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Detective Inspector Jacob Vance and his assistant, Detective Sergeant Brittany Shepherd, are called upon to prevent a series of murders across London.The Metropolitan Police Commissioner has provoked a psychopath with her inaugural speech. Soon later, the commissioner receives a letter threatening a series of nine killings, culminating in the big one, unless the police chief retracts her speech with a public apology.To disprove her statements, the killer adds colour and poetry to the murders, all committed in the name of the mysterious Lord Robert. As the death toll mounts, Vance and Shepherd struggle to identify the victims in advance, and there seem to be no clues of the killers identity.With time running out, can the detectives capture the perpetrator and prevent him from killing again?

If loving him was wrong... why did it feel so right?After a long miserable day of travel, Lucas Prescott just wants to get to his grandfathers small town of Willow Cove. On the last leg of the trip, he meets a gorgeous brunette and is instantly taken by her. Its not until the next day that he learns their grandfathers are embattled in a decades old rivalry that threatens to keep them apart.A family tragedy brought Ella Moretti home. Seven years later, with her dreams still on hold, living with her grandfather and working in the family restaurant, she is stuck. Until, a handsome stranger on the bus makes her dare to dream again. Unfortunately, his last name makes him completely off limits.Neither wanting to betray their family, they start a secret love affair, but when the past resurfaces and old feuds refuse to stay buried, Ella and Lucas have to decide if their forbidden love is worth the consequences.Forbidden Lover is the first in a steamy and exciting series set in the beachy town of Willow Cove.

Tausende Leser haben darauf gewartet!Nefer-nefer-nefer ist der zweite Teil von Der Funfte Ursrprung.Jesus reist weiter in der Zeit. Seine zweite Reise nach Stonehenge fuhrt ihn zuruck zu den Anfangen des alten Agypten.Wahrenddessen leben Mamen und Toni weiterhin in einer zerstorten Welt und finden sich allmahlich mit ihrer Unsterblichkeit ab.Die faszinierende Der-Funfte-Ursprung-Saga fesselt weiterhin Leser auf der ganzen Welt.J.P. Johnson lebt auf der Insel Mallorca. Als ehemaliger Leibwachter von Militarbehorden und Borsenmakler widmet er sich derzeit ausschlielich der Literatur. Er ist Autor der beruhmten Sagen Der funfte Ursprung sowie der Selbsthilfeserie Ja, ich will. Ja, ich kann.

How does a straight guy accidentally come out as gay to the entire country music world? The truth is, he doesnt. It happened so fast. One moment, Beckett Anderson stood on stage watching his best friends little brother standing in a sea of people as his heart broke in two. The next, hed jumped off stage to give him the kiss of his lifeor maybe the kiss of Becks life. So, that question about the straight guy well, maybe its not so black and white. Maybe when Beckett begs Nicky to play his boyfriend for the media, a part of him wants it all to be real.Dont miss your chance to fall in love with Becks and Nicky in this lovable sweet romance about a country superstar and his best friends brother.Dating Nashville is a standalone, clean MM novel in the complete Dating Him Series perfect for fans of Love Simon and What if its Us. (HEA guaranteed)

How much trouble does it take to forget your summer fling is now your English teacher?A lot.Thats right, Wylder Anderson, troublemaker extraordinaire, didnt see this one coming. When she walks into class the first day of her senior year, Wylders ex is just a fond memory. Until she sees him.Sebastian Cook.Dating a teacher is so not on Wylders agenda for the year. Vowing to keep her distance and focus on school, she jumps headfirst into a music project with Loganthe twin brother of Wylders superstar nemesisand also the younger brother of Sebastian.Yeah, that Sebastian.The Cook brothers are going to be the death of her.But they have a secret. A dangerous truth theyre hiding from the world that could burn their carefully constructed music empire to the ground.Is Wylder the spark that will ignite that fire? Or is she the solution?And is Logan Cook just an average high schooler, trying to make it to graduation? Or is he a secret rockstar, eager to disappear from the spotlight that was never meant to be his?One ex-boyfriend/teacher.One jerky superstar rocker.And a boy who is anything but what he seems.Who are these brothers? And why cant Wylder stay away from them?Disclaimer: This is not a story of a student-teacher romance, and Wylder is not underage. Wylder and the Secret Rockstar is book one in Reluctant Rockstars, a clean YA romance series. This book is NOT a standalone. If you like feisty women, enemies to lovers, and scandals in the world of music then this book is for you.

