Ergebnis für "Elliot" in Literatur & Belletristik

Michael hat dem Spiel den Kampf erklärt. Es genügt ihm nicht mehr, in den Schatten zu lauern und er geht einen Weg, der ihn unweigerlich mit den Mächten in Konflikt bringen wird. Aber die Mächte sind keine leichten Gegner. Und auch nicht Michaels einzige Widersacher.

Zwei alte Gutshöfe und ein Familiengeheimnis, das bis in den zweiten Weltkrieg zurückreicht - der bewegende Auftakt zur Geschichte von Gestüt Sommerroth und seiner Bewohner. Für die zwanzigjährige Emilie ist das Gut Zimny in Ostpreußen der schönste Ort der Welt. Hier widmet sie sich ganz der Zucht ihrer geliebten Trakehner Pferde. Doch als die Rote Armee angreift, muss die Gutsherrntochter überstürzt fliehen. Inmitten größter Not trifft sie auf Leutnant Johann Sommerroth, der ihr und den Pferden in den Westen helfen will. Erstmals schöpft sie wieder Hoffnung.

Michael findet sich im Reich des ewigen Königreichs wieder, ohne zu wissen, wie er dorthin gekommen ist oder wer er ist. Trotzdem muss er am Großen Spiel teilnehmen und sich ein neues Schicksal schmieden. Würdest du in einem Kerker voller Monster und seltsamer Magie überleben, wenn deine Niederlage den Tod bedeutet? Allein und mit wenig mehr als seinem Verstand als Hilfe muss Michael als Spieler vorankommen, seine Feinde besiegen und Erfahrung sammeln. Und das alles, während er Intrigen um ihn herum navigiert und seine Bestimmung entdeckt.

Anne Elliot, 27 Jahre alt und unscheinbar, ist die mittlere der drei Töchtern Sir Walter Elliots, eines lediglich auf sein Äußeres bedachten und auf seinen Adelstitel stolzen Witwers...

Elliot Sawyer wasn’t supposed to be alive. He’d cheated death by changing shifts with one of his men. Sure, his man asked for the change, but guilt gnawed on his heart every second of every day. If he’d been there, maybe he would have seen something, done something to stop the massacre. Leaving Guardian wasn’t an option for him, but changing assignments was.

Monate sind vergangen, seit Michael das Ewige Königreich betreten hat, und während vieles im Spiel ein Rätsel bleibt, ist er sich seiner Rolle im Spiel immer sicherer. Doch sein Überleben – geschweige denn sein Erfolg – ist alles andere als gesichert, und Michael muss einen heiklen Weg bestreiten, um sich seinen Platz zu erobern. Uralte Geheimnisse tauchen wieder auf. Und längst vergessene Wahrheiten werden aufgedeckt.

Mit ihren siebenundzwanzig Jahren hat Anne Elliot sich in einem Leben als Mauerblümchen und alte Jungfer eingerichtet. Früh zur Vernunft gezwungen, erwartet sie nichts mehr von der Liebe. Das Band zu dem Mann, den sie noch immer innig liebt, hat sie in jungen Jahren zerschnitten, und der Kummer über diesen Schritt lässt sie nicht los. Doch eines Tages steht er wieder vor ihr und Anne schlägt ein neues Kapitel in ihrem Leben auf. Mit feinem Gespür für die unterschiedlichen sprachlichen Nuancen liest Kornelia Boje Jane Austens posthum erschienenen Roman.

I’m the last single mom standing. We had a plan. Move into my great aunt’s old house and raise our kids together. Just four best friends, doing their best to stay afloat. But then three of them had to go and fall in love. Now, my crumbling brownstone is filled with loving couples, leaving me in the cold.

Michael's plans have shifted, or rather, he has upended them. His once simple plans for raising House Wolf have morphed into something different. Will he succeed at his new goals? Will the Forerunners? Or will Michael's allies be made to pay for his overreach?

On the run, injured, and out of options, I had no choice but to go back to him. Back to the one place I swore I wouldn’t—because staying away was the only way to keep him safe. Jude Hebert. My one-night stand turned unexpected protector. A rugged, guitar-playing lumberjack with broad shoulders and blue eyes that could light up the darkest Maine night. And the man determined to keep me safe.

Michael finds himself in the realm of the Forever Kingdom, with no memory of how he got there and who he is. Even so, he must participate in the Grand Game and forge a new destiny for himself. Dropped into a dungeon of monsters and strange magics, would you survive in a game where to lose means death? Alone, and with little more than his wits to aid him, Michael must advance as a player, slay his foes, and gain experience. All while navigating the intrigues around him and discovering his purpose.

Opposites attract when a fish-out-of-water actress and a grumpy Scottish whisky distiller are forced to work together to save the business they both love. As a child, April Sinclair dreamt of escaping her quiet island life to become a world-famous actress. Now fully grown and with her...

Michael has escaped the clutches of the Dark, if only temporarily. Surfacing in the world above, he finds matters no less complex than down below and survival as challenging as it had been in the dungeon. Is the harder path the one you must forge on your own? Many want Michael as their ally. Yet more want him dead, and the Dark is not done with him either. Can he find a way to navigate the treacherous waters of the Game and uncover the mysteries about himself? Or will Michael bend to Powers greater than him?

Cecelia Leary is ready for a fresh start. And starts don't get any fresher than where she is right now—back in her childhood small town, jobless and newly single. She needs to take some time and figure out what to do with her life. She cannot afford to be distracted by the sexy brewer who just offered her a job. But...she is... Liam Quinn works alone. Always. But if he wants to take his brewery to the next level, he needs Cecelia's marketing expertise. Entertaining any stupid romantic notions about the curvy, wild-haired beauty would be a huge mistake.

Twenty years ago Emily Mills's father was murdered, and she found his body hanging in the backyard. Her younger sister, Madison, claims she was asleep in her room. Her older sister, Tara, claims she was out with friends. The tragedy drove their mother to suicide and Tara to leave town forever. The killer was caught. The case closed. Ever since, Emily and Madison have tried to forget what happened that night - until an eerily similar murder brings it all back.

From two former military officers and award-winning authors, a chillingly authentic geopolitical thriller that imagines a naval clash between the US and China in the South China Sea in 2034--and the path from there to a nightmarish global conflagration. On March 12, 2034, US Navy Commodore Sarah...

Dace Tolman’s life has been overturned. One moment he was in his apartment and the next, he and the rest of humanity find themselves in a strange world of monsters and magic. A new world. There is nothing benign about mankind’s new home. The Proving Grounds is a world seemingly designed to enhance those worthy of its gifts—and to kill off the rest. Every day is a struggle against the System and its creatures. Can Dace survive its challenges?

A burgeoning Power. Dormant followers. Ancient forces. Forgotten Allies. And Lurking Enemies. Will they clash? And when they do, will the Wolf emerge triumphant? Michael has come far in the Game since his somewhat-ignominious entry through Erebus’ dungeon. Now, a force to be reckoned with, he is more than a mere player and someone the Powers would do well to fear… But as Michael’s power has grown, so too has his Pack.

Michael reaches Nexus, but finds advancing more challenging than he’d anticipated. Factions abound, allegiances shift, and separating truth from lies is harder than ever. The line between friend and foe blurs, and Michael’s path grows murkier. Nexus is a place of both opportunity and danger. Sitting at the heart of the world, the city is home to thousands—ordinary people, players, but Powers too. Can Michael remain free of their clutches, or will he become entangled in the Powers’ machinations? Will Nexus be the death of Michael?

What happens when you accidentally throw a blueberry pie in your brother's best friend's face? You marry him a week later for health insurance, of course.