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Noelia Estela Rice Ponce es una famosa actriz de Hollywood de origen español acostumbrada al glamour y a la fama que su trabajo le reporta. Durante la promoción de su última película viaja a España donde, por avatares del destino, y tras un secuestro que acaba resuelto por el Grupo Especial de Operaciones de la Policía, se reencuentra con Juan Morán, un joven al que conoció años atrás en Las Vegas...y al que esperaba no volver a ver jamás.

La novela más íntima y personal de Megan Maxwell, con la que te emocionarás de principio a fin. Alana es una periodista independiente que se refugia en su profesión porque es muy escéptica en cuestiones de amor. Un día, la revista para la que trabaja le encarga un reportaje en Nueva York, y allí, los caprichos del destino harán que conozca a Joel Parker, un atractivo norteamericano. Sin em­bargo, cuando Alana descubre que es capitán de la primera división de Marines del ejército de Estados Unidos, huye de él sin mediar palabra.

It’s not enough for a leader to have vision, energy, drive, and conviction. If you want to see your dream come to fruition, you must learn how to develop the leaders around you. Why do some people achieve great personal success, yet never succeed in building a business or making an impact in...

Five fantastical tales, each with a magical twist Discover a lady with a taste for immortality, a man who becomes a dragon, a man-eating witch and a modern retelling of Beauty and the Beast. Perfect for fans of fantasy, these epic tales are packed with magical elements, fantastical creatures...

Heal from yesterday's pain and find hope for tomorrow with this inspirational guide -- and learn how God's faithfulness is working for your good, even when times are tough. If we are truly blessed to be a blessing, then we can take the lessons we learn in hardships and turn them around to help...

Martina es profesora y se resiste a tener que comunicarse con las personas a través de una pantalla, algo que se está poniendo muy de moda en la España de los noventa. Los chats atraen a todo el mundo, pero, sin duda, comienzan a ser una gran fuente de problemas. Y justo eso es lo que se encuentra Martina cuando, animada por unos amigos, acepta que entre en su casa, en su salón y en su vida su primer ordenador. Chats, amigos, risas, noches interminables de diversión....

Pretty Samantha Northrup knows it is her duty to marry—but the chaste English vicar's daughter secretly desires to be swept off her feet by a man whose kisses leave her breathless. And when a seductive stranger arrives at her door one stormy night, Samantha's neat and orderly life is turned upside down—especially when she finds herself in a most compromising position … and is forced to marry a man she barely knows!

Meet William Armstrong: rogue, rakehell, devil may care duke-to-be. Everyone knows Will can't walk away from a wager, especially if it involves horseracing. The subject of this wager? The prim and proper Lady Simone Laurent. This is a bet he will enjoy winning. The youngest sister of a large and boisterous family, Simone is used to being overlooked. She is wise enough not to fall for a future duke's honeyed words. But as she is swept into his world of racing and excitement, she feels herself changing and becoming confident that the feelings Will inspires are more than a passing fancy.

Great leadership is built on great relationships. Let John C. Maxwell show you why relationships are the glue that holds successful teams together. Leadership is a relationship-intensive endeavor. If your people skills aren't strong, neither will be your leadership. Bestselling author and...

White noise has been used by many to not only get a better night of sleep, but also to focus on important tasks! What is it? Well, White noise plays nearly every audio frequency at once, sounding similar to TV static, to effectively block out any distraction or background noise.

In the deep woods of East Texas, Henry supports his family by selling bootleg liquor. It's all he can do to keep his compassionate but ailing mother and his stepfather - a fanatical grassroots minister with a bruising rhetoric - from ruin. But they have no idea they've become the obsession of the girl in the woods. Andoned and nearly feral, Eve has been watching them, seduced by the notion of family - something she's known only in the most brutal sense. Soon she can't resist the temptation to get close.

Not just a book that talks about self-improvement but one that gives you an actual step-by-step action program for setting and achieving goals. Have you ever been depressed? Have you ever felt unloved, frightened, alone? All of us have suffered such feelings at times. But we all have the power to change our lives by changing our attitudes. The techniques for self-discovery and self-affirmation that you find in this book will help you every day of your life. This timeless classic reprint addition to the Dr. Maxwell Maltz Library shows you how to put your best self forward.

I’m a highly trained special operative tasked with taking down the East Coast’s most dangerous man—my father. She’s a bubbly, timid, overly inquisitive romance author with an aversion to true love. And she’s now under my protection. As our worlds collide, we’re forced into hiding while I piece together who’s chasing us. But, sitting in a one-room cabin with Sloane Camden has me catching feelings I have no business having. When I finally give in to temptation, the sparks we've been dancing around engulf us in flames.

What can make the difference in your life today? How can two people with the same skills and abilities, in the same situation, end up with two totally different outcomes? Leadership expert John C. Maxwell says the difference maker is attitude. For those who have ever wondered what may be...

I like my sex dirty. It takes a hell of a lot to tilt my moral compass, and I always follow when it's pointing at something I want. That goes double when it points straight at the one girl in all of Chicago who's not dying for a piece of me. She's all I can think about, and that's a problem, because she wants nothing to do with me.

Björn es un atractivo abogado a quien la vida siempre le ha sonreído. Es un hombre ardiente, alérgico al compromiso, pero al que le encanta disfrutar de la compañía femenina en sus juegos sexuales. Melania es una mujer de acción. Como piloto del ejército americano está acostumbrada a llevar una vida al límite, sin embargo, su principal misión es la de luchar como madre soltera por sacar adelante a su hija. Cuando el destino los pone cara a cara, la tensión entre ellos se hace evidente.

Elizabeth, queen of England, has taken on the mighty Spanish Armada and, in a stunning sea battle, vanquished it. But her troubles are far from over. Just across the western channel, her colony Ireland is embroiled in seething rebellion, with the island's fierce, untamed clan chieftains and their "wild Irish" followers refusing to bow to their English oppressors. Grace O'Malley—notorious pirate, gunrunner, and "Mother of the Irish Rebellion"—is at the heart of the conflict.

"I suffered much cruelty as an unmarried mother and I had no recourse when they took my boy away from me. I had no rights, no prospects, no future. Everyone believed I was ruined. But no one knew the secrets of my own childhood, nor could they ever have imagined the dangerous and heretical scheme I would devise to protect and watch over my remarkable son as he grew in to manhood. Some might call me a liar, since all I describe would be impossible for a woman of my station. But that is where my design unfolds...."

Estar enamorado de la mujer que se desea olvidar no es algo que el joven e impetuoso highlander Zac Philips lleve bien. Tiempo atrás, Zac posó sus ojos en Sandra, una joven de mirada y pelo castaños que cautivó con su sonrisa. Pero cuando el padre de Sandra falleció, sus abuelos maternos las obligaron, tanto a ella como a su madre, a dejar las Highlands, su lugar de residencia, y regresar a Carlisle, un lugar en el que ninguna de las dos conseguía ser feliz, sobre todo cuando sus abuelos se empeñaron en concertarle un matrimonio.

April 1903: Emma and Derrick Andrews have been invited to the wedding of her cousin Reggie Vanderbilt and heiress Cathleen Neilson at the Bellevue Mansion, Arleigh. Their hosts are a popular young couple who are leasing the home for the summer—Harry and Elizabeth "Bessie" Lehr. Known for his practical jokes, Harry is the toast of parties, earning a reputation as the court jester of the Gilded Age. However, as Emma soon learns, behind closed doors he is dead serious.