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How far can you run from your past? Jeremy Marsh once vowed he would never do three things: leave New York City, give his heart away again after barely surviving one failed marriage, and, most of all, become a parent. Now Jeremy is living in the small town of Boone Creek, North Carolina, married to Lexie, the woman he loves, and anticipating the birth of their daughter.

The sequel to Ink Witch. War has broken out among the immortals. It's time to choose a side. Kat Dubois never asked to be the emissary for the good guys. Diplomacy isn't her strong suit, and patience isn't one of her personal virtues. But when a millennia-old god asks you to do a job to further the war cause, you do that job...especially when you're the opposition's most wanted.

Als Noah und Allie sich nach Jahren der Trennung wieder sehen, fühlen sie sich sofort wieder leidenschaftlich zueinander hingezogen. Aber Allie ist mit Lon verlobt, der zu den oberen Zehntausend gehört, während Noah aus kleinen Verhältnissen stammt ... Ein außergewöhnliches Romandebüt über das Leben und die Kraft einer großen Liebe.

In The Advisor Breakthrough, financial marketing expert Shawn Sparks shares the step-by-step principles for developing the ultimate financial advisory practice. Based on the lessons Shawn has learned from working with the country's top financial advisors over the past 10 years, you will discover many of the most important top one-percent advisor lessons. The Advisor Breakthrough delivers a comprehensive plan for creating marketing, sales, and operations tactics that will help any financial advisor turn a successful, sustainable business.

Ellie, a 30-year-old college professor, decides to purchase and renovate an old schoolhouse in the country. Despite the constant disapproval from her nagging mother, she is ready for the peace and the solitude of country living. Ellie instead finds her new home to have some unwelcome, paranormal guests. After a terrifying couple of nights, that she tries, but logically cannot explain, she enlists the help of her twin brother, Gauge. Ellie and Gauge turn to the university where they are both employed, and find a small Paranormal Psychology Department.

Travis Parker has everything a man could want: a good job; loyal friends; his dream home in small-town North Carolina. In full pursuit of the good life, he believes that a serious relationship with a woman would only cramp his style. That is until Gabby Holland moves in next door. Despite Travis's attempts to be friendly, she seems to have a chip on her shoulder about him.

Jeremy Marsh steht als Wissenschaftsjournalist kurz vor dem Durchbruch: Er hat sich auf die Entlarvung angeblich übernatürlicher Phänomene spezialisiert und gerade erst einen Hellseher vor laufender Kamera entlarvt. Nun lockt ihn ein neuer Fall nach Boone Creek, North Carolina, wo er herausfinden soll, was hinter geisterhaften Lichterscheinungen auf einem Friedhof steckt.

Kann Liebe die Vergangenheit überwinden? Amanda und Dawson sind erst siebzehn, als sie sich unsterblich ineinander verlieben. Doch ihre Familien bekämpfen die Beziehung, und widrige Umstände trennen sie schließlich endgültig. Fünfundzwanzig Jahre später kehren die beiden in ihr Heimatstädtchen zurück. Sie empfinden noch genauso tief füreinander wie damals. Aber beide sind von Schicksalsschlägen gezeichnet, und die Kluft zwischen ihnen scheint größer denn je zu sein... Mit siebzehn verlieben sich Dawson und Amanda ineinander.

Marith Altrersyr - father-killer, dragonlord, leader of the blood-soaked Amrath Army - is keeping his promises. He is determined to become King of all Irlast and take back the seat of his ancestors.Only Thalia, once high priestess of the Lord of Living and Dying, the holiest woman in the Empire, might stop Marith and his army’s deadly march. But she is torn between two destinies - and if she was to return home, what would she find there? A city on the brink of ruin: diseased, despairing, dying?

First published in 1988 and described by Ali Smith as 'one of Muriel Spark's most liberating, and meditative novels' - A Far Cry from Kensington shows Muriel Spark at the mature height of her powers.The narrator is one Mrs. Hawkins. She writes from Italy, a far cry from Kensington indeed, taking us back to her threadbare years in postwar London. As a young, rather fat war-widow she spent her days working for a crazy, almost bankrupt publisher; and her nights offering advice from her boarding-house in South Kensington.

