Ergebnis für "The Cone" in Literatur & Belletristik

There's nothing like being blackmailed by a dead man to really bring a group of cons together. And what a group we are: a hacker, a thief, a con artist, a thug, and a Federal agent with an ax to grind. The deal is simple: We do the jobs, and Charlie's lawyer wipes the slate clean for each of us, one at a time. Since job number one calls for some muscle, it looks like I'm up first.

Jude's drowning when he can't save his family business single-handed. The last person he expects to throw a lifeline is Rob, a rival chef who once beat him to first place in a cooking contest. Two chefs working together won't be easy. Not when Rob is everything Jude isn't - popular, extroverted, and a one-time hookup. What's worse is that Rob wears his heart on his sleeve while Jude's still in the closet.

For almost a decade, I've been the secret pen pal of a convict—my best friend's father. All I wanted was to help bridge the gap between father and son. But the innocent act soon turns into more. Through our letters, I am able to be the brave, confident guy I am in fact, not. So what if I fibbed a little when I sent him a false photograph of me? And reinvented myself in those letters? After all, what's the harm when Griff will never be released from prison?

Keir Brodie is a lawyer with good reason for his trust issues. A year after his groom didn't show up at their wedding, he's still heartsore and hurting. Work has been his savior, but a new project sets alarm bells ringing - his favorite client wants to buy a house for someone Keir thinks is a liar. Mitch's nice-guy act doesn't fool Keir, and he can't let sparks flying when they're together distract him. That's just the flare of opposites attracting, not the lifelong connection he misses.

Winning the United Kingdom's favorite singing contest is a challenge for half-Afghani Pasha Trueman. He doesn't have the best voice, but success would be life-changing. His strategy is simple - he'll make the British public love him. Ed Britten is an ex-soldier with a different agenda. Winning means he'll keep a promise made after a deadly Afghan ambush. His voice is his weapon, but he leaves his heart unguarded. Ed and Pasha's discovery that the contest isn't a fair fight calls for creative tactics. Staging a fake love story could bring victory, only there's more at stake than the prestigious first prize.

House-sitting for a friend is supposed to be a lucky break for Aiden Daly. Discovering his new housemate is the image of his first crush turns it into a nightmare. Marco de Luca is obviously interested in being more than housemates, but his resemblance to Aiden's ideal man seems only skin-deep. Besides, Aiden doesn't date.

All Charles Heppel wants is a wedding. It's not much to ask now that he's set his playboy days aside for his almost-ordained fiance. He can't wait for a lovely, lazy beach honeymoon with His Holy Hotness to continue Hugo's education in the bedroom. Surely this third wedding date will be the charm and won't get cancelled, will it? After all, Hugo's followed his calling almost to the end of his path to ordination. Nothing should keep him from gaining his own parish with Charles as his husband.

Nearly a year after being rejected for another man, Seattle paramedic Peter Morse is still pining, so when the one that got away asks him for a favor, he agrees. His mission: Track down Sean Reid, the runaway brother of a mutual friend. Peter isn't thrilled about it-until he finds Sean injured by the side of the road. Everything about Sean stirs Peter's protective instincts-saving people is what he lives for - but he never anticipated falling for someone so hell-bent on running away.

Aaron Alexander has just been released from jail after serving eleven years for causing the death of Joshua Moore in a hit-and-run. Now a free man, all he wants to do is stay on the straight and narrow and leave his troubled past behind him. But for Joshua’s mother Evelyn, eleven years in jail isn’t nearly enough. Consumed by grief and rage, she has been waiting for Aaron’s release, counting down the days until she can exact the revenge he deserves. And now that time has come.

Forced to do what he had to do to survive a brutal past, Con is jaded and angry at life. When his twin is nearly killed in a car accident, he takes the first job he can find to pay for her special care needs. He tries to put the past behind him, only to find that it comes back with a vengeance to slap him in the face. Desperate and alone, he is literally brought to his knees to do what he must for her. Con finds the online sex business pretty stimulating, as a hot Dom steps up to teach him a thing or two.

A year after the sudden death of his longtime partner, Ben, Theo Anderson is still grieving. The last thing he's looking for is a new lover. But as Theo soon discovers, sometimes life has other plans. While Theo experiences a powerful physical attraction to fellow gym member Peter, it's his new online friend, Morgan, who provides the intellectual challenge to make him come alive. Morgan is witty, brave, and irreverent, and Theo is ready to take the plunge…until he discovers Morgan might be half his age.

