Résultats pour "Melissa" dans Thrillers et romans à suspense

Passion, faux-semblants, emprise... Qui manipule qui ? Une jeune femme fragile en quête d'un nouveau départ. Un couple magnétique et fascinant prêt à lui ouvrir les portes de son monde doré. Un trio pris au piège d'un jeu cruel et d'une dépendance fatale. Dans ce roman sombre et envoûtant, Mélissa da Costa explore, à travers l'histoire d'une passion toxique, la face obscure de l'âme humaine et les méandres du désir.

Anna jongle entre deux jobs pour payer ses études et ne parle jamais, au grand jamais, de sa famille. Elle rêve du jour où elle pourra quitter la petite ville de Pittsburgh. Gabe Weatherall est premier de sa classe, fait partie d'une fraternité de gosses de riches et est entouré d'une grande famille aimante qui a le cœur sur la main. Il est tout ce qu'Anna n'est pas. Pourtant, leur connexion est indéniable. Ses yeux argentés lisent en elle et il la fait rire comme personne.

Navy SEAL vet turned private investigator Logan Wild has a thirst for justice - and one-time flings. But when he meets Stella "Stormy" Knight, he finds himself craving more from the mysterious beauty….

Forensic scientist Reese Wilder never imagined herself as the entertainment at a bachelor party, but she’d do anything to keep food on the table for her teenage sister. With their mess of a mother in rehab—third time’s a charm, right?—Reese is stuck paying off their mother’s debt to a dealer and trying to make ends meet. Reese has had it rough, and she knows better than to rely on anyone for help, much less a pushy biker with piercing blue eyes who probably has dozens of women at his beck and call.

Big secrets run deep. Former FBI agent Jack McBride took the job as chief of police for Stillwater, Texas, to start a new life with his teenage son, Ethan, away from the suspicions that surrounded his wife's disappearance a year earlier. With a low crime rate and a five-man police force, he expected it to be a nice, easy gig; hot checks, traffic violations, some drugs, occasional domestic disturbances, and petty theft. Instead, within a week he is investigating a staged murder-suicide.

Dar Roberts, corporate raider for a multi-national tech company, is cold, practical, and merciless. She does her job with razor-sharp accuracy. Friends are a luxury she cannot allow herself, and love is something she knows she'll never attain. Kerry Stuart left Michigan for Florida in an attempt to get away from her domineering politician father and the constraints of the overly conservative life her family forced upon her. After college she worked her way into supervision at a small tech company, only to have it taken over by Dar Roberts's organization.

The small town of Paraiso was anything but paradise for Mary. She is the girl from the wrong side of the track with an alcoholic mother and an absentee father. Tihana's is the shy girl that's fear of flying kept her grounded. After a chance meeting in high school, the two became instant best friends. Now as adults the two best friends are more like sisters. Leaning on each other while trying to make their own way through life.

“Narrator Saskia Maarleveld creates a voice that is both determined and fragile.”—AudioFile In Melissa Larsen's The Lost House comes the mesmerizing story of a young woman with a haunting past who returns to her ancestral home in Iceland to investigate a gruesome murder in her family...

I'm hunted. By my father's insane followers on social media and by a dangerous masked man in real life. I'm his prey. They wage a total war on my life, and danger hides behind every corner. I can't trust anyone when my brother's best friends—the very ones protecting me—are my prime suspects. The truth is that I can't even trust myself. My fake boyfriend has my heart beating too fast… for real, and there's a secret kiss I can't forget. My hockey gods' roommates call a truce, and that's where the real danger is.

