Adoption Mystery

Nathaniel hört einen Schrei, dann bricht die Verbindung ab. Gerade noch telefonierte er mit einer fremden Frau. Eine anonyme App verband die beiden, die Frau half Nathaniel dabei, das farblich passende Hemd zu seiner Hose zu wählen. Denn Nathaniel ist blind. Aber der Schrei klang eindeutig. Was, wenn der Frau etwas angetan wurde? Er ist sich sicher: ein Verbrechen ist geschehen. Doch keiner glaubt ihm, es gibt keine Beweise, keine Spur. Gemeinsam mit einer Freundin, der Journalistin Milla, macht sich Nathaniel selbst auf die Suche nach der Wahrheit.

The Believe In Christmas Collection: A Christmas Miracle An early 1800's Novelette by Carole Brown Can a rich, but troubled, married couple find happiness again through one little homeless, precocious lad? Will a real miracle save Christmas this year? Christmas Angels A WWII Short Story by Carole Brown Abigail had always been a strong young woman, but living in a boarding house, with a baby girl, and no way to give her daughter a real Christmas what is she to do? Without money and worried sick over her husband who is a missing-in-action soldier, her hope is gone. But...her Christmas Angels ...

The Women’s Leadership Program is free—but will cost Brianna everything. Brianna’s young life is golden, until a cheer squad accident leaves her with a broken back, a fractured family, a drug addiction, and no home—until she’s invited to a Women’s Leadership program, where young attendees live and work with the leader, Elizabeth, to become their best selves. The program’s free, with one requirement: total, unquestioning obedience. Brianna’s older sister Morgan, somewhat remorseful after kicking out her thieving drug-addicted sister, receives some odd phone messages from Bri,...

They want what every young couple wants: a child of their own. But Paul and Joanna Breidbart have been trying to conceive for five long years, a torturous process of failed medical procedures that nearly tore their marriage apart. When they finally decide to adopt, American agencies tell them they will have to wait years for their dream to come true. The couple agrees to fly to war-torn Colombia to adopt a baby girl.

"Set during Christmas on an island, a delightful and intriguing story." - Amazon Review "I liked the romance, family history, intrigue, and mystery." - Amazon Review "The books are refreshing, fun, and unconventional." - Amazon Review In the heart of a mysterious tropical island, historian Olivia Parker seeks refuge from a shattering family secret. She finds an unusual job—portraying a ghost who vanished from a historic mansion. Haunted house designer Jack Thorpe is battling shadows of suspicion. The upcoming Christmas gala at the mansion is his chance at redemption. But when Olivia and ...

Ella Black has always had dark inclinations. She's successfully hidden her evil alter ego from her family and friends, but Bella is always there, ready to take control and force Ella to do bad things. When Ella's parents drag her out of school one afternoon and fly across the globe to Rio de Janeiro with no believable explanation, Bella longs to break free - and so does Ella. Because for all that her parents claim to be doing what's best for her, Ella knows there is something going on that they're not divulging, and she is determined to find out what.

An American music icon is on a collision course with the world's two superpowers when trying to save a Chinese baby from death. Haunted by a troubled past and betrayed by the people closest to her, she is set to win against those determined to silence her.

When Paul and Joanna, who are desperate to have children, fail to conceive, they decide to adopt and arrange a trip to Colombia to bring back home a baby girl, Joelle. To help them into parenthood, a nanny has been sent. Yet, returning home one night, they discover that the baby waiting for them isn't Joelle. Suddenly, they are taken prisoner, and Paul is given an ultimatum to either transport millions of dollars worth of cocaine to a location in U.S. or his wife and daughter will be killed.

Arson investigator Billy Nightingale and his brother-in-law, Officer Sebastian Bly, are called in to investigate a house fire that killed two young children. The discovery of a baby hiding underneath the porch put Billy and Sebastian on the trail of a murderous mother while Sebastian and his wife, Annie, raise baby Meredith without revealing her dangerous and frightening past.

Wally was adopted from a Russian orphanage as a child and grew up in a wealthy New York City family. At 15, her obsessive need to rebel led her to life on the streets. Now the 16-year-old is beautiful and hardened, and she's just stumbled across the possibility of discovering who she really is. She'll stop at nothing to find her birth mother before Klesko - her dark-eyed father - finds her. Because Klesko will stop at nothing to reclaim the fortune Wally's mother stole from him long ago.

