Resultados para "Indigo" en Literatura y ficción

"Sé por experiencia propia, Ellis, que los fantasmas nos siguen allá adonde vamos. Si quieres, puedo ayudarte con los tuyos". Mina Índigo es la médium más solicitada de Barcelona. En su palacete del céntrico pasaje de Permanyer organiza sesiones espiritistas para ricas damas de la alta sociedad, pero, en realidad, es una experta investigadora que usa sus contactos para obtener información comprometedora de sus clientes.

Taking her best friend's advice, Sarah travels to Indigo B&B to distract herself from her upcoming tour. Instead, she comes face-to-face with Indigo's ruggedly alluring owner, Eli. The vision of strength and confidence, Eli evokes Sarah's envy as well as an undeniable attraction. Sarah wonders if there is more beneath Eli's façade and how deep both their demons go.

En este thriller de violencia tan contenida como una tormenta en ciernes, un escritor se encierra en una casa perdida en una isla en pleno invierno, al tiempo que empieza a vagar por los vericuetos de su siguiente novela. Pronto la frontera entre realidad y ficción se difuminarán y la literatura empezará a empapar todo a su alrededor.

As a child, Hester Wyatt escaped slavery, but now the dark-skinned beauty is a member of Michigan's Underground Railroad, offering other runaways a chance at the freedom she has learned to love. When one of her fellow conductors brings her an injured man to hide, Hester doesn't hesitate...even after she is told about the price on his head. The man in question is known as the "Black Daniel," a vital member of the North's Underground Railroad network.

For years Bridget has hidden who she is from her small hometown. A democratic lesbian wouldn't very easily be elected Sheriff in the Bible Belt, and she doesn't want to give up her dream of working in law enforcement.

Violet's passion is storm chasing, but she spends most of her year teaching students at the local college all about the science behind the weather. As another storm season begins, her star student, Lando, is invited along by Violet's team member Diane. Violet, however, is determined that this is the year she will finally let Diane know how she feels.

Heidi and Ann have been together nearly sixteen years, and yet, something hasn't been right in their relationship from the start. Struggling with deep trauma, Heidi pulls away and doesn't know how to function in a normal loving relationship. Ann is overwhelmed by shame when it comes to her needs. Eighteen months ago, they took a leap and opened their relationship in hopes of finding a better balance. Insert Lila. Lila is young, vicarious, and a strength for both Ann and Heidi. With trauma of her own, she was graced with the tools to cope and thrive.

Coming out in a rural Kansas town was never something Jewel thought she'd do, especially as the newly-minted music teacher. She finds adversity everywhere she looks, except one. Her best friend, Lea, has always been the supportive backbone she's needed. When her boyfriend breaks up with her, Jewel needs Lea more than ever.

Aku masih mengingat saat usiaku menginjak umur 5 tahun. Di usia itu, untuk pertama kalinya, aku bisa melihat hal-hal yang tidak bisa orang lain lihat. Namaku adalah Agni Frieska Sumendra. Panggil saja aku Agni. Seorang gadis indigo yang bisa melihat suatu hal aneh di luar nalar otak manusia. Aku akan bercerita padamu, dari awal di saat aku melihat makhluk tak kasat mata itu.

When the lights go out and the slideshow begins, middle manager Jennifer has a disturbing vision: a headless colleague right across the boardroom table. Is it a trick of the light, or a vision of the future? She tries to brush it off and salvage the afternoon—but when her ex unexpectedly drops off her son at the office after school, suddenly her whole world takes an alarming turn.

Winslow Covington croit en la vie, la liberté et l'application stricte de la loi. En tant que nouvelle cheffe de la police de Quincy, elle doit se faire accepter par la communauté. Cela signifie qu'elle doit gagner la bienveillance des Eden. Cependant, gagner les faveurs de la famille fondatrice de la ville aurait surement été plus simple si elle n'avait pas eu une aventure d'un soir avec le fils aîné, Griffin.

