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Every dragon seeks his destined mate, but the process to turn the woman he once thought was his killed her and devastated him. Finn Conleth will never risk his heart again. His team is his family now. When his body eventually gives out, he'll leave, living his last days alone. Delaney Hamilton moved across the country to escape the freak fires that plague her. But when another suspicious fire erupts and rapidly escalates around her, her hopes for a new life go up in smoke. She has no choice but to turn to the mysterious men who come to her aid.

Sometimes work can be murder. Detective Sergeant Kiara Lui has just broken up a loud brawl between two blokes in front of the Warrigal Public Library. But just as she's about to leave the scene, a man plummets from the sky and slams into the bike rack right in front of her, dead. Head of Library Services, Neville Adams, was hated by staff, borrowers, and in fact anybody who had ever met him. What might have tipped that hatred into outright murder? The building is quickly sealed, trapping all the suspects inside.

A young woman desperate to save her mother turns to her last resort: a ruthless mob boss in search of an heir. What starts as a business arrangement explodes into passion that neither expected. But can Camille survive in Erik's dangerous world?

After a stint inside, notorious gangster Nathan Conlon is back. He says he’s a changed man, but old habits die hard on Liverpool’s gritty streets. He’ll stop at nothing to reclaim his formidable criminal empire—and his long-suffering ex-wife, Grace. Grace once kissed the ground that Nathan walked on, but not anymore. She’s head of the firm now, commanding respect from the best of them, and she’ll do anything to protect her family—even if it means beating Nathan at the dirtiest of games.

Local gangster Dante (Jack Boy) knows more than anybody how dangerous and ruthless the streets can be. But against his better instincts, he allows himself to fall for a local female gangster named Alinna, considered to be somewhat of a competitor to Dante because she leads her own all female crew. Alinna, too, is very well aware of the dangers that come with letting feelings get in the way of business. But like Dante, she decides to embrace the attraction anyway. That however proves to be a mistake when she discovers Dante is two-timing her with a female gang unit officer.

I have my dream job. With a nightmare boss. At first, Nicole Barret seemed to be the perfect boss. I was dead wrong. It gets worse when I find out my husband knows her all too well. She's his ex-fiancé. She won’t let me quit without destroying my career and my marriage. It wasn’t a coincidence that she hired me. It won’t be a coincidence if I disappear.

Entre Émilie et Marek, c’est électrique dès le premier regard. Lui est dominateur, dur, inflexible, et n’accepte jamais moins que l’excellence. Elle est inexpérimentée, mais déterminée à faire sa place au sein de la société de Marek, son boss, et à obtenir des réponses. Ils sont liés par un passé que Marek préférerait oublier et qu’Émilie refuse d’effacer. Entre affrontements et rapprochements, lequel cédera le premier  ?

Meinetwegen platzt eine Hochzeit - und der beste Freund des Bräutigams wird mein neuer Boss! So ein Mist! Ich bin in der falschen Kirche gelandet! Wie konnte das nur passieren? London:. Schlechter hätte es wirklich nicht laufen können. Eigentlich wollte ich nur meiner besten Freundin Vanessa helfen, aber letztlich habe ich dafür gesorgt, dass ich einen echt miesen Start auf der Arbeit habe. Mein alter Boss geht nämlich in Rente und sein Nachfolger ist ausgerechnet der Mann, der nicht wirklich begeistert von meinem Versuch war, die Hochzeit seines besten Freundes Marc zu verhindern.

Natalie Olsen und ihre beste Freundin Cara feiern ausgelassen in einem Club. Dann verschwindet Cara mit einem gutaussehenden Mann. Am nächsten Morgen liegt sie im Koma. Die Polizei tappt im Dunkeln, aber Natalie ist entschlossen, den Mann zu finden, der ihrer Freundin das angetan hat. Als sie den Unbekannten auf dem Cover eines Magazins entdeckt, ist klar: Es handelt sich um den erfolgreichen Unternehmer Geoffrey Rosenberg. Natalie nimmt einen Job in der Villa des charismatischen Millionärs an. Aber kaum betritt sie sein Haus, beschleicht sie ein grauenvoller Verdacht.

Alfonso "Little Al" D'Arco, the former acting boss of the Luchese crime family, was the highest-ranking mobster to ever turn government witness when he flipped in 1991. His decision to flip prompted many others to make the same choice, including John Gotti's top aide, Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano, and his testimony sent more than fifty mobsters to prison. In Mob Boss, award-winning news reporters Jerry Capeci and Tom Robbins team up for this unparalleled account of D'Arco's life.

