Results for "The Beau" in Literature & Fiction

Et si les plus grands bouleversements commençaient par une porte entrouverte… et une colocataire imprévue ? Loup a toujours voulu écrire. Mais comme souvent, la vie s'est chargée de remettre ses rêves à plus tard. Le jour où son grand-père, figure tutélaire et discret pilier de son...

Jamais Etienne et Mélina n’auraient imaginé quitter les berges de la Garonne. Lesdeux gamins aiment se retrouver sur une petite île au milieu du fleuve, insouciantset heureux malgré la pauvreté de leurs familles.La crise qui bouleverse le pays met fin à l’enfance.Etienne part apprendre...

She wants to save the bayou. He wants to save her. They might lose both... Beau Boyette joined the military to earn money for college, but after a helicopter crash killed his team, he left the military and worked as a mercenary before joining Bayou Brotherhood Protectors. Now, back in his Louisiana hometown, he’s assigned to protect Aurelie Anderson, the daughter of a state senator. Aurelie runs her father’s philanthropic efforts to save the bayou, but with her father up for re-election against a candidate backed by the Cajun mafia, she’s treading a dangerous path.

Un beau matin, l'incorrigible loup se lève de très bonne humeur et enfile son plus beau vêtement. " Hum ! Ravissant ! Je vais faire un petit tour pour que tout le monde puisse m'admirer ! " Chemin faisant, il croise le Petit Chaperon Rouge. "Dis-moi, petite fraise des bois, qui est le plus beau ? " demande le loup. " Le plus beau, c'est vous, Maître Loup ! " répond le Petit Chaperon Rouge.

Beau Whittaker has watched his brothers find love one by one, but every attempt he's made has ended in disaster. He's carved more time for dating by leaving his busy law practice in favor of living out at Whiskey Mountain Lodge and providing private law help and professional bodyguard services for select clients.

Alfred Blakesley, Duke of Lowell, has long been an enigma. No one dares to give a man of his status the cut direct, but there's simply something not quite right about him. What would the society ladies say if they learned the truth - that the Duke of Lowell is a wolf-shifter and the leader of a pack facing extinction if he doesn't find his true love? So now he's on the hunt for a wife. 

"Il n'y a pas un bruit dans la maison. Jacob et moi sommes les seuls à dormir dans le bâtiment principal. Cela fait des années que Joël et moi ne partageons plus le même lit à cause de ses ronflements. Du moins est-ce l'excuse que nous nous donnons. Je suis habituée à dormir seule ou à rester éveillée plusieurs heures d'affilée, frisant parfois l'insomnie l'été."

Un riche gentilhomme nommé Barbe-Bleue cherche une demoiselle à marier. Mais aucune jeune fille ne veut l'épouser à cause de sa barbe bleue qui le rend laid. L'étrange disparition de ses six anciennes épouses crée un mystère autour de ses mariages. L'une d'entre elles, cependant, accepte de l'épouser. Un jour, il part en voyage et lui confie toutes les clefs du château y compris celle de son cabinet secret duquel il lui interdit formellement l'accès sous peine de mort. Elle succombe à la tentation et découvre horrifiée les six précédentes épouses.

Beau Austin never thought he'd be a millionaire, and he certainly never thought he'd gain his wealth from being a successful gamer. Playing for a professional eSports company set Beau up for life at a young age. As the youngest member of The Millionaire Boys Club, Beau doesn't have much to...

En 1640, Ercole Vitelli assassine son cousin François, gendre et héritier du prince de Monteleone. Andréa, le fils de François, est l'unique témoin du crime. Elevé par des brigands, il devient leur chef et le fondateur de la conspiration secrète des Frères de la Miséricorde sous le nom de Bel Demonio. Il décide de revenir pour venger son père.

Un amour interdit qui ne doit pas exister. Deux personnes dont les vies ne pourraient pas être plus différentes. Un avenir commun est totalement impensable. Mais une vie sans l'autre aussi... Tous les regards sont tournés vers elle. Elle danse comme si sa vie en dépendait. Son regard croise...

A shot rang out. The Arabs surged forward under a savage fusillade of heavy fire. Nearer and nearer they came, shouting with hate and blood-lust. Geste rushed up and down his side of the roof, pausing only long enough to load his rifle and fire into the shrieking mob below, hoping to trick the Arabs into believing the fort was heavily manned.

Charles Péguy entre à l'Ecole normale supérieure où Bergson fut l'un de ses professeurs. Très tôt, ses prises de position déroutent : croyant, il critique l'Eglise catholique, socialiste, il s'oppose au pacifisme et à l'internationalisme de la gauche, et nationaliste, il ne rejoint jamais la classe bourgeoise. En 1900, il crée sa propre revue, Cahiers de la quinzaine qui représente un témoignage inégalé sur la vie intellectuelle de l'époque.

Fiona is beautiful and built...perfect for a hot, sexy fling. But she claims to be my wife. Yes, I said wife. Yikes. If that’s the truth, why don’t I remember her? I’m Beau Wallace. If you don’t know my name, then you don’t follow racing. Car racing is the love of my life. It’s what I know, what I do, and what I live for. The doctors say that I had a bad accident on the track, but I have no memory of it. Apparently, I also have a loving wife, named Fiona. I don’t even recognize her. How am I going to weasel my way out of this mess?

C'est un véritable fléau... Même si c'est un fléau très attirant. Et extrêmement déterminé. Mais tout cela ne change rien. Ou bien si ? Landon West, avocat star du célèbre cabinet d'avocats new-yorkais Knight, West & Sharp, profite pleinement de sa vie de luxe à Manhattan. Mais...

HANNAH'S BEAU (Charity House #2) A career on the stage is deemed unseemly for any lady, let alone a preacher's daughter. But then, actress Hannah Southerland is no ordinary lady. When a foolish elopement threatens her sister Rachel's reputation, Hannah will risk everything to bring her home...

First published in 1924, Beau Geste tells the story of a stolen sapphire and three brothers, who consequently join the Foreign Legion. Michael "Beau" Geste, as his nickname suggests, represents honor and bravery in the midst of deceit and treachery. An action-packed adventure, much of the plot is set in French North Africa, where the Geste brothers have to contend with both a mutiny in their ranks and the attacks of the Touaregs.

Beatrice, the widowed marchioness of Castleton, is in possession of a powerful secret. She knows all about shifters; her horrible late husband being one of them. At any moment, Beatrice could take advantage of her secret over the prince and the pack - that is, unless her entanglement becomes a binding one. A marriage between the duke of Osborn and Beatrice isn't what either of them wants, but the attraction is mutual. Even so, it will take much more than a shared bed to open up their hearts to one another.

From the beloved author of Kit McBride Gets a Wife and Marrying Off Morgan McBride comes a ‘sweet, hilarious and totally delicious’ love story (Hannah Grace). Beau McBride wants a wife, and his meddling little sister Junebug is itching to find him a mail-order bride. But why stop at just one?...

Quando uma pedra preciosa é misteriosamente roubada de uma casa de campo inglesa, todos desconfiam dos três irmãos órfãos... Para fugir da suspeita, eles se alistam separadamente na Legião Estrangeira Francesa. Agora valentes legionários, os irmãos enfrentam diversos perigos e devem lutar pela sobrevivência. Será que eles conseguirão voltar para a Inglaterra a salvo? Quem teria sido o ladrão dessa pedra tão almejada? Essa história clássica sobre fraternidade e honra foi fonte de inspiração para o filme clássico "Beau geste" (1926) com William Powell e para a série de televisão homônima da BBC, realizada em 1982.