Resultados para "The Street" en Literatura y ficción

Mantengo separados mis dos mundos. En el trabajo, soy el rey de Wall Street. Los millonarios de Manhattan acuden a mí para ganar todavía más dinero. Hacen lo que yo les digo, porque siempre tengo razón. Soy astuto, exigente, y algunos dicen que despiadado. En casa, soy un padre soltero que trata de conseguir que su hija de catorce años siga siendo una niña el mayor tiempo posible. 

Robert Easly es un joven de veintidós años que llega a Nueva York con el sueño de convertirse en escritor. De los distintos personajes que va conociendo a lo largo de su vivir diario en la gran ciudad, muchos le enamoran: Clarisse, la preciosa afroamericana camarera en el Sam’s Diner, que comparte con él su amor por la literatura y cuyo libro favorito siempre será “El gran Gatsby”; Sasha, la alocada drag queen que se ha convertido en la estrella de “The Works” el mejor local para pasar la noche en el Greenwich Village....

Rooney is entangled in a web of lies, while at the same time trying to protect his daughter and his identity as a werewolf. All this is threatened when his ex-girlfriend, Mercy, comes back into his life who has the aim to smuggle his well-established company.

Drugs turn out to be a way of life for Rich, a powerful, sexy Drug Lord hailing from Washington, DC. His desire for fast money and the extravagant things that it brings puts his family in harms way. Soon, his ego forces him to leave his castle and empire to expand business on the West Coast. His decision to leave his love ones behind at the mercy of his enemies turns out to be catastrophic. One by one, each of Rich’s children spiral out of control.

When tragedy strikes in the ring, Giovanni Bravo walks away from his dream of boxing. He agrees to a two-month getaway, helping train Felix Sanchez, his high-school buddy and now welterweight champ of the world. Once at Felix's lavish boxing complex, Gio is reunited with Bianca Rubio, someone he remembers only as the girl with the innocent doe eyes back in high school. Not only does her refreshing, cheerful demeanor take Gio's mind off his troubled conscience, but he finds himself falling for her fast and hard. The problem? Bianca is Felix's girlfriend.

I never meant to lie to my parents about my job—I only wanted to make them proud. So when Dad asks me to return to New York to manage the renovation of a townhouse he owns, I can't say no, even though I'm in way over my head. But the real challenge comes in the form of Kyle, the gruff and ruggedly-handsome foreman, eighteen years my senior and my father's best friend. We clash on everything, except for the chemistry that sizzles between us—chemistry he stubbornly denies.

As a favor for his sick grandmother, Lance sits in on auditions for the Juilliard scholarship named after his late mother. He expects to be bored out of his mind. He expects it to be a waste of a Saturday he could spend working. What he does not expect is Celeste Walsh. She has the body of a super model, the looks of a storybook princess, and plays the violin with the passion of a zealous lover. The moment he sees her, he has to have her. Wants to control her. Needs to master her.

He's a beast. A killer. A dark shadow with blood on his hands and violence in his veins. He's the monster that comes at midnight. The one I watch from my bedroom window, holding my breath, wondering if he has finally come for me. It's only a matter of time before he takes me. His ballerina girl. It's a promise he made the first time he caught me staring at him. ‘You will be mine.' It's impossible not to fear him. My bones tremble every time I hear his name. Granite. President of the American Street Kings MC.

Maggie Warren has always been unfocused. She hops from job to job, and relationship to relationship. Most of the time, she's not even looking where she's going. Which is exactly what happens when she runs into Isaac Gregory. Isaac's never met anyone like Maggie. She's nothing like the women he works with, or the submissives he typically dates. Sure, she's got a knockout body and a wit to match, but she's a free spirit and hopelessly scattered. He should not be attracted to her. But he is. After hearing she's between jobs, he offers her his recently vacated personal assistant position.

What happens when a Fireman and a Chef get together? Throw in an arsonist, a jealous ex-boyfriend, a rival chef out to ruin her, and well-meaning friends. Things don’t just get hot —they get Scorched. Madeline: My best friend wants to set me up with a man she thinks will be perfect for me. The problem is, I know I suck at relationships. My last few relationships were disasters, like a delicate crème brûlée under a powerful blowtorch set on high with a first-year sous chef. Plus, there is something different I want to try. But it’s not something I can tell her about. And I’m busy.

