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It’s always been about the chase. The prize. The puzzle. The Game. I became the best of the best, Hermes, because no one could catch me. No one could touch me. No one had. Until her. She’s everything I never knew I wanted. She is my life. It’s been one bad call after another in this Game. It’s cost the woman I love more than I ever wanted her to have to pay. I would give it all up for her, but the Game must be played. I started this game for my grandfather. I fought to win to claim the Valenshek Legacy. Win, lose, or draw, I’m not leaving this town without Tristian Ives.

Monalisa lächelt nicht. Quadratus hat wieder mal eine Idee: Er will für General Labienus eine dreieckige Arena bauen. Leider zeigt der sich nicht sehr interessiert, woraufhin Quadratus Monalisa entführen lässt, in der Hoffnung, wenn er Monalisa retten und zurückbringen würde, er die Arena doch bauen dürfe. Doch da gibt es ja die Unbeugsamen... Der Dieb von Lutetia. Labienus hat den Plan, das Vertrauen der Bevölkerung Lutetias zu gewinnen, deshalb stellt er den Einbrecher Stupidix an, der überall Dinge stiehlt. Die lässt Labienus dann am nächsten Tag den Lutetianern großzügig zurückgeben, doch haben die Unbeugsamen diesen Plan durchschaut.

Turbines Wendelhalsring. Wieder einmal hat sich Quadratus etwas für seinen geliebten General Labienus ausgedacht: Ein neues Romanisierungsgesetz, mit dem alles Gallische aus Lutetia verbannt werden soll. Gallische Namen, die gallischen Schnurrbärte und Helme, tja sogar Turbines Wendelring, den sie immer um den Hals trägt. Alles wird von den Legionären eingesammelt und im Wald vergraben, doch dabei graben Terminus und Technicus Löcher im Boden auf, aus denen übler Gestank strömt. Labienus sieht das als schlechtes Omen und gibt den Galliern alles wieder zurück.

Zoff auf dem Forum. Wegen einer Nichtigkeit geraten Idefix und Dertutnix in Streit. Idefix zieht sich zurück, weil er meint, Dertutnix brauche ihn ja wohl nicht mehr. Monalisa ärgert sich darüber, dass Zerberus und seine Beagles die Unbeugsamen nicht fangen können und denkt sich eine List aus. Alle tun so, als wären die Freunde der Gallier, locken irgendwann Dertutnix in eine Würstchenfalle auf dem riesigen Marktplatz, dem Bauernforum. Doch schon sind bei Idefix und Dertutnix alle Streitereien vergessen.

You envision a dream, set a goal, and formulate a plan. I had diligently pursued all of these steps. I was on my way to obtaining my degree, engaging with breathtaking works of art, and unexpectedly falling into bed with my professor. Yeah, that last bit wasn’t part of the grand scheme, but even I had to admit that it wasn’t an unwelcome deviation. Ironically, despite my meticulous planning, attention to detail, and even despite my own deceptions, I ended up being the one deceived. Being manipulated and used.

Beautiful Thorns is book four of four in the Boys of Bellerose series and does not end on a cliff-hanger. This is a mafia/rock star reverse-harem romance series with dark elements. Content is intended for a mature audience.

Every four years, the criminal underworld engages in a game. The Game. The challenges range from the impossible to the deadly to the truly insane. Things that only a crazy person would tackle. I’ve won the game five times. This time will be no different. I’m at the top of my field now, the best of the world’s thieves. There’s nothing I can’t steal, and this time, the game is all about theft, subterfuge, and sleight of hand. Starting with a legendary painting of poppy flowers.

Shattered Dreams is book three of four in the Boys Of Bellerose series. This is a mafia/rock star reverse harem romance series with dark elements and gripping cliffhangers throughout. Content is intended for a mature audience.

I thought I’d reached a whole new low the day I ran from Bellerose. The day I was snatched by mafia goons, beaten half to death, and left wishing they’d finish the job. But then an Angel saved me. His kind of salvation wasn’t the freedom I’d been hoping for, though. Two months later, I’m his prisoner in the gilded cage of his home. His pregnant mistress.

