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An essential read for young adults seeking to understand a pivotal chapter in American LGBTQ history. “Enlightening, inspiring, and moving.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review “Bausum writes with the precision of a journalist . . . her observations and her conclusions about the persecution...

Fra det øjeblik, unge Suewellyn fangede det første glimt af slottet Mateland, har hun vidst, at hun en dag ville komme til at bo der. Men hvordan kan et uaegte barn nogensinde straebe efter sådan en drøm? Mystiske omstaendigheder har sendt Anabel og Joel Mateland i landflygtighed. På en vulkanø ved Australiens kyst vokser deres datter Suewellyn op, og minderne om England synes at blegne.

When future film director Sophie LaCroix visits Williamsburg, Virginia, her imagination sends her straight into the eighteenth century. An unlikely heroine, Sophie’s forced to use her new-found war tactics to foil a heinous plot and save a friend from impending humiliation by the popular girls...

Der Mythos von Circe - modern und fesselnd neu erzählt. Circe, Tochter des Sonnengotts Helios, ist anders: Denn sie besitzt Zauberkräfte. Von ihrer Familie missachtet und von Zeus verbannt, führt sie ein zurückgezogenes Leben auf der Insel Aiaia unter wilden Tieren, die sie gezähmt hat. In der Abgeschiedenheit entwickelt sie ihre magischen Fährigkeiten weiter, bis sie sich wahrhaftig eine Hexe nennen kann. Doch sie bleibt nicht lange allein: Als Hermes, Daidalos, Odysseus, Iason, Medea und die mächtige Athene ihre Wege kreuzen, muss sich Circe die Frage stellen.

Skjulte skatte. Mystiske haendelser. Mørke hemmeligheder. Anna Brett frygter, at hun er dømt til at vaere en guvernante for andres familier resten af hendes liv. Men da den flotte kaptajn Redvers Stretton kommer tilbage i hendes liv, bliver hun draget vaek fra det kolde, engelske landskab og til Stillehavets mystik, hvor intet er hvad det ser ud til, og mod en gåde, kun hun kan løse. Mens den smukke, blonde og blåøjede kaptajn gør sit for at få Anna til at glemme sin fortid, går det op for hende, at der gemmer sig mørke hemmeligheder under hans charmerende overflade.

On her first assignment out of the Academy, young healer and scholar Shannon Macaulay is summoned to the struggling kingdom of Regone to see to the wounds of a young but crippled king. When the unwanted attentions of an aggressive knight and the sudden appearance of a hated dragon turn her world upside down, she decides to take matters into her own hands even if doing so proves dangerous.

She escaped the fire--but not the effects of the burn. Janeal has long felt trapped in her father's Gypsy culture. Then one night a powerful man named Salazar Sanso promises her the life she longs for--if she will help recover a vast sum of money tied to her father. When the plan implodes, Sanso...

Nineteen years have passed since Karen, Suzy, and Connie reclaimed their lives. In the years since Running from Beige, the women's friendship has only grown stronger and their lives more colorful. Karen's twins are all grown up and now the family and friends face a threat they never saw coming. In Running from Beige, Book 1 in The Ties that Bind series, the three strong women would do anything to save themselves. In Secrets by the River, Book 2, what will they do to save someone they love?

Carlotta Wren has always wondered what her life would've been like if her father hadn't been charged with a white-collar crime, and if her wealthy parents hadn't fled town to avoid facing the music, leaving her to fend for herself and to raise her younger brother Wesley. But with a twist of fate, she's about to find out...

After inheriting a house in Seattle, Jax O'Connell is living the life of her dreams as a glass bead maker and jewelry designer. When she gets an offer to display her work during a bead shop's opening festivities, it's an opportunity Jax can't resist - even though the store's owner is the surliest person Jax has ever met. The weekend's events become a tangled mess when a young bead maker is found dead nearby and several oddball bead enthusiasts are suspects.

