Ergebnis für "The Unexpected" in Krimis & Thriller

Als Holly ihren Frust ausnahmsweise mit Alkohol bekämpfen will, fällt sie in einem Club bei einer wilden Party von der Theke – direkt in die Arme des verboten gut aussehenden Asher. Beim Frühstück am nächsten Morgen erzählt Holly von ihrem Studium. Da stellt sich heraus, dass Asher nicht nur sexy ist, sondern auch eines der lukrativsten Unternehmen New Yorks besitzt. Als Holly am nächsten Morgen in Ashers Büro erscheint, stellt sie fest, dass Ashers Geschäftspartner niemand anders ist als ihr Ex, der keine Gelegenheit auslässt, ihr das Leben schwer zu machen.

Former president Everett Shaw had his whole life laid out for him from the time he was a child, and he lived out every expectation to complete and utter perfection...until he met the one man who changed everything. Everett was looking forward to a quiet life with the man of his dreams at his side. But one brutal act of violence stole that bright future away. A decade later finds Everett nearing the age of 60 and living a shell of a life. But when his estranged son is horribly injured while saving the life of another, Everett leaves everything behind.

The Butcher. My nickname isn’t really a nickname. It’s a calling. An identity that I was born with, and one that’s as much a part of me as my heart or my liver. I’m violent, remorseless, and I delight in causing pain. I’ve never made any apologies for my nature. Never felt the need to…until I saw Bianca. When I glimpsed her, something inside me shifted. Before I even knew what I was doing, I’d kidnapped her and stolen her away.

Für Chelsey läuft in diesem Winter nichts wie geplant: Ihr Mitbewohner setzt sie vor die Tür, behält die Kaution ein und dann brennt auch noch ihr kleines Café ab. Glück im Unglück: Ihre Cousine benötigt über den Winter eine Urlaubsvertretung. Kaum hat sich Chelsey in Landons luxuriösem Penthouse eingerichtet, da kreuzt Landons Ex auf und Landon stellt Chelsey prompt als seine neue Verlobte vor. Am nächsten Tag macht Landon Chelsey klar: Das war alles nur Show!

In May, 1899, a hundred and fifty unassuming envelopes are delivered to households across the city. Most of them will be picked up by butlers and carried on silver trays to their recipients. All of them contain invitations to the wedding of Lady Eleanor Serrs to Mr. Ryce Penn.

Sich in den Mafiaboss zu verlieben war eine Sache, schwanger zu werden eine andere, aber was wird passieren, wenn die Vergangenheit plötzlich zurückkehrt, um Dich heimzusuchen? Alles, was Izzie wollte, war, ein ganz neues Leben zu beginnen, nachdem sie einer toxischen und missbräuchlichen Beziehung entkommen war. Sechs Monate nach ihrer Flucht hatte Izzie langsam ihr Leben und sich selbst wieder aufgebaut. Zumindest bis sich ihr Weg mit dem von Zaccheo kreuzte.

Traummann oder Lügner? Als was entpuppt sich Rachels attraktiver Retter? Die Romance von Rebecca Baker endlich auch als Audiobook! Rachel Davis erlebt gerade das schlimmste Date ihres Lebens. Doch misslungen ist der Abend nur so lange, bis der attraktive Mann vom Nebentisch den Abend nicht nur rettet, sondern unvergesslich macht. Bei Cooper Harts Anblick wird jeder Frau heiß und kalt. Auch Rachel kann sich der magnetischen Anziehungskraft des Ex-Navy-SEAL nicht entziehen. Als sie jedoch nach einer überwältigenden Nacht allein wieder aufwacht, verflucht sie ihre Dummheit.

Depressed, lonely, and tired of life, George Thring leaves work one night but never makes it home. Before he knows it, he's driven over 200 miles in the wrong direction and finds himself in a strange little town, in the middle of nowhere, during their annual Elvis Presley appreciation festival. As he stumbles from one mishap to another, George meets the woman of his dreams, unwittingly aids in a bank robbery, and finds himself pursued by both the police and a gang of angry criminals.

Mrs. Virgil (Emily) Pollifax of New Brunswick, New Jersey, was a widow with grown children. She was tired of attending her Garden Club meetings. She wanted to do something good for her country. This first in the series sends Emily on her first case after she successfully persuades a skeptical CIA recruitment officer that she is the best person for the job.

