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Kaylee Waters has saved her pennies for almost two years, mentally debated for six months, changed her mind no less than two dozen times, and finally purchased a three-day pass to what promised to be the vacation of a lifetime: The Castle, the kinkiest theme-resort-to-end-all-vacation-resorts.

Since a competing sweet shop opened its doors, things have not gone well for Sinclair's candy shop, Maybe's Candy. Business is slowing, her finances are dropping, and no matter what she does she just can't think of any way to get her business back on top. Even the one highlight of her week - that moment when handsome Parker Johnson, a man she has been flirting with for over a year, comes to buy his usual bag of caramels - isn't much of a treat.

Thom Lyndon has had his eye on Avery Jackson for a while, knowing full well that the Wild Mustang Security Firm’s daredevil pilot is in desperate need of a firm-handed daddy. When he catches her moonlighting as a rodeo clown he decides to take her in hand.

Christian Reid has spent years infiltrating the notorious arms dealer Fariq Abdal’s organization. And now, just as he’s secured his position as the international terrorist's right-hand man, who comes along to threaten his safety and mission before he can bring down NATO’s most wanted house of cards? No other than Fariq’s own baby sister, Aliya Abdal.

Cast out of China, Chin knows all about how hard life in a foreign country can be, especially for a woman on her own. Given the name Jade and a job packing in the crowd as an exotic dancer at the Red Petticoat, Chin thinks she's finally carved a safe and secure place for herself when, looking out across the dance hall, she spies the son of the man who murdered her family. Panicking, she flees into the night, into the worst storm in living memory.

Chelsea is out of work, between homes, and nearly out of money when she find the opportunity of a lifetime simply lying in the trash. It's a prepaid vacation voucher - room, meals, and clothing all included. All she has to do is get on a bus and for the next 10 days she'll be sleeping in a bed instead of her car. Unfortunately, the voucher is for a place called The Castle and no one lives in Granger for long without hearing one or two things about that very adult resort.

Freshly released from her father's hospital, Hannah is banished from home and sent to live with an uncle who puts her to work for the summer, interning under the chief building inspector in a small Ohio town. It's while she's on the job that Hannah first discovers the Castle: a massive stone structure set in the wheat fields of Ohio.

Stinknormal und langweilig, wenn Polli Pimpel sich selbst beschreibt, dann so! An ihr ist nichts spannend oder besonders denkt sie. Alles ändert sich, als sie ein Paar leuchtend rote Stiefel geschenkt bekommt: Strahlend, glücklich und selbstbewusst hüpft Polli seitdem durch ihr Leben. Sie zeigt allen, und vor allem sich selbst, was in ihr steckt.