Résultats pour "A" dans Littérature et fiction

Matt Bomer's heart-rending narration in this new audiobook edition offers a fresh and poignant listening experience of Hanya Yanagihara's timeless modern classic. Perfect if you're an A Little Life fan or a new listener. 'I'm not exaggerating when I say this novel challenged everything I thought...

Can an outlaw biker president and the chief of police's son defy the odds and be together?

Normalerweise hält mein Interesse für einen Mann nur wenige Nächte an. Umso überraschender ist es, dass mich ausgerechnet der unverschämte Servicemitarbeiter bei der Kanzleifeier meines Anwaltskollegen dermaßen anzieht. Vor allem, weil er nicht nur den Wunsch in mir weckt, ihn in seine Schranken zu weisen und gleichsam zu beschützen. Sondern auch die Hoffnung, er könnte stark genug sein, wenn ich die Kontrolle verliere. Es war klar, dass Arjen de Vries und ich bei unserer ersten Begegnung aneinandergeraten.

Ralphie Davis, was never man enough for his father or worth his mother’s attention. His life began once he moved from his parents’ home and into his sister’s. Tess, his older sister, was the only one to ever give him the time of day. He really never fit in anywhere and with no path to follow, no outlet, or really anything he enjoyed, he was well and truly lost. Then one day, his sister took him to work with her and introduced him to a whole new world full of endless possibilities. Had he finally found where he belonged? Daddy Marcel Allard hadn’t been a daddy in ages.

Storie Pages dreams of catching the eye of art prodigy, Ichinomiya Akiyama, but fate has a brushstroke of its own. Meet Valentine Novella, the campus heartthrob who's a jerk to Storie. A failing grade forces Storie into a summer art class where Ichinomiya is a student aide, but Valentine is his replacement! Storie faces a palette of emotions with unexpected romance and an unexpected stalker.

A cold-hearted club enforcer... An undercover snitch in love... And a kidnapped boy both men lust after…

When Hobart Detective Douglas Sawyer chases someone along Constitution Dock, the last thing he expects to see is the guy change shape and disappear into the freezing cold water. He also doesn’t expect a government suit to intervene on the case and offer him a job in a remote town in the wilds of the Southwest Coast to report on things that may or may not be weird. As the leader of his consortium, Ciaran Brenner takes protecting his town of Tenebrae Cove, and his family, very seriously.

Fascinado pela figura de uma drag queen chamada Madame Xanadu, o jornalista João resolve investigar a história dela. Para isso, busca a ajuda das pessoas que conviveram com a Madame mesmo antes de ela se tornar uma das personagens mais marcantes da cidade de Natal. Enquanto acompanhamos a investigação de João, consumida por uma melancolia inexplicável, Madame segue o plano de acabar com a própria vida.

Hadrien vient de se faire larguer à quelques jours du mariage de sa sœur. Ce qui était encore moins prévu ? Que sa route croise celle de Logan et son van aménagé... de façon accidentelle, ne leur laissant pas d'autre choix que covoiturer. Rapidement, ils se rendent compte que résister à l'attirance qu'ils ressentent l'un pour l'autre va s'avérer difficile. Mais si Hadrien a un besoin viscéral d'être aimé, Logan, lui, fuit tout engagement pour se protéger. En effet, sa vie va basculer dans un mois et il ne veut laisser personne l'empêcher d'aller au bout de sa décision.

A relationship broken. A ship in distress. Horrors that shatter minds. A song that changes reality Jett Valla and Eddie Stone stand between life and death for a million souls. But can they save each other? The QSR Neo-Tokyo was the first ship in the Quasar Metropolis-class fleet: an immense spaceship housing a glittering, neon-lit city and half a million people. For forty-five years, it has traveled from Jupiter to Pluto and back without incident. For the last six years First Officer Eddie Stone and Head of Security Jett Valla have built a life together aboard the ship. But no longer.

Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2020 'Sophie Ward is a dazzling talent who writes like a modern-day F Scott Fitzgerald' Elizabeth Day, author of How To Fail 'An act of such breath-taking imagination, daring and detail that the journey we are on is believable and the debate in the mind non-stop...

After 10 years abroad, Alexandra "Ali" Lennox's father asks her to move back to Los Angeles to head the family company, Lennox Breweries. The company's COO, Jill Gold, has dedicated 20 years of her life to Lennox Breweries and is not amused when she's asked to mentor Ali, who she considers to be nothing more than a privileged trust-fund brat. Even though they don't see eye to eye, Ali and Jill will have to learn to trust each other for the sake of the company - and each other.  

Headmaster Luke Lawson is committed to saving his boarding school before a cash crisis sinks it. He'll do anything to keep it afloat, even if that means accepting help from the man who broke his heart at uni. Nathan's offer to teach for free could be a blessing as long as Luke can harden his bruised heart. That's tough when they'll need to share living quarters and have a history of hook-ups. But Luke knows being compatible in bed isn't enough to build trust. It can't be when Nathan has always left him before morning.

Two years after the solar storm that knocked out power around the world, Astoria stands as an example of all that can be right about a community. Eight women have built lives out of what remains. Jackie and Taylor are summoned to a distant summit where their journey is a test of resolve and a leap of faith. Grace and Meg shoulder the weight of leadership after returning to Astoria and face new and old dangers as the community’s fragile peace is threatened.

After the devastating loss of her beloved brother, young Katharine Hepburn makes two vows: she will become famous, and she will never let anyone hurt her again. Leaving behind her East Coast marriage and icy patrician family, she arrives in 1930s Hollywood – accompanied by her lover and determined to live on her own terms. But the studio system has rules. And Kate – brilliant, bisexual, and fiercely independent – refuses to follow them.

Elian has lost two major anchors in his life, and he can’t figure out how to get back on track, so he takes to the rails, trying to outrun his struggles. The farther he runs, the deeper he sinks, losing himself more and more until a random phone call reminds him, he isn’t as alone as he thought. There is someone out there who still cares—Tyler.

From high school up until he became a successful attorney, Jacob Snowden was convinced that love had it out for him. "Everyone left" were the words he lived by. His mother, his high school sweetheart, his father, and his fiancé - they all left Jacob just when he felt it was safe to let down his guard. Not any longer. Jacob was a determined man, set at keeping people at a distance. If his six-foot-one, military-made body didn't scare people off, his permanent scowl surely did.

I’m in love with my best friend. Lie. I’m in love with my enemy. Truth. But they’re the same. They. Are. The. Same. Lines in my world are blurry between fantasy and reality. Truth and lies. Love and hate. Copeland Justice is my enemy. My once best friend. The sadist in my heart plucking and pulling at every thread of who I am until I’m unraveled at his feet. His mouth says he hates me. His eyes burn with animosity for me. His heart beats for someone else. But Copeland Justice is the best liar of us all.

Three Women, One Battle A world gone mad. Cities abandoned. Dreams invade waking minds. An invisible threat lures those who oppose its otherworldly violence to become acolytes of a nameless cult. As a teenage girl struggles for autonomy, a female weapons director in a secret research facility...

Summer term, 1956. For boys and girls, primary school days mean blackboards and chalk dust, pinafores and short trousers, satchels and skipping ropes. For talented teacher Helen Mercer, returning to her home county of Yorkshire and working in a supply role, it's a term of being sent wherever there's a gap to fill, and getting to grips with idiosyncratic head teachers, eccentric colleagues and new classes of young children. To each school, Helen brings warmth, creativity and a stubborn conviction that every child matters.