Résultats pour "Just" dans Anthologies et nouvelles

Piper Parish doesn’t do impulsive… usually. But when the man she’s been waiting for finally calls, it’s not for a date—it’s a proposal. A fake one. Myles Stewart needs a wife to access a trust and save his beloved newspaper, and Piper is all in. What starts as a practical solution soon feels anything but platonic. Myles never expected his pretend marriage to come with real feelings. But as cozy domesticity blends with simmering attraction, the line between fake and forever blurs. Now the only thing more complicated than keeping their secret… is wanting it to be real.

Sometimes, the biggest risks aren't saving the world-it's letting someone in. Jamie is a thirty-five-year-old D.C. transplant who has settled into a comfortable, predictable routine in Denver, Colorado. As a government director wrangling military and tech contractors to test experimental...

After his son gives him a pair of "X-ray" glasses as a gift, Martin Blackstone tries them on just for the hell of it - and all they do is give him a headache...until he sees things he can’t possibly be seeing. Glimpses of things on the other side of a wall or beneath someone’s clothing. He wants to believe it’s just his overactive imagination, but the “X-ray” specs actually work.

King's brand new fiction title: a captivating collection of tales with dark - and light - twists from the master of this wonderful form. What would you do if your everyday world were turned upside down in an instant? Here are 12 riveting stories about relationships with unexpected twists. Be very careful what you wish for.

Join 10 college friends as they search for pleasure, passion, and that special someone—and learn to weather love’s highs and lows along the way. A swoon-worthy box set for the complete series.

From a single short story written in 2001 to a sprawling series of more than 20 books, the Just Cause Universe is a superheroic reflection of our times. Encompassing more than 60 years of history, these tales fill in the gaps, tell the side stories, and broaden the depth of the JCU. Although all these stories have appeared in previous publications, this is the first time they have been collected into a single volume.

Ann-Louise is back. She hadn’t planned on seeing him again so soon. And yet here she is, as if her body made the decision before her mind could catch up. She doesn’t know him. Not yet. Not really. But her body wants more than she’s willing to admit, and every encounter makes it harder to...

For fans of Curtis Sittenfeld and Katherine Heiny, a comic and incisive collection of linked stories about women unraveling under the weight of politeness, partnership, and performative perfection. “Formally inventive, expertly crafted, and alive with a generous sense of humor, Just Don't Ask...

“Jackson at her best: plumbing the extraordinary from the depths of mid-twentieth-century common. [Just an Ordinary Day] is a gift to a new generation.”—San Francisco Chronicle Acclaimed in her own time for her short story “The Lottery” and her novel The Haunting of Hill...

Ein unvergessliches Weihnachtsfest, dreimal Zeit sich zu verlieben - von SPIEGEL- und ›The New York Times‹-Bestsellerautorin Abby Jimenez Die romantischste Zeit des Jahres lässt die Herzen dreier Paare in miteinander verbundenen Liebesgeschichten höherschlagen. Da ist zum Beispiel Lauren...

2010 Audie Award Finalist for Short Stories/Collections Thirteen “dazzling” (Associated Press) and “wonderfully wicked” (USA TODAY) stories from #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King. A book salesman with a grievance picks up a mute hitchhiker, not knowing the silent man in...

This is Age is Just a Number—a collection of age gap romances written by Kristen Proby, including Take A Chance With Me narrated by John Hartley and Kirsten Leigh, The Scandal narrated by Lance Greenfield and Emma Wilder, Enticing Liam narrated by Lance Greenfield and Jennifer Mack.

This bundle includes Just One Night, Just One Scandal, Just One Chance and Just One Spark.

The horror genre is full of remarkable writers—masters of prose that can make your skin crawl, your pulse quicken, and your breath ragged. But nothing is as special as a badass female author who evokes a sense of fear and dread so intense that it affects the listener for days afterward.

“Heath’s boundless imagination and singular voice have produced a truly unique thriller.” —Jeffery Deaver, New York Times bestselling author, on Hangman The shocking, fast-paced and queasily funny follow-up to Jack Heath’s international bestselling thriller, Hangman Timothy Blake...

He’s all law and order. She’s sugar and spice. When opposites combust, someone’s bound to get burned. Julie Harper is sunshine in an apron, serving up sweet treats and sass at her new bakery, Seaside Sweets. She’s got big dreams, a loyal girl gang, and zero time for complicated men, especially grumpy cops who look like sin and scowl like it’s their job. Marcus King likes rules, routine, and keeping his distance. But Julie? She’s chaos in cupcake form. When a tragedy pulls them together, sparks fly, and one night of heat turns into something neither of them saw coming.

A man, broken and lost, journeys to the rugged Cornish coast, seeking solace in its dramatic cliffs and crashing waves. But instead of finding an end, he encounters an ethereal presence, a soul that intervenes and offers him a different path. This is a story of despair turned to hope, of finding...

A literary short story featuring 'Theatre -of -the -Mind' cinematic audio design. On a cold Scottish autumn evening, a man stops by derelict castle ruins while driving through the Highlands. Something draws him towards the deserted ancient fortress. As dusk settles over the loch, a profound grief overtakes him—a sorrow so deep it threatens to consume him entirely. Something about this place speaks to him in ways he cannot explain. A haunting meditation on loss, memory, and the places where our deepest emotions remain eternally echoed in the landscape. Some places really do remember...

Join this family of misfits with stories of exploding children, missing vehicles, bigfoot, the FBI, the witness protection program, animal adventures, child rearing (likened to herding cats), and marriage advice (What not to do). All this and more!

Miles Junction is but one of many Northeastern Ohio towns long forgotten and left behind, its residents living on the cusp of financial, emotional, even spiritual destitution. An old trapper becomes the scapegoat for a boy's brutal murder. An out-of-work diesel mechanic resorts to crime in order to provide for his wife and son.