Résultats pour "Captive" dans Littérature, romans et fiction

Abandonnée dès son plus jeune âge, Emma Toska n'a jamais eu de foyer, jusqu'à ce que l'armée américaine lui offre une échappatoire. Entre régime strict et défis physiques, la dernière chose à laquelle Emma s'attendait était de la rencontrer. La capitaine Olivia Queen, charismatique et mystérieuse, Olivia l'attire irrésistiblement. Mais leur relation est interdite.

Pour les fans de Lucinda Riley et du roman gothique ! (Re)Plongez dans cette saga familiale pour une expérience d'écoute inédite et addictive. Le timbre nuancé de Ninon Moreau nous offre une Cathy Dollanganger délicate et magnétique à la fois. À la mort de son mari, Corinne retourne dans la demeure parentale en compagnie de ses quatre enfants, deux garçons et deux filles. Pour des histoires d'héritage, la jeune veuve doit cacher leur existence à son père, avec lequel elle est brouillée.

Il est de ces rebelles pour qui un homme est prêt à tout affronter, même ses plus grandes peurs. Écosse, XVème siècle. Ewen MacLeod, le cœur brisé, quitte son clan et les Highlands pour s'enrôler dans l'armée du roi. Il est aussitôt envoyé à la frontière du royaume d'Angleterre, dans les Scottish Borders - les Marches écossaises -, où il devient capitaine de fort.

His identity now revealed, Damen must face his master, Prince Laurent, as Damianos of Akielos, the man Laurent has sworn to kill. On the brink of a momentous battle, the future of both their countries hangs in the balance. In the south, Kastor's forces are massing. In the north, the Regent's armies are mobilizing for war. Damen's only hope of reclaiming his throne is to fight together with Laurent against their usurpers.

La vie tranquille de Marianne, mère de famille, bascule un soir ordinaire de septembre lorsqu'elle est brutalement enlevée. Désormais captive d'un groupe violent, elle se retrouve plongée au cœur d'un chantage des plus sinistres… Et le plus troublant : son mari et sa belle-sœur semblent impliqués ! Et alors que les alliances se font et se défont, Marianne parviendra-t-elle à s'enfuir et reprendre une vie normale ?

The first novella set in the universe of James S. A. Corey's epic Captive's War series. Humanity's war is eternal, spread across the galaxy and the ages. Humanity's best hope to end the endless slaughter is the Livesuit forces. Soldiers meld their bodies to the bleeding edge technology, becoming...

With their countries on the brink of war, Damen and his new master, Prince Laurent, must exchange the intrigues of the palace for the sweeping might of the battlefield as they travel to the border to avert a lethal plot. Forced to hide his identity, Damen finds himself increasingly drawn to the dangerous, charismatic Laurent. But as the fledgling trust between the two men deepens, the truth of secrets from both their pasts is poised to deal them the crowning death blow.

Though with some of Plautus's usual comic elements (including people in disguise, clever servant, etc), this is a rare serious play by him looking at slavery and prisoners of war among the various Greek states. From the Prologue: "Really, it will be worth your while to give your attention to this play.... Don't you be afraid because I've said that there's war between the Aetolians and the Eleans. There (pointing), at a distance, beyond the scenes, the battles will be fought. For this were almost impossible for a Comic establishment, that we should at a moment attempt to be acting tragedy." - ...

Pour les fans de Lucinda Riley ! Bart, âgé désormais de vingt-cinq ans, hérite de Foxworth Hall, la demeure maudite, qu'il restaure entièrement. La grande fête qu'il y organise prend vite l'allure d'un nouveau départ pour cette famille meurtrie et déchirée depuis plus de quarante ans. Ainsi, la rivalité entre Bart, l'ambitieux, le mal-aimé, et son frère Jory, danseur étoile au firmament de sa carrière, est peut-être enfin appelée à se résorber – ou bien, au contraire, va-t-elle s'amplifier de manière irréversible.

They destroyed his world. They killed his father. And now one of them is his prisoner. Ted James hates the Skya’ja, the fish-faced aliens who destroyed the Earth. Promising humanity the clean, renewable energy that transformed them into a peaceful spacefaring species, the invaders lured scientists like Ted’s father into their project. Instead, the explosion known as the Cataclysm wiped out electrical grids, governments, and militaries. Two years later, the Earth is a scrapheap where the remaining few humans and aliens war for the resources that are left.

