Ergebnis für "Running Wild" in Belletristik

Eine poetische Bilanz. Eine Frau lernt fern von zu Hause einen Mann kennen, Katalane und Schriftsteller, und hat mit ihm eine Affäre. Diese Liebe bringt alles ins Wanken – nicht nur die Beziehung zu ihrem Ehemann, auch ihre Sicht auf die Dinge, ihre Arbeit. Was sie erlebt, lässt eine Entscheidung in ihr reifen, die mit Risiken verbunden ist: ganz bei sich zu sein und künftig als Schriftstellerin zu leben. Aber kann jemand, der ganz bei sich ist, noch bei anderen sein? Bei einem Ehemann, bei Kindern?

I moved home to take care of my grandmother. Instead, I got caught up with the worst kind of people in town, and now, I'm the personal punching bag for a member of the mafia who has no intention of ever letting me go. He doesn't care about me. He cares about what he owns. I used to care about things like staying alive or trying to be a good man, but the longer this goes on, the harder it is to see a future different from this. I don't even have friends in this town.

High School Reunion mit besonderen Folgen! Als Ellie Mitchell eine Einladung zu ihrer High-School-Reunion erhält, steht ihre Entscheidung fest: sich beim Wiedersehen all die großartigen und erfolgreichen Lebensentwürfe ihrer ehemaligen Mitschüler und Mitschülerinnen anhören? Nein, danke! Doch dann erfährt die Buchhändlerin, dass ihre erste große Liebe zu dem Treffen nach Wild River kommen wird - allerdings in Begleitung.

City girl Calla Fletcher attempts to reconnect with her estranged father, and unwittingly finds herself torn between her desire to return to the bustle of Toronto and a budding relationship with a rugged Alaskan pilot in this masterful new romance from acclaimed author K.A. Tucker. Calla...

After global collapse, the island of Newfoundland in the warming waters of the North Atlantic has survived under female rule. Children are raised by a network of caregivers, guided by the principles of “It Takes a Village.” But the civilization is threatened when its birth rate suddenly stagnates. Eighteen-year-old Kat knows she needs to stay on the good side of her elders until her coveted job on the island's livestock ranch becomes a reality. One morning, she stumbles upon a man in the woods— an injured mainlander named Marcus who has wrecked his boat on the shore.

Former disgraced Delta Force commander Kolt "Racer" Raynor has earned his way back into The Unit after redeeming himself during an explosive operation at a black site in Pakistan. But he is about to face his deadliest challenge yet. The most wanted man in the world, American al Qaeda commander Daoud al Amriki, and his handpicked team of terrorist operatives, have acquired stores of Russian-built, shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles (SAM's) from ex-Libyan spies in Cairo.

Zach meets Samm, a seventh-generation Manhattanite whose brother has returned from Vietnam with PTSD. Together they explore protest, friendship, music, faith, and love during a time littered with hope and upheaval around the globe.

Adriana gets a job sewing for Edith Head at Paramount's costume department in the early 1940s. Adriana falls in love with a bit player named Rose and the two move in together. Living with a woman goes unnoticed as most people presume they are only roommates. But as Adriana's career blossoms, society and life start to interfere and Adriana makes decisions that affect three generations of her family.1998: Adriana's granddaughter Laura has left LA on the heels of a failed relationship and a subsequently failed career in film development.

At 42, Heather Finch has cared for and buried her husband after strokes and brain injury; now she embarks on a writing retreat in a cottage in the Scottish Highlands. When Heather believes her small writer’s cottage is haunted, she must face her past and present fears–real or imagined– that populate her mind. Chapters are set three years before juxtaposed with ones set in present day.

The stories in Animal Husbandry all deal in some way with mythology, from animal fables to imaginary friends to the myths people tell themselves. In some cases, the myths are fantastical: a farmer finds his cow has given birth to a surprising offspring; a guitarist tries to improve his skills with a visit to the crossroads; or a young girl meets with a visitor in the woods to plot against her neighbors. Others concern everyday mythology: a small-town ballplayer struggles to earn a nickname; or a man's clean bill of health arrives at the worst possible time.

After a sudden fire almost burns down one of their units, neighbors Wanda Lindstrom, Charlotte Murray, and Marcy Seele are thrust into immediate turmoil. But the trauma only worsens when a brutal murder is discovered within the ashes. As details of the homicide unfold, white nationalism and the various relationships to this controversial victim intertwine, heightening the women's complicated reactions.

In the summer of 1967, Sebastian (“Bass”) Ramsay is a young man content to be growing up secure in the love of his parents and companionship of his first cousin, his feet firmly planted on the fertile soil of their families; dual farms in mid-Michigan. His life begins to change after a chance encounter with an itinerant family convinces his cousin to run away from home.

Mark Hayes has come up hard. Poverty. Chaos. Hunger. His mother is a junkie. His father is serving a life sentence. But as his senior year looms, Mark finds a bit of peace with his mother and her girlfriend in a farmhouse outside town. Here, he hopes to escape the upheaval that has dogged him since the day he was born, but as hard as he tries, he can't outrun his shadows.

The Howard sisters weren't pretty. Sarah and Christine had buck teeth like white building blocks, capped off by wide noses, hoop nostrils, and Alabama-black skin. Justin used to throw rocks at them while they walked to school and called them voodoo witches. They'd hold hands with their heads pointed down to the dirt road and step faster, trying to out-walk him. But Justin was fast, and he wouldn't let up.

Ever since the bank robbery went wrong, Jen has been on the run. It doesn't seem like there's any escape for her, and running forever doesn't seem like a solution either. Nothing has gone right since that fateful day...until she ends up in the middle-of-nowhere Montana where she meets a cowboy who melts all of her anxiety away. Only thing is, this ain't just any old cowboy...he's a deliciously dominant lover, and he has a bear-shifting secret that drives Jane absolutely wild.