Ergebnis für "The DoOver" in Literatur & Belletristik

Perci hat es nicht leicht: Erst wird sie von ihrem Ex auf die denkbar demütigendste Weise abserviert (Zu Silvester! Live im Radio!), dann mischt sich ihre übergriffige Mutter in ihr Liebesleben ein. Um sie sich vom Leibe zu halten, erfindet Perci einen Fake-Boyfriend, dem sie dummerweise den Namen ihres Nachbarn gibt. Ihres sehr, sehr heißen Nachbarn. Der keine Ahnung hat, dass er Perci angeblich datet. Was könnte da schon schiefgehen?

Thea Rogers hat ihr Leben ihrer Karriere gewidmet. Nun ist sie auf dem besten Weg, die jüngste Partnerin ihrer Kanzlei zu werden. Doch als ein Seniorpartner unerwartet stirbt, stellt Thea fest, dass die Leute bei seiner Beerdigung nur aus Pflichtgefühl dabei sind. Plötzlich wird Thea die Frage nicht mehr los: Wenn sie morgen verschwinden würde, würde das irgendjemanden interessieren? Zum ersten Mal beginnt Thea, ihre Entscheidungen zu hinterfragen. Vielleicht ist jetzt der Moment, alles anders zu machen und ihr Leben mit Dingen zu füllen, die wirklich zählen.

Thea Rogers has dedicated her life to her career in corporate law. Apart from her colleague and long-time friend-with-benefits Alasdair, she’s forgone friendships and relationships, and now she’s on track to become her firm’s youngest ever female partner. She should be ecstatic. But when a senior partner dies unexpectedly, Thea realises the people at his funeral are only there out of duty. Suddenly, Thea can’t shake the question: if she disappeared tomorrow, would anyone care?

Fifteen years is a long time. Long enough to forget the past, forge ahead, and create a terrific life. Bella Hunt has done exactly that, complete with a successful career, a gaggle of close friends, and a home she loves. Life is good. Or it was, until her teenage nightmare and the bane of her high school existence shows up for Bella’s class on conflict resolution.

Darby doesn't want to go home for the holidays, but a career fail sends her slinking back to the small town she always wanted to escape. No one there is especially glad to see the former mean girl--especially not her sister, Erica, or childhood best friend, Gregory. Darby is working hard to be a...

Voted Most Likely to Succeed, Melanie Bartlett ended up anything but. The down-on-her-luck single mom wants a complete do-over - is that too much to ask? With her family long gone from River Bend, strong, independent Mel is as surprised as anyone to end up in the quaint small town she once called home. But with her friends, Jo and Zoe, by her side, and a comfortable room at Miss Gina's quirky bed-and-breakfast, she just might have turned the corner on a new life.

A witty, romantic comedy of errors as former high school rivals McKenna and Henry inadvertently reunite in their hometown. Hot-shot lawyer McKenna Keaton finds herself in hot water with her own law firm when she’s (falsely!) accused of embezzlement. Placed on unpaid leave, she suddenly finds...

From the author of the “genuinely funny” and “delightful” Loathe at First Sight (NPR) and “cinematic, charming” So We Meet Again (Emily Henry), a fun rom-com about a young Korean-American woman having to return to college after discovering she’s a few credits shy of completing her...

Detours are amazing creatures. A detour can cut your existence short or it can lead you down a long road that will linger far into the distant reaches of eternity. These unexpected tangents, which people stumble across nearly every day, will haunt you in a frighteningly familiar fashion. I offer you 18 eerie tales of fantasy, horror, science fiction, and all around strangeness that will take you to the edge of the map and then nudge you just a little bit further.

Award-winning crime novelist Rob Riley takes a sharp turn into dark, psychological territory with his new short story, The Do-Over. Bill Simons, a man who needs to change his life and location, moves to New York City to begin again - in many ways. A professional and a gentleman, he is off to a fine start, when he meets and begins a relationship with a beautiful woman. The past oozes into and pollutes the present, and the changes he is forced to make bring a do-over of the nightmare from which he had escaped.

What if you woke up one morning and discovered that you were your preteen self, but with all your present memories intact? What if you had a chance to undo the many things you regretted? To act on those opportunities you missed? What tragedies would you act to prevent? Given the chance, what would you change about your life - and the world?

In this audio exclusive, a Generation X'er makes a last ditch stab at previous glory by going back to his alma mater as a college student again. He gets more than he bargained for in a series of madcap adventures.

His life in utter ruins after a shameful loss, the hare connives the tortoise into a rematch.

Se vi svegliaste una mattina scoprendo di essere nuovamente il bambino che eravate, mantenendo tuttavia intatti tutti i vostri ricordi attuali? Se questo universo alternativo vi offrisse la possibilità di non ripetere più gli errori di cui vi siete poi pentiti? Di sfruttare le opportunità che avete mancato? Quali azioni potreste intraprendere per evitare tragedie a voi già note? Avendone la possibilità, che cosa decidereste di modificare nella vostra vita e nel mondo?