Resultados para "Désirée" en Literatura y ficción

Flora, una solitaria mujer envuelta en un halo de misterio, vive retirada en La Casa de las Amapolas, un lugar idílico pero apartado de todo en plena sierra de Albarracín. Tras la desaparición de su hija, Aurora, y de la amiga de esta, Blanca, Flora dejó atrás todo su mundo: su hijo Dani, su marido y el trabajo, y se trasladó allí. Eso fue hace más de veinte años. Nunca más se supo de las chicas desaparecidas y ambas familias quedaron destrozadas. La Casa de las Amapolas se convirtió entonces en el refugio donde intentar cicatrizar sus heridas.

En este conmovedor relato te adentrarás en los misterios y las tensiones de la sociedad del sur de Estados Unidos. La historia sigue a Désirée, adoptada por los Valmondé tras ser encontrada abandonada, y cómo su vida da un giro tras casarse con Armand Aubigny y dar a luz a su hijo. A medida que Désirée se enfrenta acusaciones inesperadas sobre el origen de su hijo, la trama se despliega en un ambiente cargado de secretos familiares y de revelaciones impactantes que cuestionan las percepciones de la raza y la herencia.

I am the servant of a merciless God. I am the daughter of Its preacher. All my life, my power has been controlled by others. They raised me to be meek and stifled my magic. No more. A brutal murder led me to discover a mysterious house full of magic—and the ancient, powerful demon within. He says my power can change the world, that I can kill the evil creature I once worshipped. But at what cost?

Death once claimed me, stole the air from my lungs as I burned alive… only I didn't stay dead. Instead, I was returned to my past and back to a living hell. The Academy, where those who I believed were friends were actually foes. My enemies thought they could break me, but I proved them wrong. Two months ago, I was given a second chance, a second life. With it, I now wanted answers… and revenge. But something went wrong. Chaos is happening all around me.

Al comienzo de esta audio novela, Sara se encuentra justo al principio de su cuento de hadas: un trabajo apasionante, un esposo apasionado y un hijo de anuncio. Pero a pesar de esta mano ganadora, ¿es feliz? Si creías que después de volver con Aarón, Sara, nuestra Sara, iba a alcanzar la paz y la serenidad, es que no la conoces.

Miller Stratton is a survivor. After a harrowing childhood of poverty, he will do anything it takes to find security for himself and his mom. He’s putting all his hopes and dreams in the fragile frame of his guitar and the beauty he creates with its strings and his soulful voice. Until Violet. No one expects to meet the love of their life at age 13. But the spunky rich girl steals Miller’s heart and refuses to give it back.

Désirée Clary, Seidenhändler-Tochter aus Marseille, erzählt in diesem fiktiven Tagebuch humorvoll und lebhaft davon, wie sie die erste Verlobte Napoleons wurde, später den französischen Marschall Bernadotte heiratete und schließlich mit ihrem Mann Frankreich verließ, als der den schwedischen Thron bestieg. Bis heute hat dieser historische Liebesroman nichts von seinem Zauber verloren.

After the devastation on Daminius, Ophelia threw herself into restoration to cope with her losses. Two months later, answers to an ancient curse still evade her, a queen threatens her life, and war rages in the southern mountains. Despite her scars and the loved ones lost, Ophelia knows she must move forward for her people.

Neste conto de 1895, Kate Chopin retrata a ruína de um mundo composto aparentemente por vidas perfeitas nas fazendas da Louisiana devido ao mistério que envolve um bebê mestiço. A autora aborda o tema do racismo por meio de personagens que agem de forma irracional quando confrontados por situações complexas em termos raciais e pelas suas próprias crenças.

Stealing from the three most infamous, cold-hearted devils of the Skull and Serpent Society was risky, but I needed it more than them. I had only one goal in mind—to survive. Running away is what I do best. Nothing makes my heart beat faster than being hunted by Silas Rivera, Heath Preston, and Max Fletcher. They're out of their minds insane, and they love nothing more than a wicked chase. I robbed them of everything they cared for, and in turn, they set their inner demons loose on me. To atone for my sin, I must become theirs.

Désirée and Armand’s marriage was passionate and loving. But everything changes when their baby is born, who appears to be of mixed race.

Kate Chopin was an American author of short stories and novels, mostly with a Louisiana Creole background. Today she is now considered a forerunner of the feminist authors of the 20th century. This powerful little story concerns a Southern gentleman who disowns his wife because he fears she has "negro" blood. The truth makes for a dramatic ending.

In Désirée’s Baby, the adopted daughter of a wealthy prewar French Creole couple is courted by the son of another wealthy, respected French Creole family. After they marry, their child is born with dark skin and believed to have African ancestry, a problem for a prewar white family. Accused of dishonesty by her husband, the mother, Désirée, and her child walk off into the bayou, never to be seen again. But when the father finds a letter from his mother to his father which reveals an explosive fact about his own ancestry, he learns a sobering truth.

Sex, love, drugs, and music are just a few of the Carter boys’ daily dealings. Drama follows them everywhere, especially being the largest, most dangerous organization the city of Atlanta has ever seen. The women who want to be with them and the men who want to be just like them can easily get lost in the shuffle when the target is constantly moving to a new Carter’s back. So, what happens when a slick-mouth girl from Brooklyn decides to go off to college in the unofficial capital of the South? She is quickly introduced to the Atlanta lifestyle....

Shiloh, Anthony, Jaheim, Talin, Elijah, and Trent have so many things going on outside of the family that there is little time to keep a watchful eye on the princess of the Carter family - baby sister Olivia. All that changes when the secret life she's been hiding comes to the forefront, causing a couple of her siblings to feel some type of way. Whether they're for her or against her, the Carter men try to deal with what Olivia has going on, all while trying to handle their own drama.

Stepping outside of his relationship with his current woman seems impossible to Trent, but that all changes when the girl who had a childhood crush on him comes back into the picture looking totally different than he remembered. How does the smoothest, smartest, and prettiest of the Carter boys deal with this, especially now that he finally has Jade in his life? Still not quite understanding his quiet and dark demeanor, Noelle can't help the attraction she feels for her mysterious neighbor, Shiloh Carter. Could it be the romantic and affectionate side he shows her when no one else is around?

Silkehandlerens datter, den purunge Désirée Clary, møder den fattige korsikanske flygtning, Napoleon Bonaparte, i sin hjemby Marseilles. De to unge forelsker sig glødende i hinanden, og da Napoleon med store planer og Désirées sparepenge rejser til Paris, har han lovet hende ægteskab. Det løfte holder han ikke, og efterlader sin første kærlighed med et blødende hjerte.

Dos escuelas de escritores hiperbreves luchan por hacerse con el dominio del género. Los fundadores de las escuelas son los gemelos Salazar, irremediablemente enfrentados por su ideología y por un odio fratricida. Es este libro se recogen las obras de los excéntricos o los desgraciados que formaron parte de una de estas escuelas. Fantasía, horror, ciencia ficción, noir y realismo mágico quedan miniaturizados en los cien microcuentos que recoge la antología.

After a cult tried to sacrifice me to their wicked God, I went on the run, doing whatever was necessary to survive. Until a demon offered me a deal: give him my soul and he'll help me claim the vengeance I seek. Blood will be spilled, and the monsters I once ran from will soon be running from me. But damning my soul was just the beginning; it's my heart the demon wants next.

I earned my reputation among magicians for a reason: one wrong move and you're dead. Killer, they called me, and killing is what I'm best at. Except her. The one I was supposed to take, the one I should have killed–I didn't. The cult that once controlled me wants her, and I'm not about to lose my new toy to them.