Resultados para "Heidi 1" en Literatura y ficción

Cuando la vida perfecta de Kate se desmorona de repente, huye de Londres para refugiarse en una pequeña casa en Nightingale Square, en Norwich. Allí tiene la esperanza de encontrar una existencia tranquila lejos de la traición y el dolor. Sin embargo, sus planes de vivir en paz se ven truncados cuando se involucra en la comunidad local, compuesta por una variedad de personalidades, dirigidas por la franca pero encantadora madre de tres hijos, Lisa.

The Black Spot is a short horror story that fits into the vein of classic 1980s supernatural/horror stories. A quick five-minute listen, this short scare plays on an unusual phenomenon and sleep paralysis/parasomnia.

När Kates perfekta liv plötsligt går i kras flyr hon London för det fridfulla Nightingale Square i Norwich, i hopp om en lugn tillvaro långt borta från sveket och smärtan. Hennes planer på att leva ostört kullkastas dock när hon dras in i den lokala gemenskapen, bestående av en brokig skara personligheter ledda av den rättframma trebarnsmamman Lisa. Planerna på att förvandla ett grönområde till en gemenskapsträdgård skapar oväntade band i grannskapet, men den nyfunna sammanhållning testas då de plötsligt står inför hotet från en fastighetsutvecklare som har siktat in sig på det viktorianska huset.

Brooklyn Hewett hasn't set foot in Cape Harbor for fifteen years - not since an accident claimed the love of her life, Austin Woods. Desperate to move forward, Brooklyn has focused on raising her daughter for the past fourteen years. But when the opportunity comes along to renovate the old Driftwood Inn, Brooklyn knows it's time to go home. But it won't be easy. For one, Austin's best friend, Bowie Holmes, still lives in Cape Harbor. Brooklyn hasn't quite been able to forget him: not since the night they spent together

Ashamed of being duped by her handsome psychology professor, Josie Martin returns to Maine too proud to admit her foolishness to those closest to her. As the one-year anniversary of her father’s death approaches, she seeks solace in an old friend, Tripp Colton, and a new business venture that will prove to herself and her loved ones that she is still capable of success despite her overwhelming failure. When Josie announces she will not return to school to finish her graduate degree but wishes to remain in Camden, the entire family gets behind her idea to open and run a bed and breakfast.

Dylan Morgan's life takes an unexpected detour when she leaves her small town to join a competitive rugby team. Mistakenly assigned housing with the men's rugby team, Dylan finds herself in a situation packed with tension and charged encounters. Rucked explores what happens when rivalry and raw attraction collide under one roof and when you realize that sometimes, you don't have to choose. These men aren't afraid to get dirty.

Raegan Ballard is tired of being shy and sweet. After two long years as Kade Decker’s assistant, Raegan has finally hit her breaking point. Kade is everything Raegan hates in a man. Powerful, greedy, and cold. Everything the man does manages to both attract and repel her in equal measure. The last thing she expected to find was her boss’s kinky stash of videos when a simple password reset email goes horribly wrong.

Okay, I am finally...officially 17. Now, I want to hear all the family secrets. I looked at them. All of my family looked at me like I had hit the nail on the head. Wait, there really is a family secret?

No matter how dark her night became, she knew God promised joy in the morning. In the heart of 1858 Missouri, Rachel's world is a whirlwind of uncertainty. But amidst the darkness of her circumstances, she clings to the promise of joy that God whispers to her soul. In this powerful Christian historical fiction, award-winning author Heidi Gray McGill weaves an enthralling tale of resilience, redemption, and the enduring power of God's grace.

The summer before her senior year of high school, Laney Jacobs and her best friend jump from a six-story beachside cliff in an attempt to impress their boyfriends. Laney rose from the water. Her friend did not. Six years later, when Laney’s troubled mother’s memoir hits the bestseller list airing the family’s destructive secrets, Laney is forced to relive the trauma, this time in the public eye. To escape the scrutiny, she seeks shelter at her estranged grandmother’s seaside inn.

München, August 1945. Der Krieg ist zu Ende, die Stadt versinkt im Chaos. Die Reporterin Billa Löwenfeld, eine aus dem Exil zurückgekehrte Jüdin, soll den Kriegsheimkehrer Viktor von Dietlitz interviewen - und findet ihn erschossen auf. Der junge und noch unerfahrene Ermittler Emil Graf soll den vermeintlichen Routinefall aufklären. Schon bald geschehen zwei weitere Morde nach demselben Muster. Und Emil findet heraus, dass ausgerechnet Billa die gesuchte Verbindung zwischen den drei Opfern sein könnte.

