Ergebnis für "Clarissa" in Belletristik

Clarissa is the story of a courageous German girl, who thwarted a communist plot to infiltrate NATO during the Cold War and found her true love. During the partition of Germany, intrigues between the East and the West flourish amid kidnapping, theft, and espionage schemes. As Clarissa participates in a high-stakes operation in which she is the target, she wonders, will the romantic Canadian Aurthur Lundy rescue her from adversity?

New York City, 1832. Clarissa Tanner is carefree and lighthearted until the sudden death of her parents. Forced to pay off family debts or lose her horse farm, she’s given one choice: auction off her beloved horses or reluctantly enter 1830s New York Society social season to face the dreaded marriage market. Nicholas is a man on a mission, searching for his missing brother. Fearing Liam may be the victim of foul play, Nicholas needs to keep a low profile while conducting his search.

In the ruthless world of Boston's Irish mafia, I shield the Callahan legacy, no matter the cost. Now my brother has tasked me with ruining Ruby Marquez, the prosecutor running for District Attorney. She’s clean, untouchable, and a threat we can’t afford. But Ruby isn’t just any enemy. She’s the one I can’t forget—I shouldn't have touched her years ago. If Tristan uncovers my past with her, I'm as good as dead. I know she's hiding something, though. Something that could destroy everything. And God help me, I might torch everything for her—and torch us both in the process.

Der spicy Auftakt der neuen Western-Reihe von Bestseller-Autorinnenduo Piper Rayne Ben Noughton ist der Golden Boy seiner Familie. Doch nach dem Ende seiner Footballkarriere steht der Ex-NFL-Spieler an einem Scheideweg. Obwohl zu Hause seine Brüder und die Ranch auf ihn warten, fällt ihm die Rückkehr in die alte Heimat nicht leicht. Als er mit siebzehn der Kleinstadt in Nebraska den Rücken kehrte, ließ er auch seine erste Liebe Gillian zurück. Diese reagiert alles andere als erfreut, als sich ausgerechnet Ben als der neue Footballcoach ihres Sohnes entpuppt.

"Wintermärchen" - kein Tingelingeling zwischen X-mas Carols und "Stille Nacht", sondern eine völlig neuartige Sammlung von winterlichen Impressionen. Für alle, die die sogenannte stille Zeit fernab vom dezemberlichen Mainstream erleben wollen, ist das Audiobook das ideale Geschenk zu Weihnachten.

The secrets of the house are the secrets of the heart. It begins with an act of betrayal that destroys the tenuous bonds of Celestina Errantes’s family. For years afterwards, Celestina longs for an escape from her unhappy home. Then an unexpected gift from her wealthy Lolo offers that chance: a long-forsaken property in Manila’s bohemian district, close to where ladies of the evening ply their trade. It is no place for a proper young woman, but this house, even with its ghosts, makes Celestina feel at home.

Alex Heron has more secrets than a cat has lives. Keeping up with the charade that’s her life is draining and her façade is cracking under the stress. She’s the American teen dream - blonde, blue-eyed and head cheerleader at her high school, but no one knows the real Alex...and she plans to keep it that way. The truth would make her an instant outcast. Enter Mark Simmons, the new math teacher. With a body to die for and a face that makes every girl swoon, Alex is no exception...until she realizes she opens up to him more than anyone else in her life. Even her best friend, Claire.

Used to playing games and winning, the Playgirls are about to discover that what used to work is no longer viable for them. Life finds them struggling to get by, just like everyone else. Not prone to having to work so hard for what they want, Chelsea, Alyssa, and Katherine have to tighten up their game or risk losing what they thought they once had. When Chelsea meets her match in handsome Antonio, the chase is on, but will Antonio be easily snared in her silly game or is Chelsea about to learn a very tough lesson?

Le Case is a village far from everything. Seen from there, even the war looks different—mostly waiting, prayers, poverty. As a fierce winter looms, an order is issued to arrest all Jews and detain them in the bishop's villa, awaiting deportation. René is the town's shoemaker. Everyone calls him Settebello, “lucky seven,” a nickname he got at a young age after losing three fingers on a lathe. Now he's fifty years old. Shy, solitary, taciturn. No family or acquaintances—except for Anna, a lifelong friend who could have been something more.