Young Michael, an illegal immigrant escaping the troubles in Northern Ireland is strong and fearless and clever, just the fellow to be tapped by Darkey, a crime boss, to join a gang of Irish thugs struggling against the rising Dominican powers in Harlem and the Bronx. The time is pre-Giuliani New York, when crack rules the city, squatters live furtively in ruined buildings, and hundreds are murdered each month.

I’ve spent the better part of the last few years successfully avoiding my brother’s best friend, Weston Aldrich. As CEO of Andes Inc, the infuriatingly handsome and incessantly grumpy Weston also happens to be my new boss. It shouldn’t have been hard to continue avoiding him. After all, he’s on the executive floor, and I’m one of many copywriters. Weston has his own ideas about how things should go between us. He’s in my emails, leaving notes on my desk, and as if that’s not enough, he arranges for me to accompany him on a business trip.

Anna Davis is under pressure. With her West End nightclub packed full every night and the opening of another club just around the corner, she knows she can’t take her eye off the ball. Her devoted boyfriend, Freddie Tyler, practically owns London’s West End, and he’s got a big deal on - one that could make the Tylers the most powerful family in London. He’s going into business with crime boss Frank Gambino. But visiting Anna at work one night, Gambino tells her he’ll only sign the deal with Freddie on one condition - that she hands over Club Anya to him.

I'm having my bosshole's baby. Safe to say that's not ideal… especially because he doesn't even know. As a matter of fact, Kirill is clear across the country, and I'm pretty sure he's never coming back. That's fine. My daughter and I will be a-okay without him. At least, that's what I thought. Five years goes by like pulling teeth. I learn something. It hurts to do this alone. It hurts to do this without him. It hurts to know what could have been if only we hadn't both been so unbelievably stubborn with our hearts. Then, one day, just when I think I can't bear to hurt anymore, he's back.

A “gripping” (The Washington Post) work of history and reportage that unveils the stranger-than-fiction world of multilevel marketing: a massive money-making scam and radical political conspiracy that has remade American society. “Reads like a thriller . . . masterfully illuminates the...

My enemy's daughter. My unprotected bride. Allison thinks that this is a fair world, that justice exists. I'm here to show her there is no such thing as innocence. In my world, it's might makes right. Kill or be killed. And I've caused my fair share of bloodshed. But when I discover her with an innocent man's blood on her hands, we both know that there's only one way out of this mess: On her knees before me. So I give her an offer she cannot refuse. Become my wife. Carry my baby. Or prepare to suffer the consequences.

I'm Ridge. I'm living a lie—except the night I met Kristi. After hours of sweltering passion, I fell hard. And I vowed to end my enemies to claim her. Instead, she ran straight into danger. So I have to kidnap her. But she has a surprise for me, too.... Now I'm even more determined to mete out justice so I can spend the next fifty years with her. Unfortunately, the mafia has a nasty habit of not letting go....

Ember: Seit Ryder mich vor fünfzehn Jahren nach meinem Liebesgeständnis ausgelacht hat, ist er für mich das personifizierte Böse. Dennoch lasse ich mich von meinem Bruder überreden, Ryders rechte Hand in ihrem Unternehmen zu werden, und dachte, schlimmer könne es nicht werden. Bis ich ihm beim Ausrichten eines Thanksgiving-Dinners helfen muss. Das Drama ist vorprogrammiert, aber wider Erwarten enden unsere hitzigen Diskussionen plötzlich in intensiven Blicken. Es ist absolut verrückt, doch ich kann einfach nicht aufhören, ihn zu wollen, und alles fühlt sich nahezu perfekt an.

"Wenn du auf einen dominanten Milliardär triffst, der DICH BESITZEN WILL, koste es, was es wolle! Alles, was in seiner kalten Welt regiert, sind Macht, Geld & Kontrolle. Doch du kannst nicht anders, als ihm dein Herz zu schenken, auch wenn du es wahrscheinlich verlieren wirst." Im Leben der gutherzigen, naiven Amber Snyder herrscht das pure Chaos: Sie hat ihren Job als Sekretärin verloren und findet einfach keine neue Stelle. Zu allem Übel lässt sie sich zu einer wilden Partynacht überreden, bei der sie viel zu tief ins Glas schaut.

Als Sophie zustimmt, ihren milliardenschweren Chef Isaac Winter zu fake daten, ahnt sie nicht, worauf sie sich einlässt. Isaac, der charismatische Besitzer des legendären 5th Ave Hotels, verkörpert Macht, Reichtum und Unabhängigkeit - und genau diese Kombination macht ihn so unglaublich attraktiv. Je mehr Zeit sie dann miteinander verbringen, desto mehr verschwimmt die Grenze zwischen Dichtung und Wahrheit.