Winter Women

There's a name for girls like me: Sugar Baby. I’m used to being passed around the sexually depraved, middle-aged senators of Washington, DC, like candy, but when I meet him - the mysterious man who buys my exclusivity for three months for price that should frighten me more than his demands - everything changes. He's younger than the others. His touch is softer. His lips sweeter. His need fiercer. He has only one requirement.... A blindfold to protect his identity...and to protect me from the danger I'd face if our arrangement leaked to the world.

Hopewell Springs Plus Sized Littles is the series you want if you’re looking for some small-town charm with your big-time daddies. In this little town, things move a little more slowly than what you’ll find in the hustle and bustle of the city. Don’t for a moment think that means there isn’t plenty of action! This series is filled with plus-sized littles and daddy doms who love them just as they are. This is DDlg at its best, with plenty of steam and lots of heart. These daddies know how to take care of their littles, and it’s a sure bet they’ll take care of you, too.

Zander will be damned if his grandfather’s ranch is going to be sold, and so he moves back to his hometown. On his first night back, he ends up with a pretty damned exciting one-night stand…except the incredible, plus-sized beauty he thought he’d never see again turns out to be a new ranch hand! He didn’t expect the fiery little girl to be a part of his day-to-day life. Can they stop fighting and start loving? Find out in Rancher Daddy and Cowgirl Little, the first exciting and romantic tale from the sexy new Hopewell Springs Plus Sized Littles Series!

What do you do when your husband of 10 years is cheating on you and you decide - well...he is not getting half! You bump him off, of course! Told from two different perspectives, the wife’s and the husband’s, Virtuous Woman vs. Cheating Man is a black-humor romp that takes you into the depths of the twisted id, inside the human heart, and causes you to emerge - a little dazed and confused, but still hopeful: that in all this craziness in this world, there might still be - true love.

Sheriff Elizabeth Benoit has her sights on bringing down Eckardt County's corruption when two bodies surface, both bearing striking similarities to the serial killer victims discovered along I-80—and one delivers a personal message for her department. Lila spirals out of control under the pressure, pushing everyone out of her life.

The Copperfields were once the most beloved family on Nantucket Island. Twenty-five years ago, their lives changed forever. And they never saw one another again. Not until now. In the spring of 1997, Julia watched as a judge sentenced her father, the renowned novelist, Bernard Copperfield, to twenty-five years in prison for conning, swindling, and stealing millions of dollars from his dearest Nantucket friends and fellow artists. With her family in ruins around her, seventeen-year-old Julia packed up her bags and ran away, pledging never to return to Nantucket ever again.

Susan Sheridan knows Martha’s Vineyard like the back of her hand. She grew up there as the eldest of the three Sheridan Sisters, their father the longtime owner of the Sunrise Cove Inn in Oak Bluffs. The Inn, the water, the sun all spun with laughter, and love, with the most important people—her family and friends. It was her glittering, perfect life—until it wasn’t. Tragedy struck over twenty years ago, and Susan has hardly said a word to her sisters or her father or anyone else she ever loved. Not until now.

Christine Sheridan is the middle sister of the Sheridan clan: lost between her older sister, Susan, a successful criminal lawyer and her whip-smart little sister, Lola. After twenty years apart, they have just learned the secret their dead mother kept from them. But now, Christine returns to New York City, to her boyfriend Frank, to a life she once loved. But the prestigious restaurant they own is no more, and Christine is left once again without solid ground. At forty-one, unable to have children, and with nowhere to go—she knows only to return home to the Vineyard and her family.

Lola Sheridan is the youngest Sheridan sister: a whip-smart journalist with a flair for the dramatic. As her older sisters settle into new lives on the Vineyard, Lola demands more out of the summer season with a fantastical sailing expedition up from the Florida Keys to Martha’s Vineyard. The sailor who takes her? The mysterious, dark-eyed loner, Tommy Gasbarro—the ex-stepson of the Sheridan sisters’ greatest enemy. He represents so much of what went wrong in Lola’s life—and knows secrets about her mother that she was never allowed to learn.

Elizabeth Benoit ran for sheriff to wipe out the corruption in the good old boys network of Eckardt County, but she has yet to break in her shoes when a stranger's body is found in a ravine. With her ex back in town, a new deputy detective on the edge of losing control, and a crooked ex-sheriff out for revenge, Elizabeth's resources are stretched thin. And then the second body drops.

