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Aspiring young naturalist Celeste Rossan is determined to live a life of adventure and scientific discovery. But when her father loses everything, Celeste’s hopes of ever leaving her hometown are dashed…until she sees a narrow opportunity to escape to Paris and attend the 1867 Exposition Universelle. Celeste seizes her chance, but the elements overwhelm her before she can make it five miles. In desperation, she seeks refuge in an abandoned chateau, only to find herself trapped inside the den of an unknown species: a predator with an intelligence that rivals any human.

Princess Riona was eight when the Revonian king murdered her family and conquered her kingdom with a mysterious magic. She has spent the last decade training—and waiting for her moment to avenge them all and reclaim her rightful title.

Piper Turner ran to save her life and stumbled into a destiny she never asked for. Hunted by her own coven and cursed with magic that tears at the world, she collapses into the protection of four impossible men: Leo, the cool, dangerous vampire; Cole, a fire-breathing dragon; Gavin, a fierce wolf-witch; and Travis, a steady, earthbound bear. When the Goddess of Creation appears in a vision and declares the five of them a single key, Piper must bind herself to each of them to reassemble the elements that will tame her power. Every bond brings relief and complications.

The crew of the US space vessel Aquila returns from a deep-space mission to find that a devastating plant blight has stripped away all civilization, its legacy a nightmarish wasteland. In what's left of the world, the only law is tooth and claw, kill or be killed. Traveling through the savaged countryside to wrest from death surviving kin and friends, the astronauts grimly cling to a glimmer of promise for a new start. Far to the northwest is Aurora, a secret base offering a way out of the decline into darkness.

Die Ingeborg-Bachmann-Preisträgerin über sechs Menschen, die ein neues Kapitel in ihrem Leben aufschlagen In einer kleinen Stadt im Emsland beginnt für eine Handvoll Menschen der Montag mit großen Erwartungen: Sonia hofft auf eine Versetzung weit weg vom Fließband des riesigen Geflügelschlachthofs. Für Ingenieurin Anna steht mit dem Testlauf eines neuen Verfahrens viel auf dem Spiel. Merkhausen, zuständig für die Prozessoptimierung, fiebert einem Date am Abend entgegen.

Out of print for two decades, Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence, the explosive international bestseller, is back with a new foreword analyzing the unprecedented impact it had on the lesbian community and mainstream culture. In new afterwords, the coeditors reveal how the book came to be and what...

Zara and her mother, Nadja, have a strained relationship. Nadja just doesn't understand Zara's creative passion for, and self-expression through, photography. And Zara doesn't know how to reach beyond their differences and connect to a closed-off mother who refuses to speak about her past in Bosnia. But when a bomb explodes as they're shopping in their local farmers' market in Rhode Island, Zara is left with PTSD - and her mother is left in a coma. Zara is left with questions - not just about her mother, but about faith, religion, history, and her own path forward.

Prince Ryu's hatred of magic is matched only by his loyalty to his dying country. So when his mother orders him to track down a mage consorting with Arn's legendary tidefoxes, he won't let anything stand in his way of healing the land… not even the beautiful mage or her animal companions. Mellie reluctantly agrees to help Arn and the mysterious Ryu, but when she learns he's actually the cunning prince known for hunting mages, it's too late to run—she's his captive, and the lives of her wolves and fox are at risk unless she does exactly what Ryu wants.

Adele grew up in the shadows—first watching from backstage at her mother’s Parisian dance halls, then wandering around the gloomy, haunted rooms of her father’s manor. When she’s finally sent away to boarding school in London, she’s happy to enter the brightly lit world of society girls and their wealthy suitors. Yet there are shadows there, too. Many of the men that try to charm Adele’s new friends do so with dark intentions. After a violent assault, she turns to a roguish young con woman for help. Together, they become vigilantes meting out justice.

Six decades after Virginia Woolf's death, landscape designer Jo Bellamy has come to Sissinghurst Castle for two reasons: to study the celebrated White Garden created by Woolfs lover Vita Sackville-West and to recover from the terrible wound of her grandfathers unexplained suicide. In the shadow of one of England's most famous castles, Jo makes a shocking find: Woolfs last diary, its first entry dated the day after she allegedly killed herself.

