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Ten years ago, retired astronaut Jim Mayfield closed himself up inside Bear Creek Inn, and he hasn't been seen since. Just when the small town of Bear Creek had almost forgotten about their reclusive and mysterious resident, a man from out-of-town flies in on a private jet to meet with the astronaut. The visit prompts the good people of the small town to begin asking questions.

A husband sells property to a mysterious, temperamental stranger, and is hounded on social media when he publicly questions the man's character. A couple grows concerned when an enigmatic family moves next door, and the children start sneaking over to beg for help. Two dangerous criminals kidnap an elderly couple and begin blackmailing their grandson, demanding that he pay back what he owes.

Süße Trauben, bittere Geheimnisse: Im idyllischen Sauternes im Garonne-Tal wird der edelste Süßwein der Welt angebaut - und ausgerechnet hier wird mitten in der Erntezeit eine junge Winzerin tot in ihrem Weinkeller aufgefunden. Das bei der Vergärung entstehende giftige Gas hat sie umgebracht. Aber ist das schon die ganze Wahrheit? Während die örtliche Polizei von einem Unfall ausgeht, verlässt sich Commissaire Luc Verlain auf sein Bauchgefühl und setzt Ermittlungen durch. In der kleinen Gemeinde aber stößt er auf eine Mauer des Schweigens.

Olympic speed skater Vienna Frost left the big city behind—along with her mother and sister. Desperate for a change of pace, she bought a house sight unseen in a small town she'd never been to. Vienna didn't know anyone in Mooreville except her real estate broker, Dean Moore. But his emails didn't tell her how sexy he was. Or the instant attraction she'd feel when they finally met. Dean had one rule: never mix business with pleasure. Until Vienna skated into his life, with walls built around her icy heart.

Life isn't easy for a young woman alone in 19th Century Colorado, but when Emer Matthews needs to escape an untenable situation, she only has herself to depend on. She has no time for men having seen firsthand the high price women pay for love, so she seeks solace with the sister she's never met, Sorcha. But when Emer gets to Boston, she discovers her sister has moved to Clover Springs and she's left alone with no money and no means to go back to Colorado.

Della terra in cui è nata le sono rimasti pochi ricordi, vaghi e confusi: la zia Aster che si sforza di farla mangiare, i suoi passi a testa bassa sulla strada per la scuola, i giochi con il cugino Abbush e i bambini del quartiere. Le è rimasto il nome, che in amarico significa “nostalgia” e sembra alludere a qualcosa di originario che le mancherà sempre. E il cognome, Abraham, preso da un padre che non conosce, ma che si trascina dietro come un’ombra, come la traccia di un passato divenuto ormai troppo distante. Perché Tezeta è italiana.

Der Gärtner war's! ... oder doch nicht? Als in Kulmbach ein Mann erschossen wird, interessiert Kati das herzlich wenig. Hauptkommissar Lars kann nicht fassen, dass die Hobby-Ermittlerin ausnahmsweise ihre Nase mal nicht in seinen Fall steckt, aber Kati hat andere Probleme: Schwiegermutter Anke hat einen wertvollen Gemäldefund im Haus, weshalb es neuerdings am Anwesen von Security nur so wimmelt. Als wenig später ein Feuer auf dem Grundstück ausbricht und eine Leiche aus den Flammen gezogen wird, ändert sich alles.

Ein Fremder zieht in das Dorf Langhagen in der Mecklenburgischen Schweiz. In zwölf Episoden über zwölf Monate wird spekuliert, wer er ist und was er will. Der Mann vom Milchweg ist die Einführung in Brenner's Welt, die Welt von Langhagens besorgtem Gastwirt Hans Brenner. Hans, seine geliebte Cleo, sein Freund Mike aus Teterow, die abergläubische Köchin Kathrin, Polizeihauptmeister Ronald Bratzke, der Modefotograf Charlie Stanke aus Hamburg und der pensionierte Dorfarzt Dr. Kampmann beschreiben und kommentieren den Fremden und das Leben im Dorf.

My new fake boyfriend? I can't stand him. Pascal Gagnon is a broody lumberjack with a pine tree stuck up his self-righteous ass. He needs my help investigating his father's accident, and I need the work to help my PI business get off the ground. We're total opposites—he's an uptight control freak, and I've been described as a hurricane. Forced to live together to keep up appearances while I gather evidence, we bicker nonstop, but the fake relationship ruse is the perfect cover. Even if it means having to tolerate his shirtless piano playing.

Downsized from her stellar career at a big-city ad agency, Melinda is already at a crossroads when a phone call brings her back to her rural roots. It’s not long before she moves to the country, takes on a rundown farm and its headstrong animals, and lands behind the counter of her family’s hardware store in the community of Prosper, whose motto is "The Great Little Town That Didn’t."

