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While fate brought the small-town interior designer, Danielle Austen, and the sexy mogul, Harrison Towers, together, their pasts continue to threaten their future together. Their passion fuels their fire, while the couple continues to overcome the hurdles between them. Danielle has finally broken through Harrison’s aloof, controlling exterior. However, his devious, jilted ex-lover, Marion Devereaux, continues to threaten Danielle’s safety and seems to have help from someone close to Danielle.

In her people-smart way, Kimberly Willis Holt introduces us to a Louisiana family: touching, lyrical, and always intriguing, their stories reveal the powerful connections between four generations. The journey begins in 1939 with Rose, who moves with her mother and siblings from rural Texas to live with their estranged grandfather in the Louisiana bayou.

Hey, did you hear the one about the man who dropped a lit cigarette into the toilet with some gasoline-soaked rags? Of course you did, it happened to your gym teacher's cousin. Or was it your cousin's gym teacher?

On 5 September 1984, 18-year-old Geoff Holt dived into an idyllic tropical sea and his life changed forever. A broken neck cut short a promising career as a yachtsman and left him paralysed, with his horizons reduced to an uncertain future in a wheelchair. On 5 September 2007, after a journey of 109 days and 1,445 miles, Geoff Holt crossed the finish line in the Solent and reached the summit of his Personal Everest – the first quadriplegic yachtsman to sail single-handed around Great Britain.

Favel Farrington møder den unge Roc Pendorric på den idylliske ø Capri i Middelhavet, hvor hun bor sammen med sin far. Det er kærlighed ved første øjekast, og Favel er lykkelig, da hun som nygift ankommer til sit nye hjem Pendorric i Cornwall. Rocs søster og hendes familie venter dem med åbne arme, og det morer Favel, at den lokale befolkning straks giver hende tilnavnet Bruden fra Pendorric. Men Favels morskab forvandler sig snart til bekymring.

Experience the friendship that saved Christmas! Join Young Santa Claus and his delightful companions on another adventure as they journey deep into the Dark Wood where the Magic Thief dwells. They must find and retrieve the Scepter of Christmas before the magic of Christmas is lost forever. An unforgettable tale where the bond of friendship proves the most powerful magic of all.

In a small community called Origin, life for young Silas is simple, peaceful, and so wrapped up in secrets that he isn't even aware that he is the only one - the last one - to learn of the monumental events in store for him. Every man, woman, and child eagerly anticipates Silas's coming of age, the precise moment when he is destined to perform his all-important birthright: the very continuation of the town itself.

For at vinde hjertet hos Englands smukkeste mand, må Lettice Knollys samle alt sit mod. For Robert Dudley, jarlen af Leicester, er dronningens elskede, og i et land, hvor Elizabeths ord er lov, og bødlens skygge falder på enhver, der vover at fornaerme hende, er det farligt at følge sit hjerte. I hele sit liv elskede dronning Elizabeth d. I kun to maend lidenskabeligt: jarlen af Leicester og jarlen af Essex. Og dog var der én bestemt kvinde, som altid stod i vejen for dronningen.

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.

Den ene mand er hendes skaebne. Den anden kan blive hendes endeligt. Ifølge gammel overtro kan en ung pige få et glimt af sin fremtidige aegtemand under fuldmånen i oktober. Men da den smukke fremmede, som åbenbarer sig for Cordelia Grant, forsvinder igen efter et alt for kort møde, tvinges hun til at spørge sig selv: Var han blot et spøgelse eller var han mere end det? Mindet om den mystiske gentleman hjemsøger stadig Cordelia, da Sir Jason Verringer gør sin entré i hendes liv.

Efter en tryg opvaekst i Indien og England bliver Susanne Pleydell gift og oplever både lykke og fortvivlelse. Sorgerne tilskriver hun laegen Damien Adair, og af haevnlyst opsøger hun ham som hårdtarbejdende sygeplejerske - blandt andet sammen med Florence Nightingale under Krimkrigen. Victoria Holt (1906-1993) var en af verdens mest elskede og mest produktive forfattere i sin levetid. Hun begyndte allerede at skrive som 17-årig, og en raekke af hendes tidlige noveller blev trykt i London-aviserne.

Den unge herre til godset St. Aubyn's Park har vundet den purunge Fredericas hjerte, da han redder hende fra en aeldre mands tilnaermelser i en naerliggende skov. Crispin hedder godsejeren, der i øvrigt er bror til Fredericas naere veninde Tamarisk. Men dystre begivenheder i fortiden stiller sig i vejen for de to unges lykke. Fredericas vej til kaerlighed og aegteskab bliver lang og snoet, for fortiden rummer grufulde hemmeligheder - og de må frem i lyset først.

Over 1,200 giants, discovered in suspended animation for 50,000 years underneath the Moon, have been awake on Earth for 10 years. Now, after one final act to remember those who did not survive, they turn their attention to getting home, 4.2 light-years away. They know where, but discovering how will be their greatest challenge.

The device, accidentally left behind by the alien visitor, will make Steven the most powerful 12-year-old on the planet. But he is not ready for what is about to happen.

Come join young Santa Claus and his merry companions on a magical adventure when they discover the North Pole, meeting unforgettable characters along the way. Experience the magic that changed the world.

Danny's World is the story of Danny, an amazing handicapped boy who won the fight to overcome the stigma of being a disabled or handicapped child following the Great Depression. The power of superstition and fear held sway over the lives of families with special children until they met Danny.

This audiobook is the sunny and inspiring tale of someone who refuses to be defeated by the adversities in his life. Scarred by a childhood of abuse, by injury and trauma as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marines and by a totally fortuitous hit-and-run accident, he finally takes his life into his own hands and moves to the 'Big Island' of Hawaii which has a reputation for offering a healing lifestyle.

Paradise Ranch is Dusty's home now: he's come to terms with not having a family of his own. That is until he meets Jane Wilder. She's running from a troubled past as well, but that past is about to catch up with her. When the two of them are forced to work together on the run down schoolhouse where Jane is the schoolmistress, she does everything she can to keep her secret safe while he fights his growing attraction to her. Can their love overcome the sins of the parents, or will Jane and Dusty miss their chance at happiness?

Shadows at the Door Publishing brings you 13 chilling tales inspired by the ghastly, the ghoulish, and the macabre. Landmarks stained in death, spectres lurking outside, old legends rising from the dark, these stories bring unique and chilling horrors from around the world. Immerse yourself in the eerie locales of Durham, Norfolk, Derbyshire, Rugby, the Scottish Highlands, Montreal, Pennsylvania, New York, Lake Superior, Rural Yorkshire, East Sussex, and the darker corners of southern England.

Douglas Hastings' passion for anything NASA drove him to analyze a treasure trove of Moon photos taken during all Apollo missions. Doug had started to believe the conspiracy theories and rumors that had swirled for years; that NASA had discovered more than just rocks on the Moon and had conspired to keep the rest of the world in the dark.