Ergebnis für "The Darlington Teil 2 The Darlington Ethan" in Literatur & Belletristik

Dorothy Darling, 77 Jahre alt und misstrauische Eigenbrötlerin, lebt schon fast ihr halbes Leben in Shelley House im beschaulichen Chalcot. Als die 25-jährige Kat, die nicht nur pinke Haare hat, sondern auch noch ein schrottreifes Auto fährt, (illegalerweise!) bei Dorothys Nachbarn Joseph zur Untermiete einzieht, wittert die alte Dame Ärger. Shelley House soll abgerissen und durch ein Gebäude mit Luxusapartments ersetzt werden. Kat und Dorothy müssen sich verbünden, um den Frieden wiederherzustellen und Shelley House zu retten.

Matilda Rose Howards musste ihr Medizinstudium abbrechen, weil sie es durch den tragischen Tod ihrer Eltern nicht mehr finanzieren konnte. Nun ist sie nach Darling Harbour gekommen, um den mürrischen Mr. Clifford Darling, das ehemalige Familienoberhaupt, nach einem Schlaganfall zu pflegen. Leider zeigt sich ihr Patient alles andere als kooperativ, und auch der Rest der Familie macht Matilda Rose das Leben schwer, allen voran Chase Darling, der älteste der Brüder, der die Geschäfte seines Vaters übernommen hat.

Threatened by powerful enemies, William Blackburn, Earl of Ketterham, lives in exile in the Scottish Highlands with his daughter Vanessa. When she comes of age, William urges her to return to her mother in England to make her debut. Raised with all the advantages and freedom a boy would have, Vanessa doubts she can fit into the mold of a proper young lady. Still, she agrees to re-enter fashionable society, determined to end the vendetta against her father, never imagining the high price she will have to pay.

Skylar: Nach fast zehn Jahren sollte ich mich endlich mal damit abfinden, dass ich für Ryan nie mehr sein werde als seine beste Freundin. In einen anderen Teil seines Lebens gehöre ich einfach nicht. Da kommt mir der überaus attraktive Adam King doch gerade recht. Der berühmte Restaurantkritiker verbringt seinen Jahresurlaub in Darling Harbour und bittet mich, mit ihm zu trainieren. Zum ersten Mal seit langem werde ich wieder als Frau gesehen, und wenn einer die Chance hat, mich von Ryan abzulenken, dann er.

Miss Katherine Danvers has always been a wallflower. But now with her family on the brink of financial ruin, she finds herself a desperate wallflower. To save her family, she'll do anything. Luckily, she has the perfect plan.... She'll impress the ton by simply announcing she is engaged to the reclusive and mysterious Duke of Thornton, Alexander Masters, and secure strong matches for her sisters. No one has heard from the duke in years. Surely he'll never find out before her sisters' weddings and she can go back to her own quiet life.

Das Hollywood der 50er-Jahre hat Geheimnisse – genau wie Loretta Darling! Im Roman Not your Darling von Katherine Blake trifft ein atmosphärisches Setting mit Retro-Charme auf eine moderne, feministische Heldin. Übersprudelnd vor Tatendrang trifft die 20-jährige Loretta 1950 in Los Angeles ein. Sie hat gelernt, dass sie für ihr eigenes Glück sorgen muss. Und sie ist fest entschlossen, ihren Traum wahr werden zu lassen: als Visagistin in Hollywood zu arbeiten.

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Hayley Carpenter has always dreamed of being a famous screenwriter, but dreams don’t pay bills and LA living isn’t cheap. So when a temp position at a celebrity gossip magazine becomes available, she goes after it. Emerson Sterling has been acting since she was little, but a rough patch as a teenager has given her a bad rap in Hollywood. Just when she thinks her dream role can turn around the public’s image of her, a conflict with her co-star and America’s Sweetheart, Rachel Blanche, puts her on the front cover of every magazine, the villain once again.

For as long as they can remember, Jessica, Norah, and Alicia have been told how lucky they are. As young girls they were rescued from family tragedies and raised by a loving foster mother, Miss Fairchild, on an idyllic farming estate and given an elusive second chance at a happy family life. But their childhood wasn’t the fairy tale everyone thinks it was. Miss Fairchild had rules. Miss Fairchild could be unpredictable. And Miss Fairchild was never, ever to be crossed. In a moment of desperation, the three broke away from Miss Fairchild and thought they were free.

Dirk has claimed the top ranking in the Tower. His team have finally come into their own and are ready to take the fight to Kneer and the Jree. But first, there are still millions of people stuck on the First Floor that need their help. And even more back on Earth struggling to pick up the pieces of their lives after the first demon wave. Because that wasonly the first demon wave. Dirk will need to grow stronger if he’s to hold humanity together once the second wave hits. But what he wasn’t counting on was betrayal from within…

As a younger man, I imagined my future with my wife by my side and my sights set firmly on British politics—with the ultimate goal of one day becoming prime minister. A life of value, of purpose. A life where my morals might mean something, and where I could make a difference. But that vision has crumbled. My wife is gone. My political career lies in ruins. And my relationship with my son is barely breathing. What’s left is a slow decline into disillusionment and solitude.

Detective Hydessa Darling has grown up following in her mother's footsteps, always feeling like she is in the shadows of those around her. Her mother is infamous for her affinity for murderers and their victims, and she didn't raise her daughters with delusions of how the world truly is. When Hydessa stumbles across a blog describing what could only be a series of murders, she feels drawn to investigate them. But when the identity of the blogger evades them, she must travel undercover to a tourist island hotspot to find out the truth behind the blog and catch the mystery killer.