Résultats pour "LIKE" dans Action et aventure

No one told mob princess Hope Whitmore how boring witness protection would be. So when her boss sets her up on a blind date, Hope throws caution to the wind. A girl’s gotta live a little, right? Wrong. Turns out her well-meaning boss secretly put her picture on a dating app, and Hope finds herself face-to-face with the father of the teenager she accused of murder.

Ein kleines Mädchen, das ein Geheimnis in sich trägt. Ein Vater, der alles für sie tun würde. Die Jagd beginnt... "Rette sie oder ich schneide ihr die Kehle durch." Er war bereit, seine Tochter zu opfern... Ein Jahr nach dem tragischen Unfall seiner Frau muss Jack einen weiteren Schicksalschlag verkraften. Seine Tochter hat Leukämie, liegt schwerkrank im Krankenhaus und kämpft um ihr Überleben. Es gäbe noch eine Rettung für sie, aber dafür müsste er bereit sein, über Leichen zu gehen.

Now a knight of Tortall, with her gender no longer a secret, Alanna embarks on her next adventure to the edge of the realm. Captured for the crime of trespassing, Alanna is sentenced to a duel to the death. But the Woman Who Rides Like a Man is not so easy to kill. Though the duel is won, the battle is just beginning. When Alanna is named the Bazhir people’s first female shaman, she is tasked with training her successors. But first, she must overcome their fears of magic, for the sake of all Tortall.

There's No Place Like Oz is a reimagining of Wizard of Oz with a reverse harem twist. This darker, grittier version of a classic tale will keep you as on edge as our heroine, with touches of horror and lots of heat amidst the twisted romance.

Zaria was just a normal woman, living a simple life—until demons burst through her door and ate her heart. Reborn from tragedy, Zaria rises from the ashes as a Core, but with a twist. A rare mutation has turned her into a Mutant Core, destined to explode unless she forms a bond with a human witch to become a Striga. Her mutation? Legs. With the power of a full dungeon compressed into a walking house that is her body, Zaria sets out on a journey to find her Striga and avoid detonation. Along the way, she battles demons, builds her dungeon, and feeds her mimic mobs.

Sara had always been untouchable, his sister's best friend, and the girl next door... Smokejumper Aiden Callaway never questioned his job until a fire took the life of his friend, Kyle, and left Aiden with injuries and fractured memories. The truth may clear Aiden of blame but destroy Kyle's reputation and hurt the people he left behind.

For centuries, the world of Safehold, last redoubt of the human race, lay under the unchallenged rule of the Church of God Awaiting. The Church permitted nothing new - no new inventions, no new understandings of the world.What no one knew was that the Church was an elaborate fraud - a high-tech system established by a rebel faction of Safehold’s founders, meant to keep humanity hidden from the powerful alien race that had destroyed old Earth.

Mel logged in expecting a game. Instead, he found a city too real to escape. Possum City is beautiful, dangerous, and drowning beneath waves of undead. To protect it, Mel must unlock forbidden magic through love, but the deeper he falls for the elves, the closer he drifts toward a truth no mage is ready to face.

From rising sci-fi author Don Vodka comes the tale of an alien war that began 20,000 years ago and now stretches across the galaxy to Earth in the year 2068. Featuring 16-year-old Misty Remington, daughter of meta-human Dazzle Shelton. Misty and Rikkie, trained by Dazzle since they could walk, are an integral part of Earth’s defense force. Amid the chaos, and with their world turned upside down, the two girls must navigate uncharted territory while the fate of humanity hangs in the balance.

When Northstar Security’s unconventional agent Justine Shelby is assigned to protect world-renowned author Rosalee Kane from escalating death threats, she has no interest in sharing the mission—especially not with Rosalee’s by-the-book nephew. Shelby learned the hard way to rely only on herself. But FBI Special Agent Nelson Kane insists on joining the case, and Shelby reluctantly agrees, knowing Rosalee’s life may depend on it. Kane harbors a deep mistrust of Northstar Security, blaming them for his near-fatal shooting two years earlier.

