Résultats pour "Angie" dans Littérature, romans et fiction

Sierra Blake has returned home to Mill Hollows, Virginia. She's lost her job as a hotel marketing executive. She knew getting romantically involved with the son of the franchise owner was a bad idea. Turning down his marriage proposal left Sierra updating her resume and needing a change of scenery. Returning to the small football-loving town located in view of the Blue Ridge Parkway is definitely a change of scenery from the sultry heat and water sport enthusiast city of Tampa.

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Fifteen-year-old Ana Cancion never dreamed of moving to America, the way the girls she grew up with in the Dominican countryside did. But when Juan Ruiz proposes and promises to take her to New York City, she has to say yes. It doesn’t matter that he is twice her age, that there is no love between them. Their marriage is an opportunity for her entire close-knit family to eventually immigrate. So on New Year’s Day, 1965, Ana leaves behind everything she knows and becomes Ana Ruiz, a wife confined to a cold six-floor walk-up in Washington Heights.

Elise Jacobs is ready for a change. A new beginning. Recently divorced, she relocates to her hometown of Landover, Maine to operate a bed and breakfast she inherited from her grandmother. After growing up with the fondest memories of her childhood being spent there, she relishes the chance for a fresh start and an opportunity to revive the inn. As summer gives way to Autumn, the inn is returning to its grandeur. A handsome guest sets out to challenge Elise at every turn. She knows the wealthy narcissistic type...or does she?

She expects to get the job done and return to Boston without complication. As Christmas approaches, Lacey is surrounded by nostalgia, as she tries to balance work and her personal life. Further adding to her growing list of distractions is her college boyfriend, Mason Peters. Will sparks fly when she runs into the man she left behind? When faced with the choice to stay or go, which path will she choose this time?

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This is the final part of the memoirs of Detective Inspector Peter Johns. Angie comes to Britain from Jamaica, intent on finding help for her brother, who has cerebral palsy. A murder at the nurses' home where she lives brings her into contact with Peter, who comes in to investigate. Peter is clear that the color of a person’s skin is of no significance, but others do not agree - as Peter and Angie find out to their cost.

On the surface, Delilah Reddick’s life looks perfect. Her husband is a pillar of the community, and with her as his quietly supportive wife, they appear to be the picture of success and happiness. But there are deep cracks in the foundation, dark secrets Delilah has never shared with anyone. Delilah knows what her husband is capable of when the evil inside him finds its way to the surface. In her quest to save her son, Delilah sets off a chain of events that could rock the community and reveal the darkest secret of them all.

Warten auf Angie: Viele Leute in der Szene reden von Adolf Hitler. Dabei haben sie gar keine Ahnung von ihm. Zum Beispiel weiß kaum jemand von denen, wann Hitlers Freundin Eva Braun geboren wurde. Ich schätze, sie müsste jetzt 75 oder 80 Jahre alt sein. Genau weiß ich es selbst nicht. Für mich spielt das auch keine große Rolle. Ich bin ein Gabba, Technoszene. "Gabba" steht für "freundschaftlich neutral", und das bin ich eigentlich auch.

Ed and his childhood friend Danny are gearing up in Kodiak, Alaska, preparing to join the Angie Piper's crew for another season of crab fishing. Ed is a relative newcomer, but despite the perils of the trade, he sees no reason to fear for Danny's safety. The Angie Piper has always been blessed. She has a stalwart captain, Fred; a crack engineer, Dave; and two time-tested pros to keep the rest of the operation running smoothly, exuberant Loni and the more reticent Salazar.

Cody and David fall in love and know they want to be together. However, their families are bitter enemies. Sound familiar? Unlike Shakespeare's characters, however, their lives do not end in suicide. Cody is a confident young woman who can take care of herself, right? Cody's biological father is a gay ex-con, but unlike her grandmother, Cody isn't worried about societal snobbery. Much to her family's dismay, she wants to meet this man. David is the grandson of the recently murdered well well-known male socialite Rick Browning, and Cody 's grandfather was somehow involved!

