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    The Love Connection (eBook, ePUB)
    An airport pet groomer meets her frequent flier crush in this captivating romance novella from the acclaimed author of How to Fail at Flirting Ollie Wright loves the thrill of taking chances, like opening a pet grooming salon in an airport where every day is a little unpredictable. The one thing she won't risk is her heart, so catching glimpses of a cute stranger from afar is enough romantic entanglement for her. Bennett Baker is a professional risk assessor by day while writing popular romance novels at night, except he finds himself facing writer's block. His life of carefully planned stability comes crashing down when he rescues a slippery pup in the airport and returns it to the enchanting pet groomer whose laugh inspires him to start writing again. Their chance encounter and instant chemistry thrusts them into a whirlwind of airport dates at pretzel kiosks, stolen glances at empty gates, and late-night texts that leave them swooning. If the risk-adverse Bennett can take a chance on uncertainty and adventurous Ollie will break her own rule, their relationship might stop taxiing and actually take off.
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    I Bought a Mountain (eBook, ePUB)
    WITH A FOREWORD BY PATRICK BARKHAMAnd an essay by Welsh hill farmer, Dafydd Morris-Jones'I first saw Dyffryn in a November gale... the old house was quivering under the thrusts of the wind, and the wild, remote setting had already captured my fancy, and I will hold it till I die.'So begins the remarkable story of a 21-year-old man who, with no experience in agriculture, visited a sheep farm on a near barren Welsh mountainside in 1931 and that same day bought all 2,400 acres along with its 3000 sheep for £5,000.Set amidst the rugged grandeur of Snowdonia, I Bought a Mountain follows the struggles and triumphs of this impulsive but hard-working man and his every-bit-as-tough wife, Esme, as they fight to build the farm into prosperity.Firbank's writing is guileless and immediate and ruthlessly honest. His paean to the traditional, Welsh hill-farming way of life, transports you to a disappearing world, one ruled by the age-old rhythms of work, weather, livestock and a love of the land, and offers precious insights into conservation and sustainability.
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    Our Last Days in Barcelona
    When Isabel Perez travels to Barcelona to save her sister Beatriz, she discovers a shocking family secret in New York Times bestselling author Chanel Cleeton s new novel.Barcelona, 1964. Exiled from Cuba after the revolution, Isabel Perez has learned to guard her heart and protect her family at all costs. After Isabel s sister Beatriz disappears in Barcelona, Isabel goes to Spain in search of her. Joining forces with an unlikely ally thrusts Isabel into her sister s dangerous world of espionage, but it s an unearthed piece of family history that transforms Isabel s life.Barcelona, 1936. Alicia Perez arrives in Barcelona after a difficult voyage from Cuba, her marriage in jeopardy and her young daughter Isabel in tow. Violence brews in Spain, the country on the brink of civil war, the rise of fascism threatening the world. When Cubans journey to Spain to join the International Brigades, Alicia s past comes back to haunt her as she is unexpectedly reunited with the man who once held her heart. Alicia and Isabel s lives intertwine, and the past and present collide, as a mother and daughter are forced to choose between their family s expectations and following their hearts.
