Ergebnis für "Melody" in Frauenliteratur

"Weißt du, was ich dir schon so lange einmal sagen wollte?", fragte sie und sah in diese treuen dunklen Augen. Wie jeden Sommer kehrt Valentina zum alljährlichen Melonenfest heim nach Andalusien, wo ihre Eltern eine alte Gärtnerei betreiben. Dabei steht gerade ein wichtiges Projekt in Berlin an, von dem ihre Beförderung zur Marketingleiterin abhängt.# Als Valentina, kaum angekommen, einer rollenden Wassermelone das Leben rettet, ahnt sie nicht, was in den nächsten Tagen wirklich auf sie zurollen wird.

Bethany Parker has never seen trouble like this. Haunted by terrifying visions of a giant, bat-like monster demanding freedom, the fifty-year-old mystic is terrified any mistake will unleash Hell on Earth. And just as she starts to piece together a plan, she loses the powers she's worked so hard to master. Discovering the cursed mansion where she lives has a secret chamber that may hold the answers she needs, Bethany desperately seeks clues to its location.

Bethany Parker is falling apart. Stunned on her fiftieth birthday to discover her stepchildren hate her and her husband wants a divorce, the devastated homemaker is suddenly and unexpectedly on her own. Taking a job as caretaker for a mysterious estate, Bethany fears she's lost her mind when she learns the house is cursed . . . and she holds the power to break it. Teaming with a pushy medium, a hard-drinking housekeeper, and a sarcastic talking cat, the discombobulated divorcée struggles to master the magic she never knew she had.

Bethany Parker finally feels at home. With a found family of fellow supernatural outcasts, the fifty-year-old divorcée starts to believe she can make peace with her past. But when the vampire she freed receives a visit from his former partner-in-crime, she discovers she's not the only one running from trouble. Threatened with death by the new arrival unless she retrieves a magical artifact, Bethany plots to thwart the bloodsucker's trap. But even with the help of her level-headed medium friend and loyal talking cat, the recently awakened mystic fears she won't master her powers in time.

On the outside, Esther Hsu looks like the proverbial second-generation immigrant success story, an Ivy League grad taking a well-earned break from her lucrative consulting career. However, she sees herself differently: almost 40, jobless, aimless, alone. She's an imposter hiding her failure from everyone, including her oldest group of friends—the Mathey Girls, named after their old Princeton dorm.

In the second installment of the Twelve Horizons of Charlie, Charlie heads to New Orleans. This book starts off in an unusual way with a new wedding and a new life. Charlie is continuing to find herself in a world that she wanted to leave behind. She’s finding joy in life again and a man who makes her laugh. But more important than romance, Charlie is finding herself.

Als Melodys Mann sich nach zwei Fehlgeburten heimlich sterilisieren lässt, beantwortet sie diesen Vertrauensbruch mit einer Affäre und wird schwanger - von einem ihrer Schüler. Das hat Konsequenzen im erzkatho­lischen Irland. Melody schwankt zwischen dem stillen Glück, das das werdende Leben in ihr auslöst, und der Schuld, die sie mit seiner Entstehung auf sich geladen hat. Doch die Entscheidung, die sie letztlich trifft, ist so unkon­ventionell wie mutig.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey delivers a sexy, hilarious standalone holiday rom-com about the adult children of two former rock stars who team up to convince their estranged mothers to play a Christmas Eve concert… Melody Gallard may be the daughter of music royalty, but...

An ex-FBI agent soon discovers that his missing Online gal pal is really a mob princess in hiding. As he searches for her, his niece gains a new friend. The missing woman's ghost.

Growing up, Lili Maria Fernandez was affectionately known as the family "wild child". She loved to dance, especially salsa, merengue, and bachata, and often sang beside her father during rehearsals for his trio group. But tragedy and loss have drawn out Lili's caretaking side, compelling her to become a victim's advocate. These days, the special rhythms of the past seem like a distant memory. Until she meets Diego Reyes.... A police officer with the Chicago PD, Diego also has a talent for playing classical Spanish guitar. Lili soon finds herself inspired by his passion.

What boundaries would you cross for true love? That's the question a grieving mother must answer when she takes in a young street musician to learn about her daughter's death and finds herself falling for him. A sexy but touching love story that will have you equally tantalized and in tears. Jane's Melody follows a forty-year-old woman on a romantic journey of rediscovery after years of struggling alone. Sometimes our greatest gifts come from our greatest pain. And now Jane must decide if it's too late for her to start over, or if true love really knows no age.

Melody's Radar tells the story of a downtrodden single mother who is sick of being pushed around and takes matters into her own hands. She tries to set a good example for her five-year-old daughter Amelia but the trouble is that Melody doesn't know when to stop. Her intensity becomes scary for anyone who is on her radar but her lack of personal understanding means she doesn't fully grasp the affect she is having, sometimes causing menacing ripples.

In the 86 Bloomberg Place series, four diverse young women with varying levels of faith, differing interests, and unique personal issues share a four-bedroom bungalow in an energetic college town. In Spring Broke, Kendall's housemates help her plan a garage sale to pay off her accumulated shopoholic debt. Megan is trying to decide whether to quit her job and pursue work more meaningful than designing wealthy people's homes.

Newly engaged Lelani has returned from Maui to Bloomberg Place and is trying to book her wedding date. Unfortunately there are scheduling conflicts for that same weekend. For starters, Megan and Marcus have a family wedding commitment. Anna and Edmond have promised to attend his younger stepbrother's Bar Mitzvah and, to everyone's surprise, Kendall has just accepted her "Maui Man's" proposal of marriage and also wants to be wed on that first weekend in June.

An entertaining and humorous look at the relationship dilemmas of four unlikely female friends who share a small bungalow while launching their careers.

Charlie heads to New Orleans. This book starts off in an unusual way with a new wedding and a new life. Charlie is continuing to find herself in a world that she wanted to leave behind. She's finding joy in life again and a man who makes her laugh. But more important than romance, Charlie is finding herself. Charlie leaves New Orleans and doesn't last long back home in Oregon before Stephy finds a new adventure for her. This time, though, it's all different.

Rafe Palazzo takes what he wants with no regrets. Arianna (Ari) Lynn Harlow has led a charmed life until tragedy strikes her family. He’s looking for a no-emotions attached mistress, she’s looking for redemption. They aren’t a pair that should ever work, but undeniable attraction and devastating tragedy brings them together in the city by the bay where he fights to keep their relationship nothing more than an enjoyable way to meet his needs, and she battles to not lose herself in him.

After the death of her daughter, Melody, Jane never thought she would find happiness again - until she met Caleb Cummings. Sensitive, loving, and mature beyond his years, Caleb is a handsome young musician struggling to make ends meet. But when his fortunes take an unexpected and drastic turn for the better, Jane is left wondering where exactly she fits in.

Elle Jamieson is a private person, in relationships as well as at work - and for good reason. But then she's made redundant and with no ties to hold her, she heads off to sunny Malta. Lucas Rose is furious when his summer is interrupted by the arrival of Elle, his ex. Forced to live in close proximity, it's hard to ignore what they had shared before Lucas's wedding proposal scared Elle away…

Brought to you by Penguin. Three sisters. Three secrets. Three ways to fall . . . Forcibly seduced by George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham and King's favourite, doctor's daughter Hester was cast aside to raise her illegitimate son, Rafe, alone and in secret. She hopes never to see his father...