Résultats pour "MAiA" dans Roman féminin

Dans la nuit du 18 au 19 janvier 2011, Laëtitia Perrais a été enlevée à 50 mètres de chez elle, avant d'être poignardée et étranglée. Il a fallu des semaines pour retrouver son corps. Elle avait 18 ans. Ce fait divers s'est transformé en affaire d'État : Nicolas Sarkozy, alors président de la République, a reproché aux juges de ne pas avoir assuré le suivi du "présumé coupable", précipitant 8 000 magistrats dans la rue. Ivan Jablonka a rencontré les proches de la jeune fille et les acteurs de l'enquête, avant d'assister au procès du meurtrier en 2015.

Maya Carson poured years of work, love, and savings into the Beach House she shared with Julian Barrett. She paid all the bills, invested everything in the renovation, painted every wall, sanded the floors and trim, rebuilt the gardens, and imagined the family they might one day have. But when the relationship shatters, Maya faces a brutal truth: she was never married, and her name was never on the title. In the eyes of the Barrett family, she owns nothing.

Maia D'Apliese y sus hermanas regresan a la impresionante mansión familiar donde crecieron al descubrir que su adorado padre, que las adoptó en distintos lugares cuando no eran más que bebés, acaba de fallecer. Cada una recibe un sobre que contiene una prometedora pista sobre su origen. A Maia, la mayor de las hermanas y nuestra protagonista, la suya le lleva a una casa en ruinas en Río de Janeiro. Allí comenzará a recomponer las piezas de su historia.

Soy Maya Vidal, diecinueve años, sexo femenino, soltera, sin un enamorado, por falta de oportunidades y no por quisquillosa, nacida en Berkeley, California, pasaporte estadounidense, temporalmente refugiada en una isla al sur del mundo. Me pusieron Maya porque a mi Nini le atrae la India y a mis padres no se les ocurrió otro nombre, aunque tuvieron nueve meses para pensarlo.

When Maya Rivers takes a job at Pulse, a coffee shop in the heart of the Umbrafore Complex, she expects busy shifts and maybe the occasional grumpy vampire. What she doesn't expect is accidentally stumbling into supernatural fame or being targeted by a serial killer with a flair for theatrics.

Dissi loro che avrei voluto essere una vedova. «Ho l’impressione che, quando divorzi, tutti si chiedano come hai fatto a rovinare tutto, cos’ha reso così insopportabile stare con te. Se tuo marito muore, almeno la gente è dispiaciuta per te.» Maggie sta bene. Anzi, non è mai stata meglio. Certo, è al verde, la sua carriera accademica non sta andando da nessuna parte e il suo matrimonio è durato solo 608 giorni, ma alla veneranda età di ventinove anni, Maggie è determinata ad abbracciare la sua nuova vita di Divorziata Sorprendentemente Giovane™.

Opt nuvele, opt poveşti de iubire, opt femei. De la vânzătoarea modestă la miliardara arogantă cu trecut misterios, de la soţia dezamăgită la amanta sacrificată pentru binele familiei bărbatului iubit, de la deţinuta politic la prinţesa nonconformistă, chipurile dragostei se schimbă, deşi nevoia de fericire rămâne mereu aceeaşi.

La Sicilia è raggi di sole, rumore delle onde del mare, profumi del mercato. Ma anche carne, ombra dentro le case e silenzi. Valerie cresce addestrata alla violenza, tra un padre poliziotto dalle emozioni disconnesse e una madre donna delle pulizie che quando picchia lo sa fare con metodo. Una vita qualsiasi, amiche qualsiasi, amori qualsiasi. Eppure, è nelle vite qualsiasi che succedono le cose brutte, quelle che si pensa capitino solo agli altri. Il corpo di Valerie – con la sua sessualità consapevole, sfacciata, sbrigliata – diventa il teatro del potere di qualcun altro.

Former spy Irma Abercrombie wasn't looking for drama when she invited Violet Blackheart—a brainy, sun-deprived acquaintance—for a visit at her island home. But after an armed robbery in town goes terribly wrong, Irma gets pulled into an island intrigue: Was it a simple snatch and grab, or are there darker forces at work?

