Ergebnis für "Victoria" in Literatur & Belletristik

Amanda, eine Femme aus Überzeugung, hat endlich eine Rolle in einer beliebten Fernsehserie ergattert. Sie ist wild entschlossen, sich ganz auf ihre Karriere zu konzentrieren und sich durch nichts und niemanden ablenken zu lassen. Erst recht nicht durch eine Butch wie Michelle. Nachdem ihre letzte Beziehung in einem Desaster geendet ist, hat Michelle geschworen, sich nie wieder mit einem Hollywoodstarlet einzulassen.

Zwanzig Jahre Funkstille. Und plötzlich stehen sie sich wieder gegenüber. Mac und Jamie hatten ihr gemeinsames Leben bis ins kleinste Detail geplant. Doch dann tat Jamie das Undenkbare und verließ Mac für eine andere Frau. Ausgerechnet auf einer Hochzeit begegnen sie sich zum ersten Mal seit zwanzig Jahren wieder. Während Mac den Schmerz von damals noch immer tief in sich trägt, wird Jamie von Schuldgefühlen gequält. Zwischen verletzten Gefühlen und unausgesprochenen Wahrheiten flackert etwas auf, das beide längst verloren geglaubt hatten.

Alex McHenry’s world stood still the day her father passed. She was 19, studying to be an art teacher, and living happily like any other college student. Then abruptly, her life was reduced to funeral arrangements, depression, therapy, and the responsibility of caring for her mother, who retreated to the couch to take solace in the artificially cheerful hosts on the Home Shopping Network. After more than a year of living frozen in the moment of her father’s death, Alex decides to take the first steps out of her grief.

Vikki Victoria, Anfang 40, lebt als bekannte Künstlerin in der Nähe des Viktualienmarkts in München und ist ihres Lebens froh. Bis eines Morgens zu unchristlicher Zeit (vor 12 Uhr!) ein Anruf von ihrem Ex-Freund Wolf kommt: Der Toni, der Vikki jahrelang Morddrohungen geschickt hat, ist aus dem Gefängnis ausgebrochen. So muss sich die Vikki au-gen-blick-lich in Sicherheit bringen. Doch wohin? Natürlich in die alte Heimat, nach Übertreibling. Mit wehender Perücke und dem Motorradrocker Wolf an ihrer Seite beginnt für sie eine eine absurde Odyssee, bei der Vikki Victoria alle Register ziehen muss, um zu schützen, was sie liebt.

Eine geleakte SMS, ein Shitstorm und ein Mord: Der Großunternehmer Adi Dietz schickt seinem Kumpel Olaf eine Privatnachricht, in der er die Vikki mit einem bestimmten unflätigen Begriff beleidigt – und Vikki Victoria ist nun mitten im Publicitystrudel. Als sie dann genau diesen Olaf tot in seinem Homeshopping-Sender-Chefbüro auffindet, macht die Polizei sie sofort zur Hauptverdächtigen. Um ihre Unschuld zu beweisen, sucht die Vikki nach dem echten Mörder, mit Motorradrocker Wolf und Influencerin Kathi an ihrer Seite.

This series is all about finding love when you thought you were unlovable. About family that you made because you were rejected by the one you were born in to. It's about kids that were thrown away by the people that should love them the most. It's about second chances, even first chances.

They came to reignite their marriage. They didn’t expect him. Noah Ashcroft has spent his entire life chasing the next win. But after one mistake on the ice sends him into a downward spiral, he’s forced to face a bigger loss: his marriage. When Quinn Ashcroft gives her husband an...

Detective Jo Shaw has it all worked out. She’s good at her job, she has loads of mates, and she likes being single. She doesn’t need complications, but an emergency call to the stabbing of a young woman brings plenty of those. Jo has to risk her career to save the woman’s life, and a bad night gets worse when the trauma surgeon turns out to be Isla Munro, Jo’s only real love, who walked out on her 15 years ago and never came back.

«¡Qué libro! Una novela increíble, delicada y contundente a la vez.» Maggie O'Farrell. Galardonada con el Women's Prize de 2025 y finalista del Premio Booker de 2024, La guardiana, aclamada ópera prima de Yael van der Wouden, alabada por la fuerza de su escritura y su atmósfera inquietante y muy bien tramada, es una audaz y aguda exploración sobre las secuelas emocionales del deseo.

