Résultats pour "Ivy" dans Fiction

Friends don’t let friends fake date alone. Oscar Wilde once said, “Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.” Ha! Wrong. Dead wrong. And I can totally prove it. For the last seven years, I’ve been just friends with Jack Holiday—yes, that Jack Holiday. The swoon-worthy, ridiculously famous, self-proclaimed king of the silver screen. Passion? Love? Worship? Please. Unless you count how much Jack worships himself. Take that, Oscar!

Frugal and fearsome, Horace Lamb rules his household with whimsical tirades and oppressive sarcasm. While his wife and five children shiver through the cold months and live in quiet dread, the shrewd Bullivant maintains a sharp servant’s grip on all situations. When Horace transforms overnight to be considerate and caring, chaos ensues–and at the heart of the turmoil are the servants, who watch, scheme and survive as the family’s grievances spill out.

Welcome to Ivy Falls In the gorgeous small town of Ivy Falls, Torran is putting all her passion into building her new career in house restoration, trying desperately to help the town keep its identity and charm. She has no time for love but when her childhood sweetheart, Beck, comes back to town...

“A razor-sharp, slow-simmered and brooding novel of deception, Kira Chung Judish’s The Ivy Lie follows a lie that spirals into unmitigated chaos around a mother and daughter willing to do anything to achieve a far-flung American dream. But whose dream, exactly?”—Jinwoo Chong, author of I...

When Ivy, Countess of Ritchfield, arrives at the earldom’s country estate for one of the chilliest Christmases on record, she discovers she won’t be alone for the holiday. Her husband of nearly thirty years is already there. Robert’s unexpected presence means they’ll be forced to spend time together—something they haven’t done much of for the past decade.

The New York Times Bestseller, November 2020 'White Ivy is magic . . . and not soon to be forgotten' JOSHUA FERRIS, author of Then We Came to the End 'Totally addictive, twisting and twisted: Ivy Lin will get under your skin' ERIN KELLY, author of He Said/She Said 'Dark and toxic... White Ivy...

In the late‑Victorian Edgeworth household, everything appears orderly: a prosperous country house, an upright master, a dutiful wife and well‑brought‑up children. Behind the decorum, Duncan Edgeworth rules by sarcasm and command, his quiet tyranny shaping every conversation. When illness, death and a hasty remarriage bring beautiful young Alison into the house, buried rivalries flare–over love, money and who will inherit. As secrets multiply and alliances shift, even the nursery becomes a battleground…

FBI Agent Ava James had a difficult entrance into the FBI. After shadowing famed agent Emma Griffin inside the disturbing underbelly of Windsor Island, Ava James is now ready to carve out her own path in the agency.

One Day meets The Flatshare in this debut love story about two college housemates whose shared campus home—and tradition of mailing postcards there while away—keeps them tethered through the twists and turns of their twenties and thirties as life pulls them apart but always seems to lead...

Gibson Barton knows his Pack is on the verge of something they will never be able to prepare for: a chance at freedom. Yet when he's finally able to open his eyes to what might be his fate, it could be too late.As a submissive wolf of her Pack, Mandy Calhoun has always only watched Gibson from afar. Because of her fears, she hasn't let her intentions toward him - or the other in her sights - be known. Oliver Dare is the Foreseer of the Ursine Pack, and knows with each vision, his death is that much closer.

In a new place with a new guardian, Ivy discovers a special talent that helps her see the blurred world in a new way. There’s a light at the end of the tunnel, and Ivy becomes determined to find it - and help others do the same.

Ivy Malone is back! This "invisible" LOL (little old lady) has been on the run, hiding out from the vengeful Braxtons, for almost three years now. With an unlikely propensity for getting tangled up in murder, and with the threat of the Braxtons always on her heels, they have not been dull years. Friend (boyfriend?) Mac MacPherson is usually around too, hints of marriage occasionally surfacing — but always sinking. But Ivy's longing for home back in Missouri has been growing ever stronger.

What if choosing love means breaking a family? Tessa is struggling to run her mother's beloved book shop and the business is failing. At least she has her dear friend (and accidental heart throb) Manny, to support her. As single parents, they understand each other and their friendship is too...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. A little tea. A lot of grace. And a love worth fighting for. Welcome to Gracehaven. Ivy Fairwood has only ever wanted one thing: her own shop where she can sell her special tea blends and medicinal herbs. But when the mysterious elf, Caelen Vael, and...

Mary Stewart, one of the great British storytellers of the 20th century, transports listeners to rural Northumberland for this tale of romance, ambition, and deceit - a perfect fit for fans of Agatha Christie and Barbara Pym. Whitescar is a beautiful old house and farm situated in Roman Wall...

A super-secret, off-the-books spy organization; a security-clearance starting at Top Secret and going up from there; an attack by giant squid during a thousand-foot dive while breathing an exotic gas; a cat's whisker escape from death during a three-day decompression—and that's just the first two chapters of "Operation Ivy Bells," before the action really gets underway.

Stell dir vor, es ist 2062 und du hast die Möglichkeit, in den sicheren Kolonien von AoI-London zu leben. Finde die Kolonien und rette dich mit deiner Gruppe hinter die sicheren Mauern! Halte dich an das Zeitlimit und verliere niemanden aus deinem Team. Zugang gibt es nur, wenn ihr vollzählig seid.

Als seine Mutter ihm den Geldhahn zudreht, bleibt Richard nichts anderes übrig, als sein spannendes Leben als Schriftsteller in London zurückzulassen und in sein Heimatdorf zurückzukehren: Ivy Hill. Widerwillig lässt er sich darauf ein. Mit der Zeit beginnt er sich dort wohlzufühlen, woran die junge, hübsche Arabella nicht ganz unschuldig ist ... Er beschließt, zu bleiben, und zieht in sein eigenes Cottage, wo er sich wunderbar zum Schreiben zurückziehen kann. Doch Arabella folgt ihrem Traum und geht nach London.

Der TikTok-Hype mit dem ultimativen Bookboyfriend! Der schüchterne Bestatter Callum muss heiraten, um das Familienunternehmen zu erben – doch Dates sind ihm ein Graus. Lark, eine lebensfrohe Animationsdesignerin aus Texas, sucht in Irland einen Neuanfang. Zwischen dunklem Humor, tiefen Gefühlen und knisternder Spannung entwickelt sich eine unwiderstehliche Friends-to-Lovers-Romance.

Ein Weihnachtstag im Haus der viktorianischen Familie Edgeworth 1885. Der Patriarch Duncan lässt keinen Zweifel daran, dass er der Herr im Haus ist, gegenüber seiner Familie verhält er sich anmaßend und tyrannisch. Als seine Frau stirbt, wird sie kurzerhand durch eine andere ersetzt, kaum älter als seine Töchter. Von dem Moment an, in dem die erste Teetasse umgestoßen wird, braut sich ein Sturm zusammen. Ivy Compton-Burnett entwirft eine Welt, in der unablässig die Tugend beschworen und bewundert und im selben Moment verhöhnt wird. Stets trägt das Laster den Sieg davon.