Ergebnis für "Romans" in Militär

Beth Brown glaubt nicht an Vorahnungen, aber ihr letzter Traum ist zu realistisch, als dass sie ihn ignorieren kann: Bei einer Flugzeugentführung wird ein gut aussehender Passagier erschossen. Beth weiß, dass sie dem geheimnisvollen Mann aus ihrem Traum noch nie begegnet ist, denn an ihn würde sie sich definitiv erinnern. Als dann aber auf dem Weg zu ihrer Arbeit am Flughafen mehr und mehr Details aus ihrem Traum Wirklichkeit werden, beginnt sie, Nachforschungen anzustellen...

Lüneburg 1945: Die Hansestadt ist überfüllt mit Vertriebenen aus Ostpreußen, die Wohnungsnot und der Hunger machen den Menschen schwer zu schaffen. Auch die junge Netti hat auf der Flucht alles verloren. Immerhin ergattert sie für sich und ihre Familie ein ungeheiztes Zimmer auf einem Bauernhof, willkommen sind sie dort aber nicht.

Roman McNamara is not only the president of the Savage Kings of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina but he’s also the king of one-night stands. Growing up in a tourist town where there’s a party every night means living up the good life with no commitments to anyone but the MC. There’s just one woman Roman can’t get off his mind no matter how hard he tries....

Après des débuts un peu chaotiques, la relation professionnelle de Condor et de Sabine est devenue parfaite. Non seulement, elle est l'archiviste qu'il ne croyait pas possible de trouver mais en plus, elle a réussi à percer son épaisse carapace de soldat et est entrée dans son cœur.

As heir to a title and great wealth, Will Masterson should have stayed home and tended his responsibilities. Instead he went to war. Now, after perilous years fighting the French, he intends his current mission to be his last. But all his plans are forgotten when he arrives in the small mountain stronghold of San Gabriel and meets her. Knowing herself to be too tall, strong, and unconventional to appeal to a man, Athena Markham has always gloried in her independence.

Alexandra veut parcourir le monde librement, sans subir les gardes du corps que son père lui assigne. Les faire tourner en bourrique est d'ailleurs son sport favori. Avec Tom Drake, les choses risquent pourtant de changer. En bon militaire, il ne se laisse pas intimider par la jeune femme. Et qui sait, un jour, elle aura peut-être besoin de lui pour de bon... Découvrez ce roman revisité et réinventé, avec un chapitre supplémentaire qui vous entraîne dans les surprenantes coulisses de sa création. En bonus, savourez une nouvelle désormais introuvable comme seul Gilles Legardinier sait en écrire.

In 1944, American naval officer Lt. Wyatt Paxton arrives in London to prepare for the Allied invasion of France. He works closely with Dorothy Fairfax, a "Wren" in the Women's Royal Naval Service. Dorothy pieces together reconnaissance photographs with thousands of holiday snapshots of France - including those of her own family's summer home - in order to create accurate maps of Normandy. Maps that Wyatt will turn into naval bombardment plans. As the two spend concentrated time together in the pressure cooker of war, their deepening friendship threatens to turn to love.

Meet Nikki Holden - she may know 140 characters, but social media is not her venue. She's an investigative reporter with more enemies than friends - and her friends are very shady. She's on the trail of a stunning story at Pleasure Island. And she doesn't mind using her pickpocket talents or a well-aimed champagne cork or even a pair of 38s (boobs, not guns) to get her story. She's tenacious, sarcastic, and an ex-con. Meet Roman Cantrell - ex-army ranger who couldn't stop fighting, he went off the grid doing Black Ops but came back to the US to start an international security firm.

No More Parades is the second of four in Ford Madox Ford's Parade's End tetralogy, a work that Ford hoped would contribute to the obviating of all future wars. The novel follows Christopher Tietjens, a wealthy British landowner and the last British Tory; his unfaithful wife, Sylvia; and his mistress, Valentine Wannop. Highlighting the tension between traditional values and the new reality of a world marred by war, the novel details Tietjens' turmoils in both his personal life and on the warfront—and what follows when those struggles become one and the same.

1937. Alix St. Pierre tiene dieciocho años y nada en los bolsillos. El sueño de conquistar París acaba de comenzar. 1943. Alix ahora es refinada, independiente y audaz. Experta en relaciones públicas en Nueva York, ha lanzado varias campañas publicitarias en la alta sociedad de la moda. Mientras tanto, una nueva organización de inteligencia del Gobierno de EE. UU. necesita espías para terminar con Hitler.

