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A new tack shop and a gala polo match are reasons to celebrate for horse trainer Michaela Bancroft - until equestrian Sterling Tabor is found clubbed to death with a polo mallet. Worse yet, suspicion falls on Michaela.... The weapon belongs to Michaela, her prints are all over it, and rumors of her alleged affair with the victim aren't helping. With her boyfriend, Detective Jude Davis, out of town, Michaela doesn't stand a chance of proving her innocence and clearing her name unless she delves into Tabor's mysterious life - and death - on her own.

Before she meets the Empress Blair, Anne Manx wants nothing more than to spend her quiet vacation getting a tan. Empress Blair, though, has a compelling problem. Her father has been killed, and she fears she's next. If Anne Manx can keep the Empress alive for mere two months, she'll reach her 18th birthday and take over for her father. Complicating things is Mr. Logan. who shows up just in time - but whose side is he on? Nothing is ever easy for Anne Manx, and she's rapidly running out of lives.

Morgan Tyree wants to help you take back your time with her proven time-management system. With energy and enthusiasm, Morgan shows you how to organize and manage your time using her simple three-color time-zone system of green, yellow, and red - moxie time, multitasking time, and me time.

Siganesen und Ennox - ein uraltes Geheimnis wird gelüftet. Seit der Planet Trokan, der an Stelle des Mars um die Sonne kreist, aus dem Zeitrafferfeld auftauchte und sich eine völlig neue Zivilisation in direkter Nachbarschaft der Erde präsentierte, sind Ereignisse von großer Tragweite geschehen. Perry Rhodan, Reginald Bull und Alaska Saedelaere verschwanden im sogenannten Pilzdom, gelangten auf die mysteriöse Brücke in die Unendlichkeit und wurden im Arsenal der Macht getrennt. In der Zwischenzeit wurde die heimatliche Milchstraße Schauplatz einer merkwürdigen Invasion.

Sie sind Gejagte - eine Gewebeprobe soll die Galaxis retten. In der Milchstraße können die Menschen und die Angehörigen der anderen galaktischen Zivilisationen endlich aufatmen: In einem furiosen Leuchtfeuer konnte am gigantischen Schwarzen Loch im Zentrum der Menschheitsgalaxis das Ende für Goedda bereitet werden. Die "Mutter der Krieger" ließ sich von den künstlich erzeugten Kaskadierenden Feuern anlocken und verging im Verlauf der Operation Wunderkerze.

Zwischen Tasch-Term und Galorn - das Schicksal Plantagoos entscheidet sich. In der Milchstraße können die Menschen und die Angehörigen der anderen galaktischen Zivilisationen endlich aufatmen: In einem furiosen Leuchtfeuer konnte am gigantischen Schwarzen Loch im Zentrum der Menschheitsgalaxis das Ende für Goedda bereitet werden. Die "Mutter der Krieger" ließ sich von den künstlich erzeugten Kaskadierenden Feuern anlocken und verging im Verlauf der Operation Wunderkerze.

Katrina has found her soulmate in Ross, but when outside forces threaten to tear them apart, she's willing to go to any lengths to protect their relationship. Together, they plot to take down anyone who stands in their way. But as the pressure mounts, will their love be strong enough to withstand the storm?

I get lucky when horned blue aliens rescue me straight from cryo. So when I get the chance to use my communications skills to help save other human women, I jump on it. It's perfect. Except for him. Of all the handsome devils, why did I get stuck alone on a mission with a heartbreaker? Especially one who keeps losing his shirt and carrying me everywhere. Kirel is all smooth talk and easy charm. He claims I'm his fated mate. But I refuse to be fooled by a handsome face again, no matter how tempting his whole . . . package.

Tiempo transcurrido es un calendario azteca con música de rock. Las historias de este libro ocurren a lo largo de dieciocho años mexicanos, enmarcados en dos fechas decisivas: el Movimiento estudiantil de 1968 y el terremoto de 1985. Con destreza, Juan Villoro sitúa a personajes imaginarios en circunstancias reales: lo que pasó vuelve a pasar de otra manera. En este viaje al pasado la música es fundamental; los sucesos avanzan al compás de las transformaciones del rock. Retrato de una generación, Tiempo transcurrido también ofrece un mapa de la Ciudad de México y sus muy distintos barrios.

