Résultats pour "2" dans Petites villes et ruralité

Après quelques années passées à Atlanta, Toya Gardner, une jeune artiste afro-américaine, revient dans la petite ville des montagnes de Caroline du Nord d'où sa famille est originaire. Déterminée à dénoncer l'histoire esclavagiste de la région, elle ne tarde pas à s'y livrer à quelques actions d'éclat, provoquant de violentes tensions dans la communauté. Au même moment, Ernie, un policier du comté, arrête un mystérieux voyageur qui se révèle être un suprémaciste blanc. Celui-ci a en sa possession un carnet dans lequel figurent les noms de notables de la région. 

Wyatt Rivers is the perfect no-strings hookup—a cowboy Casanova who rocks a Stetson, looks smokin' hot in his Wranglers, and never rests his head on the same pillow twice. He's exactly what I'm looking for. If only Wyatt wasn't also my best friend…I'm back in my hometown of Harstville, Texas for a few months while I wait for my dream job to start thousands of miles away. While I'm here, I hope to end an epic dry spell in the bedroom, preferably with a local cowboy. If the rumors are true, they really do ride harder and stay on longer.

When Mateo Vargas begins volunteering at a small natural history museum, he expects to guide school groups and shelve books. Instead, he discovers a hidden basement containing tens of thousands of uncatalogued specimens—moths, beetles, and butterflies carefully preserved for questions no one has asked yet. Downstairs, collections manager Dr. Patricia Okafor guards more than jars of insects. She protects unfinished work, decades-old promises, and the legacy of a scientist who trusted the museum to “hold space for the future.

He’s a hotshot firefighter with a past he can’t outrun. She swore she’d never forgive him. Now fate has handed them a second chance and it’s burning out of control . . . I walk into the local bar with my crew, dirty and exhausted, only to slam into my biggest regret: the one who got away...

When my boss brings me back to his hometown in the Pocono Mountains at Christmastime to help him run the business remotely while he looks after his sick grandfather, I'm pretty sure I can keep it together. But the mountains bring out another side of my boss—a side with a manly appetite, a side that chops wood in tight jeans and a flannel shirt, a side that howls at the moon just to make me laugh… And when the rugged widower asks me to wear his ring, I'm basically swooning, even though it's only a pretend engagement. It's only when his daughter shows up that I know I'm in real trouble.

Meg Turner is finally doing the job she loves, but life as a sheep farmer proves tougher than she anticipated. She is a woman trying to prove herself in a man’s world against the backdrop of a brutal war. With her faith being tested in her work, she also fears that the man she loves will betray her again. Meg struggles to allow herself to love baby Lissa when her mother may return to claim her at any moment. Meanwhile, Kath faces new challenges in the WAAF, but cannot stop thinking about her child. Can she ever get over the guilt of leaving her child behind?

After an accident ends her big city ballet career, Cassie Simons is ready for a brand new start, moving a to small town to help run her best friend's dancing school. She knows she's made the right choice-the kids love her, she gets to spend lots of time with her bestie, and the flashbacks to her car crash are slowly starting to dissipate. The only fly in the ointment is moody single dad, Pres Hartson.

Elisabeth hat sich auf Korfu ein neues Leben aufgebaut: ein eigenes Café, Sonne im Gesicht, Mops Barnabas an ihrer Seite - und Ilias, den verschlossenen Griechen, der ihr Herz längst erobert hat. Als ihre Eltern sie nach Capri einladen, sieht Elisabeth darin die Chance auf eine Auszeit und hofft, dass Ilias sie begleitet. Doch kurz vor der Abreise verschwindet er spurlos. In Italien angekommen, kämpft sie mit Enttäuschung, Zweifeln - und ihrer eigenen Unsicherheit.

Maeve Wilson, acclaimed crossword aficionado and amateur detective, is thrown into the deep end of a murder investigation when one of Emerson’s own detectives is the main suspect! In this light-hearted cozy mystery, Maeve uses her wit and wordslinging wisdom to find and follow clues hidden in the murder victim’s puzzles. She explores her small Utah Mountain town, meets new and exciting characters, and solves her most complex case yet!

Tucked away on a narrow side street in Tokyo is the Torunka Café, a neighbourhood nook where the passersby are as likely to be local cats as tourists. Three heartwarming reunions unfold at this visit to the Torunka Café. Chiyoko, an elderly woman who has been frequenting the cafe for 20 years, reflects on her long-forgotten memories of her first love; Kota, a childhood friend of the owner's daughter Shizuku, reveals his complicated true feelings held deep within; and Ayako, an aspiring illustrator at a crossroads in her life, embarks on a journey.

Als ich ihn nachts aus dem Bett klingle, wollte ich eigentlich unseren tattrigen Kleinstadt-Tierarzt erreichen. Doch die dunkle, angesäuert klingende Stimme, die durchs Telefon dringt, gehört eindeutig jemand anderem. Und jagt mir heiße Schauer über den Rücken. Keine zwanzig Minuten später fährt ein bullig gebauter, auf die raue Art attraktiver Kerl in die Einfahrt meiner Farm. Santiago Sanchez ist neu in der Stadt und hat die Praxis übernommen.

Der neue Liebesroman um einen Freundinnenurlaub in Schottland voller Überraschungen und Träume – von den #1-Kindle-Bestsellerautorinnen Sylvia Filz und Sigrid Konopatzki. Es ist so einfach: ein urgemütliches Cottage, Scones mit Tee und waschechte Schotten zum Verlieben. Endlich Landurlaub! Barkeeperin Alva vom Kreuzfahrtschiff »Ocean Darling« freut sich auf unbeschwerte Freundinnentage mit Julie in einem heimeligen Cottage in Schottland. Schon lange träumt sie davon, ein eigenes Bed and Breakfast zu eröffnen. Als Julie spontan absagt, springt Misaki, eine Crewkollegin, ein.

I thought hot nerdy billionaires only existed in books. Then brilliant astrophysicist Colin Hathaway moved in next door. After losing his cool on camera, tech’s most eligible bachelor is hiding out in Buttercup Hill, getting a two-week taste of small town life while driving me crazy with that gorgeous smile and those deep blue eyes. But I need to keep my distance. Not only is he ten years older and my brother’s college best friend, but I’m busy fending off the vultures trying to take over our family winery–and my siblings are just waiting for their little sister’s next bad decision.

Randy Miller is living his dream come true. His cookie business has taken off since he started it just before Christmas, and he’s in love. He never thought he’d find the love he’d always dreamed of with someone he’d known his whole life, and who he’d always thought of as competition.

Little Blighty is an idyllic part of the world, with a church, a market, a small school and a pub, The Cock and Bull. Village life is pretty uneventful, though the humdrum happenings include social turmoil, economic upheaval and vicious political squabbles - all presided over by the redoubtable head of the Parish Council and secretary of the Rotarians, Mrs Roberts.

Connor Laird frightens people: he's intense, he's fearless, and he seems to be willing to do anything to protect himself and those he loves. He arrives in the Longacre Children's Home seemingly from nowhere, and instantly becomes hero and villain to every other child there.