Ergebnis für "MAiA" in Frauenliteratur

A sweeping, haunting story of a postwar spy, two women's search for a missing friend, the hunt for a secret diary and the medieval castle high in the Austrian Alps that ties them together, decades apart. By the author of The Last Secret, an instant national bestseller. October 1945 By day and...

Maia D'Apliese y sus hermanas regresan a la impresionante mansión familiar donde crecieron al descubrir que su adorado padre, que las adoptó en distintos lugares cuando no eran más que bebés, acaba de fallecer. Cada una recibe un sobre que contiene una prometedora pista sobre su origen. A Maia, la mayor de las hermanas y nuestra protagonista, la suya le lleva a una casa en ruinas en Río de Janeiro. Allí comenzará a recomponer las piezas de su historia.

«¿Julia Frances Spelman? ¿El avezado J. F. Spelman con quien Sebastian había mantenido una correspondencia cada vez más tensa durante los últimos meses era una mujer?» Tras heredar el marquesado de Somerset, Sebastian sabe que su vida no volverá a ser la misma. Ahora deberá hacerse...

"Empecé a amarte en este mismo lugar la primera vez que intenté seducirte" Tras conocer la intención de su hermano, el marqués de Somerset, de desposarla con un viejo noble, Elisabeth Alwood abandona el hogar de su familia en Londres dispuesta a embarcarse rumbo a Europa junto a su dama de...

Grandir, pardonner et... manger des pâtes ! "J'ai peur du chiffre quatre. C'est une superstition très répandue en Asie. Le rêve ! Enfin des gens qui me comprennent ! Je devrais peut-être déménager... Vous avez beaucoup d'autres phobies ? Vous avez combien d'années devant vous ?" Anna a peur - de la foule, du bruit, de rouler sur l'autoroute, de la maladie, ou encore des pommes de terre qui ont germé... Elle est aussi enceinte de son deuxième enfant. Pour affronter cette nouvelle grossesse, elle décide d'aller voir une psy.

After a local couple's path to the altar is sabotaged, retired spy Irma Abercrombie and sun-deprived nerd Violet Blackheart get roped into lending a hand sorting out the duo's wedding woes—and all the bodies. Meanwhile, Violet preps for her business partner's island arrival—blender drinks at the ready—as Irma secretly tries to track down Violet's former CFO...and their company's former money.

It's summertime on Lake Ontario's Beaver Island, and there's trouble on the horizon. When a remote-controlled tractor goes berserk at the ground-breaking for a new condo development—toppling some magnificent cupcakes in the process—retired spy Irma Abercrombie's finely-honed paranoia goes into overdrive. And after a beloved local is murdered, she and nerdy houseguest Violet Blackheart are drawn into another island intrigue.

When one of Irma's friends asks for help vetting a potential suitor, she's sure that a little digging into his past will do the trick. But after she discovers that a robotic appliance might be on a rampage in the almost-beau's swanky houseboat community, she sets out to entice Violet into unravelling another technological snafu.

Former spy Irma Abercrombie wasn't looking for drama when she invited Violet Blackheart—a brainy, sun-deprived acquaintance—for a visit at her island home. But after an armed robbery in town goes terribly wrong, Irma gets pulled into an island intrigue: Was it a simple snatch and grab, or are there darker forces at work?

Ally D’Aplièse é uma grande velejadora e está se preparando para uma importante regata, mas a notícia da morte do pai faz com que ela abandone seus planos e volte para casa, para se reunir com as cinco irmãs. Lá, elas descobrem que Pa Salt - como era carinhosamente chamado pelas filhas adotivas - deixou, para cada uma delas, uma pista sobre suas verdadeiras origens. Apesar do choque, Ally encontra apoio em um grande amor. Porém mais uma vez seu mundo vira de cabeça para baixo, então ela decide seguir as pistas deixadas por Pa Salt e ir em busca do próprio passado.

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER "An extraordinarily powerful novel cinematically weaving one gripping layer into the next . . . The Last Secret delivers a thrilling story of survival and love that held me spellbound throughout." —Genevieve Graham A sweeping, dazzling dual-timeline novel centering...

ONE OF CBC'S MUST-READ BOOKS OF THE YEAR Louis Riel arrives at Batoche in 1884 to help the Métis fight for their lands and discovers that the rebellious outsider Josette Lavoie is a granddaughter of the famous chief Big Bear, whom he needs as an ally. But Josette learns of Riel’s hidden...

L’amour, c’est comme la tombola : pas facile de tirer le bon numéro. Question de chance ou de... lucidité ? Prenez une hypnothérapeute en quête de stabilité sentimentale, amoureuse d’un père célibataire harcelé par une ex prête à tout pour ne pas être oubliée, y compris à traquer sa rivale. Ajoutez un zeste d’idéalisme et le rêve d’une relation parfaite. Cela donne un triangle amoureux à haut risque…

Dans la nuit du 18 au 19 janvier 2011, Laëtitia Perrais a été enlevée à 50 mètres de chez elle, avant d'être poignardée et étranglée. Il a fallu des semaines pour retrouver son corps. Elle avait 18 ans. Ce fait divers s'est transformé en affaire d'État : Nicolas Sarkozy, alors président de la République, a reproché aux juges de ne pas avoir assuré le suivi du "présumé coupable", précipitant 8 000 magistrats dans la rue. Ivan Jablonka a rencontré les proches de la jeune fille et les acteurs de l'enquête, avant d'assister au procès du meurtrier en 2015.

"Spore" follows hard-working Rosália, a manicurist who has built herself a solid reputation and is trusted by her wealthy clients; that is, until she unexpectedly discovers her own dark side. Now she will have to go to great lengths to hide her twisted urges.

Um balneário tranquilo, uma loja abandonada, um apartamento pequeno. É isso que espera Polly Waterford quando ela chega à Cornualha, na Inglaterra, fugindo de um relacionamento tóxico. Para manter os pensamentos longe dos problemas, Polly se dedica a seu passatempo favorito: fazer pão. Enquanto amassa, estica e esmurra a massa, extravasa todas as emoções e prepara fornadas cada vez mais gostosas. Assim, o hobby se transforma em paixão e logo ela começa a operar sua magia usando frutos secos, sementes, chocolate e o mel local, cortesia de um lindo e charmoso apicultor.