Resultados para "Lisa" en Literatura de género

¡Descubre el thriller más trepidante de Lisa Jewell! Es el hombre perfecto . Te dice que te ama . Crees que es tu media naranja . En poco tiempo, se ha instalado en tu corazón y en tu casa . Y luego se va durante días. No sabes adónde ha ido ni con quién está. Pronto te das cuenta de que, si pudieras volver el tiempo atrás, te dirías a ti misma: no le dejes entrar. « Apasionante. Impactante. Magistral. » FREIDA McFADDEN, autora de La asistenta

Alice Lake, madre soltera y un desastre vital en todos los aspectos, pasea por una playa del noreste del Reino Unido cuando, de repente, distingue a un hombre calado e inmóvil por el frío. Apiadándose de él, lo invita a su casa. Pronto descubre que el desconocido no recuerda nada y ni siquiera sabe quién es. Mientras, en Surrey, la joven de veintiún años Lily Monrose lleva tres semanas casada. Una noche, su marido no llega a casa después del trabajo. Recién llegada al país, ni siquiera ha conocido a su familia política y no tiene amigos.

At Naysay Inc., rising star Megan’s job is to whisper negative thoughts straight into the minds of clients in the Real World. It’s all in a day’s dirty work in Naysayland, the parallel reality where your negativity is manufactured and self-doubt is a commodity. But when she is assigned to sabotage a romance between lifestyle influencer Lily and author Jasper, Megan’s carefully constructed reality begins to unravel. The project teams her with Ben, the smug but cute whisperer in the next cubicle.

¿Qué harías si el hombre de tus sueños resulta ser un asesino? El condecorado policía Jim Beckett era todo lo que Tess había soñado… Pero dos años después de que casarse con él y dar a luz a su hija, descubrió que su marido ocultaba un oscuro secreto y ayudó a meterlo entre rejas por asesinar de forma salvaje a diez mujeres. Incluso encerrado en una prisión de máxima seguridad, él juró que iría a por ella y se lo haría pagar. Ahora, Jim ha escapado, y comienza el juego más peligroso de todos.

Bo ha ottantanove anni ed è arrabbiato con il suo corpo che non obbedisce più, con le sue braccia un tempo forti che ora non riescono a fare più nulla. Ma, soprattutto, Bo è arrabbiato con Hans che vuole portargli via Sixten, il suo cane, perché si è convinto che un quasi novantenne non sia in grado di prendersene cura. Delicato e potente, questo ritratto dell'ultima età della vita, protagonista invisibile della ma nostra epoca, è un romanzo sovversivo che ci riguarda tutti.

Lisa, dieci anni, perde la vista per un’ora intera, gettando la famiglia nel caos. Eppure, nonostante gli accertamenti medici a cui viene sottoposta, non si riscontra nessun problema fisico capace di scatenare questi improvvisi episodi di cecità. Mentre i genitori decidono di iniziare un percorso psicologico, il nonno di Lisa, Henry, un vecchio grintoso e determinato, crede che, se la bambina sta davvero per perdere la vista, l’unica vera urgenza è mostrarle tutto ciò che di più bello l’uomo ha creato.

Bo ist 89 und ihm läuft die Zeit davon. Sein Kontakt beschränkt sich auf seinen Hund Sixten und die täglichen Besuche vom Pflegedienst. Hans, sein Sohn, kommt dagegen nur selten vorbei und traut ihm vor allem gar nichts mehr zu. Der drohende Verlust seines Hundes bringt Bo dazu, die Schlüsselmomente seines Lebens zu überdenken.

In the court of the “King”, everyone knows their place. But as the Artist wins hearts and egos with his ballads, uncomfortable truths emerge that shake the Kingdom to its core. Part surreal fable and part narco-lit romance, this prize-winning novel from Yuri Herrera questions the price of keeping your integrity in a world ruled by patronage and power.