Quando Cara Romero perde il suo posto in fabbrica a causa della Grande Recessione, ha ormai più di cinquant'anni e deve, una volta ancora, ricominciare tutto daccapo. Costretta alla trafila degli uffici di collocamento, in una torrenziale confessione riversa la storia della sua vita su un'anonima consulente del lavoro: le turbolente vicende sentimentali; la nostalgia per la Repubblica Dominicana da cui è fuggita; le relazioni in un condominio newyorkese assediato dalla gentrificazione; la lotta continua per sopravvivere alle difficoltà economiche e alla burocrazia americana.

As I’ve gotten older, I recognize that life is full of terrible irony. Lying undetected on the fringes of our day-to-day schedules, it’s everywhere - like with the love that blindsided me and destroyed my entire family. I had spent long, hard years waiting and longing for the time to come when I would be allowed to leave home, to finally escape my tyrannical crime boss mother. Then Angie filled my heart with her love, and I hated it each time that I had to leave.

Verity’s family tree has deep roots… and deadly secrets. Some families pass down antiques or china. Verity’s family? They can’t seem to pass up a good mystery. So when Verity’s dearly departed grandmother drops by unexpectedly, Verity is overjoyed—until she learns Grandma Didi is back with a chilling request tied to a cherished family heirloom.

Von einer Wanderung in den Wäldern Virginias kehrt nur der 14-jährige Eugene zurück, sein Vater ist spurlos verschwunden. Eugene ist aufgrund einer Autismus-Spektrum-Störung stumm und kann nicht mitteilen, was geschehen ist, wodurch er schnell selbst ins Zentrum der Ermittlungen gerät. Seine 20-jährige Schwester Mia beginnt eigene Nachforschungen anzustellen – und kommt einer Reihe von Geheimnissen auf die Spur, die die bürgerliche Fassade der Familie bröckeln lassen. Wie gut können wir einander je kennen?

Jay Marshall, an edgy junior theater major, befriends Emma Montgomery, a celibate Christian sophomore transfer student with bipolar disorder. They bond after Emma's embarrassing tumble and become best friends. Emma falls for Brady Ellison, but Jay secretly loves her while he continues to mess around with Brie. Emma and Brady date, but he doesn't want to respect the fact that she wants to wait until marriage to have sex. Meanwhile, Jay ends things with Brie, who holds a grudge. Emma discovers Brady's infidelity and breaks up with him.

Pre-K teacher Faith Roberts is running away from a sinister past that left her mostly broken but held together only by her strong faith in God. Charles Meredith, her abusive ex-fiancé can't accept she is gone. He continues to delusionally believe she still loves him. He found her new hometown and secretly watches her every move. As Faith fearfully starts her new life, she becomes acquainted with the handsome new officer, named Ryan Madsen, who protects the school she is teaching at. Ryan is hiding behind an emotional wall caused by the pains of his past.

Eight years ago, Kara witnessed something terrible and she's never told anyone. Now an adult, Kara finds herself without direction; no goals, few friends, and a strained relationship with her parents. Until a chance meeting changes everything. Nicole is everything Kara never knew she always wanted. But all is not as it seems. Kara isn't the only one keeping secrets. Torn between family loyalty and a chance at true love, which will Kara choose?

In rural Virginia, Young and Pak Yoo run an experimental medical treatment device known as the Miracle Submarine - a pressurized oxygen chamber that patients enter for therapeutic "dives" with the hopes of curing issues like autism or infertility. But when the Miracle Submarine mysteriously explodes, killing two people, a dramatic murder trial upends the Yoos’ small community. Who or what caused the explosion? Was it the mother of one of the patients, who claimed to be sick that day but was smoking down by the creek? Or was it Young and Pak themselves?

Stacy Linde is a wife and mother living in a friendly neighborhood in Northern Florida. She has a wonderful life. When her mother dies, Stacy’s life is disrupted and spirals swiftly into chaos when she uncovers dark secrets about her origins. Who are you when everything you thought you knew was a lie? When Stacy’s history crashes into her present, she must reconcile with the secrets her mother kept and understand why she kept them...or risk losing everything, including her life.