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Waking up in a desolate cell, Gaia realizes she has been kidnapped by a human trafficking organization, doomed to be sold to the highest bidder and unable to remember anything before her capture. An opportune rescue by Raoul, the Prince of Kayamato, saves her from a gruesome future, and throws her into a world of luxury and privilege.

Habiendo escapado de la isla traicionera que una vez fue Manhattan, Brooke, Ben, Logan, Bree y Rose van por el Río Hudson en una lancha robada, con poco combustible, poca comida y necesitando desesperadamente refugiarse del frío. Pisando sus talones van los tratantes de esclavos, que no se detendrán por nada hasta capturarlos y llevarlos de regreso. TendráN que utilizar todas sus habilidades e ingenio y de supervivencia, para mantenerse con vida. Al encontrarse arrojados de nuevo en una Arena, se sorprenden al descubrir que la Arena Dos es aún peor.

Kiki ist mit Benni glücklich, als plötzlich eine alte Liebe wieder in ihr Leben tritt: Dave Divine, der coole Popstar, dessen Fanclub Kiki organisiert.

Malcolm Dearing has wide, wide shoulders and messy brown hair, and he looks at me with fire in his eyes. But my uncle says I'm not allowed to talk to anyone from the Dearing family. He won't tell me why, and neither will my cousin Celia. I've told Malcolm I can't spend time with him, but he keeps showing up everywhere I go, saying things that make me want to get to know him. Trying to stay away from him is only making me think of him more.

Just when everything is starting to come together in life and love, fate throws a curveball at wannabe cowgirl Devon Brooke. She has some tough decisions to make regarding cowboy McKennon Kelly, her future plans, and her beloved horse Faith. Devon is devastated when a simple mistake causes serious consequences for her horse, and she falls hard back to square one losing hope she can ever amount to the equestrian she wants to be. No longer running from his past, McKennon is desperate to bring Devon back to the saddle and honor his show pen promise.

A world-changing project. An evil sister. And a hot guy who might break more than just her heart.... Brianna Jones dreams of bringing music to the world via orchestral instruments fashioned out of recycled materials. But she must keep her project secret from her half sister, whose mission in life is to destroy everything Brianna holds dear. Marek Lakewood is one of the few guys who sees Brianna for whom she really is and has admired her from afar for years. But he’s never been a risk-taker, not since his father was killed on a black diamond ski slope.

Ox might be the living definition of the strong and silent type, but Maddie knows for a fact that underneath that big, bad scowl lies an equally big heart. He deserves to love and be loved, and she's just the girl to help him. After all, she's basically a human love detector. She's seen all of her friends' true loves coming from a mile away. But Maddie has a secret - one that will ruin her reputation as the fun, carefree flirt that everybody knows and love.

After everything I’ve been through, I’m more focused than ever on healing myself and living the kind of life I want. But with my dad up for parole and Jon’s athletic career over with a single injury, my dreams are turning into a nightmare. I have so many questions. How can I heal when everything around me seems so broken? How can I live my life when the person who hurt me might walk free?

Eva and Rafe's story continues in this emotional, angsty, rockstar romance from the best-selling author of The Rixon Raiders series. Eighteen-year-old Eva Walker knew going on tour with Black Hearts Still Beat would be complicated. She didn’t expect to find herself torn between two brothers. One wants her but he walked away before. The other needs her but she doesn’t understand why. It’s only time before the truth comes out, and when it does, nothing will be the same for Country’s newest sweetheart and the black-hearted boys of Rock.

There are two sides to every story. The surface reality that’s presented to the world. And then, there’s the other side. The real one. The one that matters. Seventeen-year-old self-proclaimed asshole Toby Page is alone. No friends. No family. He trades maintenance work in exchange for room and board. Every day, he fights demons no one else can see. Every day, he wants to give up. But he can’t. Not yet. When Alice Eliot moves in downstairs, she offers Toby some light in his dark world.

Imagine having the power to view someone's past at the briefest touch of their skin. During freshman year, 17-year-old Thea Scott developed the suckiest burden ever. At the slightest brush of a person’s skin, she’s forced to walk in their memories. She’d give anything to get rid of this uncontrollable ability. When breathtakingly gorgeous Cole Conway strolls through the auditorium doors and she faints, literally, he acts like he knows her secret. The last thing she wants is to end up in a lab with her brain in a jar, so she decides to use her ability to enter his memories.

