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    Wintering
    A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK Signed Gift Edition with an exclusive foreword 'Every bit as beautiful and healing as the season itself' Elizabeth Gilbert 'A gentle exploration of the dark season of life and the light of spring that eventually follows' Raynor Winn, bestselling author of The Salt Path and The Wild Silence Wintering is a poignant and comforting meditation on the fallow periods of life, times when we must retreat to care for and repair ourselves. Katherine May thoughtfully shows us how to come through these times with the wisdom of knowing that, like the seasons, our winters and summers are the ebb and flow of life. 'A peaceful rebuff to life in fast-forward' Guardian 'Absolutely beautiful' Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild
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    Enclosed in This Heart , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 241min
    When Lady Margaret unexpectedly inherits her great aunt’s vast estates and servants, this gives her direct power over Mayfield's land steward, Mr. Colin Caswell, the very man who broke her heart years earlier.Margaret knows it would solve both their problems if she could find a way to hate him, but how can she? Not when she vividly remembers the sensation of his lips pressed against hers. Of course, with that memory also comes the recollection of the heart-wrenching pain she suffered at Colin's rebuff of her hasty proposal of marriage. She understands why the stubborn man refused to let her lower herself to his social level, but he'd been wrong. While he thought she would be demeaning herself if she joined her life to his, how could loving him be anything but the best thing that could possibly happen to her?Will Colin ever admit they belong together, or will he break Margaret's heart a second time? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Leena Emsley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/108505/bk_acx0_108505_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Maelstrom 1: Yaoi , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 40min, (USK 18)
    Demetri knows giving in to Malstrum's desires will protect his band of miners, but the heterosexual Earthling will struggle with violent courtship rituals on a planet devoid of women. Demetri messed up in the military and now must serve as a miner on Earth's ally planet Secren. This is the last place he wants to be. Earth men are considered small and cute to the violent Secren men. Demetri already ran a mine on the ice world Donovan. This gives him enough notoriety for mine overlord Malstrum to take an interest in him. It seems cut and dry that he's going to rebuff Malstrum and make it on his own, but Secren is a brutal world. The male population are all slave miners desperate to reach their quotas. As an Earthling Demetri is an easy mark to get robbed or killed. Giving in to Malstrum is the only way Demetri can survive. The charismatic mine overlord decides to make it easy for him. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nathan Lagarde. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/052798/bk_acx0_052798_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    A Duke by Default , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 746min
    New York City socialite and perpetual hot mess Portia Hobbs is tired of disappointing her family, friends, and - most importantly - herself. An apprenticeship with a struggling swordmaker in Scotland is a chance to use her expertise and discover what she's capable of. And it turns out that she excels at aggravating her gruff silver-fox boss...when she's not having inappropriate fantasies about his sexy Scottish burr.Tavish McKenzie doesn't need a rich, spoiled American telling him how to run his armory...even if she is infuriatingly good at it. Tav tries to rebuff his apprentice - and his attraction to her - but when Portia accidentally discovers that he's the secret son of a duke, rough-around-the-edges Tav becomes her newest makeover project.Forging metal into weapons and armor is one thing, but when desire burns out of control and the media spotlight gets too hot to bear, can a commoner turned duke and his posh apprentice find lasting love? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Karen Chilton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/drms/003675/bk_drms_003675_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Beyond the Bridge: Dermot Sparhawk, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 435min
    Dermot Sparhawk, a former all-American football star at Boston College, returns in Beyond the Bridge, the prequel to Tom MacDonald's award-winning debut novel, The Charlestown Connection. In Beyond the Bridge, Sparhawk, a struggling alcoholic, agrees to help find the killer of an accused pedophile priest. When two more priests are slain in Boston's Charlestown neighborhood, it becomes evident that it is the work of a sadistic serial killer who crucifies his prey after killing them. Sparhawk blazes an unconventional trail to the killer that puts him at odds with the very people he is trying to help and initiates a turf war with law enforcement. He gathers a cadre of unlikely allies, including a parish priest, a police lab criminalist, the district attorney, and a state police lieutenant who help to rebuff attempts to derail him from the case. Then, with the help of his Micmac Indian cousin and his paraplegic tenant and former Boston College teammate, Sparhawk bulldozes his way to the truth, while putting his own life at risk. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Slocum. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/019130/bk_acx0_019130_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Beginner's Luck (eBook, ePUB)
    When three best friends impulsively buy a lottery ticket, their shared winnings lead to luck in love in this romance trilogy debut. A university research scientist, Kit Averin is practical to a fault. Even after she and her friends Zoe and Greer win the lottery, Kit doesn't want the windfall to change her life in any way except one: she's finally buying her first real home. Now, between work and her new fixer-upper house, she has more than enough to keep her busy. But then an unsettlingly handsome and determined corporate recruiter shows up in her lab-and manages to work his way into her heart. Ben Tucker is surprised to find that the scientist he wants for Beaumont Materials is a beautiful, sharp-witted young woman. Talking her into a big-money position with his firm is harder than he expects, but he's willing to put in the time, especially when sticking around for the summer gives him a chance to reconnect with his dad. What begins as a chilly rebuff soon heats up into an attraction neither Kit nor Ben can deny. Suddenly finding themselves lucky in love might just be priceless . . .