Auf der städtischen Eislaufbahn prallt sie dann auch noch mit dem gutaussehenden, aber arroganten Unternehmer Dayton Hall zusammen, der ziemlich unverschämt wird. Doch am nächsten Tag steht Dayton plötzlich in ihrer Bäckerei und bietet ihr einen zweifelhaften Deal an, um den Laden zu retten. Dort zeigt sich Dayton von einer anderen Seite und scheint alles in sich zu vereinen, wovon Leanna je geträumt hat: Er ist charmant, reich und geheimnisvoll.

March 1147. Assassination, espionage, betrayal. King Owain has ridden east to confront King Madog of Powys with the attempt on the life of his son. Rhys, now abbot of St. Kentigern’s monastery, hopes for peace and calls both Madog and Owain to the negotiating table. Peace, however, is the last thing on Madog’s mind. Recalcitrant, self-righteous, and angry, he sees King Owain’s recent weakness as his opportunity and knows that Owain’s own barons are circling like wolves, waiting for the chance to overthrow him.

He was her shelter in a storm of secrets. She was the spark that set his heart on fire. Cian Cooper is consumed by a mission of vengeance. Nothing will stop him from seeing it through to completion. Until a homeless woman stumbles into his world and adds an unexpected complication. She causes something in him to come alive. For the first time in years, he starts to think about more than revenge, feel emotions he has long locked away. Caught in a world she doesn’t understand and too afraid to trust, will Skylar realize Cian is more than she believed him to be?

Ein Deal, eine heiße Nacht und jede Menge Liebeschaos... Dieser prickelnde Liebesroman lässt Herzen schmelzen! Jede Menge Schulden, immer noch keinen Job und jetzt auch noch ein Unfall: Als Isabella Abbott den Ferrari des attraktiven Carter Jenkins rammt, scheint ihre Pechsträhne auf dem Höhepunkt angekommen zu sein. Gefrustet stürzt sie sich in eine wilde Partynacht – auf der sie prompt Carter wiedertrifft und ihm durch einen wilden Kuss den Deal mit seinem Geschäftspartner vermasselt.

Elisa Leal is looking for some joy in her life. Years of tragedy and struggle took their toll, and now she is searching for new connections to raise her spirits. When she discovers proof that her biological father is alive, she decides to find him and make contact. Her quest leads her to the small town of Bliss, Colorado, and the strangest man she’s ever met—Mel Hughes. He believes in aliens and sasquatch conspiracies, but he’s also kind of awesome. And there might be even more in Bliss to make her smile.

A princess is missing and a peace treaty is on the verge of collapse in this new Veronica Speedwell adventure from the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-nominated author Deanna Raybourn. January 1889. As the newest member of the Curiosity Club--an elite society of brilliant, intrepid...

I only wanted one kiss. One kiss, under the dark of night, in a city where no one knew us. One kiss fueled by my hormones and alcohol and the blinding grief over losing my mother. One kiss from the man I told myself was untouchable. But, it didn’t stop at one kiss. And now we are running full speed down a road with no intention of stopping. His touch disarms me. His kiss revives me. But our love could destroy me.

Mumbai, murder and a baby elephant combine in a charming, joyful mystery for fans of Alexander McCall Smith and Harold Fry. On the day he retires, Inspector Ashwin Chopra inherits two unexpected mysteries. The first is the case of a drowned boy, whose suspicious death no one seems to want solved...

A foggy night... a lonely country house... and a woman with a gun in her hand quietly surveying the dead body of her husband. It looked like a straightforward case of murder. Or was it? As the ghosts of an old wrong begin to emerge from the past, the case begins to look anything but...

I’m the right-hand man to the rising star of the East Coast mafia. But he’s not the one who’s always had my allegiance. It’s Carina, his sister, the one woman who’s had my heart in a vise grip ever since she came back from school. But she’s off limits, and some lines, once crossed, can never be redrawn. I tell myself to keep my distance, but the more she tempts me, the more I falter. Carina isn’t just beautiful, she has secrets, ones that bring danger to her doorstep.

Read by Hugh Fraser A classic from Agatha Christie, the original queen of mystery. When a stranger runs his car into a ditch in dense fog in South Wales and makes his way to an isolated house, he discovers a woman standing over the dead body of her wheelchair-bound husband, gun in her hand. She...