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Die meisterhafte und spannende Kriminalnovelle handelt von der Schriftstellerin von Scuderi, und beginnt damit, dass ein gefährlich wirkender Fremder ein geheimnisvolles Kästchen für die Dame hinterläßt. Ein Mord an dem berühmten Goldschmied Monsieur Cardillac führt auf die Spur seines Gehilfen Olivier Brusson. Kann das Fräulein von Scuderi diesen Fall klären?

Some rules are meant to be broken... Georgia Beaumont has three rules for wedding planning: * Stay professional * Keep control * Never, ever fall for the best man But when she’s unexpectedly handed the reins of the high-profile Morrison wedding after the previous planner fell through, Georgia knows she’s in for a whirlwind. With four hundred guests and one very demanding bride to appease, the stakes have never been higher. Enter Clay Morrison, the best man—charming, infuriating, and seemingly determined to break every rule in her carefully crafted playbook. Between late night flower ...

Ambaraathooni is not just a collection of fifteen stories. These are fifteen distinct emotions, each one finding its own rhythm and voice. Some rooted in the pages of history, others quietly unfolding in our present and a few gently nudging us toward the future. Each story feels like an arrow that knows exactly where to land, stirring something deep, leaving behind a quiet ache or a sudden smile. Now you know why the name!

Renée è una nota accademica francese di origine italiana, con una routine sempre uguale e frustrante: i colleghi maschilisti la considerano una segretaria e, nonostante il successo delle sue pubblicazioni, Renée vive in solitudine da anni, con la sola compagnia dei lirici alessandrini. All'improvviso, arriva una mail a sconvolgere tutto: Gene Petrov, brillante matematico, lettore appassionato, emulo di Casanova e grande amore di Renée ai tempi degli studi a Harvard, è morto per una malattia fulminea.

Orbit of Fire by G.J. Fene Emerald skies shimmer above a world on the brink. When rebel leader Astra ignites the Greenfall uprising, she sparks a war that blazes from the depths of underground tunnels to the edges of space itself. But as her people rise, the tyrannical upper class unveils their ultimate weapon: the Emerald Array—orbital satellites capable of sterilizing entire cities in searing emerald fire. From deadly masquerade balls and sabotage missions beneath lush gardens to the revelation of horrifying machineborn soldiers, Astra’s rebellion battles overwhelming odds, betrayal, ...

Spring has sprung in Fireside Lake and Mallory is pleased to have Anais helping at Oracle Shoppe. In the merry month of May, thoughts turn to Mother's Day celebrations; for Kelly, however, those thoughts are tinged with pain.

You know that girl who bullied me in high school? Yeah… I’m sharing a hotel room with her now. And worse? I think I might be falling for her. Katherine O’Sullivan is the last person I ever expected to see again—let alone stand next to in a bridesmaid dress. She made my high school years hell with a perfect smile and sharper words. And now she’s back, drop-dead gorgeous and twice as icy. I promised I wouldn’t let her ruin my best friend’s wedding. I didn’t promise I wouldn’t make her regret ever calling me names. But then we’re sent on errands together. Alone. Forced to ...

The Merchant of Rome A Zombie Horror Short Story by James Bachman Rome burns. The dead march. And a grain merchant holds the key to the Empire’s doom. Marcus Brutus Calvus isn’t a hero. He’s a hustler, a dealmaker—a survivor. But when a cursed box arrives from Alexandria, he opens it, and unleashes an ancient Egyptian plague that reanimates the dead. As the infection spreads through the Eternal City, the dead form ranks, march in legions, and slaughter with chilling precision. Senators vanish. Temples fall. The gods go silent. Fast-paced, brutal, and dripping with dark irony, The ...

Short stories with murder, revenge, love, nostalgia, honour, odd encounters, courage & a little bit of magic.

Mutual Designs: Kay is proud of the company she’s created. Kilderscope Interior Design might be a relatively new and small-scale business but her reputation is growing and media coverage is promising. When an oil-rich sheikh requests her company’s professional services, she finds he will only deal with a male chief executive. To bring the deal off she needs a suitable man to play the part, so she hires Rob, believing him to be an out-of-work actor. That’s her first mistake… Written in the Beads: June goes to Africa for a working holiday after being dumped by both her boyfriend and ...

