Résultats pour "James" dans Petites villes et ruralité

Some stories don't end. They wait to be found… Book editor Lucy Thomas has just inherited her grandmother’s windswept Cornish home, and with it, a library bathed in sunlight, a spiral staircase that leads to secrets, and a battered box filled with unfinished stories… To honour her...

Mrs McGinty died from a brutal blow to the back of her head. Suspicion fell immediately on her shifty lodger, James Bentley, whose clothes revealed traces of the victim's blood and hair. Yet something was amiss: Bentley just didn't look like a murderer.

She ran from her wedding. Now she's standing on my porch… still in the damn dress. Faith Ross always did have a wild streak, but seeing her stumble out of a wrecked truck on Christmas Eve—lace torn, eyes glassy with panic—is something I'll never forget. Six years ago, she left Buckhorn...

Als Captain der Sky Ridge Fire Station ist mein Job alles andere als Routine. Wir sind eine Eliteeinheit, die in besonders gefährlichen Situationen gerufen wird. Und als jüngster Captain in der Geschichte der Station weiß ich, dass ich mir keine Fehler erlauben kann. Sie ist die erste Frau, die ich an meiner Seite haben will.

Odilie Rutherford is known in the small Scottish town of Lauriston for two things – her beauty, and her father, Canny. As a self-made man, Canny has the wealth he dreamed of but not the status and hatches a plan to marry his daughter to local bachelor of note, the Duke of Maudesley. Yet Odilie cannot bear the thought of a life with the ill-mannered Duke, and when the annual summer fair arrives in town for three days she seizes a chance to enjoy the freedom she craves.

Bob Dylan once declared that "Sex and politics and murder is the way to go if you want to get people's attention," and readers won't be able to look away from Shadows on Sidewalks, the new erotic thriller from James Grady. James Traven returns home to his small Montana town in autumn 2024 to care for his mother after a devasting fall. He quickly finds himself trapped in a life-threatening web of lies and lust. With the clock ticking, Traven must save the savvy and beautiful Lana LaBuff from almost-certain murder.

A boy’s disappearance in the small town of Deerfield, CT, stokes distrust and resentment from its residents. Each local he interviews harbors a hidden agenda, keeping long-hidden secrets close to their chests. With trust in short supply, Sheriff Sean Callahan struggles to find answers to the child’s whereabouts, but every new secret he uncovers leads him closer to a horrifying truth.

I've been living a double life. By day, I'm Kade Wilde, running my family's ranch. By night, I ride bareback broncos in secret—something I promised my dad I'd never do. She walks into my life like a spark I can't ignore—newly single, fiery, and completely unaware of the chaos she's about to stir. One charged look across a bar, a few reckless words, and she's asking me to be her fake wedding date this weekend. It was only meant to be temporary. But our connection quickly feels so real, and the way she slips into my world makes me believe there could be more.

The final masterpiece by James Sallis, author of the cult classic Drive When an old friend from his days on the police force makes a plea for him to come and help with what seems to be a murder case, jazz guitarist Bishop steps back into a former life. Two major problems, though. The job’s in...

A veteran of the Great War, Jesse Cole is grateful for the quiet life he now leads. But when his closest friend runs afoul of local criminals Frog and Squirrel Fenley, Jesse is forced to spin his moral compass and enter a violent and volatile underworld. There he encounters corrupt lawmen, hired assassins, and a dark family secret that will upend all he once knew. Complicating matters are Texas Ranger Amon Atkins—who arrives to investigate the Fenleys just as their empire is threatened by a deadly new competitor—and the green-eyed, raven-haired Adaline, a love Jesse thought he’d lost forever.

The search for Mr. Right is over… Until my new "boyfriend" walks into a bar and my best friend gets fate-induced heart-eyes at first sniff. So, I bow out with grace and maturity… by running from the bar and jumping behind the wheel of my car in the middle of a snowstorm. When I find myself...

From the Abyss Led Astray, a new Christian psychological thriller novel, weaves a complex narrative that explores themes of trauma, redemption, and the battle between good and evil through the interconnected lives of its characters. Set in the small fictional town of Chance Landing, this whodunnit thriller delves into supernatural elements as it follows various individuals — from a vulnerable teenager to a struggling pastor, an emotionally overwhelmed youth pastor, and others caught in sinister plots far beyond their understanding.

A heartwarming and humorous romance in which an unlikely couple fall in love over Wordle. Twenty-seven-year-old Emily doesn’t have a lot going well in her life right now. She dreams of a creative career but works as a receptionist in an auto shop. She longs for big city life but lives in a...

Set in 1959, the "year the music died," The Smoke in Our Eyes is a cinematic, clock-ticking saga set in a small Montana town. When a fatal car accident shatters ten-year-old Lucas's world, he finds himself confronting crime and vengeance, humor and heroism, all against the backdrop of growing up.

Can she trust a dragon with her heart? Tevryn’s been given a mission by his leader, to find out who is behind the attacks on the dragons and the laboratory they are using for their experiments. While attending an event where several of the suspects will be present, he runs into a complication he never saw coming. .. his eternal flame. Delaney is a brilliant architect with an eye for uncovering unusual secrets. She accepts a job offer from a wealthy tech mogul to build a monument based on an ancient prophecy.

New World Shipping supervisor Ben Harrison is a happily married man in his mid-thirties when he wakes up alone—and dead. Isolated in a strange new place where all the clocks read 6:55, the last thing Ben remembers is a series of both good and bad memories. When he finds a bakery that hasn’t existed since his childhood, he meets the owner, Harold Toll, who explains that they’re in purgatory. Ben’s fate now lies in an upper power’s hands, so he must make the most of it.

Change of fortune due to a condescending attitude.

When the Revolutionary War begins, Guy Watson is a slave to the Hazzard family in Rhode Island, but he is soon engaged in service for the American army by Samuel Ward, head of one New England's most prominent families. Torn about leaving his beloved June and the other slaves who have become his family, Guy eventually sets out with Samuel Ward and a battalion of men on a treacherous and legendary trek to Quebec.

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first...

Menace awaits. Sleath. Quiet, peaceful. A small village hidden away in the Chiltern Hills, almost forgotten by the modern world. Nothing much seems to happen here; little disturbs the centuries-old tranquillity. Until the ghosts begin to appear and frighteningly bizarre events start to occur. Psychic investigator David Ash, a man burdened by the dark secret of his own past, is sent to Sleath to investigate the phenomena and his discoveries there drive him to the very edge of his own sanity.