Ergebnis für "Lost Hearts" in Literatur & Belletristik

Tisaanah hat alles aufs Spiel gesetzt, um die zu befreien, die noch in Ketten liegen. Doch ihr Blutschwur an den Orden zwingt sie, einen Krieg zu führen, der nicht der ihre ist. Max will sie um jeden Preis schützen - doch als ein Verrat Ara ins Chaos stürzt, geraten sie in einen noch grausameren Konflikt.  Um zu siegen, muss Tisaanah alles riskieren - selbst, wenn es bedeutet, sich der Macht von Reshaye hinzugeben. Während Max gezwungen ist, die Führung zu übernehmen, holt ihn seine Vergangenheit ein. Seine Magie.

Fünf Menschen. Fünf Geschichten. Aber nur ein Schicksal. Während Rijel, Arian und Ileana wohlbehütet aufwuchsen, lebten die Brüder Duarte und Angor versteckt bei Leyans Eltern im Untergrund Duhrons, dem feindlichen Königreich. Verborgen vor den Augen ihres Onkels, der ihnen den Thron geraubt hatte und den sie nun zurückerobern wollen. Komme, was wolle. Doch was, wenn plötzlich die Liebe zwischen diese Pläne gerät, um sie zu durchkreuzen? Verrat und Hoffnung, Freund und Feind, Glück und Leid, Liebe und Hass.

Nach einer verheerenden Niederlage wurden Tisaanah und Maxatarius auseinandergerissen. Tisaanah setzt alles daran, Max aus seiner Gefangenschaft zu befreien - doch während sie für die Freiheit ihres Volkes kämpft, wird der Krieg immer gnadenloser. Hinter den Mauern von Ilyzath ist Max nur noch ein Schatten seiner selbst. Seine Erinnerungen sind verloren, seine Zukunft liegt in den Händen einer neuen, skrupellosen Königin.

Sie ist eine renommierte Archäologin. Er ist ihr größter Rivale. Auf einer gemeinsamen Expedition können sie sich nicht mehr aus dem Weg gehen. Archäologin Dr. Socorro Mejía, genannt Corrie, kann es nicht glauben: Ihr größter Traum wird endlich wahr. Sie darf zu einer Grabung in den mexikanischen Dschungel, um nach den Überresten eines Aztekenkriegers zu suchen, der ihr Vorfahre sein könnte. Es gibt nur einen Haken, und der heißt Ford Matthews. Denn nicht Corrie, sondern ihr Erzrivale leitet die Expedition.

Tisaanah bargained away her own freedom to save those she left behind in slavery. Now, bound by her blood pact, she must fight the Orders' war—and Max is determined to protect her at all costs. But when a betrayal tears apart Ara, Max and Tisaanah are pushed into an even bloodier conflict. Tisaanah must gamble with Reshaye's power to claim an impossible victory. And Max, forced into leadership, must confront everything he hoped to forget: his past, and his own mysterious magic. All the while, darker forces loom—far darker, even, than the Orders' secrets.

A young orphan. A sprawling country estate. A distant relative with unsettling interests. This is a tale where quiet dread builds behind closed doors, and the line between scholarly pursuit and ancient ritual begins to blur. Twelve-year-old Stephen Elliott arrives at Aswarby Hall expecting safety—but the deeper he explores its halls, the more he senses that something watches from the shadows. Whispers of vanished children, strange dreams, and spectral figures at the window speak of a secret both chilling and deliberate.

An Indie Next and LibraryReads Pick! Rival archaeologists must team up on a secret Aztec expedition, or it could leave their careers—and hearts—in ruins. Archaeologist Dr. Socorro “Corrie” Mejía has a bone to pick. Literally. It’s been Corrie’s life goal to lead an expedition deep...

Leda, a middle-aged divorcee, is alone for the first time in years when her daughters leave home to live with their father. Her initial, unexpected sense of liberty turns to ferocious introspection following a seemingly trivial occurrence. Throughout the novel, Ferrante's language is as finely tuned and intense as ever, and she treats her theme with a fierce, candid tenacity.

