Ergebnis für "Fleur" in Frauenliteratur

Endlich hat Amanda Greenfield ihren Abschluss in Agrarwissenschaften in der Tasche. Endlich kann sie alles, was sie gelernt hat, zu Hause auf Kyleena anwenden, damit die Farm wieder floriert. Doch ausgerechnet auf der Fahrt zu ihrer Abschlussfeier haben ihre Eltern einen schrecklichen Unfall, und ihre Mutter stirbt. Ihr Vater, gefangen in Schuld und Trauer, will die Farm verkaufen. Doch Amandas Mutter hat ihr die Hälfte vererbt. Amanda kämpft wie eine Löwin um Kyleena. Noch ahnt sie nicht, in welches Wechselbad der Gefühle das Schicksal sie stürzen wird.

When Brianna Donahue was three years old, her mother mysteriously disappeared while farming in Merriwell Bay, Western Australia. Now she works the same land while almost single-handedly raising her two children, and when her son goes missing she is forced to face the fact her marriage has huge cracks in it. Meanwhile, over 2,000 kilometres away in South Australia, Detective Dave Burrows sets off on an investigation that will impact Brianna’s world and test her relationships with those she loves most.

Luna est à l'aube de ses dix-huit ans, pourtant elle n'a jamais vu à quoi ressemblait la vraie vie. Enfermée dans le dernier appartement de la plus haute tour de la ville, elle vit un enfer. Pour exécuter son plan parfait, Luna doit trouver un moyen de quitter cet endroit pour échapper à sa mère et découvrir le monde extérieur. C'était sans compter sur Egon, assassin de renom, pour l'enlever au moment où elle pensait toucher au but.

Cela fait longtemps que Claire a quitté les terres hostiles et désolées du domaine où elle a grandi pour poursuivre ses études et sa carrière de vétérinaire à Sydney. Mais quand elle reçoit l'invitation de sa grand-tante Aurelia à une réunion de famille, Claire est ramenée à son passé. Elle qui était partie après une violente dispute avec les siens... Bien qu'à contrecœur, Claire rejoint l'arrière-pays australien. Mais comment va réagir sa mère, Ellie, qu'elle n'a pas revue depuis cinq ans ?

Few of the eccentric inhabitants of her father's Main Line, Philadelphia, estate have much time for Fleur Robins, an awkward child with a devotion to her ailing grandfather, a penchant for flapping and whirling, and a preoccupation with God and the void. While her mother spends much of her time with her hand curled around a wine glass and her abusive father congratulates himself for rescuing babies from the devil abortionists, Fleur mourns the fallen petals of a rose and savors the patterns of light rippling across the pool.

Ce fut une enfant adorable, une jeune fille charmante, une femme compatissante et dévouée. Elle a traversé la Bretagne de part en part, tuant avec détermination tous ceux qui croisèrent son chemin : les hommes, les femmes, les vieillards, les enfants et même les nourrissons. Elle s'appelait Hélène Jégado, et le bourreau qui lui trancha la tête le 26 février 1852 sur la place du Champs-de-Mars de Rennes ne sut jamais qu'il venait d'exécuter la plus terrifiante meurtrière de tous les temps.

After the death of her husband, Adam, in an horrific plane crash, Gemma Sinclair defies community expectations—and Adam's dying words—by deciding to hang on to Billbinya, the 10,000-hectare station he bequeathed to her. As if Gemma's grief and the job of looking after Billbinya aren't enough, a wave of innuendo soon sweeps the community that Adam's plane crash was no accident. Police officers confirm the rumour when they visit Gemma and tell her Adam's death was almost certainly related to his involvement in a cattle and sheep duffing ring.

When Ashleigh decides to flee her controlling husband, Dominic, she knows he'll hunt her down. The only way to escape is to disappear and reinvent herself. Moving to the tiny rural town of Blinman, one day she visits a ruined homestead in the area and becomes fascinated by the people who lived there during the 19th century. But just as she begins to unlock the secrets of her own past, Dominic arrives in town, determined to punish her....

Since inheriting Nambina, the property that's been in her family for generations, Laura Murphy has worked wonders. Rather than just focus on farming she has set up a successful school teaching women the basics of managing a property—from fencing and mustering to handling the financial side of the business. But the notoriously self-reliant Laura is lonely and still scarred by a tragedy from her past. She's also grappling with the hostility of her nearest neighbor and former best friend, Meghan Hunter. The fact that Laura's ex-boyfriend Josh is Meghan's brother only makes things worse.

Fiona is devastated when her husband Charlie commits suicide after the accidental shooting of his friend. Though Fiona decides to keep farming their successful property, rumours that she intends to sell keep circulating. When Detective Burrows arrives to sign off on the investigation into Eddie's death, his suspicions are aroused by some strange anomalies at the scene. As Dave becomes increasingly convinced that something sinister is going on, Fiona finds herself dealing with disasters at the farm.

Armed with an honours degree in Agribusiness, Amanda Greenfield dreams of employing all the skills she's learnt at college to help her father turn the family farm from a debt-ridden, run-down basket case into a thriving enterprise. Then tragedy strikes with the death of Amanda's mother in a car accident. Wracked by grief and guilt, and wearied by the long struggle to keep Kyleena a going concern, Amanda's father argues that they should sell up and get on with their lives away from the vagaries of drought and fluctuating stock and crop yields.

Lauren Ramsey is so concerned about the welfare of a boy in her kindy class, she doesn't realise her own daughter, Skye, needs help. At 14 Skye finds the only person who will listen to her problems is Tamara Thompson, the manager of her favourite clothes shop. Tamara knows what it's like to be a troubled teen, and despite her successful career and loving partner, her sense of worthlessness still threatens to overwhelm her.... Sometimes you have to resolve the past before you can face the future.

Bossy. Heart of stone. Snarly mess next door. Send help before I'm prick-matized.... My next big mistake has a name. Warren Ford. Best kept secret in this weird little town. An alpha's alpha. Spartan abs. Too blunt for everybody's good. Moody, broody, mysterious, and totally up in my business.

Known simply as Savannah, a beautiful face on the covers of glamour magazines, Savannah Graham has the perfect life...or so it seems to the world. Behind closed doors her reality is far from perfect. When a person she should be able to trust threatens her, she returns home to Blue Ridge Valley, the only place she feels safe. The valley is also where he lives, her first and only love.