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Gemma Summers is unlucky in love. She's known it since third grade, when her first crush blew a spitball into her hair, and a decade-long string of bad dates, boring sex, and abysmal morning afters has done nothing to improve her prospects. But when a random radio call-in contest lands her courtside tickets to the hottest playoff game of the season, Gemma's luck may finally be on the upswing, even if it doesn't exactly seem like it when the dreaded Jumbotron kiss cam lands on her and her date.

Phoebe West has been head-over-heels in love with her brother's best friend for as long as she can remember. Not that he's bothered to notice. Despite several mortifying attempts at seduction and a decade's worth of unrequited pining, nothing Phoebe does seems to make any impact on the man she's obsessed over since her bra-stuffing days. She knows that it's time to let him go, though just the thought is nearly enough to shatter her.

For Delilah Sinclair, catching a man's attention has never been a problem. It's the part that comes later - the happily-ever-after part - that always seems to trip her up. All her friends may be settling down, but this fiery redhead has no intentions of ever being tamed...Until she meets a man just as wild. Luca "Blaze" Buchanan is the best fighter to come out of Boston in years. Men want to be him, women want to be with him, and no one smart ever bets against him.

Zoe Bloom has her life figured out. After a childhood spent begging for scraps on Boston street corners, she's clawed her way to a successful career and a safe place to call home. She knows exactly what she needs to survive - a bit of money in the bank, a roof over her head, food on the table. Friends and family are a luxury she can't afford. And forget about frivolous romantic entanglements. She can barely juggle her own problems; she certainly doesn't have time to handle anyone else's crap.

Shelby Hunt has the perfect life, married to the perfect man. At least, that's what anyone would think, looking at her. They couldn't possibly know about the past five years of lonely nights, or the divorce papers still sitting unsigned on her husband's desk, or the shady business practices he's brought home on more than one occasion - often in the form of scary men with loaded guns and briefcases full of laundered cash.

As owner of an occult shop in downtown Salem, Massachusetts, she's accustomed to all things odd and otherworldly. But when a bloody animal sacrifice is left as a warning outside her place of business, the police seem to think Gwen might be the target of some truly evil-doers. Suddenly, her sunny existence is riddled with danger in the form of crazed pagans, rogue employees, and nefarious henchmen. There's only one man who can protect her until the storm passes.

Saturn. The Ringed Planet. Harbinger of ideas and wonder. The planet that gave birth to the modern era of science envisioning the myriad of multi-colored rings circling the planet, one of the reasons for the invention of the telescope, and the second largest in our solar system. These are the stories of Saturn, the great Titan. Tales of time, age, and endings.

Imogen Warner has spent ten years running scared. After a childhood in the spotlight, the clairvoyant left home at fifteen without looking back. In the decade since, she's moved from place to place like a ghost, keeping her head down, her powers hidden, and her name out of the newspapers. Anonymity is no longer an option when she finds herself in Salem, Massachusetts.

This guide, How to Teach Drama to Kids, will take someone unsure of the main principles of teaching theatre arts to various ages, through the basic categories and components principally considered to be the heart of the study of drama.

Inspired by classic fairy tales, but with a dark and sinister twist, Grim contains short stories from some of the best voices in young adult literature today: Ellen Hopkins, Amanda Hocking, Julie Kagawa, Claudia Gray, Rachel Hawkins, Kimberly Derting, Myra McEntire, Malinda Lo, Sarah Rees-Brennan, Jackson Pearce, Christine Johnson, Jeri Smith Ready, Shaun David Hutchinson, Saundra Mitchell, Sonia Gensler, Tessa Gratton, Jon Skrovron.

Based on extensive research and workplace experience, The Female Vision demonstrates that what women perceive in organizations and beyond that goes unnoticed and unrewarded is exactly what so many companies need to succeed. Helgeson and Johnson delve deeply into the stories of a number of women whose vision improved their companies - although often they had to struggle not only against unresponsive organizations, peers, or others, but also against their own personal fears.

This book highlights one small business owner's journey to achieve success on her own terms. And spotlights key learning you can take from this experience in the form of 10 top business lessons you can apply to your own entrepreneurial journey. Listen to this book if you like to learn from other people's mistakes, if you love to hear business autobiographies, or simply if you're curious. This book is intentionally short so that you can learn and apply the lessons quickly and easily.