Daniel’s unexpected return offers help to Emma’s new company and band-aid to her damaged heart. Yet his help comes with strings, ones that threaten the tentative ‘friends only’ agreement they have made. Emma is supposed to travel with him to the city of love itself, Paris, for work. Can the estranged lovers resist the lure of the most romantic city in the world or will they forever remain as just friends?

Daniel’s hot and cold behavior has gone too far for Emma to handle. Her focus needs to be on Delacourt Designs and not on an affair that wrecks her heart. Pulling away from Daniel is painful, but necessary, though it puts her in closer proximity to Nick, the one who helped her when Daniel walked away. As their working relationship blossoms into strange feelings, Emma starts to wonder if her happy ending won’t be with Daniel after all.

In Nick, Emma finds an unexpected ally. In Daniel’s absence, he becomes a friend, a confidant, and a shrewd business partner. With his help, her new company blossoms, inspiring happiness that is only increased when it seems Emma’s father is on the road to recovery. Life is finally going well, yet she can’t seem to fully enjoy it while her heart still longs for Daniel.

Jemma Larsen has blogged her way into the job of her dreams! As a writer for a mega magazine, she earns big ka-ching, which provides a crazy good living for her and her brother, Robbie. However, the rest of her life can use a little TLC - she and her boyfriend, Hollywood hunk, Daniel Starke, are seriously on the outs. To make matters worse, his ex, Lexi, is stirring up trouble again, not only derailing Jemma's livelihood, but jeopardizing her custody of Robbie. And Jemma has had enough!

Ever since she met Daniel, Jemma’s life has been a hot mess! Whenever she and the reality show hottie are in the same room, the temperature soars to a blistering heat wave that drives Jemma and Daniel crazy for each other. Unfortunately, Jemma and Daniel’s relationship sparks jealousy with a capital J in an angry rival blogger as well as Daniel’s skanky ex, Lexi. Now, Jemma and Daniel are plastered all over the web, newspapers, and television.

Ren Ishida is nearly finished with graduate school when he receives news of his sister Keiko's sudden death. She was viciously stabbed one rainy night on her way home, and there are no leads. Ren heads to Akakawa to conclude his sister's affairs, still failing to understand why she chose to abandon the family and Tokyo for this desolate town years ago. Haunted in his dreams by a young girl who is desperately trying to tell him something, Ren struggles to find solace in the void his sister has left behind.

When Shouji Arai crosses one of his company's most powerful clients, he must leave Akakawa immediately or risk his life. But his girlfriend Youko is nowhere to be found. Haunted by dreams of drowning and the words of a fortune teller who warned him away from three women with water in their names, he travels to Tokyo, where he tries in vain to track Youko down. But Shouji soon realizes that not everything Youko told him about herself was true. Who is the real woman he once lived with and loved, and where could she be hiding?

Autumn finds it hard not to give into Hunter's advances, even though it all seems like a game to him. Trying to understand him is impossible, because he shrouds himself in mystery.

What she doesn't know is that Hunter has more baggage than anyone should have to carry. When she discovers he's in an illegal frat club to save the one person that matters to him, Autumn realizes this could mean the end of her undeniable connection to him. Even their lives are at risk.

Would you risk everything for love? Life has held nothing but hardships for Hunter Bane. Growing up with a learning disability wasn't easy, especially when you're poor. With only his brother to support him, Hunter clings to the short moments of happiness in life. Like when he meets Autumn Blakewood. Autumn Blakewood is a geek at heart. Reading is her passion, and she can't spend one day without her books. She's always locked up in her room studying, trying to avoid trouble. Until Hunter comes into her life.

Can enduring love heal her shattered soul and his broken body? In their small agricultural town, Scarlett's family is the picture-perfect variety. The mother encourages juvenile delinquents at the local detention center and her father coaches the church's youth group. All is right until Scarlett lets a shameful secret slip.

With her two best friends, Daniel and Damion, at her side, Emma finally feels as if all her dreams are coming true. Her fledgling fashion company, Delacourt Designs, is finding its feet and a love she never imagined is beckoning. Yet just when Emma’s life seems to be falling into place, it all falls apart on the heels of her father’s alcoholism and gambling addiction. Watching someone she loves tumble into ruin destroys a part of her, and suddenly Emma is faced with a choice that could change everything.