Psychic Jessica Wilder was a consultant for the FBI, until she suffered burnout. The visions leave her alone for several months, and she begins a peaceful new life for herself. Suddenly, the visions are back with a vengeance - of children being kidnapped. How can she not try to save them? Detective Jonathan Lansing doesn't believe in psychics, but the young woman in front of him is very convincing. Can she help him track down a kidnapper? Or, is she involved in the crime?

Suzanne O'Malley takes a close look at the Andrea Yates murder trial and discovers medical misjudgment, professional negligence, misapplied law, and a revelation that led to the overturning of Yates's conviction. It took a jury less than four hours to find Houston housewife Andrea Yates guilty...

"Eine Sache, die mich der Krieg lehrte, ist die: Es gibt zwei Arten von Menschen: Wölfe - und Schafe. Zu den Wölfen gehöre ich. Wir kämpfen für das, was wir wollen. Wir nehmen uns das, was wir wollen. Wir töten für das, was wir wollen. Du, mein lieber Filip, bist ein Schaf. Ihr befolgt immer die Regeln, lasst euch mit der Herde treiben. Ihr habt keine Träume. Nur die Wölfe sind wirklich... wirklich. Und heute Nacht sind die Wölfe auf der Jagd." Der Fjord ist seit Jahrhunderten eine Quelle der Sagen und Legenden.

Serena is a Bermudan jazz singer whose demons lead her to abandon her daughter Artie. Artie's anger eventually drives her to Serena's younger lover, Jamie L'Heureux, a jazz superstar. The spirit of Charles Mingus thrums throughout the story as these two women tangle in a syncopated mother-daughter relationship.

India Taylor lever et godt liv med sin mand Doug og sine fire vidunderlige børn. Inden hun blev gift, var hun en anerkendt fotograf, men hun opgav sin karriere til fordel for sit ægteskab. Nu har India fået tilbudt en ny spændende opgave med at fotografere, men Doug overtaler hende til ikke at tage den. Midt i frustrationen og håbløsheden møder hun den tiltrækkende Paul Ward, som hun bliver gode venner med. De er ofte sammen på Pauls yacht, og han bakker hende op i at forfølge sine muligheder som fotograf.

Hairstylist Marla Shore is giving grumpy Mrs. Kravitz a perm when her client dies in the shampoo chair. If that isn’t enough to give her a bad hair day, Detective Dalton Vail suspects Marla of poisoning the woman’s coffee creamer. With her reputation at stake, she decides it’s up to her to unmask the killer. While combing Bertha Kravitz’s privileged world for clues, Marla uncovers a tangled web of suspects. There's the resentful son excluded from his mother's will, a shady business partner, and a niece who inherits a substantial fortune.

When Depression-era private eye Maggie Sullivan is invited to dine with a millionaire, she doesn't expect the first course to be a gun in her face. It draws her into a gold-plated web of theft, revenge, double crosses, and murder. A big-time swindle has made fools of some of the city's wealthiest businessmen. The man behind it has vanished. When Maggie begins asking questions, he reappears - dead in the river. But she's already learned too much. Someone's out to silence her too.

Now that the secret is out, Rae Kerrigan is determined to find her mother. No amount of convincing from Devon, or the Privy Council, is going to make her believe her mother is not alive. Working with Devon and Luke against the PC's wishes, Rae will stop at nothing to find her.

Having abandoned his friends and family and taken to the skies, Ewan hides himself in the Wilderlands, away from humans. However, an unexpected attempt on his life and a warning from another dragon lead him to suspect that not all is right in Regone. Ewan returns to his homeland to attend his brother's wedding and discover the source of the bounty on his head. Once there, the dragon prince finds that Ryan of Westshire has been using his absence to court the Lady Shannon.

After escaping from a seemingly hopeless environment of poverty and religious fanaticism, Angel Adams finds herself in a Victorian mansion on Nob Hill in San Francisco and enmeshed in a sinister society known as the Serpentine Order and under the influence of its Grand Master, the evil Merl Lynn. Drugged and deceived she is coerced into murdering Alexander Thorpe, an aspiring gubernatorial candidate.