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Orkanböen peitschen über die Straße, in den Nachrichten wird vor der kommenden Sturmflut gewarnt. Die Lage ist mehr als bedrohlich, der kleine Ort direkt an der Ostseeküste muss vollständig evakuiert werden. Doch Elisa wartet bis zur letzten Sekunde, längst sind alle anderen fort. Vor ihrem Aufbruch stößt sie im Haus nebenan überraschend auf die Nachbarn. Wieso sind sie noch da? Das Paar scheint – genau wie Elisa selbst – etwas zu verbergen. Der Deich bricht. Die drei sind in dem Haus gefangen. Der Strom fällt aus, der Pegel steigt.

What secrets are hidden within the walls of a desolate farmhouse in a forgotten corner of Lapland? Early spring has its icy grip on Ödesmark, a small village in northernmost Sweden, abandoned by many of its inhabitants. But Liv Björnlund never left. She lives in a derelict house together with her teenage son, Simon, and her ageing father, Vidar. They make for a peculiar family, and Liv knows that they are cause for gossip among their few remaining neighbours.

Persephone Station, a seemingly backwater planet that has largely been ignored by the United Republic of Worlds, becomes the focus for the Serrao-Orlov Corporation as the planet has a few secrets the corporation wants to exploit. Rosie, owner of Monk's Bar, serves members of a rather exclusive criminal class and those who seek to employ them. Angel, ex-marine and head of a semi-organized band of beneficent criminals, wayward assassins, and washed-up mercenaries with a penchant for doing the honorable thing, is asked to perform a job for Rosie.

After her husband became an agnostic, Stina Kielsmeier-Cook was left "spiritually single" - struggling to live the Christian life on her own, taking her kids to church by herself, and wrestling with her own questions and doubts. In this memoir, Kielsmeier-Cook tells the story of her mixed-faith marriage and how she found community in an unexpected place: an order of Catholic nuns in her neighborhood. As she spent time with them and learned about female Catholic saints, she began to see that she was not "spiritually single" after all - and that no one really is.

Three years ago, Lelle's daughter went missing in a remote part of Northern Sweden. Lelle has spent the intervening summers driving the Silver Road under the midnight sun, frantically searching for his lost daughter, for himself and for redemption. Meanwhile, 17-year-old Meja arrives in town hoping for a fresh start. She is the same age as Lelle's daughter was - a girl on the brink of adulthood. But for Meja, there are dangers to be found in this isolated place. As autumn's darkness slowly creeps in, Lelle and Meja's lives are intertwined in ways that they could never have imagined.

Best friend rule number one: Never want the guy’s sister. Oops.

One-night stand rule number one: Always check the condom’s expiry date.

For centuries, the Kingdom of Eledore has relied upon the kainen race's natural magical talents to retain its elevated and seemingly impervious status in the world, particularly above the humans in Acrasia. Plots and assassination attempts grow against the royal twin heirs, Nels and Suvi, as the Acrasians seem to be doing more than saber rattling against what they see as an evil, tyrannical nation.

Against all odds, Adirah Messa has been accepted to Billet University, a prestigious institution founded in the 1800s for people of color. Determined to excel, she arrives at the university intent on minimizing distraction and focusing on her studies. That goal is soon interrupted when she is noticed by members of the "in" crowd, who invite her to the most popular frat party on campus. Adirah finds herself smitten with someone of another race and is taken on a ride she can never return from. Unbeknownst to her, Adirah's newfound love is not only a master seducer.

She’s pregnant with another man’s baby. He’s now the father to his little niece. A sexy rom com with all the feels! My software company has been my number one, two, and three priorities. But that all changes when I suddenly become the guardian of my three-year-old niece. Now my world has turned topsy-turvy with princesses and little-girl tea parties. When Hannah Morrell needs a place to stay after the pipes in her apartment burst, I invite her to move in with my niece and me. Hannah is a pediatric nurse, and given my situation, who could ask for a better roommate. Sounds easy.

A chance encounter with a masked stranger at a charity ball led to an incredible kiss and a night of hot sex. The kiss was my goal for that night, a baby step forward after my husband’s death a year ago. The hot sex? Not so much. You know what else hadn’t been my goal? To be knocked up by a man whose identity is a mystery to me.