Jane und Nik sind schon in der Highschool unzertrennlich und teilen all ihre Hoffnungen und Träume miteinander–und schließlich ihren ersten heimlichen Kuss. Doch dieser Tag wird zum schönsten und schlimmsten in Janes Leben und zwingt sie, Hals über Kopf aus der Stadt zu fliehen und ihre große Liebe ohne Erklärung zurückzulassen … In Los Angeles wagt sie einen Neuanfang und der charmante Clubbesitzer Matteo scheint die Lösung für all ihre Probleme. Aber bald schon zeigt er sein wahres Gesicht und erneut sieht sie sich in einer schier ausweglosen Situation gefangen …

Mitten in der Nacht erhält Guy Foster einen Anruf von seiner Frau Melissa, die ihn zu einem mysteriösen Treffpunkt bestellt. Als er dort eintrifft, ist Melissa bereits tot. Foster, der kein Alibi für die Tatzeit hat, gerät unter Verdacht. Seine Aussagen sind widersprüchlich, und auch durch andere Zeugen wird er belastet. Nur Inspektor Cameron glaubt, dass Foster Opfer eines Komplotts ist. Als ein Brief auftaucht, erfährt er, dass Melissa ein dunkles Geheimnis hatte, von dem nicht einmal ihr Mann etwas ahnte.

Claudia’s latest invention, PREVIA, represents a groundbreaking—and potentially dangerous—new method for helping Alzheimer’s patients retrieve their memories. When the platform is stolen from her lab, Claudia immediately suspects her boss, billionaire Horge Hooglestar. But when you want to make a move against one of the most powerful men in the world, you need to think outside the box...and the law.

In the quaint town of Maplewood, Halloween is more than costumes and candy—it's the night of Hide and Seek Extreme, a decades-old game that pits participants against each other in a high-stakes challenge across two sprawling, eerily historic homes. For Jake, it’s more than just a thrill. He’s not only a seeker; he’s a brother on a mission, determined to uncover what happened to his sister Emily, who vanished during last year’s game. But as Jake and nine others delve into this year's chilling contest, it becomes clear that the game is anything but innocent.

I kissed a man in a hockey mask and…I liked it. My twin brother swears that the man behind the mask is one of his three best friends. But he won't tell me which one. All he tells me is that each of his friends would be perfect for me. He has a rule for the perfect boyfriend.

My sister – the glue that held our family together and the gatekeeper to the memories of our shared childhood. The girl I made a pact with – to protect each other for life. The woman who destroyed my family, my future. And the only one who can save my daughter.

As the wife of the Fairytale Killer, Melissa is closing out a chapter of her life, one cloaked in horror and guilt. All she wants is to move on and put the past behind her. On leave from his role as a Guardian, an elite group of paramilitary hostage rescue specialists, CJ will finally witness the execution of the man who butchered his baby sister. As Melissa and CJ rebuild the pieces of their lives, a man with the blackest of hearts and an endless capacity to inflict pain changes everything.

En arrivant dans le Montana où elle est venue vendre la maison de sa grand-mère, Annabelle n'a qu'une idée en tête : repartir au plus vite en Californie. Mais, en rangeant la vieille demeure, elle trouve une boîte en métal contenant des coupures de journaux et des photos de son aïeule au bras d'un truand notoire. Bien décidée à percer ce secret, elle retarde son départ et, au cours d'une promenade en ville, se retrouve nez à nez avec Dawson, son amour de jeunesse. Dawson, plus séduisant encore que dans son souvenir.

It is 1988 in Australia and people are missing. And when one goes missing, many more are lost. In outback Queensland, quiet and reserved teenager Leesa Richards disappears silently from her bedroom into the fog. Then cowboy Toby White leaves his pregnant wife Alice in a cloud of mystery. The only child of southwest Queensland sheep pastoralists, Rhiannon McVee has her eyes firmly set on swapping her cowboy boots for police-issue brogues. But with her parents and the love of her life Mac pressuring her to stay close to home, will her quest to find the missing be over before it begins?

After Nisti Khan’s return from her No Fail mission in Iran, she is celebrated as a savior of the young Kurdish Republic. However, their country has many enemies, and within weeks, they are on the brink of yet another war. When Syria invades, Nisti finds herself on the front lines of the most critical battle—defending the beating heart of their country, the capital city of Kirkuk.

Jess feels increasingly left out as the only non-mum amongst her friends. Terrified she might lose them altogether, she embarks on becoming a mother too. But is she really ready? Hollywood actress Ruth Seymour is home in the small town of Lakeview for the summer. But has an ill-advised fling with a handsome co-star resulted in a seriously unplanned consequence? Nina has come to live with her estranged father, Patrick, after a bad break-up. But will she ever dare tell him about the secret she is concealing?