Sports Obsession

My name is Melody Cameron. Or so I’ve been told. When I wake up in the hospital with no memories, I’m shipped off to Denver to live with a distant cousin who knows nothing about me. If family can’t help me remember my past, who will? I don’t expect it to be a gorgeous hockey player 10 years younger than me. He knows things about me he has no right to know. Yet, he still keeps secrets. He makes me work for every answer while he unlocks my desire—and fear. Still. I’m blind. Naive. And when his twisted obsession becomes apparent, it’s too late. For both of us.

Knox Whiteshaw is my husband. He’s also an egotistical psychopath who refuses to divorce me—even when I ask nicely. It doesn’t matter that I’m trying to move on with the goalie of his NHL team. Knox is dead set on ruining everything. My upcoming wedding, my future, my sanity… The man can hold a grudge like no other, and I am public enemy number one. I have been for six years, ever since he threatened me and stormed out of my life.

Every year, more than 3.5 million children under age 15 require medical treatment for sports injuries, nearly half of which are the result of simple overuse. Journalist Mark Hyman investigates the evolution of youth sports from mere games to full-on quests to turn children into tomorrow's superstar athletes by pushing them beyond physical and emotional limits. Opening up a crucial discussion about the perils of youth-sports culture today, Hyman offers the solutions and answers we need.

Thomas und Vanessa stehen vor den Scherben ihrer Beziehung. Lügen und Verrat haben sie auseinandergetrieben, und nicht immer lässt sich reparieren, was zerbrochen ist. In den Semesterferien flieht Vanessa geradezu aus Corvallis, doch ihre Reise reicht nicht aus, um den Groll zu vertreiben, den sie noch immer gegen den Mann hegt, der ihr so schmerzlich das Herz gebrochen hat. Thomas stellt sich währenddessen den Dämonen, die ihn seit Jahren quälen. Als sie schließlich an die Universität zurückkehren, ist die Luft zwischen ihnen geladen mit unausgesprochenen Worten und unerfüllten Sehnsüchten.