Resultados para "Inside" en Literatura y ficción

Savannah (Savvy) Colter is not easily overwhelmed, which is a good thing, since she is the sheriff of Edwards County. It's rare to find someone her age—a woman to boot—carrying such responsibility, but over the years, Savvy has more than proven herself worthy of the position… to most. However, when in a matter of a few weeks an old flame resurfaces in Silence, and two particularly violent murders land on her desk, her steady and predictable life becomes a little much to handle.

What happens when the ultimate predator discovers he's about to become... family? Ren Lewis has faced assassins, psychics, and world-ending conspiracies. But nothing—nothing—has terrified him like this: His daughter Adelaide is pregnant. And she expects him to welcome a baby into his carefully controlled world. The man who can manipulate minds across continents is hiding from a nursery. The monster who's conquered every enemy is running from responsibility. But while Ren drowns himself in work, a new threat emerges—one that might be his perfect match. Vivian Bishop. Strategic. Brilliant.

Romeo Bradly and Julius Shepherd moved to Blissville for the same reason: a fresh start. Romeo was looking for a school district where he could make a real impact in the lives of students and faculty, and Julius was eager to teach one of his passions to the best and brightest. But the sleepy little town offered them much more than they'd bargained for - quirky people, unlikely friendships, and an all-consuming attraction that turns them inside out.

Cleo Cantrell leads an unassuming life as the owner of indie-bookstore Happily Ever After, but on the side, she writes best-selling romance novels under the pen name Dominique Darling. When A-list actor-director Tony Markson contacts Cleo about turning one of her novels into a movie, she initially rejects his offer. Tony’s gorgeous and hot as hell, but Cleo’s pretty sure he uses his looks to make up for a lack in IQ, and she’s been burned by pretty boys before.

Se l'oscurità ti chiamasse, la seguiresti o la combatteresti? Arleen è una ragazza francese, timida e riservata. Dopo la perdita dell'amico d'infanzia e del padre, psichiatra olistico di grande fama, la sua vita è precipitata nel vuoto di un silenzio incolmabile. Per combattere questo dolore si concede una vacanza a New York, ma, una volta atterrata, viene rapita da Dan Crower, un potente criminale, che la trascina fino in Messico per venderla a un acquirente misterioso. Quando la situazione sta per volgere al peggio, uno sconosciuto la mette in salvo.

Die einundzwanzigjährige Filmbloggerin Victoria kann ihr Glück kaum fassen: Sie hat eine Stelle bei einem trendigen Online-Magazin in ihrer Lieblingsstadt New York bekommen. Und nicht nur das: Als Mitglied des Filmteams darf sie über das erste Filmprojekt des attraktiven Regisseurs Marc...

The year is 2381. The place is Urban Monad 116 of the constellation Chippitts. The population of this one-thousand storey super-structure is 800,000+ and always growing. After two centuries of ruthless, selective breeding, the essence of life is to be blessworthy and to multiply; to afford one's neighbours any type of sexual fulfilment and, above all, to avoid the evil of frustration. But, within this seemingly blissful vertical world there are individuals who feel such perverse desires as a longing for privacy, a wish to descend from the heights, to walk on earth and bask in the sunshine.

K-9 search and rescue handler Jamie Flint and her team - both human and canine - are called in when a group vanishes during a dogsledding expedition for battered women in the Mahoosuc Mountains of Maine. When it's learned a rogue gunman was involved in the disappearance, authorities look to the abusive partners of the women now lost for answers. Meanwhile, a voice from Jamie's past begins to haunt her, echoing the words of the shooter now in pursuit of a target Jamie alone can save.

They say the dead can’t talk, but Donovan Grey is talking and he’s dead! The story he is telling is his accounts of before and after his death. A successful writer of dark, fantasy novels, working on his latest book that is sure to be a major best seller, a book he’ll never publish, but one he will eventually find himself transported into, facing a story and its characters, reliving the actual fictional events that he had created.

Eshkol Nevo's darkest, most thrilling novel to date, Inside Information weaves together three turbulent and unconventional love stories, diving deep into the enigma that lies at the heart of all intimacy, whether between a man and a woman, a parent and a child, or a person and what they've lost.

In 1950s Bombay, Jaya Malhotra studies medicine at the direction of her father, a champion of women’s education who assumes the right to choose his daughters’ vocations. A talented painter drawn to the city’s dynamic new modern-art movement, Jaya is driven by her desire to express both the pain and extraordinary force of life of a nation rising from the devastation of British rule.

In a divisive world of mistrust and murder, there’s only one thing that matters growing up: You’re either in the Inside or the Outside. While the Insiders appear pampered and privileged, the Outsiders know only harsh realities. Believing themselves to be needlessly deprived of everything the Insiders have, the younger generation channel their rage into a terrorist group called The Freedom Fighters, a group intent on overthrowing the Inside at any cost.

Dr. Samantha Willerby, a specialist in post-traumatic stress, has never seen anything like this before. Following a fire on the London Underground, three survivors seek her help, but although unmistakably traumatized, their stories don’t match the facts. Are they "faking it"? Sam’s confusion turns to horror when one by one, instead of recovering, they are driven to suicide. When her lover, Conrad, begins to suffer the same terrifying flashbacks, Sam is desperate to find out what’s causing them. Then a mysterious and chilling conspiracy begins to unravel....

From traditional to experimental, this collection of short stories includes mysteries, monologues, literary pieces, and mischievous whimsy. At times humorous, at times heartbreaking, the stories aim to challenge as much as they strive to please. Strangers become intimates, intimates become strangers: the world is turned upside down, shaken, then served up with a wink. These stories take the listener to private places: they are unforgettable inside stories.

Experience the moment where tension becomes unbearable and every whispered promise leads to one inevitable conclusion: complete surrender. Finish Inside Me! is an anthology of high-heat audio stories exploring the most visceral and intimate connections possible. This collection captures the precise second when inhibitions vanish, focusing on the vulnerability and the overwhelming thrill of uninhibited release. Explore your deepest fantasies from the magnetic pull of a forbidden romance to the slow-burn heat of a second-chance encounter, these narratives are designed to leave you breathless.

After a blinding flash, four terrified friends realize that they've been transported into their favorite video game Bloodfeast MMO. They are in their characters' bodies, trapped in a fantastic world filled with magic, mystery, and mayhem. Before long, the friends discover that their Bloodfeast characters are trapped in their bodies back in the real world. They're left with no choice but to embark on a heroic quest in a desperate attempt to get home.

"Inside Melting House" is a creepy and suspenseful story that will draw into its mystery. It introduces you to sympathetic characters over two generations who, even in the short space of the story, you come to sympathize with and understand.

Three offbeat stories of crime and conundrum, set in the present moment, from the New York Times best-selling, Edgar Award-winning author of Underground Airlines and The Last Policeman.

Many are familiar with teacher and poet Mark Nepo's books on inner transformation, relationship, and the emergence of purpose in our lives. But less well-known is the journey that shaped his vision as a teacher that began in 1987 when he was diagnosed with cancer. The revelations during that...

Regan thought she had found a new life. She thought she'd found something to love in the ring. She thought she'd found someone to love outside those ropes - someone who loved her. But what she found was danger. And there's no easy way out.