After inheriting Drumblair Castle over her older brother Kerr, Lady Olivia MacBain has had to forge a new life for herself far away from New York and her dream career in fashion. She fears her brother’s bitterness has fractured their relationship to the point of no return and is still clearing away the devastation he left when he disappeared.

Born into the Scottish Clan MacBain and Drumblair Castle, Liv MacBain has always dreamt of leaving the ancient homestead and becoming her own person in the world of fashion. From a young age, she worshipped the trailblazing designs of the haute couture glitterati, hoping one day to join them. With older brother Kerr, the rightful heir, Liv has been free to spread her wings. Fast forward. Liv is now 28 years old, working at a high-end fashion house and living her dream life in New York. She’s never been happier. Until everything changes with one devastating phone call from her brother.

“A wonderful storyteller with a vibrant voice.” —The New York Times From the author of the cult classic Treasure Island!!!, a delightfully unhinged comedy following a woman as she attempts to exorcise the spirit of a dead corgi from her nephew and renegotiate the borders of her previously...

After the heartbreak of a secret unrequited love, Millie Treadaway has finally found someone to spend her life with. Harry Rose is handsome, successful and treats her like a princess. That is until Millie presents her fiancé with a surprise birthday gift, and their future is suddenly doomed. Eight months later Millie returns to Glentorrin on the Isle of Skye for her best friend Jules’ Christmas wedding. Heartbroken, single and heavily pregnant.

Louise wants a baby. We want a family. This Christmas, we're giving her both. I know better than to develop feelings for Louise, but I seem to be stuck in the same lovestruck frenzy as my three best friends. The only solution is sharing the woman who has captured our attention…

Olympic silver medalist Kalista Brooks has built a successful life in California, complete with a thriving sports technology company and a handsome fiancé. But when her father’s heart condition takes a critical turn, she rushes home to Atlanta. There, her father makes a surprising request: to relive favorite memories from all four seasons in just one month at their old farmhouse in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

One morning, Deming Guo's mother, an undocumented Chinese immigrant named Polly, goes to her job at the nail salon and never comes home. No one can find any trace of her. With his mother gone, 11-year-old Deming is left with no one to care for him. He is eventually adopted by two white college professors who move him from the Bronx to a small town upstate. They rename him Daniel Wilkinson in their efforts to make him over into their version of an "all-American boy".

From the bestselling author of The Boat People comes a page-turning moral drama about money, the dark side of philanthropy, and what happens when you try to change the world for all the wrong reasons. They have the best of intentions. What could go wrong? Claire Talbot is the publicist at...

When Lori Hawthorne trades her high-powered city life for the unexpected inheritance of her late aunt's neglected fruit farm in Sedona, Arizona, she soon realizes that mending a broken orchard is only half the battle. Seeking a chance to rewrite her story, she's determined to breathe new life into both the farm and her own existence.

De acuerdo con los valores de Confucio, «una mujer educada es una mujer inútil», pero Tan Yunxian, nacida en una familia de élite, es criada en condiciones excepcionales. Su abuela es una de las pocas doctoras que hay en China, y enseña a Yunxian los pilares de la medicina, los Cuatro Exámenes —mirar, escuchar, tocar y preguntar—, algo que un hombre nunca puede hacer con una paciente.

As the snowstorm of the century rages toward Newfoundland, twenty-one-year-old Xavier is beaten and stabbed in a vicious attack. His mother, Jules, must fight her way through the shuttered streets of St John’s to reach the hospital where Xavier lies unconscious. When a video of the attack surfaces, Jules struggles to make sense of what she sees in the footage—and of what she can’t quite make out. While Xavier’s story unfolds, so, too, do the stories that brought him there.

Ada Sibelius is raised by David, a single father and head of a computer science lab in Boston. Homeschooled, she accompanies her loving father - brilliant, eccentric, socially inept - to work every day. By 12 she is a painfully shy prodigy. At the same time that the lab begins to gain acclaim, David's mind begins to falter, and his mysterious past comes into question. When her father moves into a nursing home, Ada is taken in by one of David's colleagues. She embarks on a mission to uncover her father's secrets.