Early one morning in 1754, the stillness of Charlestown, New Hampshire, is shattered by shrill war whoops and the terror of an Indian raid. Young Miriam Willard, on a day which had promised new happiness, finds herself instead a captive on a forest trail, caught up in the ebb and flow of the French and Indian War.

Pour les fans de Lucinda Riley ! Ninon Moreau reprend avec brio son rôle de Cathy Dollanganger, une héroïne qui a désormais soif de vengeance. Libérés de l'emprise familiale et évadés du grenier où ils étaient séquestrés, les enfants rescapés sont parachutés dans un monde dont ils ignorent presque tout. Ils doivent désormais affronter la vie, ses embûches... et ses nouveaux drames. Néanmoins, la chance leur sourit quand leur chemin croise celui du docteur Paul Sheffield, qui les recueille aussitôt. Christopher peut alors entamer ses études de médecine, tandis que Cathy se lance dans une carrière de danseuse.

Will Maggie Wheeler Moretti lose the Key Lime Garden Inn? Since the double Christmas weddings, Millicent Brenner has become more of a threat to the Moretti family than ever before. Maggie Wheeler Moretti and her family struggle with the possibility that the Key Lime Garden Inn will be lost to them forever. With everything Maggie has done to build her beautiful sanctuary on Captiva Island, she now has to muster all the courage she can to fight this latest battle. Her mother, Sarah Garrison has been independent and a social butterfly for most of her life.

At odds with his family and on the run, Lord Cyril is taken prisoner and held in a gloomy mountain fortress—which he brightens up quite a bit, thank you. His captor wants him to be quiet and not cause any trouble, but who cares? Cyril may need the mysterious highwayman to quell his dawn magic and keep him sane, but he's overbearing, sardonic, and unpleasant. Mostly. Except when Cyril can't live without his touch, or his voice, or his rare smile.

When you're accused of stealing jewelry from the grumpy single dad who you nanny for but... Grumpy single dad seeks Nanny... Her father tells me she’s mute. Except I catch her humming a lullaby. He’s a liar. Or she has everyone deceived. What possibly could a four-year-old be hiding? I really should have done a background check on him. Imagine my surprise when I discover my grumpy boss works for the mafia. I want to leave but he won’t let me. I’m his captive, forced to follow his rules and do as he demands. This slow burn mafia romance is the second book in the Mafia Marriages series.

Pour les fans de Lucinda Riley ! Cathy vient de s'installer dans une grande maison en compagnie de son frère et de ses deux jeunes fils, Bart et Jory. Ensemble, ils mènent une existence paisible, essayant d'occulter toutes ces années de troubles et de drames. Et les deux frères de s'épanouir et d'affirmer leur caractère... Ce pourrait donc enfin être le bonheur pour eux tous si, dans une proche demeure, ne venait s'installer une vieille dame voilée de noir ; si, dans le journal intime d'un aïeul, Bart et Jory ne découvraient l'atroce fatalité qui pèse sur leur lignée.

As a true crime podcaster, I should be able to spot a monster a mile away. Wrong. The moment I lock eyes with Rook O'Connell, I know I'm about to do something reckless. Sharp suit, broad shoulders, and a smile that promises sin. He's the kind of man who could ruin me, and God help me, I might...

Dive into the poignant tale of alienation and entrapment as experienced by a young woman whose seemingly ordinary life is abruptly upended. Journey with her through a maze of restrictive social circles and unfulfilled romantic dreams, all while grappling with the shadows of her upbringing. (Summary by Peter Tucker)

A young woman's body is found in a remote barn on the Fens. Before she was killed, one of her fingers had been cut off. Who is inflicting this violence and why? The young woman in the barn had been kept captive for some time. And the case shows strong similarities to an unsolved murder in Derbyshire. When another woman is found alive with similar injuries, the case grows even more complicated.

Underground revolutionaries, The Nail, and their rookie, Luke, snatch 23- year-old heiress Adeline Woolsaw. Her parents, the Woolsaws, control a vast empire outsourcing everything from prisons to bases. The Nail aims to expose this shadowy power grab. But their plan twists. Adeline's pregnant. Her child, about to be born, isn’t human. It’s a supernatural being, product of a demonic ritual in the Woolsaws’ Highgate mansion. The family’s endgame? An infernal kingdom with Adeline's son as king.