Ergebnis für "Stoner" in 20. Jahrhundert

Standing on the platform at Grand Central Depot, Ted Harper is surprised by a fiery kiss from an undeniably gorgeous damsel in distress. He's certain she's a swindler who's only after his money, but he's never met a woman so passionate and sure of herself. Disarmed, he invites her to spend the journey to St. Louis in his private car—perhaps against his better judgment . . .

New York City's Gilded Age shines as bright as the power-wielding men of the Knickerbocker Club. And one pragmatic industrialist is about to learn that a man may make his own destiny, but love is a matter of fortune . . . Born into one of New York's most respected families, William Sloane is a railroad baron who has all the right friends in all the right places. But no matter how much success he achieves, he always wants more. Having secured his place atop the city's highest echelons of society, he's now setting his sights on a political run. 

As owner of a well-respected national newspaper, Calvin Cabot has the means to indulge his capricious taste for excess—and the power to bring the upper crust of society to its knees. So when a desperate heiress from his past begs for his help, Calvin agrees . . . as long as she promises to stay out of his way. Except, like the newsman, this willful beauty always gets what she wants . . .

From New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller—and “the finest in western romance” (RT Book Reviews)—comes a moving and passionate tale of one single mother’s journey to protect her daughters—and her heart. While fleeing from her ex-husband with her two young daughters...

New York architect Ignacio Thomas was enthralled by Barcelona, the city of the Modernistas. The opportunity to renovate one of the stellar attractions of the city gripped his creativity to its core. From his first introduction, he was caught in the swirl of beauty and freedom that abounded in the architecture of the city, and in the architecture of Alexis, his project coordinator.

‘Graceful, moving and powerful . . . a wonderful story that seems to have been waiting, all this time, for Kline to come along and tell it’ MICHAEL CHABON For decades, Christina Olson’s whole world has been a rocky, windswept point on the coast of Maine, the farmhouse her ancestors fled to...

The New York Times bestselling author of The Library of Light and Shadow crafts “an enchanting glimpse of Jazz Age New York” (Christina Baker Kline, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train) about a young painter whose traumatic past threatens to derail her career at a...

Winters are long on the windswept coast of Connemara, where Tara Doherty has come to live after the death of her husband. The isolation is all but unbearable until a tenant moves into the house at the bottom of the hill. James Dunford has come from America, but he won’t say why. He spends his days fixing up the cottage and walking the beach with a stray dog. As the weeks pass, Tara tries to get to know James, but he resists her at every turn. And it's not until a local villager recognizes him from the news that she realizes his visit might be about more than just a vacation.

Alexa & Tyrell - Ein verführerischer Geschäftsmann und eine junge Frau, die begierig ist ihre Grenzen kennenzulernen. Wieder der gehetzte, abwesende Ausdruck in Tyrells sonst perfektem Gesicht. "Irgendetwas fehlt in meinem Leben. Ich kann dir nicht genau sagen, was. Aber irgendetwas fehlt." Die unvermittelte Ehrlichkeit des Augenblicks hätte unter anderen Umständen dafür gesorgt, dass Alexa sich unwohl fühlte. Doch hier und jetzt, mit diesem Menschen, ließ die Ehrlichkeit eine Verbindung zwischen den beiden entstehen, die ihr vollkommen neu war." Du wirst es herausfinden.