Ergebnis für "The Bad Penny" in Literatur & Belletristik

One wild night in the 1930s, midwife Patty Peel is called to attend a birth on the opposite side of Liverpool. She pedals off into the storm and delivers a baby girl in a filthy slum dwelling, just as the mother dies. The drunk and violent father tells Patty to get rid of it so she takes the child away, meaning to deliver it to the nearest orphanage. However, Patty spent her entire childhood in an institution, except for the frequent occasions when she ran away, and cannot bear to hand the baby over.

Frank, an Army Special Forces veteran, screwed up, went to prison, and is now out, living in small-town Wyoming and trying to go straight. But then some old "friends" from the big house come to collect on a favor, and everything goes totally nuts, forcing Frank to go outside the law to save the one thing he cherishes most.

When Jared Johnson first meets Clarice Connaught he saves her from the hands of her father, who is brutally beating her in the street. Never one to walk past someone in distress, Jared doesn’t hesitate to help. But who is this girl and what is her story? Jared Johnson started with nothing. At just twelve-years-old he was orphaned and homeless, but eight years later, Jared is a success. Running McGuire’s Rag & Bone Yard and surrounded by friends, all Jared needs now is to find the perfect girl to settle down with.

The continued adventures and misadventures of Montana of Coggeshall.

Reddit horror sensation Dathan Auerbach delivers a devilishly dark novel about a young boy who goes missing, and the brother who won't stop looking for him. Eric disappeared when he was three years old. Ben looked away for only a second at the grocery store, but that was all it took. His brother...

Aspiring supervillains (and super nerds) Jonathan and Andrew attempt to hold their own in a town full of monsters, while eleven-hundred-year-old vengeance demon Anya is just looking for something to give her life purpose again, spending her days working at an evil juice bar. But soon word gets out that there's a new Big Bad on the scene, one more powerful and more destructive than anyone who has come before. She, of course, is Buffy the Vampire Slayer. And she's hell-bent on rooting out all of this reality's evil by any means necessary.

The world’s last day has arrived. Hell itself has come to Earth. Streets of fire, rivers of blood, and the trains aren’t running on time. But Morag Murray isn’t going down without a fight. And as the mother to the anti-Christ, she feels a wee bit responsible.

In this gripping, horror-laced debut, a young Cree woman’s dreams lead her on a perilous journey of self-discovery that ultimately forces her to confront the toll of a legacy of violence on her family, her community and the land they call home. "A mystery and a horror story about grief, but...

An Atlan warlord in hiding. In pain. In danger of succumbing to a horrible fever. Only one woman can save him. One. All he has to do is find her before he becomes a Big Bad Beast.

Between her waitressing job, volunteer work, and college classes, there are never enough hours in Maggie Reilly’s day. Especially not for a relationship. Luckily, she’s got the perfect arrangement: a lover she meets three or four times a year. But when she shows up at the hotel expecting to hop into bed with one man, she accidentally ends up with another - Ben Barrett, Hollywood’s most notorious bad boy.

Emily gives her V-card to a sexy Biker Daddy named Noah. She expects to just carry a wonderful memory home with her, but she soon learns she’s carrying something else—or rather, someone else. With no way to contact Noah, she feels she’s fated to being a single mother. Then she meets him at the little town of Breaker’s Post, and their romance picks up right where it left off. The problem is, she isn’t just Emily now. She’s Emily, mother of Jacob, and he’s the father.

Father's death hasn't been easy on me, and things just got a lot worse. I honestly didn't think things could get any worse. That was before the Barbarians came to collect his debt from me. Desperate to pay it off, I agree to take on a job at their repair shop.That's where I meet him....Tall, sweet, sexy, mysterious. He's my dream man, but he's one of them. I can't risk being with him, right?

I hate how I'm always overlooked by the other members of the compound. No matter what I do, none of the other members seem to take me seriously. I just want to find someone who will love me for me. That's when he comes into the picture. Tall, handsome, sexy. He's a bit rough around the edges, but he is everything I want and more. However, there's more to him than meets the eye. How do I get him to open up to me?

After hearing what happened to Beth when she arrived, I decided it’s time to rejoin Megan. It’s better than always looking over my shoulder until I move away. Moving to the compound wasn’t as bad as I thought, but it did have a few surprises. The first of them being him…tall, strong, handsome, sexy. The last thing I ever expected was to fall for one of them. However, now that I’m here, I have a big decision to make. Am I going to let him win me over or return to a normal life?

Life in the motorcycle group is all I've ever known, and the changes get a bit overwhelming. I'm glad to see my friends settling down, but I feel like there's something missing from my life. I want to move on and make a life for myself, maybe even fall in love. However, I don't know how. That is until I meet her. She's everything I could ask for, but she's dating someone already. When the boyfriend becomes abusive, I must decide just how far I'll go for her. People change for the strangest of reasons, and love is the strangest of them all.

I thought I was doing the right thing when I left my ex years ago. He didn't need to worry about me, especially everything that happened. Ever since I left, everything has been working out for the better. That is until I make the mistake of attending a motorcycle show. That's when I'm reunited with him. Tall, strong, handsome, sexy. He's everything he was when we were in love, and he's thrilled to learn the truth. However, how am I supposed to fit in this new world of his?

Everyone's finally settled into their place in the new club, and we're all happy. However, I feel like something is missing. What do I do when a one-night stand produces something entirely unexpected?

HAILEY. Freedom to do what I want is what makes moving away all the better. I never thought that anything would have worked out like this, but people are a lot nicer than I expected. When I get invited to help out at the motorcycle show, I can't refuse. That's when I meet him…tall, strong, handsome, sexy. SHANE. The fact that everyone is settling down with Littles has me on edge. That's when I meet her…short, sexy, curvy, beautiful. Maybe it is time I started settling down. The only question is, how do I tell her I'm part of the motorcycle group?

The group is expanding, and I want to be part of it. However, I prefer something a little more personal. So, when she wanders into my life and provides the perfect opportunity to make things better, I can't possibly pass that up.

Nearly a century of harmony between four crime families. Calvos. Castillo. Rossi. Kova. Names that make you fear. Names that mean power. Names that mean blood. Peace between the most ruthless names in Chicago. But good things never last, do they? Rivalries run deep. Not even 87 years of alliances can erase the past.