Nach einem schweren Unfall auf einer einsamen Straße schwebt der 91-jährige Ira zwischen Leben und Tod. In seinen Halluzinationen erscheint ihm seine verstorbene Frau Ruth, und gemeinsam erinnern sie sich an die großen Stationen in ihrem dramatischen, aber auch sehr glücklichen Eheleben. Parallel wird die romantische Liebesgeschichte eines jungen Paares erzählt: Eher gegen ihren Willen hat sich die Studentin Sophia in den sympathischen Rodeoreiter Luke verliebt.

Das Schweigen des Glücks ist die Geschichte der bedingungslosen Liebe einer allein erziehenden Mutter zu ihrem Sohn - eine Liebe, die so stark ist, dass für andere Menschen kein Platz zu sein scheint. Bis Taylor in das Leben der beiden tritt.

Maria nachts auf einer einsamen Straße eine Autopanne hat, hält ein Wagen an, ein muskulöser Mann mit Schlägervisage steigt aus - und wechselt ihr freundlich die Reifen. Colin Hancock versucht nach einer kriminellen Vergangenheit, sein Leben geordnet zu leben; eine Beziehung sucht er nicht. Doch auch wenn sie sich dagegen wehren, verlieben Maria und Colin sich rettungslos ineinander.

Eine Liebesgeschichte, zart und leidenschaftlich, wie nur Nicholas Sparks, der Autor des Bestsellers "Wie ein einziger Tag", sie schreiben konnte. Sie erzählt von der Begegnung eines Mannes und einer Frau, die beide mit den Schatten der Vergangenheit und dem Verlust eines geliebten Menschen kämpfen und den Mut finden, noch einmal eine neue Beziehung einzugehen.

From the author of A Walk to Remember comes a moving tale of redemption and first love when a rebellious teenager decides to spend the summer with her estranged father in a North Carolina beach town. Seventeen year old Veronica "Ronnie" Miller's life was turned upside-down when her parents divorced and her father moved from New York City to Wilmington, North Carolina. Three years later, she remains angry and alienated from her parents, especially her father...until her mother decides it would be in everyone's best interest if she spent the summer in Wilmington with him.

In January 2003, Nick Sparks and his brother Micah set off on a three-week trip around the world. It was to mark a milestone in their lives, for at 35 and 36, respectively, they were now the only surviving members of their family. As Nick and Micah travel the globe, the intimate story of their tragic family legacy unfolds in the details of the untimely deaths of their parents and only sister.

In this number one New York Times best-selling novel of first love and second chances, former high school sweethearts confront the painful truths of their past to build a promising future - together. In the spring of 1984, high school students Amanda Collier and Dawson Cole fell deeply, irrevocably in love. Though they were from opposite sides of the tracks, their love for one another seemed to defy the realities of life in their small town in North Carolina. But as the summer of their senior year came to a close, unforeseen events would tear the young couple apart.

In January 2003 Nicholas Sparks and his brother Micah set off on a three-week trip around the world. An adventure by any measure, this trip was especially meaningful as it marked another milestone in the life journey of two brothers who, by their early thirties, were the only surviving members of their family. As Nicholas and Micah travel the globe, from the Taj Mahal to Machu Picchu, the story of their family slowly unfolds.

"How wonderful to be an artist and a woman in the twentieth century," Fleur Talbot rejoices. Loitering about London in 1949, with intent to gather material for her writing, Fleur finds a job "on the grubby edge of the literary world", as secretary to the odd Autobiographical Association. Are they a group of mad egomaniacs, hilariously writing their memoirs in advance, or poor fools ensnared by a blackmailer? Rich material, in any case.

Steve hat sich scheiden lassen und führt in einem Küstenstädtchen in North Carolina ein ruhiges Leben. Seine Tochter Ronnie hat ihm die Trennung von der Familie nie verziehen, und es passt ihr überhaupt nicht, dass sie die ganzen Ferien bei ihm verbringen soll. Dann lernt die 17-Jährige dort Will kennen und verliebt sich unsterblich in ihn – aber die Liebe steht unter keinem guten Stern. Ausgerechnet bei ihrem Vater findet Ronnie schließlich Trost, doch bevor es zur Versöhnung kommt, geschieht etwas Schreckliches.