommé "Air Flight" par celle qui va tourmenter sa vie bien rangée. Si tu aimes la musique et te marrer, alors pousse les portes du sanctuaire de la romance trash, de la comédie sur fond de rock. Si tu as quelque chose contre les scènes sulfureuses et le langage fleuri, passe ton chemin.

Träume so kostbar wie Perlen. Lorena kennt das Luxuskaufhaus ihrer Familie besser als jede andere. Sie träumt davon, das Kaufhaus eines Tages zu übernehmen, doch die Tradition sieht vor, dass nur die männlichen Nachkommen das Unternehmen weiterführen dürfen. Wenn es nach ihren Eltern geht, besteht Lorenas Aufgabe einzig und allein darin, einen reichen Ehemann zu finden, der gut zu den Werten der Familie passt. Lorena ist frustriert. Sie hat keine Lust, sich ihre Zukunft diktieren zu lassen, und will ihrer Familie zeigen, was in ihr steckt.

Riki Maddox is not your average tomb-raiding treasure hunter. Her targets are carefully chosen to wound her father’s killers, the Japanese Yakuza. Working for the Department of Homeland Security, Special Agent Dallas Landry is a rare breed. He had a perfect success rate recovering stolen art and antiquities—until he came up against a menace known as Riki Maddox. The two will cross paths once again in Australia—on a quest for the legendary Phantom Pearl, a priceless mammoth tusk carved by 15th century monks.

As her two best friends settle into their happily ever afters, destination wedding designer Arielle Chandler is beginning to wonder if the promise of "The One" - one true love, meant only for her - is merely folklore passed down from her Native American grandmother. But when a mysterious man nearly mows her down on a hill overlooking Barefoot Bay, the legend of destined love suddenly feels very real. That is, until Ari learns of Luke McBain's plans to demolish a piece of land she believes is sacred.

Parker All I ever wanted was to be part of a family. But that’s what I have found in The Bachelor Pact. And that is why I’ve moved into Mason’s inn in Cedar Falls. To help with the renovations and plan my next move. I wasn’t looking to meet anyone, but sometimes people are meant to show up in your life I guess. Delaney is everything I didn’t know I was looking for. But I made a promise to the guys…Never stay the night.

She wanted to start again. To be someone--anyone--different . . . Freedom. When Carleigh Stanger thought of college, that was the word that came to mind. Freedom from her unhappy home life. Freedom from high school mistakes. Freedom from the memory of that terrible morning. Only instead of...

Sie mussten erst nach Hause kommen, um die große Liebe zu finden... Dillion Stitch hatte eigentlich nicht vor, so schnell in die kleine Stadt Pearl Lake zurückzukehren, in der sie aufgewachsen ist. Doch als ihre Familie Hilfe braucht, erklärt sie sich bereit, zu helfen. In ihrer Heimat angekommen, muss sie allerdings feststellen, dass sich auch in Pearl Lake einige Dinge verändert haben. Allen voran, der neue - und zugegeben attraktive - Nachbar Donovan "Van" Firestone, der in das Cottage seiner Großmutter gezogen ist.

It's probably a bad idea to fall for the one woman I was never supposed to touch. Following the rules has never been hard. Until Mae walks back into my life, fresh off a broken engagement and looking like a complication I want to make. Because now he's looking at me like I'm something more than a friend, and suddenly I'm feeling things I never thought I would again.

Prince Konstantin can't forget Emma Carmichael, who vanished after a wedding contract forced him to end their relationship. A surprise meeting five years later shocks Konstantin - Emma has a son. Unmistakably his son. Emma wants Konstantin in their son's life - yet she's wary. She'd had no choice but to walk away; his family hadn't deemed her worthy of being his princess. But as their reunion stokes the flames of their passion, can she trust that this time, their bond is strong enough to prove them all wrong?

As a naive teenager, Lady Nataliya signed a contract promising her to a prince. Now, to release them both, she causes a scandal by going on 50 dates for a magazine. It works.... Until her betrothed's brother, widowed King Nikolai, insists she honor the marriage agreement - with him!

The only man to tempt her? A prince! Jenna Beals put love to one side and worked hard to achieve her dream career as a fashion journalist. So when she's catapulted into an incendiary fling with gorgeous Prince Dimitri, she knows it has an expiration date—she's not looking for a crown! Dimitri's mission to discover who's leaking palace secrets led him to Jenna, but their passion-filled tryst reveals someone who sees him for more than his royal title. As their connection deepens, could the truth cost him the only woman who could truly be his?