Walter Lucas doesn't believe in storybook love. Everyone is better off having as much fun as possible with as many people as possible - except his shy, sad little sack of a roommate is seriously screwing up his world view. As Walter sets out to lure Kelly out of his shell, staying just friends is harder than he anticipated. He discovers love is a crash course in determination. To make the grade, he'll have to finally show up for class - and overcome his own private fear that love was never meant to last.

It’s New Year’s Eve, and Natalie has a rare night off from her shifts at the hospital. Determined to have fun with friends, she stops at a local store for provisions. There, amongst the craft beer and pork rinds, she comes face to face with her high school boyfriend, Brennan McLean.

A political strategist, tainted by a scandalous ex, finds an unexpected career detour when her teenage boy band crush offers a second chance at the spotlight…and maybe something more. The first book in The Big Fan series by Alexandra Romanoff. "Highbrow/Brilliant." —New York Magazine "Big...

Als der Priester der Sankt-Nicholas-Kirche in Alexandria tot aufgefunden wird, herrscht nicht nur in der Gemeinde heller Aufruhr: Alles deutet auf Mord hin. Doch wer oder was steckt dahinter – die Mafia, ein Familienstreit oder doch der erfolgshungrige Archäologe, der in den Gotteshäusern der Stadt etwas zu suchen scheint und vielen ein Dorn im Auge ist? Die junge Kommissarin Theodora Costanda wird mit dem Fall betraut und stößt auch durch ihre Außenseiterrolle – als Frau, als Angehörige der griechischen Minderheit, als Christin – bei ihren Ermittlungen auf eine Mauer des Schweigens.

Bangkok, 1974. Den 22-årige Alexa Wu arbejder som gogodanser, mens hun drømmer om at blive topmodel og rejse verden rundt. Hun har trodset sine konservative forældre i New York og lever et selvstændigt liv med skiftende elskere og løsslupne fester i den lyserøde villa. The Hamptons, 1995. Eks-model Alexa Wu har inviteret sine ungdomsvenner på besøg. De skal spise middag og genoplive gamle minder fra diskotidens Bangkok. Tror de. For hvad skete der egentlig dengang i halvfjerdserne, hvor kærligheden var fri? Alle er nysgerrige efter at høre sandheden om Alexa Wu og hendes elskere...

Faith Fitzgerald thought that if she got an education and became a high-powered attorney in Manhattan, maybe she'd gain the attention and respect of her absentee father. What she dreamed would be glamorous and satisfying turned out to be grueling and thankless. Deciding she is done, Faith packs up and leaves New York and heads home to Colorado. On the drive home, she finds herself in Wynter, a tiny mountain town at the foot of the Rockies. When she tries her luck and buys a raffle ticket at Pop’s, Wynter’s charming café, her prize is far more than meets the eye - or the heart.

NSA data analyst Samantha Perry never imagined life as an introverted computer geek could get dangerous, but when she digs a little too deep into a greedy black hat’s business, trouble comes right to her doorstep. Changing her identity and relocating nearly 2,000 miles across the country are only the beginning of her problems.

Der Soldat Bengt Löwensköld wird vom König für seine Verdienste im Großen Nordsichen Krieg ausgezeichnet und erhält ein Landgut sowie einen wertvollen Ring. Nach seinem Tod nimmt Löwensköld diesen Ring mit ins Grab. Doch dort bleibt er nicht lange, denn der Bauer Bård Bårdsson stiehlt den Ring aus dem Grab. Von diesem Tag an wird Bård vom Unglück verfolgt. Von seinem eigentlichen Besitzer gestohlen, scheint ein Fluch über dem Ring zu lasten, der all seinen späteren Besitzern nichts als Unglück bringt.

In 1942 German-occupied Paris, 19-year-old Leah Manheim turns up the collar of her blue coat against a biting wind as she waits outside Saint-Ambroise Cathedral for English Marine Commando, Aidan McQueen. When she signed up with the resistance she knew all the risks. Luckily her friends smuggled her parents out of Paris and away from the looming danger of arrest and transport to a concentration camp. Leah must keep her wits about her, focus on her mission, and survive….