Résultats pour "Me" dans XXe siècle

Set in the 1950s against the backdrop of Grace Kelly’s whirlwind romance and glamourous wedding to Prince Rainier of Monaco, New York Times bestselling author Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb take the reader on an evocative sun-drenched journey along the Côte d’Azur in this page-turning novel...

Meet Me at Rainbow Corner follows the lives of Dot, Lilly and their friends, as they dance the nights away, fall in and out of love, and navigate the horrors of war. Lilly goes on a secret mission with her Colonel to France, and Dot becomes pregnant and returns to Liverpool. When the war is over, they are reunited, having travelled by boat to the US with countless other war brides to meet their repatriated fiancés again. Along the way, they uncover a case of inside espionage and learn the true meaning of love.

1988 doesn’t end well for me. In just one week I turn thirty, get fired from my day job, and lose the role of Ophelia to a younger actress. But Jessica Abraham does not give up on her dreams without a fight, and I manage to score a part at a theater outside Boston. But when I learn that my costume could be taken from Cosmo’s Don't columns, I'm not so sure this career move will work, because I won’t be able to rely on my carefully managed physical charms. Only my craft will count.

She's descended from vampire royalty, gifted with a power she should not possess. He's a werewolf and former Supernatural Intelligence Agent, charged with protecting her at all costs. Neither anticipated they would have to marry in order to ensure her protection.

'Return to Me' is a historical fiction work which is written to be used as an impactful educational resource for students who are studying World War II. The book covers all 5 fronts of the war, with a clear explanation of the role the key players: Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Churchill, Roosevelt, and the Empire of Japan) played in the escalation and eventual resolution of the war. The story is intertwined with characters living in a small town nestled in the Rocky Mountains during the Depression and World War II.

1987. Supermodel Harlow Hayes seeks solace in a quaint Florida beach town to heal from a heartbreak that shattered her entire world. To her surprise, she encounters Matt Knight—a Hollywood A-lister with a bad-boy reputation—who has returned to his hometown to help his plucky grandmother, Tuesday, save her century-old skating rink, the Starlight.

1940: As war closes in and the bombs fall, on the Homefront, two sisters must find their place in a new world of ‘men's' work, in which a telegraph can break your heart and nothing in the future is certain. Growing up in Birmingham, Sylvia and Audrey Whitehouse were always like chalk and cheese. As young women, while Sylvia dreams of her forthcoming life married to fiancé Ian. Audrey can't bear the thought of being tied down by marriage and children.

The last time he saw her, a storm nearly killed them both. He saved her life. He never forgot her. Ten years later, they collide in New Orleans, and she needs him again, but now, she refuses to even let him see her face. When Ophelia woke up in the hospital, she had no memory of the deadly tornado that left her permanently disfigured.

Cornwall, England, 1941. Gazing at the coiled barbed wire and danger signs on this once-beautiful beach, Maddie suddenly hears a frightened little cry. Her heart pounding, she races down the dunes, but knows she will never reach the child in time. Maddie Brady is overwhelmed with relief to see a brave soul ahead of her rescue a little boy trapped among the landmines on the beach. But thanking the man, Maddie is shocked to hear a German accent. Why would an escaped German prisoner of war rescue an English boy?

Eighteen-year-old Sadie Stark, raised by the governor of Pennsylvania, has the world on a string. She doesn't need the mother who left her any more than she needs the fiancé who promises to change. What she needs is to finish college and keep her wits about her. When war-bound James Pasko returns her stolen clutch, and shows her what's missing in her life, she gains the courage to search for the truth about her past. What Sadie uncovers rattles her to the core.

1943. World War II has torn the continent since 1939 and tested families, the Bennets included. Elizabeth and Jane nurse wounded soldiers and civilians in a London hospital. The other sisters volunteer as best suits their inclinations. Mr. Bennet rattles about Longbourn. Wickham sniffs about the edges of the estate—and the Bennet daughters.

Beautiful, impetuous, Melissa Barclay had grown up in an atmosphere of security and ease. But now, suddenly, that life was gone, and she finds herself totally alone. Whom could she turn to? Whom could she trust? Johnny Grant, the wealthy playboy she’s known since childhood? Or Lex Carson, the mysterious, handsome stranger who asked for her love, yet remains so strangely distant?

17 de febrero de 1916: en plena Gran Guerra, el Príncipe de Asturias, el barco más moderno y lujoso de la próspera naviera Pinillos, zarpa de Barcelona rumbo a Buenos Aires. Una historia inspirada en un hecho real.

Ellen has been the family breadwinner while her men are off in Europe, making the world safe for democracy. But with the war over, Sydney, the man whose job she held, is back, and she is unemployed. And now Sydney is stalking her! At her mother's suggestion she becomes a mail-order bride. But has she fled far enough to be safe?

Be my guest anytime...After the only woman Cole Newkirk ever loved dumped him, the Montana pinhooker swore off romance. He's been working for years in the business up and down the West. One crazy night of drinking on the trail and the handsome cowboy ended up in the oddest of places. When Utah girl, Beth Salter moved to Montana for work, she only did so to experience the good old West. The town of Lonesome is the perfect place and four years in, the city girl has embraced her and so has she. Until...