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    Beginner's Luck: Chance of a Lifetime Series, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 629min
    When three friends impulsively buy a lottery ticket, they never suspect the many ways their lives will change - or that for each of them, love will be the biggest win of all.Kit Averin is anything but a gambler. A scientist with a quiet, steady job at a university, Kit's focus has always been maintaining the acceptable status quo. Being a sudden millionaire doesn't change that, with one exception: the fixer-upper she plans to buy, her first and only real home. It's more than enough to keep her busy, until an unsettlingly handsome, charming, and determined corporate recruiter shows up in her lab - and manages to work his way into her heart....Ben Tucker is surprised to find that the scientist he wants for Beaumont Materials is a young woman - and a beautiful, sharp-witted one at that. Talking her into a big-money position with his firm is harder than he expects, but he's willing to put in the time, especially when sticking around for the summer gives him a chance to reconnect with his dad. But the longer he stays, the more questions he has about his own future - and who might be in it.What begins as a chilly rebuff soon heats up into an attraction neither Kit nor Ben can deny - and finding themselves lucky in love might just be priceless....Contains mature themes. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Will Damron, Carly Robins. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/013124/bk_tant_013124_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    On the Rocks , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 472min
    He left to travel the world for fame and glory, but only after spurning Gabby Ward and crushing her young heart. Now Hunter Markham has come back home to the sand and salty breeze of the North Carolina Outer Banks so he can open up Last Call, a beach bar nestled among the dunes of the Atlantic. Gabby Ward is not happy that Hunter has returned. Bitter over his rebuff years before, she's content to stay far away from him and his dangerously charming ways. Gabby's well-schemed plans to ignore Hunter go up in flames when he presents an offer to her that she simply can't refuse, throwing them together in a common quest to each reach their goals. Working together day in and day out proves to be problematic for Gabby, who soon realizes that the feelings she had for him are still very much alive. Hunter struggles to reach through to Gabby's cold heart, all while starting a new career away from his life as a top-ranked professional surfer. What starts out as a mutual business arrangement soon turns into a passion that neither of them can continue to deny. Hard choices lay ahead for both of them when Hunter is offered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to return to the pro surfing tour. Choices that could destroy what they have built or take them further than they ever had dared to hope. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Douglas Berger, Bunny Warren. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/028318/bk_adbl_028318_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Magical Compass: A Supernatural Prison Story , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 576min
    Tyson Compass, as one of the famed Compass quads, is not a wizard used to living with regrets. Except for one: Grace Carter. Grace is a healer witch he rejected many years ago. After completely disappearing from his life, she has returned and turned his world upside down. The attraction between them flares strongly, but she has not forgotten or forgiven his callous rebuff when they were teens. Tyson does everything he can to prove he will never hurt her again, and just when he thinks there might be a chance for them, she has to leave again. She makes him promise not to follow her - a promise he honors for as long as he can. But after almost two months with no word, he’s done waiting. He’s going to find his girl. With a little help from his brothers, he tracks her down, only to find Grace betrayed by her family...tortured...hurt. His rage knows no bounds. He will do everything he can to bring her family to justice, to find out why they turned on her. By unlocking these secrets, though, he will discover that Grace is so much more than just a healer witch. She holds a secret that could save the world of Faerie. Or destroy it. Magical Compass is a spin-off set within the Supernatural Prison world. It is full-length at 90,000 words, and is a stand-alone with HEA. You do not need to hear the Supernatural Prison trilogy first, but it will help your understanding of this world if you do. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Rachel Rauch, Will M. Watt. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/105394/bk_acx0_105394_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Rocky: Stargazer Alien Mail Order Brides, Book 2 (Intergalactic Dating Agency) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 202min
    Nobody puts Georgia in a corner.... Coolheaded Georgia Taylor dreams of becoming a police officer. But her orderly world goes into a tailspin when she and her friends answer an ad looking for egg donors and she winds up the intended bride of an honest-to-goodness alien. Georgia is convinced she can leave the brave new world behind and get back to her life plan, if she can just keep Rocky at arm's length. If only he weren't so infernally good-looking and thoughtful.... Rocky is on Earth to fill one human female with as much pleasure as she can bear, a mission he's eager to tackle especially after meeting Georgia. His chosen bride is clearly attracted to him, but she doesn't seem to want to give him the time of day, and her every rebuff only makes him more determined to win her. Tasked with using his powers of human seduction to glean what he can about Earth and its inhabitants, Rocky knows that if the planet's resources are worthy and its residents aren't, his days of chasing Georgia will soon be at an end. About the Stargazer Alien Brides series: Known for its famous maple pancakes, the small Pennsylvania town that renamed itself Stargazer has constructed a huge radio transmitter dish that sends messages of welcome into the cosmos. When our otherworldly brothers arrive at last they expect a warm welcome. These gentlemen have been designed just for your pleasure. Consider them a hostess gift to the women of Earth. Come to Stargazer, Pennsylvania for the pancakes. Stay for the boys. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mason Lloyd. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/087116/bk_acx0_087116_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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