Struggling to feel worthy, Gawain knows some sins can never be forgiven. He may be considered a knight, but his past was never so noble, and the fear he won't ever have a future is one he can never let go. Imprisoned for over 1,500 years, Galahad knows that freedom can be an illusion, especially if the only way to defeat the witch is by staying caged for eternity. And then maybe nothing, not even Gawain's love, can free the chains around his heart.

Kay of Isca knows Charles St. John is his fated soul mate, but between battle, duty, and saving the world, staying in the same reality, never mind the same bed, is proving a bit more of a challenge than either stubborn man will admit. The malicious armies of Morgan le Fay are gathering, and the chance that one of their friends has already been lost to evil is a real possibility too terrifying to contemplate. Nothing is ever as it seems, but unless Kay can unravel the vile plans centuries in the making, they won't just die before they get a chance to love.

What do a stolen food-delivery robot, a woman from the past, and a bizarre scheme to microchip military veterans have in common? The infamous Caustic Queen, Washington DC bureau chief Catherine Ayers, would love to find out but she has a lot on her plate right now. She and her fiancée, reporter and Iowa girl Lauren King, are busy wedding planning in Lauren’s home town.

This “lush, sexy, absorbing novel” of historical fiction “brings to life two artists who are inextricably linked in passion and competition” (Melissa Febos, bestselling author of Girlhood) A “captivating” lesbian romance set in the “wonderfully atmospheric” art world of 1600s...

A car lies crashed below a Welsh mountain road. One of the young women inside it is dead, the other badly injured with no memory of who she is or what just happened. All she has is a bus pass showing her photograph and a name she doesn't recognize. As she struggles to recover from her injuries, a startling revelation shatters everything she thought she knew, forcing her into an uneasy alliance with Detective Bronwen Pryce. With danger closing in from all sides, the two women must work together to uncover the truth - even if it kills them.

It’s the most romantic time of year, and the Emerald Mountain Ski Resort staff are working overtime to transform it into a Valentine’s Day destination. Travel photographer Haley Thomas arrives on the mountain, reluctant but determined to cover the festivities for her magazine. Single and recently scorned, she’s dreading the next two weeks of couple’s massages, wine tastings, and moonlight walks surrounded by people in love. But when a white-out catches Haley unprepared and underdressed, romance is the least of her worries.

Gael Peterson has spent years hiding behind the enhanced abilities he wears like a mask, even though he is an important, confident member of the FBI’s exclusive H.E.R.O. team. In a world where those with special abilities like Gael’s are regarded as freaks and monsters, it won’t be easy for him to rely on his regular new partner to have his back, especially when the abilities of a vulnerable, nonspeaking, enhanced child make that child a murder suspect.

Rhodes Scholar Kerry Donovan has never had anything handed to her on a silver platter. As she arrives at Oxford to begin her course of study, she is determined to make the most out of this latest opportunity. But when she meets Her Royal Highness Princess Sasha, second in line to the British throne, Kerry’s priorities are eclipsed by an attraction neither of them can ignore.

Detective Sanne Jensen (not blonde, not tall, definitely not Scandinavian) and Dr. Meg Fielding (scruffy, scatterbrained, prone to swearing at patients) are lifelong best friends, sharing the same deprived background and occasionally the same bed. When a violent kidnapping stuns the Peak District village of Rowlee, both women become involved in the case.

Dr. Grace Kendal never stands a chance. The injured woman comes out of nowhere, bleeding heavily and holding a gun. Compelled to help her, Grace is dragged into Elin Breckenridge’s nightmare. Their fight to survive will take them across the country and to the limits of their endurance. But who is Elin running from? As Grace struggles for answers, one thing becomes clear - Elin is somehow connected to a dead man, and Grace could be next.

After quitting the high-stakes world of finance, Lennox King is content with keeping her life simple. As the new director of a hospice charity, she uses a strict business approach to help the charity grow and prosper. When Rosa comes to work at the charity under orders from the Queen Consort, babysitting a spoiled princess is definitely not on Lennox's agenda. But when passion flares between them, will Lennox's past stop their relationship in its tracks, or will a twist of fate bring a new future that neither was expecting?