Resultados para "Wild Card" en Contemporánea

Rumors swirled around the Rake Forge University campus about a scandalous game played by none other than the Devil's baseball team. Honestly, I didn't care. Not my business, but when my editor takes away my chance to be featured in the senior showcase, and my little sister gets a mysterious playing card, a devious idea emerged. I decided I'd sneak into the party, and scoop the story. I would not get caught, definitely not seduced, and absolutely wouldn't die.

Desperate to escape the dome of control my father has dropped over my life, I visit my brother in Texas with no plans to use my return ticket home. But after spending every cent of my savings to pay off my student loans, I need a job. Stat. Otherwise, I'll be forced to ask my brother for help and admit how bad things have gotten at home. So, when the production company I'm interviewing with in Sheet Cake, Texas, wants proof that I've got long-term roots here, I invent a fake local boyfriend. Which would have been fine had they not asked to meet him. Today.

I'm the wild brother. I live for the moment. For instant gratification. And Deputy Dalton Harvey will bring me a lot of gratification. He's fighting our attraction, but I see the lust in his eyes. I don't care that he's slapped cuffs on me before and probably will again. It'll just make it all the sweeter when he breaks.

FROM THE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR*, ELSIE SILVER! SET IN THE SAME BELOVED UNIVERSE AS SMASH-HIT SERIES CHESTNUT SPRINGS: SMALL-TOWN, BIG CHARACTERS, FOUR ADDICTIVE LOVE STORIES . . . MEET THE SINGLE DADS OF ROSE HILL. 'Elsie Silver's writing is a true revelation!' ALI HAZELWOOD...

Tate Ward is the best coach in professional hockey, a hot single dad, one of the best players of all time, and my new boss—who likes everyone but me. The players will do anything for him, the media is obsessed, and the fans still wear his jersey. Everyone's in love with handsome, authoritative Coach Tate Ward—except me, and the feeling’s mutual. To save the Vancouver Storm from being sold, though, we need to work together and win the Stanley Cup, and I can’t help but push his buttons to get under his skin. He moves me into his guest house, though, and makes me sleep in his bed.

It was supposed to be harmless. One fake date with an off-limits football player I'd never date for real. Plot twist—Harry Westbrook is the exact opposite of harmless. My first mistake? Underestimating that boyish smile, those playful eyes, the charming words on those perfect lips. He claims to have a crush on me. But, as hot as he is, I'd bet he's scheduling booty calls like a dentist booking teeth cleanings. I'm Nadia Chester—in-house lawyer for the Paragons football team. Queen of logic and compartmentalizing. Resisting him should be easy.

Professional poker player Carla Wilson’s luck runs dry in Tucson, leaving her with nothing but an SUV running on fumes and a deed to the Tumbleweed Bus Stop and Diner in small-town Texas. Her plan to sell the café and move on seems simple enough—until she meets the motherly cook who rules the kitchen with an iron skillet and the sunny waitress who treats her like a sister.

Nach einer magischen Nacht verliert Bash Rousseau die lebenslustige Gwen Dawson aus den Augen – und staunt nicht schlecht, als er ihr ein paar Monate später zufällig wiederbegegnet. Auf der Geburtstagsfeier seines Sohnes, der ihm Gwen als seine Freundin vorstellt. Als Gwen dann jedoch wenig später nach Rose Hill zieht, ist die Anziehung zwischen den beiden augenblicklich wieder da, auch wenn eine Beziehung zwischen ihnen absolut unmöglich ist – schließlich ist Bash immer noch der Dad ihres mittlerweile Ex-Freundes.

Hunter Blake wasn’t planning to get married in Vegas. Then again, he doesn't plan much, living life by the seat of his pants as he tries to outrun the towering shadow of his MLB Hall of Famer father's reputation. But when he wakes up next to Marlowe Story—his friend with benefits and the woman of his dreams—with a ring on his finger, for once he doesn't want to run. Hunter feels like a different man when he's with Marlowe. A better man. Somehow, she's able to pull him out of his own head and help him tame his self-destructive tendencies.

I died nine months ago. My heart was still buried six feet under. Being labeled a widower at thirty was too kind. I was a ghost. Eat. Sleep. Work. Repeat. Until she crashed into my life without warning.

As the man in charge at Ravenswood Ranch, Shane Nelson has never been afraid to get his hands dirty. His sculpted physique isn't the product of a gym, but of years of hard labor under a relentless sun. His straightforward, alpha tendencies come from a man who knows what he wants and goes after it - and what he wants is Rachel Waters. He's never stopped wanting her. They were childhood best friends, then teenage lovers who evolved into soulmates. But on one fateful night, Shane made a grave mistake, breaking both their hearts in the process. Now, after six years, Rachel is back.

Through the crazy twists and turns of her young life, Millie's only been sure of one thing: her dad's undying love for her. What happens when she finds out he might not really be her dad? There's another man who's been controlling Millie's destiny since before she was born—a man her mom married two days before she gave birth to Millie. Could this man be her biological father? Will finding this out break Millie's heart? Once again, Millie must dive back into the fray to solve the last mystery of her complicated history.

Leo has two priorities: putting down new roots and making up for his mistakes. He doesn't have time for a blind date with his new neighbor. Until he finds out she's the woman he let slip away… but never forgot. Cassie has finally paid her debts and is living the life she's always wanted. