Resultados para "Ein Kind" en Literatura de género

Saddle up and join Wynonna Earp on an immersive new audio adventure in the gritty supernatural world of Purgatory. This Audible Original invites you deeper into the Weird West to follow Wynonna Earp (Melanie Scrofano), as she embarks on her craziest adventure yet: riding off into the sunset with her soulmate, Doc Holliday (Tim Rozon)—yes ... that Doc Holliday. Brace yourself for more wise-cracking demon hunters, earth-shattering revelations and all the genre-blending action you've come to expect from the cult hit TV series.

With his flight delayed, Ted Severson meets Lily Kintner, a magnetic stranger, in an airport bar. In the netherworld of international travel and too many martinis, he confesses his darkest secrets, about his wife's infidelity and how he wishes her dead. Without missing a beat Lily offers to help him carry out the task.

Desperate times call for desperate measures. And there’s nothing more desperate than turning up to my ex’s wedding alone. My cheating ex. My current boss. The reason I hired a professional to be my plus-one. When I spot Mr. Temptation-in-a-Tux at the hotel, I assume I’ve found my man. Charming, attentive, and protective, he’s the perfect boyfriend experience. The way he looks at me has even me fooled. After the most passionate night of my life, I slip away before he wakes. But there’s a price to pay for all that pleasure…

Former NYPD detective Shana Merchant is a skilled Senior Investigator keeping New York's beautiful Thousands Islands community safe. She's also bound by blood to a serial killer. And after months of concealing the truth from the world as she hunted Blake Bram down, her secret is finally out. Shana just wants to get on with her life and win back her community's trust. But as Alexandria Bay fills up with tourists in advance of the annual festival known as Pirate Days, a visitor goes missing, and the case threatens to destroy not just the celebrations, but what remains of Shana's reputation.

Annie is morbidly obese, lonely and hopeful. Moving into her new home alone, she describes her increasingly bizarre attempts to ingratiate herself with her new neighbours, learn from past mistakes and achieve a "certain kind of intimacy" with the boy next door. As Annie struggles to repress a murky history of violence and sexual mishaps, she realizes her past is never too far behind her....

Evelyn is a Creole woman who comes of age in New Orleans at the height of World War II. Her family inhabits the upper echelon of black society, and when she falls for no-name Renard, she is forced to choose between her life of privilege and the man she loves. In 1982, Evelyn's daughter Jackie is a frazzled single mother grappling with her absent husband's drug addiction. Just as she comes to terms with his abandoning the family, he returns, ready to resume their old life.

Early one summer morning, the body of twenty-one-year-old Blair Taylor is found floating in the neighborhood pool. Was it an accident, or was Blair murdered the night of the annual summer picnic? Suddenly, the upper-class gated community where Blair's family and friends live doesn't feel safe. Blair's case is assigned to Detective Sadie Lawson. As she and her partner, Rhett Callahan, begin interviewing the neighbors, they realize everyone had a motive and had an opportunity. It doesn't take a detective to figure out that everyone on this street is lying to them.

Der 18-jährige Andrew Graham veranstaltet im Ferienhaus seiner Eltern am Holly Beach in Louisiana eine Party. Als er spät am Abend die Leiche seiner Exfreundin in der Garage entdeckt, kontaktiert er verzweifelt seinen Vater, da er befürchtet, Gegenstand der polizeilichen Ermittlungen zu werden. Die junge Frau wird vermisst, und die Kleinstadt Hackberry in Küstennähe gerät in Aufruhr. Lloyd sieht sich gezwungen, alles zu tun, um seine Familie zu beschützen.

Zwei rätselhafte Tode und ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit... Der atemberaubend fesselnde Kriminalthriller zum Mitfiebern! Regel Nummer 1: Sprich mit keinem Fremden. Regel Nummer 2: Folge niemals einem Fremden. Regel Nummer 3: Geh nie, unter gar keinen Umständen, in das Auto oder das Haus eines Fremden. Wenn du diese Regeln befolgst, wird dir nichts passieren. Das dachte Jakob zumindest, denn schließlich hatte er diese Regeln von seiner Mutter gelernt und ihr fest versprochen, sich daran zu halten. Doch schon bald muss er lernen, dass keine Regel der Welt ihn vor dem Bösen retten kann.

Wegen seines Glaubens wurde Bunyan verfolgt und verbrachte lange Zeit im Gefängnis. Während seiner Haftzeit schrieb er “The Pilgrims Progress“, das unter dem Titel “Christen auf dem Weg zur Ewigkeit“ erschienen ist. Die darin geschilderte Reise ist eine Metapher für den Weg, den ein Mensch antreten muss, um nach diesem Leben ein Einwohner der himmlischen Stadt werden zu können.

Ein Umzug. Eine neue Chance. Und dann der Albtraum. Der packende Thriller von Keller & Jensen. Nach der Trennung von ihrem Mann wagt Anja mit Tochter Mina einen Neuanfang. Sie zieht um, organisiert sich eine Tagesmutter und lernt Karsten kennen, der sie endlich wieder zum Lachen bringt. Doch immer deutlicher klopft die Vergangenheit an ihre Tür: Vor elf Jahren ist aus diesem Haus ein Kind spurlos verschwunden. Tagesmutter Nerina und ihr Sohn können sich gut an den Vorfall erinnern. Aber warum wird Nerina von Tag zu Tag nervöser? Selbst Karsten scheint ein Geheimnis zu verbergen.

Kathi und Effi sind seit Ewigkeiten beste Freundinnen. Beide wollen Kinder. Doch mit Mitte 30 geht der Wunsch nicht mehr so leicht in Erfüllung: Kathi erfährt, dass sie unfruchtbar ist. Also Adoption: In den kommenden zwei Jahren ziehen Kathi und ihr Mann sich vor den Familienbehörden bis auf die Unterhosen aus, füllen Papierberge aus und erdulden VHS-Kurse - während Effi tatsächlich schwanger wird. Sie kämpft in der Folge gegen übergriffige Ratschläge, Übelkeitsattacken und die ständige Sorge um das Ungeborene. Und Kathi hingegen wartet immer noch auf den Anruf, der sie zur Mutter werden lässt.

Thirteen-year-old Loyal Raines is supposed to stay close to home on a hot summer day in 1934. When he slips away for a quick swim in the river and finds a dead body, he wishes he'd obeyed his mother. The ripples caused by his discovery will impact the town of Beverly, West Virginia, in ways no one could have imagined.   

Ndiya Grayson returns to her childhood home of Chicago as a young professional, but even her high-end job in a law office can't protect her from half-repressed memories of childhood trauma. One evening, vulnerable and emotionally disarrayed, she goes out and meets her equal and opposite: Shame Luther, a no-nonsense construction worker by day and a self-taught piano player by night. The love story that ensues propels them on an unforgettable journey from Chicago's South Side to the coast of Kenya as they navigate the turbulence of long-buried pasts and an uncertain future.   

The American West in the early 1960s appears to be a pastoral paradise: golden wheat fields, mist-filled canyons, frolicking animals. Aspiring novelist Aaron Holland Broussard has observed it from the open door of a boxcar, riding the rails for both inspiration and odd jobs. Jumping off in Denver, he finds work on a farm and meets Joanne McDuffy, an articulate and fierce college student and gifted painter. Their soul connection is immediate, but their romance is complicated by Joanne's involvement with a shady professor who is mixed up with a drug-addled cult. 

One Night at The St. Nicholas: To escape her stepmother's plot to marry her off, Texas heiress Jacqueline Hartman spends Christmas Eve sharing a hideout with an accused bank robber. After a night in Nathanial Ward's arms, Jacqueline is certain she has met her match after all. But will his heartfelt promise of love lead to his demise at the hands of the law? 

Cressida Tarbet loves her job at an animal rescue centre, even if it means she’s resigned herself to scrimping to make ends meet - a lifestyle far removed from her best friend Ivo’s, in his ancestral gatehouse stuffed with antiques and art. But although their upbringings were different, Ivo has held Cress’s heart ever since she clapped eyes on him at university. The trouble is – she has never told him. So, when a mystery and a baffling crime throw Cress and Ivo together, she can’t help but wonder if fate is telling her something.

Sie hinterlässt drei Kinder und einen Bindestrich. Sie hinterlässt mir ihre Freundinnen, ihre Bibliothek, ihr Unbehagen. Ich schreibe ihr hinterher als vermissende Tochter, als wütende Frau, als verstummte Dichterin und wundere mich, wie wenig sie sich beschwören lässt, wenn ich es will. Ich schreibe über meine mannigfaltige Mutter, ihre Weisheit und Komik, ihren Mann, die Sache mit den Meerschweinchen und mich.

Kurz vor Weihnachten, Ende der achtziger Jahre in Irland. Gewalt, religiöser Terror, Anfeindungen und Ausgrenzungen bestimmen den Alltag in einem Stadtteil in der Nähe von Belfast. "Sandy ist das, was mich am Leben hält", sagt Laurina eines Tages zu ihrer Mutter. Es ist der Tag, an dem das elfjährige Mädchen beginnt zu kämpfen, gegen ein unvorstellbar tristes Leben. An der neuen Schule sind alle gegen Laurina und ihre Schwester Sandy, weil sie keine ehrlichen Katholiken sind, wie die anderen Kinder sagen.

Music has been the very essence of Daisy Holloway's life for as long as she can remember. Driven by a desperate need to make her father proud, she throws caution to the wind and embarks on a journey to Nashville. Her dream is a long shot, but with no backup plan in sight, besides her entire life's purpose, what does she have to lose?