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Prinzessin Avara erhofft sich, ihrem tristen Schicksal am Hof ihres Vaters zu entfliehen, indem sie die Braut eines Kronprinzen wird. Aber nicht ihr Auserwählter hält um ihre Hand an, sondern der verboten attraktive Prinz Eryx aus dem Dornenreich. Dort soll Avara die anderen beiden Prinzen kennenlernen, die ebenso um ihre Gunst buhlen werden. Denn so verlangt es die Tradition des sagenumwobenen Reichs.

An enchanting and unforgettable historical mystery from the acclaimed author of The Night Tiger Some people think foxes go around collecting qi, or life force, but nothing could be further than the truth. We are living creatures, just like you, only usually better looking . . . Manchuria, 1908...

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Brought to you by Penguin. A heartwarming, magical Japanese bestseller about a cat in the afterlife who must deliver messages to five people on earth to see his beloved owner again After a long and happy life with a loving human family, tabby cat Fuuta has passed into the afterlife. But he is...

In the boiling heat of summer, a broken remote control for an air conditioner threatens life as we know it in this reality-bending, time-slipping sequel to The Tatami Galaxy. During a scorching August in Kyoto, our protagonist and his worst friend, Ozu, are locked in a glaring contest in a...

After solving one impossible mystery, Deirdre Green remains stumped by the remaining clues left by her late father. Every time she makes progress with The Monarch Papers, she realizes his cryptic riddles have only created more questions. As Deirdre begins to walk stranger, more dangerous paths, she finds that dark forces hell-bent on her destruction wait in the shadows....

Mike de Wolf is a pianist on the verge of his big break—until his friend Horace Hackett casts him as the tragic villain in a swashbuckling pirate novel. The plot? Buccaneers, lost love, and a duel between a noble English rogue and a poetic Spanish admiral. The villain? Mike himself—reimagined as the brooding Miguel de Lobo.

Die Mondlichtgasse ist ein geheimnisvoller Ort: Nur Menschen, die an einem Wendepunkt in ihrem Leben stehen, können sie betreten. Sie alle kommen auf der Suche nach Hilfe in einen kleinen Laden voller magischer Süßigkeiten. Dort verkauft ihnen der rätselhafte Kogetsu eine traditionelle japanische Süßigkeit, die scheinbar ihr Problem löst. Anschließend beobachtet Kogetsu ungesehen, wie das Leben seiner Kunden eine neue Wendung nimmt.

It all started in the hot summer of 1960, when Marilyn Monroe walked off the set of "The Misfits" and began to hear a haunting song in her head, "Goodbye Norma Jean"…