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Sammie Gordon knows of The Love Hotel’s infamous reputation for making happy ever afters a reality. So when she gets her coveted invite to the hotel’s exclusive resort in Italy she’s packed her bags before she’s signed on the dotted line. What could be more perfect than sun, sea, culture and… her perfect match?

A master strategist and tireless activist, Bayard Rustin is best remembered as the organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, one of the largest nonviolent protests ever held in the United States. He brought Gandhi's protest techniques to the American civil rights movement and played a deeply influential role in the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., helping to mold him into an international symbol of nonviolence.

Prudence Cynster has turned her back on husband hunting in favor of horse hunting. As the head of the breeding program underpinning the success of the Cynster racing stables, she's on a quest to acquire the necessary horses to refresh the stable's breeding stock.

For Finlay Swinton, Viscount Firthwell and only son of a powerful earl, life has been a lark...until he discovers a terrible family secret that could ruin him. Determined to make a name for himself free of scandal's shadow, he runs for Parliament. However, he encounters Charlotte, the mysterious woman who disappeared after their one night together, and he finds it impossible to stay away, despite her working class status and Jewish faith that threaten to destroy his chance for success.

After years away from home, Summer Graves is back in Austin, Texas, to accept a new teaching position. Of all the changes to the old neighborhood, the most dispiriting one is the slated demolition of the high school her grandmother founded. There’s no way she can let developers destroy her memories and her family legacy. But the challenge stirs memories of another kind.

The ideal of a new Germany swept up Sophie Scholl in a maelstrom of patriotic fervor - that is, until she realized the truth behind Hitler's machinations for the fatherland. Now she and other students in Munich, the cradle of the Nazi government, have banded together to form a group to fight for the truth: the White Rose. Risking everything to print and distribute leaflets calling for Germans to rise up against the evil permeating their country, the White Rose treads a knife's edge of discovery by the Gestapo.

On New Year's Eve, life changed forever. A devastating EMP tore across the nation, leaving society in ruin. Six months on, after a harrowing and tragic conflict, Aoife is living at a new community. But life is far from straightforward. Food supplies are dwindling. Virus and disease ravage the population. And Aoife herself is torn up with guilt, haunted by visions from the past. But everything changes when a mysterious survivor arrives with promising news: a safe haven, with a thriving community, just miles away. Will Aoife and the group find the salvation they are searching for?

Silas is growing into the responsibilities weighing him down. Earth is struggling, but there is hope. The deals that Silas has made have brought resources and trainers to Earth. He's helped some leaders gain an understanding of what they will face. His team has continued to grow but now he finds himself facing the greatest challenge to any Forerunner, the Wild Hunt. He'll be hunted but also have to hunt other Forerunners while forging a shaky alliance with those he can't trust. Even more disturbing, it seems like there might be more than one system to choose from.

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Sexy Väter sind die neuen Bad Boys. Max Alexander ist ein erfolgreicher Geschäftsmann. In der Liebe aber hat er kein Glück. Und überhaupt gibt es nur eine "Frau" in seinem Leben: Seine kleine Tochter. Sie ist die Einzige, für die er alle Geduld und Fürsorge der Welt aufbringt. Doch die neue Nanny wird immer mehr zu einer Ablenkung, für die er eigentlich keine Zeit hat... Dieses Hörbuch ist bereits unter dem Titel "The House Mate" schon einmal erschienen.

Kannst du ihm widerstehen? Cannon Roth hat eine unglaubliche Wirkung auf Frauen, die nicht immer positiv endet. Als eine seiner Verehrerinnen sein Apartment kurz und klein schlägt, braucht er dringend eine Unterkunft. Seine große Schwester quartiert ihn daraufhin bei ihrer besten Freundin Paige ein. Die Paige, die Cannon seit seiner Teenagerzeit heiße Träume beschert. Als die beiden nach Jahren das erste Mal wieder aufeinandertreffen, prickelt es gewaltig zwischen ihnen. Die Leidenschaft scheint unstillbar. Doch es gibt gute Gründe, die Finger voneinander zu lassen.

Wenn die Sandkastenliebe erwachsen wird... Evie Reed ist schon ewig verliebt. In Smith Hamilton - den besten Freund ihres Bruders. Doch sie will ihren Traummann nicht länger aus der Ferne anhimmeln. Endlich möchte sie einen Grund haben, ihm die Dessous, die die Firma ihrer Familie entwirft, vorzuführen. Auch wenn Smith sein Bestes gibt, um der attraktiven Schwester seines besten Freundes nicht zu verfallen: Evie hat einen Plan! Dieses Hörbuch ist bereits unter dem Titel "The Play Mate" schon einmal erschienen.