Resultados para "Was" en Contemporánea

Posey Osterhagen tiene mucho que agradecerle a la vida. Es la propietaria de una exitosa empresa de rehabilitación de edificios, su familia la arropa y tiene un novio, o una especie de novio. Aun así, le parece que le falta algo. Algo como Liam Murphy, un tipo alto y peligrosamente atractivo. Cuando Posey tenía dieciséis años, ese chico malo de Bellsford le rompió el corazón. Ahora que ha vuelto, su corazón traidor está de nuevo en peligro. Lo que tendría que hacer ella es darle calabazas pero, en cambio, el destino parece tenerle reservado algo distinto.

Monica Townsend built her life around discipline, independence, and control. But when two very different men enter her world, everything begins to shift. One offers stability. The other awakens emotions she thought she buried. As tension builds and hidden intentions begin to surface, Monica is forced to confront a painful truth: not every man who wants her deserves her, and not every choice comes without consequences.

Ich hasse Jasper Cohen. Seine makellosen Anzüge. Sein spöttisches Lächeln. Nicht zu vergessen, seinen dummen, scharfen Körper... äh, Verstand, der mich davon abhält, unsere Geschäftsbeziehung zu beenden. Meine erfolgreiche Musik-App profitiert von Jaspers Plattenlabel, mit dem ich mir zu allem Überfluss ein Gebäude teile. Leider ist es eine gute Idee, für mein Firmenjubiläum ein gemeinsames Konzert zu planen... gäbe es da nicht ein Problem.

Love and the right timing were two things I didn't believe in. Love is about walking to the edge of the cliff and taking the leap together. Timing was never on our side. My first mistake was hooking up with my best friend. My second came years later, when we met again, and I fell for her. My third was letting her go, because I had to. Because a love like this wasn't built to withstand the winds coming in our direction. Love and timing. I didn't believe in either. Then there was you....

Zwei einsame Menschen. Ein neuer Anfang. Elsa hat alles verloren, was ihr Leben ausgemacht hat: ihren Mann, ihre Heimat und das Vertrauen, dass vor ihr noch etwas liegen könnte. Widerwillig zieht sie in ein neues Pflegeheim, weit weg von allem, was vertraut war. Auch Hannes kennt das Alleinsein nur zu gut. Seit dem Tod seiner Frau fühlt sich jeder Tag leer und grau an. Doch dann begegnet er Elsa, und in ihren Augen liegt etwas, das sein Herz nach langer Zeit wieder spüren lässt, dass es noch schlägt. Als sich ihre Wege erneut kreuzen, beginnt eine leise Veränderung.

The past holds no power when the future is you. It took twenty-four years, but Lucy Lincoln finally escaped the twisted religious cult she was born into—Sacro Nuntio. A year later, Lucy still feels shackled to her past–and smothered by her protective sister, Lenix. In an attempt to finally taste real freedom, she decides to take a road trip across the United States. She hopes that embracing new experiences can lead her to discover who she truly is without the weight of others' expectations.

Thirteen years ago, I ran away from a cult, Sacro Nuntio, and became Lenix Taylor. Everyone knows me as a free spirit. No one knows about the horrible sins rotting in my past. Or how I killed the leader of Sacro Nuntio—my father—in cold blood. But the past never stays where it should for long. Now, after all this time, my brother has found me, and is threatening to drag me back to punish me for my crime. Escaping from that life was the hardest thing I've ever done. Staying free proves more difficult than expected when it involves the only person powerful enough to protect me—Connor Maxwell.

Five years ago, I bled to death from a knife to the throat. But I didn't stay dead. I woke up changed, and remembered far too much. I have been haunted by the memories of my past lives ever since. For five years, I've had the illogical certainty that I've spent lifetimes connected to the same soul. Lifetimes of love, heartache, and betrayal. Was I destined to find them again? As fate would have it while seeking revenge for my death, my murderer led me straight to her: Sunny.

Leila Rajput is a young girl, struggling with life and relationships, dealing with the trauma of a past life event. Unaware of her true potential, she has almost given up on life, till she meets the dynamic, near-perfect Vikrant Rao via the internet. He identifies her potential and offers her a strange arrangement - to be her mentor. He teaches her the basics of life, makes her realize her dreams and helps her in achieving them step by step. Under his guidance, she evolves into a confident and independent woman.

