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Two years into her new life in Cornwall, and while Alice Griffiths’ own romantic hopes have been dashed, it appears that whichever way she looks, her friends are getting hitched. A handsome stranger at Bea’s wedding could well change Alice’s fortunes but she may be better off ploughing her energies into her working life. While each season brings a new wedding, the months leading up to Christmas, and David and Martin's big day, become about taking risks for Alice. Should she leave the safety of the Sail Loft Hotel?

A mass-shooter rages through Chicago in the days after Christmas. Brutal. Efficient. He etches a path of destruction through the city. Shooting up the mall. Opening fire in traffic. Rampaging through a movie theater. That's just his opening act. FBI profiler Victor Loshak heads to the windy city to investigate and finds himself swept up in a frenzied manhunt.

Saber befürchtet, dass er sich nie vollständig von seinen ihn lähmenden Verletzungen erholen wird, und er weiß, dass er seine Amate nicht verdient hat, wenn er sie nicht beschützen kann. Sie sollte sich für einen Krieger entscheiden, nicht für einen Krüppel, der ständig ihre Hilfe braucht. Also tut Saber alles, was in seiner Macht steht, um die zarte Frau, in die er sich verliebt hat, von sich zu stoßen.

Dagger ist ein Trivatorkrieger, der sich vor nichts und niemandem fürchtet, bis er eine junge, zierliche Menschenfrau trifft, die sein Herz erweckt. Ihre sanften Berührungen, die zarte Stimme und ihr schüchterner Humor berühren ihn in einer Weise, wie er es nie für möglich gehalten hätte. Der Gedanke, dass einer solche Schönheit Leid zugefügt werden könnte, erfüllt ihn mit Angst.

Alice is finding her feet managing the Sail Loft Hotel when Sam is presented with an offer he can’t refuse. The bad news is, if he says yes, he will have to leave Cornwall. Sam’s visits home see him split in his loyalties between his daughter Sophie, and spending time with Alice. Sophie’s mother, Kate, seems to be doing her best to make things difficult.

Some conspiracy theories turn out to be true. FBI profiler Victor Loshak works a brutal murder case in Watertown, New York - a woman found strangled in her basement, her face gone purple and baggy. But as he sifts through the crime scene details, his mind keeps drifting back to Kansas City, his last job. The human trafficking case there ended in something of a cliffhanger, and it's a loose end that everyone else in law enforcement seems in no hurry to tie up. The truth is out there. Always just out of reach.

Als die Erde ihre ersten Besucher aus dem All bekam versank sie im Chaos. Die Trivatoren waren auf die Erde gekommen, um sie in die Allianz der Sternensysteme aufzunehmen, aber dann müssen sie die Kontrolle über den Planeten übernehmen, um zu verhindern, dass die Menschen ihn in ihrer Panik zerstören. Die Trivatoren waren kein bisschen darauf vorbereitet, welchen.

Cara Truman ist ein kleiner Wirbelwind und ihre Neugier bringt sie immer wieder in Schwierigkeiten. Ihr nächstes Abenteuer führt sie jedoch weiter, als sie jemals gedacht hätte - auf eine Reise in eine andere Welt. Trelon Reykill dachte, er hätte alle Hände voll zu tun. Eine militante Gruppe der Kurizaner hat seinen Bruder Zoran gefangen genommen. Trelon hatte versucht, die Abwehr der Valdiere gegen die Sarafin zu stärken und sein Drache verlangte immer wieder brüllend von ihm, sich eine Gefährtin zu suchen.

Abby Tanner war zufrieden damit, auf ihrem Berg zu leben, Kunstwerke zu schaffen und die Ruhe und den Frieden zu genießen - bis ein goldenes Raumschiff mit dem schwer verletzten König der Valdierer dort abstürzt. Zoran Reykill brauchte einen sicheren Ort, um sich nach der Flucht aus einer kurizanischen Militärbasis zu erholen.

The author James E Smith (1832 - 1893) served during the Civil War as Captain and commander of the 4th New York Independent Volunteer Light Artillery battery. Early Days in the Black Hills with Some Account of Capt. Jack Crawford was originally published in 1892 and features several of his adventures in the early Black Hills gold rush. It also deals with the legendary John Wallace (Captain Jack) Crawford (1847 - 1917), known as "The Poet Scout". Crawford was an American adventurer, educator, and master storyteller about the Wild West.

He slips through the unlocked window. Creeps down the hall. A shadow standing in the bedroom doorway. Will you wake when death comes ripping? A string of brutal home invasion murders terrifies Dade County, Florida. The killer strikes in the dead of the night, savages innocent people in their beds, wipes out entire families. He attacks at random. Rich. Poor. Young. Old. No one is safe. When the city sleeps, he comes alive. Stalks the night. Walks among us.

The Victorian era is remembered for many things, but one of the fondest is the wide and varied array of short, ghostly, suspenseful tales...often enjoyed around the fireside at Christmastime. In this new anthology, John Banks performs 12 of the very best, all written by incredibly talented but oft-times overlooked or forgotten authors. Once you tire of Dickens and James, these are the true masters of short-form suspense.

The Masters had ruled all space with an unconquerable iron fist. But the Masters were gone. And this new, young race from Terra who came now to take their place - could they hope to defeat the powerful ancient Enemy of All? FNH Audio presents an unabridged reading of this classic science fiction story of a war that spans a galaxy.

Twenty-four year old Tory Carson is dying to get out of Magic, New Mexico. She has spent her whole life cocooned in the protection of the close-knit community. Simon Drayton is a reclusive billionaire who has reinvented himself over and over again through the centuries. He has temporarily settled his headquarters in the beautiful city of Charleston, South Carolina. Confusion reigns when he sets his sights on a beautiful, young female who is oblivious to his power. After centuries of getting what he wants, he is shocked, and just a little bit fascinated, when he discovers that not all things are for sale.

FNH Audio presents an unabridged reading of the classic sci-fi space opera Triplanetary. Mankind's evolution has not been a purely natural event. There are races with powers far greater than ours that have manipulated the development of the human race as part of a power struggle to gain dominance of the known universe. From the ancient nuclear war that sank Atlantis to the far future where mighty space fleets battle with unimaginable lasers and super beams, this exciting story will keep you listening.

Sci Fi Shorts is a collection of classic science fiction stories from the golden age of space stories. This group of five unabridged short stories by various authors covers such adventures as space-going disasters, culture-shocked Martians, minds being stolen, alien flying cities and ancient artefacts being discovered in the far future.

Sci-Fi Shorts is a collection of classic science fiction stories from the golden age of space fiction. This group of six unabridged short stories by various authors covers such adventures as secret research projects, underground robot organisations, a subjugated Earth, getting trapped in the void, alien minds, and strangers from Jupiter.

Lt. Commander Joshua Manson's focus on his career has taken him to many places, just not the one he has always dreamed of going: space. His sometimes controversial methods during missions have given him the reputation of being a soldier who doesn't always play by the rules. A challenging mission leaves Josh questioning if he'll have a career at all, so he is surprised when he is offered the chance to command a mission in space to investigate an unknown object. The more he learns, the more determined he is to lead it.

This audiobook provides some helpful information on paranoia.

From mid-August to mid-September 1863, Union major general William S. Rosecrans's Army of the Cumberland maneuvered from Tennessee to north Georgia in a bid to rout Confederate general Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee and blaze the way for further Union advances. Meanwhile, Confederate reinforcements bolstered the numbers of the Army of Tennessee, and by the time the two armies met at the Battle of Chickamauga, in northern Georgia, the Confederates had gained numerical superiority.