Ergebnis für "Rebound" in Literatur & Belletristik

A 40-something single dad, a 20-something hockey star, and a whole lot of baggage. No, this couldn’t possibly blow up in their faces. Officer Geoff Logan has his plate full. His cop’s salary and Marine retirement aren’t enough to make ends meet. He’s got war wounds and demons that are in it for the long haul. His teenagers are, well, teenagers, plus they’re pissed that he left the boyfriend they loved. Can’t a guy catch a break?

The Library's operations are expanding. Patrons come and go. Fines levied, books returned. But some dangerous books have been wiped from the system, and only surveillance helps reveal what they are. With some of these books integral to dimensional stability, they have to be retrieved no matter what. Quinn must enlist the help of her assistants and allies to perform rituals capable of locating these books. Some of the information comes too easily, hinting at deception behind every turn. They must navigate the trails before the traps snap shut!

I wasn’t supposed to be on the beach that night. Neither was Declan Beauchamp, the super-hot, super-bad-boy upcoming actor. He saved me from being hurt. But his life changed forever.

Wenn der Boss etwas will, bekommt er es auch. Und zwar immer. Ausnahmen gibt es nicht. Reeve Rockwell ist Multi-Milliardär und CEO der Miami Flames. Seinen Erfolg verdankt der Big Boss vor allem seiner Hartnäckigkeit und Zielstrebigkeit. Was er will, nimmt er sich. Egal zu welchem Preis. Aktuell will er vor allem eins: Das Ausnahmetalent Tommy Santana. Dem sechzehnjährigen Wunderkind wird eine goldene Basketball Zukunft vorausgesagt und alle Profiteams reißen sich um ihn. Umso besser, dass Tommy der Sohn von Reeves Jugendliebe Gia ist.

For Amanda, there's nothing like the peace and tranquility of flying among the clouds at 10,000 feet. The crowds and the politics of the city far behind. The packs of zombies and marauders far below. But the Necromancer has other ideas. Shot down on an emergency delivery, Amanda's mission and her life are both put in jeopardy. Threats surround her, and not just from the living dead. It's a race against her hunters, against time, against the wilds themselves......And something in the wilds is waking up!

I'm not a bad person, but maybe I did a bad thing.... Life is good for Anna Wright. She's a successful media executive working for one of the UK's largest TV corporations. She's got a great boyfriend, some close friends and a lovely home. She adores her dog, Wispa, and she loves to run to help her destress. But Anna's perfect life starts to crumble from the moment when, out jogging on the Heath one day, she meets a handsome stranger.

Adam Blackwood has it all. At 22, he's fabulously wealthy, Ryan Gosling-hot and at the top of his game in the business world. His life is perfect, until a scandal from his past resurfaces and threatens to knock the tech wunderkind down and throw his company, Boomerang, a hook-up site for millennials, into chaos.

The last time I saw Nevada Kane, I was 17, and he was loading his things into the back of his truck, about to embark on a 14-hour drive to the only college that offered him a full ride to play basketball. I told him I'd wait for him. He promised to do the same. But life happened. I broke my promise long before he ever broke his - and not because I wanted to. We never saw each other again.... Until 10 years later, when Nevada unexpectedly returned to our hometown after an abrupt retirement from his professional basketball career. Suddenly, he was everywhere.

Gigi is no longer an innocent teen. All grown up and looking for love, her family and friends worry she'll go for the sexy, alluring vampire instead of a nice, safe human. But sexy and alluring, with a penchant for biting, could be just what Gigi wants...

For Emmett Byrd, spending the holiday season with his old college friend Terry in San Diego is supposed to be about mending his broken heart. But when Terry deserts him at the last minute, leaving Emmett alone in his condo for Christmas, it's just the icing on the cake of a crappy year full of betrayal and lost love. The only Christmas spirit this Scrooge is feeling is the alcoholic kind.

After college, Gabrielle Dane makes one terrific mistake. Thinking she's sneaking into her crush's bedroom at an all-night college party, she ends up sleeping with her older brother's best friend. It's only when the sun comes up that she recognizes Holden Bellamy. Mortified, Gabrielle leaves to train with a renowned chef in France, vowing never to return to her hometown and the awkwardness of her one-night stand mix-up. But several years later, she finds herself doing just that, and she runs smack into the delicious man who makes her catch her breath.

The last thing Cole expects to get for the holidays is dumped. But there he is, in the airport on his way to Banff for a romantic getaway, helplessly watching as his boyfriend's ex declares undying love, proposes - and is accepted. With a few weeks to go until Christmas, Cole's mood dives from jolly to jaded. But instead of sitting at home alone and feeling sorry for himself, he goes to his favorite bar, McGregor's, for a pint and some company.

There are bad ideas, and there are good bad ideas. My former fiancé banging someone else—that was a bad idea. A good girl having her first-ever one-night stand with the bad-boy stranger she just met in a liquor store? Awesome bad idea. When I find out my one-night stand was looking for revenge, I should run—far away. But I don’t...because rebounding with Vince is the most awesome bad idea ever. Do I want to help him get back at our exes? Oh. Hell. Yes.

After Angela Richards’ fiancé abandons her for another woman, she is left with the lingering aftershocks that keep her heart sealed off from love. To the outside world, she is the same fiery and sassy spitfire woman with a larger-than-life attitude of the norm, but personally, she immerses herself in a contented existence while living vicariously through her sisters, Nissi and Aquila. Besides, it’s easier to mind their business than deal with the devastation of her own.

After nearly four years with Jeff, everything fell apart. For the first time in my adult life, I found myself single, scared, but liberated as well. Rather than stumble into another ill advised relationship, I would spend the next few months "finding myself" sexually. This is how The Rebound List came to be. A virgin, a silver fox, a stranger and a threesome - these are the experiences I chose. It’s my very own naughty bucket list. A series of challenges set for myself, to figure out what I want out of men and relationships.

They say your first love leaves a mark. For Calliope James, it didn't only leave a mark, it tore out her heart and left it bleeding on the ground. He was her best friend. Her first kiss. Her everything. Until one day, he wasn't. Zachary Messiah will never forget the girl with eyes the color of whiskey. But he's not that boy anymore. Cold. Cruel. He's devoid of emotion. Their paths were never supposed to cross again. But love doesn't always play by the rules.

Looking for a sexy rebound after her divorce from the dullest man on earth, Meredith baits her former high school sweetheart Winston into being the one. The sex might be hot, yet he has bigger plans than a wham bam thank you ma'am reunion.

A collection of five varied spanking stories from Xcite Books: Rebound Guy by Sommer Marsden, The Ice Queen Cometh by Astarte, Ride A Horse – Ride A Cowboy by Chloe Devlin, Girls Who Wear Glasses? By Laurel Aspen, The Good Girl by Emily Dubberley.

Venus and Jay have been going through a tough time. Still, they are giving their best efforts to keep things on a positive note. In the midst of a very busy week, full of oddly timed shifts at his two jobs, Venus insists on seeing Jay. Despite his best efforts to communicate on the day they are set to meet up, Venus is missing in action. At the last minute, Venus reaches out and abruptly alters the plans, starting a spiral which quickly leads to the end of their fling.

It was supposed to be a magical time with the boy I loved, home on summer break. But Matt betrays me with a pretty young thing, and he has no way to explain it away when I catch him in the act. Hurt and angry, I join my friend at a local bar. There I meet a stranger with piercing blue eyes. Ethan says all the right things, and I show him what I can do with a real man. But when his friends come into the mix, might I be able to do so much more?