Resultados para "Families" en Multicultural

Alyssa Bryant has led a life doing everything to live up to the Bryant name. The one thing that she always wanted was to be able to have raised the child of the man that she gave her heart to when she was younger. Her destiny wasn't to have that child and she hasn't been able to completely heal from that loss. She now has Marcus Graham in her life and loves everything about him. A part of her is holding back because of this secret that she is keeping; fearful of his reaction.

Twenty-eight-year-old psychologist Alisha Dimarchi is abducted by an obsessed client and imprisoned in his Pakistani compound for over two years. Forced to change her name and live as his second wife, her life is filled with trauma and heartbreak. Thrust into a world of violence and oppression, Ally must fight not only to keep herself alive, but to protect the lives of the people she now considers family. At night, she retreats into her memories of the only man she has ever loved - a man she believes no longer loves her.

He was a vision of power and privilege. Ruthless arrogance personified. A total stranger and an irresistible challenge. I approached him in a busy casino and felt the sting of his brutal rejection. Then I did something incredibly brazen. Impulsive. Reckless. I stole from him. The object was inconsequential, only worth a handful of dollars. I didn’t do it for the money; it was about making a statement. I went back home thousands of miles away without giving him a second thought until I spotted those quicksilver eyes glaring at me across a busy nightclub.

A funny, warm debut novel bringing Westernised Indian culture to the fore - perfect for fans of Bridget Jones's Diary and Bend It Like Beckham. Twenty-nine-year-old Raina is still unmarried and battling her family's expectations for her future - they think that by now she should have been married in a dream Indian wedding. The pressure reaches new heights when her grandmother, Nani, decides to play matchmaker in order to find her the perfect arranged marriage.

Baby has had it with just about everything. She's fed up with her job and her colleagues, her love life is permanently casual, she's grieving for her dad and if her mother and the aunties don't stop asking her when she's going to settle down and start having babies, she might just lose it. When Baby finds some love letters between her grandfather and someone who is very clearly not Baby's Nana, she needs to know more. She's going to go to India, find out why her family left, find out more about the mysterious woman and find out more about herself.

Ein abwechslungsreicher, offener und humorvoller Roman in der Allianz mit magischen Liebesaromen, über die Suche nach Familienglück und Zuwendung. Die plumpe Nele greift nie nach den Sternen, blickt nie über den Tellerrand hinaus und die berufliche Karriere hat keinen Stellenwert für sie. Sie glaubt absolut nicht an ihre weiblichen Reize und den Traummann für sie, den gibt es einfach nicht. Nele steht an einem Wendepunkt. Sie nimmt ihr Schicksal selbst in die Hand und wird per Samenspende schwanger. Sie ist überglücklich.

After getting away with literal murder, Meddy can’t wait to settle down and marry the love of her life, Nathan. She’s found the dress, got the dream venue at Christ Church College, Oxford, plus having a destination wedding comes with the added bonus of not having to invite her very large extended family. Although when her meddling aunties get involved, Meddy knows her wedding is going to be anything but quiet. Even though there’s no dead body hidden in the freezer this time, for better or worse, it’s certainly going to be a day she’s never going to forget.

Sometimes, broken hearts need whiskey. Sometimes, they need music. Other times, only a night with a stranger will soothe the pain. On the night Isaac and I met, we tried all three. When it was over, we went our separate ways. We planned to never see each other again, but I should really know by now that plans don’t work out the way they're supposed to.

Victoria kämpft sich tapfer durchs Leben - und dieses hat es ihr bisher nicht leicht gemacht. Nach einem Verkehrsunfall blieb ein körperliches Handicap zurück. Der Job in einem Café sichert der alleinerziehenden Mutter und ihrer kleinen Tochter Nelly gerade so den Lebensunterhalt. Doch dann taucht der unfreundliche Schriftsteller Samuel Winter auf. Zu Victorias Überraschung bietet ausgerechnet er ihr einen gut bezahlten Job als Haushälterin auf seinem Gutshof an. Ein Vorfall im Kindergarten zwingt Vic, ihre Tochter eine Zeit lang mit zur neuen Arbeitsstelle zu nehmen. Langsam, aber sicher gelingt es Nelly, das Herz von Samuel Winter zu erweichen, und Victoria bemerkt, dass viel mehr hinter seiner harten Schale steckt als gedacht.

When Anjali finds out that Jack, her boyfriend of 10 years, has been cheating on her, it throws her world into chaos. Heartbroken, she fills the emptiness by embarking on a series of flings that her traditional Sri Lankan mother would (mostly) disapprove of. Yet she can no longer avoid her mother or Shanthi, her distant older sister. And so begins her real journey, one that will make Anjali confront a past she's been desperate to forget. But maybe the past can also be the bridge to her future....