Ergebnis für "Ella" in Anthologien & Kurzgeschichten

Being a private investigator wasn’t supposed to be complicated. I expected cheating spouses and missing pets like BonBon, a kidnapped ‘pure-bred Schnoodle’ with a ruby-studded collar. What I didn’t expect was a desperate elf on my doorstep, begging for help to find her missing parents. Nor did I think that my search would drag me back into the magical world I’d tried so hard to leave behind.

When she took refuge in my stables from merciless men, I could have excused my appealing squatter’s indiscretion, but then she ran from me. I had to have this innocent beauty. I craved the chase. She needs my help, but nothing is free in my world. I’m in a position to protect her, but it will come at a cost. Everything does. But which one of us will end up paying the price?

Vor Jahren verliebte sich Carmen in einen skrupellosen Feind – und bezahlte den Preis dafür mit Verrat, Herzschmerz und Narben, die nie verheilten. Jetzt ist Mafiaboss Stefano zurück, um sie und die Überreste des zerschlagenen Kartells ihrer Familie für sich zu beanspruchen, selbst wenn das bedeutet, einen Krieg zu entfachen. Als ihr Entführer ist er besitzergreifend und rachsüchtig und entschlossen, sie für immer zu seinem Eigentum zu machen. Doch als er den Schmerz entdeckt, den sie erlitten hat, wird seine Wut tödlich – und die Grenze zwischen Hass und Verlangen beginnt zu verschwimmen.

Tia Monroe ist klug, frech und hat einen liebenswert chaotischen Charme. Obwohl es ihr in Sachen Liebe nie an Optionen mangelte, hat keine Beziehung jemals lange gehalten. Dann sieht sie Eric Larsson: Hollywoods heißestes blondes, blauäugiges, 1,93 Meter großes Sexsymbol, und plötzlich fühlt sich „Lust auf den ersten Blick" weniger wie ein Klischee an, sondern eher wie eine persönliche Krise. Was die Sache verschlimmert, ist, dass sie ihn noch nie persönlich getroffen hat – und nun ist sie entschlossen, das zu ändern und diese Besessenheit ein für alle Mal loszuwerden … mit allen Mitteln.

Diese Box enthält die komplette Caged-Trilogie von Francesca Baez. Tauchen Sie mit diesem praktischen und günstigen Bundle ein in diese fesselnde, finstere Romanze! Mein ganzes Leben lang habe ich alles getan, was ich musste, um zu überleben.

Step beyond the lamplight and into the gilded darkness of a vanished world. Ghost Stories from the Gilded Age is a classic ghost story anthology featuring eerie tales by female authors who defied convention—Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Edith Wharton, Kate Chopin, and more. Narrated by an all-star ensemble of Audie, SOVAS, and One Voice award winners and nominees, this haunting audiobook collection blends Gothic elegance with supernatural unease.

Kinsley Felton has everything. Money, a loving family, and a modeling career. She graduates from Yale in just days, but unlike a typical college student she doesn't have to spend hours looking for a job when she graduates. Kinsley will inherit the multi-billion dollar gaming and hospitality company her great-grandfather started. The only problem is she has to do everything her family asks for in order to get that money. That includes marrying a man of her family's choosing.

Andrea Green might work for one of the most secret organisations in the world, but fighting the forces of evil comes mostly in the form of endless paperwork and mundane office banter. But when a routine inspection yields unexpected results, the fall out reveals a shattering secret.

El viaje y la relacion de pareja convergen en un mismo fin: la despedida. Con los titubeos y dificultades de toda ruptura o encuentro amoroso, los personajes de estas historias conducen sus relaciones de pareja hacia un terreno extremo mas alla del cual solo restan el olvido, la desesperanza y la violencia. Hay, entre sus variados protagonistas, jovenes que se dicen adios por indecision, un carabinero que golpea con brutalidad a su mujer tras reprimir una manifestacion contra la dictadura militar en Chile, una madre que maltrata a su hijo.

¿Puede refugiarse el alma en una barra de pan? ¿O tener la forma de una guitarra eléctrica llamada Sirena en manos de un joven pescador? Desde la antigüedad, la búsqueda más intensa del ser humano es la del lugar donde habita el alma. He aquí una respuesta actual, sencilla, irónica y sorprendente a ese gran enigma histórico. El resultado de un duro viaje de ida y vuelta a las entrañas. Cada relato de esta nueva colección está protagonizado por las diferentes formas que puede adquirir el alma.

Love. Perhaps the one word solution for everything. An emotion, a state of mind that we strive for, search for. A wondrous force that binds, inspires, and a force that can spin out of control; unbalanced and fragile. Love reflects, changes and embraces us all. In this series we explore the many facets of love through literary talents that span both time and country.

Lennox McRae is a dirty fighter. He crashed my car, stole my first kiss, then walked away with another woman. There’s no reason why, years later, when I see him in a fight, I should be lusting after his body. They call him Hard Nox, but I know him, and damned if he's getting an easy ride back into my life.

I was taken by Enzo; my heart and soul became his. It doesn't stop me from fighting for what's mine or from trying to be free, but I never thought that with him, I would find my home. Until I was stolen…. This collection includes: Stolen by Truths, Possessed by Lies, and Consumed by Truths.

I was taken. Kidnapped by a boy I thought I could love. Then he sold me as if I were property. For three years I endured. Beatings. Torture. Pain. I never broke. I was strong, determined, resilient. But then one day it happened.... I broke.

With the talents on display the most difficult task is choosing only ten. Their virtuosity, their craft and ambition scare belie the difficulties that society places upon most women. Their words cannot be denied, their literary heritage is safe forever.

Amazing collection of four paranormal stand-alone stories! This set includes these shifter romances: The Beast Inside of Him, The Last Dragon, Dragon's Baby, and Ruptured by Her.

I knew the minute I saw him that Levi Agozi was too perfect to be real. I didn't care. He came to me, asked for me, and, dazzled by his dark good looks and the bad-boy aura surrounding him, I gave in. Willingly. My father is set to become the next governor of Georgia, and he'll use me to get there if he has to. He'll hand me over, virginity and all, to the man with the biggest bank account and political pull. I wanted something more. I wanted Levi.

A collection of short stories written by prominent supporters of the women's suffrage movement in the United Kingdom....

During the Victorian era the publishing of magazines and periodicals accelerated at a phenomenal rate. This really was mass market publishing to a hungry audience eager for literary sustenance. Many of our greatest authors contributed and expanded their reach whilst many fledging authors also found a ready source for their nascent works and careers. Amongst the very many was ‘The Yellow Book’.

A wise old stuffed animal passes on his wisdom to a new one, and speaks about his story of love, loss, and finding his purpose. The Eiffel Tower develops a mind of its own. A little boy is stranded on the moon. These are just some of the unputdownable stories you will find in Behind Life’s Curtain. This anthology includes the top 25 stories from the Fifth Annual Lune Spark Young Writers’ Short Story Contest. In these winning stories, the young writers (ages 13 to 16) have delivered a wide range of plots that are sure to engage listeners of all ages.