Resultados para "Bittersweet" en Contemporánea

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. And deadlier. And more effed up. I thought I knew what happened the night of my graduation. Turns out I was wrong. The truth is even uglier—and the puppet masters behind it all? Still plucking our strings. Breaking the alphas' chains should be simple...

The last person Griffin Shipley expects to find stuck in a ditch on his Vermont country road is his ex-hookup. Five years ago they'd shared a couple of steamy nights together. But that was a lifetime ago. At twenty-seven, Griff is now the accidental patriarch of his family farm. Even his enormous shoulders feel the strain of supporting his mother, three siblings and a dotty grandfather. He doesn't have time for the sorority girl who's shown up expecting to buy his harvest at half price.

For Natalie, being the wife to the most sought-after rock star on the planet has its privileges, but in the last year, she's been put through the wringer as far as the pitfalls. When Easton summons her to Mexico for a second-anniversary honeymoon vacation in the very place that brought them back together, Natalie becomes filled with hope to close the space between them…along with a special request—a request that leads them into a day-long exploration of sorting through their past while trying to imagine the rest of their future together.

Until my eighteenth birthday, life was pretty peachy. Or at least, close. Sure, I was still unawakened and had a secret big enough to blow everything wide open, but hey... tiny details. Four scent-matched alphas who also happened to be my brother's best friends? Check. Fate blessing me with the...

Ben Coleman left his hometown and the family business that should have been his to pursue his true passion: art and tattooing. Coleman Ink has become his world, and he's tailored the business to fit his life the way he wants it, rather than the life that was originally laid out for him. Until early one morning he's woken up by what he thinks is an intruder only to find it's just his new neighbor. His new neighbor, who has no regard for her own safety, wakes up way too early, and seems to have made it her job to tempt him.

Opal Morgan was always meant to be mine. And she was, right up until I let everyone else inside my head and threw her away. Six months after our last goodbye, I was on another lackluster date, regretting my life choices, when I finally saw her again. She took my breath away for more than just one reason, the biggest being the well-rounded baby bump she couldn’t hide behind her bulky sweatshirt. Marshall Kennedy was my one true love. There had never once been a doubt in my mind, even as everyone around us tried to tell me that a love like ours could never last.

Shane Hendrix had a hundred-foot reinforced steel wall around her heart to keep people out, so when she first laid eyes on Jensen Rose, she wanted nothing to do with him. But what started as disdain quickly grew into something so much more. He went from being the boy she hated to the man she loved with all her heart. Then he left without so much as a goodbye, leaving her shattered.

The average song is three and a half minutes long; those three and a half minutes could lead to a slow blink, a glimpse of the past, or catapult the soul into heart-shattering nostalgia. At the height of my career, I had the life I wanted, the life I’d always envisioned. I’d found my tempo, my rhythm. Then I received a phone call that left me off key. You see, my favorite songs had a way of playing simultaneously. I was in love with one man’s beats and another’s lyrics. But when it came to the soundtrack of a life, how could anyone choose a favorite song? 

The four Latimer sisters were famous throughout New South Wales for their beauty, wit and sisterly love. But then they left home to train as nurses, swapping their feather beds for the bunks of nursing accommodation. And now, as the Depression casts its shadow across Australia, they must...

Thirty years ago, my father became the other half of a broken love story. A relationship he’s kept hidden for decades. Upon unearthing his secret through a series of emails in our paper’s archives, I began my search for the truth. Haunted by my father’s love story, and in my quest for answers, I never imagined I would discover a love of my own. Or that my love for Easton Crowne would be key in discovering the reason behind what split our parents up.

Things I like: bitter coffee, competency…oh and the guy that breezes into my coffee shop like a shot of espresso—bold, invigorating, and impossible to ignore. Running Bittersweet has been nothing short of a rollercoaster—and not the fun kind. Between kitchen fires and unreliable helpers, I've been on a first-name basis with disaster. Enter Constantine. With his teenage brother in tow, Constantine whips up pastries with an expertise that leaves me both impressed and intrigued.

“I was in a relationship with two men, and neither were giving me up.” That thought flashed through Charlotte’s brain like a bright neon light as she followed her husband out of her marriage counselor’s office. The office where she’d sat twice a week as she tried to repair the glaring problems in her marriage. The marriage that she’d fought hard to save to a man that wasn’t fighting alongside her. She’d been lied to, ignored, and used as a pawn to climb his ladder to success. Charlotte was broken, not just her marriage.

Aria Seven years ago, my mother—Judge Victoria Stone—stole my newborn from my hospital bed and made her disappear. Now my mother is dead. And I'm finally going to find my daughter. Except Drake Kingston just bought my building. He tripled my rent. Sabotaged my business. Watches me struggle...

Natalie Butler, jeune journaliste ambitieuse, découvre par hasard une correspondance secrète entre son père et Stella Emerson Crowne, l'épouse d'une légende du rock. Cette révélation bouleverse tout ce qu'elle croyait savoir sur l'homme qui l'a élevée et sur l'histoire de sa famille. Poussée par une curiosité dévorante, elle se lance dans une quête de vérité qui la mène jusqu'à Seattle, où elle rencontre Easton, le fils de Stella. Mystérieux et séduisant, ce musicien talentueux fuit les projecteurs autant qu'elle les recherche.

When her boyfriend breaks her heart, Alanna goes after his older brother in a quest for revenge. It would have been simple — if he wasn’t also her new boss. As they work together it soon becomes clear Silas knows more about her than he should. He knows about the past she's forgotten and the memories that evade her... but some secrets are better left buried.

Matthew Davenport isn’t used to being disliked. Indie Fierro is the first person in a long time who can’t seem to stand him, and that’s driving him crazy. Under normal circumstances he would take the hint and leave the young coffee shop owner alone, but he’s the only thing standing between her and a couple of loan shark goons who have been harassing her, so he keeps coming back day after day and hoping she doesn’t get annoyed with him enough to throw him out. Stepping away from someone in need is not in his nature. Next thing he knows he’s head over heels for her.

With one look, Brooke knows that she cant fight the desire that pulled them together before, despite the skeletons in both their closets. Leif Montgomery fell hard for Brooke Alder in Paris when they were young, and he thought their fling was just an early taste of what life had in store for him. But life had other plans, and he didn't find that kind of love—or see Brookes face—for years.

Belinda Eaton is dedicated to her job as a history teacher in one of Philadelphia’s most challenging high schools. Committing to a man, however, is not exactly on her agenda. Then a tragedy brings her closer to gorgeous attorney Griffin Rice, and they have to share custody of their twin goddaughters. Griffin never saw himself as husband or father material, but suddenly family vacations and Sunday dinners with the girls are the highlight of his schedule—and getting closer to their smart, intriguing godmother is his number one priority.

Elana was born to a homeless, drug addict mother and left on the steps of St. Patrick Cathedral. Moving from one foster home to another, her life was a revolving door of shattered hopes and disappointments. As soon as she felt an emotional connection to anyone, the foster kid in her quickly pushed the feeling away. The last thing Elana wanted to do was to get close to someone she would probably never see again. The necessary emotional defense served her well throughout her unpredictable life. Until she met Luca.

The second worst thing Romy Satterfield ever did was fall in love with Julian McElroy. The first was to marry him. For decades, her family and his have been locked in a feud—their farms separated only by a narrow creek and thick band of bad blood with both sides committing their fair share of sins. Once upon a time, Romy and Julian thought they could change that—right up until the moment he stood her up on their wedding night.