Resultados para "The Tomb" en Romántica

Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth unveils a solar system of swordplay, cut-throat politics, and lesbian necromancers. Her characters leap out of the audio, as skillfully animated as arcane revenants. The result is a heart-pounding epic science fantasy. Brought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns, ancient retainers, and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to abandon a life of servitude and an afterlife as a reanimated corpse.

For years, mercenary Easy Nevada risked her life finding ancient artefacts for a mysterious benefactor. Now she's after one last score, the biggest of all: a relic so cursed that it was buried with Cleopatra in a secret tomb over 2,000 years ago. But to uncover it, she'll need help. By-the-book Candice Cushing only ever wanted to conduct archaeology the traditional way. Now the find of a lifetime is beckoning from the middle of the Sahara, but she'll have to throw her lot in with Easy Nevada to get to it.

Un'antica leggenda narra di un uomo che osò amare una dea e di una dea che rinunciò all'immortalità per amore di un uomo. Quell'uomo è Arumna, principe Seianti, che per difendere la sua Tuscia dalla minaccia di Roma sarà costretto a compiere delle scelte difficili. Amori e alleanze inaspettate saranno la cornice della sua personale battaglia contro i Figli di Marte, contro le ingiustizie, contro il destino. E la Tomba degli Amanti sigillerà per sempre il suo segreto. Riuscirà Velia, archeologa ormai disillusa, a riportare alla luce l'amore tormentato di un uomo e di una dea?

Ellie n'avait jamais souhaité se marier. C'était encore moins dans ses intentions de le faire à seulement 21 ans, en plein milieu de son baccalauréat, mais après avoir trouvé son pilier en Anthony, un grimpeur mordu de plein air, ses plans de vie ont radicalement changé. Le soir de son enterrement de vie de jeune fille, elle reçoit un appel chamboulant : le corps de son fiancé a été rapatrié du Cap Trinité où il faisait de l'escalade avec son meilleur ami Jackson. Sa vie tombe en chute libre.

Queen Shifter Lily Ruckler has found solace in brutal warfare. Her bloodied fists and bared fangs fill the holes left in her memory, the blank spaces that leave her soul aching and empty. Her only pleasure is in blood; her only salvation is the relationship she has with her infant child, the baby of unknown origins who brings her solace and stability. When Elder Harcourt summons Lily and her protector Antonio back to the United States, Lily thinks nothing unusual about the change of location. But a standard reconnaissance mission leaves her trapped inside King Zeller's private quarters.

When church restorers arrive in a forgotten English village, they discover more than crumbling stonework and damp mortar. Pressed against the east wall lies the Tomb of Sarah Kenyon: Countess, widow, and whispered monster of old. Local legend claims she kept a wolf as her familiar, fed on lambs and children alike, and could never truly die. But legends have roots. And when the marble slab is shifted, the village begins to feel the weight of every dark tale ever told.

Désirée, trop jeune veuve, va régulièrement sur la tombe de son mari. Au cimetière, elle rencontre "le mec de la tombe d'à côté", dont l'allure l'agace autant que le caveau tape-à-l’œil qu'il vient fleurir. Depuis la mort de sa mère, Benny vit seul dans la ferme familiale. Il s'en sort comme il peut, grâce à une bonne dose d'humour. Chaque fois qu'il la voit, il s'énerve contre la nana qui s'assied sur le même banc de cimetière que lui.

Tatiana Leonardo a 27 ans, est orpheline et travaille comme secrétaire au 52e étage de la tour Montparnasse. Quand elle n'est pas au boulot, chez sa tante Jenny, ou en train de manger des merveilleux avec sa vieille voisine, Tatania rêve de trouver l'amour. Cupidon semble avoir perdu son adresse, mais Tatiana ne perd pas espoir. Gustav Romansky est le mystérieux nouvel associé du cabinet de comptabilité dans lequel Tatiana travaille.

With a string of lucrative assignments coming in from the Hagia Sofia Museum, Chyna Stone and her Found History are keeping busy. That is, until Chyna receives an unexpected call from her friend, Ilea Le Gal, the Director of UNESCO. Lana Ambrose and the other scientist working at an important Iraqi dig site have mysteriously disappeared. Chyna immediately gathers the rest of her team and rushes to their aid, only to discover that Lana and her team had been kidnapped for reasons that go far beyond mere ransom.

When the ship disappears in the Sea of Okhotsk, Fiona's parole officer illegally releases her from prison so she and the Alpha Adventures team can locate and recover the missing gold. His stake in this case is personal. The catch is, the Alpha Adventurers have to act fast before anyone discovers that Fiona's on the lam. If they don't quickly succeed, she'll have to return to prison.

Dr. Evan Knight, a maverick historian and martial arts expert, is on a lifelong quest for the Garden of Eden. He researches it, he paints it, he even dreams about it. One day, while giving a college lecture on the garden, he recognizes a compelling and beautiful woman from his recurring dream. Except Jessima IL Eve is no ordinary woman, and she's about to introduce Evan Knight to a world of danger, wonder, and ancient history.

When newlywed archaeologists Charlie and Ella Colton head for the Cayman Islands, at a cultural dance performance, they spot what looks like a Mayan jade necklace from 500 A.D.They start poking around for information about the artifact, and learn that an antiquities thief has been switching out national treasures with forgeries. When a private antiquities collector hires Charlie and Ella to find the real necklace, they take time out of their honeymoon to investigate the growing spate of artifact forgeries connected with the Museum of Ancient Cultures.