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Nineteen-year-old Katrina van Tassel knows she’s a disappointment to her parents, for more reasons than one. But as the only daughter of the most prominent family in Sleepy Hollow, she never imagined that she would be chosen as the next sacrifice. Or that in her attempt to escape, she would instead come face to face with the Horseman himself.

A ideia de tê-la era tão dolorida quanto a de afastá-la de mim. Fiz mal a pessoa que amava em segredo. A única que eu deveria proteger acabou sendo vítima dos meus desejos. Izabel Mazzi estava comemorando seus vinte e um anos quando me pediu um beijo e eu lhe dei meu coração. Eu não a merecia.

Abandonei tudo após uma grande decepção, larguei a minha vida e todas as mordomias que vinham com a fortuna da família para salvar soldados no campo de guerra. Afastei-me, me isolei e me tornei um homem ainda mais frio do que já era. Anos se passaram até que o meu pai me chamou de volta. Ele estava velho, precisava se aposentar e queria que eu assumisse os negócios da família. Iria me tornar o CEO do hospital e voltar a exercer minha função como cirurgião cardiotorácico. Porém, o passado que me fez partir era o mesmo que voltaria a me assombrar.

March 2020. Annie is alone in her house as the world shuts down, only the ghosts of her memories for company. But then she receives a phone call which plunges her deeper into the past. 1959. Annie and Rita are student nurses at Fairlie Hall mental institution. Working long gruelling hours, they soon learn that the only way to appease their terrifying matron is to follow the rules unthinkingly. But what is happening in the hospital's hidden side wards? And at what point does following the rules turn into complicity - and betrayal?

Sempre deixei muito claro para a minha esposa que ter um filho não estava nos meus planos. Todo o meu foco era gerir a empresa familiar e não havia tempo ou espaço para me dedicar a uma criança. Entretanto, ela passou por cima do que eu havia repetido diversas vezes e ficou grávida. Só que eu não poderia prever que Grace fosse morrer em um trágico acidente e me deixar com um recém-nascido prematuro.

At an early age Eliza Anderson learned a very hard lesson. Sometimes the people who are supposed to love you the most are the ones that cause you the most pain. She learned to guard herself, hesitating to let anyone close for fear of feeling that rejection all over again. Then Ethan came into her life, and what had started as a simple childhood crush morphed into a friendship she eventually came to cherish above all else. He was her safe place. Her rock. A shoulder she could lean on. Until he ripped it all away.

Excêntrico, insensível, grosseiro, mal-educado. Esses eram uns dos muitos adjetivos que usavam para me descrever, contudo poucos me conheciam de verdade. Nascido em uma família abastada, dona de uma enorme companhia aérea, sempre estive à sombra do meu irmão mais velho, porém eu não me importava, pois, ao contrário do Maxwell, que gostava dos holofotes, eu preferia me manter afastado do restante do mundo.

Nach dem Verlust zweier Gruppenmitglieder muss Isy sich mit dem Rest der Überlebenden vor einer Horde Schleicher in Sicherheit bringen, die ihnen stets auf den Fersen ist - geführt durch eine Gruppe weiterer Überlebender. Welche Intentionen sie dazu treiben, Isy und die anderen zu jagen, erfahren sie erst nach und nach, bis es zu einem verheerenden Gefecht kommt, das alles verändert.

In 2011, while on a routine mission for her organization in Somalia, Jessica Buchanan made one seemingly small decision that would change the trajectory of her life. She ignored her intuition, and by doing so, silenced her voice. As a result, she spent 93 days as a hostage to pirates who demanded 45 million dollars for her freedom. On January 25, 2012, Jessica was successfully rescued by SEAL Team Six.

When Lyric Jackson stopped for gas in Redemption, Tennessee, she wasn't sure what to think of the small town nestled in the middle of the Smoky Mountains. Then she got one look at Holton Clarke, saw that charming smile, and fell instantly. One night with the man in uniform sparked an ember of hope, but things didn't quite end how she'd expected. All Holton Clarke ever wanted to do was protect the people he cared about. He thought he'd be able to do that better as a deputy for his hometown, but one call turned his whole world and everything he thought he knew upside down.

