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I never expected one fire rescue to thrust me into a fake dating scheme with my sister’s best friend. When I dragged Sanaa’s daughter from the flames, I didn't expect to get sucked into her mess—especially not with her ex breathing down her neck. To protect her, I let her crash at my place, sparking a whole new kind of trouble. Her sass and fire draw me in, despite the risks of being my sister’s best friend. When her ex resurfaces, she blurts out we're dating. I’ll play along, but I won’t let him threaten what’s mine. I’ve got a gut feeling she's in danger, and damn if I ...

Anxious to get married, thirty-year-old Virginia Carey lands a job as an operator at a police tip line, where she thinks finding a husband will be easy. There’s Charlie Ford, a surprisingly sweet homicide detective, and charming police chief Declan “Deck” Brady. But just as Virginia’s plans begin to fall into place and she can almost picture a ring on her finger, she answers a call from Verona—a mysterious woman who provides a tip about four bodies on a remote local beach.

Hailey Taylor knows ski racing, and it’s paid off, because she’s a champion. The top of her game. Until she wiped out last season and blew out her knee. Her body may have recovered, but her head’s not back in the game. Meeting Lucas Mills doesn’t help, because the instant connection they share is just too good to ski away from. And when Lucas is game for getting his best friend in on their bed sport? Hailey’s ready to play.

My father’s bodyguard follows me like a shadow. He’s ruined all of my dates, not that there were many in the first place, and he’s managed to scare off every single guy in Manhattan. They call him the Russian Tiger. He’s ruthless, heartless, and hotter than hell. Yet he’s stone cold to all of my advances. At this point, I'm pretty sure I’m going to die a virgin because he's annoyingly good at his job.

London's most notorious scoundrel has been saddled with an abandoned baby boy, and with the unflappable, intriguing spinster summoned to nurse him. Justine Brightmore may be a viscount's niece, but she's also a spy's daughter, determined to safeguard the infant when his suspected royal parentage makes him a target. Yet how to protect herself from the rakish Griffin? Marriage might shield her reputation, but it can only imperil her heart, especially with a groom intent on delicious seduction.

A friend's newspaper advertisement for a groom nets the most famous actor in London, Arthur Bex. Shy heiress Ester Croome proposes to elope with the handsome man, who she's secretly loved for two years, in order to escape an impending engagement arranged by her overbearing family. Trying to outlive the shadow of his villainous uncle, Bex needs to marry quickly - to a woman of good character. And smart, beautiful Ester fits the bill. But a harrowing trip to Gretna Green and dangerous abolition rallies prove to be a more treacherous stage than either imagined.

"The others form the human being, I depict him; and here I present an individual who is quite poorly formed and whom I would certainly make largely differently if I had to reshape him. But now that's the way he is." This phrase from the famous essays of Michel de Montaigne outlines the character of the author and his work. Montaigne wrote his essays not from a position of certainty but from an awareness of his inadequacy. He thus reveals a level of critical self-reflection that, before his time, was rarely put on paper.

Fifty years ago, a serial killer prowled the quiet city of London, Ontario, marking it as his hunting grounds. As young women and boys were abducted, raped, and murdered, residents of the area held their loved ones closer and closer, terrified of the monster - or monsters - stalking the streets. Homicide detective Dennis Alsop began hunting the killer in the 1960s, and he didn’t stop searching until his death 40 years later.

Recently divorced Tina Durham is trying to be self-sufficient, but her personal-training career is floundering, her closest friends are swept up in new relationships, and her washing machine has just flooded her kitchen. It’s enough to make a girl cry. Instead, she calls a plumbing service, and Joanne “Joe Mama” Delario comes to the rescue. Joe is sweet, funny, and good at fixing things. She also sees something special in Tina and invites her to try out for the roller derby team she coaches.

Best-selling author Vanessa Davis Griggs pens compelling tales eagerly devoured by fans. Here spoiled teens Crystal and Sahara get sent to live with their grandmother, Ma Ray, for a summer without cell phones, Internet, or boys. Upset their summer is ruined, the girls attempt to rebel against their grandmother’s strict rules. But they don’t succeed, because Ma Ray was once a wild child like her granddaughters—and she knows every trick in the book.