Efter tio år som änka och ensamstående mamma längtar Rakel efter gemenskap. Vännerna har tagit avstånd mer och mer, hennes föräldrar har gått bort. Och när Rakels två döttrar väljer att åka på roadtrip i USA får hon plötsligt betydligt mer frihet än hon är van vid. Vad ska hon göra med sin lediga sommar? En dråplig vattenskada i familjens lägenhet gör att Rakel hastigt och lustigt blir hemlös. Lösningen på boendeproblemet blir en semester på pittoreska Västerö.

Der atmosphärische Thriller aus Schweden. Drei Jahre ist es her, dass Lelle seine Tochter morgens an einer Bushaltestelle absetzte. Seither ist sie spurlos verschwunden und der Vater sucht verzweifelt im düsteren Licht der Mitternachtssonne die Gegend ab. Zur gleichen Zeit kommt die siebzehnjährige Meja zusammen mit ihrer psychisch labilen Mutter mit der Hoffnung auf einen Neuanfang in diesem abgelegenen Teil Nordschwedens an. Als ein weiteres Mädchen verschwindet, werden Lelles und Mejas Leben auf eine Weise miteinander verbunden, die sie sich nie hätten vorstellen können.

Fake boyfriend rule number one: Never fall for your fake girlfriend. Oops. I run Aphrodite’s Boutique, a store that specializes in all things love-related. A store that I adore with all my heart, and which is at risk of being shut down and replaced with a condo development. To save it, all I have to do is pretend to be Travis Hamilton’s girlfriend. Sounds simple enough. Right?

When she entered school at a recently integrated college in North Carolina, Adirah Messa was looking forward to a bright future. Then she met a man of another kind who turned her world upside down. After being turned into a blood-sucking being and then giving birth to a child fathered by the King of Vampires, Adirah thinks that life can't get any stranger. But when her ancient past becomes a part of the present, she learns that her son has a destiny that is out of her control. The only way to protect him is for old enemies to put their differences behind them....

Barbara Jacobs ist genervt – man könnte meinen, sie hätte das Unglück gepachtet! Nach einer ganzen Reihe misslicher Zwischenfälle flüchtet sie kurzerhand nach Duncan's Hill in Texas, um bei ihrer Cousine Elizabeth für eine Weile in Deckung zu gehen. Dort trifft sie auf den schroffen Rancher Mark Watson. Der hegt einen tiefen Groll auf die ganze Welt und auf seine Mitmenschen sowieso und anders als sein kleiner Sohn Tom ist er von ihrer Anwesenheit überhaupt nicht begeistert.

DerPodcast Name sagt doch eigentlich schon alles....Zwei Mädels die hautnah dabei sind. Die direkt aus der Quelle berichten und aufklären wollen um mit Vorurteilen aufzuräumen.

Willkommen bei “KiwuTalk” – dem Podcast, der sich rund um das Thema Kinderwunsch dreht. Ich bin Stina-Lotta und ich habe es geschafft, schwanger zu werden mit einem AMH-Wert von 0,01. Hier spreche ich über die Themen, die oft im Verborgenen bleiben – ehrlich, humorvoll und informativ. In jeder Folge teile ich meine persönlichen Erfahrungen, gebe wertvolle Tipps und spreche mit ExpertInnen über die Herausforderungen und Freuden auf dem Weg zum Wunschkind. Kein Thema ist tabu: Von Fruchtbarkeit und medizinischen Behandlungen bis hin zu den emotionalen Höhen und Tiefen. Instagram: ...

As the future CEO of my grandmother’s fashion empire, I’m not supposed to want to design a line of fancy dresses for girls with special needs. But when I pull out all the stops and present my vision to my grandmother, she agrees to let me try on one very questionable condition. The condition? I have to complete every item on the bucket list I wrote in college.

Ödesmark, en el norte de Suecia, es un pequeño pueblo de catorce casas desperdigadas, de las cuales solo cinco siguen habitadas. Una de ellas es el hogar de Liv Björnlund, que comparte con su hijo y con su tiránico y anciano padre, Vidar. Aunque viven de forma austera, uno de los rumores que corre sobre ellos es que el cabeza de familia amasó una gran fortuna especulando con terrenos y bosques de sus vecinos.