Dal cassetto del mio comodino sbuca un portafoto in plastica arancione pieno di fotografie brutte, ed è subito estate del 1990. C'è Claudia con la frangetta e un paio di occhiali da sole con lenti fumé, Gina un po' più magra e con i capelli bagnati sciolti sulle spalle, io con gli occhiali da vista e sottile come un orbettino. Lulù era già andata via. Mi ricordo gli anni dopo la sua fuga, quella strana assenza mista a sollievo. Non sapere dove fosse e cosa stesse facendo era inquietante, ma la vita senza di lei era diventata più semplice, almeno per noi.

Slicing open the afternoon mail rips apart Nola Stevens' secure - but tedious - life in Seattle. Twenty-three years ago, she moved from her father's house to her husband's house, barely pausing to attend her high school graduation. But now her marriage is over. Her ex-husband's moved on to something else entirely, leaving Nola parked on her friend Malia's sofa bed until further notice. When Malia's summoned home to Maui for her father's seventy-fifth birthday luau, she persuades Nola to come along.

Six months ago, if anyone would have told Em Johnson she'd end up divorced, broke, and running the dilapidated Tiki Goddess Bar on the magical North Shore of Kauai she would have told them to shove a swizzle stick up their okole. As if all that isn't bad enough, when an obnoxious neighbor with a grudge is found dead in the Goddess luau pit, suspicion falls on Em and the rest of the Goddess staff. With the help of a quirky dance troupe of over-the-hill Hula Maidens, Em and the cast of characters must ban together to find the killer and solve the mystery....

Eligible bachelor Lucas Campbell is very available, but very picky. A veterinarian in Monterey, California, his life is perfect: He works, he sails, he loves the ocean and the mountains - so why rock the boat? Then Miss Chloe Patterson comes along. Chloe has the body of a supermodel, the mouth of a sailor, and the fashion sense of teenage guy in 1990s Seattle.

E se per ottenere un buon voto all'università dovessi fare amicizia con qualcuno che proprio non ti piace? Lavinia pensava che nella vita avrebbe insegnato e invece, dopo la maturità, si è lasciata convincere dai genitori a iscriversi a Economia. È ormai al suo quinto anno alla Bocconi, quando si trova coinvolta in un insolito progetto: uno scambio con degli ingegneri informatici del Politecnico. Lo scopo? Creare una squadra con uno studente mai visto prima, proprio come potrebbe capitare in un ambiente di lavoro.

One very ordinary day, Maya Flowers sees a new commuter board her train. Maya knows immediately and irrevocably that he is 'the one'. But the beautiful man on the train always has his head in a book and never seems to notice Maya. Eventually she plucks up the courage to give the stranger a note asking him out for a drink. And so begins a story of missed opportunities and finding happiness where you least expect it.

A year after the kiss that brought them together, Maya and James are embarking on another journey - this time around the world. The trip starts promisingly, with an opulent and romantic Indian wedding. But as their travels continue, Maya fears that 'love at first sight' might not survive trains, planes and tuk tuks, especially when she realises that what she really wants is a baby. Trouble is, James doesn't feel the same.

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER A sweeping, dazzling dual-timeline novel centering on two unforgettable women—and their inextricable link to each other decades apart. Ukraine, 1944 As the world around her is ripped apart by war and infiltrated by Nazi soldiers, Savka Ivanets works as a...

Opt nuvele, opt poveşti de iubire, opt femei. De la vânzătoarea modestă la miliardara arogantă cu trecut misterios, de la soţia dezamăgită la amanta sacrificată pentru binele familiei bărbatului iubit, de la deţinuta politic la prinţesa nonconformistă, chipurile dragostei se schimbă, deşi nevoia de fericire rămâne mereu aceeaşi.

Engaged and happily in love, Allison Scott and Damien Wales are looking forward to joining their lives together as one. Coming from a mournful year after losing her parents, Allison is ready to heal and move on to the next chapter with the love of her life. But Damien's past continues to threaten their future. A man once obsessed with Damien's sister is now after his one and only love, Allison. The woman who came before Allison is determined to captivate Damien's heart.

Leopold Portman, a young IT manager a few years out of college, dreams of settling down in Philly's bucolic suburbs with his fiancé, Nora. A talented singer in mourning for her mother, Nora has abandoned a promising opera career and wonders what her destiny holds. Her best friend, Stephen, Leopold's brother, dithers in his seventh year of graduate school and privately questions Leo and Nora's relationship. On June 16, 2004, the three are brought together - first for a funeral, then for an annual Bloomsday party. As the long-simmering tensions between them come to a head, they are forced to confront the choices of their pasts and their hopes for the future.