Charlie King’s romance rules are No Relationships. When he meets someone special, who has their own laundry list of rules, whose will he be willing to break?full summary coming soon....

Sophie steckt fest - im Hamsterrad aus Studium und Leistung, in einem sterbenslangweiligen Praktikum. Dabei sind sich alle aus ihr wird mal was. Nur was, das weiß selbst Sophie nicht. Und so folgt sie einem Impuls und kauft per Klick im Internet für einen Spottbetrag ein altes, verfallenes Haus in der ostdeutschen Provinz. Doch die Renovierungsarbeiten stellen sich als schwieriger heraus als auf YouTube dargestellt. Und was macht man mit den langen Stunden der Stille zwischen den Tagen? Dort, wo nur weite Felder und flirrendes Licht sind, beginnt Sophie endlich, die Erwartungen anderer abzustreifen und sich zu Was will ich eigentlich? Und warum?

A new King needs a new Queen after his parents are found dead, but the Courting Season opens his Palace to candidates from all across the Five Kingdoms, including one who has been sent there with her brother...to win and kill himAthlionSorcery is banned yet vital for the world's survival. Both kinds of magic wielders, Accipereans and Dareans are either kept as captive "Vessels" to drain across the Five Kingdoms (Vasara, Jurasa, Kalnasa, Zeima and Audra), running for their lives, or cursed to do the bidding of humans. But there’s a problem, each Kingdom is beginning to run out of Vessels…Year 1118Two Vessels, Nemina and Baz, escape from the Audra's draining centre. At the same time, Vasara's King and Queen are found dead. Their only surviving heir Eliel, has no choice but to hold the Courting Season, where candidates and an accompanying escort from each of Five Kingdoms are sent to vie for his hand in marriage. All the while, Eliel must hunt the sorcerers wreaking havoc across Athlion down.The Bird of DeathPrince Nathon Albarsan is only known to Athlion as “The Vulture”, a depraved assassin and spy for his father. But what Athlion, what his own sister does not know, is that Nathon is not a willing employee. No more so than when he is tasked with escorting his sister Loria to the Courting Season as Audra's candidate, to help her fulfil their father's mission…kill the new King.Told from the first person perspective of eight individuals, Fate of the Five follows the lives of Nathon, Loria, Hestan, Eliel, Elias, Shadae, Nemina and Baz as they collide through schemes of politics and war, through tragedy and betrayal and in unlikely friendship and love.But the past holds devastating secrets and everyone has sinned to survive.What is everyone hiding?Where does the true evil lie?And what will remain…once it's unleashed?Trigger warnings include mention/involvement Violence, blood, sexual assault, domestic abuse, child abuse, suicide, substance use, mental health issues, panic attacks, derealization, captivity, infant harm, ableism (towards a disabled main character), torture

A new King needs a new Queen after his parents are found dead, but the Courting Season opens his Palace to candidates from all across the Five Kingdoms, including one who has been sent there with her brother...to win and kill himAthlionSorcery is banned yet vital for the world's survival. Both kinds of magic wielders, Accipereans and Dareans are either kept as captive "Vessels" to drain across the Five Kingdoms (Vasara, Jurasa, Kalnasa, Zeima and Audra), running for their lives, or cursed to do the bidding of humans. But there’s a problem, each Kingdom is beginning to run out of Vessels…Year 1118Two Vessels, Nemina and Baz, escape from the Audra's draining centre. At the same time, Vasara's King and Queen are found dead. Their only surviving heir Eliel, has no choice but to hold the Courting Season, where candidates and an accompanying escort from each of Five Kingdoms are sent to vie for his hand in marriage. All the while, Eliel must hunt the sorcerers wreaking havoc across Athlion down.The Bird of DeathPrince Nathon Albarsan is only known to Athlion as “The Vulture”, a depraved assassin and spy for his father. But what Athlion, what his own sister does not know, is that Nathon is not a willing employee. No more so than when he is tasked with escorting his sister Loria to the Courting Season as Audra's candidate, to help her fulfil their father's mission…kill the new King.Told from the first person perspective of eight individuals, Fate of the Five follows the lives of Nathon, Loria, Hestan, Eliel, Elias, Shadae, Nemina and Baz as they collide through schemes of politics and war, through tragedy and betrayal and in unlikely friendship and love.But the past holds devastating secrets and everyone has sinned to survive.What is everyone hiding?Where does the true evil lie?And what will remain…once it's unleashed?Trigger warnings include mention/involvement Violence, blood, sexual assault, domestic abuse, child abuse, suicide, substance use, mental health issues, panic attacks, derealization, captivity, infant harm, ableism (towards a disabled main character), torture

The triumphant conclusion to the Villains trilogy from V.E. Schwab, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil. Eli Ever. Victor Vale. Two men, first best friends, then mortal enemies, each destined to be the other’s shadow. One left standing—but the game isn't over yet Against all the years—and the odds—a group of allies and archrivals meet on a chessboard set by an opponent they couldn’t have predicted….to see who will be victorious.

