"Marc Christ hat alles erreicht, was im Leben erstrebenswert erscheint. Dann trifft er Seyma. Erst auf der Geburtstagsparty seiner Frau und dann zufällig beruflich wieder.
Ihre Zusammenarbeit wird immer enger und Seyma spürt, dass Marc nicht nur berufliches Interesse an ihr hat. Marc passt jedoch so gar nicht in ihre Lebensplanung, ist zudem verheiratet und mit annähernd 50 nicht mehr ganz ihre Altersklasse. Und doch gibt sie seinen Annäherungen nach. Erst zögernd, dann neugierig und später aus echter Zuneigung.
Daraus entwickelt sich eine zügellose Affäre, in der es keine Grenzen zu geben scheint. In New York City fallen dann endgültig alle gesellschaftlichen Zwänge von ihnen ab. Seyma ist Marcs Liebe seines Lebens. Er ist bereit für einen Neuanfang mit ihr.
Ein kleines delikates Pfand führt dann zu einer verhängnisvollen Änderung. Marc verliert alles. Ohne Familie, Job, Wohnung und Geld ist er ruiniert. Und Seyma ist plötzlich unerreichbar.
Erst spät erkennt er den Verursacher der Intrige gegen ihn und setzt eine Eskalationsspirale der Vergeltung in Gang.
Auch Pfarrer Schwarzmaler, Marcs Schulfreund, leidet. Ihm ist der weibgewordene Teufel begegnet und verfolgt ihn auf allen Wegen. Selbst auf Hawaii kann er ihm nicht entkommen und muss plötzlich um sein Leben kämpfen.
Gibt es einen gemeinsamen Nenner in Marcs und Schwarzmalers Lebensweg?
Das Pfand ist ein dramatischer Liebesroman, offenbart kriminelle Machenschaften und einen satirischen Ausflug in kirchliche Abgründe.
Aus dramaturgischer Sicht sind höchst zwischenmenschliche Szenen detailliert dargestellt."
"Since when did Fabio not get the girl?
Grace
Fabio’s always been there for me. No matter what. Now I’m a senior, still dateless and never-been-kissed.
But he doesn’t seem to mind.
Me spending the summer away, teaching English in China doesn’t have to change our friendship. But his unrequited feelings for me might.
Fabio
I’m named after the world’s most popular romance cover model, but I can’t get my best friend to fall in love with me. Video game binges and Harry Potter movie marathons might be fun, but to get out of the friend zone, I have to do something BIG.
Confessing my feelings for her in the airport terminal was not what I had planned.
And from the look on Grace’s face, I don’t know if we’ll ever recover.
Can their friendship survive his true feelings and grow into something more? Or, for the first time in history, will Fabio not get the girl?
Start reading Fabio vs. the Friend Zone today for a story that will leave you smiling and believing in best friends to lovers. This young adult contemporary romance filled with pop culture and nostalgia will make you laugh out loud. Grab Kelsie Stelting's latest installment in The Pen Pal Romance Series today!"
"Seventeen-year-old Kal's life is upended when the monsters featured in her mother's crazed ramblings become real. Very real. And the list of everything-she-thought-she-knew-but-really-didn't only grows when her best friend, Jan, reveals that he isn't who he claimed to be. He's not even human. He belongs to an ancient race that has protected earth for countless years.
But now, they need her help instead. His world is crumbling under the grip of evil embodied and the beasts that Coerce weaves from the Nalii's Dark emotions. The last one called to defeat Coerce failed, abysmally, and Kal is tasked with succeeding where they failed.
It's a lot to expect from a scrawny girl equipped only with wit, two fists, and a strange spell-carrying bracelet, but she journeys with Jan to do what only a human can do. Oh, and his people don't like humans, so they would prefer if she were killed, which is a horrible way to show gratitude if you ask her.
In her struggles, Kal soon discovers that the fate of this strange, hostile world not only depends on her, but on a past that belongs to her. Even if she can't remember it.
With the existence of two worlds in the balance, what else is a girl to do but try?
"
"When my dog runs away on the beach and into the arms of a handsome surfer, I think I’m in luck. Until I realize said surfer is actually a grump who acts like he owns the ocean.
I want to forget the encounter ever happened and focus on helping care for my dad, who suffered a brain injury while in the military. But I’m out of luck. Jerk supreme, aka Diego, goes to my new school. And since we’re in the same classes, I’ll be seeing a lot of his stupid white teeth and mischievous eyes while I do my best to finish my senior year and get started on my career.
Getting paired with him for a class project was just the icing on the cake. But the more time I spend with him, the more I realize first impressions aren’t always true. I’m falling for him, but I need to stay away.
