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C’était censé être une étreinte inoffensive lors d’un somptueux bal des débutantes. Un baiser volé avec un bel inconnu. Mais contrairement à son homonyme, mon Roméo n'est pas mû par l’amour. C’est la vengeance qui l'anime. Pour lui, je suis un pion sur un échiquier. La fiancée de son rival. Pour moi, c’est un homme qui mérite le poison. Un prince ténébreux que je refuse d’épouser. Il pense que j’accepterai mon destin. Eh bien, j’ai l’intention de le réécrire.

En avril 1957, lors de la première visite officielle d'Elizabeth II à Paris, une série d'événements laisse à penser à un sabotage. Au même moment, deux morts atroces ont lieu à proximité de Buckingham Palace. Lorsque l'un de ses proches est impliqué dans l'affaire, la reine mène l'enquête depuis Balmoral avec l'aide de sa secrétaire particulière adjointe, Joan McGraw.

Beau et ténébreux, Stephen va tout tenter pour séduire Émy et la détourner de son mariage qui doit avoir lieu dans quelques semaines. Pourquoi venir bouleverser sa vie et dans quel but ? Quels secrets cache-t-il ? Que veut-il ? Émy, jeune femme brisée, malmenée, humiliée par cet homme qu'elle va bientôt épouser pour protéger sa mère, ne croit plus en rien. Son destin est tout tracé, mais l'arrivée de Stephen, arrogant, séduisant, va chambouler ses projets.

In The Birth of the Republic, 1763-89, Edmund S. Morgan shows how the challenge of British taxation started Americans on a search for constitutional principles to protect their freedom, and eventually led to the Revolution. By demonstrating that the founding fathers' political philosophy was not grounded in theory, but rather grew out of their own immediate needs, Morgan paints a vivid portrait of how the founders' own experiences shaped their passionate convictions, and these in turn were incorporated into the Constitution and other governmental documents.

After four years of working for "the billionaire boss from hell" Ally Caldwell thinks she finally has her life on the right track. Unfortunately, her carefully planned future crumbles when she finds out that her fiancé, the man she'd nearly killed herself to help get through school, has been cheating on her. Suddenly, her carefully organized life is turned upside down, and not one single thing is turning out the way it was supposed to happen. Even her boss, Travis the Tyrant, is beginning to act differently, throwing Ally into an even more confused and chaotic state of mind.

Russia's brutal February 2022 invasion of Ukraine has attracted widespread condemnation across the West. Government and media circles present the conflict as a simple dichotomy between an evil empire and an innocent victim. In this concise, accessible and highly informative primer, Medea Benjamin and Nicolas Davies insist the picture is more complicated.

The galaxy’s worst bounty hunter just might be its most relentless hero. Esper Richelieu is a wizard with a mission: To make the galaxy a better place one lost soul at a time. Donning the trappings of an interstellar bounty hunter, she delves into the galaxy’s underworld to search out those most in need of help. Whether it’s a teenage runaway or an actor kidnapped by cultists, the victim comes first. Money is an afterthought. That confuses a lot of clients. But sometimes the best way to get someone to accept the help they need is to convince them to pay for it.

Wir sind fünf Könige und teilen alles. Die Herrschaft über diesen Campus, unsere tödlichen Geheimnisse und... unsere Frauen. Niemand widersetzt sich unseren Regeln. Wie lange wird es dauern, bis du fällst? Mable ist eine von fünf Stipendiatinnen, die jedes Jahr an der Kingston University angenommen werden. Die reiche Elite des Colleges hält allerdings nichts vom Charity-Programm ihrer Eltern und will Mable mit aller Macht vertreiben. Allen voran die Kings. Fünf abtrünnige Seniorstudenten, die im Hintergrund ein unmoralisches Spiel veranstalten.

As Sarah and Julian begin to forge ahead with plans for their life together, reality becomes an unwanted visitor, intruding at inopportune times. While they continue to search for the answer to Julian's curse, they realize that the solution may require the combined knowledge of all the vampires. In order to warn the others about the mysterious woman in Destin, an early conclave is organized, giving Julian the opportunity to tell them the information he's been able to gather so far and to ask them for their help.