What happens when your life goes to crap the week of Christmas? You invite a hot Marine you met in an airport bar to come home with you for the holidays, to distract your crazy family from the truth. With a handsy aunt, a meddling mother, and a father concerned for the wellbeing of his daughter's eggnog, there's no chance Sam and Noel will have time to fall in love...or will they?

All Sevyn wanted was to finish law school and make her late grandmother proud. She was never the one to color outside lines or go against the rules. When Sevyn is suddenly faced with past due bills and eviction she becomes overwhelmed on how to stay above water. What she didn't expect was to...

It was my last chance for a hot girl summer before I left to play college volleyball. But when my best friend's older brother decided to come home from college, my plans quickly shifted. Griffin Turner was a divinely sculpted hockey player who had held my heart for as long as I could remember. It only took one summer for us to fall fast and hard. When tragedy struck, Griffin shattered what was left of my already broken heart, leaving me to face a future that was far from what I had envisioned. Two years later, I've picked up the pieces and built a life I'm proud of.

Wenn aus einer Nacht so viel mehr wird... Band 2 der Sports-Romance-Reihe "Chicago Devils" von Bestseller-Autorin Brenda Rothert. Für Luca gab es genau zwei Dinge im Leben: Eishockey und Frauen. Bis sein Bruder bei einem tragischen Unfall ums Leben kam, und Luca das Sorgerecht für seine kleinen Nichten und Neffen übertragen wurde. Sie sind nun seine oberste Priorität - egal wie schwer es ihm fällt, die richtige Balance zwischen seiner Rolle als alleinerziehender Vater und Eishockey-Superstar der "Chicago Devils" zu finden. Ablenkung ist das letzte, was er jetzt gebrauchen kann.

Investigative reporter Zach Wright isn’t thrilled when he’s pulled from an explosive big-city corruption story and sent to a small town to cover a flood. A bad case of burnout and disillusionment don’t help, either. And he’s definitely not planning to fall in love.

Alice Waites has been single for almost two years. So when her close friends in The Short Book Group question her lack of interest in dating, she decides the time has come to open up to new possibilities. Along the way, she discovers the secret heartache, well-meant scheming and calculating deceit of those around her. But the most devastating truth revealed is the one which she has kept hidden from herself: her feelings for a man so close, that he seems completely out of reach.

Being the man of honor in my best friend Livvy's wedding wouldn't be such a big deal—if I wasn't in love with her. But I won't turn her down. No matter how much it'll tear my heart out to watch her walk down the aisle toward another man. It should have been us—from friends to lovers and back again. But after college, I was so busy building my empire that I let her slip through my fingers. She was my first. And once she realizes he's the wrong one for her… I'll be her last.

The scoop of Jennifer Stern's career has just landed on her doorstep. Literally. Ian Greer - the playboy millionaire - is everything the headlines claim. Charming, flirtatious, and ready for a good time. But Jennifer soon suspects he's pulling a fast one and there's a different man behind the handsome mask he shows the world. He's a puzzle she longs to unravel. Too bad she's turned her back on that part of her life. No longer a journalist, Jennifer just longs to be with her son and heal from the last few years of her life. Years that nearly killed her.

"Marry me." "What?" I stared back at him, unblinking. He moved closer, taking my face in his hands. "I love you, Evie. I look into the future, and the only thing I see clearly is you. Marry me." What's an 18-year-old girl who was madly in love with her 19-year-old boyfriend say? Of course, I said yes. Twenty-four hours later, I married Adam Gunner at a Vegas chapel. Then, exactly one week later, I left him. I walked out, leaving behind my wedding ring, annulment papers, and my heart, and he never knew why.

Paige McAllister needs to do something drastic. Her boyfriend can't even commit to living in the same country, her promised promotion is dead on arrival, and the simultaneous loss of her brother and her dream of being a concert violinist has kept her playing life safe and predictable for six years. A moment of temporary insanity finds her leaving her life in Chicago to move to Sydney, Australia. There she finds herself, against many of her convictions, as a logistics planner for one of Australia's biggest churches and on a collision course with her boss' son.

Megan Montgomery has always been careful...except that one time she threw caution to the wind and hooked up with a sexy groomsman at her cousin's wedding. But that was two years ago? So why can't she stop thinking about Alex Rebat? Alex has been living the good life. He loves his job, has a great circle of friends, and doesn't answer to anyone. The problem? There's only one woman he wants, and she ran out on him after one amazing weekend. But now that Megan's coming back to town, Alex hopes he can convince her to take another chance on him.