Ergebnis für "Weiß" in Kleinstadt- & Landleben

Rings um die Hacienda Rosa Blanca von Hacinto Yañez in Mexiko wird nach Öl gebohrt, was aber die Farm, die ganz im Einklang mit der Natur bewirtschaftet wird, bisher wenig beeinträchtigt hat. Ihre Bewohner führen ein gutes und bescheidenes Leben, die Farm ist ihnen Heimat und Leben. Doch alles ändert sich, als ihr Besitzer ermordet wird und sich Chaney C. Collins, Präsident der Condor Oil Company, die Farm widerrechtlich aneignet, denn die Ölgesellschaft ist eine Firma mit gewaltigem Appetit.

Tünde Weiss lebt nach der Trennung von Partnerin Elli wieder bei ihrer mittlerweile pflegebedürftigen Tante. Plötzlich steht Libby, der betrügerische Grund für Tündes Trennung, in Tante Hedis Küche und trällert zur Freude der alten Dame Schlagerlieder. Tünde flüchtet in ihr Wahrsagerinnenstudio, wo Staub zu Elfenpuder und Mehl zu Einhornpulver werden. Doch die Trällertrulla will einfach nicht verschwinden – und nicht nur das: Seit Libby da ist, werden plötzlich Tündes Prophezeiungen auf mysteriöse Weise wahr.

Summer, 1980. Kate Shaw has lived in Baines Creek for ten years, teaching at a one-room schoolhouse on the brink of closure. A skeptic by heart, she rejects superstition and the belief in Appalachian folklore, much to the chagrin of Birdie Rocas, a lively and reclusive witch with a trove of secrets. Yet when Birdie dies and leaves Kate her Book of Truths and a trunk of illuminated manuscripts and journals, Kate is thrown into a mystery, overwhelmed by a collection that spans centuries back to Scotland.

Harper Bailey is desperate to keep her family's amusement park business up and running, but her employees keep quitting, and the man playing prince to her Cinderella in the company's mainstage show is just the latest casualty. When sexy firefighter Rafferty Bradford, the most eligible bachelor in their small town, offers to step in, Harper agrees—reluctantly. After all, she and Rafferty are ex-best friends with a ton of past history. Surely they'll have zero chemistry onstage.

In a North Carolina mountain town filled with moonshine and rotten husbands, Sadie Blue is only the latest girl to face a dead-end future at the mercy of a dangerous drunk. She's been married to Roy Tupkin for 15 days, and she knows now that she should have listened to the folks who said he was trouble. But when a stranger sweeps in and knocks the world off-kilter for everyone in town, Sadie begins to think there might be more to life than being Roy's wife.

All Haley Bowman has ever wanted was her One True Love. But now, with her cousin getting married and Haley back in her small town, the pressure is on. Good thing she's got a foolproof Kiss List, full of potential OTLs. Her parents knew they were soul mates at their first kiss, so surely Haley will know the same. All she needs to do is...well, kiss each of these guys....

As a firefighter, Kent Wakefield has been burned before, and not just by fire. So when Casey Bradford, his best friend's off-limits, gorgeous little sister, asks him to be her fake boyfriend, he flat out refuses. He doesn't do relationships, real or otherwise. But when his well-meaning, marriage-pushing mother corners him about his cousin's wedding, he panics and tells her he has a date. After being left at the altar, Casey is out of options. She needs a boyfriend ASAP or she can kiss her dreams goodbye. Who better than her brother's emotionally unavailable best friend, Kent?

The police fabricated a story about the night four members of MS-13 died in a tiny home on a quiet city street almost two years previous. George Tokay and his friends were not supposed to share the secret about what really happened that night. No one was to know the truth. But someone talked, and now MS-13, ruthless and wanting revenge, is back in town, and people are dying.

Set in rural Australia, E. W. Hornung's mystery "The Shadow of a Man" follows a pair of newlyweds who are determined to make their improbable union work, no matter the odds. But little do they know exactly how high the odds are stacked against them - and the lengths that some will go to sabotage their love. Will the pair be able to overcome the obstacles in their way and live happily ever after?