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Elle Littlewood can barely believe her luck when her producer tells her about the chance to get her hands on a dilapidated chateau in Aix-En-Provence, France for a rock bottom price. It seems too good to be true, but as a home interiors influencer, she knows this would make incredible content. Lately, Elle has noticed the cracks start to show. Her life is the envy of thousands, and her social media posts show a beautiful, accomplished woman. Yet this wasn't always the case. If they knew the truth about her past, they would never look at Elle the same way again.

An authoritative and superbly illustrated exploration of the events of July 3, 1863, incorporating new interpretations that have arisen in the past two decades. The third day of the Battle of Gettysburg was the most dramatic of the three. Among the iconic clashes that took place was the 12...

Bloomsbury presents Operation Market-Garden 1944 (2): The British Airborne Missions by Ken Ford, read by Tom Alexander Osprey's trilogy on Operation Market-Garden continues with a fascinating account of the British airborne assault on the bridge across the Rhine at Arnhem. With Germany being...

Thaddeus Cutter's life is on the mend. His detective business is growing, he's dating a sim-coder named Sakura, and he still has a roof over his head. If the dark, neon world of Kapamentis wasn't suffering its worst storm in decades, he'd say he had it pretty good. When a woman shows up at his door asking him to investigate her abusive husband and his shady business partner, Thaddeus assumes he's got an easy case on his hands. But when somebody close to the investigation is murdered, Thaddeus becomes the prime suspect, and he soon falls foul of both the law and the lawless.

When fugitive Serbian war criminals abduct Charlotte Rose—the world-renowned pianist and daughter of the International Criminal Tribunal's presiding judge—the very foundation of global justice teeters on the brink. With an assassination attempt on the judge already raising alarms, this kidnapping is more than just a ransom play—it's a declaration of war. Enter Alex Morgan—elite spy and soldier for INTREPID, the black ops division of INTERPOL. His mission is brutal and clear: Return that girl to her family and drag those bastards back to justice. Dead or alive.

When INTREPID falls, only Morgan can pick up the pieces. Alex Morgan faces his most perilous mission yet as he plunges into the shadowy depths of Europe's criminal underworld. Tasked with toppling an oligarch and extracting a spy, Morgan soon discovers that his target may be closer than he...

In this third instalment of Chris Allen’s thrilling Intrepid series, Alex Morgan disappears into the underworld's darkest corners. When a mission to protect a rookie agent goes sideways, black-ops agent Alex Morgan chases the mastermind of a human trafficking network across continents. But...

Gefangen in einem dunklen Schloss auf einer Insel. Jemand, der seine Rache nehmen will. Und eine Frau, die fünf Männern die Stirn bietet. Madison Barros ist zweiundzwanzig Jahre alt, hübsch, mutig und weiß, was sie will. Ihr Leben in Lissabon war nie leicht. Doch als sie erfährt, dass ihr Zwillingsbruder für sie einen Kredit bei den Lords der Nacht aufgenommen hat, will sie diesen, so schnell es geht, ablösen. Denn die Lords stehen für Gefahr, Macht, Einfluss und eine Menge Probleme.

Madison wacht nach der Entführung in einem finsteren Keller auf und blickt ihren Entführern entgegen. Während sich Neptuno absolut sicher ist, dass Madox hinter der Entführung steckt, läutet er den Krieg ein. Niemand ist vor seiner blinden Rache sicher! Es führt zu einem gewaltigen Blutbad, das nur einer beenden kann: Joaquim. Wird er rechtzeitig auftauchen, um Madison zu retten, Neptuno davon abzuhalten, folgenschwere Fehler zu begehen und sich seine Macht zurückholen? Denn der wahre Feind steht direkt hinter Joaquim und dies ist nicht Madox Bodega.

On the world of Solennes, the battle between the forces of the Imperium and the heretics has become a stalemate of seemingly eternal artillery bombardments. The land is devastated, and the attempts to gain ground by either side end in disaster. Morale is low, and when Trooper Arehn is caught apparently fleeing the front lines, Commissar Selander does not hesitate in condemning him to a very public execution. When Selander starts to see Arehn after his death, he follows the apparition, wracked by doubts - but what will he find?

