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Nolan Callahan plant, auch diese Feiertage wie alle anderen davor zu verbringen: Er will die schrecklichen Menschen von Annapolis in seinem ziellosen Dasein als Geist der vergangenen Weihnacht heimsuchen. Als Nolan engagiert wird, die Antiquitätenladenbesitzerin für seinen Weihnachtsspuk heimzusuchen, hat keiner von beiden eine Ahnung, warum. Um einander zu entkommen, müssen Harriet und Nolan die Fäden entwirren, die sie miteinander verbinden - und das alles bis zum Weihnachtsabend.

I thought killing the head of the mage council would finally give me a sliver of peace. Instead, it cost me everything: my safety, my sanity, and the man I love. While we race to find a way to save Archer, Lua is preparing to destroy the world's magic. If she succeeds, Earth will die, and the universe will follow. To stop her, I'll need every ounce of my volatile magic, the strength of my found family, and the courage to risk everything. Draining her magic might not be enough. I might have to take her soul.

My secret's out. The mage council knows about my forbidden magic, and they plan to make an example out of me and everyone who knows the truth. Everything I feared for so many years is coming true. Running from my power didn't protect my secret or those I care about. So, I have to embrace my magic and all the death and destruction it leaves in its wake. The only way to evade the council is by working together with my mates as we travel to another realm.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Kate comes a magical time-slip love triangle about a man split into two—one version young and carefree, the other suave but jaded—and one woman’s quest to reunite his broken pieces. Two loves. One soul. One choice. Fenny’s got that boss...

When Clara first arrived in Rowan Vale to visit her new boyfriend, Jack, she had no idea her life was about to change forever. After being a stay-at-home mum for years, Clara has an opportunity to start a new business and maybe find herself again. But when fate intervenes, all her hopes seem shattered, and as she and Jack struggle to cope with their new reality their relationship has never been more precarious.

My name is Isabel Gallagher, and I have a secret. I can see ghosts. If anyone discovers my ability, everyone I care about will be killed. To keep my secret, I have to pretend to be magicless. Since mages value power above all else, I'm the town of Hawthorne Grove's favorite punching bag. I only have a year left here. Then, I can move away to a normal human town and forget that other mages exist. My five-year plan of staying alive and remaining undetected is on track. Until one night at the gym, I met them.

Joy Preston misses her beloved late grandmother dearly. But when she learns the terms of Nana's will, she's shocked - and more than a little irked. Joy moved to Colorado years ago and is now CEO of a successful nail polish company. Her life and career are in Denver. How can Nana have expected her to give that up, even temporarily, to take over a bed and breakfast in North Carolina for six months? Yet there's no denying Heart and Soul's charm, especially at holiday time.

Alex Cassidy's parents always said they'd move heaven and earth to ensure she married well. And this time, they did! After all, Alex was turning thirty and still had no husband - that was a combination they just could not live with. The day she turned 3-0, Alex woke to find, at the foot of her bed, looking dapper and doting, the ghosts of her parents. Most ghosts were fleeting apparitions, but Alex's ghosts were here to stay... at least until they delivered her birthday present - Mr. Right!

She's always been his safe place to land. Jensen has shared a special bond with Tuck for as long as she can remember, their friendship a language that never needed words. But as life threw her one curveball after another, that secret language turned to stony silence. He's always been her protector. Tuck has looked out for Jensen since the day she was born. As his best friend's little sister, he's tried to keep her firmly in the family category. But she's always been more.

When cash-strapped single mum Callie visits the beautiful Cotswold village of Rowan Vale on a school trip with her daughter, she is enchanted. It's run as a living museum, with a steam railway, vintage teashop, Elizabethan manor house and old water mill allowing tourists to see history in action. But there's more to Rowan Vale than meets the eye... To Callie's surprise, the owner of the village, elderly Sir Lawrence Davenport, requests a meeting with her. It appears Callie has been observed talking to several villagers she shouldn’t be able to see - as they’re ghosts.

Philippa Fielding is single and searching for love in London, but her accidental profession of "Message Deliverer from the Great Beyond" puts most men right off. Dashing and successful, Richard Bingham has been voted one of the top ten bachelors in New York City. After unwittingly offending a reporter from Manhattan Life magazine, he finds himself on the receiving end of an article that makes his quest of finding the perfect mate nearly impossible.