I've been pining for Abel Miller since we were teenagers. He's sexy as hell and has always played a starring role in all my fantasies. Too bad he only sees me as his best friend's little sister. He's also a broody playboy who takes home a new girl every night, while I'm looking to find forever with someone. Abel and I couldn't be more different. When my dad gets sick and says he just wants to see me safe, settled, and happily in love, Abel shocks me by offering to pretend to be my husband.

Ci sono paesi in cui i libri sono nell’aria, le parole dei romanzi e delle poesie appartengono a tutti e i nomi dei nuovi nati suggeriscono sogni e promesse. Timpamara è un paese così, almeno da quando, tanti anni fa, vi si è installata la più antica cartiera calabrese, a cui si è aggiunto poco dopo il maceratoio. E di Timpamara Astolfo Malinverno è il bibliotecario: oltre ai normali impegni del suo ruolo, di tanto in tanto passa dal macero, al ritmo della sua zoppia, per recuperare i libri che possono tornare in circolazione.

Meg's life is woven into the fabric of St. Stephens. It's a tapestry made of two precious children, a hidden truth, and a husband whose ideas of a perfect wife do not match her own. When Meg puts her foot down on a third kid, gets a job, and is empowered by the same book group that was meant to keep her in her place, her marriage begins to disintegrate. Set in a tiny Mormon community, this is a novel about resilience and courage – the fierceness of mother-love and the power that comes with never forgetting who you really are.

For the courageous Bletchley Park girls, the fourth Christmas of the war is approaching fast. It should be a happy time, yet life throws them challenges they could never have imagined. Lily's heart is torn in two when her boyfriend, Grant, is badly injured in an air raid. As he spirals into despair, she must find a way to give him hope again. Bronwyn has a new romance on the horizon. But will the widower's young daughter accept her, or will she jeopardise Bronwyn's hopes for love?

Holly Berry is finally in a place where she can see her happy ending: a beautiful daughter, who's growing ever sweeter by the day, a new home she can make her own, and – of course – her partner-in-crime, Evan. But when tragedy strikes, Holly’s life is thrown into turmoil. And, perhaps in denial, she decides to cancel all of her Christmas plans in favour of some healing of her own. She thinks spending time with Evan’s family will help, but it’s her own family she needs to be with right now. Luckily, they know this, and follow her out to the States to join her in her alternate holiday plans.

Meg Turner has a hard life. She lives on a lonely farm in the Lake District and her only company is her bully of a father and her brother, who resents her. They want to keep her at home, but Meg is desperate for more. She finds comfort in her best friend, Kath, and Lanky Lawson, who is more of a father figure to her than her own. Her true source of hope though, is Lanky’s son, Jack, who she loves and hopes to marry one day. However, as war looms on the horizon and the world is thrown into chaos, Meg realises that the only thing she can really count on is the land she loves.

Children run through the streets in their Halloween costumes, giggling happily, not noticing the blood on the house is real. A baby girl is tucked up asleep in her room. Her mother’s body lies motionless in the front yard, pink petals on the ground beside her… Arriving in the quiet community of Mulberry Creek, Special Agent Nikki Hunt is shocked that amongst the chaos of costumes and fake, silver spider webs, a new mother called Kiania Watson has lost her life. A blooming rare flower placed carefully in her cold, bound hands.

Der herzerwärmende neue Roman aus der Liebe am Meer-Reihe von Bestsellerautorin Elli C. Carlson. "Manchmal brauchen wir die Nacht, um die Sterne zu entdecken." Smilla Larsen führt das perfekte Leben: beste Karrierechancen, ein Traummann an ihrer Seite und eine Familie im Rücken, die immer für sie da ist. Eigentlich kann nichts mehr schiefgehen. Doch plötzlich ist für das Nesthäkchen der Larsen-Schwestern alles anders.

Ein Neuanfang mit Hindernissen auf den zauberhaften Shetlandinseln – von Bestsellerautorin Cornelia Engel. Nur weg aus München! Modedesignerin Jezz hat genug von der Großstadt, ihrer Mutter, die sich ständig in ihr Leben einmischt, und von den Männern sowieso. Kurz entschlossen nimmt sie einen Job in einem Brautmodengeschäft auf den Shetlandinseln an. In der schaukelnden Propellermaschine nach Sumburgh lernt sie den Schotten Magnus kennen. Wilde rote Haare, raumfüllend, laut – und dann schläft er auch noch an ihrer Schulter ein! Nur gut, dass ihre beste Freundin Mara sie abholt.

In the gorgeous small town of Ivy Falls, Torran is putting all her passion into building her new career in house restoration, trying desperately to help the town keep its identity and charm. She has no time for love but when her childhood sweetheart, Beck, comes back to town and outbids her on her dream house at auction, sparks fly. This man broke her heart. Can she ever trust him again?