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En ny generation Lauritzen ger sig in i fastighetsbranschen och i en ekonomisk kapplöpning som leder till väldiga vinster. Eller avgrunden. Eric Letangs advokatbyrå ställs inför helt andra påfrestningar i form av den moralpanik som leder till incestmål och terroristrättegångar där rader av oskyldiga kommer att dömas. Det rättsliga sammanbrottet kulminerar därefter i mordet på landets statsminister. 1980-talets vildsint egoistiska stämningar är på väg att bli det socialdemokratiska folkhemmets svanesång. Allt kan hända. Och det händer.

Brobyggarna är första delen i Jan Guillous nya romanserie som skildrar mänsklighetens mest dramatiska och blodiga århundrade 1900-talets Europa. I den första delen möter vi tre fattiga norska fiskarpojkar med förbluffande teknisk begåvning. Med hjälp av välgörenhet får de möjlighet att studera vid den tidens viktigaste tekniska läroanstalt, universitetet i Dresden. De utexamineras 1901 och två av bröderna hamnar därefter vid dåtidens största järnvägsbyggen det ena i Tanganyika, det andra mellan Kristiania och Bergen i Norge.

I left the FBI because of a personal relationship that blew up in my face. He was the one and I let him go. I knew my brother—his best friend—had feelings for him, and I couldn't get in the way of that. Now, I'm living in a small town and working for a detective agency trying to stop a serial killer before they strike again. I focused everything on my job and let my love life wither in the process. But the case is a hard one to crack and backup is called. That backup? Matthew Hale, FBI agent, behavioral analyst, and my first ever true love and real heartbreak.

Doctor Owen and HR director Erin shock the Copper Point community when they go from enemies to lovers literally overnight. It's a distraction, but when their fake romance turns real, they'll have to put their demons to rest and learn to trust each other.

Zeměmoří je fascinující svět, kde se někteří lidé rodí obdařeni magickým talentem. V obyčejném kovářském synku Dunym rozpozná jeho teta, vesnické čarodějka, velké kouzelnické schopnosti. Když pak krajem prochází mlčenlivý mág Ogion, pošeptá chlapci při obřadu průchodu jeho skutečné jméno - Ged a nabídne mu, že jej vezme do učení. Ctižádostivému a nadmíru zvědavému Gedovi však brzy Ogionova moudrost přestává stačit. Odchází tedy do Velkého přístavu a pak ještě dál, na ostrov čarodějů, aby se zde učil od devíti mistrů.

I should be a glitter bomb of excitement about my college friends getting married. But all I can think about is running into my uber-successful ex and his new boyfriend at the wedding . . . while I'm flying painfully solo. I need a plus one, stat. Enter Raleigh Marshall. As luck (or misfortune) would have it, a picture of me and South Rock High's too-blessed-to-be-stressed football coach accidentally finds its way on social media, making people believe we're an item. Raleigh is hot, charming, and one of South Rock's most popular teachers. The problem is that he knows it.

The first time I met Ford, I knew instantly we were bound to be enemies. I loathe every gorgeous, pretentious inch of the man, even after the I dos. If it's a marriage he wants, then a marriage he'll get . . . starting with our honeymoon. I'll make our marriage such an unbearable hell that he'll ask for an annulment. When my plan backfires and I accidentally sleep with my new husband on our honeymoon, things take a turn I least expected. Now I need a divorce . . . or maybe not?

Most people on the island avoid the hot-tempered chef, but he doesn't scare me. Sure, he's prickly, but I've also caught him feeding a stray cat, so I know there's more to him than the sky-high barbed-wire fence he's built around himself. When Storm's ex-husband shows up unexpectedly during the off-season and refuses to go home, pretending to be Storm’s boyfriend is apparently my new job. Faking it with my grumpy boss should not be this much fun, especially since the last thing I need is to make a fool of myself by falling for anyone else on the island.

Growing up gay in the White House hasn't been easy for Rafael Castillo. Codenamed "Valor" by the Secret Service, Rafa feels anything but brave as he hides in the closet and tries to stay below the radar in his last year of college. Once his family's out of the spotlight, he can be honest with his conservative parents about his sexuality and his dream of being a chef. It's definitely not part of Rafa's plan to get a new Secret Service agent who's a walking wet dream, but he's made it this long keeping his desires to himself.

Michael Sebastian thought that Curacao would be the perfect place to have a little fun in the sun - and between the sheets. So far no one has struck his interest - until Sam Anderson walks into the bar. With one look at his tense body and expensive suit, Michael knows that this is a man in need of release. And Michael is more than willing to lend a hand.

