Ergebnis für "Bittersweet" in Literatur & Belletristik

Anne Carson's remarkable first book about the paradoxical nature of romantic love Since it was first published, Eros the Bittersweet, Anne Carson's lyrical meditation on love in ancient Greek literature and philosophy, has established itself as a favorite among an unusually broad audience...

Four scent-matched alphas who also happened to be my brother's best friends? Check. Fate blessing me with the dreamiest, tastiest-smelling guys I've ever met? Check, check. Weller. Owen. Tristan. Freddie. I'd planned the perfect moment to reveal myself as their scent match, their missing puzzle piece. Everything was working out perfectly... until it fell apart with a bang. Graduation night was supposed to be the big moment. The night I finally came clean and admitted the truth: I was theirs, and they were mine. Turns out, the universe had other ideas.

Although Laney's been sweet on Galen for a while, he's always considered her his best friend's tag-along sister. But when Galen finally sees Laney as the wife of his dreams, a vile lie shatters his hopes and a leveled shotgun repays his kindness - on the very day he plans to pop the question.

In Bittersweet, Danielle Steel has written a novel for our times, a story of choices and new beginnings. India Taylor lived in a world of manicured lawns and neatly maintained calendars: a merry-go-round of Little League, piano lessons, and Cape Cod summer vacations. With four wonderful children...

Arren Carver: Dir steht die Wut auf der Stirn geschrieben, Rage Girl. Du willst die Welt um dich herum zu Asche zerfallen sehen — ungeachtet aller Konsequenzen. Serenity Sword: Wer glaubt, Rache sei keine Lösung, weiß nicht, was es bedeutet, für sie zu atmen. Geboren als Werkzeug, erzogen zur Marionette, benutzt und verraten von jedem, existiere ich nur noch für den Tag, an dem ich mir endlich alles zurückhole, was mir genommen wurde.

Thirty years ago, my father became the other half of a broken love story. A relationship he’s kept hidden for decades. Upon unearthing his secret through a series of emails in our paper’s archives, I began my search for the truth. Haunted by my father’s love story, and in my quest for answers, I never imagined I would discover a love of my own. Or that my love for Easton Crowne would be key in discovering the reason behind what split our parents up.

Charlie lebt ein Leben, von dem sie nach dem Tod ihrer Mutter nie zu träumen gewagt hätte. Als Charlie bei einer Zigarette im Regen mit dem dreißig Jahre älteren Richard zusammenstößt, ist sie überwältigt. Was als filmreife Begegnung im Regen beginnt, entfaltet sich zu einer Affäre, die auf Macht, Kontrolle und Schweigen beruht. Charlie wird verzehrt von der Liebe, dem Unverständnis ihrer Freunde, den Anforderungen von allen Seiten. Bis es sie zerreißt.

Brought to you by Penguin. FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL MEGASELLER QUIET: THE POWER OF INTROVERTS IN A WORLD THAT CAN'T STOP TALKING In this inspiring masterpiece, bestselling author Susan Cain shows the power of "bittersweetness" - a tendency toward sorrow and longing, an acute...

“I was in a relationship with two men, and neither were giving me up.” That thought flashed through Charlotte’s brain like a bright neon light as she followed her husband out of her marriage counselor’s office. The office where she’d sat twice a week as she tried to repair the glaring problems in her marriage. The marriage that she’d fought hard to save to a man that wasn’t fighting alongside her. She’d been lied to, ignored, and used as a pawn to climb his ladder to success. Charlotte was broken, not just her marriage.

In this compelling polyamorous romance, three beautiful souls come together to experience healing, acceptance, and a love that is bittersweet.

A story of dark themes where toxic relationships, control, abuse and emotional trauma threaten to destroy the lives of three generations. Love and loss feature throughout. It takes hope to carry on. It takes resilience to survive. Set mainly on the Ards Peninsular in Northern Ireland, this is a novel with strong emotional arcs, and would appeal to book clubs, listeners of women's fiction, historical fiction and Irish family sagas. Fans of Celeste Ng or Alice Munro would enjoy this novel.

Shane Hendrix had a hundred-foot reinforced steel wall around her heart to keep people out, so when she first laid eyes on Jensen Rose, she wanted nothing to do with him. But what started as disdain quickly grew into something so much more. He went from being the boy she hated to the man she loved with all her heart. Then he left without so much as a goodbye, leaving her shattered.

Ein Buch, das in Schweden die Bestsellerliste anführte, von einer Autorin, die eine Revolution will und sich keineswegs damit zufrieden gibt, was vermeintlich schon alles erreicht wurde...

"Die perfekte Mischung aus Dark Academia und Romantasy". Die Nacht wartet auf dich – betritt die Tore der Nightwood Academy! Nach dem plötzlichen Tod ihrer Mutter bricht für die 20-jährige Abby eine Welt zusammen. Verzweifelt nach Antworten suchend, beschließt sie, an der Nightwood Academy zu studieren. Dem Ort, an dem ihre Mutter das letzte Mal lebend gesehen wurde. Hinter den ehrwürdigen Mauern der schottischen Universität verbirgt sich jedoch weit mehr als eine elitäre Bildungseinrichtung.

Suspenseful and cinematic, New York Times bestseller Bittersweet exposes the gothic underbelly of an idyllic world of privilege and an outsider’s hunger to belong. On scholarship at a prestigious East Coast college, ordinary Mabel Dagmar is surprised to befriend her roommate, the beautiful...

Seeing ghosts has always been part of Melody Bittersweet’s life – a quirky inconvenience at the best of times. But on her 27th birthday, she decides to finally make a career out of it by setting up her very own ghostbusting business. Her first case brings Melody to a house haunted by three brothers with a heap of unfinished business. To complicate matters, her fame-hungry ex, Leo Dark, and sceptical yet maddeningly gorgeous reporter, Fletcher Gunn, are also on the case.

“Joyland is a breathtaking, beautiful, heartbreaking book....Even the most hardboiled readers will find themselves moved” (Charles Ardai, Edgar- and Shamus Award-winning editor of Hard Case Crime). Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of the...

'I inhaled this novel. Utterly believable, immersive and heartfelt. I loved it' JENNIE GODFREY 'Wonderful. A masterpiece. I adored it' SOPHIE COUSENS 'A timeless tragedy, a story of the intricacies and illusions of true love' CHRIS WHITAKER 'I didn't want this book to end. 10/10' VOGUE WILLIAMS...

Best-selling author Nevada Barr delights contemporary mystery fans with novels like Deep South and Blood Lure. In Bittersweet, she departs the mystery genre for a touching story of hardship, perseverance, and love in the old West.

After my husband died eight years ago, I made vengeance my only purpose, my religion, my destiny. But to get to my enemy, I had to make myself like him. He had a kingdom of secrets? Then I would make an empire. He had blood on his hands? Then I would bathe in it.