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Ehe, zwei Kinder, ein Haus an der Elbe. Und dann erfährt Charlotte nach dem Tod ihres Mannes, dass Friedrich jahrelang ein Verhältnis mit ihrer Schwester hatte. Ihrer Kulturstiftung vermacht er sein Vermögen, Charlotte bleibt allein das große Haus. Dann kommt Bente. Dänin, Freigeist, Unruhestifterin. Anfang der 70er-Jahre, kurz vor dem Abitur war sie mit ihren Eltern nach Hamburg gekommen und hatte Charlottes Leben durcheinandergewirbelt. Mit ihrem Humor, ihrer Begeisterung für die Schriftstellerin Karen Blixen und ihrer Abenteuerlust.

Are we stuck with our memories–or can we fix them? Pia is a neuroscientist whose research focuses on changing the way we process traumatic experiences. Will Pia’s emotionally distant mother–who survived the Khmer Rouge in 1970’s Cambodia–benefit from her daughter’s work? Or are some things just too terrible to remember?

When Kenzie’s friend asks her to investigate the sudden disappearance of his happily married brother-in-law, she doesn’t expect it to lead to a dark family secret and a vengeful voodoo curse.

Tara Waters loves being a wildland firefighter and the adrenaline rush of fighting wildfires is her calling. She must be on her game to join an elite hotshot crew in Montana. But when Tara is sent to fight fires in Alaska, her dream falls out of reach. Sexy Alaskan smokejumper Ryan O'Connor takes Tara under his wing and counsels her when she fails to save someone on a wildfire. She owes him one, but not her heart just because of his irresistible charm and good looks. Ryan has his own story with plenty of demons in his past. And Tara may be the spark his life needs.

Like Now is a guidebook. I cover three areas of your life–mental health, career, and love. For each area, there are five important concepts that I want you to learn and for each concept I provide you with an exercise so you can start making big life changes right now.

It is 1887 in Amsterdam, and Johanna Bonger wants to do something different with her life than teaching, translating languages, and managing the back office of her father’s business. She fears she will spend the rest of her days growing old, lonely, and bitter. But all of that is about to change when she is introduced to Theo van Gogh.

1965: Im Auftrag ihres Freiburger Radiosenders reist die junge Moderatorin Agnes nach Dieulefit, einem kleinen südfranzösischen Ort, in dem im Zweiten Weltkrieg mehr als tausend Flüchtlinge Schutz fanden. Darunter viele jüdische Kinder, die von den mutigen Dorfbewohnern in der Schule namens Beauvallon versteckt wurden. Könnte hier vielleicht auch Agnes' Freundin Lily überlebt haben, von der seit über zwanzig Jahren jede Spur fehlt? Und welche Antworten hat ein ehemaliger Résistance-Offizier? Agnes' Recherche entwickelt sich sehr schnell zu einer aufwühlenden Reise in die Vergangenheit.

Victoria Stratton tried to heal her broken heart by working. When she was focused on saving her father's legacy, she couldn't think about Shelby Kimball. She knew it was too much to ask when suddenly five years ago Victoria's father sent her to Japan to save the company. Shelby wouldn't come with her, but now, she was coming home and prepared to do whatever it took to get another chance with Shelby. It had been five long years since the love of Shelby Kimball's life left for Japan without her. Five years of questioning why Shelby didn't go with her.

BDSM was never my scene. I've always thought I was too strong to be dominated. Authority and I never did get along. So, when I was dragged to a special kind of club for my best friend's bachelorette party the last thing I expected to do was surrender myself completely.

Dru Rae gave up everything to get away from her mafioso family. All she wanted was a quiet life with a few friends and the woman she knew in her heart was out there. Marina Summit was an uber successful realtor in a thriving housing market, and she was too busy for love. As a house stager on the first day of her new job, Dru was waiting to meet the realtor for a final walk through. Marina was set to approve a new listing when she went to check on the house staging. She wasn't prepared for what happened to her heart when she saw the woman at the top of the stairs.

When an unidentified woman is found partially decomposed in the stomach of a Burmese python along with a 9mm bullet, the search is on to find out who she is and who murdered her.

When investigative reporter Kenzie is asked by a teenager to look into her boyfriend’s murder, she stumbles upon a secret so great, that just knowing about it could get her killed.

Archaeologist Caitlin Benoit’s mind has been left broken from the trauma of time traveling through the centuries. Now unable to grasp the world around her, Elizabeth and John are forced to take the lead as they struggle to meet basic needs while taking cover in the forests.

Pix just wants to hunt monsters, craft armor, and pay off her college loans. Her partner Jaz does too. She just wants to pet the monsters more. While wearing impractical hot pants armor. And wielding a sword so massive she needs magic gems to carry it.

A darkly funny short story about one woman’s reflections on the routes she’s taken through life and the detours she’s made along the way. Doubts and guilt swirl through her mind as she rides the train to her fertility appointment. Each stop stirs up introspective thoughts on her marriage, the loss of her baby, and the lover who got away—contemplations that push her ever closer to wondering if she’s made the right decisions.

When the witness in a high-profile trial is shot before he can testify, Kenzie jumps to investigate. She infiltrates the loan shark’s inner circle, only to find she’s in deeper than she intended. When her cover is blown, she's not only racing to stop a killer, but also stay alive.

I Am Not the Moon Lake Camp Killer is about a 17-year old boy, Liam, and his friends who develop powers after discovering a meteor at summer camp. When Liam is wrongly arrested for shooting 12 campers, he can't protect his friends from the real murderer: a shape-shifting alien whose ability is to steal other people's "quantic" powers. To make matters worse, Liam's future self has come back in time to kill Liam.

Annie Freckle is doing her best to be a productive and efficient worker among workers while living her life as a recovering alcoholic. Working as a barista in a busy downtown cafe, and as an accounting clerk for a quirky bookstore owner, Annie has her fair share of diverse characters that circle her wagon of life. It isn't until she signs up with Guardian Services—a monthly membership of fairy godmothers—that Annie's white bread life begins to take off in an adventure of self-examination and the pursuit of happiness.

After Tempara successfully saved three of her Greater Temporal Fox family members from the clutches of a dangerous temporal ritual located in the Frozen Reaches, the Fox-turned-Dungeon Core travels south to an entirely different Wildlands region in hopes of freeing even more of her family. While it was treacherous in the cold, northern region where she called home, the new region is unlike anything she has ever encountered before.

Still reeling from betrayal, Reality’s newest sorcerer finds herself at the heart of a centuries-old conspiracy that could destabilize worlds. Billions of lives are at risk. Hidden motivations are everywhere. Evander has family trouble. Lennu has a theory. Gale has gossip—doesn’t she always? And Kira has a plan. Maybe. If her magic would just behave.