Artist Clay Cahill retreats to her hometown of Pine Cone, Georgia, when she’s betrayed by a woman she thought cared, and the pressure of the New York City art world becomes too much. Setting paints aside, she takes a job at her grandfather’s garage, seeking the restorative comfort of small town life where women are sweet and life flows as slow as molasses. Manhattan art gallery owner River Hemsworth is informed her aunt has bequeathed her a local gallery in Pine Cone. En route to review inventory and unload the property, River wrecks her car, and Clay comes to her rescue.

Police Officer Grace Booker’s life is good - but not quite everything she'd hoped. When a good deed goes wrong, she’s left with Dirty Harry, a raucous African parrot who really hates her. When Harry becomes louder and more neurotic, Grace takes him to the new local vet, Dr. Dani Wingate.

Veterinarian Trip Beaumont likes being a big fish in a small pond. There’s hardly an animal she can’t heal or a woman she can’t charm within fifty miles of Pine Cone, Georgia - except for the irritating and elusive new cop who keeps leaving parking tickets on her truck. Officer Jamie Grant has never liked rule breakers, but she’s especially incensed when she discovers Trip owns the truck that is constantly parked illegally. She’s searched carefully for a quiet, eclectic community to settle down with her drug-sniffing - albeit gastric-challenged - canine partner, Petunia.

Amy the part elf mage and her girlfriend Helen the succubus, put the next part of their plan in action, but before they can even start to put their scheme in place, they have to negotiate the terms of a duel between two supernatural rulers of rival cities so they can recruit the son of a Titan into their scheme. This novella is for you if you like action, romance, banter, and humor in your urban fantasy and paranormal romance.

La colección «Poesía portátil» nos brinda en No creo poder tocar el cielo con las manos una traducción inédita de algunos de los escasos textos que se conservan de la poeta griega Safo, figura clave en la tradición poética femenina europea.

Jack and Karen are an ordinary, happily married couple. They've been together for years and are convinced every problem can be worked through. Until Karen finds an odd text on Jack's phone, and her confrontation leads to a shock revelation: Jack is gay, and he wants a male lover. Seeking stability for themselves and security for their teenage children, they settle on a 'closed loop' arrangement, whereby they stay together and Jack has a boyfriend. So begins a new type of marriage, where small deceptions and unspoken fantasies are replaced with radical honesty.

Olvídate de tener que hojear páginas y páginas de aburridos libros eróticos que nunca cumplen su cometido. Estas historias cortas están repletas de momentos ardientes y apasionantes que te pondrán al rojo vivo en un abrir y cerrar de ojos. Descubre 20 historias cortas llenas de BDSM explícito, tríos orgásmicos, sexo anal duro, primeras veces llenas de sensualidad y mucho más. Definitivamente encontrarás algo para saciar al monstruo que llevas dentro. Ahora que has encontrado este paquete de historias, ya no tendrás que ir en busca de tu orgasmo solo para desilusionarte al final.

Un tempo era eccitante infilarsi di soppiatto nel bagno dell'ufficio per fare sesso col suo collega avvocato, senza che gli altri dello studio se ne accorgessero. Tuttavia l'eccitazione è presto svanita - così come la sua passione per lui. Ma quando lei spontaneamente prenota una fuga per il fine settimana a Barcellona, alloggiando nell'appartamento di una coppia lesbica, improvvisamente i suoi desideri tornano in tutto il loro splendore... Questo libro contiene i seguenti racconti brevi: "I miei ricordi di te" - "Mangia con me" - "L'uomo femminista" - "Ricordi di lui" - "Sogni lesbo".

They call her the Ice Queen. At the exclusive BDSM club known as The Zone, Mistress Marguerite is a legend. Tyler Winterman has been fascinated with her since he's known her, though the rules of their world say they shouldn't share more than mutual admiration. He is her male counterpart, one of the most powerful male doms practicing at The Zone. Due to a computer error, Marguerite lacks the mentoring program stipulation required of all Zone doms, which includes spending a number of hours learning about BDSM from the submissive's perspective.