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En skøn, hjertevarm fortælling om kærlighed og bedrag, venskab og musikkens helende kraft af forfatteren til Forbandede kærlighed. Da den musikstuderende Sydney flytter ind på et værelse hos den flotte guitarist Ridge, er det sidste, hun forventer, at blive forelsket. Hun er stadig mærket efter bruddet med sin eks, og desuden har Ridge allerede en kæreste. Sydney og Ridge bliver dog hurtigt venner, og snart begynder de at skrive sange sammen.

Da Tate Collins møder den hemmelighedsfulde pilot Miles Archer første gang, er det langt fra kaerlighed ved første blik. Det er heller ikke ligefrem venskab. Det eneste, de to har til faelles, er en ubestridelig gensidig tiltraekning, og snart indleder de et uforpligtende forhold udelukkende baseret på sex. Det burde vaere den perfekte ordning for dem begge, for Tate har ikke tid til at have en kaereste, og Miles er slet ikke ude efter kaerlighed. Spørgsmålet er nu blot, om Tate kan overholde de to simple regler, som Miles har opstillet som eneste betingelse for deres forhold.

È il 9 novembre quando, durante un pranzo con il padre, Fallon incontra Ben per la prima volta. È un giorno speciale per lei, non solo perché sta per trasferirsi da Los Angeles a New York, ma anche perché ricorre l'anniversario dell'evento che ha segnato per sempre la sua vita, il terribile incendio che le ha lasciato cicatrici su gran parte del corpo, impedendole di continuare la sua carriera da attrice.

A soli ventun anni, Auburn Reed ha già perso le cose che considerava più importanti e adesso, mentre lotta per rimettere insieme i pezzi della sua vita, non c'è spazio per gli errori, tantomeno per l'amore. Ma quando si imbatte in Owen Gentry, l'enigmatico proprietario di un laboratorio d'arte presso cui ha trovato lavoro, Auburn non può evitare di provare una forte attrazione per lui.

Eine große Liebe. Die 17-jährige Sky ist starken Gefühlen bisher aus dem Weg gegangen. Wenn sie einem Jungen begegnet, verspürt sie normalerweise keinerlei Anziehung, kein Kribbeln im Bauch. Im Gegenteil. Sie fühlt sich taub. Bis sie auf Dean Holder trifft, der ihre Hormone tanzen lässt. Es knistert heftig zwischen den beiden und der Beginn einer großen Liebe deutet sich an. Doch dann tun sich Abgründe aus der Vergangenheit auf, die tiefer und dunkler sind, als Sky sich vorstellen kann.

Die Jungautorin Lowen Ashleigh bekommt ein Angebot, das sie unmöglich ablehnen kann: Sie soll die gefeierten Psychothriller von Starautorin Verity Crawford zu Ende schreiben. Diese liegt seit einem Unfall, der unmittelbar auf den gewaltsamen Tod ihrer beiden Töchter folgte, im Koma. Lowen akzeptiert - auch, weil sie sich zu Veritys Ehemann Jeremy hingezogen fühlt. Während ihrer Recherchen im Haus der Crawfords findet sie Veritys Tagebuch und darin offenbart sich Lowen Schreckliches.

Quinn und Graham lernen sich kennen, als sie ihre beiden Partner inflagranti beim Sex miteinander erwischen - doch letztlich gibt es für sie, die Betrogenen, ein Happyend: Nachdem der erste Liebesschmerz vorbei ist, verlieben Quinn und Graham sich unsterblich ineinander. Kaum ein Jahr später sind sie glücklich miteinander verheiratet... Happily ever after? Acht Jahre danach: Jemanden zu lieben, heißt nicht unbedingt, mit ihm glücklich zu sein. Das erkennt und erleidet Quinn Tag für Tag, denn obwohl sie und Graham sich weiterhin innigst lieben, gibt es ein Problem.

Es ist jetzt über ein Jahr her, dass Will Layken zum ersten Mal begegnet ist. Und ihre Liebe scheint täglich stärker zu werden. Doch als Will im neuen Studienjahr auf seine Ex-Freundin Vaughn trifft, beschließt er, Layken nichts davon zu erzählen. Ein fataler Fehler, denn als Layken die beiden zufällig sieht, missversteht sie die Situation.

Stell dir vor, du triffst deine große Liebe – und dann kommt das Leben dazwischen. Nach dem Unfalltod ihres Vaters zieht die 18-jährige Layken mit ihrer Mutter und ihrem Bruder von Texas nach Michigan. Nie hätte Layken gedacht, dass sie sich dort bereits am ersten Tag Hals über Kopf verliebt. Und dass diese Liebe mit derselben Intensität erwidert wird. Es sind die ganz großen Gefühle zwischen Layken und Will. Das ganz große Glück - drei Tage lang. Denn dann stellt das Leben sich ihrer Liebe mit aller Macht in den Weg.

