Resultados para "Marie M" en Literatura y ficción

After having foiled multiple assassination attempts during his training, fighting pirates, and encountering a group of terrorists bent on destroying entire solar systems. Desmond McLaughlin thought he’d have an easier time of it on official deployment.

Finishing up his first year as a cadet-adept, Desmond’s life is going pretty well as far as he’s concerned. Three beautiful and exotic women love him and have agreed to entwine their lives together. His powers as an Adept have continued to grow as he practices and refines weaving the threads of mana into the world. All while he continues to defy the expectations set by his origins. Sure, he’s still a member of the active military training for one of the most dangerous jobs in the entire Hegemony, but with his girls at his side, Desmond is confident he can handle it.

I tre säsonger har Lady Margery Quennel agerat panelhöna. Med undantag för Charles, markisen av Edgecombe, den enda man som brytt sig om att dansa med henne och som hon inte ens tycker om, har Lady Margery ingenting med män att göra. Nu vid 23 års ålder är hon uttråkad till det yttersta och bestämmer sig för att återvända hem till Chelmswood, men den trygghet hon söker finns inte att hitta. Hennes en gång så stiliga far har nämligen tagit en nittonårig flicka till brud, och denna verkar fast besluten att slösa bort hela faderns förmögenhet.

Less than two months into his ten years of active-duty service to the Hegemony of Velvet Stars as an adept, and Desmond McLaughlin has already gotten himself embroiled in even more trouble. He's settled in just fine aboard his ship, the Fist of Defiance, and made plenty of friends. But it wouldn't be life if there weren't a few bad apples mixed in. Having clashed several times—once in a very physical fashion—with Adept Windracer, Desmond can only hope that the overly aggressive Uth'ra will stop trying to force him into the mold that she believes a male should occupy.

Emi, agent secret britannique. Une femme entraînée. Une femme décidée. Une femme infiltrée. En mission chez un homme suspecté d'être un espion rival soviétique. Tous les moyens sont bons pour le charmer, le démasquer, le faire tomber, le faire plier. Rien ne peut l'arrêter, rien ne peut la freiner. Rien si ce n'est moi... Car je ne suis pas Emi, je suis Julia. Son sosie, sa copie, son Duality.

Promoted early, Desmond McLaughlin and his mates are now full members of the Hegemony military, with all the rights and duties that rank includes. Given the benefits of achieving the rank of full adept early, Desmond and company elected to be deployed aboard the battlecruiser Fist of Defiance, a ship that just happened to be part of the Seventh Border Fleet. The same fleet headed by a certain admiral whose daughter was saved by Desmond and his girls.

A little over four months has passed since Desmond McLaughlin was physically yanked from his home and thrown to the mercy of a conquering alien empire when they demanded he be handed over for training as he was an ‘Adept’, one of the few able to harness the power of magic in the universe. During that time, he has learned how to manipulate mana and made several friends amongst the aliens whose culture he was now immersed in. And one lover.

The When Swords Fall Silent anthology showcases the imaginations and talents of more than a dozen of the best modern science-fiction and fantasy authors, with each tale centered around one or more characters burdened with a bloody task they will see to completion no matter the cost. Every story takes you for a vicious ride through a world of shadow and death, each as unique in perspective and execution as the contracts carried out within.

Take a trip to a terrifying carnival and uncover the secrets within, solve a mysterious puzzle box and await your reward, join a travelling circus and witness the strangest ventriloquist act you've ever seen. In this follow-up to the bestselling Cursed: An Anthology, you'll unearth curses old and new. From a very different take on Snow White, to a new interpretation of The Red Shoes, the best in fantasy spin straw into gold, and invite you into the labyrinth.

Join Desmond as he learns to manipulate mana—a source of power that exists beyond the reach of most people in the universe—meets vastly different alien species, risks life and limb, all while trying to pass classes. If he’s lucky, he will find someone he can trust out here amongst the weird. If he's very lucky, maybe someone he can love.

Everything comes easy to me now - too easy. I'm a famous fitness model/trainer with a booming supplement company, and more women than I know what to do with. But I'm also a man who loves a challenge - a man who needs to be challenged. When I first lay eyes on Emma, I know that I have to have her. She's drop-dead gorgeous and unlike any of the women who regularly throw themselves at me. The only problem is that she thinks I'm an arrogant alpha male jerk - which I am. I won't try to convince Emma otherwise. But I will do whatever it takes to make her mine.

Ash has always been the rock, the one everyone turns to. That was before devastation took everything from him, leaving his soul dead on the ground, along with his heart. The only thing important to him is seeking revenge. Tracking down those who destroyed his life and killing them.

Getting a break was a pipe dream, something that Desmond McLaughlin realized in short order. Fate had her favorite squeaky toy, and its name was McLaughlin. But at least he had his girls to support him and the friends he’d made aboard the Fist of Defiance, as well as the relationships that continue to grow, both into friendships and something more.

Chi è Mario M? Scopri le sue origini, la sua storia, le sue avventure, il suo vissuto, com'è diventato l'uomo che è oggi! Cinque volumi per emozionarti, diversi stili narrativi, un susseguirsi di emozioni senza sosta.

15 ans plus tard, Madame Eliane est désormais comtesse de Pardaillan. Mais qu'est devenu son mari?

Durch den Tod seines Partners aus der Bahn geworfen, will Kaufmann Toke endlich zurück nach Aldeigjuborg zu seinem Schiff. Er überwintert in Birka und entdeckt es zufällig in der Bootswerft seines Freundes Odd. Eine abenteuerliche Reise in die Zeit der Wikinger, packend und detailreich.

Monsters are real, and Chrystal is one of them, but everyone is convinced that she’ll be the next sacrifice to save the oracle and all of Tora Darah. Prophecies are for pansies, and embracing her dark side may be the key to dragging herself out of this mess. Releasing the Blood Queen is risky, but a whole lot better than dying, and maybe with a little luck she won’t lose all the people she’s grown to care about along the way.

My reputation with women stinks. I'll admit I haven't always treated them with the respect they deserve. That's not to say I'm a bad guy or anything. What my sisters and cousin would call toxic, I prefer to think of as selfish. But I'm ready to change everything if it means I'll have a chance with the lovely, sweet, wounded Sofia Diaz—and her adorable son Mateo. They've been through a lot with her ex—and she's still dealing with him far more often than I'd like—but I'm prepared to be there for both of them, to do whatever it takes to make them happy.