Résultats pour "Sugar" dans Littérature, romans et fiction

It is 1898, and groups of starving Puerto Ricans, los hambrientos, roam the parched countryside and dusty towns begging for food. Under the yoke of Spanish oppression, the Caribbean island is forced to prepare to wage war with the United States. Up in the mountainous coffee region of Utuado, Vicente Vega and Valentina Sanchez labor to keep their small farm from the creditors. When the Spanish-American War and the great San Ciriaco Hurricane of 1899 bring devastating upheaval, the young couple is lured, along with thousands of others, to the sugar plantations of Hawaii.

In Suva, the bustling capital of Fiji, a tropical cyclone is looming. In this city of dazzling contradictions, three strangers are living worlds apart.

At forty-five, Michelle has a great life: a husband who loves her, two children on the fast track to success, a beautiful home in the rolling hills of Virginia, and three of the best friends a girl could ever want. But with the sudden death of Michelle’s husband of twenty-five years, her life turns upside down. Forced to sell their forever home and at odds with her children, Michelle faces a bleak future. Until an unexpected inheritance starts her on a path paved with bright possibilities.

Brought to you by Penguin. Young and confident, with a swagger in her step, Sugar arrives in the small southern town of Bigelow with the hope of starting over. Soon Bigelow is alight with gossip and suspicion, and Sugar fears she can't hide from her past. Until, that is, she meets Pearl, her...

Country’s hottest bad boy. That’s what they call me. My label ate it up until I became “too bad” for the good folks of country music. That’s when Hard Candy Records picked me up and took a chance on me. Probably not their smartest move, but I won’t tell them that. Especially when they’ve assigned me a babysitter to try and keep my ass out of trouble. One smart-mouthed, unimpressed, sexy-as-homegrown-sin Addy Mae Masterson.

Embracing science fiction, suspense, and the supernatural, this genre-bending collection explores the contradictions and complexities of the human condition. Sometimes exuberantly funny, sometimes bittersweet, Sugar will delight both new listeners and those familiar with Matthew Waterhouse's novels.

For fans of Sara Cate and Jade West, this dark romance debutfollows a college student who discovers that matching with older men on the SugarLife app can pay off her student loans, but doesn't expect to find she enjoys it. Four Daddy Doms. Three hours. Ten Thousand Dollars. Who wouldn’t say...

Charlotte Holden, Sugar's favorite pediatrician, knows better than anyone that love only leads to heartbreak. Instead she's focused on creating the Grow Clinic, an outpatient center for children. All she has to do now is host the best Founder's Day parade in the history of Sugar, Georgia, to win over a big-city donor. Easy as peach pie. Then sexy Jace McGraw blows back into town and utters those three words every woman dreads: We're still married.

Siobhan "Sugar" Malloy, co-owner of Sugar and Spice Café and part-time burlesque dancer, believes that love is for the young and foolish - and at 35 years old, she is neither. But a new business venture with the sexy 20-something owner of Crimson Bay Couriers is quickly changing her mind. Charlie O'Halloran is beyond charming, and his flirtatious manner is an unexpected breath of fresh air for Siobhan.

Lee Ann London once had big plans…scholarship, college, love. Then she found herself raising her deceased sister’s twin girls when their father disappeared. Now, with her beautiful girls, a community that depends on her, and her photography studio finally taking off, Lee Ann may not have the life she’d imagined, but it’s definitely the one she wants. Until Cody, her bad-boy ex, returns to Sugar Springs…

Forty-five-year-old Erin has grown restless with her life, which is odd because she’s spent the past twenty years roaming the globe. Between summers in Alaska and winters in the Florida keys, she’s climbed the steps of Machu Picchu, hiked long sections of the Great Wall of China, and kayaked down the Amazon. Lately, though, Erin has felt the urge to put down roots, strengthen her neglected relationship with her sister, Reggie, and reconnect with her two best friends, Michelle and Nina.

Acadia Powers nearly lost her faith at an early age due to what she saw as the hypocrisy of her parents’ generation. In college - where the novel begins - she meets and falls in love with Peter O’Neil, who is fervent in his faith and wants to share the good news with the world. Despite serious doubts about her ability to survive as a preacher’s wife, Acadia finally agrees to marry Peter. The two embark with high hopes on a new life in Sugar Sands, Alabama, where Acadia takes a position as a high school teacher while Peter becomes pastor of a small church.

At forty-five, Chef Nina has all but given up on her dream of having a kitchen of her very own. Once hailed as the fresh, new face on the restaurant scene, she saw her hopes for the future fall like an overbaked soufflé after the man she loved betrayed her and destroyed her reputation. Ten years later, Nina gets one more chance to make her dreams come true. While her friends convert a run-down beach house, Nina tests out new dishes for the Café at Sugar Sand Inn. But when rumors of Nina’s past threaten the Café, will diners patronize the restaurant she’s always wanted?

Fleeing Los Angeles and her scarlet past, a former porn star returns to her New York roots hoping to lose herself in the crowded city streets, protected from the paparazzi's reach...or so she thinks. A chance encounter with a returned war hero - now prominent investment CEO - is the very last thing she wants or needs - or is it? When the handsome and deliciously kinky CEO shows her that there are other ways to satisfy her needs (and he knows all of them), she finds herself in the middle of a sexual awakening, a true romance, and a happily ever after.

BY THE BOOK … With her high school reunion coming up, librarian Jayne Gilbert was determined to go with a handsome man on her arm. The finding one. So Jayne decided to rely on her favorite source of books. Riley Chambers had no room in his life for women—especially not this gorgeous innocent...

Bani and Rudra's friends knew very little about their families. However, both of them were heirs to prominent royal families. Rudra's family was large and close-knit, whereas Bani's family was dysfunctional. But there was a connection between the two families that would shape Bani and Rudra's future. What was that connection? How would Bani and Rudra's lives change when they discovered the truth?

Amelia Castaldi vive a Milano, ha trentadue anni, un impiego precario come redattrice del settimanale You Girl e una passione sconfinata per i dolci. Un improvviso viaggio a Londra inaugura una nuova stagione nella sua vita. Attraverso le ricette, che diventano espediente narrativo, e dopo una tragicomica catena di imprevisti, equivoci e sperimentazioni dolciarie, la protagonista trova il coraggio di seguire i suoi sogni.

A pinch of desire. A tablespoon of seduction. A heaping cup of frustration. A recipe for damnation. Romantic, moonlit walks on the beach have a different kind of vibe when we're surrounded by sirens who want to eat us, and not in a good way. My world has been completely turned on its head. I've been hiding from demons and corrupt witches with my retro fairy godfather, my bumbling apprentice, her floppy-horned lover, a mischievous, disappearing pygmy dragon, my gifted, autistic preteen son, and one hex of a sexy sphinx shifter.

"ปั้นชา...ป๊าอยากตาย" พ่อเธอพูดประโยคนี้อีกแล้ว พูดวันละหลายรอบ เธอฟังจนเบื่อที่จะฟังแล้วเนี่ย...

As a packless omega baker hiding my designation in sleepy Lakeview, I've built my reputation on perfectly laminated dough rather than mating bonds. But as steam rises from the annual Baking Festival ovens, three irresistible alphas begin circling my demonstration table with hungry eyes.