Sophie kennt nur das einfache Leben in dem abgeschiedenen Haus mitten im Nirgendwo von Mississippi. Sie glaubt ihrer fanatischen und konservativen Mutter, dass die Welt ein schrecklicher Ort ist, und stellt deren Regeln nicht infrage. Cole hat schon früh gelernt, dass nichts im Leben je einfach ist. Gewalt, Selbsthass und Trauer sind seit Jahren seine ständigen Begleiter. Die Schuld, die er trägt, wiegt zu schwer, weshalb er schon lange niemanden mehr an sich ranlässt.

LONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2025 'Shows us how to love one another and hold on to what matters most' Tice Cin, author of Keeping the House 'Striking, moving, subtly radical' Guardian 'Confirms Goddard as one of the best writers of our time' Lucia Osborne-Crowley, author of The Lasting...

Rico didn't get to be a mafia capo by trusting easily, but he never expected his newest employee, Kick, to be a threat. The meat shop he runs is a perfect front to launder the family's money, but when a violent robbery leaves Kick hurt and shaken, Rico's control begins to slip. Drawn by a need to protect her, he finds himself opening up in ways he's never dared—and growing close to the one person who could ruin everything.

Though she's new to the resistance, Jessie Ramsey and the crew of the Arete are the spearhead of an assault that's been years in the making. They've uncovered the heart of a sinister alien conspiracy to hide the existence of ongoing human labor camps, and on a scale that's unlike anything any of the heroes have seen before. They have a target. They have a goal. What they need is a plan, and that's a tall order when the idea is to rescue a small city's worth of captive laborers.

After buying her favourite rum distillery and settling down, she thought she'd heard the last of her arch nemesis, Evanrute Saarien. But Saarien, fresh out of prison for his misdeeds in Windswept, has just fabricated a new religion, positioning himself as its holy leader. He's telling his congregation to go on strike, to fight the system. And unfortunately, they're listening to him.

After years of hard work, Zeke has finally made his way to the top of the food chain in the criminal underground. His first upper-echelon job is an international nightmare, but he has the skills to handle it. Unfortunately, the man that hired him—a dark force from Zeke's past—wants insurance, so he kidnaps Zeke's girlfriends to ensure the job goes smoothly. Zeke realizes there is only one way to handle this: with maximum violence.

In stark contrast to the dying world around him, Zeke's life had never been so wonderful. He had more work than ever, and life with Amelie and Delila was like something out of a dream. In a city where many died young, a bit of hope began to shine. A few days later, hanging from the balcony of the ninety-fifth floor of a hotel, Zeke finds himself wondering how things turned south so quickly. Plasma rifles, fast cars, and hot women. Zeke just hoped that would be enough to get him out of this one alive.

Zeke built his reputation as a dependable smuggler one sleepless night at a time. When he finally got a chance at the big leagues, he leaped at the opportunity. He didn't expect it to turn south so quickly, but in the city of Luckhaven, life can change in the blink of an eye—or the pull of a trigger. Armed with his prized pistol and indomitable willpower, Zeke wades through an ocean of deceit in his quest for the truth. When he meets Delila, a beautiful woman hiding valuable information, they piece together a massive conspiracy that could shake the very foundations of the world.

After a night out on the town, Parker Graves returns home to life-threatening danger. The science reporter for the local newspaper barely misses a bear trap sitting on his doorstep. Then, the object transforms into what looks like a bowling ball and rolls off into the night all by itself. He begins to obsess over the question—Who put the trap there? And why? The following day, there is strange news floating around at the newspaper office. Someone with limitless funds is buying up hundreds of homes and businesses, only to close them up and tear them down. 

The creatures were in a rut. The tiny monster was tired of being mistaken for a booger — and being eaten by kids! The punk-rock cashier was mired in small-town blues — and surrounded by country music! And the old grouch was annoyed with everything — and everyone! With good reason! "Just look around!" it often thought. "The world is rotten!"Indeed, it was. Humanity, they agreed, was disgusting.