For two weeks straight, Sarah's been unable to eat, sleep, or even form a coherent thought properly. She fears she's losing her mind until a chance encounter brings a man into her life who seems to hold the key to solving her problems. With a single touch, he's able to ease her troubled soul and bring her some much-needed peace. Yet, just as Sarah believes she's found the solution to her dilemma, he disappears

Fleeing the machinations of William the Conqueror in France, the Wolves of Odin set sail for Britain. They make for the north of the country, heading to Jorvik–Viking York. Its earl, Sigurd, doesn’t believe they have arrived with peaceable intentions. To prove their good faith, he challenges them to fix a problem for him.

When their parents sail the world without them, 12-year-old twins Tabitha and Timothy are sent to the remote island of Papala, known as the "Bird Island." Great Uncle Tamhas becomes their guardian in a world as strange as the island itself. Tabitha is frustrated with the island's isolation and limited Wi-Fi, but Timothy is delighted to uncover the island’s natural secrets. The twins soon realise however, they are not the only newcomers to the island.

Meet the young widows. Together, they’ve shared their grief and emotional healing in the wake of losing their husbands. But whilst these meetings are the only places, they feel they can open up, all is not as it seems. Each woman is hiding something, but one is not who she says she is. In fact, she’s never even been married.

È la prima volta che faccio un podcast non so nemmeno se riesco a pronunciarlo bene, non so nemmeno se sono capace a farne uno, però mi piace provare cose nuove. Non sapendo di cosa parlare parlo di ciò che ho vissuto, magari non sarà interessante, infondo a chi interessa ciò che ho da dire o cosa ho fatto. Magari non lo ascolterà nessuno e forse è meglio così però come ho già detto… mi piace provare cose nuove.

Two writers from different ends of the spectrum – one with huge commercial success, the other with high critical acclaim and a cult following – get together to share a drink and their thoughts on books and art and life in the modern world. Join Will Carver and SJ Watson as they navigate the literary world one chapter at a time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nach einer schwierigen Kindheit verbringt Evan Sinclair sein Leben gern in geordneten Bahnen. Nur sehr selten verhält er sich spontan – bis er durch Zufall den Schriftwechsel mit einer mysteriösen Frau beginnt, die das genaue Gegenteil von ihm zu sein scheint. Sie fasziniert und amüsiert ihn, und das Interesse scheint auf Gegenseitigkeit zu beruhen … das ist mehr, als er von seinem momentanen Schwarm Miranda Tyler behaupten kann, der kompromisslosen und attraktiven Lehrerin, die ihm deutlich gezeigt hat, dass sie weder beeindruckt noch an ihm interessiert ist.

Jessie and Eric Ramsey have a family history of crime. Fighting back against heredity, each tried to make their way in the galaxy by respectable means. Jessie joined Earth Navy; Eric went to college for magic. But fate wasn’t having it. Eric was expelled. Jessie went AWOL. Now, due to a magical mishap that wasn’t entirely anyone’s fault (we swear!), they’re stranded five years in the future on a Mars that’s no longer friendly territory.

Was geschieht, wenn der Typ aus dem Fernsehen, den ich schon seit Jahren anhimmele, plötzlich vor mir steht? Ich hätte nie erwartet, den legendären Leo Lancaster einmal persönlich zu treffen. Wir bewegen uns nicht unbedingt in denselben Kreisen, obwohl er ein Wildtierbiologe und ich Tierärztin für exotische Tiere bin. Er ist ein britischer Milliardär, der bekannt dafür ist, alles zu geben, wenn es darum geht, Tiere vorm Aussterben zu bewahren. Ich bin eine amerikanische Tierärztin, die in einem Tierheim für Großkatzen arbeitet.

Scare Street is proud to present 14 diabolical new tales in this bone-chilling collection. Each ghastly short story unleashes a new nightmare, ripped from the depths of your psyche. It’s almost as if this book has a mind of its own; a monstrous, disturbed mind, a mind full of dark dreams, and twisted nightmares.

2016. Dronning Elizabeth er på Windsor Castle forud for fejringen af sin 90-års fødselsdag, men festforberedelserne bliver afbrudt af den chokerende nyhed om, at en af gæsterne – en russisk pianist – på mystisk vis er fundet død i slottets gemakker. Alt peger umiddelbart på, at han har hængt sig, men der er detaljer ved sagen, som får efterretningstjenesten MI5 til at indlede en mordefterforskning. Dronning Elizabeth følger med fra sidelinjen, og da mistanken falder på en af hendes loyale medarbejdere, er hun overbevist om, at MI5 er på afveje.