The No More Bullying Book for Kids is your child’s guide to build the skills and resilience to confidently handle bullying whenever or wherever it occurs. Bullying has become a common problem for kids. Yet, many may not know what bullying actually is or what to do if it happens to them. The No More Bullying Book for Kids gives kids the information they need to identify bullying, followed by strategies for dealing with specific situations when they or someone they know is being bullied.

Darcy Honeywell is searching for perfection. To him, the perfect woman knows a lot about horses, and she's tall. Just when he finally meets his dream woman, he's dispatched to care for his sick Aunt Jo, a taciturn old maid who used to terrify young Darcy. Jo requested Darcy by name to care for her beloved animals, something else he's not happy about. His temper is already frayed when he meets Genevieve, a tiny and maddening woman who has somehow wormed her way into his wealthy aunt's good graces. Darcy is sure Genevieve is up to no good, and he's determined to prove it. What he proves, ...

Welcome to the Ovarian Cancer Education Podcast, a podcast centered around a cancer diagnosis and what that means, a podcast created to help physicians and patients learn from each other, connect, and share stories and knowledge. Each episode will be centered around a topic connected to ovarian cancer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Im vierten Teil von "All inclusive - Bekenntnisse eines Callboys" erzählt Liam wieder von den sexuellen Treffen, die ihn zu Stockholms beliebtestem Callboy gemacht haben. Mia, Claudia, Célie und Liam treffen sich in Claudias Sexshop. Im Laden arbeitet auch die unwiderstehliche Aaliyah, die Liam einarbeiten soll. Schon bald sind Liam und Aaliyah miteinander allein und können den ganzen Laden erkunden... es gibt so viel zu lernen!

Dahlia Lenox is tired of the rules and restrictions of ranch life. The poker table is her domain and the only place she yields to no one. The biggest win of her life - a prize that could free her from her small town - is calling, and she can’t wait to claim the prize. But taking the next stagecoach west means leaving the only man who ever made her ache to be his, the ever handsome Garrison Lee. Surrendering to him is not an option.

In this memoir of identity and discovery, Vanessa A. Bee explores the way we define "home" and "belonging"—from her birth in Yaounde, Cameroon, to her adoption, to experiencing housing insecurity in Europe and her eventual immigration to the US. After her parents' divorce, Vanessa traveled with her mother to Lyon and later to London, eventually settling in Reno, Nevada, as a teenager, right around the financial crisis and the collapse of the housing market. At 20, still a practicing evangelical Christian and newly married, Vanessa applied to and was accepted by Harvard Law School.

Vanessa lo tiene todo: una familia increíble, grandes amigos y las comodidades propias de una niña consentida. Sin embargo, a sus apenas 26 años se siente agobiada, aburrida y más encerrada que un animal salvaje en la vitrina de un zoológico, por lo que decide dejar México e irse a vivir a Miami en busca de aventuras. Ahora Vanessa tendrá que lidiar con las consecuencias de sus actos en lugar de salir corriendo, de manera que pueda probarse a ella y al mundo que no sigue siendo la misma chica mimada con diferente geografía.

The shooter. The spotter. The gunner. The point man. A four-man Marine scout sniper unit, living and working together like brothers. They know how to get the job done, but when it comes to their personal lives, it all falls to pieces. Ashton Rucker has nothing left to give. He spent his childhood on a mother he couldn't help, his bitterness and resentment building to the point of hatred. He doesn't trust women, any women, and certainly not the American woman who approaches his team on assignment in a country where she's not supposed to be. Shelby Lance wanted to change the world; instead it...

On the day of their estranged father’s wedding, half sisters Cheyenne and Livy set off to claim their inheritance. It’s been years since the two have seen each other. Cheyenne is newly back in Seattle, crashing with Livy after a failed marriage and a series of personal and professional dead ends. Livy works refinishing boats, her resentment against her freeloading sister growing as she tamps down dreams of fishing off the coast of Alaska. But the promise of a shot at financial security brings the two together to claim what’s theirs.

Jack Matthews came to the Montana Territory to track an outlaw, not claim a bride. But when he saves Lily Lenox from being run down by a stage, he doesn’t want to let her go. Lily Lenox is smart, too smart to be caught up in Jack’s strong arms and intense gaze. She might have escaped, if he hadn’t kissed her. For a spinster and blue-stocking such as herself, the offer of marriage is impossible to resist. In one day, Lily goes from innocent maiden to a well-loved and conquered wife. Jack lied to his new bride. He’s an undercover Pinkerton agent hunting a ruthless killer.