Ergebnis für "Brazen" in Literatur & Belletristik

Twenty-six-year-old Beatrice Hyde-Clare is far too shy to investigate the suspicious death of a fellow guest in the Lake District. A spinster who lives on the sufferance of her relatives, she would certainly not presume to search the rooms of her host's son and his friend looking for evidence. Reared in the twin virtues of deference and docility, she would absolutely never think to question the imperious Duke of Kesgrave about anything, let alone how he chose to represent the incident to the local constable. And yet that's exactly what she does.

Hardly have Ahren and his fellow adventurers returned to Deepstone following his Naming as Thirteenth Paladin when troubling news forces them into action again. They learn through the Ancients that one of their kind, the Paladin Bergen Olgitram, along with his band of mercenaries, the Blue Cohorts, are being besieged within the Brazen City by the headstrong Sun Emperor. 

'Inhaled...will be huge' LORDE They would accept the reality I had put before them as if it had been that way all along. For that was their own condition: created one day from nothing, living from there on out in their families. The book's protagonist has much in common with her Sims she creates...

Kay Brazen used to be famous. Don't ask her what for, you won't hear the end of it—but not anymore. After being evicted from her penthouse apartment and being forgotten by all who previously loved her, she embarks on a series on confrontations with those who she's wronged (or wronged her), with increasingly hilarious and explosive results.

'A thought-provoking, rage-inducing revenge tale that is hard to forget' Asia Mackay, author of A Serial Killer's Guide to Marriage 'Brutal and unflinching...You won't be able to look away as this book cuts you to pieces.' Kylie Lee Baker, author of Bat Eater 'Combining feminist fury with...

New York Times Bestselling Author Sarah MacLean returns with the next book in the Bareknuckle Bastards series about three brothers bound by a secret that they cannot escape—and the women who bring them to their knees. The Lady’s Plan When Lady Henrietta Sedley declares her twenty-ninth year...

Based on the Japanese myth of cats returning favours to humans who are kind to them, "The Full Moon Coffee Shop" is the name of a peculiar cake cafe that is run by talking cats, which has no fixed location and instead materialises unpredictably on the night of a full moon. The protagonists of this story - a successful female scriptwriter in crisis, a heartbroken tv director, and two male entrepreneurs - all end up there in the middle of the night, in a dream-like state, and receive life-changing advice on love, work, and relationships from a cat who interprets his guests' astrological chart.

'I was enticed from the first line' OYINKAN BRAITHWAITE, author of My Sister, the Serial Killer This feminist howl-of-a-debut is going to crawl right under your skin 'An outstanding debut' NEW YORK TIMES SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS NEW YORK TIMES BEST HORROR BOOK OF THE YEAR...

When Willow’s papa says they are bound for Oregon on the next wagon train. She can hardly fathom the ache of leaving everything familiar behind. Sure, there will be good things, too—like not saying goodbye to Gideon Riley, even though he’s still oblivious to her. She keeps her emotions in tight check until a fit of melancholy sends her fleeing. If only Papa had given her a choice!

THE #1 INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING HEALING SERIES FROM JAPAN ANOTHER TALE OF CATS, CAKES AND ASTROLOGY FOR READERS OF BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD Under the influence of Neptune, the doors to people's dreams are opening once again... If you are kind to cats, so Japanese legend goes, they'll...

'A stunning debut' GUARDIAN 'A feast of gender-bending pleasures' THE BIG ISSUE She keeps her eyes on me while she lights the end of my cigarette. I stare back at her. Something in the pills and in her eyes is opening up my muscles like hands parting from prayer, like trees breathing. EROS is a...

In Given's debut novel, we follow Eartha on a wild, weird and seductive modern-day exploration as she commences life as an openly bisexual woman whilst also becoming a viral sensation on Wonder Land, a social media app where people project their dream selves online. But as her online self and her offline self become more and more distanced, trauma from her past comes back to haunt and destroy her present. Eartha must make a choice: which version of herself should she kill off?

THE NEW NOVEL FROM THE RECORD-BREAKING AUTHOR OF HUNGER 'An instant cult classic. You have to read it' HARPER'S BAZAAR What is the date today? Here, time doesn't pass in days. I wouldn't be surprised if spring slid straight into summer, if I looked at a clear lake and saw an old woman in my...

The services of the Eyes Peeled Detective Agency are secured by Sir Barrington Hedley-Smythe following the theft of four rare and exceptionally valuable bronze busts. Sam and the team are soon hot on the case, also happening upon a mysterious spate of missing pets in the process. Then, if their caseload wasn’t busy enough, the shocking theft of the iconic Isle of Man Senior TT Trophy is making global headlines, meaning even more potential work for our intrepid team. Overall, ideal business conditions for an expanding firm of private detectives, you’d imagine? Not so much….

THE #1 INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING SERIES Welcome back to the Full Moon Coffee Shop. HALF A MILLION COPIES SOLD AND TRANSLATED INTO 20 LANGUAGES In Japanese legend, cats are symbols of good luck. If you are kind to them, they'll return the favour one day. And if you are kind to the right cat...

Longlisted for the 2026 PEN / Hemingway Award for Debut Novel Winner of the 2025 Barnes & Noble Discover Prize. A New York Times Book of the Year. A TIME's 100 Must-Read Book of 2025. 'The best divorce novel I've read for years.' The Times 'A gem of a novel, one that will make you think, make...

My name is Donovan Belmont, and I'm everything a guy wants to be. I'm rich. I'm good looking. I'm brilliant. And I'm still only 21 years old. If I'm who every guy wants to be, I'm who every girl wants to be with. That includes you. Because I not only look good; I am good. At everything. If you know what I mean.

'Mutonji writes sharply about the subtle ruptures endemic to formative friendships' RAVEN LEILANI 'A fresh, flamboyant take on modern friendships - tremendously fly and enjoyable' DIANA EVANS 'Nuanced and fearless . . . Told with subtlety and verve' NUSSAIBAH YOUNIS 'I want to, like, I don't...

“Fabulously entertaining….Laurens adds a dash of exotic spice to her always reliable mix of sexy romance and risky intrigue.” —Booklist The third book in New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens’s sensational Black Cobra Quartet, The Brazen Bride ingeniously blends intrigue...

Brand new fiction novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Strong Female Character Meet Mary. Mary has an illness no doctor seems able or willing to name. On top of that she's preoccupied with the idea there's a secret room in her house that she can't gain access to... She realises she...