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Persephone Station, a seemingly backwater planet that has largely been ignored by the United Republic of Worlds, becomes the focus for the Serrao-Orlov Corporation as the planet has a few secrets the corporation wants to exploit. Rosie, owner of Monk's Bar, serves members of a rather exclusive criminal class and those who seek to employ them. Angel, ex-marine and head of a semi-organized band of beneficent criminals, wayward assassins, and washed-up mercenaries with a penchant for doing the honorable thing, is asked to perform a job for Rosie.

Despite Jess's initial reluctance to get involved with ex-Marine Troy Carson, her friendship with him is growing to be something more. But love cannot exist without trust, and trust is something she can't afford—not when she needs to cling to the secrets of her past. Not when she's hoping to be part of her daughter's life again. Too much is at stake if the truth gets out.

For centuries, the Kingdom of Eledore has relied upon the kainen race's natural magical talents to retain its elevated and seemingly impervious status in the world, particularly above the humans in Acrasia. Plots and assassination attempts grow against the royal twin heirs, Nels and Suvi, as the Acrasians seem to be doing more than saber rattling against what they see as an evil, tyrannical nation.

Three years ago, Lelle's daughter went missing in a remote part of Northern Sweden. Lelle has spent the intervening summers driving the Silver Road under the midnight sun, frantically searching for his lost daughter, for himself and for redemption. Meanwhile, 17-year-old Meja arrives in town hoping for a fresh start. She is the same age as Lelle's daughter was - a girl on the brink of adulthood. But for Meja, there are dangers to be found in this isolated place. As autumn's darkness slowly creeps in, Lelle and Meja's lives are intertwined in ways that they could never have imagined.

After being wrongfully imprisoned for the death of her abusive husband, all Jessica Smithson wants is to start a new life where no one knows her true identity. Maple Ridge is the perfect place to hide from the media circus battling to know who really rid her of the man. A question she can't answer. The last thing she expects to find in the small idyllic mountain town is the good-looking and very persistent Troy Carson. From the moment he sees her, the ex-Marine is determined to help Jess with her anxiety attacks and to get to know her better.

Best friend rule number one: Never want the guy’s sister. Oops.

Lucas Carson was her brother's best friend. The man Simone sent letters to while he served in the Marines. The man she fell in love with. But while he was deployed, Simone's world caved in on her. She stopped sending him letters and stayed away from their hometown, too broken to return. Too broken to risk seeing him again . . . until a hit-and-run has her rushing back to their small town. And now, Lucas needs her help. He needs Simone to be his wife. He's gotten himself into trouble, and someone wants to take him down.

What secrets are hidden within the walls of a desolate farmhouse in a forgotten corner of Lapland? Early spring has its icy grip on Ödesmark, a small village in northernmost Sweden, abandoned by many of its inhabitants. But Liv Björnlund never left. She lives in a derelict house together with her teenage son, Simon, and her ageing father, Vidar. They make for a peculiar family, and Liv knows that they are cause for gossip among their few remaining neighbours.

After her husband became an agnostic, Stina Kielsmeier-Cook was left "spiritually single" - struggling to live the Christian life on her own, taking her kids to church by herself, and wrestling with her own questions and doubts. In this memoir, Kielsmeier-Cook tells the story of her mixed-faith marriage and how she found community in an unexpected place: an order of Catholic nuns in her neighborhood. As she spent time with them and learned about female Catholic saints, she began to see that she was not "spiritually single" after all - and that no one really is.

She’s pregnant with another man’s baby. He’s now the father to his little niece. A sexy rom com with all the feels! My software company has been my number one, two, and three priorities. But that all changes when I suddenly become the guardian of my three-year-old niece. Now my world has turned topsy-turvy with princesses and little-girl tea parties. When Hannah Morrell needs a place to stay after the pipes in her apartment burst, I invite her to move in with my niece and me. Hannah is a pediatric nurse, and given my situation, who could ask for a better roommate. Sounds easy.

One-night stand rule number one: Always check the condom’s expiry date.

Kissing-under-the-mistletoe rule number one: Never kiss your ex-fiancée. Oops. My plans for the Christmas break include: drive to Lake Tahoe, learn to ski, enjoy hot, earth-shattering sex (and end my sex drought), and meet my "forever love" under the mistletoe. Right. The last one was my friend’s prediction, but you never know. What I don’t count on is a flat tire, a major blizzard, and for Liam Quade, my ex-fiancé and the man who broke my heart 10 years ago, to come to my rescue.

