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typical bachelor party is all about beers and beautiful women. A vampire bachelor party is no different - except the men are drinking Blissky (whiskey-flavored synthetic blood). And no one can throw a party quite like Jack, the illegitimate son of the legendary Casanova. But when the party gets out of hand and the cops show up, Jack has some explaining to do... if only he wasn't struck speechless by the beauty of Officer Lara Boucher. Lara is sure there's something more than a bachelor party going on. Why is Jack so interested in the recent disappearance of young women all over town?

Russell wakes from a coma to find he's become a vampire. Now he has a thirst for revenge. Determined to hunt down the master vampire who turned him, he's used to working alone - until he meets Jia. She is after the same vampire for murdering her parents and insists she can help Russell on this mission. Reluctantly, he agrees, and sets up some ground rules.

 Humans know that immortals live among them, and the world is forever changed....

Kat Dubois has been sidelined. With a single word from Heru - no - her plans to save humanity from the Cascade Virus one mortal at a time are put on hold indefinitely. But Kat's not willing to sit by, watching the world as she knows it crumble around her. While Heru awaits a miracle discovery that may never come, Kat shuns his orders and takes rogue action. Thanks to her trusty deck of tarot cards, she knows that at least the universe is on her side. Probably.

Darcy Newhart thought it was a stroke of genius—the first–ever reality TV show where mortals vie with vampires for the title of The Sexiest Man on Earth. As the show's director, Darcy's career would be on track again. And she can finally have a life apart from the vampire harem. Okay, so she's still technically dead, but two out of three's not bad. Now she just has to make sure that a mortal doesn't win. If only she wasn't so distracted by a super-sexy and live contestant named Austin....

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 Girls of Slender Means is the third Muriel Spark audio release of 2012, following The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and The Complete Short Stories. It is 1945; a time of cultural and political change, and also one of slender means. Spark's evocative and sharply drawn novel focuses on a group of women living together in a hostel in Kensington who face new challenges in uncertain times. The novel is at once dramatic and character-based, and shows Muriel Spark at the height of her literary powers.

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.

So what if he's a bit older and usually regards a human female as dinner, not a dinner date? Yes, Roman Draganesti is a vampire, but a vampire who lost one of his fangs sinking his teeth into something he shouldn't have. Now he has one night to find a dentist before his natural healing abilities close the wound, leaving him a lopsided eater for all eternity. Things aren't going well for Shanna Whelan either... After witnessing a gruesome murder by the Russian mafia, she's next on their hit list. And her career as a dentist appears to be on a downward spiral because she's afraid of blood.

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.

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?

The Complete Short Stories is a collection to be loved and cherished, from one of the finest short-story writers of the twentieth century. From the cruel irony of A member of the Family to the fateful echoes of The Go-Away Bird and the unexpectedly sinister The Girl I Left Behind Me, in settings that range from South Africa to the Portobello Road, Muriel Spark coolly probes the idiosyncrasies that lurk beneath the veneer of human respectability, displaying the acerbic wit and wisdom that are the hallmarks of her unique talent.

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.