Stell dir vor, du triffst den Mann deiner Träume - und dann findest du heraus, dass er der Freund deiner Zwillingsschwester ist... Genau das ist es, was der 17-jährigen Merit passiert: Beim Shoppen in der Stadt lernt sie den überaus attraktiven Sagan kennen und verliebt sich so heftig in ihn, dass sie ihren üblichen Schutzpanzer fallen und sich schon bei ihrer ersten Begegnung von ihm küssen lässt. Leider stellt sich gleich darauf raus, dass Sagan kein anderer ist als der neue Freund ihrer Zwillingsschwester Honor.

Sadia wishes life in high school was as straightforward as a game of basketball. Fifteen-year-old Sadia Ahmadi is passionate about one thing: basketball. Her best friend Mariam, on the other hand, wants to get noticed by the popular crowd and has started de-jabbing, removing her hijab, at school every morning. Sadia's mom had warned her that navigating high school could be tricky. As much as she hates to admit it, her mom was right.

Sometimes, Kaia Oana thinks her dolphins are more humane than humans. As a mammal intelligence researcher, Kaia has learned a thing or two about the goodness and intelligence of dolphins - and as a natural scientist in close proximity to weapons developers, she's learned a thing or two about humans as well. When a tourist catamaran explodes off the coast of the Hawaiian island of Kauai, Kaia and her trained dolphin, Nani, rush to aid the search and rescue effort. After hours of searching, an exhausted Kaia is pulled from the water by Lieutenant Commander Jesse Matthews of the US Navy.

Sometimes life's most precious treasure lies at Dangerous Depths. Leia ditched a promising medical career to settle on a secluded island of Hawaii. She ditched Bane, too, and he's come to the island to find out why. He's also in search of a fortune rumored to lie offshore. But an act of sabotage that pushes Bane closer to Leia plunges them both into a tangle of emotion - just as a series of threatening events grip the island.

Losing her sight turns Lanie’s world upside down, bringing danger, mystery...and unexpected romance. A seemingly random shooting at her aunt’s coffee farm has left Lani Tagama blind. Now she must learn to navigate in a world of darkness. With the help of an ex-cop named Ben and a half-trained guide dog, Lani begins to regain her former independence. Then Lani and Ben discover that her injury wasn’t caused by a random shooting. It was a botched murder attempt. They must work together to discover the identity of the would-be murderer before he strikes again.

A brainy - and perpetually single - volcanologist, Annie Tagama works alongside her father at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. But despite her pedigree, Annie has lost her passion for volcanology. She's quietly grieving the mysterious loss of her brother in the Middle East. When Annie discovers that her brother might still be alive - and in trouble - she shakes off her malaise and joins forces with Mano Oana, the unnervingly handsome family friend she had always blamed for her brother's death.

Following the disappearance of his only son and the death of his beloved wife, Richard Morgan is falsely imprisoned and exiled to the penal colonies of 18th-century Australia. His life is shattered, but Morgan refuses to surrender, overcoming all obstacles to find unexpected contentment and happiness in the harsh early days of Australia's settlement. From England's shores to Botany Bay and the rugged frontier of a hostile new world, Morgan's Run is the epic tale of love lost and found, and the man whose strength and character helped settle a country and define its future.

Grand in scope and vivid in detail, McCullough’s gripping narrative thrusts listeners headlong into the complex and fascinating world of Rome in the tumultuous last days of the Republic. At the height of his power, Gaius Julius Caesar becomes embroiled in a civil war in Egypt, where he finds himself enraptured by Cleopatra, the nation's golden-eyed queen. To do his duty as a Roman, however, he must forsake his love and return to the capital to rule.

America in 1968 is in turmoil and the leafy Holloman suburb of Carew is being silently terrorised by a series of vicious and systematic rapes. When finally one victim finds the courage to speak out and go to the police, the rapist escalates to murder. For Captain Carmine Delmonico, it seems to be a case with no clues. And it comes as the Holloman Police Department is troubled: A lieutenant is out of his depth, a sergeant is out of control, and into this mix comes the beautiful, ruthlessly ambitious new trainee, Helen MacIntosh, daughter of the influential president of Chubb University.

Audio Branding is a concise, practical guide on the influential world of audio branding - what it is, why it's important, and how it can be used to enhance a brand. Consider the familiar tune of a branded ringtone, the bubbly sounds of Skype, and even the chosen sound bite for a branded car unlocking as the driver presses the key. How do these choices tie into a wider brand identity? Which emotions do they spark, and most importantly, how do these choices enhance brand association with the consumer?

Deadly toxins can be hidden inside the most beautiful flowers. That's what Astra Meador's famous biophysicist mother taught her. As her mother's apprentice, Astra has developed skills in botany, chemistry, medicine, and, most importantly, in keeping secrets. In fact, keeping Astra's secret was the reason her family decided to leave Earth and join a terraforming mission to colonize a distant planet called Crillain IV. But when Astra wakes early from hypersleep, she discovers that her mother never made it onboard and her father died in transit.