Ergebnis für "Verity (Verity)" in Belletristik

After the harrowing and life-changing events Scarlett and her Canaries survived beyond The Wall, they return home to a less than warm welcome.

Lowen este o scriitoare debutanta, cu mari dificultati financiare. De aceea, cand Jeremy, sotul celebrei autoare Verity Crawford, ii propune sa completeze seria de romane pe care sotia lui, grav vatamata intr-un accident, nu mai este capabila s-o duca la bun sfarsit, Lowen nu poate sa refuze oferta. Astfel, ajunge la resedinta Crawford, cu intentia de a sta cateva zile—atat cat sa caute prin haoticul birou al lui Verity orice notite si posibile schite de care ar avea nevoie ca sa inceapa sa scrie urmatoarele romane.

Mut zur Wahrheit in Zeiten des Krieges. 11. Oktober 1943 – Ein britisches Spionageflugzeug stürzt im von den Nazis besetzten Frankreich ab. Die Pilotin und die Passagierin sind beste Freundinnen. Während Maddie entkommen kann, wird „Verity“ von der Gestapo entdeckt und soll hingerichtet werden. Um zusätzlicher Folter zu entgehen, soll sie alles über ihre Mission preisgeben. Sie kämpft um ihr Leben und verfasst in ihrem Geständnis einen bewegenden Bericht über ihre Vergangenheit, verzweifelte Hoffnungen und ihre unvergleichliche Freundschaft. Wird sie diese verraten müssen?

For 2,500 years, the civilization on Mars has been ruled by the Syndicate, an organization run by the top one percent. Freedoms are suppressed and religion is banned. The only truth is what the Syndicate tells you. Every need and desire of the average citizen has been fed by the machine in return for a lifetime of obedience. What happens when the profit margins fall and the people become a burden to the pockets of the Syndicate? What happens when their plans to exile their citizens to a certain death is revealed?

From #1 New York Times bestselling author of Regretting You, It Starts with Us, and It Ends with Us, Colleen Hoover’s romantic, emotion-packed debut novel unforgettably captures all the magic and confusion of first love, as two young people forge an unlikely bond before discovering that fate...

On the night of Easter Eve 1989, twelve-year-old Hanna's older brother Erik and some friends go to the infamous Mount Verity, where there is a cave that, according to legend, was used in the witch trials in Östergötland during the seventeenth century. Rumor has it that whoever does not tell the truth and goes down into the cave will disappear into the mountain. Erik never comes home that night.

Ian Sullivan, a studious and dutiful thirteen-year-old, finds solace and escape from the baking heat of the Australian outback by immersing himself in classic works of fiction. At first, he thinks he has found a kindred spirit when Anthony Messina, the son of the new town butcher, joins St. Kieran’s for the start of the 1963 school year. And as a bonus, Anthony’s sister Sophia seems to like him as well.

Patience Callahan is 25 and fast becoming an old maid. But she’s spent most of her life dreaming over romantic European literature and wants a dashing d’Artagnan, not a bookish Bob Cratchit. Alas, the Colorado town of Gilman is chock-full of Cratchits without a d’Artagnan in sight. Peter Foote, the general store owner, has been in love with Patience for seven years. But every time he’s on the verge of proposing, she cuts him off; he can only imagine on purpose.

When Mammie announces that Stephen needs to go to town and pick up his mail order bride, he is flabbergasted. Mammie has been writing to Sally Jersey and now expects him to marry her. Stephen has every intention of putting her back on the stage and sending her home, until he sees her lovely face and the nieces and nephews she brought. Will Stephen allow himself to fall in love, or will Sally be given away to the most eligible bachelor in Waterhole, Texas?

Clara Tempest in is trouble. Widowed and in debt...a lot of debt, she is all but imprisoned by her creditors. And the biggest shock of her life comes: she is sold off to become a mail order bride for a cowboy. Clara is informed of her husband's debt before the grave diggers have even had time to fill up the grave with dirt. She finds herself having to work off the impossibly large debt or face debtor's prison. She was all but imprisoned anyway.

Wealthy and privileged, Emma Winston never thought she would be forced to travel west as a Mail Order Bride, but she never expected to lose both her parents and have her money swept away from her, either. With nothing left for her in Boston, she packs what she can heads west to Star Creek, where she will marry Jim Hagan. But life on the farm is nothing like life back in Boston, Emma struggles with the simplest chores. Already wondering if she can survive this life in the wild, Emma's world only gets harder when she is tasked with the care of a baby!

An Amish girl is abandoned by her boyfriend, who leaves the community for an English life. Will the boyfriend's brother fill his shoes? Ruth King is left stunned when Jacob Miller leaves the Amish community without even saying goodbye. As she searches for answers she finds that Issac, Jacob's brother, seems to be attracted to her. As the weeks go by, the two draw closer. However, a strange letter leaves Issac fearful for the future.

A young Amish man believes he will never find love. Nathan was a young man uncomfortable in his own skin. He never went out and interacted with young people his own age. Until his parents forced him to attend the singing. Martha was a beautiful young woman who decided that she would talk to Nathan. That was until her attention was captured by the tall, handsome Andrew Troyer. The young man that made all the Amish girl's blush. Who would win Martha's heart?