Ergebnis für "Black" in Zeitgenössische Literatur

Kate Johnson, Anwältin bei Black & Chase, stammt aus gutem Hause. Die ihr mitgegebenen Werte sind für sie von großer Bedeutung. Ihr nächster Mandant aber bringt sie an ihre Grenzen, denn Rockstar Danny Morton ist das wandelnde Chaos. Nie kommt er pünktlich zu einem Termin, seine Manieren lassen zu wünschen übrig, und Partys scheinen ihm wichtiger zu sein als die drohende Klage seines ehemaligen Agenten. Kate hat alle Hände voll zu tun, den eigenwilligen Kerl in den Griff zu bekommen. Dass sie ihn wider alle Umstände dennoch attraktiv findet, macht es nicht gerade leichter.

Die junge Anwältin Gillian Hobbs könnte nicht zufriedener sein: In der Kanzlei winkt ihr ein bedeutender Karrieresprung, und auch ihr Liebesleben kommt in Schwung. Ein heißer Flirt mit dem attraktiven Anwalt Parker Simon endet in einer leidenschaftlichen Liebesnacht - und der Aussicht auf mehr. Doch das Blatt wendet sich, als Gillian ihren nächsten Fall übernimmt - und ausgerechnet Parker die Gegenseite vertritt. Gillian muss sich entscheiden: Karriere oder Liebe? Denn sollten sie und Parker als Liebespaar erwischt werden, würde Gillian ihre Beförderung riskieren.

In der Nähe der Insel Black Conch singt ein Fischer vor sich hin, während er auf seinen Fang wartet. Doch David zieht eine Meeresbewohnerin an, die er nie erwartet hätte: Aycayia, eine Frau, die aufgrund ihrer Schönheit und Reinheit vor Jahrhunderten von eifersüchtigen Frauen ihres Stammes verflucht und als Nixe ins Meer verstoßen wurde. Als amerikanische Touristen Aycayia gefangen nehmen, rettet David sie und versucht, ihr Vertrauen zu gewinnen. Langsam und unter Schmerzen verwandelt sie sich wieder in eine Frau.

Charlie Asher is a pretty normal guy with a normal life, married to a bright and pretty woman who actually loves him for his normalcy. They're even about to have their first child. Yes, Charlie's doing okay—until people start dropping dead around him, and everywhere he goes a dark presence...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A New York Times Notable Book This fiery and provocative novel from the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner weaves a tale about the way the sufferings of childhood can shape, and misshape, the life of the adult. “Powerful.... A tale that is as forceful as it is affecting...

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of How Stella Got Her Groove Back and Waiting To Exhale is back with the inspiring story of a woman who shakes things up in her life to find greater meaning. In I Almost Forgot About You, Dr. Georgia Young's wonderful life--great friends, family, and...

An exuberant return to the four unforgettable heroines of Waiting to Exhale—the novel that changed African American fiction forever. Terry McMillan's Waiting to Exhale was more than just a bestselling novel—its publication was a watershed moment in literary history. McMillan's sassy...

Pru's husband has walked out, leaving her alone to contemplate her future. She's missing not so much him, but the life they once had - picnicking on the beach with small children, laughing together, nestling up like spoons in the cutlery drawer as they sleep. Now there's just a dip on one side of the bed and no one to fill it. In a daze, Pru goes off to a friend's funeral. Usual old hymns, words of praise and a eulogy but...it doesn't sound like the friend Pru knew. And it isn't. She's gone to the wrong service.

When Callie McCallister hooks up with luscious drummer Adam Marin in a biker bar, she feels like the pure alpha male sexy biker and she make a connection. When a second chance encounter with Adam leaves her heartsick, Callie moves on and goes on the hunt for a hot biker type she can keep. After a string of dates from a biker website, fate pairs Callie with the gorgeous Harley riding Adam time and again. He lets her climb his walls and to get inside where they share passion, the truth, and a happily ever after.

Tigrane Forrest est le Vice-Président des Black Devils, un gang de motards sans foi ni loi. Tout le monde le décrit comme froid, insensible, létal... aussi bien ses frères, que les brebis qu'il consomme allégrement. Aimée Cabello était la meilleure amie de Tigrane avant qu'elle ne quitte Belford Price quelques années plus tôt, brisant le coeur de ce dernier. Sa haine envers cette bande de bikers est ancrée en elle depuis l'enfance.

Australia is the Lucky Country, and Joey Driscol knows it. It’s a far cry from his native Ireland, but he believes this is the place he and his wife can forget the troubles of the past. There’s a good life, a new house, regular work and, in time, they welcome their new son Marti into the world. Joey’s wife has been struggling, their marriage is on the rocks and suddenly, she disappears taking Marti with her.

This story is a snapshot of a man’s life. It is the tale of some of the highs and lows of Claude Vincent’s long existence while being on this side of the grass. In this story, Claude meets with a sinister stranger named "Black Hat Roy" who challenges him to a game of chess. As their battle on the chessboard progresses, Claude in his mind’s eye revisits his past life. Claude’s life story includes travel, adventure, hard won gains, losses, and romance. It is a tale that concludes with message of advice that we all may well consider.

Set in England during the War of the Roses, this swashbuckling historical epic tells of a young man betrayed by his brutal guardian and forced to seek the help of a mysterious society. Brimming with action, adventure, suspense, and romance, it is a classic portrait of England during one of its most tumultuous eras.

Mayfair Island, Florida: Grief-stricken after the sudden loss of her beloved grandmother, young Priscilla Bauer finds herself adrift and looking to find solace in the arms of her vast inheritance when she meets the kind and considerate corporate brand designer Michael Frost - a drop-dead gorgeous beacon of light in her all-too-dark night. Falling hard and falling fast, Priscilla has no idea she's stepped into dangerous territory...because someone else has already branded Michael Frost her very own - and she has no intention of ever letting him go.

The themes that thread through these nine accomplished stories are drawn from the great tradition of the twentieth-century weird tale, and they are suffused with a distinctly cosmopolitan, European feel. Mark Samuels writes about the fundamental fears of modern life, especially the effects of isolation and the dislocation that city dwellers can experience in their inhospitable, man-made environment. Black as Darkness: Jack Wells drained his second can of ice-cold beer and waved away a fat bluebottle that had drifted lazily across his line of vision.

Stars are dying, the sky is darkening, an alien race has inhabited the planet, and Irene and Jean sit by the pond at their nursing home every day, waiting for the world to end. Here the two elderly friends will learn more than they ever could have anticipated - about the world, about what it means to be different, and about each other.

Brooklyn Melody James has finally gotten the punishment she deserves after leaving a web of lies, heartache, and betrayal behind her. As her life slips away, Brooklyn remembers the events that shaped her into the cold, calculating creature she became.

“One of the biggest names in urban-fiction.” - Red Carpet Crash on Butterfly The hardest thing Morgan Atkins has ever done is let go of love. After losing Messiah, she never thought she’d find someone who understood her again. Until she reunited with Ahmeek Harris and their friendship...

A propulsive, incendiary novel about faith, race, class, and what it means to have a home, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Netanyahus “A Jewish Sopranos . . . utterly engrossing, full of passionate sympathy . . . Cohen is an extraordinary prose stylist, surely one of the...