In Not All Who Wander Are Lost: Purposeful Travelers Share Stories of Healing, you will listen to chapters written by fourteen contributing authors, each of whom is a female entrepreneur and world traveler. Authors work in diverse industries and come from a variety of backgrounds. They have different nationalities, upbringings, educational levels, and life experiences. But, what binds them all together is their common love of travel.

Tyler Lennox veio de uma família com uma forte tradição em direito e se tornou um respeitado juiz. Diferente de seu irmão mais velho, ele levava uma vida devassa e se divertia com todas as mulheres possíveis. Tatiana Fisher tinha o sonho de se tornar uma grande promotora e via em Deborah Lennox uma inspiração. Conseguir um trabalho como estagiária do seu maior modelo de carreira era uma enorme realização, só que isso a colocou no caminho do juiz e Tyler não deixaria escapar a jovem estagiária da sua irmã.

Marco Bellucci é o grande chefe da máfia italiana. Antes de assumir seu posto, ele foi criado com regras rígidas de sangue e honra. Ele era um líder que governava com pulso de ferro e sabia que não existia nada mais importante do que a família. Sua vida sempre foi em função da máfia e ele sabia que cada decisão tinha que ser feita pensando nos seus, inclusive o matrimônio. Em pleno século 21, casamentos ainda eram contratos, mulheres não tinham voz e eram tratadas como peça de barganha que favoreciam homens da máfia.

In Blood and Ashes provides the first historical study of the development and dissemination of ritualized curse practice from 750-250 BCE, documenting the cultural pressures that drove the use of curse tablets, charms, spells, and other private rites. This book expands our understanding of daily life in ancient communities, showing how individuals were making sense of the world and coping with conflict, vulnerability, competition, anxiety, desire, and loss, all while conjuring the gods and powers of the Underworld.

Rachel Miller is a lawyer and mother of two who’s just as comfortable in a courtroom as she is on the sidelines of a soccer field. Sure, her marriage is on autopilot, her parents are overly involved, and the other suburban moms are just a little bit catty. But if you ask Rachel, life is good. That is until her world is upended when racy photos of her and her high-school boyfriend, the famous actor Jack Bellow—along with his love letters to her—are published in a tabloid, unexpectedly thrusting Rachel into the spotlight. 

He has the voice of an angel, the body of a God, and I hate the very ground he walks on. After having her heart broken, Alma Rossi made a vow: no more relationships. All she wants now is a good time with a guy who won’t try to cuddle afterward. She’s content with the new life she’s built for herself, even if all of her friends are starting their own happily ever afters. But when the man she’s tried for years to forget shows up in her town, begging for another chance, he throws her new life off its axis.

Working as a journalist in the quiet corners of a Maine town, Ionna Bellmore receives an estate letter that unravels her reality. A mysterious grandmother, an inherited estate, and a journey to the enchanting landscapes of northern Wales await her. But what she uncovers there fractures her perception of her family, revealing a darkness lying just below the surface.

Snatched off the street and drugged, Syrinada wakes strapped to a bed with a predator in the next room. At that moment, a side of herself she never knew existed emerges. While relieved to be free, she finds herself plagued by questions she can’t answer.

Hauptkommissar Hirschberg kommt auf den Hund... Krindelsdorf bei München: Eine internationale Hunde-Show sorgt für Aufregung im Ort. Auch Hirschberg ist im Stress - schließlich soll Mops Picasso sich beim Schaulaufen bewähren, und Schwiegertante Isobel spannt die ganze Familie ein, um ihrem geliebten Vierbeiner optimale Startbedingungen zu verschaffen. Doch es kommt noch schlimmer: Die reiche Immobilienmaklerin Jolanda Hausmann wird mit einem Pfeil in der Brust am Ufer der Krinn gefunden.

Everly is the Alpha’s eldest daughter and next in line to become Alpha. That all changes when she learns she is pregnant with the notorious Blood Alpha’s son. But Alpha Valen denies ever being with her, and her father refuses to have a “rogue whore” for a daughter. Everly is shunned by the pack for not aborting her child, stripped of her title, and forced to be a rogue with her newborn son.