Ergebnis für "julianna" in Literatur & Belletristik

A pair of romantic flameouts meet at a dull wedding and wind up entwined in a deserted coatroom. Shockingly, Jane and John decide not to have sex. Instead, they embark on a far more dangerous endeavor: sharing the stories of their past love affairs. They tell each other everything, aiming for radical honesty over polished seduction. Jaded as they may be, these two sense that they just might be soulmates.

Award-winning author Anne Tyler is loved worldwide for her fiction exploring the intricacies of marriage and domesticity. These three acclaimed books, each set in Baltimore, describe the small triumphs and tragedies of everyday American family life, as relationships are made and broken, and families come together, drift apart and hurt and heal each other.

Princess Aelara Ethelwyn, the last of the fair folk, witnesses the brutal destruction of her enchanted kingdom at the hands of a shadowy force. Forced to flee into the human lands, she disguises herself as a servant in the very castle where she hopes to find vengeance. Within those walls, she encounters Prince Ryderic Blackthorn, a brooding and isolated heir burdened by a dark magical secret – a curse passed down through his bloodline, tying him to the sinister forces that threaten both realms.

In the title story, set five minutes in the future where you not only have a credit score but also a dating score, a woman who’s been banished from all dating apps attends a weekly help group with others who have been “banned for life,” and finds herself falling in love. In “Backwards,” a twist on Benjamin Button, a woman reconnects with her estranged father as he de-ages ten years each day they spend together. In “Welcome to Oxhead,” all the parents in a gated community “shut off” when the power goes out.

From the tip of his black Homburg to the crease in his cheviot trousers, Drew Farthering is the epitome of a stylish 1930s English gentleman. His only problem? The body he just discovered. With the help of beautiful and whip-smart Madeline Parker, a guest from America, Drew proposes to use the lessons he’s learned reading his mysteries to solve the crime. Trying hard to remain one step ahead of the killer - and trying harder to impress Madeline - Drew must decide how far to take this dangerous game.

Harriet Wolf's Seventh Book of Wonders tells the moving story of the unforgettable Wolf women in four distinct voices: the mysterious Harriet, who, until now, has never revealed the secrets of her past; her fiery, overprotective daughter, Eleanor; and her two grown granddaughters - Tilton, the fragile yet exuberant younger sister who's become a housebound hermit, and Ruth, the older sister who ran away at 16 and never looked back.

Isadora Wing has been married to psychoanalyst Bennett for five years. But she has become restless and yearns for men, for solitude, and for the perfect guiltless, ‘zipless f--k’. Having overcome her fear of flying to travel to a conference in Vienna with Bennett, she meets a charming Englishman called Adrian Goodlove. Can he offer the sexual liberation and fulfilment she's always fantasised about? First published in 1973, this bold and bawdy novel about a young woman's quest for sexual liberation was a controversial best seller.

Inspiring Words: Love's Journey is all about love - new love, love grown old, or love that stands the test of time - and all the events that life throws at it. It tells the story of the truth about cheating and knowing, and the pain, choices, and decisions we all make when we are in love and when time has taken its toll on love. The first book in the Inspiring Words poetry series by Julianna M. Dawson, Love's Journey invites listeners and book club groups to explore their own personal love journeys.

Julian Dawson wakes up in a strange world, one slightly different than his own, with a family he doesn't recognize. When he meets a traveler who leads him to the megalomaniacal Game Master, Julian is thrust into a multiverse of tasks, each more dangerous and destructive than the last.

When an unexpected event in the children's television world of New York catapults Alison Rockwell, a young assistant, into the role of head producer for the first time, she finds herself whisked away to the country, solely responsible for the network's biggest and most important Christmas production. With the threat of cancellation if ratings don't improve, Alison finds herself depending on the help of her vivacious yet somewhat mysterious host, Jake Sanders.

With the death of an oppressive and overprotective husband, Janet suddenly becomes a very rich widow. Euphoric with her newfound freedom and wealth, she buys a lovely race filly, and spends a warm winter paradise at a five-star Southern hotel. She is hopeful for a new beginning and luck brings her a new love interest. But she quickly discovers life is filled with danger and pitfalls. She will have to use and sharpen her wits to save herself.

Nahia era uma garota tímida, insegura e insatisfeita, tanto no seu trabalho em uma editora, quanto em sua vida pessoal. Seu rumo parece mudar quando ela conhece o homem dos seus sonhos, literalmente. Ao visitá-la durante as noites, Amadeo liberta seus desejos sexuais mais profundos e lhe proporciona as experiências mais sensuais, quentes e inusitadas que ela jamais vivenciou! Através dos sucessivos encontros com essa entidade onírica, Nahia parece retomar as rédeas de sua vida.

A brand-new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of the evergreen classic novel by Louisa May Alcott.

With their father away in the American Civil War, the March sisters are facing a lean Christmas with their mother. As the years go by, we follow the fortunes of Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy on their journey into womanhood.

A race against the clock when Carolina Garcia gets sexually assaulted by a demon. She needs a way to survive her pregnancy because she's carrying: "The Succubus Queen."