Ergebnis für "Sugar" in Literatur & Belletristik

1923 in Midland, Texas, and Miss Dara falls in love with her best friend - who also happens to be a girl. Terrified, Miss Dara takes a job at Sugar Land Prison for men, hoping to keep her secret attractions under lock and key. Once there, she befriends inmate and soon-to-be legendary blues singer Leadbelly, who sings his way out (true story) - but only after he makes her promise to free herself from her own prison. Sugar Land is a triumphant, beautiful debut novel about the heart’s refusal to be denied what the heart wants.

With eloquence and wit, Wayne Hoffman explores the unlikely camaraderie between a young Jewish man and an Orthodox rabbi, in this rich, insightful novel about love, honesty, faith, and belonging. In Yiddish, there is a word for it: bashert - the person you are fated to meet. Twenty-something Benji Steiner views the concept with skepticism. But the elderly rabbi who stumbles into Benji's office one day has no such doubts. Jacob Zuckerman's late wife, Sophie, was his bashert. And now that she's gone, Rabbi Zuckerman grapples with overwhelming grief and loneliness.

An app that gives you a real connection. Theo had dreams to touch the sky before he got pregnant in a one-night stand. Now, desperate for money, he’s willing to throw himself at a dating app to find a sugar daddy. Convinced he’s nothing more than damaged goods, he’s shocked when someone takes an interest in him. Quinton is the man who seems to be in the perfect spot, all the time. His best friends even call him “Win” as a nickname. But the one place he hasn’t lucked out is in love.

Nathaniel has been crushing on his hot Jamaican teacher, Mr. Jelani, for the whole year. At first, he is convinced that Mr. Jelani is straight, because all the girls flirt with the muscular, dark-skinned hunk. But when Mr. Jelani unexpectedly kisses Nathaniel during their tutoring session, everything changes. When Nathaniel finds out that Mr. Jelani is actually a secretly wealthy BDSM daddy, he gets more than he bargained for. Will Nathaniel and Mr. Jelani find happiness, and what will happen in the dark corners of their BDSM room?