Résultats pour "Angels" dans Littérature, romans et fiction

Unlike the rest of her family, Maggie Walsh has always done the right thing - that is until the day she leaves her husband and takes refuge with her friend Emily, a screenwriter in Los Angeles - a city where even the palm trees are skinny.

À 17 ans, Seïs Amorgen est nommé pour intégrer la plus grande confrérie du royaume d'Asclépion. S'il accepte, il deviendra l'un des guerriers les plus éminents de la monarchie. S'il refuse, il restera le gamin frivole et arrogant qui fraye avec les bandits de sa ville natale. Alors que l'ombre du Renégat s'étend sur sa terre d'origine, Seïs va devoir prendre la décision qui bouleversera sa vie et, bientôt, il devra faire face à ses propres démons.

"Chacun n'a-t-il pas, au moins une fois dans sa vie, souhaité tuer quelqu'un ?" Alfred Hitchcock. Paris, Noël 2021. Après un accident cardiaque, Mathias Taillefer se réveille dans une chambre d'hôpital. Une jeune fille inconnue se tient à son chevet. C'est Louise Collange, une étudiante venue jouer bénévolement du violoncelle aux patients. Lorsqu'elle apprend que Mathias est flic, elle lui demande de reprendre une affaire un peu particulière. D'abord réticent, Mathias accepte finalement de l'aider, les plongeant dès lors, tous les deux, dans un engrenage mortel.

Erato est la fille du chef d’un des plus puissants gangs de Californie. Mais pour cette jeune femme qui a grandi à l’écart de la mafia, ce monde reste un mystère. Rien ne l’avait préparée à devenir du jour au lendemain la cible des ennemis de son père. Sa vie bascule : forcée de quitter ses proches, elle emménage dans une villa isolée. Désormais, elle est sous la surveillance constante de son garde du corps attitré, le dangereux et énigmatique Caz. Ce dernier ne comprend pas pourquoi on lui a confié cette mission.

The explosive Robert Langdon thriller from Dan Brown, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code, The Lost Symbol, Inferno, and The Secret of Secrets. An ancient secret brotherhood. A devastating new weapon of destruction. An unthinkable target. When world-renowned Harvard...

The first explosive Robert Langdon thriller from Dan Brown, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code, The Lost Symbol, Inferno, and The Secret of Secrets. An ancient secret brotherhood. A devastating new weapon of destruction. An unthinkable target. When world-renowned...

As Fallen Angel embarks on their worldwide Corruption tour, frontman Halo is forced to deal with his newfound fame, as well as his intense feelings for his bandmate, Viper. Because now Halo has everything he ever dreamed of and one surprise he never expected: a boyfriend. And Viper has the one thing he never thought he wanted but found himself chasing down: a relationship.

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOKS OF THE YEAR USA TODAY BESTSELLER The critically acclaimed author of the “crazily enjoyable” (The New York Times) Whalefall returns with an immersive, cinematic novel about five World War I soldiers who stumble upon a fallen angel that...

Figure lointaine et floue de la première des "Filles du Feu" publiée en 1854, Angélique entraîne l'auditeur au cœur de l'Idéal et du Romantisme (l'ouvrage est d'ailleurs dédié à Alexandre Dumas, autre grande figure du romantisme). Ce récit, entrecoupé de digressions, à la manière des contes orientaux, agace et retient comme un philtre du temps passé. On ne peut s'arrêter, s'empêcher de continuer à chercher, à la manière de Gérard de Nerval, pour entr'apercevoir finalement Angélique, cette figure d'un amour mythique.

From the author of the Seven Sisters series, The Angel Tree is Lucinda Riley's compelling mystery of family secrets and forgotten pasts on the sweeping pastures of south-east Wales. Read by the award-winning actor Juliet Stevenson (Truly, Madly, Deeply) 'Sweeping, absorbing, beautifully written...

När drottning Victoria beordrar Tilda att gifta sig med prinsen av det avlägsna landet Oberia måste hon åka dit för att träffa honom, trots att hon verkligen inte vill gifta sig med någon hon inte älskar. Vid ett tillfälligt stopp i München råkar Tilda hamna mitt i ett upplopp, där hon blir räddad undan faran av den stilige Rudolph, som blir skjuten av en polis i flykten. Tillsammans med barnmorskan Frau Sturdel gör hon allt för att rädda hans liv.

When English troops threaten Lady Christiane MacGillean's beloved castle, she has no choice but to set it ablaze - and with it, the ancient treasure hidden there. Escaping into the Highland hills, she is quickly captured, taken south, and caged by the English king. Outraged by the lady's treatment, Sir Gavin Faulkener bargains for her life - and suddenly finds himself not only guardian of her castle, but wedded to her as well.

In an eternal paradise, the most beautiful angel, Lucifer, struggles with shame, identity, and timidity, with little more than the desire to worship his creator. It isn't until the strongest angel, Michael, comes into his life that Lucifer learns to love himself. Along the way, their friendship begins to bloom into something else. Maybe the first romance in the history of everything. But this God is a jealous one, and maybe paradise is not paradise.

Wiesbaden, 1945. La joven Hilde apenas puede creer su suerte: la guerra ha terminado y el Café del Ángel se ha salvado milagrosamente. Hilde sueña con volver a convertir el negocio familiar en el glamouroso lugar que reunía a artistas y personalidades de la ciudad.

Landing Under The Moon follows Natalie Jane, an eighteen-year-old Auckland girl shaped by foster care, abandonment, loneliness, and survival. Raised between unstable homes and emotional neglect, Natalie has spent most of her life learning how to disappear quietly enough not to become a problem. Books, vampires, and fantasy worlds become her escape from a reality that has always felt temporary. On the night of her eighteenth birthday, during a violent Auckland storm, Natalie receives an impossible visitor.

Angela doesn't know who she is, what school she went to, or where she lives. She doesn't even know what she is. They told her she's dead and her thoughts execute on a machine. But she doesn't feel like a machine and definitely doesn't look like one. More like some stuck-up kid with zero percent body fat. Angela goes in search of her identity and meets a girl who seems familiar. The girl might have the answers Angela needs, if Angela can ever find her again. Angela would have a better chance of figuring out who she really is if people would stop lying to her and stop shooting at her.

Une tache rouge sur l'oreiller, juste sous les cheveux de sa maman, morte sous les coups de son mari. Voilà ce que le petit garçon a vu, à cinq ans... Pour survivre, Kyle se jette à cœur perdu dans la musique, que sa mère aimait tant. Vingt ans après, devenu leader d'un groupe de rock, il est célèbre dans le monde entier. Mais inapte au bonheur.

Fifty years after the events of Altered Carbon, Takeshi Kovacs is serving as a mercenary in the Procterate-sponsored war to put down Joshuah Kemp's revolution on the planet Sanction IV. He is offered the chance to join a covert team chasing a prize whose value is limitless - and whose dangers are endless. Here is a novel that takes mankind to the brink.

Warrior angels, vampire hunters, and angels gone bad heat up this altogether sizzling paranormal alternate universe. This anthology of novellas features Angels' Wolf, Angels' Judgment, Angels' Pawn, and the never-before-published Angels' Dance.

Enter the world of the rich, charismatic Lytton family and their powerful publishing empire in this passionate family saga that spans from the Edwardian era to World War I and the excesses of the glamorous 1920s. Enter the world of Celia Lytton, a woman who is used to getting her way. Celia makes difficult and often dangerous decisions that affect not only herself, her husband Oliver, and their children, but others.