Ergebnis für "Thunder" in Belletristik

Alle sind gekommen, um die Hochzeit des Jahres in Thunder Point zu feiern. Nur der Bruder der Braut, Matt Lacoumette, ist nicht in Stimmung: In seinem Leben haben Romantik und Liebe ausgedient. Prompt lässt er seine Verbitterung an der sensiblen Ginger aus. Am nächsten Tag zwingt ihn seine Schwester, sich bei Ginger zu entschuldigen. Dabei stellt Matt fest, dass auch sie schwere Schicksalsschläge ertragen musste. Können sie gemeinsam die Wunden ihrer Seelen heilen und neues Glück finden? "Die zarte Liebesgeschichte von Ginger und Matt ist süß.

Mit ihrem Leben in Thunder Point ist Floristin Grace zufrieden, aber ein bisschen aufregender dürfte es schon sein. Vielleicht nicht ganz so wild wie bei Extremsportler Troy. Als er anbietet, ihr neue Horizonte zu eröffnen, überlegt sie nicht lange. Während ihrer Ausflüge entdeckt Grace, dass sie mehr als Freundschaft für Troy empfindet. Allerdings hat sie dem ganzen Küstenstädtchen verschwiegen, wer sie wirklich ist. Und auf Lügen kann man doch keine Zukunft aufbauen, oder?

1812. Arriving back in England after his successes in the Adriatic, Captain Sir Thomas Kydd is bestowed with honours. In London he's greeted by the Prince Regent who, despite Kydd's protestations that he's happy with his present command, insists he be given a bigger ship - HMS Thunderer, a...

The second novel in Wilbur Smith's The Courtneys series, The Sound of Thunder is a powerful story of family tragedy set against the backdrop of the ravages of the Second Boer War. 'Only once in his life had Sean met a man whose strength matched his own - and now, again, they were pitted against each other....' Sean Courtney, impulsive adventurer of When the Lion Feeds, returns from the wildnerness a rich man - until he is robbed by the Boers of his wagons, his gold and the girl he loves.

One minute he's livestreaming workout routines and outrageous gun stunts to millions. The next, he's crash-landing half-naked through a poker table, blasting out a fart heard 'round the frontier. Welcome to the weirdly violent, explosively funny world of Thunder Pops. Percival Thaddeus Thunderpots IV isn't your typical hero—unless your heroes wear muscle shirts, carry suppressed revolvers, and suffer from chronic gastrointestinal issues.

The latest entry in the McCabe series. Johnny McCabe rides off to a cattle auction, and on the way has an encounter with an old enemy, and meets a legendary mountain man who is trying to protect two children who are being hunted. Meanwhile, Josh and Dusty and the men of the McCabe Ranch are conducting their spring roundup, and find themselves plunging head-first into a range war.

The world’s worst fears have dawned. Nothing stands in the way of total destruction . . . except the love of one woman. Deep in the Amazon jungle a young American woman and the son of plantation owners fall madly in love. For Tanya and Shannon, life is a paradise most only dream about. But...

Reeling from her last knock-down, drag-out with Japan’s mighty combined fleet – the Kido Butai – USS Enterprise limps back to Pearl Harbor for repairs and refitting. And like the battle-hardened warriors who live and work inside her, this gallant lady will return to the fight even stronger… but it can’t happen too soon.

John Knox, the Thundering Scott, lives a life of adventure and danger in turbulent, corrupt 16th-century Scotland. Finding himself a wanted man, Knox is besieged in a castle by French soldiers, seized, and made a galley slave. Yet he is unflinching in his stand for the gospel, even in the face of assassins and death, and even when his fiery preaching makes him an enemy of Mary, Queen of Scots. Told from the perspective of a young student resolved to protect Knox at any cost, Douglas Bond's thrilling biographical novel provides a look at the harrowing life story of a giant of the faith.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Continuing the series that began with A Blaze of Glory, Jeff Shaara returns to chronicle another decisive chapter in America’s long and bloody Civil War. In A Chain of Thunder, the action shifts to the fortress city of Vicksburg, Mississippi. There, in the vaunted...

An abandoned baby. A missing sister. Together, can a biker and a lawyer dig deep enough to find the truth? Rosco Reynolds has a habit of going in and cleaning up after people. Wearing the Thunder Valley MC patch is about more than a brotherhood. It is about taking a ride of faith and putting yourself out there. Emma can’t ever seem to keep her sister out of trouble. Now, with her sister missing, an abandoned baby, and a biker on her doorstep, her independence feels threatened. Can Emma let down her guard and trust a bad boy biker?

Reeling from a bloody clash with the Japanese, the Marines on Guadalcanal must lick their wounds and push ahead. Imperial Japan wants the island back, and thousands of soldiers are pouring onto Guadalcanal’s shores. With new leaders ravenous for blood, another massive battle looms close over the horizon.

Grace Dillon was a champion figure skater until she moved to Thunder Point to escape the ruthless world of fame and competition. And though she's proud of the quiet, self-sufficient life she's created running a successful flower shop, she knows something is missing. Her life could use a little excitement.

In this pulse-pounding Western from national bestselling authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone, Smoke Jensen welcomes a new rancher to the valley—whose intentions are deadly, especially when his…arrival brings a wild bunch of merciless killers in his wake....

Wildlife Ranger Nick Drake and Sheriff Pudge Warbler join forces to solve a grisly murder. Their investigation thrusts them into the middle of a vicious battle between ranchers and developers over a beautiful valley.

Meet Percy Thunderpops before the Old West turned him into a legend. In this outrageous prequel novella to The Legend of Thunder Pops, Percy is younger, dumber, and livestreaming his way into fitness folklore. Welcome to Thunder Nation Live—the most chaotic workout show ever broadcast to an audience of zero and a future cult of millions.

A blizzard is blowing into the Old West. With the help of Slewja, a gentle dragon, thirty-three-year-old debutante, Grace, flees an arranged marriage to Dimin, an older, power-hungry expansionist. When Grace arrives in the dusty frontier settlement of Grogtown, she realizes that Dimin injured her with a cold curse and she must continually find sources of heat to remain alive. To combat the curse, she becomes a prostitute, a steady source of inner heat, and learns to embrace the value of independence she never experienced as a society woman.

Six previous missions had been overwhelmingly successful. They always relied on each other to get out alive, Lex was thinking as he and his four-man SEAL team lay hidden in the wet jungle grass. Their mission was to destroy the North Vietnamese encampment with explosives and to eliminate the officers. When their mission goes terribly wrong, the team is separated, and Mack is killed. While recuperating in the hospital, Lex is more interested in reuniting with his lost love, Leah.

As a result of his hard exterior and lonely tendencies, Tyler Steele finds himself a single father alone in the world - until a stranger and her daughter show up and change his life. Third generation Texas Ranger Tyler Steele is the last of a dying breed-- a modern day cowboy hero living in a...

Amidst the turmoil of World War II, a daring Army Air Forces aviator is swept into an odyssey that will carry him to the far corners of the earth. Military duty and personal quest converge in this remarkable tale of grit and perseverance.