When Ashleigh decides to flee her controlling husband, Dominic, she knows he'll hunt her down. The only way to escape is to disappear and reinvent herself. Moving to the tiny rural town of Blinman, one day she visits a ruined homestead in the area and becomes fascinated by the people who lived there during the 19th century. But just as she begins to unlock the secrets of her own past, Dominic arrives in town, determined to punish her....

Alma Johansson confides this to her grown daughters, Louisa and Michelle, shortly before her death, leaving them puzzled. Their mother’s life was an open book, so what could she possibly have kept from them? But when her will is read, revealing a life-altering secret, her words take on new meaning. They also bring back decades-old memories of a deadly fire on Indigo Hill - a fire that killed five of their friends. For Louisa in particular, the scars from that fateful night are still visible.

The year is 1739. Eliza Lucas is sixteen years old when her father leaves her in charge of their family’s three plantations in rural South Carolina and then proceeds to bleed the estates dry in pursuit of his military ambitions. Tensions with the British, and with the Spanish in Florida, just a short way down the coast, are rising, and slaves are starting to become restless. Her mother wants nothing more than for their South Carolina endeavor to fail so they can go back to England. Soon her family is in danger of losing everything.

In 1774, Juliet Catesby lives with her father and sister at Royal Vale, the James River plantation founded by her Virginia family over a century before. Indigo cultivation is her foremost concern, though its export tethers her family to the powerful Buchanan clan of Glasgow, Scotland. When the heir of the Buchanan firm arrives on their shores, Juliet discovers that her father has secretly arranged for one of his daughters to marry the Scot as a means of canceling the family's debt. Confident it will be her younger, lovelier sister, Juliet is appalled when Leith Buchanan selects her instead.

In the rural South, a retired colonel in an upscale retirement community grieves the sudden death of his wife on the tennis court. On the other side of the highway, an elderly Black woman grieves the murder of her niece by a white man. Between them lies an abandoned field where three centuries of crimes are hidden, and only she knows the explosive secrets buried there.

Sonny Bates left South Carolina fifteen years ago and never looked back. Now she’s a successful Hollywood location scout who travels the world, finding perfect places for movie shoots. Home is wherever she lands, and between her busy schedule and dealing with her boss’s demands, she has little time to think about the past . . . until her latest gig lands her a stone’s throw from everything she left behind.

Im Norden der Steiermark liegt die Helianau, eine Internatsschule für Kinder, die an einer rätselhaften Störung leiden, dem Indigo-Syndrom. Jeden, der ihnen zu nahe kommt, befallen Übelkeit, Schwindel und heftige Kopfschmerzen. Der junge Mathematiklehrer Clemens Setz unterrichtet an dieser Schule und wird auf seltsame Vorgänge aufmerksam: Immer wieder werden Kinder in eigenartigen Maskierungen in einem Auto mit unbekanntem Ziel davongefahren. Setz beginnt, Nachforschungen anzustellen, doch er kommt nicht weit; er wird aus dem Schuldienst entlassen.

Un festival littéraire réunit pendant huit jours en Inde quatre Français qui ne se connaissent pas. De Dehli à Kovalam, sur les routes saturées et électriques de l'Inde du Sud, leurs destins se croisent. Cette plongée dans l'immensité et l'urgence d'un pays où plane la menace terroriste va bouleverser leur vie, les confronter au plus intime d'eux-mêmes, à leur identité française.

Obsession. It's dangerous. Reckless. Exhilarating. Richard enjoys watching him in the interrogation room, his eyes coveting the way the cigarette easily slid between his lips. For a brief moment, his fingers yearn to trace the tattoos wrapped around his toned flesh. If he squints, he can focus on those emerald-green eyes, haunting yet so familiar. Everything about the man pulls him in, awakening something deep within long since beaten dead. Richard knows exactly what Beau's nighttime occupation is.