The Elves have established a glorious Imperium to stand guard against those who serve the Under Realm. Now, rumors spread to the capital city of Lorthal about an army of Rusca amassing in the Far North. The Imperium must stand strong in these trying times and elect a new High Warden to lead their armies against those who threaten their safety. Fordi, an Elf captured by the Rusca, is being escorted by his captors to a secret stronghold deep within Imperium territory. Along their way, the Rusca are ambushed by the Elven hero known as the Shadow.

Im Amazonasbecken ist ein Forscher der Royal Botanic Society verschwunden, der für das Empire 50.000 Kautschuksamen beschaffen sollte. Mit der Unterstützung eines vorlauten Dolmetschers und einer Gruppe von Nuaraque-Indios nimmt Irene Adler die Suche nach dem Wissenschaftler und seiner wertvollen Fracht auf. Neben altbekannten Gegnern bekommt Irene es dabei mit einem neuen, gänzlich unberechenbaren Feind zu tun: dem brasilianischen Regenwald und seinen mannigfaltigen Gefahren.

Tödliche Intrigen, die ihren Tribut fordern. Eine Vergangenheit, die geheim bleiben sollte. Unbändiges Verlangen, das niemals gestillt werden kann. Zurück auf der Insel, behalten die Lords Madison streng im Auge. Sie würde alles tun, um ihren Bruder zu befreien. Und genau vor diesem Fehler wollen sie Madison bewahren. Während der Zeit im Schloss versorgt Madison die Lords, damit sie sich von ihren Verletzungen erholen können. Dabei erfährt sie mehr von ihrer dunklen Vergangenheit und lernt die Abgründe der dunklen Gesellschaft kennen. Doch für sie ist es kein Grund, um zu fliehen, denn obwohl es ihr schwerfällt, sich ihre Gefühle einzugestehen, bleibt sie.

She still believes in happy endings. He gave up on them long ago. But one impossible assignment might rewrite both their stories. Iris Cooke writes the kind of feel-good stories people adore—heartwarming, uplifting, and always full of hope. But when she’s assigned to profile Jack Jones, a...

Dr. Watson erreicht ein Brief einer Tante zweiten Grades. Diese sorgt sich um ihre Tochter Vanessa, die in den Orient gereist ist, um ihre Schwester Elizabeth zu besuchen, dort aber nie angekommen ist. Sie bittet den Doktor, gemeinsam mit Sherlock Holmes nach Agadir zu reisen, um nach der jungen Frau zu suchen. In Agadir entdecken derweil der Westmann Kara Ben Nemsi und sein Freund Hadschi Halef Omar die Leiche einer jungen Engländerin.

Aliens are stealing human souls to reincarnate them as slaves in another dimension. How do I know? I'm one of them. My people have perpetuated this atrocity unchecked for thousands of years. And you know what the worst is? We're helped by humans with authority. People you look up to. And more importantly, people you believe. You are promised paradise, you get hell. My narcissistic father is central to this scam. Well, I've had enough. It must stop. My friends and I are going to bring him down. Him and all the others.

Aeron had every opportunity to explain the horses that were haunting my drawings. I asked him several times about his crazy zombie-killing horse. He omitted to tell me he was the Horseman of Death until Leif let it slip he was the Horseman of Pestilence when he introduced himself to me. I don’t know who I’m madder at—Aeron for lying to me or me for just ignoring all the clues and telling myself there was no way it was possible and trusting him.

An authoritative and superbly illustrated exploration of the events of July 3, 1863, incorporating new interpretations that have arisen in the past two decades. The third day of the Battle of Gettysburg was the most dramatic of the three. Among the iconic clashes that took place was the 12...

An authoritative and superbly illustrated exploration of the events of July 3, 1863, incorporating new interpretations that have arisen in the past two decades. The third day of the Battle of Gettysburg was the most dramatic of the three. Among the iconic clashes that took place was the 12...

San Cristobal, Galapagos-Inseln. Montag, 3. August, 12.00 Uhr. Niemand der zweihundertfünfzig Passagiere der SARDONIA achtete auf die drei Männer, die in letzter Minute an Bord gingen. Schließlich war einer von ihnen ein gefährlicher Mörder. Noch hätte der Kapitän sich und sein Schiff vor dem drohenden Unheil bewahren können. Doch pünktlich um 12.30 Uhr gab er den Befehl zum Auslaufen. Das Verhängnis war nicht mehr aufzuhalten.