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It's hard to truly get lost in 2025, but Arden trusted his GPS in the deep, rural woods of Georgia, where satellite signals don't reach. Now he, his wife Laurie, and their two children, traveling back home after a fun weekend away, have run out of gas next to a house displaying a very unwelcoming sign. The porch light turns on. A large man with a shotgun emerges. As he walks slowly toward their car, the family has no idea how bad their night is about to become…

From the Collins Crime Club archive, the forgotten second novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, once dubbed ‘The King of Detective Story Writers’ and recognised as one of the ‘big four’ Golden Age crime authors. When the body of Sir William Ponson is found in the Cranshaw River near his home of...

Seit einem traumatischen Unfall kann Willow der freien Natur nicht mehr viel abgewinnen. Aber ausgerechnet sie wird von ihrem Chef für einen Fotoauftrag in die Adirondack Mountains geschickt, genauer gesagt: nach Berryfield. Die Griffin-Brüder erklären sich bereit, ihr die Gegend zu zeigen, aber die Aufgabe bleibt an Samuel hängen. Der findet die quirlige Willow etwas anstrengend und oberflächlich, aber bei jedem gemeinsamen Streifzug durch die Gegend merkt er, dass sein erster Eindruck ihn vollkommen getäuscht hat.

Real Texas Cowboys Don't Kiss and Tell Josie Dawson is new in town, but it doesn't take a local to know that Deke Sullivan is trouble--in a smokin' hot package. He's sweet, sexy, and has charmed just about every woman in Dry Creek, Texas. Well, Josie won't be next. She'll keep her distance, even...

Two brothers brave a whirlwind summer in this taut and luminous coming-of-age novel A twelve-year-old boy lives with his family in a small, poverty-stricken town in Vermont. His father works at a manufacturing plant, his mother is a homemaker, and his fifteen-year-old brother is about to enter...

‘A tense, gripping domestic noir’ T.M. Logan No matter where you hide… Kaitlyn Best is stuck in a rut. So when she discovers she's pregnant after a one-night-stand with Alex, her school crush, she throws caution to the wind and accepts his offer to make a new life together in the depths of...

As long as Carmel stays in London, nothing can happen to shatter her perfect life. She has a wonderful marriage, a rewarding career and a great bunch of friends. As far as she's concerned, the sadness of her past can stay back in Ireland, where it belongs. For Carmel, Ireland only means misery, loneliness and fear and she never wants to return. The new, confident and happy Carmel only exists on the cosmopolitan streets of Britain's capital. If she ever was forced to return, she fears she would revert to the mousey downtrodden woman she once was.

Als Nova beschließt, ihr Studium abzubrechen und Work & Travel in den USA zu machen, freut sie sich auf eine aufregende Zeit – aber als Erstes landet sie ausgerechnet in der Kleinstadt Berryfield. Sie merkt jedoch schnell, dass der Ort mehr zu bieten hat, als sie dachte, was vor allem am charmanten Kletterlehrer Hudson liegt, der ihr die abenteuerliche Seite von Berryfield zeigt. Nova leidet unter Höhenangst, beschließt aber, dass sie die endlich überwinden will.

Little Henry Wallace was eight years old and 100 miles from home before anyone talked to him. His mother placed him on a train with a label around his neck, asking for him to be kept safe for a week, kept away from Hinton Hollow. Because something was coming.

Rose Gordon knew the farm would be hers when Charlie died. Strong and sassy, Rose is the sole heir to five generations of cattle country and the magnificent Barrington Homestead. But Charlie’s will is not as she expects, and the appearance of Angus Hamilton on the day of the funeral unsettles her. Handsome and single, she's attracted to him. But can she trust him?