Ein paar Teenager finden in einer Höhle ein Glas mit einem Auge, das, wenn man es berührt, scheinbar die Zukunft voraussagen kann. Doch dies geschieht nicht ohne Gegenleistung, unheimliche Stimmen locken und warnen sie zugleich, sich mit dem Auge zu beschäftigen. Und dann begegnen die Teenager dem unheimlichen Jeremia, der ihnen in ihren Träumen erscheint. Jeremiah ist der Herr des ... Allsehenden Auges.

Das Ballard-Team hat auf der Suche nach Jubilees Eltern einen Teilerfolg errungen und jetzt gibt es die Information, dass ihr Vater in den Dschungel des Amazonas geflüchtet sein soll. Tony und Silver zögern nicht, dieser Spur nachzugehen, doch statt auf Jubilees Vater stoßen sie auf die Hexe Kogora, die schon vor grauer Vorzeit die Gegend unsicher machte und nun zu neuem Leben erwacht ist. Sie will die Menschen in der Goldgräbersiedlung vernichten, keiner soll ihr entkommen, und so kommt es zum Kampf Tony und Silver gegen ... Die Herrin des Sumpfes.

After gunshots echo through the summer night on Mount Macedon, Detective Sergeant Zoe Mayer and her loyal service dog Harry race to the summit at first light. What they find looks like a grisly murder-suicide: an alleged fraudster named Piers Johnson, and his lawyer Antony Peterson, both dead from bullet wounds, a gun lying nearby. Something about the scene doesn't stack up.

Karli and Hudson's affair was filled with sugary romance and explosive sex encompassed in a close-knit friendship. As they begin their new life together as husband and wife, the idea of who they are as a couple quickly begins to fizzle as the pressures of real-life surmount. The newlywed couple struggles to keep their old loving ways intact, while unknowingly being thrust into plots determined to separate their union. The weave of deceit they spun with their relationship opens Pandora's Box as friends turn into enemies and long-buried secrets are resurrected that will rock them to their core.

A BWWM romance collection full of your favorite authors from the Scribble XO Book Club! Hunky billionaires, bad boys, models, military men and more!

After his son is convicted of capital murder, Vietnam War veteran Jeremiah Fitzjurls takes over the care of his granddaughter, Joanna, raising her with as much warmth as can be found in an Ozark junkyard outfitted to be an armory. He teaches her how to shoot and fight, but there is not enough training in the world to protect her when the dreaded Ledfords, notorious meth dealers and fanatical white supremacists, come to collect on Joanna as payment for a long-overdue blood debt.

While consumed in a devastating battle with the demigod Llaw, Klara is mysteriously catapulted 500 years into the past, suddenly alone and distraught that she and her fated love Callum killed the demigod at the expense of Callum’s own life. As the last Pillar of Time, an anchor point in the timeline of the world, Klara must navigate dangerous magic, confusing visions, and powerful adversaries to determine the fate of the world and avenge the life of her love.

Cecelia feels like a stranger in her father’s court. Her mother’s identity has always been a mystery, though rumors tell of a woman washed up from the sea. A vision of her father’s sends her to the kingdom of Korith, where she hopes to find answers. But sometimes a search for answers takes one down dangerous paths. Viktor might be King Ramiro’s favorite Kingsguard, but that doesn’t mean he can’t be used as a pawn.

Upon waking up from a cataclysmic dream state that engulfed an entire region, the author-to-be Lyan Ling tells her husband Lao Tzu about the fantastical vision that she witnessed in the depths of her consciousness. A world enclosed within gigantic walls, the ground is made up of large steps, each step large enough to house a medieval town. The world is populated by a hierarchal kingdom and animals that grow through photosynthesis. The sky rains gemstones and glass shards.

The fourth installment in the Ted Mitchell Detective Novel Series pulls Ted into the ghoulish world of the black market in human organs. Runaways. Undocumented. Untraceable. Those in desperate need will do anything...pay any price for...SPARE PARTS

Part catharsis, part diagnosis, this divinely wry collection from New Yorker and McSweeney's satirist Eli Grober will strike a chord with those who are dismayed by the chaos of our times. None of it will help—but a few good laughs won't hurt. Probably.