Can this gruff mountain man convince his new bride that she belongs with him? Brennon I ruined my brother’s wedding. I punched him in the nose and took his bride for my own. Because he won’t worship those beautiful curves the way I will. He’s not interested in protecting and loving Cadence like I will. In her eyes, this marriage is just a way to save her father. But I’ll make her fall in love with me. First, I’ll convince this woman that my heart is hers. Then I’ll claim her curvy body and do filthy things to it. Because this mountain man is playing for keeps. Cadence I have no ...

I.L. Peretz, the acknowledged "Father of Yiddish Literature", captured the essence of Eastern European Jewish life. He wrote of the magical quality of kindness, and the bitter fruits of blind faith.

I hate Nico Moretti. The Reaper. The man who turns blood into power, whose name is spoken in fear and reverence. And in forty-eight hours, I'll be wearing his ring. Our marriage is meant to prevent a war, but it's the very thing that might ignite one. A mole is revealing sensitive information, causing chaos amongst mafia heads, threatening to destroy both our families. My father calls it business—like trading me to the devil is nothing more than balancing the books. I tell myself I can do this—I'm a Bellanti. I've survived worse than becoming a mobster's bride. But the real betrayal? My...

Three perplexing puzzles - and three inimitable Wimsey solutions - told with wit, humor, and suspense. Narrator Ian Carmichael, the quintessential Lord Peter, provides great entertainment with his talented performance of these three stories. In "Striding Folly", a frightening dream provides a haunting premonition. A house numbered 13 is in a street of even numbers, and a dead man was never alive in "The Haunted Policeman." And "Talboys" sees Lord Peter's own children accused of theft.

Now considered a contemporary classic, Airships was honored by Esquire magazine with the Arnold Gingrich Short Fiction Award. The 20 stories in this collection are a fresh, exuberant celebration of the new American South - a land of high school band contests, where good old boys from Vicksburg are reunited in Vietnam, and petty nostalgia and the constant pain of disappointed love prevail. Airships is a striking demonstration of Barry Hannah's mature and original talent.

In Kharkiv, mysterious eyes sprout from the walls of buildings as the Russian invasion of Ukraine intensifies. A cynical spacefarer on a paradox-chasing mission confronts an ancient star—and the limits of human understanding—while his sentient navigator may know more than it’s letting on. A man mistakenly receives a letter meant for another drawing him into the world of a lost tribe who believe writing itself is a sin against God. In Raghast, a civilization of rats grinds to a standstill every three months as the breeding instinct throws them into chaos.

A collection of nine horror stories created by New York Times best-selling novelist Scott Sigler. This audiobook brings you more of Scott's thought-provoking short stories from his five years of weekly storytelling, as well as a brand-new "Hunter Hunterson & Sons" story and a brand-new "Kissyman" tale.

What's better than a sunny beach vacation for my winter break? Maybe being snowed in with a gorgeous stranger…. Let’s go to the beach for winter break, my sorority sisters said. It will be a blast, they said. Sand, salt water, hot surfers. What more could I want for the holidays? Well. Nobody considered the chance for a winter storm grounding all flights, changing my layover from hours to days and leaving me utterly stranded.

Fannie Flagg once said that what the world needs now is a good laugh. And that is what she gives us in these thirty warmhearted, often hilarious, always surprising stories about Americans finding clever ways of dealing with the curveballs life throws at us. We meet Velma from Kansas, a loving great-grandmother who struggles to bridge the generational divide with her great-grandchild in California. Why, for instance, does her great-grandchild sign letters to Velma with “(they/them)”?

In a career spanning more than 50 years, Harlan Ellison has written or edited 75 books; more than 1700 stories, essays, articles and newspaper columns; two dozen teleplays; and a dozen movies. Now, for the first time anywhere, Troublemakers presents a collection of Ellison's classic stories—chosen by the author—that will introduce new listeners to a writer described by the New York Times as having "the spellbinding quality of a great nonstop talker, with a cultural warehouse for a mind."