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Sinnlich, erotisch, anders ... Gracie rückt ihrem Ziel jeden Tag etwas näher: Einem Date mit Louis Rogers. Doch vorher muss sie noch einige Prüfungen bestehen, die sie an ihre persönlichen Grenzen bringen und sie immer wieder zweifeln lassen, ob Rogers diesen Aufwand wirklich wert ist. Ayden hat indes seine ganz eigenen Probleme. Sein Onkel will das Geld, das er ihm schuldet, und um es aufzutreiben, kehrt Ayden zu einer alten Leidenschaft zurück, und das sind illegale Undergroundfights. Gracie wiederzusehen wäre dabei nur eine unnötige Ablenkung.

Das Mädchen sagt nur ein Wort: "Daddy". Sie blickt Gabe von der Rückbank des Autos vor ihm an. Dann ist der fremde Wagen verschwunden und mit ihm Gabes fünfjährige Tochter Izzy. Er wird sie nie mehr wiedersehen. Drei Jahre später verbringt Gabe seine Tage und Nächte noch immer damit, die Autobahn abzufahren, besessen von der Hoffnung, sie zu finden. Auch Fran und ihre Tochter Alice sind unterwegs auf den Straßen Englands. Aber sie sind nicht auf der Suche, sie sind auf der Flucht. Denn Fran kennt die Wahrheit. Sie weiß, was damals mit Izzy geschah.

Sheriff Joe Brooks was talking to a young prisoner who gave him some incredibly bad news. Three notorious gangs of outlaws had merged into one large band big enough to take over entire towns in his sparsely populated county. It was when they began to terrorize his county that he had to act, and he’d have to take them on alone.

In the space of a mere instant, the life he once knew–the life he wanted–is no more. In its place, he is given great strength and immortality, but it comes with strings. Strings that bind him to the sylphs and other humans, whom he must protect against those who destroyed the life he once knew–the Fae.

When a University of Wyoming professor goes missing, authorities are stumped. That is, until Game Warden Joe Pickett makes two surprising discoveries in his district. First, Joe finds the professor's vehicle parked on a remote mountainside. Then he finds the professor's frozen and mutilated body. When he attempts to learn more, Joe's investigation is obstructed by Federal agents, extreme environmentalists, and Governor Colter Allen. Meanwhile, Joe's associate, falconer Nate Romanowski, is approached by a shadowy group of local militant activists who are gaining in power and influence.

The When Swords Fall Silent anthology showcases the imaginations and talents of more than a dozen of the best modern science-fiction and fantasy authors, with each tale centered around one or more characters burdened with a bloody task they will see to completion no matter the cost. Every story takes you for a vicious ride through a world of shadow and death, each as unique in perspective and execution as the contracts carried out within.

We explore the darkest corners of human behavior and the criminal justice system. Each episode, we delve into real-life crimes, investigations, and mysteries that have captivated the public's attention and continue to fascinate us to this day. We'll bring you in-depth analysis and expert commentary, as well as interviews with key players in these cases, including law enforcement officials, victims' families, and witnesses. We aim to shed light on the complexities of criminal behavior. So buckle up and get ready for a thrilling ride into the world of true crime.

The war with the Daranii, instigated by Earth, was short and brutal. Outgunned by superior weapons, the obliteration of the military outpost on Jupiter’s moon, Io, ended with Earth’s unconditional surrender. Captain Jonathan Thomsin of the warship Excalibur was the only Captain of Earth’s combined forces to successfully destroy Daranii ships, not by confronting them, but with guerilla warfare. Outraged by Thomsin’s dishonorable tactics, the Daranii demand the captain as part of Earth’s reparations to Daran.

Finding an old manuscript in the attic has always been a fantasy of Sylvia’s. She just never expected the fantasy to come true, or for it to lead her to answers about her mysterious family.

Las periodistas Rosé con C y Ana con J encuentran un cuarto propio para poder charlar sobre las cosas de la vida. Perspectiva feminista con muchas risas y alguna que otra anécdota profesional que queremos compartir con todxs vosotrxs.

Faced with the horrible reality that he’s been tricked by Eva, Nolan sets off in a mad rage to find the evil red-haired succubus and end her once and for all. When the search for her falls flat, he turns to Kovah and the Rebel Riders for help.

Suzanne Palmer, a fetching but modest forty-eight-year-old woman, is as thrilled as any woman could possibly be! The teacher of a Photography for Men class at a retirement community in Florida, she is always in search of successful photographers to come and teach one of her classes. But today, she’s hit the jackpot! The legendary and world-renowned Matthew Rodgers has agreed to come in! Suzanne is on cloud nine! Matthew Rodgers is her all-time hero, and when he arrives, she discovers that he is strikingly handsome as well! But what starts off as thrilling quickly turns to mortifying.

Thomas never thought he would live this long. He expected the usual lifespan of 60 to 70 years. But one terrifying night in 1946, San Francisco has changed all that. He's now been alive 86 years and still looks 20. He and his associates, Jonathan and Kathryn, have been granted immortality by a group of sylphs belonging to the Zie Council–led by their queen, Malina–who possess an elixir called Enchantment.

Several thousand years ago, the Newtonian people had to leave their dying planet in search of a suitable home. Most of the Newtonian people departed in a huge spaceship with a wide open terrarium on the inside. They called this ship the Atlantis. Earthlings, however, called it the Moon.

The Devil Boats recounts the unique contributions of one motor torpedo boat squadron and through it tells the story of PT boats in the Pacific War. With drama and excitement, as well as careful attention to detail, the book fills a void in the history of the U.S. Navy in World War II.

Kyle MacKenzie left Fort Omaha to head to do some scouting at Fort Sully in the Dakota Territory at the request of their new commander. He’d been riding west for a few hours with his packhorse in tow when he noticed a set of wagon tracks heading northwest that appeared to be just a couple of days old. It raised his curiosity, and as the tracks were going in the direction he was headed anyway, he followed.

The five members of an elite commando group nicknamed “the Stone Wolves” once raged against Creterakian rule. Now, four decades after their heyday, they each try to stay alive and eke out a living. But a friend from the past won’t let them move on, and neither will their bitterest enemy. Hopscotch, RedWire, the Killer, Lulz and Recoil will soon wish their pasts could stay dead.

Join Lola Barnes, a.k.a. a modern Lydia Bennet, at the beginning of a summer gone truly wrong: where a boat party-turned-fiery-fiasco ends with the ship, Lola’s summer plans, and her reputation truly sunk. (The boat was barely on fire, for the record—and all the partygoers were just fine.) Luckily, this disaster of a summer has another thing in store for her: a path of self-discovery she never saw coming.

Joe had been the last child chosen. An entire trainload of children heading west had already been chosen, including his sister and his two friends. They had been the final four children on the train and made a pact to meet 10 years later when they were all adults. The 10 years were over. Joe would finally be reunited with his sister and his friends, including his girlfriend when he was 11.

Not many women are as modest about their bodies as Professor of Anatomy Faith Turner. Having spent the first forty years of her life overweight, she has little appreciation for her curves. But that was then. Now, at forty-six, Faith has finally achieved a more or less normal weight. Unfortunately, she still sees herself as she once was. And her husband doesn’t help. He’s so disinterested in sex that he seldom seems to want it, leaving her to doubt herself even more. Well, one of her students, Parker Sullivan, the son of a very wealthy business tycoon, happens to disagree.