Résultats pour "A Confession" dans Anthologies et nouvelles

The silence inside St. Jude was never peaceful. It was a burden, heavy with the chill of centuries-old sins. For twenty-year-old Liliana, the church is no refuge. It is a gilded cage. As an orphan of the parish, her life is built on prayers, lowered eyes, and the iron duty to preserve the purity that has been drilled into her since childhood. She is a hollow shell — until Father Thomas enters the stage. Thomas is not a kind shepherd of souls. He is authority made flesh in a black clerical collar, massive and unyielding as the granite of the church walls.

Thirty-one nights. Thirty-one confessions. One October you won't forget.Every night in October, a patient has something to confess.A woman who let the trick-or-treaters in and didn't make them leave.A man whose haunted house came alive.A town with a tradition that only works if the offering is...

Three unforgettable full-length steamy, suspenseful, small-town romance novels from NYT and USA Today bestselling author A.L. Jackson....

Die Stille in St. Jude war niemals friedlich. Sie war eine Last, geladen mit der Kälte jahrhundertealter Sünden. Für die zwanzigjährige Liliana ist die Kirche kein Zufluchtsort, sondern ein goldener Käfig. Als Waise der Gemeinde besteht ihr Leben aus Gebeten, gesenkten Blicken und der eisernen Pflicht, die Reinheit zu bewahren, die man ihr seit ihrer Kindheit eingehämmert hat. Sie ist eine hohle Hülle – bis Father Thomas die Bühne betritt.

This is a story from the Normandy Stories collection. Maupassant is hailed as one of the greatest masters of the short story. This collection focuses upon the land he knew and loved so well - Normandy. Its people and its countryside are portrayed here in vivid color and with great warmth. Amusing, saucy, and sometimes even farcical they may be, but they are also capable of great pathos, often branching off to end tragically.

Here is a celebration of the bizarre and beautiful, and a marriage of unlikely worlds. From a reverence of the dead to the sacrifices the living make to unspeakable gods, from clockwork dreams to tales of merciless revenge, Kiernan blurs the artificial lines of genre, and shows us a world where there is no division between the light and dark. 

Pellegrina Leoni, la diva qui a perdu sa voix, fuit Rome et rencontre un homme dans les montagnes. Il lui raconte son secret qui le tient éloigné de la civilisation. Confiante que, malgré la dureté de la vie, Dieu octroie parfois un « da capo », un recommencement, une résurrection, elle...

The Confessions of St. Augustine is one of the most moving diaries ever recorded of a man's journey to the fountain of God's grace. Writing as a sinner, not a saint, Augustine shares his innermost thoughts and conversion experiences, and wrestles with the spiritual questions that have stirred the hearts of the thoughtful since time began.

Frat boys. They’re nothing but trouble. But the guys at Beta Gamma Zeta sure know how to have a good time. Discover their deepest secrets with these 3 short stories of MM romance.

Comprising 10 short stories, The Confessions of Arsène Lupin first appeared in 1913. Each story features the eponymous gentleman-burglar, who deploys his remarkable wit and skill to plot a path through aristocratic society, outwitting both police and criminals along the way. This collection contains tales of romance and mystery, with Lupin himself never above performing the occasional good deed, while pocketing his own rewards, in the course of his adventures.

This is a poetry audiobook told in a narrative style. The author begins with describing a young love that turns into a complicated relationship, but also reconciles with her mistakes.

Some secrets are meant to be revealed...or so you'll discover in three sexy, unforgettable Valentine's Day stories from New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Jennifer Ryan and contemporary romance stars Candis Terry and Jennifer Seasons.

From the Amazon bestselling author of Sleeping with Paris comes a spicy novella that will take you on a decadent and touching journey into the land of palm trees and sunshine… When talented DC photographer Natasha Taylor meets alluring investor Nicholas Reyes at her first exhibit, a harmless invitation to join him for a weekend in Los Angeles turns into a passionate love affair that awakens Natasha in ways she never could have imagined.

When overworked CIA agent Liz Valentine sets off for a yoga retreat on the gorgeous beaches of San Diego, the last thing she expects to find is love. But when one oh-so-enlightened yoga instructor catches her eye—and her heart—Liz must decide if the loveless life of a secret agent is truly what she wants after all.

Ebony carried a secret that tore the church apart. Her ill-advised relationship with a married man set off a chain of regret, reshaping the lives of everyone involved. As the weight of the secret grew, Ebony knew she couldn’t hide it forever—not from God, her family, the church, or him. She wanted to confess early on, but others persuaded her to remain silent. Then, one afternoon, everything changed. An incident sent Ebony to the hospital, forcing the truth into the open. A few weeks later, Ebony stood before the congregation and confessed.

When recent divorcée and famous romance novelist Violet Bell loses her once lustrous career writing happily-ever-afters, a whirlwind weekend in the Nation’s Capital with her closest college friend—a sexy British speechwriter named Aaron Wright—could have her wondering if Mr. Wright hasn’t been right underneath her nose all along…

Three Sinners. Three confessions. And all the dirty little secrets you could possibly desire…Father Stuart Ballard has been Marcus Stearns’ confessor since the young Jesuit was only eighteen years old. He thought he’d heard every sin the boy had to confess until Marcus uttered those three...

My name is Jack Steen. That name shouldn’t mean anything to you, unless you’re about to die—and then I’m your bloody guardian angel. I work as a night nurse in the Asylum for the Criminally Insane.

He sits on a park bench talking to trees, listening carefully for their replies. He digs deeper inside himself, knowing that peace lies beyond the depths. Meanwhile, a woman watches him from afar, enjoying his every step towards realization.

Oliver Smith, known as Food to his friends, so called on account of the fact he can’t afford to feed himself, is a vagrant. After being turfed out from the family home by his wife, Food moves into a lads’ flat in the big city. However, things are not so easy for Food as he struggles with advancing his nonexistent career, housemates who refuse to give him a break, as well as the government, who Food is convinced are stalking him. These are the least of Food’s problems, however, given that due to his impoverished nature, he struggles on a daily basis to even feed himself.