Three daggers with wolf-head pommels, forged in the Roman Era.Initially awarded to three women for heroic service to the Empire, the daggers are separated for over two thousand years.They cross intriguing paths with Richard the Lionheart in Medieval France, Leonardo DaVinci leaving Renaissance Italy, spies in Rococo Austria, Misters Darcy & Bingley in Georgian England, and courageous farmers in Dust Bowl Kansas, until the daggers are serendipitously reunite...

Mary Amelia St. Clair was born on the 24th August 1863 in Rock Ferry, Cheshire.Her father was a Liverpool shipowner who, after being made bankrupt, became an alcoholic and died whilst May was still a child. The family then moved to Ilford, just outside London and, after a solitary year of education, May was required to stay home and help look after her older brothers, four of whom were suffering from fatal congenital heart disease.Despite this difficult start May was determ...

**Harlequin Intrigue brings you three full-length stories in one collection! Dive into action-packed stories that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Solve the crime and deliver justice at all costs.HUNTING THE CROSSBOW KILLER**by Lena DiazAidan O’Brien is at the top of FBI Agent Grace Malone’s Crossbow Killer suspect list. Yet after looking into Aidan’s case, Grace decides to accept his help with the investigation. Though their attraction is intense, neither dar...

**Harlequin Intrigue brings you three full-length stories in one collection! Dive into action-packed stories that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Solve the crime and deliver justice at all costs.CONRAD COUNTY: MURDEROUS INTENT**By Rachel LeeConard County: The Next GenerationWhen a killer strikes twice in the same day, former soldier turned stockade owner Josh Healey steps in to protect the locals who’ve take refuge across the creek. But it’s w...

Dieser Band widmet sich der Frage, mit welchen Bildern, Stereotypen, Konstruktionen, Mustern und Deutungen die DDR in Literatur, Film und Internet rückblickend erinnert wird. Welche Themen, Probleme, Gestalten und Ereignisse sind vorherrschend? Welche Wertungen zwischen Ostalgie und kritischer Aufarbeitung dominieren? Wie breit ist das Spektrum der Erinnerungen und Deutungen in der Rückschau auf die DDR als Parteidiktatur und als sozialistische Gesellschaftsordnung? Und: Haben sich die Eri...

Here for the first time is the full story of the seashore: its natural and social history, spectacles, and scandals. The turquoise surf and sugary sand of the beach make it a favorite retreat today, but this wasn’t always so. The oceans of antiquity engendered contradictory feelings. Greek and Roman myths filled it with bellicose monsters and alluring sirens. Medieval Europeans feared immersion in water. But the rediscovery of its medicinal attractions in the seventeenth century soon glori...

Bei Maxine läuft es alles andere als rund: Erst erhält sie eine beunruhigende Diagnose, dann entdeckt sie, dass ihr Freund sie betrügt. Ihre beste Freundin Alice findet, Max braucht dringend Ablenkung - und meldet sie kurzerhand bei Tinder an. So lernt Max Johnny kennen: charmant, witzig und überraschend vertraut. Gemeinsam kochen sie sich per Chat durch das Familienkochbuch von Max' Ex - ohne sich je zu begegnen, denn beide wollen nichts Ernstes. Doch aus dem harmlosen Spiel wird mehr, al...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Code-Based Cryptography, CBCrypto 2024, held in Zurich, Switzerland, during May 25–26, 2024.The 5 full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 41 submissions. The conference offers a wide range of many important aspects of code-based cryptography such as cryptanalysis of existing schemes, the proposal of new cryptographic systems and protocols as well as improved d...

Harlequin Intrigue brings you three new titles at a great value, available now! Enjoy these suspenseful reads packed with edge-of-your-seat intrigue and fearless romance.SMOKIES SPECIAL AGENTThe Might McKenziesby Lena DiazTen years ago, FBI agent Remi Jordan’s twin sister disappeared in the mountans. When Remi offers herself as bait to catch the killer, she finds herself at odds with Duncan McKenzie, the criminal investigator who is...

Harlequin Intrigue brings you three new titles at a great value, available now! Enjoy these suspenseful reads packed with edge-of-your-seat intrigue and fearless romance.HER CHILD TO PROTECTMercy Ridge Lawmenby Delores FossenWhen she arrives at a murder scene, Deputy Della Howell is not pleased to find her ex already on the job. After all, she has a secret to keep, one Sheriff Barrett Logan isn't ready for—she's pregnant with ...

Best of weibliche Erotik! - 69 unterschiedliche Autorinnen haben uns ihre gehiemsten Sexfantasien geschildert, die wir in einem Sammelband it fast 900 Seiten zusammengefasst haben. Lesen Sie Storys zu vielen unterschiedlichen Themen, wie zum Beispiel: Voyeurismus, Sex im Büro, Hure aus Leidenschaft, Spanking, Sex mit dem Ex, Toy-Erotik, flotter Vierer, Sex mit dem Nachbarn, Fellatio, S/M, erotische Träume, bizarrer Clubbesuch, Analsex, aufregende Rollenspiele, schmutziger Parkplatz-Sex, Se...

"My dear," said the gypsy queen gazing at Lena's palm, "I see many troubles in the past. I see powerful upheavals. I see death. Terrible scenes of death."By now Lena was trembling in fear. Was her own death written in her palm? The queen continued. "Wait! There is something else! Yes, I see a rainbow. The rainbow stretches over a great body of water. You are sliding down the rainbow into the - - - I cannot continue.""Please," said Lena. "Tell me what you see!""I can...