Military brats know everything is temporary.
I’ll only break his heart.
Curvy Girls Can't Date Surfers is a sweet YA enemies to lovers romance with only kisses on page! Start reading this body positive romance today!"
"Nate was my secret crush until I accused him of murder. Now he hates me, but I've also accidentally attracted the wrong kind of attention from my intimidating new stepbrothers. Suddenly, I'm surrounded by bad boys and trouble, and I'm not sure who I can trust."
""The perfect dream-come-true-fairytale!"
-Jason June, New York Times bestselling author of Jay's Gay Agenda and Out of the Blue
"Effortlessly charming, funny, swoon-worthy, and sincerely moving."
-Julian Winters, award-winning author of Running With Lions
#1 New York Times bestselling author Eric Geron delivers whirlwind wish-fulfillment in this story of a closeted crown prince and an out-and-proud cowboy who discover they were separated at birth.
Edward Dinnissen leads a charmed life. He's the Crown Prince of Canada, gets the royal treatment at his exclusive private school, and resides in a ritzy mansion. He thrives off being the perfect prince as he prepares for the Investiture Ceremony on his eighteenth birthday, the final step in his role as heir-and Canada's future king. But this closeted Crown Prince has just one tiny problem: he's unsure how to tell his parents, his beloved country, and his adoring fans that he's gay.
Billy Boone should be happy with the simple life. His family's ranch is his favorite place in the world, he loves his small town, and his boyfriend is the cutest guy at Little Timber High. So why does it feel like something's still missing? Maybe it has to do with the fact that this out-and-proud cowboy feels destined for something more . . .
When Edward and Billy meet by chance in New York City, they discover that they are long-lost twins, and their lives are forever changed. Together, will these twin princes-"twinces"-be able to take on high school, coming out, and coronations? Or will this royal reunion quickly become a royal train wreck?
"The enchanting cast of characters hooks you into a regal setting full of drama, romance, and intrigue, with relatable underlying journeys of self-love and struggle." -Brian Zepka, author of The Temperature of Me and You
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"“Charming, magical, and thoroughly delightful.” —Sarah Mlynowski, New York Times bestselling author of the Whatever After series
The first in a new series about magical matchmakers, Suitehearts #1: Harmony and Heartbreak is a feel-good light romance about two 13-year-old cousins and their first solo attempts at creating enchanted love connections. Perfect for young readers who love Whatever After, The Jumbies, and The Princess Diaries.
Cousins Rose and Cora Seville aren’t your typical eighth graders. They are matchmakers-in-training, learning how to magically make love connections out of San Francisco’s Hotel Coeur, where they live in the penthouse suite. As young Fledglings, Rose and Cora must perfect their charms and enchantments to pass a test that will determine their future, but they are not prepared for all the drama ahead!
Confident, cool Rose, the most promising Fledgling of her generation, thinks her magic can help her handle any assignment that’s thrown at her. But when she is faced with a bitter rival and headstrong Kindling, will she be able to rise to the challenge?
As for kind-yet-complicated Cora, she’s usually in her cousin’s shadow. But new powers that allow her to see others’ emotions might make her a secret weapon in the matchmaking world. Will Cora’s special abilities help or hurt her when a crush on a boy puts her matchmaker ethics on the line?
Full of magic and mishaps, Suitehearts is a new series from award-winning storyteller Claire Kann that will keep readers smiling and wishing for more.
Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook."
"2024 YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
Fans of Undead Girl Gang and The Babysitters Coven will love Breakup from Hell, a witty YA rom-com with a supernatural twist, starring horror-novel-obsessed Mica Angeles, who discovers the guy she fell for comes straight out of one of her beloved books.
Miguela Angeles is tired. Tired of her abuela keeping secrets, especially about her heritage. Tired of her small Vermont town and hanging out at the same places with the same friends she’s known forever. So when another boring Sunday trip to church turns into a run-in with Sam, a mysterious hottie in town on vacation, Mica seizes the opportunity to get closer to him.
It’s not long before she is under Sam’s spell and doing things she’s never done before, like winning all her martial arts sparring matches—and lying to her favorite people. The more time Mica spends with Sam, the more weird things start to happen, too. Like terrifying-visions-of-the-world-ending weird.
Mica’s gut instincts keep telling her something is off, yet Sam is the most exciting guy she’s ever met. But when Mica discovers his family’s roots, she realizes that instead of being in the typical high school relationship, she’s living in a horror novel.
She has to leave Sam, but will ending their relationship also bring an end to everything she knows and everyone she loves?