Im Leben von Mara ist so einiges los: Sie hat einen süßen Jungen kennengelernt, ihre Abschlussprüfungen in der Schule stehen an und dann wird ihre Mama auch noch krank. Ihre Gefühle fahren Achterbahn: Da sind auf einmal diese Schmetterlinge im Bauch, die aber immer wieder der Sorge um ihre Mama weichen müssen. Zum Glück kann sie all ihre Gedanken, Wünsche und Träume ihrem Tagebuch, das sie liebevoll Lene nennt, anvertrauen. "Ich guck mal, ob ich Herzklopfen hab" ist der Auftakt der Reihe "Diary EDITION", die auf echten Tagebüchern ehemaliger Jugendlicher basiert.

All I wanted was a little trouble. Okay, so, maybe, choosing Cruz Donovan’s 18th birthday party wasn’t the way to go about it. Three years ago, I fell for him. I thought he fell for me, too. But when he broke it off, he took my heart, and as if that wasn’t enough, he took my best friends, too. They aren’t the same boys I knew before high school started.

Lucy lives on the 24th floor. Owen lives in the basement. It's fitting, then, that they meet in the middle - stuck between two floors of a New York City apartment building, on an elevator rendered useless by a citywide blackout. After they're rescued, Lucy and Owen spend the night wandering the darkened streets and marveling at the rare appearance of stars above Manhattan. But once the power is back, so is reality. Lucy soon moves abroad with her parents, while Owen heads out west with his father.

Beth’s life hasn’t been the same since her sister died. Her parents try to lock her down, believing they can keep her safe by monitoring her every move. When Beth sneaks out to a party one night and meets the new guy in town, Chase, she’s thrilled to make a secret friend. It seems a small thing, just for her. Only Beth doesn’t know how big her secret really is....

En el Montevideo de hoy, Stiven, un joven aprendiz de pandillero, se enfrenta a su prueba iniciática. Con una pistola descargada en el bolsillo, entra al establecimiento indicado para robar... con lo que no contaba es que en el lugar está Ágata, el amor de su vida. A partir de ese encuentro fortuito, el joven reconstruye su corta vida y las piezas de su memoria dan forma a una imagen dura y violenta, como un espejo deformante a punto de romperse. Esta novela breve aborda los retos de hacerse adulto, sobre cómo sobrevivir en un entorno adverso y sobre el amor que salva.

Non abbandonare mai i tuoi sogni. Andrea attraversa il cancello del college di corsa, mentre il panorama di Venezia si perde all'orizzonte. È in ritardo, come sempre, e ancora più maldestra del solito, con il pesante borsone sulle spalle. Ma in tasca stringe tra le dita qualcosa che riesce a darle sicurezza ogni volta che è necessario: un foglietto di carta con su scarabocchiato "scrivi, scrivi, scrivi". Tre semplici parole che la madre le ha insegnato quando era una bambina. Tre semplici parole che ancora adesso segnano la strada verso il suo sogno: diventare giornalista.

"Sai perché mi scrivo sul braccio tutti i giorni quelle parole, “la felicità è una cosa che cade”? Per ricordarmi sempre che la maggior parte della bellezza del mondo se ne sta lì, nascosta lì: nelle cose che cadono, nelle cose che nessuno nota, nelle cose che tutti buttano via." Il suo nome esprime allegria, invece agli occhi degli altri Gioia non potrebbe essere più diversa. A diciassette anni, a scuola si sente come un'estranea per i suoi compagni. Perché lei non è come loro. Non le interessano le mode, l'appartenere a un gruppo, le feste.

Freundschaft ist ja schön und gut, aber es ist echt uncool, wenn der Junge, den man mag die beste Freundin interessanter findet. So geht es Caro, die hoffnungslos und bis über beide Ohren in Alex verliebt ist. Der interessiert sich jedoch mehr für Vicky. Natürlich, denn die ist schlank und wunderschön. Kein Wunder also, dass Caro mit ihren Pickeln und Fettpölsterchen da keine Chance hat. Zumindest sieht sie das selbst so.

Im Krieg und in der Liebe ist alles erlaubt! Warte. Wirklich alles? Daniel und Ferdinand könnten nicht unterschiedlicher sein. Ferdinand liebt zu kochen, hat einen Putzfimmel, würde gern ein Mädchen sein und steht auf Jungs. Daniel steht dagegen auf die bezaubernde Alina. Um sie für sich zu gewinnen, sucht er Rat bei seinem Kumpel Lenny, doch dessen Ideen kann, sich Daniel nicht leisten. Und dann ist da noch der nervige Neue, Kay.