Ergebnis für "Fine Line" in Literatur & Belletristik

A story of the extraordinary lives of ordinary people. Set between Victorian Liverpool and Dundee and the battlefields of the First World War, three families face the perils of life on the economic cliff-edge, where a single misstep can send lives plunging out of control. Crossing a century of dramatic change, their journey begins in the aftermath of the slave trade, moving through the era of Empire expansion and Industrial Revolution to a time of religious strife and global conflict.

Oakland Pratt has spent her life trying to keep her head down. She is an obedient daughter, a quiet believer, a devoted Mormon woman taught to swallow her doubts and follow the rules. But when she meets Christine, a flustered brewer with bedroom eyes, restless hands, and a brain that short-circuits every time Oakland gets too close, everything shifts. What starts as a flicker builds into something Oakland can’t ignore. Falling for Christine doesn’t just unravel her faith. It pulls her from everything she has ever known and into a movement that challenges everything she was raised to believe.

Elayne ist ganz besessen von dem Spiel Fine Line, einem eigentlich typischen Onlinespiel. Doch bald stellt sie fest, dass an Fine Line eigentlich gar nichts normal ist, nachdem sie der Gilde Xanadu beitritt. Denn die Gilde hat durch eine spezielle Technologie die Möglichkeit, in den Körper ihrer Avatare einzutauchen. Anfangs gefällt Elayne dieses phänomenale Spielgefühl, doch schon bald entbrennt ein Kampf um Leben und Tod, als jemand versucht, diese Technologie zu stehlen.

I only wanted a cup of coffee. Alone. It was a simple request, right? Just stroll into the coffee shop on the corner, grab my usual cup of liquid nitrogen, and walk back out. All while minding my own business. But I had to walk in at that exact moment. Not 10 minutes earlier. Not 10 minutes later. Precisely when Savannah Fields needed someone to help her. When no one except me had the courage to stand up for her. After the incident, she looked at me like I was her hero. But I'm no hero. I don't even know who or what I am anymore. Who is Nick Tucker? A DEA agent? A criminal? Both?

Former St. Louis City policeman Charles Wilson Merritt is now robbing banks with his cohort, Monty Pruegger. The plan was simple: just a couple of easy, small town jobs, where no one gets hurt, so they could obtain the money to buy their own saloon. When two prostitutes enter their lives with the power to love them or destroy them, things begin to change, making Charlie question what is right and wrong. After a robbery goes bad and two tellers are killed, the law is after them and closing in fast..

After the disappearance of a suspect and a hastily organized election, the power balance in Leadville and the friendship of Sheriff Gannon and Marshal Spencer are thrown into turmoil. But the unknown forces driving the election, push both men to decide on which side of justice they are willing to reside; lawman or outlaw.

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Set in Regency England, Stephanie Laurens' New York Times best-selling Bastion Club series evokes a bygone era where romantic entanglements rule the day - and inflamed desires rule the night. In A Fine Passion, Jack, Baron Warnefleet, narrowly avoids marriage when he flees London for the refuge of his estate. But there waits Lady Clarice Altwood, whose beauty is impossible to ignore.

James Williams has it all, apart from the need to have a baby. His investment banking job is challenging and lucrative. His home is practically a palace, and he’s married to a gorgeous woman half his age. The only problem James keeps failing to address is that his wife Zoe can't stop spending money. Sneaking shopping bags into the house and hiding receipts, Zoe is driving the household into poverty. Things have to change.

His old life in the rearview, Del Castigliano has left Wisconsin to work homicide for the Seattle PD. Breaking him in is veteran detective Moss Gunderson, and he’s handing Del a big catch: the bodies of two unidentified men fished from Lake Union. It’s a major opportunity for the new detective, and Del runs with it, chasing every lead - to every dead end. Despite the help of another section rookie, Vic Fazzio, Del is going nowhere fast. Until one shotgun theory looks to be dead right: the victims are casualties of a drug smuggling operation.

Leopold Van Eschen is in big trouble. All the money in the world won’t save him from what he’s done. On the run, desperate to get away, Leo finds himself seeking help from a bunch of vagabonds he meets in a railyard. Leo has no idea his whole world is about to change. Killian has been homeless and living on the fly for nine years. The closest thing he has to family is a group of fellow freight-hoppers.

Jason Reinier fell in love with Mik Sanders the moment they met. After years of pining after his best friend, a single night of passion showed him Mik felt the same. Their future together seemed guaranteed until a painful truth tore them apart. To escape the heartache of losing his best friend and lover at once, Jason accepted an offer overseas to play professional rugby. Mik remained, tethered to a life he neither expected nor wanted. Eighteen years later, Jason has returned to face his former lover turned brother-in-law, while Mik plays the part of doting husband and father.

Who hasn't let their mind drift on their daily commute? This story starts with fantasy—the hot, well-read man on the train catches your eye and gives you something to look forward to from Monday to Friday. It ends with that reverie turned to reality, where the guy is just as into you as you are him, and you're bolder in real life than you ever expected to be. The laws of attraction and the politics of commuting come together in the close quarters of the Washington, DC, metro system.