Resultados para "Stoner" en Ciencia ficción y fantasía

¡Una intensa aventura apasionada para todos los amantes de Forastera! Luego de que la incriminaran en el asesinato de su exnovio, la oficial del ejército estadounidense Amber Ryan huye a Escocia y se esconde en las ruinas del castillo de Inverlochy. Allí, un hada de las Tierras Altas la envía al año 1308: directo al medio de una refriega, al lado de un atractivo guerrero. El highlander Owen Cambel queda anonadado al ver a una hermosa mujer que se enfrenta a unos hombres con coraje en el castillo.

Rivales peligrosos, rescates atrevidos y un deseo prohibido... ¡para los fanáticos de Forastera! El highlander Angus Mackenzie ha luchado por la independencia de Escocia. Como no puede pagar el tributo de su clan, renuncia a su libertad para casarse con la poderosa y depredadora Eufemia de Ross. Mientras busca a su hermano en el castillo de Eilean Donan, la historiadora Rogene Wakely descubre una piedra cubierta de runas que la envía al año 1310, directo a los brazos de Angus.

¡Una intensa aventura apasionada para todos los amantes de Forastera! Luego de que la incriminaran en el asesinato de su exnovio, la oficial del ejército estadounidense Amber Ryan huye a Escocia y se esconde en las ruinas del castillo de Inverlochy. Allí, un hada de las Tierras Altas la envía al año 1308: directo al medio de una refriega, al lado de un atractivo guerrero. El highlander Owen Cambel queda anonadado al ver a una hermosa mujer que se enfrenta a unos hombres con coraje en el castillo.

Ella está perdida en el pasado. Él es un poderoso guerrero escocés. ¿Podrá este amor encontrado a través del tiempo sobrevivir? La oficial de búsqueda y rescate Amy MacDougall teme quedar atrapada... tanto en lugares pequeños y oscuros como en una relación. Sin embargo, al acompañar a un grupo de estudiantes de secundaria a un viaje por Escocia, se ve obligada a enfrentar su claustrofobia para salvar a una estudiante que queda atrapada en el calabozo de un castillo en ruinas.

Ella está perdida en el pasado. Él es un poderoso guerrero escocés. ¿Podrá este amor encontrado a través del tiempo sobrevivir? La oficial de búsqueda y rescate Amy MacDougall teme quedar atrapada... tanto en lugares pequeños y oscuros como en una relación. Sin embargo, al acompañar a un grupo de estudiantes de secundaria a un viaje por Escocia, se ve obligada a enfrentar su claustrofobia para salvar a una estudiante que queda atrapada en el calabozo de un castillo en ruinas.

Él está luchando contra los demonios de su pasado. Ella está defendiendo a su hijo y su hogar. ¿Pueden dos guerreros de distintos siglos encontrar un futuro en el amor? Escocia, 2020. Cuando Konnor Mitchell, ex soldado del Cuerpo de Marines de los Estados Unidos y guardaespaldas, está vacacionando y disfrutando un tour de whisky por las Tierras Altas, escucha el grito de ayuda de una mujer. En el intento de asistirla, se termina cayendo por un barranco escarpado y, antes de lograr orientarse, un hada escocesa lo transporta al año 1308.

A mistaken identity. A forced marriage. A secret baby. When a pregnant woman escapes to the past, will she find love and passion in a vengeful Viking's arms?

El corazón herido de un highlander la llama... a través del tiempo. Para fanáticos de Forastera! Al huir de un hombre en un castillo escocés, la estadounidense Kate Anderson se cae en una mazmorra. Tras golpearse la cabeza, sufre de amnesia y viaja en el tiempo al año 1308, donde un guerrero escocés la rescata. Ian Cambel, un esclavo que ha escapado, encuentra a Kate y la lleva a su hogar. Pero cuando Kate comienza a recuperar la memoria, desea regresar al siglo xxi. Para ayudar a Kate a volver a casa, Ian deberá luchar contra las tropas inglesas que invaden sus tierras... y arriesgarse a perder su corazón.

