Titres dans Roman féminin

La casa di legno brucia nel cuore della notte. Lingue di fuoco illuminano la vallata fra le montagne. Nel silenzio della neve che cade si sente solo il ruggito del fuoco. E quando la casa di legno crolla, restano soltanto i sussurri impauriti di chi è riuscito a fuggire in tempo. Ma qualcosa non è come dovrebbe essere. I conti non tornano. E il destino si rivela terribilmente crudele nei confronti di una madre: Serena. Se c’è una parola con cui Serena non avrebbe mai pensato di identificarsi è proprio la parola "madre". Lei è lo "squalo biondo", una broker agguerrita e di successo nel mondo dell’alta finanza.

Stella Lane thinks math is the only thing that unites the universe. She comes up with algorithms to predict customer purchases - a job that has given her more money than she knows what to do with as well as way less experience in the dating department than the average 30-year-old. It doesn't help that she has Asperger's and that French kissing reminds her of a shark getting its teeth cleaned by pilot fish. She decides that she needs lots of practice - with a professional - which is why she hires escort Michael Phan.

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Un enfant forcé d’apprendre le piano n'arrive pas à retenir le sens de "moderato cantabile" dans la sonatine de Diabelli. Venu du rez-de-chaussée, un cri déchire la leçon. Un homme a assassiné une femme d'une balle en plein cœur. Anne Desbaresdes, la mère de l'enfant, revient obsessionnellement au café où le crime a eu lieu pour s'enivrer et interroger un homme. Elle cherche à comprendre, ou à se perdre.

À vingt-cinq ans, Ryke Meadows n’a rien d’un prince charmant. Avec un héritage d’un milliard de dollars, un CV hors du commun et un tempérament de mâle alpha, il est aussi insupportable qu’attachant. Mais il n’est pas là pour se faire des amis. Ni des ennemis, d’ailleurs. Tout ce qu’il veut, c’est escalader en solo les parois les plus périlleuses du Yosemite. Jusqu'à cet appel de détresse lancé depuis Paris. Celui d’une fille qu’il n’a jamais eu le droit d’aimer.   

Roxane est une jeune enseignante qui se voit confrontée à la réalité froide et brutale de la mort imminente de sa mère. En colère et impuissante face à cette nouvelle, elle devra affronter de lourds secrets familiaux. Hantée par ses origines, elle tentera de découvrir ce qui s'est réellement passé dans le village de Saint-Alexis-de-Bournival, trente-quatre ans plus tôt. Sa quête d'identité se déroulera sur la mer houleuse de ses émotions quand elle croisera le destin de Christopher et qu'elle apprendra que sa meilleure amie, Janik, a aussi de grands secrets.

With two jobs and two children, Jess Thomas does her best day after day. But it’s hard on your own. And sometimes you take risks you shouldn’t. Because you have to.... Jess’ gifted, quirky daughter Tanzie is brilliant with numbers, but without a helping hand she’ll never get the chance to shine. And Nicky, Jess’ teenage stepson, can’t fight the bullies alone. Sometimes Jess feels like they’re sinking.... Into their lives comes Ed Nicholls, a man whose life is in chaos, and who is running from a deeply uncertain future. But he has time on his hands. He knows what it’s like to be lonely. And he wants to help....

Familienepos, das am Beispiel von sechs Generationen außergewöhnlicher Frauen das ganze pralle 20. Jahrhundert mit all seinen Umbrüchen und Dramen, Katastrophen und Wundern erzählt. Vom Georgien am Vorabend des Ersten Weltkriegs bis ins Deutschland zu Anfang des neuen Millenniums spannt Nino Haratischwili den Bogen. Georgien, 1900: Stasia wächst in der wohlhabenden Oberschicht auf und heiratet jung den Weißgardisten Simon Jaschi, der am Vorabend der Oktoberrevolution nach Petrograd versetzt wird, weit weg von seiner Frau.

Camille, Montréalaise récemment expatriée à Rome, navigue dans les eaux houleuses de ses relations fragiles et de ses réflexions qui filent à cent milles à l’heure. Le cœur presque léger, elle explore l’ailleurs pour voir si elle y est et tente de se défaire du bagage compliqué qu’elle a traîné avec elle jusque dans la chaleur italienne.

Recent graduate Mercedes Johnson thought her troubles were at an end. But when she spent months applying at every company she could find, and nobody would take her, it was time for her to accept that she wasn’t going to be able to find work. Mercedes had to do something unconventional. She didn’t know that she was signing up for an escort service. She thought she was just delivering packages, and she certainly wasn’t expecting the golden god who answered the door. Was this a bad job or a means to an end? Who was this man, Jake, and why couldn’t he control himself when he was with her?

Cosa significa tradire? Come si tradisce? Il tradimento ha per tutti lo stesso significato? Banana Yoshimoto, più che dare risposte, disegna paesaggi emotivi che delineano i confini di uno degli aspetti più dolorosi ed enigmatici del vivere. Chi tradisce? La fanciulla che ha una relazione con un uomo sposato o la moglie ingannata che, consapevole dell'affaire, mente annunciandole la morte dell'amante? Chi si sente più tradito?

The first rule of heartbreak club is - get your heart broken. That's all really. Caroline's heart broke when her husband took his own life. Josh's heart broke when his wife was killed in an accident. And somehow, talking to a group of strangers once a week doesn't seem to be helping either of them. Until Sylvia arrives. When she lost her own partner two years ago, she fell apart and had to put herself back together. Most of all she wished for the help of someone who'd been through it already. And now she's here to pass her handbook on to those who need it most. 

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A ruthless tycoon Savage ambition has brought common-born Rhys Winterborne vast wealth and success. In business and beyond, Rhys gets exactly what he wants. And from the moment he meets the shy, aristocratic Lady Helen Ravenel, he is determined to possess her. If he must take her virtue to...

Enfant du Blitz, Barbara veille jalousement sur plus d'un secret. Désireuse d'épargner à ses enfants les dures réalités de la vie, elle leur a raconté peu de choses sur son enfance misérable, et quasiment rien sur les périodes sombres et mouvementées de son mariage avec l'un des plus célèbres photographes britanniques. Consciente de ce passé morcelé, Sophie, sa fille cadette, s'efforce de comprendre qui sont véritablement ses parents afin de pouvoir se construire sa véritable identité - au grand dam de Barbara.

Random House presents the audiobook edition of I Owe You One by Sophie Kinsella, read by Fiona Hardingham. The irresistible new standalone from Sophie Kinsella is a story of love, empowerment and an IOU that changes everything . . . Fixie Farr can’t help herself. Straightening a crooked object...