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I changed every part of myself for him. At first, I thought it was because I loved him. Eventually, I realized that what he did to me was the most disgusting form of emotional abuse. He made me feel as if the authentic parts of me were wrong - that I was ugly. One night, after I had been through hell, I ran to my best friend Natasha's house. I wanted the comfort of my best friend - to hold me and tell me everything would be okay.

Throughout my entire life, I've only wanted one thing - independence. It might seem easy, but it's quite the contrary. It's nothing but a myth in my family because my life is not my own. It never has been, and it never will be. At least, not until now. I made a deal with my father to gain some aspect of freedom. I would marry a Romanian Clan leader to unite their vast mafia with our family hitman business. Two powerful families coming together, creating the most feared partnership in the world.

I owed Mariana so much. I’d betrayed not only her, but The Clans - my country, my people; my own flesh and blood. With so much lost because of me, when Mariana gave me a chance at redemption I was quick to take it. I was needed in the Ukraine, and so I went. But now a vicious woman named Vera is throwing me off my game, and, despite all my preparations and all of my research, I knew nothing of this woman. I owed Mariana so much, and, though I knew nothing of her, she knew enough about me to make that impossible. She knew that I would sooner die than go back on my word.

My best friend asked me to marry his sister...so I did everything I could to ensure it. I've been after Aria Funar for years, wanting her by my side, craving that woman and her spirit. Over the years I had watched her grow up and turn into the woman she's become. After a traumatic event happened to Aria, her father branded her as damaged, irrelevant, she was deemed useless to him. Now, and only now am I worthy of marrying his daughter - because the tragic things that have happened to her ultimately brought her down to my level in her father's eyes.

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“A brilliant newcomer ... Cohen is not only a talented writer; she is an artist.”—Andre Aciman, New York Times-bestselling author of Call Me by Your Name, the novel that inspired the Academy Award-winning film A love letter to classic literature and an illuminating look at newfound...

I've never been the type to get on the wrong side of the law until the day I did. I was given two options, to either go to jail for a very long time or become an agent for the CIA. I'm unlike any other agent, though. Most of my colleagues don't have families like I do. You see, I'm Romanian and the purest of blood flows through my veins. Since time has passed I believe I was targeted because of who I know. Otherwise I wouldn't have been sent on this mission, to take down Franco Falcone of the New York Crime Family.

Alexandra Hill is enjoying the last bit of summer in her beautiful city, her thoughts on her last year of high school. When she wakes up one morning and finds herself reliving the same day again, though no one else notices, she hopes it is deja vu, but as the day happens again, she knows better. Something is very wrong. On her own, she tries to investigate, and finds a beautiful man with wings who will change her view about her entire world and send her on a journey with others just like her.

Practical and reliable, Bekah Matthews is tired of her good-girl image. After her boyfriend dumps her, she decides to throw caution to the wind. So what better way to let her hair down than to have a no-strings-attached fling while living on the paradise that is Hazel Island?

What if your new neighbor is a smoking hot firefighter? You should definitely not convince him to strip for you. As Theo peels off his shirt, revealing chiseled abs and broad shoulders I can feel the arousal. It gets hot when one thing leads to another. Getting stuck in an elevator used to be my worst nightmare. The hottie from next door turns it into a fantasy.

King Henry V's beautiful widow, Catherine, is determined to marry Owen Tudor, a Welsh gentleman-at-arms. But her life decisions are not her own, overshadowed as she is by more powerful men who are closer to the Throne. The Duke of Bedford would marry her off to a foreign prince, Henry Beaufort would give his allegiance in exchange for a Cardinal's hat, and the handsome Duke of Gloucester, brother of the dead king, openly desires her. Added to that, her son, the King, is a weak child. She must use all her wits and courage if she is to forge a new life for herself.