At least one good thing has come from Levi Spencer's car accident - it seems to have knocked some sense into him. He's ready to leave his wild Vegas playboy ways behind and become a new man. And he knows just the place to do it...his brother Joe's new hometown. He's never spent time in a place described as quaint or idyllic, and now he intends to revel in every charming, sweet thing he can find. Like the homegrown country girl his brother sets him up with for the Christmas formal.

Ex-dancer Emily Williams turned her back on popular dancing show Strictly Dancing with Celebs to help those in need. Now the only dancing she does is teaching lonely pensioners to waltz. She's certainly not star-struck when Hollywood heart-throb Blake Harris is sent to her at short notice for community service and has no desire to babysit the arrogant actor with his bad-boy antics. But Emily's reasons for abandoning her dancing passion means she understands the Hollywood wild child more than she'd like to admit.

When I was born, I was beloved by my parents. I felt their warmth from the tips of my toes to the untamable curls in my hair - until tragedy hit and I lost them both. With no extended family, I ended up in Kerrighan House, a home for girls who'd lost everything. Mama Kerri took me in and treated me with nothing but love, as did the rest of my sisters of the soul. In that house, we formed a bond that could never be broken.

Jobless and forced home to Wisconsin, journalist Sabrina Monroe can tolerate reunions with frenemies and kisses from old boyfriends, but not the literal ghosts that greet her in this heartwarming tale of the power of love and connection from acclaimed author Amy E. Reichert. For Sabrina Monroe...

Der 40-jährige Extrembergsteiger Jackson Mayer bezwingt die höchsten Berge. Für seine zahlreichen Fans ist er Held und Inspiration, eine Ikone des Sports. Am Ende seiner großartigen Karriere fehlt ihm nur der Denali in Alaska, der kälteste Berg der Welt. Mit der Alleinbesteigung in Rekordzeit will er Geschichte schreiben und danach ein beschaulicheres Leben beginnen. Als er sich bei den Buschpiloten in Gold Lake auf den Gipfelsturm vorbereitet, trifft er unerwartet auf die verlorene Liebe seines Lebens. Sharon hatte sich vor fünfzehn Jahren nach einem tragischen Unfall von ihm abgewandt.

Ein Traum geht für die junge Juristin Lara in Erfüllung: Ihr wohlhabender Verlobter Niklas lädt sie und ihre Eltern zu einer Safari in das berühmteste Tierparadies Botswanas ein. Laras Eltern halten Niklas für eine ausgezeichnete Partie. Er hat gute Umgangsformen, ist zuverlässig und als Unternehmer erfolgreich. Doch im Luxus einer Safari-Lodge im Okavango-Delta beginnt Lara zu zweifeln. Ihr finanziell sorgenfreies Leben scheint ihr plötzlich ohne Sinn zu sein und dekadent angesichts der Armut in Afrika.

Die 23-jährige Berliner Studentin Hanna träumt seit ihrer Kindheit von einer Reise nach Alaska. Aber Hanna hat eine seltene angeborene Krankheit; ihre Haut ist so verwundbar wie der Flügel eines Schmetterlings. Doch sie will sich ihren Traum erfüllen – trotz der Gefahren –, denn sie weiß, ihre Zeit ist begrenzt. Jetzt oder nie! Bei den Buschpiloten in Gold Lake lernt Hanna den jungen Piloten Matt kennen, der sich bei den Proud Alaskans engagiert. Eine Gruppierung, die sich für größtmögliche Freiheit, Unabhängigkeit und Eigenverantwortung einsetzt.

Karrieremensch Jeff will mit einem Wildnisabenteuer in Alaska die Risse in seiner Familie kitten. Seine hochsensible Tochter Emily ist skeptisch, ob das gelingt. Viel lieber wäre sie mit ihrem Freund alleine in den Ferien. Ein Zwischenfall in der Wildnis lässt den Traum vom gemeinsamen Abenteuer zum Albtraum werden: Die Familie kämpft ums nackte Überleben. Die missliche Situation spitzt sich weiter zu, als Familiengeheimnisse an die Oberfläche drängen.