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When the man who wants to marry you and the man you want to marry are not the same, what happens next? And when the past is revealed, your secrets confessed, who will protect you?

Jake Stryker is the bad boy of country music. Tall, dark, and ruggedly handsome, he has the reputation of a party animal and enjoys all the perks of celebrity. His idyllic lifestyle was rocked by the news of his sister's death at the hands of her husband, Bobby. Jake took responsibility of his sister's twins, whilst Bobby was sent to jail.

Hamburg Wilhelmsburg - "Problemstadtteil": Ein amerikanisches Ehepaar wird tot aufgefunden, sie waren die letzten Mieter in einer alten Villa. Staatsanwältin Chastity Riley nimmt sich mit ihrem Team der Sache an und stößt schnell an Grenzen: Immobilienhaie, Baubehörde - undurchdringlicher Sumpf. Und dann ist da auch noch dieser Husten, der Chastity seit Wochen plagt. Doch nichts, wirklich gar nichts kann sie davon abhalten, selbst im dichtesten Novembernebel klare Verhältnisse zu schaffen.

New York City, 1972: Bobby Comfort and Sammy "the Arab" Nalo were highly skilled jewel thieves who specialized in robbing luxury Manhattan hotels. (They once robbed Sophia Loren's suite, relieving the Italian actress of over $1 million in gems.) With the blessing of the Lucchese crime family, their next plot targeted the posh Pierre Hotel - host to kings and queens, presidents and aldermen, and the wealthiest of the wealthy.

This is a hot and steamy ménage-themed book about a BBW having fun with two billionaires.... Benji leans in close to whisper in my ear, and his breath on my neck hints at the waves of pleasure he could send right through me right there and then. "Do you want to come home with me?" he asks, and I nod, a little stunned....

Sam ran his hands along her spine, pulling her closer to his torso. Her hips arched against him. "Bobbie, I swear I'd never hurt you, never raise a hand to you. Trust me." Trust him. She'd couldn't remember ever truly trusting a man before. But she'd never felt this kind of yearning before, either, this magic connection between herself and a man. She couldn't say the words, couldn't commit to total trust. But she was committed to total lust.

A blueprint for rescuing our fragile democracy by harnessing AI Democracy is in retreat at home and abroad. Our institutions and our politics are more broken than ever. At this delicate moment, artificial intelligence has burst onto the scene, a powerful technology that holds as much potential...

Technology shapes our world, and yet most of us have no idea how it is made. And that matters, especially when we seem to be heading into a future of dystopian novels.My name is Simone and I've spent most of my career in tech facilitating conversations between engineers and users of tech products, to build solutions that solve real problems. That’s what I’m bringing into podcast format: conversations with friends, some who build tech and some who just get to experience it in their daily lives, about why technology exists, what problems it is solving and where it’s headed.In What in the ...

Growing Yet Grown is a podcast hosted by two friends in their 30s. We explore the reality of growing after you’re already grown - careers evolving, relationships changing, money decisions getting heavier, identities shifting, and expectations colliding with real life.Each episode is a candid, thoughtful conversation about the choices and tensions that define modern adulthood - no easy answers, just honest reflection, lived experience, and practical insight.This podcast is for anyone who knows that adulthood isn’t a finish line - it’s a phase of continuous growth, questioning, and ...

I never expected to see him again, especially not on a random Friday night. But there he was, looking just as I remembered, yet somehow different. As we spent more time together, everything began to shift. Feelings blossomed, and he slowly started to dismantle the walls I had built so high. Then, before I knew it, he had completely consumed me.

Simone de Beauvoir affranca la donna dallo status di minore che la obbliga a essere l’Altro dall’uomo, senza avere a sua volta il diritto né l’opportunità di costruirsi come Altra. Con veemenza passa in rassegna i ruoli attribuiti dal pensiero maschile alla donna – sposa, madre, prostituta, vecchia – e i relativi attributi – narcisista, innamorata, mistica.

Billy Brooks is turning 50 and his life is a mess. His wife is leaving him, his kids think he's a total dork, and COVID forced him to close down his once lucrative business. Where did it all go wrong?

A young teacher buys a one-way ticket to Shishmaref, Alaska. Within minutes of landing, she finds herself dealing with unexpected, rustic accommodations, and the culture shock of living in a remote Iñuit community. She relies on her courage, resilience, and wit while enduring freezing temperatures, power outages, loneliness, and first-year teacher anxieties and missteps, but eventually realizes that those challenges pale in comparison to the life lessons she learns about the heart of teaching.

Hamburg state prosecutor Chastity Riley investigates a series of arson attacks on cars across the city, which leads her to a startling and life-threatening discovery involving criminal gangs and a very illicit love story...Night after night, cars are set alight across the German city of Hamburg, with no obvious pattern, no explanation and no suspect. Until, one night, on Mexico Street, a ghetto of high-rise blocks in the north of the city, a Fiat is torched. Only this car isn’t empty.

Beth has been taken by traffickers. To rescue her, Charlotte has set herself up as bait...and is now lost. What will their Masters do?

Darcy Campbell was a laid-off Chicago music teacher who took a job playing at a piano bar out of desperation. A bad day turned disastrous when she was the only witness to a mass murder. She watched in horror as her boss, his son, and other employees were gunned down. The police promised to protect her identity if she testified against the monsters who had committed the massacre. But her name was discovered, and threats immediately fired in her direction. Detective Nick Baker promised to protect her, and when things got hot, he hid her away in his cabin in the backwoods of Wisconsin.

For the second time in six weeks, a local female realtor has been sexually assaulted and murdered during an open house event. The community is asking: Is this the work of a serial killer? Local realtor, Marissa McCall, knew the latest victim, Staci, for most of her life. They were close friends up until the seventh grade when Staci stole her first boyfriend and attempted to steal every boyfriend she'd ever had after that. They had been fierce competitors in the real estate market as well, but she would have never wished her dead...especially not viciously murdered.

Ariadne, Tochter von König Minos und Schwester des Minotaurus, ist so ganz anders als ihre Geschwister. Aufgewachsen mit den griechischen Heldensagen, schwört sie sich, ihr Schicksal selbst in die Hand zu nehmen und es nicht den Göttern zu überlassen. Jedes Jahr beobachtet sie, wie das unterworfene Athen als Tribut 14 Jugendliche nach Kreta schickt, um den Hunger des Minotaurus zu stillen.

Life is busy for Charlotte, her Master, and her new husband. The new hotel is opening, exams are looming, and the search for Charlotte’s mother continues. When Richard asks for a very special favour, how far is Charlotte willing to go to help? How will James and Michael react? And while Charlotte's old enemy is imprisoned, is he really powerless?

Maria and Dwayne were inseparable as kids, they knew that they were meant to be together, and they thought nothing could tear them apart. But then a freak accident ruined everything. Now, by some miracle, Dwayne has reappeared in Maria's life - as her boss. The old attraction is still there, burning embers under the surface, but of course she can't act on it now.