The village trattoria, Casa Maria, is famed for its food and for Elena, the formidable matriarch who runs it. But now war has come to Umbria. Sophia di Luca cooks brilliantly and expects to take over the trattoria from Elena one day. But instead it is charismatic, unpredictable Giorgio Capaldi who has inherited it and now arrives from Rome to run it. While Sophia and Giorgio clash, the town falls under Nazi occupation. And when no one knows who to trust, it is Casa Maria that becomes the centre for secrets, dangerous passions and ultimately betrayal.

After failing to help evacuee siblings whom she witnesses being separated, May wishes she’d had the confidence to speak up. When Jess suggests a pantomime to boost morale on the station, May is desperate to help - but is held back by her own insecurities. With her low self-esteem also affecting her relationship with Squadron Leader Peter Travis, May is fed up with being her own worst enemy and decides to take charge of her destiny. But the past she ran from, plus a crisis with one of the evacuees, throw May into the midst of a drama that will test all of her newfound confidence.

Sono gli anni del secondo conflitto mondiale; Katherine Lind è una ragazza straniera che ha trovato lavoro nella biblioteca di una piccola città della provincia inglese, diretta dall'insopportabile signor Anstey. Un giorno riceve una lettera: è di Robin Fennel, il suo vecchio amico di penna, una delle poche persone che conosce nel paese. Il pensiero di Katherine corre subito alla leggendaria estate dei suoi sedici anni, passata nella casa dei Fennel, e all'attrazione nata tra lei e Robin. Non si sono mai più sentiti da allora, ma lui - che è sotto le armi - le annuncia una visita.

Une femme militaire qui n'aspire qu'à se venger. Un agent des Forces Spéciales marié, blasé des femmes. Leur rencontre va bouleverser leur vie. Néfertiti a travaillé dur pour préparer sa vengeance. Elle n'a plus qu'un dernier objectif à atteindre : faire partie de l'élite en incorporant les forces spéciales. Dès qu'elle croise le chemin de son instructeur, tout bascule. Ce macho marié, n'est autre que sa flamme jumelle. Va-t-elle réussir à embrasser le destin qu'elle s'est choisie, tout en échappant à cette histoire d'amour impossible ?

When bon vivant Italian opera star turned pilot Pietro is shot down during WWII, he nearly loses his life. Worse, he's lost his passion for music and is close to losing his sanity in a soul-crushing prisoner-of-war camp in South Africa when he meets Iris. He has a vision of love worth dying for - worth living for - and realizes he must find his voice if he ever hopes to find her again.

Having done her duty as an ATS girl, Lance Corporal Ruth Cox is moving on to new challenges and has signed up to work as a gunner girl, helping to keep the skies clear of enemy planes and safe for our brave boys in blue. But on the way to her new barracks, Ruth meets handsome Sargeant Sam Johnson. Ruth isn’t looking for romance, and she knows she has a dangerous job ahead, but there is a connection between her and Sam that she can’t deny.

Fleeing a fiery inferno, beautiful, aristocratic Bryony Paget falls unconscious into the arms of a handsome stranger. She awakens with no memory of her proud aristocratic past - only the stirrings of desire kindled by her mysterious rescuer. American patriot Ben Clare has no time for romance - or for the dark-haired beauty who interfered with his midnight raids for liberty. But he cannot resist Bryony's innocent passion - and together they steal joy amid the strife of bitter war. Too soon the cruel discovery of Bryony's true identity forces her to choose between the Loyalist father she adores and the rebellious man she could never live without.

Honor and conviction clash with loyalty and love in this epic Civil War novel that pits brother against brother. Winner of the coveted John Esten Cooke Award for Southern Fiction, Noble Cause chronicles the clash of a Confederate cavalry officer with a Union spy as they defend their beliefs, their country, and their honor.

When Darcie purchases several old suitcases at auction that had been abandoned in a railway station locker, she doesn't know what to expect. The first is disappointing but as she opens the second, she discovers rare and beautiful dresses for the 1940s, lovingly folded, and a notebook of designs to go with them. Written inside the cover is the name: Nathalie Leroux Why did she leave her most prized possessions at the station eighty years ago? Darcie's quest for answers will draw her into the world of the French resistance as she works to uncover the truth about a devastating wartime secret.

1945 – krigen i Stillehavet er slut. Blandt de ruiner, den har efterladt sig, er en lille gruppe mænd på et militærhospital på en ø »et sted i Ostindien«. De er på en særlig afdeling. Afdeling X. Afdelingen for »trope-kuller«. Krigsneurose. Fem mand og en sygeplejerske, som de tilbeder, og som er klar til at slås for dem og deres ret til at blive betragtet som mennesker. En hårfin balance mellem vidt forskellige personligheder. Da brydes billedet.