For a moment, imagine everything you thought you knew about your life, your parents and siblings, your entire identity, turned out to be some sort of twisted fiction. Add a bit of cloak and dagger to the mix, and you'll have an idea of where this story takes you. You're not really who you thought you were - you're actually someone else in the same familiar body you've always known. You need to begin a new life story, putting the puzzle pieces in place as you go along.

"I thought you were beautiful the first time I saw you in the rain..." Dylan: The sudden death of Dylan's father was a wake-up call. After pouring a decade of his life into his company, Dylan felt like had nothing to show for it. No wife, no kids, no family. With no destination in mind, he sells his company and wanders the world, eventually finding himself in Silver Springs... Bonnie: Bonnie Kincaid is also on the run... for her life. The police can't keep her safe. Things look hopeless when her car breaks down in the remote mountains of Colorado. A handsome man rescues her, fixes her car, ...

En ung prostituerad pojke hittas strypt och stympad i en lägenhet i Glasgow. När rättsmedicinaren Rhona MacLeod kommer till brottsplatsen chockas hon av hur lik offret är henne själv. Skräcken sätter sig i kroppen. Kan han vara sonen som hon adopterade bort sexton år tidigare? Fylld av skuldkänslor beslutar sig Rhona för att på egen hand försöka hitta mördaren och ta reda på vad som egentligen hände hennes son. Men hon har starka krafter emot sig. "Nätfångst" är den första, fristående delen i serien om den tuffa rättsmedicinaren Rhona MacLeod.

It's 1973 and Detective Sergeant Eleanor Smith is finally assigned her first homicide case. A woman's body has been discovered at Harrowford Hall, a home for unmarried mothers deep in the Victorian countryside. Led by the formidable Mrs Montague, Harrowford has for decades sold itself as a refuge for 'girls in crisis' - like fourteen-year-old Jane McEvoy, who has no idea of how she got pregnant. And Marilyn Pollard, a scared, angry teenager desperate to escape.

The support of friends is necessary in good times, but especially in challenging times. Jen Morel has seen this at play more times than she can count. And now it seems like her friends need her as much as she needs them. With the Morel Building being in a prime location, Jen is a target for those who want the property. She’s fighting off another bid from an aggressive investor and she wonders if she’ll ever be able to just run her business in peace. Yvette’s ex has shown up and he’s up to no good. The temptation of money has drawn him in and he’ll try everything in his power to ...

Ella Black seems to live the life most other 17-year-olds would kill for.... Until one day, telling her nothing, her parents whisk her off to Rio de Janeiro. Determined to find out why, Ella takes her chance and searches through their things. And realises her life has been a lie. Unable to comprehend the truth, Ella runs away, to the one place they'll never think to look - the favelas. But there she learns a terrible secret - the truth about the deepest, darkest side of herself....

“Are you thinking what I'm thinking?” she whispered, pushing her hips against his. The way his pupils dilated nearly did her in. Ethan There are only two things that make billionaire Ethan White's heart race: fast cars and Laura Corbett. Unfortunately, Laura wants nothing to do with his playboy ways. Ethan thinks that everyone has the wrong idea about him, including his stalker, and he's determined to prove them all wrong. When Ethan's business partner wants to open a new car R&D facility in Colorado, he jumps at the opportunity to be closer to his two passions. Laura Thrust into the ...

Abandoned as a baby in the hallway of a shared house in London, Marina has never known her parents, and the circumstances of her birth still remain a mystery. Now an adult, Marina has returned to the house where it all started, determined to find out who she really is. But the walls of this house hold more than memories, and Marina’s reappearance hasn’t gone unnoticed by the other tenants. Someone is watching Marina. Someone who knows the truth.

Jake Carlson, a correspondent for the TV news show American Outrage, inhabits a world of sensational trials and crazed celebrities. One of the nation's top television journalists, he's used to dragging himself through the dirt to get to the truth. When his adopted son, Sam, asks him to use his muckraking talents to find his birth mother, Jake is stunned by the ugly secrets he unearths.

Abandoned as a baby in the hallway of a shared house in London, Marina has never known her parents, and the circumstances of her birth still remain a mystery. Now an adult, Marina has returned to the house where it all started, determined to find out who she really is. But the walls of this house hold more than memories, and Marina’s reappearance hasn’t gone unnoticed by the other tenants. Someone is watching Marina. Someone who knows the truth.