Scotland, 1811. Coming from the Highlands to Edinburgh in search of a husband, Alison Lamont finds herself in all sorts of trouble.Thrown out of a fashionable ball for a stolen kiss, Alison flees from a riot in the notorious Old Town and meets Willie Kemp, an eccentric boatbuilder. While she falls deeply in love with Mr. Kemp, her aunt wishes her to marry the obnoxious but rich John Forres.Alison takes drastic measures to solve her dilemma, including a long trip through the snow-covered Pentland Hills. But who left the mysterious footprints outside her cottage, and what secrets is Mr. Kemp hiding?

While exploring a cave with his friend, 16-year-old Nathan stumbles upon someone unexpected: Science Officer Satou of The Explorers League.Satou is equally surprised, and after Nathan breaks through the security barrier, he does the only thing he can and takes Nathan with him, forever changing the balance of the universe.Nathan is introduced to the Consortium: an intergalactic league of explorers, scientists, soldiers and diplomats. He also discovers the Universal Map - an ancient artifact locked away long ago by the mysterious Cartographer.After Nathan accidentally unlocks the Universal Map, a chain of events is set in motion... one that threatens to tear at the very fabric of the universe, and to destroy Earth.

When they crossed Reuben Cole, they signed their death warrant.Reuben Cole is not the sort of man they should have messed with, and breaking into his home proves a bad idea. After his friend, Sheriff Roose, hunts down the robbers who took everything of value, the reasons for the burglary are revealed and a crooked railroad magnates ambitions exposed.Coles enemies are about to learn that the ways of the Old West, despite it being a new century, are not quite over yet.

Real estate agent Ryan Chaise lives a quiet life in Southern Spain with his beautiful girlfriend. Everything in his life seems perfectly ordinary.Except that Ryan has a secret.A former agent for the British Secret Intelligence Service, Chaise gets embroiled in a world of drug-pushers and gangsters after accidentally killing a petty criminal absconding with a package of cocaine. Forced to protect himself and his family, Chaises old skills come to the fore as danger and death tolls rise.Who to trust, who to ignore, who to kill. Chaise has many choices, and hell need to make the right ones to survive. Its going to be a difficult balancing act.But does he still have the tools to make it?

A missing student. A gunned-down detective. A woman in fear for her life. All three are connected.Detective Inspector Carl Sant and his team get on the case. But what links the disappearance of a university student, the death of an off-duty police sergeant, and a professor reluctant to help them solve the case?Their only clue is a sequence of numbers, etched on a misty window. Soon, both the past and the present are on a collision course with the very heart of Sants profession.Racing against time, D.I. Sant must find out whats behind the mysterious events - before the bodies start piling up.

When a terrorist bio-weapon strikes a clandestine cloning facility, genetically engineered historical figures come back from the dead - Hungry for blood! Will infamous mob boss Lucky Luciano stand a chance against the vampire apocalypse? Will the fearsome Blackbeard the Pirate ever sail the seven seas again? Will homicidal feminist Valerie Solanas fight her way to the top? Will legendary ninja master Hattori Hanzo rescue the love of his life from unspeakable horror? Set in a post-apocalyptic, dystopian future where surprises lurk around every corner and you never know who youll run into - friend, food, or historical figure turned vampire. With steamy vampire romance, riveting fight scenes & guest appearances from the most unlikely of heroes, book one in the Blood of Legends series combines dystopian sci-fi with historical fiction in a series that fans of new and old vampire fiction will adore.

From Michelle MacQueen, author of The Winemaker, comes a captivating contemporary romance about what happens when rival rock stars have to turn to each other for advice on love, life, and the world of music.Ben Evans is famous. Not one-hit-wonder famous. His name falls off the lips of every girl with breath in her lungs. And none of that stops his heart from shattering when he finds his girlfriend/singing partner cheating on him with his best friend. He thought they were destined, fate, because the lyrics she poured her soul into fit the notes in his head.But what if none of it was true?Piper Hayes is a nobody. Not just a fade-into-the-background nobody. The only time anyone acknowledges her is when her sister needs a coffee or someone to blame for her mistakes. None of that stops her from seeing him. Ben. Every time he sings the lyrics her sister pretends to have written, she wants to end the lie.As the tour comes to an end, Ben turns to Rockstars Anonymous, the support group his publicist forced him into. Theyre ridiculous, annoying, and way too interested in his life, but theyre also right. Maybe hes loved the wrong girl all along.