From the New York Times bestselling author of On Dublin Street comes a seductive story of forgiving the past and making up for lost time.… Shannon MacLeod has always gone for the wrong type of man. After she drifted from one toxic relationship to the next, her last boyfriend gave her a wake-up...

From the best-selling author of On Dublin Street, "Scotland's EL James" ( Sunday Post), comes a seductive story of forgiving the past and making up for lost time.... Shannon MacLeod has always gone for the wrong type of man. After she drifted from one toxic relationship to the next, her last boyfriend gave her a wake-up call in the worst possible way. With her world shattered, she's sworn off men - especially those of the bad-boy variety.

He could be the one, really, the one. He seems like a great guy. He has a rock-hard amazing body, a gorgeous face with a smile that melts my panties, and sexually–oh yeah! No need to elaborate. The only problem is I don’t remember meeting him or going home with him, which is something I never do, never.

John David Ford, late-night talk jock and host of The Devil's Advocate, always takes the opposite view of whatever topic the caller calls in about. When a young teenager calls in with a tale about the local haunted house, to prove that the house is not haunted, John David vows to spend 24 hours inside the house, broadcast his show live, and upload everything that happens inside the house to YouTube. With his sexy little sound tech Laura Devlin in tow, little does he know the passions that will ignite between them or the horrors they will face inside.

This is a true story of Alicia, a young woman the author met back in college back in 1972. She was "smokin' hot", and he was an overweight farm boy who had no idea that women such she even existed. The woman is already involved in a small town "sex for money" deal with some "friends" of hers. As time goes by, Alicia is making a lot more money but is blind to the fact that she is being sucked into a dirty system that begins to overtake her. The story is based on the conversations the two had throughout the next 20-some years.

In the small town of Macleigh, Aurora, also known as Daisy to some, grappling with the haunting legacy of her parents’ tragic murder-suicide, finds an unexpected source of solace in her charming yet suffocating hometown. Enter Rowan Daniels, a reserved cop seeking refuge from his own traumatic past. Their initial encounters are tense, rooted in Daisy’s resentment toward law enforcement and Rowan’s aversion to human connection.

Two of London's most notorious rakehells, Linus Radcliffe and Robert Anderson, are the best of friends. They share almost everything - clothes, servants, their homes, and even each other's bed on occasion. The one thing they don't share: lovers. For while Linus prefers men, Robert prefers women... except when it comes to Linus. As another Season nears its end, Robert can't ignore his growing jealousy. He hates watching Linus disappear from balls to dally with other men....

Da Shannon McLeod flytter til Edinburgh for at starte på en frisk, er hun fast besluttet på at holde sig langt væk fra mænd og dårlige forhold. Da hun møder Cole Walker, er hun overbevist om, at han netop er en af den slags fyre, som hun har utallige, dårlige erfaringer med: charmerende, kæk og fuld af tatoveringer. Og helt sikkert med en række af knuste hjerter i sit kølvand. Shannon afviser Cole kontant og utvetydigt, men jo mere hun lærer ham at kende, desto mere begynder hun at tvivle på, at hendes førstehåndsindtryk var korrekt.

One night to determine once and for all if he truly preferred men. But the last thing Lord Benjamin Parker expected to find in a questionable gambling hall in Cheapside is a gorgeous young man who steals his heart. Cavin Fox has done it many times - select a prime mark, distract him with lust, and leave his pockets empty. Yet when Cavin slips away under the cover of darkness, the only part of Benjamin he leaves untouched is his pockets. With a taste of his fantasies fulfilled, Benjamin wants more than one night with Cavin. But convincing the elusive young man to give them a chance proves difficult.

The New York Times bestselling author of On Dublin Street returns to the bar where it all began with Braden and Joss for a white-hot new novella full of passion and drama. When he’s not working at the club, Craig Lanaghan looks out for his mother and little sisters. So when it comes to women...