Resultados para "The Heroes" en Literatura y ficción

He was supposed to be dead. She was supposed to move on. Some loves won't stay buried. The last person Sierra Blackwood expects to see is the man whose memorial service she attended three years ago. For ten years, she's raised their son alone, told him his father died a hero, and built a life from the ashes of broken promises. Now Rowan "Hammer" Wallace is back—no explanation, no apology, just those devastating blue eyes and a presence that fills every empty space she's tried to heal.

To the world, Dominique Fournier is the picture-perfect wife: married to a powerful man, draped in wealth, and living a life most would envy. But behind closed doors, her world is anything but golden. Trapped in a loveless, suffocating marriage, each day is a carefully concealed...

In the long, restless summer after their final exams, Matthew, Rez and Cocker are done with school - and determined to feel everything at full volume. Drugs, drink, porn, late-night gaming, bravado and boredom blur into a heady mix of nihilism and misplaced grandeur. What begins as celebration slides steadily towards something darker. Set in post-boom Dublin, Here Are the Young Men is a blistering portrait of masculinity untethered - a generation raised online, overstimulated and spiritually adrift.

When a lethal spy meets a gentle Viking scholar in the Scottish Highlands, sparks fly—and so do bullets. Samantha "Smack" McAvoy is very good at two things: eliminating threats and staying emotionally unavailable. Fresh off a mission gone wrong, she's supposed to be healing in a remote Scottish inn. Instead, she finds herself protecting Finn Colpher—a gorgeous, book-obsessed academic who quotes medieval poetry to his golden retriever and apologizes to furniture.

"Una madre y su niño viajan en canoa por el caudaloso río Atrato. La madre es blanca, el niño es negro. Entre manglares, frutas y trenzas, la narradora le va contando a la pasajera de al lado su infancia, sus recuerdos y cómo el pequeño llegó a su...

Becky Watson learned early that trust is a weapon and secrets are survival. From foster homes to abandoned backroads, she and her childhood confidant Orion have buried more than just memories. Now, as a college freshman, Becky’s harboring her most dangerous secret yet: her newborn daughter, Janie.

When the Burgess family move into their 'forever' home, it seems like they are set for many happy years together at their new address. Steph and Grant, along with their children, Charlie and Amelia, settle into their new surroundings quickly. But then they receive an unexpected visit from a couple who claim to have lived in the house before. They wish to come in and have a look around for old time's sake. Seeming pleasant and plausible, Steph invites them in. And that's when things begin to change.

Once part of a dying species, one wolf now harnesses supernatural and godlike abilities as it fights for survival, in this grimdark fantasy adventure. It's been nearly a millennium since wolves prowled the earth. They're only spoken of as mythical destroyers of life. But one solitary wolf, born...

La esperada nueva saga de Jara Santamaría: una historia llena de aventura y fantasía o La esperada nueva saga de Jara Santamaría: un viaje en el tiempo que te cambiará para siempre Tres amigos. Un objeto mágico. Un viaje en el tiempo. Pablo, Daniela y Claudio van a la misma clase, pero...

Una monja desaparece, dejando un enigmático mensaje, y un colaborador del papa Francisco les encarga a dos agentes de Inteligencia buscarla por cielo y tierra. En paralelo, una operadora política despedida por la Casa Rosada es contratada por el gobernador de un feudo patagónico para mejorar...

Lady Ophelia Darby exists in two worlds. In one, she is the impudent, willful daughter of a powerful marquess and darling of the ton. In the other, she moves through the underworld's shadows as songstress Lady Starlight, protected only by the notoriously wealthy scoundrel Devlin Byrne. But when she stumbles upon her beloved father's darkest secrets, the line between her two worlds quickly blurs. Now she needs the help of the one man a lady should never trust.

“Witty, thrilling, and...SAVAGE." --Nat Cassidy, bestselling author of Mary and When the Wolf Comes Home "Miranda July meets Stephen King." --Lauren Beukes, New York Times bestselling author of The Shining Girls Hyper-competent Ellie thinks she’s going through perimenopause, but discovers...

For the past eighteen months, Abby's been hiding out in Bay View–a town barely big enough for her grief, let alone the boxes she's lugged from her previous life. Dull, predictable, and devoid of memories, Bay View is perfect for a girl with a broken heart. Until it isn't. When a fire destroys...

Back when things were normal, Orrin the Timid tried saving his best friend, Daniel the Popular, from a runaway truck. But he failed, and the resulting crash landed them both in a world of magic, monsters, and levels. There, Orrin grew from a mild-mannered sidekick into a legit powerhouse, unlocking Administrator-level powers unlike anything else. Still, things are tough for the former zero.

When Emma joins her new boyfriend Michael for a ‘Friendmas’ in the Alps, she’s quickly thrust into an exclusive world of privilege, partying, and politics. Emma can't ski and is out of place among the close-knit group, but she's determined to win them over. Without the usual headache of extended family members, Brussels sprouts, and unwanted gifts, the group turn back the clock and unwind with wild abandon. As a storm gathers outside, the friends begin to re-trace their past, prodding at memories and feelings that have long been buried.

Nobody saw this coming. Not me. Not the elders. Certainly not my dear Hanwarra. Never before have the Dorf people lost an entire clan. A betrayal so deep, those who are left will never forgive, nor forget. It's time for the Dorfs to go to war. Yet somehow it has fallen to me, to lead them. Worst of all, Garnet was prepared. I may be his catalyst, but his plans were already in motion. The wheels of war turn slowly. The enemy is prepared. So it's up to me and my wives to figure out a way to make this work. All under the nose of those we thought buried.

After Dylan moves to Osaka, a strange interaction grants him the power to see demons and monsters from Japanese folklore. Burning with a desire to help the people being harmed by these terrible forces, Dylan finds an answer in the devastatingly beautiful and mysterious Ayane. Through her, Dylan learns there are more sinister and deadly monsters than anyone could imagine. Evil yokai have plagued Japan for centuries and the threat is escalating. But not all yokai are evil. Will his new-found power be enough to protect the innocents and vanquish the spawn of the abyss?

Er mag gefährlich sein, aber ich kann dem Drang nicht widerstehen, ihn Daddy zu nennen. Ein geheimer Fetisch, den ich noch nie ausgelebt habe, zieht mich in einen Underground-Club. Meine neue Freundin und Kollegin ist dort regelmäßiges Mitglied und überzeugt mich, ihm beizutreten. Ich habe nicht gewusst, dass der Ort von einer irischen Verbrecherbande verwaltet wird. Am schlimmsten ist: Der Anführer der Bande interessiert sich für mich. Irgendetwas verrät mir, dass er es nicht gewohnt ist, ein Nein als Antwort zu akzeptieren.

Are you ready to meet your next Man of the Month? Gingerbread cookies, fireworks, year-round Christmas decorations, crystal-clear waters, and smoldering nights under the stars. What more could you ask for? When Luna's sister gets bit by the love bug and moves to Florida, she has no choice but to...

Olympic Equestrian Champion Victoria Grey-Hughes is the best friend of Queen Alexandra. Victoria is a single mother, determined to do the best for her child. She is fiercely guarded and she doesn't do dating or relationships. Victoria has always been a lot better with animals than with people. The one woman Victoria finds herself consistently drawn to is the one woman who is totally forbidden. Will Victoria be able to find herself and in doing so, find her home?