Auf dem Campus der Morgan State University, die Cliffs Bruder Edward besucht, spukt es. Nachts ertönt mahnend die dunkle Glocke aus dem abgelegenen Glockenturm. Aber niemand ist dort! Jack und Cliff besuchen Edward in Baltimore und versuchen, das Rätsel zu lösen. Dabei stoßen sie auf ein schlimmes Ereignis in der Vergangenheit: Ein Student kam bei einem Sturz vom Glockenturm ums Leben. Ist es sein Geist, der jetzt die Glocke läutet?

Jack und Cliff stöbern in der Vergangenheit des Colleges. Sie vermuten, dass der Unfall, bei dem ein Student in den Tod stürzte, vielleicht ein Mord ist. Bei ihren Nachforschungen finden sie in der Bibliothek alte Baupläne, auf denen ein Geheimgang eingezeichnet ist, der in den Glockenturm führt. Hat sich vielleicht damals jemand durch diesen Gang geschlichen, um den Studenten über die Brüstung zu stürzen?

I thought I’d hit rock bottom when I turned 16. The day I broke my first love's heart, ending things before I could ruin his career as a rock star. But damn, was I wrong. Things got progressively worse from that moment on, until now. Eight years later, when I find myself homeless, jobless, covered in blood, and running from a ghost of my past.

After two failed marriages, Leanne Vanderpol is here for a good time, not for a long time. She only loves the witches in her coven, and she cares more about her career than happily ever after. A difficult past makes her skittish, and she doesn't trust relationships to stick. But when she decides to run for city council instead of wasting her talents cleaning up messes for the mayor's office, she fears her past could be used against her—unless she can find the right husband to shore up her political career.

Destroy the Guild. Take Danny home. Live our life. That had been my goal. Now? I want her back. I want the Guild out of her life. I’ll sell my soul and work with my enemy if I have to. Whatever it takes.

In Thorne Manor there is one locked door. Behind it lies a portal to the 21st century, and nothing is going to stop Miranda Hastings from stepping through. After all, she is a Victorian writer of risqué pirate adventures—traveling to the future would be the greatest adventure of them all. When Miranda goes through, though, she lands in Georgian England...and in the path of Nicolas Dupuis, a privateer accused of piracy.

All I’ve ever known is the Guild. They clothed me, fed me, raised me. They trained me. And in return I became their perfect weapon, their loyal soldier, their deadly asset. For as long as I can remember, the Guild has been my life. But now, it’s about to become my death. Not everyone is cut out to be a mercenary. I’ve watched countless colleagues fail in their missions and pay the ultimate price. I’ve watched peers lose their minds with the weight of the work we do, and pay with their lives to keep our secrets. I never thought I would become one of them.

He promised me one night and I took it, never expecting anything in return. Then a few months later, I see something I shouldn’t have and fate brings us back together again. I didn’t mean to see it and I wasn’t snooping. I just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, but that doesn’t matter to them. I’m a liability. Now Lex is everywhere I am. Following me, watching me, and making sure I don’t tell anyone what I saw that night. 

Being in the Guild is our life…or death. Not everyone is created equal, and not everyone is truly cut out for the work we do. It’s not pretty, it’s not glamorous, and it’s sure as shit not moral or good. The weight of the sins we carry can become too much for some, and they crack. When they do, they become a threat. No one quits the Guild. Not really. Either they cut a deal to make themselves useful in another capacity, or they get eliminated. But who, you might ask, can kill a killer? Who scares the boogeyman into running and hiding? Men like me.

Es ist der Tag des goldenen Fisches: Derjenige, der den Fisch fängt, kann ihn bitten, einen Wunsch zu erfüllen - Pinocchios Wunsch ist es, dass seine Nase nicht mehr wächst, wenn er lügt... Aber er ist nicht der einzige, der an dem Angelwettbewerb teilnimmt. Alle seine Freunde sind entschlossen, ihre eigenen Wünsche erfüllt zu bekommen, vor allem Volpek.

Pinocchio verspricht, zu Sophias Geburtstagsfeier zu gehen, erinnert sich aber daran, dass die Blaue Fee ihren Besuch angekündigt hat. Aus Angst, seine Patentante zu verletzen (und ihren Zorn auf sich zu ziehen), versucht Pinocchio, an zwei Orten gleichzeitig zu sein, und pendelt immer wieder zwischen Sophias Party und dem Besuch der Blauen Fee hin und her.