Ergebnis für "Lifer" in LGBT

Ivil Antagonist has everything a woman could want. Power enough to blanket out suns and turn worlds into molten hells, a fleet of warships at her command, and the fear of an entire space-faring nation. But she's silently growing tired of being at the top. There is no place more lonely for someone who has killed all of the competition, and she knows that it will be impossible to find an equal.

Die introvertierte Archivarin Eloise führt in Londons British Library ein stilles Leben zwischen vergilbten Seiten und den Geschichten, die sie so liebt. Als sie der charismatischen, aber distanzierten Anneli begegnet, beginnt etwas in ihr zu klingen, das sie längst vergessen glaubte. Anneli steht als Frontfrau »Raven« mit der weltberühmten Metalband Ravens Reign im Rampenlicht und auf den großen Bühnen der Welt. Ihr Leben ist ein ständiger Kraftakt zwischen Selbstinszenierung und Selbstschutz – und das letzte, was sie riskieren darf, ist zu viel Nähe.

Oscar Wilde's life – like his wit – was alive with paradox. He was both an early exponent and a victim of 'celebrity culture': famous for being famous, he was lauded and ridiculed in equal measure. His achievements were frequently downplayed, his successes resented. He had a genius for comedy but strove to write tragedies. Matthew Sturgis draws on a wealth of new material and fresh research, bringing alive the distinctive mood and characters of the fin de siècle in the richest and most compelling portrait of Oscar Wilde to date.

Matt Bomer's heart-rending narration in this new audiobook edition offers a fresh and poignant listening experience of Hanya Yanagihara's timeless modern classic. Perfect if you're an A Little Life fan or a new listener. 'I'm not exaggerating when I say this novel challenged everything I thought...

Nachdem der 19-jährige Moritz von Zuhause ausgezogen ist, will er vor allem eines: Endlich sein Leben genießen und nicht mehr verstecken, wer er wirklich ist. In einem Club trifft er auf Alex, der ihn sofort fasziniert, aber niemanden zu nah an sich heranlässt. Auf den ersten Blick perfekt für Moritz, der sich wegen seiner Vergangenheit auf nichts Festes einlassen will. Doch Moritz' Herz übernimmt die Führung und sorgt für mächtig Chaos: In seinem Kopf, aber auch bei Alex, dessen ablehnende Haltung langsam zu bröckeln beginnt …

A sweet and sexy hockey romance about two ex-teammates and former best friends with benefits who are about to discover whether you can ever really have a second chance. From the New York Times bestselling author of the Heated Rivalry, Rachel Reid. After moving back to his hometown ten years ago...

Read by Patricia Allison (Sex Education) Almost Life is Kiran Millwood Hargrave's breathtaking story of love and longing, of the lives we almost live and the choices we don't make — and finding the courage to embrace who you really want to be. 'The biggest weepy since One Day' - Stylist 'A...

Conor: It starts with a drunken text pic. The kind I would normally never send. Only, instead of it going to the flirty hotel bartender, it goes to some random stranger who actually responds. Wells: The first thing I notice about Conor Newell when he sits down in my high-rise conference room is how delightfully nervous he is. Then I see his tie. The same geeky tie that’s held hostage on my phone. The one that belongs to my anonymous late-night texter. And it changes everything.

Noah Zheng hat alles erreicht, wovon andere nur träumen: Er ist Star-Tänzer am renommierten New York City Ballet, gefeiert für seine Disziplin, Perfektion und Hingabe. Als eine schwere Verletzung seine Karriere ins Wanken bringt, steht Noah vor dem Abgrund. Wird er je wieder tanzen können? Und wer ist er ohne die Bühne? Während sein langjähriger Partner und Manager Ezra verzweifelt versucht, ihn wiederaufzubauen, beginnt Noah sich immer weiter von ihm zu entfernen. Jahrelang war der Erfolg das gemeinsame Ziel in ihrem Leben. Jetzt, da alles auseinanderbricht, haben sie nur noch sich.

"A skillful narration of this story, especially its humor, makes this a fun and enjoyable performance" —AudioFile on Can't Spell Treason Without Tea Bookshops & Bonedust meets Our Flag Means Death in this cozy fantasy on the low seas, where lesbian pirates find out if enemies actually can...

'A gorgeous, wildly seductive novel, shimmering with intelligence, humour and joy' - Sarah Waters Longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize In 1838 Frédéric Chopin, George Sand and her children travel to a monastery in Mallorca. They are there to create and to convalesce, to live a simple life...

Graham Norton has been entertaining audiences and having fun with some of the world's biggest stars for nearly twenty years. He is loved across the nation for his delight in the peculiar and for his ability to find humour and a common ground in all that life brings. The Life and Loves of a He...

From the author of Love at First Set, a new irresistible enemies-to-lovers, grumpy/sunshine queer romcom for fans of Delilah Green Doesn’t Care, about a wedding-obsessed city girl who inherits a horse farm from her estranged late aunt, and clashes with the cocky, unfairly hot farrier who...

After giving twelve years of my life to the service, I didn't just lose my leg. I lost everything, including my career. When the dust settled, the only person still standing by my side in the rubble was Brandt—the single lifeline I had left to a world I didn't want to live in anymore. With painstaking care, he healed my body and my mind. When he eventually started healing my heart, I realized I didn't just need him in my life, I needed him in ways I'd never wanted him before.

Jen Fletcher is grateful to have a job. Any job. Even the boring, daily grind as a courier. Except for Thursdays, when her regular route swings through the swanky side of town, and she gets to flirt with Suzanne Dixon. A dark-haired beauty who dazzles in everything from sweats to business suits. Whose briefest touch sends heat racing through Jen’s body.

Dr. Maddie Anderson has always put her career first, love last. Until she meets Lourdes Russo — magnetic, mature, impossible to resist. Their chemistry is scorching, but Maddie’s walls are hard to break, and Lourdes won’t wait forever. When a health crisis forces Maddie to choose, will she risk it all for love… or lose it too little, too late?

A FINALIST for the Booker Prize, the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize, the VCU/Cabell First Novelist Prize, the Lambda Literary Award, the NYPL Young Lions Award, and the Edmund White Debut Fiction Award “A blistering coming of age story” —O: The Oprah Magazine...

Do you believe you can know someone inside and out? Know every piece of them. Their passion, their pain, their happiness and grief? Do you think it’s possible there’s one person out there that’s meant entirely for you? That out of everyone you meet in your lifetime and everyone you miss, you’ll find them without fail? Fate. Soulmates. Do you believe in it? I didn’t. But everything changed with him.

Written with White’s signature honesty, irreverence, and wit, The Loves of My Life is the culmination of a legend's life and work, a delightful and moving tour of over seventy years of being unabashedly gay and in love with love in all its forms.

Brought to you by Penguin. *Shortlist, Debut Fiction, 2023 Nero Book Awards * London, 1894. John and Henry have a vision for a new way of life. But as the Oscar Wilde trial ignites public outcry, everything they long for could be under threat. After a lifetime spent navigating his desires, John...