Margaret Beaufort was rich, beautiful and just 13 years of age when she discovered that she carried the future king of England within her body. Forced to give him up as a web of intrigue and danger was spun around her son, she entrusted the child to the care of his uncle, Jasper Tudor, who would have laid down his life for the Lancastrian cause. Caught up in the Wars of the Roses, Margaret was banished from court in disgrace, and although she later won the love and loyalty of three powerful men, her heart remained true to Edmund Tudor, the father of her son.

The moment artist Riana Evans sees the dilapidated mansion in Wales she longs to buy it, despite its unhappy past – 20 years ago, five maids died there in mysterious circumstances. So she is delighted when the house’s elderly and eccentric owner sells it to her for a pittance. The house’s “ghosts” prove good for business – inspiring her paintings and providing welcome atmosphere for a series of successful ghost-spotting weekends.

When everything you love is lost, how far would you go to bring it back? Helen Nicols once had it all—her loving husband Adrian, her cherished daughter Beryl, and a future full of hope. But when tragedy strikes, and Adrian is lost to her, poverty becomes her only companion, forcing her to make an unthinkable choice to save her child—a choice that tears them apart. Years of struggle and heartbreak have left Helen shattered, but the fierce love of a mother drives her to find Beryl no matter the cost. Across the city Jack Finch—hardened by a childhood in the workhouse and the brutal life...

Join renowned crystal mavens Jillian of Sage Crystals and Iris Unique as they explore spiritual modalities, mental health, ancient traditions and new age philosophies-all while connecting back to the crystals that support us along the way. Through the warmth of easy conversation with expert healers, wellness coaches, authors, and spiritual teachers, pathways and possibilities are opened for us to discover the tools that enable us to perceive, heal, and thrive. This isn’t just a podcast-its a community of your closest spiritual friends. Welcome to Crystallizing Conversations! New episodes ...

Einen Gummiring ans Handgelenk schnalzen lassen, wenn das Verlangen nach Essen gerade übermächtig wird. Oder heißes Kerzenwachs auf den Oberarm tropfen. Oder ganz laut Heavy Metal hören. Oder mindestens zwei Minuten lang die Nase in eine Packung Gummibären stecken. Und sich niemals Druck wegen Sport machen: Die Methoden für Abnehmen in diesem Buch stammen aus der Suchtmedizin. Sie sind brutal, effizient und wissenschaftlich fundiert.

A blind deejay (Shepard Krausse) and an invisible librarian (Miranda Ogilvy) from a tiny, rural Florida town try to solve a double disappearance connected to a recent canoe trip. It ain't exactly "deliverance", but there's a heap of trouble brewing for these folks - some of it human, some of it animal, and all of it deadly. Shep and Miranda rely on their sense of humor as they face dangerous fossil poachers - but even that is difficult when their engagement is broken amidst a river of troubles.

A hunky carpenter wants to adopt six children, but first he must convince authorities that he is not crazy. He isn't. His teapot really is talking to him. Despite his many positive attributes, Lloyd has reached the age of 32 years, seven months, four days, and six hours without finding Miss Right and converting her into Mrs. Lloyd Schifflebein. Yes, Schifflebein. A surname decidedly lacking romance in addition to being difficult to spell and way too long a signature for checks and the backs of credit cards.

Als bei Miss Norma 2015 im Alter von 90 Jahren Gebärmutterkrebs diagnostiziert wurde, riet man ihr zu einer Operation, zu Bestrahlung und Chemotherapie. Doch Norma - nach sieben Ehejahrzehnten erst frisch verwitwet - dachte nicht daran, ihrem Ende in einem Krankenhausbett entgegen zu dämmern. Sie richtete sich zu ihrer vollen Größe von eineinhalb Metern auf und sagte ihrem Arzt: "Ich bin neunzig Jahre alt, ich gehe auf Reisen!"

There's a Ghost in this Machine is all about uncovering and bringing to light the untold history of Sonoma County, California from the early history of the Gravenstein Apple industry to the history of the destruction and resurrection of one of California's largest watersheds the Laguna de Santa Rosa.