A human girl with a troubled past. A fae prince from a stolen kingdom. When he whisks her away to the fae realm, there is no going back to her old life. Under the rule of a captivating queen, the kingdom of Fargelsi has brought the three fae lands to the brink of war. And now that same queen has her eyes set on a new pawna human girl. Allied with the usurper king, the royals seek to overthrow all those who oppose their unmatched power. Unmatcheduntil Brea Robinson arrives and proves to be more than they bargained for. As the motivations of those around her become clear, Brea must decide if she can trust the handsome prince who abducted her, or if she might be safer across the wastelands and swamps, in a land in desperate need of the magic she doesnt know she has. Prepare to lose yourself in this beautifully wicked epic fantasy with masterful world building, dark and twisty secrets, lies, and powerful magicand devastatingly handsome fae princes. Faes Deception is the first book in the completed Queens of the Fae series, perfect for fans of Cruel Prince and A Court of Thorn and Roses.

Amnesia plagues Owailion, the Awakened One. After meeting the gargantuan dragon, Mohan, he becomes his apprentice.As the realm-guarding dragons prepare to enter hibernation for a thousand years, Owailion is tasked to protect the land from invaders. Gifted with powerful magic, he will be alone; the only human sealed off from the rest of the world.Aided by a mysterious woman from his dreams, Owailion soon learns that his powers have their limits. He can conjure anything, speak with minds across vast distances and move instantly anywhere he desires - but can he control his own fate?

Change is hard in a small Southern town, especially when it brings a side of murder.All Harvey Beckett wants to do is help the residents of St. Marins find the perfect book for that moment, snuggle with her hound dog Mayhem, and be ignored by her cat Aslan. But when the small, waterside towns newest resident discovers the body of the communitys persnickety reporter in her bookshop storeroom just before her grand opening, Harvey cant help trying to solve the crime, even when it might cost her business and her life. The more questions Harvey asks, the more secrets she uncovers.Will Harvey and her friends be able to solve the murder of the town reporter without her becoming a victim herself?

Where did King Arthur come from?Britain lies in the shadows, deserted by its Roman masters. When the Saxons invade at the invitation of Vortigern - traitorous leader of the Britons - the tribes must unite to reclaim the land they see as their birthright.And in the turmoil of a country torn apart by war, one man must rise to lead them, and become the one true king.

Losing his job at the local newspaper after a series of unflattering doodles, William Bridge is called to help his uncle Albert keep his shop going. He immediately falls in love with Sally, the latest shop volunteer, despite formidable opposition from her autocratic stepmother, Lady Courtney.Following a break-in and lost orders, an SOS sent to Alberts maverick brother Neil changes everything. On the run from the police, Neil disguises himself as his Aunt Isobel, and encourages William to be nice to a visiting American security expert and his flighty daughter Veronica, causing a rift in his budding romance.Pressure soon mounts for William to investigate rumors of a shady deal to take over the shop, and threaten the life of the village - a price he is willing to pay in a desperate fight to win back his love.

When the effects of a hypnosis-inducing drug fade, April slowly begins a conscious awakening. Memories of her past are unclear, and she has no recollection of her identity or whereabouts.As the days slip by, April realizes there is more to life than existing when she is introduced to an occupant who does just that - her sister. The more she learns about her environment, the more she wants to escape.But can April remember her past, and her sister? Will she have the courage to leave - and if she does, where can she go?A riveting story of suspense set in a post-apocalyptic world, Playing In The Rain is the first book in Sandra J. Jacksons Escape Series.

After landing his dream job at Jonah International, young Joshua Arden moves to New York City, determined to leave his troubled past behind.But behind the scenes, a darker power is at play, and soon Joshua enters a world of religious orders, advanced technology and long-hidden secrets. He is the key to winning a war that has been raging for centuries.Can Joshua rise to the occasion and become the champion of the light?

Sara ha ereditato lantica caffetteria della nonna: la gestisce con amore e devozione e, per di più, un pizzico di magia.Sì, perché Sara ha la capacita di capire le persone, di leggerle dentro e aiuta