In the wake of a crushing defeat, Tisaanah and Maxatarius have been ripped apart. Tisaanah is desperate to rescue Max from his imprisonment, even as her people's fight for freedom grows more treacherous. But within the walls of Ilyzath, Max's mind is a shadow of what it once was . . . leaving his past a mystery and his future at the mercy of Ara's new, ruthless queen. Meanwhile, in the Fey lands, Aefe has been dragged back into this world by a king who vows to destroy civilizations in her name. But even as her past returns to claim her, her former self is a stranger.

The classic collection of five deeply resonant and disturbing interconnected stories from #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King. Innocence, experience, truth, deceit, loss, and recovery are at the core of these five interconnected, sequential tales—each deeply rooted in the 1960s...

John Palmer hasn't felt like a real man since he was injured during combat in Iraq. Though not content with his new life, he is mostly adapting, just like the other vets at the Lost 'N' Found Investigative Service. When Shannon Murphy is hired on as the new office manager, life suddenly gets a lot more interesting. Before long, John finds himself wondering if he could ever be the kind of man Shannon needs.

Lost Hearts tells the story of Stephen Elliott, an orphan aged 11 years and of an inquiring frame of mind, who is sent to stay with his much older cousin, the scholarly Mr. Abney, at a remote country mansion, Aswarby Hall, in Lincolnshire. Things get strange when Stephen is repeatedly troubled by visions of a young gypsy girl and a traveling Italian boy with their hearts missing.

Lost in Us (Book 1): James is a man who has amassed a fortune by taking risks. He's the exact opposite of Serena. But sometimes opposites attract. Found in Us (Book 2): Parker Blakesley is a powerful businessman. With a company to save, he has no time for distractions. But he can't get Jessica out of his mind. Caught in Us (Book 3): Dani's not the type to fall for a bad boy. But something about Damon draws her in, awakening a desire she's never felt. Slowly, she uncovers the secrets Damon hides.

It was the summer of 1965. Ray, Tim, and Jennifer were just three teenage friends hanging out in the campgrounds, drinking a little. But Tim and Jennifer didn't know what their friend Ray had in mind. And if they'd known, they wouldn't have thought he was serious. Then they saw what he did to the two girls at the neighboring campsite - and knew he was dead serious...Ray figured he was in the clear. Tim and Jennifer thought the worst was behind them, that the horrors were all in the past. They were wrong. The worst was yet to come.

When the tragic death of her gamester father leaves her destitute and alone, society beauty Sylvia Stafford finds work as a governess in a merchant's household in Cheapside. Isolated from the fashionable acquaintance of her youth, she resigns herself to lonely spinsterhood, until a mysterious visitor convinces her to temporarily return to her former life - and her former love.

The beloved classic that turned Carson McCullers into an overnight literary sensation and one of the Modern Library's top 20 novels of the 20th century. “A remarkable book…From the opening page, brilliant in its establishment of mood, character, and suspense, the book takes hold of the...

How does a guy who vowed not to trust another man ever again end up falling for not one, but two men? Some people might look down on being an adult star, but this job has been my salvation. It’s the only one that didn’t turn me away when learning about my criminal record. After being screwed over by my ex, I vowed to never let another man close, but when my sweet, nerdy friend Mason asks for my help improving his skills in the bedroom, I can’t resist. And then there’s my gorgeous yet grumpy parole officer who has made it his mission to save me.

Prepare to be spooked by one of England's classic scary stories. Stephen Elliot, a young orphan boy nearly 12, is called to live with a mysterious cousin in the country. Little does Elliot know that Abney has his own alchemical secrets and obsessions that will affect the young boy in ways he cannot imagine.

Mr. Abney, the owner of Aswarby, a tall, square, red-brick mansion built in the reign of Anne, proved himself to be a very evil man. No one knew more of the religious beliefs of the later pagans than did the owner of Aswarby. He performed hideous experiments on such persons as could conveniently be removed without occasioning a gap in society. The final "victim" - to employ a word repugnant in the highest degree to his feelings - must be his cousin, Stephen Elliott, a 12-year-old orphan.

This is a story from the "Great Ghost Stories" collection.