Ergebnis für "Chance" in Literatur & Belletristik

I know this is going to be the most humiliating punishment ever, so why do I want them to do it to me? When Katy has to show that she can be submissive to earn her place in the male-dominated Pioneer Town, she allows the Dominant Doctor to discipline her with an invasive medical exam and agrees to being locked in the Pillory, completely at the mercy of her Daddy-Dom and his friends. But as the all-too-public punishment gets more intense and more satisfying than she had ever expected, can she hide her pleasure or will she admit just how much she wants them to do this to her?

Does everyone deserve a second chance? Even someone who lies and deceives to get it? Do we all have a second chance coming? Even if we play a part in our own destruction? How hard would you fight to have a second chance at love? A second chance at life? Another chance to tell your own story? Every love story has two sides. Evie told hers. This time it's Leo's chance.

You'd think a demon could take a break after stopping a hell portal from opening and an assassin from killing innocents, but fate has something else planned for Brian and Raphael. There is no rest for the wicked. And speaking of wicked, the more Brian learn about his demonic inhabitant, the more grateful he is that he'd been chosen. When a new threat emerges, Brian and Raphael have to pull out all the stops to prevent their king's evil brother, Katashniel, from breaking through the eighth gate and bringing his hellish army with him.

Ava Steel isn’t the typical member of her famous family. She colors her hair pink, practices the tarot, and runs her bakery in town without any help from her family’s financial fortune. She’s content in her life, and she knows who she is…until she receives a cryptic text from a mysterious stranger. Bar-owner Brendan Murphy inadvertently became entwined with the Steel family when he dug up timeworn documents under his floorboards.

A college student, Natalie Wright. She hasn't had it easy for years, emotionally. Her one safe haven is music. Soul-breaking, body-quaking lyrics sung in such a voice the emotions are conveyed onto you. Enter Ryan "Steele" Hurst, a chart topping lead singer in the rock band Steele's Army. The band's songs are about cheapening the meaning of love. They project the bad-boy image.

My story started out with a guy who liked a girl. She looked like an angel to him. I was the guy, Ava the angel. But...my life turned into this world where I got married to her twin sister and Ava hated me. Then, I got caught in a game with the devil I didn't want to play. My enemies used my weaknesses against me, and killed my wife. Ava could have died, too, so I stayed away. The universe, however, had other ideas and threw her right back in my path. An angel like her didn't belong in the dark world of a Mafia boss. I know that, except, I'm selfish.

Can two wounded hearts heal each other? Tabitha Michaelson is a fun-loving, sassy girl who loves anything that sparkles. Burned by love, she takes a vow to lock her heart up and throw away the key, spending years perfecting her happy facade and not letting anyone get too close. In a chance encounter, Tabitha meets her match in handsome Carter Northwood. But he comes surrounded by lies, threats and devastating secrets, Carter knows that taking a chance on true love would cause the world around him to tumble down.

Sadie Hart has a plan: Return to her small town of Hope Springs so she can regain her confidence - and bank account - before giving one more shot to her country music dream. The dream that means more to her than anything. The dream she chose over her high school sweetheart, the brooding and sinfully handsome Royce Dixon.

It's said that college is where you try things and eventually find yourself. Chase Matthewson hadn't expected to experiment with his roommate and fellow teammate, Gage Statler, but a drunken night at a party led them to the same bed. Before either of them could wrap their heads around what happened, Gage suffered a devastating injury and left college. With no closure, the two put that night behind them and never spoke of it or to each other again. Years later, both men find themselves divorced, focused on fatherhood, and not looking for another long-term relationship.

Warren was the boy Kate always had a crush on as a girl. Her brother’s best friend. And his murderer. A decade after Warren was imprisoned, Kate’s life hasn’t quite turned out how she’d have liked. She works for her father’s seedy nightclub-turned-casino, trying to outrun her suicidal thoughts, knowing that eventually she’ll run out of breath. But when her father loses the business—and their house with it—Kate’s breathing finally begins to stutter.

