Résultats pour "The Baby" dans Littérature, romans et fiction

L'inattendu pourrait venir tout bouleverser ! Il est 11h05, le monde continue de tourner. Célia n'est plus debout derrière sa caisse. Max ne lui sourirait certainement pas si elle y était. Et Roman ne fera pas son apparition comme par miracle. Célia est seule. Enfin, non. Célia n'est pas seule, Célia ne sera plus jamais seule... Elle doit désormais penser pour deux.

L'imprévu pourrait être sa plus belle surprise ! Il est 10h30 quand son patron arrive au café dans lequel travaille Célia. Il lui fait un sourire et l'invite une fois de plus à dîner. Mais Max est Français, et la réputation des Français pour briser les cœurs n'est plus à faire... Quelle excuse va-t-elle pouvoir trouver pour l'éviter ? Et si elle mettait ses préjugés de côté, Célia ne serait-elle pas surprise ?

L'inespéré pourrait finir par leur arriver ! Il est 11h05, le monde s'arrête de tourner pour Célia. Elle vient de perdre ce qu'elle a de plus cher. Malgré tous ses efforts, elle se retrouve vraiment seule cette fois-ci et ne voit plus comment reprendre sa vie en mains. Alors que le contrat signé avec Roman prend brusquement le contrôle de leurs destinées à tous les deux, le passé de chacun va ressurgir et les emmener au bord du précipice.

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Richard VanRyan can add another line to his resume—Daddy. How does he handle the new addition to his life? The Baby Clause is a short continuation of Richard and Katy’s story, containing humorous glimpses into his life as a father, and how his world has changed. A must listen for all fans of The Contract!

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Rosemary Woodhouse and her struggling-actor husband, Guy, move into the Bramford, an old New York City apartment building with an ominous reputation and only elderly residents. Neighbours Roman and Minnie Castavet soon come nosing around to welcome them; despite Rosemary's reservations about their eccentricity and the weird noises that she keeps hearing, her husband starts spending time with them.

Jadine Childs is a black fashion model with a white patron, a white boyfriend, and a coat made out of ninety perfect sealskins. Son is a black fugitive who embodies everything she loathes and desires. As Morrison follows their affair, which plays out from the Caribbean to Manhattan and the deep South, she charts all the nuances of obligation and betrayal between blacks and whites, masters and servants, and men and women.

There are only three things in this world that are certain: death, taxes, and babies. Nobody knows this truth better than Emily McCoy, a third year resident working in Baby City, the affectionate nickname for the busy Labor and Delivery unit at a New York City hospital. On a typical day in Baby City, Emily delivers more babies than the number of hours of sleep she manages to squeeze in that night. And definitely more than the number of dates she's been on since she started her training in OB/GYN two years earlier.

Fidèle à elle-même, Zoe est sur tous les fronts : cette année, c'est son entreprise d'événementiel qui a été choisie pour décorer le célèbre sapin du Rockefeller Center. La jeune femme n'a qu'une idée en tête, marquer les esprits, et pour cela, elle ne compte pas ses heures. De son côté, Ethan s'inquiète de voir son épouse s'impliquer dans ce projet sans se ménager, d'autant que le couple est sur le point d'accueillir un heureux événement.

Lacanau. Un bar. Six amis d'enfance, à la vie à la mort. Trois étés. Trois histoires déjantées. Tome 2 : l'été de leurs 26 ans, focus sur Vadim et Jiya. Pour Vadim et Jiya, les inséparables, fans de Motus, cet été sera l'été de toutes les folies. Jiya, la boxeuse garçon manqué, adepte des relations d'un soir, verra ses certitudes bouleversées en croisant un homme de son passé, dont elle s'était éprise, adolescente. Un mauvais garçon devenu un homme dangereux et redoutable.

Lacanau. Un bar. Six amis d'enfance, à la vie à la mort. Trois étés. Trois histoires déjantées. Tome 3 : l'été de leurs 27 ans, focus sur Roman et Céleste. Alors qu'elle recherche ardemment son "vieux riche idéal", Céleste tombe par hasard sur une perle rare : un jeune homme à la plastique parfaite et au compte en banque bien fourni. Sa cible n'étant guère intéressée, Céleste devra faire preuve d'imagination et de détermination pour le ferrer.

Londres 1942 : profitant du couvre-feu, un tueur hante les rues de la ville. En quelques jours, il assassine et mutile quatre femmes. Son modus operandi interpelle Scotland Yard et la presse, qui le surnomme aussitôt le Blackout Ripper. Les messages qu'il laisse sur les scènes de crime, conçus comme des indices codés, imposent bientôt aux enquêteurs une piste inquiétante : le criminel semble s'inspirer des leçons du mage noir Aleister Crowley et de son manuscrit démoniaque, "Le Livre de la Loi".

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Baby is the tale of aging Doris Rumsey, a hunched librarian who works in a middle school. Her health rapidly deteriorating, Doris is convinced she is dying, though it turns out this elderly woman is actually pregnant. Claiming that she has never been with a man, Doris ultimately gives birth in a field to a baby girl. And, from the moment of birth, the child can sing - and sing as no other human being has ever sung. This is the story of Baby and her otherworldly melody, of her fame, her exploitation, her kidnapping, and the mother's ultimate fate.

As an omega FBI agent, Giovanni Rizzi has done more undercover operations than he should have. He’s on his third op in two years and having trouble remembering who he’s supposed to be. When a one-night-stand ends up being his new boss, the mission gets messy. Alpha Marcus Stern’s new FBI job isn’t everything he expected it to be, his authority hampered at every turn. If the boredom doesn’t kill him, the loneliness just might. Especially since the hot one-nighter he can’t forget turns out to work in his department.

The day I was told I’d never be able to have a child, my world came crashing down. My husband says he still loves me, but I lie awake at night, wishing we could have a family. One morning, my husband’s side of the bed is cold and empty. I hear a noise and head downstairs. In the middle of the rug in my living room is a wooden drawer. Swaddled inside, with perfect rosy cheeks and beautiful round blue eyes, a baby gazes up at me.

Emmett Lasker is impossible to work for. He might be model handsome and stupidly wealthy, but he also has it out for me. He’s given me more last-minute and weekend requests than anyone else, ruining any plans I make. I should quit. And I will. Just as soon as I hit my two-year anniversary and earn out my signing bonus. But after a particularly awful day at work, a breakup (via text!), and my computer crashing, I’ve had enough! So at 11:59 Friday night, I barge into Emmett’s office to tell him what I really think of him. Only, that’s not what happens. AT ALL.

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Cynthia is 21, bored and desperately waiting for something big to happen. Unemployed and living with her father, her existence is self-absorbed yet meaningless; her days absorbed by reality TV, social media and an obsession with her striking fitness instructor Anahera. When Cynthia suggests they run away together, it’s not long before Anahera arrives at her door, ready to throw in the towel on her job and her marriage.