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Bryce Quinlan had the perfect life until a demon murdered her closest friends. When the accused is behind bars but the crimes start up again, Bryce finds herself at the heart of the investigation. She'll do whatever it takes to avenge their deaths. Hunt Athalar is a notorious Fallen angel, now enslaved to the Archangels. His brutal skills and incredible strength have been set to one purpose-to assassinate his boss's enemies, no questions asked. But with a demon wreaking havoc in the city, he's offered an irresistible deal: help Bryce find the murderer, and his freedom will be within reach.

Casteel Da’Neer knows all too well that very few are as cunning or vicious as the Blood Queen, but no one, not even him, could’ve prepared for the staggering revelations. The magnitude of what the Blood Queen has done is almost unthinkable. Nothing will stop Poppy from freeing her King and destroying everything the Blood Crown stands for. With the strength of the Primal of Life’s guards behind her, and the support of the wolven, Poppy must convince the Atlantian generals to make war her way—because there can be no retreat this time.

Du weißt, dass dein Leben nicht nach Plan verläuft, wenn dein One-Night-Stand sich als der Mann entpuppt, der alles verkörpert, was du NICHT magst. Erzieherin Ellie hat nach dem Betrug ihres Ex-Freundes endlich ihr Leben wieder fest im Griff. Der Plan? Ein neuer Mann muss her, aber diesmal bitte perfekt – also her mit der Traummann-Liste! Gemeinsam mit ihren Freundinnen stellt sie akribisch Kriterien auf. Der Haken? Ständig läuft ihr dieser unverschämt attraktive Fußballstar über den Weg, auf den keiner der Punkte passt und der trotzdem ihr Herz verrücktspielen lässt.

From the Pulitzer Prize winning author of March and People of the Book comes a vivid and unique new novel for lovers of sweeping historical fiction and books about iconic racehorses like Seabiscuit and Secretariat. WINNER OF THE FICTION INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2023 WINNER OF THE ABIA LITERARY FICTION...

“Brooks’ chronological and cross-disciplinary leaps are thrilling.” —The New York Times Book Review “Horse isn’t just an animal story—it’s a moving narrative about race and art.” —TIME “A thrilling story about humanity in all its ugliness and beauty . . . the evocative...

 Kentucky, 1850. An enslaved groom named Jarret and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. When the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young artist who has made his name on paintings of the racehorse takes up arms for the Union. On a perilous night, he reunites with the stallion and his groom, very far from the glamour of any racetrack. 

Charlotte Kingston führt ein Doppelleben: Tagsüber ist sie Vorzeigetochter, studiert Biomedical Engineering und ist das perfekte Sorority-Girl. Bei Nacht ist sie Charlie, die einfach nur Spaß haben und sich gehen lassen will. Über eine Dating-App trifft sie die beiden Hockey-Spieler Will und Beckett, die überhaupt nichts gegen ein Date zu dritt haben.

Mycroft Canner is a convict. For his crimes he is required, as is the custom of the 25th century, to wander the world being as useful as he can to all he meets. Carlyle Foster is a sensayer--a spiritual counselor in a world that has outlawed the public practice of religion, but which also knows that the inner lives of humans cannot be wished away.

Was für Samantha nur ein letzter unterhaltsamer Abend in Minneapolis werden sollte, erweist sich als das beste Date aller Zeiten – und als ein riesiger Fehler. Denn sie und der auf den ersten Blick abweisende Tierarzt Xavier sind ein Match Made in Heaven. Nicht nur, dass er extrem gut aussieht, er pflegt tagtäglich süße Katzenbabies gesund, arbeitet ehrenamtlich für die Hunderettung, und dann stellt er sich auch noch seinen Gefühlen und kann zugeben, wenn er im Unrecht ist.

Regarded throughout the English-speaking world as the standard English translation of the Holy Scriptures, the JPS TANAKH has been acclaimed by scholars, rabbis, lay leaders, Jews, and Christians alike. The JPS TANAKH is an entirely original translation of the Holy Scriptures into contemporary English, based on the masoretic (the traditional Hebrew) text. It is the culmination of three decades of collaboration by academic scholars and rabbis, representing the three largest branches of organized Judaism in the US.