Searching for her roots, American CEO Holly visits Scotland. An ancient ash isn't the kind of family tree she had in mind. But when she touches a golden spindle carved into its rough bark, she is sucked through time to the ninth century—and captured in a Viking raid. Warrior Einar Birgirsson rescues the beautiful stranger. But to claim his place as jarl, he must rid the Orkney Islands of outlaws and take a wife within two moons. He will set her free—if she agrees to marry him.

An unexpected roadmap—or better yet, a book—makes looking for treasure so much easier. Reading into it what the authors have never even thought about makes for a welcome bonus. These are all but lucky waystations on my journey to the doorsteps of this world's greatest mystery. There's a catch: everyone and his brother has already been there, and even the worst losers know the way. So, is this the end of the road? The demise of the Great Plan? Or have they all knocked on the door the wrong way?

In a theocratic world far into the future, cities control their own movements and organization. Constantly moving, growing and decaying, taking care of every need their inhabitants might think of, the cities have decided that humans are no longer a necessary part of their architecture, casting them out to wander in the wilderness and eke out a meager subsistence.

Best-selling writer Orson Scott Card founded the online magazine Intergalactic Medicine Show in 2006. It has been a big success, drawing submissions from well-known science fiction and fantasy writers, as well as fostering some amazing new talents. This collection contains some of the best of those stories.

Classic fables take on new meaning as five of today’s most original bestselling authors serve up some deliciously modern twists. New reflections on evil queens, charmless princes, and star-crossed lovers branch out in provocative and enchanting directions. Follow the path and see where it leads... 

Rumor has it that this year's leaders will receive an unusual reward from the Emperor himself. The exact nature of that reward is a mystery to everyone. What is absolutely clear, though, is that the number of prizes is limited, and just about everyone wants them. So let the battle begin—in the hearts and minds, within the school walls, on training grounds, and even in the streets of the capital city. This will be the ultimate test of one's strength and cunning. It will be fair, and not. It will be bloodless and the stuff of one's worst gory nightmares. And the winner will take all.

For two years, I have been thinking of this place and how to get here. Every step in my grand masterplan was but a waystation en route to the main prize: the door. And what a special door it is! Behind it lies what will not only make me strong, but put me at the very top of this world...or at least close. At the moment, the door is as good as locked for me. Unapproachable. To get access, I will have to do my damnedest, because you cannot just buy your way to it using regular cash. One needs a special currency here: points. Rating points.

Desperate to get back home before Brad's parents disconnect his life support, Cathy convinces the grumpy Viking to take her to York, where she may be able to return to the twenty-first century. Needing her help, Andor agrees with one condition: he will not protect her. From escaping pagans hungry for a sacrifice to outwitting the English army together, the two grow closer during their journey. But when passion flares between them, will it be Andor or Brad who holds Cathy's heart?

I had a plan; a good one that I thought through really well. But it only took a single cunning dwarf accompanied by two goons to force me into acting earlier than I’d planned to.

"Fated love means nothing when we can avoid extinction. One tiny sacrifice will appease the shadows. It's a shame, really. You've always been my pretty little monster." Those were the last words I heard from my Alpha, my fated mate, before his Beta tossed me off the cliff into a land of no return: Demon Valley, the place where no human or wolf shifter survives. Legends claim there's an escape from the shadowy, demon-infested haven, but no one has ever returned to confirm the truth. Except me.

No empty child has ever reached a year of age, yet I am now 13. It has been a long and miserable 13 years, where the best I can manage to do is walk with difficulty. Sometimes, I cannot even manage that.

So you want a brilliant cut for your rough diamond? In that case, you should get on with the cutting! That’s how I found myself looking for a suitable lapidarist. Since I was anything but your run-of-the-mill little rock, the master crafter also had to be special. The one fitting the bill happened to be truly excellent, but, alas, he did have his quirks, too. A recluse living on top of a tall, barren mountain, he did not take kindly to most uninvited intruders, sending them back rolling down the hill in the most unceremonious of manners. And he had plenty of secrets, too.