Eine Ermittlerin im Polarkreis. Anelie Andersson hat es an eine Polizeistation im nordschwedischen Polarkreis verschlagen. Hier lebt man fast das ganze Jahr in Eis und Schnee. Als sich eine Frau bei ihr meldet, weil ihr siebzehnjähriger Sohn verschwunden ist, macht Anelie sich an die Arbeit. Bald wird der Junge aufgefunden; er ist - in Felle gehüllt - überfahren worden. Doch offenbar wurde er zuvor irgendwo gefangen gehalten. Je intensiver sie ermittelt, desto mehr sagen Anelie ihre Erfahrung und Intuition, dass es um mehr geht als um einen Unfall.

Der bewegende Roman von Kindle-#1-Bestsellerautorin Jessica Winter über das Glück einer wahren Freundschaft und die Entdeckung einer großen Liebe. Eigentlich wollte Arya nicht mehr an ihn denken - Kasey, den Jungen mit den leuchtenden Augen und dem traurigen Lächeln. Nicht nachdem ihre erste große Liebe einfach gegangen ist und alles mitgenommen hat, was sie seit Ewigkeiten verbindet. Jahre später führt Arya ein Leben nach Plan. Und doch fühlt sich die junge Frau verlorener denn je.

She's so dark and delicious. But I've got my demons, as well. I thought coming to Hardtail would change all that. Straighten me up. Man, was I wrong. Because I met her. Hazel. I want her. But she's off limits. One, I'm her boss. For two, pain already shines in her beautiful eyes.

Being grabbed off the street, blindfolded, tied up and thrown into a van was not what Izzy expected to happen when she stepped out the door that morning. But when an accidental kidnapping at the hands of the sexy Ethan Chase and his 'Kidnap My Wife' sexual fantasy business leads to just that, Izzy seizes the chance to turn her misfortune into a brilliant new job opportunity.

My name is Ryker Marino. There's only one thing you need to know about me. I hate my f--king brother. His bride, Ophelia, should have been mine from the start. I can give her what she needs. I can make her submit. And I am the one that will finally break her. The curse of the younger brother follows me everywhere I go. I'm compared to Max every damn minute of my life. But not anymore. Not for much longer. You were taught to root for the good guy. You never wanted to fall for the bad boy. I'm here to prove you wrong. I'm here to make your filthy dreams come true.

Troja ist eine frischgebackene Privatdetektivin und hat sich darauf spezialisiert, böse Jungs zur Strecke zu bringen. Alles könnte so gut laufen, wenn sie nicht bei ihrem letzten Fall dummerweise mit dem König der Unterwelt geschlafen hätte. Leider hat das kleine Intermezzo einen bleibenden Eindruck bei dem "King of Kings" hinterlassen und jetzt setzt er alles daran, um Troja für sich zu gewinnen und greift dabei auch zu weniger legalen Methoden. Troja Steiner und Titus Conti haben ihren ersten gemeinsamen Fall und suchen nach einem gerissenen Heiratsschwindler.

Friederike, die 1836 in Posen als Tochter jüdischer Eltern geboren wurde und später mit ihren Eltern nach Schlesien übersiedelte, arbeitete als Krankenpflegerin, engagierte sich immer wieder karitativ und verbrachte einen großen Teil ihrer Zeit damit Bittbriefe zu schreiben. Zum Beispiel an Kaiser Wilhelm I., dem sie die Einrichtung von Leichenhäusern vorschlug, damit künftig keine Scheintoten mehr bestattet würden. (Ein Problem, das im 18.und 19. Jh. auch Menschen wie J.W. Goethe oder E. A. Poe sehr erregte).

Lilie und Schneerose wachsen im frühen 19. Jahrhunderts in der chinesischen Provinz auf. Sie schreiben sich in der Geheimschrift der Frauen, Nushu, und schaffen sich so einen kleinen Freiraum. Beide leben in einer von Härte und Lieblosigkeit geprägten Umgebung: So müssen sie auch in jungen Jahren das Binden ihrer Füße ertragen. Eigentlich eine Auszeichnung, denn kleine Füße lassen die Familie auf eine vorteilhafte Heirat für die Mädchen hoffen.