Being in love with a client sucks. As Cash Me Outside's band manager, I've been nothing but professional for years. But the lead guitarist tortures me daily just by breathing. Sebastian Rose has no idea how I feel about him, and I intend to keep it that way. I can't break my rules. Seb doesn't do serious, and I won't risk my job for something temporary. It takes a leaked nude, an overzealous stripper, and a group winter vacation to change everything.

Sam Keller knows he'll never find the excitement he craves in Middleton, Iowa - not while he's busting his ass in nursing school and paying rent by slaving away in a pharmacy stockroom. Then Sam meets Mitch Tedsoe, an independent long-haul trucker who makes a delivery to a shop across the alley. Innocent flirting quickly leads to a fling, and when Mitch offers to take him on a road trip west, Sam jumps at the chance for adventure.

Si quiere descubrir la fascinante historia de Inglaterra, siga leyendo...Hay pocos lugares que atraigan la imaginación como Inglaterra. Solo una pequeña isla frente a la costa occidental de Europa continental, cuenta con una rica historia que se remonta a los primeros humanos modernos. Desde los temibles guerreros celtas de la prehistoria hasta los hábiles inventores y estadistas de la era moderna, la historia de Inglaterra está repleta de magníficos castillos, complejos reyes y reinas, campesinos rebeldes y horripilantes plagas.

Tattoo artist Cory Easton has been going through the motions and staying busy enough to keep the noise in his head at bay. Until he lays eyes on the quiet and aloof skateboarder Jude York, who is so unreadable, unreachable, and unlike anyone else, he arouses Cory's curiosity. As captivating and complex as his ink, Jude is a mystery, and Cory falls fast and hard under his spell. But rumors about Jude's past overshadow him, whispers of secrets keeping him under the thumb of a local motorcycle club. As Cory digs deeper, he begins to wonder how much he really wants to know.

I'm the Grinch who saves Christmas… Yep, you read that right. Every year, I save Christmas—and Christmas Falls—by organizing a massive festival that sustains tourism in our little town. It turns out that when Christmas is your life 24/7, the shine wears off the twinkly lights after a while. The holidays are a heck of a lot of work, and when I go home, I want peace and quiet, not fa-la-la-ing on my porch. That all changes when my sister brings me an early Christmas gift. One I didn't ask for. One that's tall, broad, and handsome...

Blaire has always been a dreamer. She built her little ice cream truck with its crazy flavors, from the ground up. Who wouldn't want to eat something called Unicorn Daydream, or Bumblebuzz Swirl? Whimsy and fun are her middle names, after all. And she's been dreaming of the day her motorcycle riding, bad boy...but secretly good boy...mechanic drifts into town to rescue her from the life of singlehood. So when her truck is broken into and she discovers a brand new mechanic with just the right arm tattoo...Blaire is convinced her dreams are suddenly coming true.

The weirdness level of my life has reached an all-time high. Which is saying something, considering I started out as a psychic conman and somehow ended up as a MagiPol agent. And not just any agent. Lately, I've been Captain Blythe's right-hand man and most trusted confidant. Yeah, I know. Super...

Ve třetím pokračování cyklu ze Zeměmoří vyjíždí čaroděj Ged, tentokrát už jako letitý Arcimág, opět na cesty. Mladý Arren, dědic morredského knížectví, připlouvá na ostrov Ostrov moudrých se zneklidňující zprávou. V Dálavách Zeměmoří se děje něco podivného – kouzla přestávají působit, pramínky čarodějné moci vysychají, lidé ztrácejí své dovednosti. Mláďata se rodí znetvořená a na mnoha ostrovech propuká násilí. Arren, zasažený setkáním s nejmocnějším mágem na zemi, se rozhodne vstoupit do jeho služeb.

Dr. Hong-Wei Wu has come to Copper Point, Wisconsin, after the pressures of a high-powered residency burned him out of his career before he started. Ashamed of letting his family down after all they’ve done for him, he plans to live a quiet life as a simple surgeon in this tiny Northern town. His plans, however, don’t include his outgoing, kind, and attractive surgical nurse, Simon Lane.

Kylo Lee, prospect to the Diamond MC, makes a career shift to help better his future. He doesn't know it will change him in more ways than one, and it's all to do with a certain man who confuses and annoys him, while sending his emotions wild. Just when everything is falling into place, life...