Result for "The Wife" in Literature & Fiction

Victoria Barnett has it all: a great career as a nurse practitioner, a handsome and loving husband, a beautiful home in the suburbs, and a plan to fill it with children. Life is perfect—or so it seems. Then she’s in a terrible accident...and everything falls apart. Now Victoria is unable to walk. She can’t feed or dress herself. She can’t even speak. She is confined to the top floor of her house with 24-hour care.

Stell dir vor, jemand verdrängt dich aus deinem Leben – Eden Fox wird alles genommen: ihr Haus, ihr Ehemann, ihre Identität Eden Fox, eine aufstrebende Künstlerin, hat eigentlich alles erreicht, was man sich wünschen kann: eine beneidenswerte Karriere, ein Mann an ihrer Seite, ein...

Luke Whitney is stabbed to death. His wife Anna confesses after she is found next to his lifeless body. But if she did it, why can't she confirm any of the details of the crime? As police dig into the circumstances, they learn that the victim was a liar, a cheat and a narcissist. More than one person had a reason to want him dead; his scorned ex, his neglected mistress and Anna – who knows what happens to Mrs Whitneys when Luke gets bored of them.

Der reiche Unternehmer Nathaniel Perry sollte ein leichtes Ziel für uns sein. Meine zwei besten Freunde und ich sind darauf spezialisiert, Unfälle zu inszenieren – perfekt geplant, sauber ausgeführt und so überzeugend, dass niemand je auf die Idee kommt, es könnte mehr dahinterstecken. Doch dann begegnen wir ihr. Liv Perry. Die Frau unserer Zielperson, gefangen in einer lieblosen Ehe mit einem Mann, der sie nicht zu schätzen weiß.

Kinder, Küche, Kirche – und kein Entkommen. Sarah Langans furchteinflößender Female-Rage-Horrorroman über das »Trad-Wife«-Phänomen. Jeden Tag verfolgen Hunderttausende das Leben der berühmten Trad-Wife-Influencerin Mia Wright auf ihrer idyllischen Farm »Black Swan«. Mit ihrem gutaussehenden Ehemann, sieben perfekten Kindern und einem Leben voller selbst zubereiteter Mahlzeiten in ländlicher Idylle ist sie eine Ikone moderner Weiblichkeit.

"Julia Whelan reads the novel in her low, pleasant voice, moving down a register to capture Richard's infuriating condescension and lightening slightly for the younger Emma. With its perfidious turns, this escapist entertainment is a fine example of the 21st century's more cynical version of the...

Die richtigen Tipps für eine glückliche Beziehung - das neue Hörbuch, gelesen von Bestsellerautor und Comedy-King Mario Barth persönlich! Woran liegt es eigentlich, dass Frauen jeden Streit gewinnen? Wann ist Lügen in der Beziehung auch mal erlaubt? Und was sind die gefährlichsten Antworten auf die Frage: "Liebst du mich?" Männer können ein glückliches Leben führen, wenn sie sich an eine simple Formel halten: Happy Wife, Happy Life.

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The New York Times bestselling Queen of Twists is back with a psychological masterpiece that will leave you questioning everything you know about love, identity, and revenge. This program features multicast narration and is read by actor and Audie Award–winner Richard Armitage, actor Bel...

Hope is a beautiful 'trad wife' social media star with a beefcake husband, six cute kids and millions of followers of their picture-perfect life. When they employ English content creator Melissa to promote their brand she has no idea what she has signed up for. Behind the veneer of domestic bliss lies a nightmare - and she will be lucky to escape with her life. A twisty, darkly comic thriller perfect for fans of Bella Mackie and Julie Cohen.

No one had ever looked at her and seen perfection—until now. Delicate, titian-haired Theresa Noble has met her father's associates in the past, but the gorgeous, Italian-born Sandro De Lucci leaves her speechless. Eighteen months into their marriage, however, Sandro has turned to ice...

Maya is the perfect politician's wife. She supports her husband at every turn. The camera loves her, the country loves her, most of all – he loves her. As the country heads towards a general election, the Stones are set to take the polls by storm. But when a body is discovered in their back garden, the media spotlight turns its glare on the couple who had it all. As their picture-perfect life starts to unravel, Jeremy claims it’s nothing more than political foul-play.

A husband. A wife. A secret. Behind any great man, there’s always a greater woman. Joe and Joan Castleman are on an aeroplane, 35,000 feet above the ocean. Joe is thinking about the prestigious literary prize he is about to receive, and Joan is plotting how to leave him. For too long Joan has played the role of supportive wife, turning a blind eye to his misdemeanours, subjugating her own talents and quietly being the keystone of his success. 

The doorbell rings, late Friday afternoon, as I'm getting ready for the weekend. I rush to answer it, finding a young woman on my doorstep who I don't recognise. I know something is wrong from the expression on her face. Then she opens her mouth and my whole world implodes. 'Your husband and I...

Everyone stares in admiration at my husband. As he accepts his award for excellence in service, his warm smile draws everyone in. Until a reporter shouts, “Detective Slater, did you kill your ex-wife?” When I first heard about Hannah Slater’s death, my heart stopped: we had the same auburn hair, brown eyes and difficult childhoods. It could have been me in that grave. Then I met Conor. Soon, I was putting Hannah’s clothes in the attic and raising his children while he was out fighting monsters.

When professional soccer player Alex Grey goes on a vacation to the local South Carolina islands, she isn't anticipating any life-changing events. Just a relaxing weekend to prepare for the upcoming season. But that quickly changes when she finds herself the lone witness to a sailing accident and makes the decision to risk her own life to save a drowning woman—unwittingly coming to the rescue of a US senator's wife, Catharine Cleveland.

I was 21 when the gypsy read my future: As punishment for your crimes, you will only love one woman...but she'll never love you back. I didn't believe a word of it. Until I met Sofia Romano almost 10 years later. I fell hard for this woman. Would die for this woman. But she left me. Now, years have passed, and Sofia needs a husband. Her father is gone, and her mother is trying to marry her off to a man that can protect their family, protect their company. Now, it's my chance to have the only woman I've ever loved...and I'll make sure she feels the same way.

Sex and the City meets The Great Gatsby – das vergessene Meisterwerk aus den 1920ern von Ursula Parrott. Patricia ist 24, als ihr Mann beschließt, die Ehe mit ihr zu beenden. Vor den Kopf gestoßen von dieser Entscheidung versucht sie zunächst, um ihren Mann zu kämpfen, merkt dann aber schnell, dass sie auch ohne ihn ein Leben führen und viel glücklicher sein kann.

Als Natasha Daniel kennenlernt, sieht sie den perfekten Verlauf ihres Lebens vor sich: Reich, gutaussehend und charmant wird Daniel der perfekte Ehemann sein. Doch als das Schiff in See sticht, erfährt sie, dass Daniel doch kein so perfekter Ehemann ist, sondern schreckliche Geheimnisse hat, die bald drohen, ans Licht zu gelangen. Und jede der Ehefrauen hat ihre eigenen Gründe, ihn tot sehen zu wollen.

Clare and Henry have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was 36. They were married when Clare was 23 and Henry was 31. Impossible but true, because Henry is one of the first people diagnosed with Chrono-Displacement Disorder: periodically his genetic clock resets and he finds himself misplaced in time, pulled to moments of emotional gravity from his life, past and future. His disappearances are spontaneous, his experiences unpredictable, alternately harrowing and amusing.