Die Stylistin Cleo führt ein schillerndes Leben in Berlin. Ihre Kindheit auf dem Land hat sie weit hinter sich gelassen, von Kuhmist und selbstgestrickten Pullis will sie nichts mehr wissen. Doch als sie in die Bretagne reisen muss, um auf dem Biohof des wortkargen Farmers Finn auszuhelfen, holt ihre Vergangenheit sie wieder ein. Erst als sie dem schwächelnden Marktstand der Farm neues Leben einhaucht, bröckelt ihr Widerwille. Cleo verliebt sich in das wilde Meer, die raue Küstenlandschaft und deren eigenwillige Bewohner. Und auch Finn hat durchaus seinen Charme.

1964: Als Helene das Angebot erhält, an die Schule in Kirchdorf zurückzukehren, geht sie nur zögernd darauf ein, denn sie befürchtet, dass ihre Gefühle für den Landarzt Tobias ihr Leben erneut durcheinanderwirbeln könnten. Doch nicht nur diesem Problem muss sie sich stellen. An der Schule warten ungeahnte Herausforderungen auf Helene, die ihren ganzen Einsatz erfordern. Ihre zwölfjährige Tochter Marie zeigt sich zunehmend dickköpfig, und ihre Freundin Isabella hat eine Beziehung zu einem schwarzen GI, den die Dorfbewohner mit Argwohn betrachten.

Cecil Younger never thought it would come to this: providing surveillance for a chicken coop being raided by a fowl thief. But things have not exactly been breaking right lately for the Alaskan P.I. The logical thing to do? Take a vacation, of course. Well, it's not exactly a vacation. Younger has been paid to investigate a doctor aboard a luxurious first-class cruise ship up the Alaskan coast. Except passengers are dying. Now Younger finds himself trapped on a ship of fools with a murderer who is leaving a trail of well-to-do passengers in his wake...and leaving evidence pointing an accusing finger at Cecil!

1964: Als Helene das Angebot erhält, an die Schule in Kirchdorf zurückzukehren, geht sie nur zögernd darauf ein, denn sie befürchtet, dass ihre Gefühle für den Landarzt Tobias ihr Leben erneut durcheinanderwirbeln könnten. Doch nicht nur diesem Problem muss sie sich stellen. An der Schule warten ungeahnte Herausforderungen auf Helene, die ihren ganzen Einsatz erfordern. Ihre zwölfjährige Tochter Marie zeigt sich zunehmend dickköpfig, und ihre Freundin Isabella hat eine Beziehung zu einem schwarzen GI, den die Dorfbewohner mit Argwohn betrachten.

Pregnant with her second child, Martha King finds her marriage to lawyer Austin King more and more frustrating when her husband befriends his young foster cousin, Nora, and, in the process, unwittingly jeopardizes his marriage, career, and place in the community.

Welcome to Wishing Tree, where the magic of Christmas in July will bring you home in this heartwarming story by #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery. Some heartbreaks hit harder than others. For Shaye Harper, the last one was so bad she swore off men for good. Wishing Tree...

January, 1801. When Lydia’s estranged father is accused of murder, Will Rees escorts her to Boston to uncover the truth. Marcus Farrell is believed to have murdered one of his workers, a boy from Jamaica where he owns a plantation. Marcus swears he’s innocent. However, a scandal has been aroused by his refusal to answer questions and by accusations that he bribed officials. As Will and Lydia investigate, Marcus’s brother, Julian, is shot and killed. This time, all fingers point towards James Morris, Lydia’s brother. Is someone targeting the family?

In 1919, Delano, Georgia, appoints its first chief of police. Honest and hardworking, the new chief is puzzled when young men start to disappear. But his investigation is ended by the fatal blast from a shotgun. Delano's second chief-of-police is no hero, yet he is also disturbed by what he sees in the missing-persons bulletins. In 1969, when Delano's third chief takes over, the unsolved disappearances still haunt the police files.

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An unexpected inheritance rekindles a red-hot romance just in time for Christmas… Janessa Parkman spent one long-ago summer in Last Ride, Texas, trying to bond with her estranged father, Abe. Turns out that was plenty of time to fall hard—and crash badly—for Brody Harrell, who managed...