Ergebnis für "Bittersweet Lady" in Literatur & Belletristik

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.

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...

"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.

James Roth ist skrupellos, manipulativ, heimtückisch und möglicherweise ein Soziopath. Er könnte auch der einzige Mensch sein, der zwischen ihrer Familie und dem Ruin steht. Eine Reihe von Geständnissen offenbart, dass Roth nicht der Einzige ist, der verhängnisvolle Geheimnisse verbirgt. Ihre Familie ist nicht so unschuldig, wie sie scheint, und Roth könnte der Einzige sein, der sie retten kann.

Brought to you by Penguin. One fateful night in Sparta, a young slave girl encounters a mysterious, grey-eyed princess. Melantho and Penelope, though from different worlds, are instantly connected. But betrayal soon tears them apart. Years later, on Ithaca's rocky shores, Melantho is sent to...

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.

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...

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Detective Sergeant James Henderson's remarkable gut instincts have put him on a three-year fast track to becoming an inspector. But the advancement of his career has come at a cost. Gay, posh and eager to prove himself in the Metropolitan Police, James has allowed himself few chances for romance. But when the murder of barrister Maria Curzon-Whyte lands in his lap, all that changes. His investigation leads him to a circle of irresistibly charming men. And though he knows better, James finds himself enticed into their company.

From the outside, I live a charmed life: hockey legend for a father, my own promising future in the league, a great family, awesome friends. It’s not untrue, but it’s not quite that simple either. My dad’s advice has always been to make hockey my number-one priority—at least until I make it to the pros. So going into my senior year of college, I have a plan. I’ll put in the effort required to pass my classes, play hockey like my life depends on it, and avoid relationships. All I have to do is stay focused on the end game. It should be easy.

It was an innocent mistake; she knocked on the wrong door. It was mine. If I were a better man, I would've just let her go. But I'm not. I'm a cruel bastard. I ruthlessly claimed her virtue for my own. It should've been enough but it wasn't. I needed more...I craved it. She became my obsession. Her sweetness and purity taunted my dark soul. The need to possess her nearly drove me mad. A Russian arms dealer had no business pursuing a naive librarian student. She didn't belong in my world. I would bring her only pain. But it was too late...she was mine and I was keeping her.

“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.

Lileth macht sich selbst zum Spielball eines lebensgefährlichen Plans. Um den Selbstmord ihres Vaters zu rächen, gibt sie sich genau dem Mann hin, den sie dafür verantwortlich macht, der das Leben ihrer Familie für immer zerstört hat. Eine Welt von Macht und Einfluss, ausgefallenen Parties und von Dominanz geprägter Spiele erwartet sie, und gleichzeitig setzt sie alles daran, das Imperium des Softwaremoguls Aldric Martell von innen heraus zu zerschlagen. Doch bedrohlich schnell driftet sie in den Sog dunkler Lust hinein.

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In the fantasy empire of Rokugan, when a Crane Clan auditor turns up dead in a soy brewery, all eyes turn to nobleman-turned-detective, Daidoji Shin . . . but not to solve the man's murder; rather, Shin is the suspect. Now Shin must attempt to figure out who killed the victim and, more importantly, who framed him, all while outwitting the authorities on his trail—including a dogged Kitsuki investigator with a score to settle. Caught in a spider's web of intrigue and with his enemies closing in, time is running out for Dadoiji Shin . . .

Dem neuen Inspektor reicht es. Als Mimi Rutherfurt wieder einmal an einem seiner Tatorte herumschnüffelt, steckt Inspektor Dinsdale die Hobby-Kriminalistin kurzerhand in eine Gefängniszelle. Aber nicht einmal das kann die rüstige alte Dame vom Ermitteln abhalten. In ihrer Zelle lernt sie nämlich ein junges Zimmermädchen kennen, das einen Giftanschlag verübt haben soll. Mimi Rutherfurt ahnt, dass hier etwas nicht stimmt.

It's not easy being queen bee of an underworld abuzz with crooks and killers. Wielding my potent Ice and Stone elemental magic will get me only so far - my real secret is my tight-knit makeshift family, a motley crew of cops and criminals, dwarves, and playboys. My foster brother, Finnegan Lane, is my right-hand man, but when his suddenly not-dead relative comes back into the picture, I'm the one on the outside looking in.

The more she fights me, the more I want her. That beautiful, sassy mouth of hers makes me want to push her to her knees and dominate her. I'm a Russian arms dealer and she's an innocent college student who doesn't even know she belongs to me yet, but that will change when I yank those skimpy shorts down and spank her bright red. I will teach her not to show off what is mine. Then I will make her scream my name. I had no right to take her, but I dare you to try to take her from me.