Résultats de "Nora Roberts" dans Toutes les catégories

La mattina in cui perde suo marito Richard in un misterioso incidente, Shelby Foxworth scopre di aver sposato un adultero e un bugiardo. Come se non bastasse, dal ritrovamento di più documenti di identità da lui utilizzati, è costretta ad ammettere che l'uomo che ha amato non è solo morto ma non è mai veramente esistito. Privata di tutte le sue certezze, non le resta che voltare pagina, e per farlo decide di tornare insieme alla figlia di tre anni a Rendezvous Ridge, la cittadina del Tennessee dalla quale è scappata giovanissima per seguire l'illusione del vero amore. 

Bodine Longbow da sempre adora alzarsi alle prime luci del mattino. Direttrice di un meraviglioso resort di famiglia nel Montana, è assorbita da mille impegni lavorativi e non ha certo tempo per pensare all'amore... almeno fino a quando non incontra Callen Skinner. Appena tornato in città, Callen è una sua vecchia fiamma dei tempi della scuola e ora, uomo maturo e affascinante, potrebbe forse farle cambiare idea sulle relazioni sentimentali.

ll lavoro di Lila Emerson consiste nel badare alle case altrui in assenza dei proprietari. Un'occupazione all'apparenza semplice e senza particolari implicazioni. Questo almeno è quello che ha sempre pensato fino al giorno in cui, guardando fuori dalla finestra, assiste a un omicidio: una giovane donna precipita nel vuoto, da un appartamento in cui verrà poi trovato il cadavere di un uomo, Oliver Archer.

La Shenandoah Valley, in Virginia, al riparo delle Blue Ridge Mountains, è molto distante da Hollywood, ma è esattamente lì che vuole vivere Cilla McGowan - un tempo enfant prodige del grande schermo - lontano da tutto e da tutti. Cilla è ora una restauratrice, e si sta dedicando alla riparazione di quella che era la fattoria di sua nonna, la leggendaria Janet Hardy, attrice dalla voce strabiliante, morta suicida anni prima in circostanze misteriose.

Nate Burke, ex poliziotto di Baltimora, accetta il posto di capo della polizia di Lunacy - un paesino dell'Alaska che conta 506 abitanti - per fuggire alla crisi causata dal fresco divorzio e dal trauma della morte del suo compagno di lavoro, per la quale si sente in parte responsabile. I primi giorni nella cittadina scorrono tranquilli, a parte qualche piccolo problema di ordine pubblico e una relazione un po' movimentata con l'umorale Meg Galloway, bella e sfacciata. All'improvviso, però, in una grotta nascosta viene ritrovato il corpo del padre di Meg, scomparso sedici anni prima.

After the sickness known as the Doom destroyed civilization, magick has become commonplace, and Fallon Swift has spent her young years learning its ways. Fallon cannot live in peace until she frees those who have been preyed upon by the government or the fanatical Purity Warriors, endlessly hunted or locked up in laboratories, brutalized for years on end. She is determined to save even those who have been complicit with this evil out of fear or weakness - if, indeed, they can be saved.

Abridged edition: Fallon Swift, approaching her thirteenth birthday, barely knows the world that existed before - the city where her parents lived, now in ruins and reclaimed by nature since the Doom sickened and killed billions. Traveling anywhere is a danger, as vicious gangs of Raiders and fanatics called Purity Warriors search for their next victim. Those like Fallon, in possession of gifts, are hunted - and the time is coming when her true nature, her identity as The One, can no longer be hidden. In a mysterious shelter in the forest, her training is about to begin under the guidance of Mallick, whose skills have been honed over centuries.

Breen Kelly had always been a rule follower. So when her father left when she was 12 years old, promising to return, she waited. Now, more than a decade later, she needs to move forward. She can wait no longer. A summer trip to Ireland seems like the perfect next step. She never dreamed it would lead her through a portal to another world.

