Résultats pour "Siren" dans Littérature, romans et fiction

Après le succès de La Maison aux sortilèges (plus de 30 000 exemplaires vendus !), le nouveau roman d'Emilia Hart. Secrets, sirènes et sororité : un roman envoûtant avec des héroïnes inoubliables et puissantes qui s'emparent de leur destin. Lucy fuit ce qu'elle a fait. Et ce que quelqu'un lui a fait. Une seule personne au monde est capable de la comprendre : sa sœur, Jess. Mais lorsque Lucy arrive dans sa maison biscornue, perchée et isolée au sommet d'une falaise battue par les vents et les embruns, elle ne trouve personne. Où est passée Jess ?

Malibu, 27 août 1983. La fête annuelle de Nina Riva est l'évènement le plus attendu de l'année à Malibu. Star du show-biz, politique ou serveuse au drugstore du coin, tout le monde rêve d'être invité, car ce n'est pas seulement la fête la plus notoirement décadente de toute la côte Ouest, c'est aussi l'occasion d'approcher les Riva. Nina, Hud, Jay et Kit, non contents d'être les enfants du chanteur qui fait vibrer l'Amérique, sont eux-mêmes un modèle de succès. Ils sont jeunes, ils sont beaux, ils sont talentueux et ont le monde à leurs pieds.

A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK #1 LibraryReads Pick Indie Next Pick A spellbinding novel about sisters separated by centuries, but bound together by the sea, from the author of the runaway New York Times bestseller Weyward. “Narrator Barrie Kreinik offers a first-rate...

Les voiles de Saint-Malo ont pris la couleur du deuil : Jaouën Carriban, l'armateur, est mort brutalement, sans avoir eu le temps de se réconcilier avec son fils. Ce même fils qui, il y a huit ans, faillit sacrifier l'entreprise familiale à ses ambitions de navigateur. Aujourd'hui, Joël reprend la barre, au mépris de sa mauvaise réputation.

Amara Mutar has risen to the highest ranks of Tamar society by her wits and ambition. But it is not high enough to keep those she loves, and herself, safe from a past that will not release her. Cassian Haydar has sunk as low as it is possible to sink, but he intends to take back what is his, and crush those who took everything that mattered from him—after he’s done stealing back all the other lives they’ve robbed.

Young captain-for-hire Kitra Yilmaz has gotten her first contract: escort the mysterious Princess of Atlántida beyond the Frontier and find her a new world. It's a risky job, fraught with the threat of pirates, dangerous squatters, and rising romantic tensions. Still, Kitra and her crew are up for anything — until they find a lush world, perfect for settlement...with an enormous ghost ship already in orbit. What secret does the crippled vessel hide? And is Kitra ready to take responsibility for its precious cargo?

Luli Wei is beautiful, talented, and desperate to be a star. Coming of age in pre-Code Hollywood, she knows how dangerous the movie business is and how limited the roles are for a Chinese American girl from Hungarian Hill—but she doesn't care. She’d rather play a monster than a maid. But in Luli's world, the worst monsters in Hollywood are not the ones on screen. The studios want to own everything from her face to her name to the women she loves, and they run on a system of bargains made in blood and ancient magic, powered by the endless sacrifice of unlucky starlets like her.

È il giugno del 1850, e Napoli è bella come non mai sulla spiaggia di Chiaia, con i pescatori stesi al sole insieme alle loro reti e le ragazze che ridono nell'acqua bassa. Elvira ha ventidue anni e potrebbe essere una di loro, e invece deve andare in sposa a Giuseppe Morelli, che conosce appena e sicuramente non ama. Ma la sua famiglia è caduta in disgrazia, e il matrimonio, per la società in cui vive, c'entra ben poco con l'amore e molto col sacrificio.

Four artists are drawn into a web of rivalry and desire at an elite art school and on the streets of New York in this “gripping, provocative, and supremely entertaining” (BuzzFeed) debut National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree “Captures the ache-inducing quality of art and...

Two women disguised as men collide on a pirate ship: one set on revenge, the other escaping land and the bounty on her head. The two of them quickly find themselves in the middle of a voyage to find the world’s most dangerous weapon: the Kraken’s Fang. Even worse, their evil captain has a far more nefarious plot in mind. Can the two unravel the sea of secrets, and save the world? Or will their budding feelings for each other result in their downfall?

Samuel, sorvegliante di una vasca dove vengono allevate e nutrite le sirene destinate alla produzione della "carne di mare", si lascia tentare dal più pericoloso dei piaceri. Si unisce a una sirena femmina, sfuggendo a stento alla reazione istintiva di lei: divorare il maschio dopo il rapporto, come fanno le mantidi. Da quell'unione nasce Mia - mezza sirena e mezza umana - e da lei avrà, forse, origine una nuova specie cosciente.

Siren Talbot's life is plagued with storms. Her mother's insanity was the first, though not the last. Called to the ocean, not even the shores of Edisto Island can calm the tempest inside her.

A young woman of today, Rhea Rainey, is a genetic throwback to the Sirens of ancient Greek mythology. Locked within her genetic memory is the Sirens' song. Rhea begins to rouse this genetic memory, allowing her to see her precarious place between two universes—the imperfect one we all occupy, and the perfect one that was meant to be.

In this “decadent” thriller, a Hollywood heartthrob and his ex-wife shoot a blockbuster film on an isolated island–soon finding themselves trapped with each other’s long-buried secrets and lies (Emily Henry, NYT bestselling author of Book Lovers). ​ Summer is heating up, and some of...

All his life, Moon roamed the Three Worlds, a solitary wanderer forced to hide his true nature - until he was reunited with his own kind, the Raksura, and found a new life as consort to Jade, sister queen of the Indigo Cloud court. But now a rival court has laid claim to him, and Jade may or may not be willing to fight for him. Beset by doubts, Moon must travel in the company of strangers to a distant realm where he will finally face the forgotten secrets of his past, even as an old enemy returns with a vengeance.

The richest, most depraved man on Earth, Malachi Constant, is offered a chance to take a space journey to distant worlds with a beautiful woman at his side. Of course, there's a catch to the invitation...

Evan is entranced by the alluring song of the beautiful naked woman he saw in the surf one lonely night. But this is no mere seductress. She is a siren, one of the legendary sea creatures who prey on unsuspecting men. And she has claimed Evan as her next lover.

All the missing victims of North Carolina's deadliest serial killer have been found, all except Rachel Smith. When the FBI produces a photo proving Rachel is alive and well in Texas, one case is closed but another one is opened. Either this is a case of mistaken identity, or there are more people than just Sloan Jordan and Warren Parish who seem to walk the earth without a soul.

It only takes one defeat to topple an empire. With Britain still in the grips of World War Two, Georgina Garrett has her own battles to fight. She has made many enemies over the years, and with every victory she's only grown stronger. But following a bitter betrayal, Georgina must find a way to claw herself out of the depths of despair and back to the top position within London's criminal underworld. She'll do whatever it takes to secure her freedom and defeat those who'd rather to see her dead.

Syrinada learns this lesson first hand as she faces the Naiad’s Walk. This series of tests will determine if she is worthy of getting the powers that at a time, a siren was born with. Thanks to the actions of the women before her, this trial is put in place as a punishment by the witch covens. Should she fail, she will never gain full access to the magic that lay dormant within. Syrinada needs her power if she is going to stay alive but she doesn’t want to leave Malachi, her brooding protector, behind.