Efter tio år som änka och ensamstående mamma längtar Rakel efter gemenskap. Vännerna har tagit avstånd mer och mer, hennes föräldrar har gått bort. Och när Rakels två döttrar väljer att åka på roadtrip i USA får hon plötsligt betydligt mer frihet än hon är van vid. Vad ska hon göra med sin lediga sommar? En dråplig vattenskada i familjens lägenhet gör att Rakel hastigt och lustigt blir hemlös. Lösningen på boendeproblemet blir en semester på pittoreska Västerö.

Der atmosphärische Thriller aus Schweden. Drei Jahre ist es her, dass Lelle seine Tochter morgens an einer Bushaltestelle absetzte. Seither ist sie spurlos verschwunden und der Vater sucht verzweifelt im düsteren Licht der Mitternachtssonne die Gegend ab. Zur gleichen Zeit kommt die siebzehnjährige Meja zusammen mit ihrer psychisch labilen Mutter mit der Hoffnung auf einen Neuanfang in diesem abgelegenen Teil Nordschwedens an. Als ein weiteres Mädchen verschwindet, werden Lelles und Mejas Leben auf eine Weise miteinander verbunden, die sie sich nie hätten vorstellen können.

Det står ikke godt til med den mentale trivsel hos de unge. Mange kæmper med stress, angst, ensomhed og følelsen af at være utilstrækkelig, og selv de mere robuste kan blive udfordret. Derfor har børn brug og unge for støttende forældre, der formår at rumme og guide dem. Desværre er mange voksne forvirrede, når det kommer til deres teenagere. De har brug for helt konkrete råd til, hvordan de kan støtte op om bedre samtaler og samvær.

A chance encounter with a masked stranger at a charity ball led to an incredible kiss and a night of hot sex. The kiss was my goal for that night, a baby step forward after my husband’s death a year ago. The hot sex? Not so much. You know what else hadn’t been my goal? To be knocked up by a man whose identity is a mystery to me.

Der Auftakt der neuen Meerglück-Reihe von Tolino-Bestsellerautorin Stina Jensen und Hannah Juli. Berührend, geheimnisvoll und voller Überraschungen. Nach einem Schicksalsschlag hat Liv sich von ihrem Mann getrennt und auch die geliebte Arbeit als Möbelrestauratorin aufgegeben. Dann lädt ihre Freundin sie auf deren Landgut nach Föhr ein - ausgerechnet mit der Bitte, ihr bei der Ausbesserung antiker Möbel zu helfen. Liv zögert nicht lange und begibt sich auf die Reise.

Du möchtest dein Kind mental stärken und ihm von klein auf ein positives Selbstbild mitgeben? Dann ist dieser Podcast genau das Richtige! kopfmitherz® begleitet Kinder ab 3 Jahren spielerisch mit stärkenden Affirmationen, kleinen Fantasiereisen und liebevollen Geschichten. Gemeinsam mit deinem Kind kannst du Achtsamkeit, Selbstvertrauen und Geborgenheit fördern – und ganz nebenbei eure Bindung stärken. Denn starke Gedanken machen starke Kinder – heute und für ihr ganzes Leben! Danke, für dein Vertrauen. Deine Stina

When my best friend, who's away on a mission, asks me to find out why his sister isn't answering her phone, there's no way I can say no. He once saved my life from an attempted suicide. Turns out, Nicole had been too busy with work to replace her phone after it broke. With my band, Pushing Limits, taking a few days off from their biggest tour yet, my helping Nicole around the house seems like the perfect way to spend the break. What I didn't expect was for the chemistry between us to be explosive.

Ein Umzug. Eine neue Chance. Und dann der Albtraum. Der packende Thriller von Keller & Jensen. Nach der Trennung von ihrem Mann wagt Anja mit Tochter Mina einen Neuanfang. Sie zieht um, organisiert sich eine Tagesmutter und lernt Karsten kennen, der sie endlich wieder zum Lachen bringt. Doch immer deutlicher klopft die Vergangenheit an ihre Tür: Vor elf Jahren ist aus diesem Haus ein Kind spurlos verschwunden. Tagesmutter Nerina und ihr Sohn können sich gut an den Vorfall erinnern. Aber warum wird Nerina von Tag zu Tag nervöser? Selbst Karsten scheint ein Geheimnis zu verbergen.