Résultats pour "Heart Of Darkness" dans Romance

Elle ne le lâcherait pour rien au monde. Il irait au bout des enfers pour la sauver. Et les enfers, Cassius et Ellie les traversent, le jour où leur camarade Derek Rowley décide d’ouvrir le feu sur les élèves de leur lycée. Quand il pose son Glock-19 sur le front d'Ellie, Cassius n'hésite pas une seconde : il neutralise la menace. Quitte à les détruire au passage. La presse érige alors Cassius en héros. Pourtant, lui ne se pardonne pas d'avoir failli à sa mission : protéger la petite sœur de son meilleur ami, qu'il aime en secret depuis toujours.

Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness is an expose of the cruelty that the author observed when he worked briefly in the Belgian Congo. The story is based on a journey that Conrad took up the Congo River in 1890, during King Leopold II of Belgium’s abusive rule of the area. The main thread follows the journey of the ferry-boat captain, Marlow, who must return Kurtz, an ivory trader, to Europe. The severely ill Kurtz dies on the journey after handling Marlow a collection of papers. Back in Europe, Marlow gives these to a journalist instead of those for which they were intended.

He’s a criminal with no conscience. The whisper of a name. A faceless stranger…a man content to dwell in the shadows of his underworld. I’m the light to his dark: an investigative reporter intent on exposing dangerous men like him. We were worlds apart until I caught his attention. Now I’m his captive. I may be an innocent, but I have my secrets too. For years I’ve been fighting a private war with the illegal drugs trade, with the cartel responsible for murdering my brother. I’m closer to revenge than I’ve ever been until his duplicity tears my life apart.

Madeleine Bright is a timid veterinary surgeon with a soft spot for sick animals and an ex-boyfriend from hell. When she signs up for a prison dating site out of curiosity, she has no idea just how much her life is about to change. Maddy and Zack's connection is instant and electric, and they soon find themselves taking one another to exciting, shadowy places neither of them have ever explored before.

I've spent the last three years raising my daughter and wishing for things I couldn't have. When I came back to New York, I thought I could find my way back to her. But that path was lost, grown over and hidden from everyone, especially me. Her obsession over her best friend's death is dangerous, and the man she's after could put her life at stake. She'll never let it go, not until he's behind bars or dead. She just doesn't realize it might not be him who pays in the end.

Redforest is a quaint town, with a church, pretty shops, and people who despise witches. When my family and I move in, I set my sights on the Shaw family, quickly learning everything I can about them. Damian’s son, Elijah, is the hunter’s greatest pride. His heir. His confidante. The only family he trusts. I come up with a plan. I am going to shatter every good thing in Damian’s life, starting with his son. My goal: Make Elijah Shaw fall in love with me, turn him against his father, and ruin everything in his life from the inside out.

To Kyoko, mythical creatures are something you rent and watch on a Saturday night with your friends. When a mysterious stalker turns the shadows around her into dark corners with sharp deadly edges, will she be able to hide from the past? Darkness has fallen upon the world again and the guardians have been awaiting the resurrection. Though they are thought to be creatures of myth, in this reality they are far more real than people think. Only when the moon is high will these creatures, these guardians, battle the evil that seeks to overtake the world and the girl who holds ultimate power… the light in the heart of darkness.

Makenna James thinks her day can't get any worse, until she finds herself stranded in a pitch-black elevator with a complete stranger. Distracted by a phone call, the pin-striped accountant catches only a glimpse of a dragon tattoo on his hand before the lights go out.

Nellie, a devout Christian, meets Nicholas, a devout womanizer, and sparks fly when their two worlds collide. Nicholas, the rich son of a hotel's owner, can't control his attraction to Nellie, one of the hotel maids. Nicholas pursues, and Nellie retreats. Her own pristine reputation is endangered as a result of Nicholas' undisciplined actions. Nicholas finally pretends to join her world by requesting Bible lessons from her. This ruse may change his life forever.

In this gripping sapphic dark romance, dominant Victoria Fraser never planned on creating a poly family with her passionate submissive Abby and former lover Alison. But as their BDSM dynamic deepens, healing old wounds and discovering new pleasures, Victoria dares to hope they've found something rare and beautiful. Until her past decisions come back to haunt them all.

Después de pasar tres años en la oscuridad, Isabella regresa a Estados Unidos con un único objetivo en mente: cobrarse todo lo que le arrebataron. Con una sed de venganza insaciable, vuelve más poderosa, letal, sádica y sombría que nunca, liderando implacablemente La Orden del Silencio, una organización temida por muchos. En su búsqueda de justicia, se sumerge en un mundo de penumbras, secretos y ardiente pasión. Pero al encontrarse con uno de sus mayores adversarios, descubre que detrás de su máscara se esconde mucho más que un simple rostro.

Per Kyoko, le creature mitiche sono qualcosa da guardare in TV il sabato sera con gli amici. Quando un misterioso persecutore trasforma le ombre intorno a lei in angoli bui con letali spigoli taglienti, sarà in grado di nascondersi dal passato? L’oscurità è piombata di nuovo sul mondo e i guardiani attendevano la risurrezione. Anche se vengono definiti come creature mitologiche, in questa dimensione sono molto più veri di quanto la gente pensi.

When Princess Rose is forced to marry the handsome, brooding wizard king, she's whisked away to his foreboding castle without even a chance to say good-bye to her family. She soon discovers her new home holds dark secrets that threaten the entire land, secrets no one dares speak of - and her mysterious husband is at the center of them. King Raith may have taken a bride to end a needless war, but after his former wife's murder he has no interest in falling in love again. As Rose defies him at every turn, her beauty and boldness tempt him to open his heart a second time.

After an excavation disaster, everyone departed their own ways… Well, except for Lara. The Temple of Karnak is fairly close to The Valley of the Kings and she has always wanted to explore the area. She never expected her trip to be cut short by a cobra in need of rescuing… Or so she thought.