Peace and order are now figments of the past. Corruption, deception, and insurgency hum within the once steadfast leadership of the Hives, nations without fixed location. The heartbreaking truth is that for decades, even centuries, the leaders of the great Hives bought the world’s stability with a trickle of secret murders, mathematically planned. So that no faction could ever dominate. So that the balance held. The Hives’ façade of solidity is the only hope they have for maintaining a semblance of order, for preventing the public from succumbing to the savagery and bloodlust of wars past.

Enter once more into the world behind the wardrobe—and discover what God wants to show you there. The Chronicles of Narnia Devotional invites you to step back into C.S. Lewis’s enchanted realm and experience its wonder, courage, and hope with fresh spiritual insight. As you go on an 50-day...

Local weather reporter Suzanne Maretto craves nothing more than to transcend life at her suburban cable television news station and follow in the footsteps of her idol: Barbara Walters. When she concludes that her unglamorous husband is getting in the way of her dream of stardom, the solution seems obvious: Get rid of him. She seduces a 15-year-old admirer, Jimmy, and persuades him to do her dirty work. Mission accomplished, Suzanne takes to the airwaves in her new role as grieving widow, in search of a TV deal. If that means selling Jimmy down the river, she’s ready.

Bloodthirsty hired guns are out to ruin a lawman’s plans for progress in this action-packed Western from the award–winning author of Sharpshooter. Born out of the grit, sweat, and drive of a cattle ranching empire, U.S. Marshal Chet Byrnes is turning the savage and lawless Arizona desert...

“Watkins’s prose is effortless and forthright. . . . This is an impressive feat of storytelling. . . . It’s a difficult read and a tender story of silences and secrets. It’s a novel about coming home, despite that home being broken. And it’s a brave triumph of a novel that readers...

After a life of hiding and laying low so as not to end up trapped in the Underworld, that's exactly where Reagan finds herself. It could be worse, though. She could've had a hostile father as her jailor instead of a man eager to teach her magic. She might've been trapped with someone other than the steadfast Druid. She could've gone her whole life without riding a dragon! When push comes to shove, maybe the Underworld isn't so bad. Or maybe Lucifer is doing what he does best—deceiving her to get what he wants.

Abandoned by her allies, the Republic of Venice holds out as the last beacon of resistance against the hobgoblin armies. Armed with new weapons the Southern Horde drives upon the floating city by land and sea. The Northern Horde drives deep into the heart of Europa and all fall before it. The Horde is vast beyond measure. Assassin daggers lurk in every shadow. Necrotic evil seeps and infects.

Provocative and controversial, socially conscious and politically charged, wildly imaginative yet deeply grounded, the thirty-two never-before-published stories, essays, and poems in The Last Dangerous Visions stand as a testament to Ellison’s lifelong pursuit of art, uniting a diverse range of science fiction writers both famous and newly minted, including Max Brooks, Edward Bryant, Cecil Castellucci, James S. A. Corey, Howard Fast, Patricia Hodgell, Dan Simmons, Robert Sheckley, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Mildred Downey Broxon, and Cory Doctorow, among others.

Die Kinder vom Vorderhaus feiern den Beginn der Sommerferien mit einer Wasserbombenschlacht. Doch als der spaßbefreite Nachbar Burke die Wasserbomben beschlagnahmt, fordern die Kinder Rache. Ein unsichtbarer Pumuckl unterstützt sie dabei. Kurz darauf ist Burkes Hund rasiert! Und Burke wurde mit Wasserbomben beworfen. Als sich dann die Polizei einschaltet, wird Eder zum Hauptverdächtigen.

Conni ist überglücklich, denn in den Ferien geht es wieder auf den Reiterhof. Und dort wartet auch schon eine Überraschung auf sie. Im Naturschutzgebiet, nicht weit vom Hof, lebt eine wilde Pferdeherde. Die Tiere sind scheu und leben eigentlich ganz auf sich gestellt. Doch als Conni, Anna, Liska und die Jungs bemerken, dass eines der Fohlen verletzt ist, ist für sie klar: Sie müssen unbedingt helfen.