Ergebnis für "Reserve" in Literatur & Belletristik

Theo Jennings is a young auctioneer at the Thoroughbred sales ring in Newmarket. The October yearling sales are where the big money exchanges hands in frenzied auctions. It's the greatest gamble in all of horseracing, and one that can end in ruin. Theo has just made the biggest sale of his life when he overhears a secret conversation between the two bidders – can they really have colluded to fix the price of his big sale? When that same horse is found dead the next morning, he has no choice but to investigate.

Twenty-nine-year-old Vanessa Cole is a wild, stunningly beautiful heiress, the adopted only child of a highly regarded New York brain surgeon and his socialite wife. Twice married, Vanessa has been scandalously linked to any number of rich and famous men. But on the night of July 4, 1936, at her parents' country home in a remote Adirondack Mountain enclave known as The Reserve, two events coincide to permanently alter the course of Vanessa's callow life.

I fell for Connor Drake. I didn't want to; I fought against it, but I fell in love with him anyway. With his words. With his poetry. With him. The gentleness and beauty of his soul that speaks directly to mine. He writes as if he can feel my heart, hear its cadence and compose the exact right lyrics to accompany every beat and flow.

Robust yet complex, these vintage domestics sparkle on the palate with innuendo and overtone. Fruity, nutty, buttery in part; the oak is constrained, the acid balanced with an easy follow and hardly a recoil on the pungent recollection.

Un matin, Ludovic tombe bêtement en panne d'essence à la sortie de son village. Rien de grave à priori, pourtant ses ennuis ne font que commencer et sa vie en sera bouleversée à tout jamais. Car la pénurie de pétrole qui paralyse le pays interdit toute faiblesse ou indolence. Jour après jour, Ludovic raconte ses mésaventures, ses petites victoires et ses grandes médiocrités. Son monde s'écroule et il n'a rien vu venir. Personne n'a rien vu venir.

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Privatdetektiv Philip Maloney ermittelt mit Charme, Schalk und unverkennbarer Raubeinigkeit. Seine Fälle werden ihm von seinen Klienten zugetragen und beginnen harmlos, doch stößt Maloney im Laufe der Ermittlungen meistens auf eine Leiche. Widerwillig muss er mit der Polizei zusammenarbeiten. Der zuständige Beamte ist nicht der Hellste und löst lieber Kreuzworträtsel als Kriminalfälle. Am Ende klärt immer Maloney den Fall.

Un jour, Lisa décide de plaquer son ancienne vie. Mais, debout sous la pluie et dans le vent, elle comprend que la tâche risque d’être difficile. Alors même que tout espoir a disparu, elle fait la rencontre impromptue d’un homme sexy et sûr de lui. Lisa décide de saisir sa chance.