Caitlyn Sullivan had come from a long line of Hollywood royalty, stretching back to her Irish immigrant great-grandfather. At nine, she was already a star - yet still an innocent child who loved to play hide-and-seek with her cousins at the family home in Big Sur. It was during one of those games that she disappeared. Some may have considered her a pampered princess, but Cate was in fact a smart, scrappy fighter, and she managed to escape her abductors. Callan Cooper was shocked to find the bloodied, exhausted girl huddled in his house.

A decade ago, sculptor Clare Kimball fled Emmitsboro, Maryland, to take the art world by storm. Now she’s celebrated as the artist of her generation. But no amount of success can eclipse the nightmares that haunt her—or the memories of her father’s suicide. Just as her star is shining brighter than ever, Clare leaves it all behind to face her demons.

Die Vergangenheit ruht nie... Naomi Carson war elf, als sie ihrem Vater eines Nachts in den Wald folgte. Sie vermutete dort ihr Geburtstagsgeschenk, ein neues Fahrrad. Stattdessen machte sie eine grausige Entdeckung, die ihre Welt zerbrechen ließ - denn ihr Vater war nicht der Mann, für den ihn alle hielten. Trotz allem wuchs Naomi zu einer starken jungen Frau heran und bereist heute als erfolgreiche Fotografin die Welt. Nun hat sie beschlossen, ihr unstetes Leben aufzugeben und endlich sesshaft zu werden.

As the hunt for the Star of Ice leads the six guardians to Ireland, Doyle, the immortal, must face his tragic past. Three centuries ago, he closed off his heart, yet his warrior spirit is still drawn to the wild. And there's no one more familiar with the wild than Riley - and the wolf within her....

Mermaid Annika is from the sea, and it is there she must return after her quest to find the stars. New to this world, her purity and beauty are nothing less than breathtaking, along with her graceful athleticism, as her five new friends discovered when they retrieved the fire star. Now, through space and time, traveler Sawyer King has brought the guardians to the island of Capri, where the water star is hidden. And as he watches Annika in her element, he finds himself drawn to her joyful spirit.

The first time single father Spence Kimball set eyes on Natasha Stanislaski, he was floored by her exotic beauty. But the former ballet dancer turned toy shop owner had a fiery temperament that kept men safely at bay. Sensing a hidden wound, Spence and his little girl joined forces to find a way into her closely guarded heart. For Spence realized he'd do anything to tame Natasha's fears...and show her how to love.

Kate Stanislaski Kimball had turned her back on glamour and fame, and she'd come home to begin a new life. The only thing more perfect than the beautiful - dilapidated - building she'd bought for her new dance school was Brody O'Connell, the frustrating and surprisingly fascinating contractor she'd hired for the renovation.

Landlocked in Manhattan, rugged seaman Zack Muldoon needed a tough, no-nonsense lawyer to save his kid brother's delinquent hide. Public defender Rachel Stanislaski was not what he had in mind - until he discovered there was a lot more to the beautiful, coolheaded attorney than met the eye...and found himself falling for her, hook, line, and sinker.

Frederica Kimball had been waiting all her life...waiting to grow up...waiting forever for the day when Nicholas LeBeck would fall as desperately in love with her as she had always been with him.

Nothing in Sydney Hayward's background of wealth and privilege prepared her to take the helm of her family's corporation, and her new responsibilities left no room for complications. Mikhail Stanislaski was definitely a complication. Earthy and entirely masculine, Mikhail came from a world utterly different from her own. But the way she felt when he put his strong, work-hardened hands on her was wreaking havoc with Sydney's resolve.

When Alex Stanislaski mistakenly arrested daringly bold soap-opera writer Bess McNee for soliciting, she decided the sexy detective was absolutely perfect - for her research and for herself. Now all she had to do was convince him she was right.…

Cynical Jacob Hornblower has followed his brother, Caleb, back in time, hoping to convince him to return home. His mission is soon forgotten, however, when he finds himself captivated by Liberty's spitfire sister, Sunny. But can a man who is down on love truly understand the unbounded strength of the human heart?