In an exciting wilderness adventure, three cousins are cut off from their parents by a huge earthquake—and must hike long and treacherous mountain trails back to safety, with only each other to rely on. During a hiking trip with their parents in the mountains of California, cousins Owen, Vivian, and Amy are finally allowed to camp for one night at a little lake all on their own. But when a massive earthquake blocks their return path, there’s only one way the long way around, through a wilderness filled with fierce animals, raging rivers, unstable weather, and high passes. The hardest challenges the cousins face, however, are the troubles they’ve brought with bold Vivian’s fear of starting middle school and of changes she can’t control, Owen’s lingering emotional scars from a car accident, and Amy’s desire to live in stories rather than in boring regular life. Drawing on courage and humor, the cousins weather storms, make the most of dwindling rations, and face their deepest fears in order to bring each other safely home. This gripping contemporary novel from celebrated author Anne Nesbet is bursting with excitement, rich natural settings, and characters who will have readers rooting for them all the way.

»Oberammergau« | Historischer Roman nach wahren Begebenheiten – spannend wie ein Krimi, atmosphärisch und mitreißend Ein Dorf ringt um Erlösung Mitten im Dreißigjährigen Krieg wird Oberammergau von der Pest heimgesucht – bis das Dorf gelobt, von jetzt bis in alle Ewigkeit die Passion Christi zu spielen, wenn Gott sie verschont. Dem unerfahrenen Pfarrer Johannes fällt es zu, das Bühnenstück auf die Beine zu stellen. In kürzester Zeit muss er Bauern und Hirten in Apostel und Römer verwandeln – ohne Kostüme, ohne Bühne, ohne einen Text. Und zudem mit einer mächtigen Ortsvorsteherin Agnes hat beide Kinder an die Pest verloren, hasst Gott und tut alles, um das Vorhaben zu vereiteln. Bald spaltet sich das Dorf in Freunde und Feinde der Passion. Und Johannes muss Himmel und Hölle in Bewegung setzen, um Agnes, die Pest und seine eigenen Zweifel zu besiegen … Krieg und Pest, Mord und Totschlag – und ein göttliches Robert Löhrs bildgewaltiger Roman über die Geburt der Oberammergauer Passionsspiele »Robert Löhr beweist, dass das in Deutschland vermeintlich Unmögliche doch möglich der Tradition lustvoll auf die Sprünge zu helfen mit Humor, Spannung und Phantasie.« FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG »Robert Löhr ist ein wahrer Meister des Erzählens. Er beherrscht sowohl das mühsame Handwerk der detailverliebten Recherche als auch die Kunst, fließend, witzig und intelligent zu fabulieren.« THÜRINGER ALLGEMEINE Es begann als Gelübde vor Gott und wurde zur Theater-Sensation. Die faszinierendsten Fakten zu den Oberammergauer Vom Pestfluch zur Zu dem spektakulären Laienspiel in den Alpen strömen in den Jahren der Passionsspiele mehr als eine halbe Million Menschen aus aller Herren Länder nach Oberammergau. Seit der Premiere 1634 sind die Spiele nur in Ausnahmesituationen ausgefallen oder verschoben wegen Weltkriegen oder Seuchen, zuletzt 2020 aufgrund der Covid-Pandemie. Die Aufführungen dauern fünf Stunden. Über 2.000 Mitwirkende braucht man, und das Dorf hat nur 5.000 Einwohner. Die männlichen Darsteller lassen sich ein Jahr vorher schon Haare und Bart wachsen. Der Autor Robert Löhr verfasst Drehbücher, Theaterstücke, Musicals und Hörspiele – und Romane, die in 25 Sprachen übersetzt wurden. Seine historischen Erzählungen kombinieren akkurate Recherche mit packender Dramaturgie.