Clever, hilarious, and steeped in supernatural suspense, Breakup from Hell will keep you hooked until the last page."
"From acclaimed fantasy author Mindee Arnett comes an epic, adventurous story of a young mercenary magic-user trying to escape the oppressive island of Riven—and a young noblewoman trying to change it forever.
Mars Darksvane wants out. Out from under the thumb of Una, the crime boss who pulled him off the streets as a child and trained him as an assassin; out from the island country of Riven, where magic, in the form of a dangerous material called Ice, allows the rich to live in luxury and keeps the poor in thrall.
Mars is a secret adept—a person born with the ability to channel the magic that flows beneath Riven—and while his power gives him abilities useful to an assassin, it also makes him a target. And when his last mission ends in tragedy, Mars finally decides it's time to escape to the mainland. No magic, no history, a new life on his own.
But Una has other ideas. If Mars wants his freedom, he's going to have to perform a final job: protecting Fura Torvald—the heiress of the rich and powerful Torvald kith, and the daughter of the last man Mars was sent to kill—and stealing from her a mysterious object known only as the Primer.
Mars has no interest in Fura or whatever the Primer is, nor in Riven's corrupt and oppressive politics; he just wants to do his job and get out. But as Mars comes to know more about Fura, the Primer, and the true nature of the power in Riven, he realizes that he will soon have to take a side in a fight he has avoided his entire life.
Which side, however, he does not yet know."
"Fans of Emma Lord, Rachel Lynn Solomon, and Alex Light will love this clever, charming, and poignant debut novel with a masterful slow-burn romance at its core about a girl who must decide whether to pursue her dreams or preserve her relationships, including a budding romance with her ex-best friend, when an app she created goes viral.
Ro Devereux can predict your future. Or, at least, the app she built for her senior project can.
Working with her neighbor, a retired behavioral scientist, Ro created an app called MASH, designed around the classic game Mansion Apartment Shack House, that can predict a person’s future with 93% accuracy. The app will even match users with their soulmates. Though it was only supposed to be a class project, MASH quickly takes off and gains the attention of tech investors.
Ro’s dream is to work in Silicon Valley, and she’ll do anything to prove to her new backing company—and the world—that the app works. So it’s a huge shock when the app says her soulmate is Miller, her childhood best friend with whom she had a friendship-destroying fight three years ago.
Now thrust into a fake dating scenario, Ro and Miller must address the years of pain between them if either of them will have any chance of achieving their dreams. And as the app takes on a life of its own, Ro sees that it’s affecting people in ways she never expected—and if she can’t regain control, it might take her and everything she believes in down with it."
"The Breakfast Club meets Can't Hardly Wait with an unforgettable ensemble cast in another swoony YA contemporary from award-winning author Julian Winters!
Seventeen-year-old Theo Wright has it all figured out. His plan (well, more like his dad's plan) is a foolproof strategy that involves exceling at his magnet school, getting scouted by college recruiters, and going to Duke on athletic scholarship. But for now, all Theo wants is a perfect prom night. After his best friend Jay dares Theo to prompose to his crush at Chloe Campbell's party, Theo's ready to throw caution to the wind and take his chances.
But when the promposal goes epically wrong, Theo seeks refuge in an empty bedroom while the party rages on downstairs. Having an existential crisis about who he really is with and without his so-called best friend wasn't on tonight's agenda. Though, as the night goes on, Theo finds he's not as alone as he thinks when, one by one, new classmates join him to avoid who they're supposed be outside the bedroom door. Among them, a familiar acquaintance, a quiet outsider, an old friend, and a new flame . . ."
"Mike Albo delivers a thrilling transdimensional love story in what can best be described as The Breakfast Club meets Brit Marling's The OA, as five teens travel across the astral plane at different points in the past, present, and future of the rapidly changing Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C.
Renaldo Calabasas may be the most talented writer Heron High has produced. But at the height of the AIDS crisis and amidst the homophobia present most everywhere in 1986, not many of his fellow students seem to agree. But something changes the night Rene is struck by lightning and only his closest friend, Katie, and love interest, Tommy, can tell he's undergone some inexplicable transformation. Meanwhile in 2036, Heron High students Priss and Gaye survive an ongoing plague called 'The Virus' as they try to solve the mystery of what happened fifty years earlier in what locals affectionately call 'The Murder House.' At the scene of the crimes, they happen upon an old self-help novel that is effectively a guide to transdimensional travel. As bodies and minds merge and travel across the astral plane, the characters discover that they are not as isolated as they often feel and that the shadow chasing them all might very well be a reflection of their own darkest secrets."
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