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    Due Process , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 697min
    Enter the realm of a serial killer; share his thoughts, his emotions, his pain, and his need to assassinate. Walter, an ordinary factory worker obsessing over the mistreatment of victims by the courts, becomes a vigilante for justice. Appalled by adjudicators coddling criminals under the guise of civil rights, Walter factors himself in as a lethal consequence for depraved individuals walking out of court with a slap on the wrist as punishment for heinous crimes. He has no particular skill sets qualifying him to fight crime. He relies on cunning, isolation, and his hunting and tracking skills to take down targets and bring about his form of justice. A kaleidoscope of dreams and apparitions thrusts Walter into a nightmarish world where the lines of good and evil are discernible. When applying justice, he finds right and wrong interchangeable; body count is his only measure of success. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: George Kuch. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/120762/bk_acx0_120762_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Spinning the Moon , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1581min
    In the Shadow of the Moon When Laura Truitt first sees the dilapidated plantation house, she's overcome by a sense of familiarity. Inside, the owner claims to have been waiting for years and offers an old photograph of a woman with Laura's face. Soon afterward, when a lunar eclipse inexplicably thrusts Laura back in time to Civil War Georgia, she finds herself fighting not just for her heart but for her very survival. Whispers of Goodbye Alone and with nothing left to fear, Catherine deClaire Reed answers her sister's desperate plea and travels to the cold comfort of her home in Reconstruction Louisiana. But Elizabeth is nowhere to be found. No one - including her husband - has seen her for days. Now Catherine must search for her sister in a place where secrets wait behind every closed door. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Susan Bennett, Pilar Witherspoon. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/009700/bk_reco_009700_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Forevermore: Pat O' Malley Mysteries, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 221min
    In post Civil War New York City, Detective Pat O'Malley is living inside Poe's Cottage in the Bronx. O'Malley is haunted by Poe one night, and the detective finds a strange note. As a result, O'Malley decides to prove that Edgar Allan Poe did not die in Baltimore from an alcoholic binge but was, instead, murdered. O'Malley quickly becomes embroiled in a "cold case" that thrusts him into the lair of one of the most sinister and ruthless killers in 1865 New York City. Jim Musgrave's Forevermore is a quick read in four acts that will keep your mind razor sharp trying to solve the mystery of Poe's murder. Pat O'Malley must first find out how to become intimate with females before he can discover the final clue in this puzzle of wits, murder and romance. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Shandon Loring. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/007223/bk_acx0_007223_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    War Car: Kingdom of Engines, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 612min
    They wanted her car. She gave them a war.Valerie is on a mission to reach the king. But when a gang of lawless Avalonian natives hijacks her prized war car, getting it back means a detour into dangerous territory.The frontier is overrun with cutthroat gangs, deadly bounty hunters, and mountain lords with their own brand of justice. When her mission thrusts her between warring factions, she’s forced to take sides in a battle she’s unprepared to fight.Secrets from her own past lie hidden in the forest, and with her mentor Damon missing, the only thing she can count on is her sword.Can she decide friend from foe before time runs out for them both?Get behind the wheel and strap in for another pulse-pounding thrill ride in the Kingdom of Engines.Continue the adventure today!  ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jess Nahikian. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/206268/bk_acx0_206268_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Starke Naked Dead: Starke Dead Mysteries, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 566min
    The gossiping women of the Widows Brigade in Starke, Idaho, love a good scandal - this time it's murder and a stark naked corpse!  Jeweler Dora Starke believes creating her own jewelry line with no money and no time is her biggest problem. She's mistaken. When her estranged recluse dad shows up and thrusts a stolen, cursed necklace worth millions at her face and demands she sell it or he's dead, she knows this must be her biggest problem. She's wrong.  When she pursues her father to his mountain cabin and instead of dear old dad discovers a stark naked corpse, she's certain she's found her biggest problem. Nope. Dora's problems are just beginning.... Follow Dora as she becomes an amateur sleuth to solve the mysteries of cursed jewelry and murder in Starke Naked Dead, the first of the Starke Dead Mysteries series. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Conda V. Douglas. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/117795/bk_acx0_117795_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Rotters: Bravo Company , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 295min
    The gritty prequel to Rotters, Bravo Company follows the US army's doomed mission to rescue medical personnel cut off by the outbreak of the Haet-Mombau virus. Bravo Company is just a regular combat infantry unit assigned to a humanitarian aid mission in Africa. When contact is lost with medical personnel investigating the outbreak of the Haet-Mombau virus, Bravo Company is hastily plunged into an emergency rescue mission that thrusts them directly into a battle with an enemy beyond their worst nightmares. Facing incredible odds, an unbelieving command, and a foe who refuses to die, the men of Bravo Company struggle to complete their mission and escape Africa alive. The second installment of the Rotters trilogy, Bravo Company is an unrelenting meat grinder stuffed with writhing human flesh, which cranks out gory new data as the tension builds and the casualties mount.... ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Martin Gollery. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/031368/bk_acx0_031368_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    A Wizard's Birth: Awakening , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 327min
    A new city, a new life. It was all the same to William Carter. After the disappearance of his mother, Isabelle, two years ago, he and his father, Jonathan, were always heading to a new place, never stopping for more than a few months.  Upon reaching his new home in Colorado, a mysterious man named Michael thrusts him into a world of magic.  For Will to be able to make it in this new world of Crystallia, he must learn to hone his new skills and rely on unexpected allies. He must cast away everything he once believed and learn a new way to survive.  Join Will in an adventure to a new land as he awakens his royal flame and gains unexpected allies. The journey he embarks on is not one for the faint of heart. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Lowe. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/115246/bk_acx0_115246_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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