Sie ist die letzte Windweberin. Das Schicksal der Welt liegt in ihren Händen. Niemand darf wissen, dass Rhya ein Halbling ist – halb Fae, halb Mensch. Denn Fae werden in Anwyn gnadenlos verfolgt. Rhya hat ihre spitzen Ohren ihr ganzes Leben versteckt, bis ihr Dorf niedergebrannt und ihr Adoptivvater getötet wurde. Sie kann fliehen, gerät jedoch in die Fänge eines feindlichen Generals. Schnell merkt sie, dass der verschlossene General seine ganz eigene Agenda verfolgt. Er ist desertiert, und inzwischen sind ihnen fast alle Armeen Anwyns auf den Fersen.

In war-torn Anwyvn, fear of maegic plagues every corner of the kingdom and halflings like Rhya Fleetwood are hunted and killed. When Rhya is sentenced to death, her execution is interrupted by an unexpected saviour, The mysterious Commander Scythe. But he is far more terrifying than the hangman’s noose. In the clutches of this new enemy, Rhya finds herself fighting for her life in the barren Northlands. Yet the further they travel, the more she learns that nothing is as it seems. For Rhya is no ordinary halfling.

Tune in every other week to explore the latest trends across the financial sector. Joined by industry-leading guests, Big Picture in Practice will help you innovate and stay abreast of the latest information that will enable listeners to create differentiated products and foster successful client relationships in a constantly evolving investment landscape.

This is the inspiring, heartwarming story of a mother and daughter’s 50-year journey through the world of cystic fibrosis. Leslie’s medical prognosis was that she wouldn’t live to be seven. Although people with gene-based diseases don’t have spontaneous remissions, Leslie had one. And, despite the odds, she lived a fully functioning life to the age of 50.

Wenn dein Herz in tausend Scherben liegt... Josephine Valentine und Archer Reyes sind seit ihrer Kindheit unzertrennlich, obwohl sie doch unterschiedlicher nicht sein könnten: Zwar besuchen beide die elitäre Exeter Academy, aber während Josephine als Tochter reicher Eltern mit Privilegien und Erwartungen aufwächst, muss Archer für seine Chancen und Erfolge kämpfen. Doch als sie bemerken, dass aus ihrer Freundschaft Liebe wird, ändert sich alles zwischen ihnen. Aus Angst, ihre Gefühle könnten nicht erwidert werden, halten Archer und Josephine ihre neuen Empfindungen verborgen.

Moderne Cinderella-Story mit einem sexy Bad-Boy-Prinzen. Durch einen unvorhersehbaren Schicksalsschlag findet sich Emilia Lancaster viel zu früh in der Rolle wieder, in der sie sich selbst nie gesehen hat - als Königin von Caerleon. Doch auch wenn sie selbst noch über den Verlust ihres Vaters und den Verrat ihrer engsten Verbündeten trauert, steht sie vor ihrer größten Herausforderung: Sie muss für ihr Volk da sein, ihren Feinden die Stirn bieten und vor allem versuchen, den Mann zu vergessen, der ihr Herz gebrochen hat - Carter Thorne.

Noch vor zwei Monaten war Emilia Lancaster eine ganz normale junge Frau mit ganz normalen Problemen. Nun ist sie die Kronprinzessin von Caerleon und muss sich Herausforderungen stellen, auf die sie kaum vorbereitet wurde. Neben ihren neuen Verpflichtungen und der öffentlichen Aufmerksamkeit machen ihr vor allem die Intrigen und Machtspielchen im Königshaus zu schaffen. Eine Situation, die nicht einfacher wird, als plötzlich eine ganze Handvoll Verehrer darum kämpft, ihr Interesse zu gewinnen.

Sie ist das dunkle Geheimnis der königlichen Familie - doch sie wird niemals ihre Marionette sein. Emilia Lancaster hätte nie gedacht, dass sie eines Tages Kronprinzessin sein würde - eine Rolle, die sie niemals wollte und auf die sie nie vorbereitet wurde. Ihr neues Leben im Palast könnte der Anfang eines Märchens sein, doch Emilia merkt schnell, dass sie von Intrigen und Machtspielen umgeben ist. Ganz besonders Carter Thorne scheint ihre bloße Anwesenheit als Provokation zu empfinden. Anders kann sich Emilia seine dunklen Blicke, die sie beinahe körperlich spüren kann, nicht erklären.