Intrepid treasure hunters believe they have discovered the final resting place of Fantome, a legendary warship that wrecked off Nova Scotia almost 200 years ago. She was rumored to have gone down with an extraordinary treasure. But circling beneath the ocean's surface waits something unbelievable...and terrifying. Some unfortunate divers have encountered a massive, thought-to-be-extinct shark known as the megalodon.

Why are there restaurants? Why would anybody consider eating alongside perfect strangers in a loud and crowded room to be an enjoyable pastime? To find the answer, Rebecca Spang takes us back to France in the eighteenth century, when a restaurant was not a place to eat but a quasi-medicinal bouillon not unlike the bone broths of today.

Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan knows what it’s like to be haunted by the past. For years after her daughter, Bonnie, was stolen from her, she fought for closure. When her mother, Sandra, asks Eve to find a missing friend named Beth Avery, she wants to help but is sure that Sandra is hiding something. The fact that she adamantly refuses to go to the police reinforces Eve’s suspicions that something is very wrong. Eve learns that Beth has been locked away in a mental hospital for years....

La vie à Hollow Cove s'était enfin calmée... du moins, c'est ce que je croyais. Je comptais profiter de ma nouvelle vie avec mon homme tout juste épousé, mais visiblement, la paix et la tranquillité ne figurent jamais au programme. C’est là qu’intervient Lilith—Déesse de la Nuit et Reine du Monde Inférieur—qui débarque sans prévenir pour exiger une faveur. Refuser ? Pas vraiment une option. Comment dire à une divinité d’aller se faire voir quand elle menace de vous tuer si vous ne coopérez pas ? Alors oui, j’ai accepté.

June 6, 1944. Allied forces hit the beaches of Nazi-occupied France. Among the countless lives shattered are those of five spirited women with starkly different lives. As the war reaches its tipping point, each of the women fight for the survival of themselves, their countries, and their way of life during one of the most pivotal days in history. Now, during the most perilous hours of their lives, all five women must summon courage they never knew they had as they confront the dangers of war alongside treacherous family secrets, heartbreak, and the ability to trust themselves.

Drei Frauen. Drei schwelende Geheimnisse. Ein loderndes Feuer. Wer wird überleben? Der neue Psychothriller von Bestsellerautor John Marrs. Eine Frau erwacht aus ihrer Bewusstlosigkeit – und verfällt in Panik: Gefesselt und geknebelt ist sie von Feuer umgeben. In wenigen Sekunden werden die Flammen sie erreichen. Wer ist sie? Elf Monate zuvor. Margot, ein ehemaliger TV-Star, und ihre Freundin Anna leben mit ihren Männern in einer schicken Vorortsiedlung. Als nebenan die ebenso hübsche wie clevere Liv mit ihrer Familie einzieht, werden die drei beste Freundinnen. Aber der Schein trügt.

We're all used to encountering even the most hardcore porn from the comfort and privacy of our computer screens, but how many of us would go see it live? Thought Catalog editor Chelsea Fagan did, spending an evening in the world of live sex shows and hardcore pornography. Here, she gives us the guided tour to everything from rules about condoms to the pressure of facials, showing us a world that is at once completely familiar and something we've never quite seen before.

Jack “Jackknife” McCabe is through with Special Ops. But in an America where politicians, pundits, and the president care more about polls than securing the borders of the Nation, “Jackknife” finds himself sucked back into the terror wars. To stop a nuclear holocaust in the heart of the country, he leads his family and fellow citizens in the battle against fanatic evil hiding behind Islam.

Meet the extraordinary Kendra Michaels in this gripping short story by the #1 bestselling duo of Iris and Roy Johansen. Kendra Michaels's astonishing powers of observation and analysis have made her a go-to for law enforcement agencies all across the country. Her other senses, hyper-developed...

Rejuvenates fear the backlash caused by bad drugs: they want nothing to interfere with their pursuit of long life—or the profit that comes from promising it to others. Neighbor states fear the aggressive expansion of the Familias Regnant, fueled by population growth and extended lifespan. Within the Regular Space Service, those who have received experimental rejuvenations fear they may have been intentionally given bad drugs. Esmay Suiza's family fears that her marriage to an offworlder will damage their position.