High school graduation is supposed to be the ending of one chapter and the beginning of another. The excitement of college comes, and the mystery to what the future holds. Mine ended in tragedy, and although my life didn’t end, and the world didn’t stop turning around me, my heart still broke. They told me she was dead. But that was a lie.

Benjamin's life is about to take a very unexpected turn!... The moment model and part-time actor Benjamin spots the sexually alluring David outside his local restaurant one night, he's determined to get to know him better. Much better. So he takes a chance and pretends to be Timothy, the blind date David is waiting for. When David asks him about submission, safe words and spanking, Benjamin knows the sensible thing to do is to make his apologies and leave. Funny then how his body keeps telling him something different, and instead he finds himself strangely eager to know more.

They once were lovers.... After 10 years of keeping his distance to the one woman he's always loved, Fire Chief Deke Reynolds is finally ready to set aside his grief and confess his guilt to Elizabeth "Libby" Wilson about his part in her brother's death. Libby's own guilty secret has kept her from sharing her life with the man who stole her heart as a teen and awakened her body as a young woman. Danger has forced them together again.... A fire and their odd connection to a new teenager at the local half-way house have this couple finally sharing their secrets with each other. 

I've always lived by one major rule, don't fall for your best friend, and this is one rule I can't break. I'm supposed to write an article about a topic so scandalous, I can't even say it. Starts with B, followed by DSM. I know nothing about the lifestyle, so I'm committed to learning the ropes—pun intended. When my best guy friend offers his help, I happily accept. Paxton Atwood might be ridiculously handsome, but we're platonic and there will be rules to follow. #1 No kissing. #2 Keep our undies on. #3 No actual boinking!

Computer specialist Devon Hamilton hasn’t taken off his headset since joining HIS. But when the woman he can’t forget is in trouble, the radio waves fall silent and he steps into the field. Devon soon discovers FBI agent Rylee Hawkins is on a quest to find two missing girls. When danger comes knocking and the threat against Rylee becomes real, Devon gears up for a fight.

Kirsty Henson is an expert at one thing: faking it. Jasper is haunted…literally. His college roommate's spirit is trapped in an old physics book. Desperate for a solution, Jasper turns to Kirsty for help. Between a ghost who won't quit, Kirsty's big secret and a mystery tied to Jasper's past, they're in for more than otherworldly flirtations.

Ty has been hurt by life and has sworn off relationships, but his curiosity is piqued by a motorcycle-riding hunk who comes through his Wal-Mart line and buys the same thing day after day: two Slim Jims, a sixty-four count box of crayons and Cracker Jacks. Ty's curiosity gets the better of him and he goes out with Jonah, but Ty's best friend, Lucky, is sure Jonah is bad news, and it does seem that both mens' pasts threaten their future together. Will they find a second chance with one another?

Harper Daniels is on the fast track to success. As one of Vancouver’s top PR professionals, she’s masterminding a high-profile political campaign that doesn’t leave room for distractions. But when a PR disaster strikes the Vancouver Sea Wolves hockey team, she’s abruptly reassigned to clean up their image. And babysit their newest player, Chance Brooks.

Eve is new to town and when a sexy stranger ends up being her boss, things go from hot to scorching fast. What happens when the town's most eligible bachelor gives Eve a proposition that she can't refuse? John always gets what he wants but this time he may have gotten more than he bargained for. Both dealing with a dark past but can they push that aside and take a chance on something that will throw their worlds upside down?

As a photographer for the New York Post, Kari Martin was used to seeing heartache and scandal up close. But one night at the club, her whole world changed. Heartbroken and willing to call off her wedding, she decides a change is in order and moves from NYC to a small town in Maine, where the average age of the residents there is 60 (or thereabouts). She works to fit in perfectly, and tries like hell not to let anyone find out just how very jaded she's recently become over the lie called love.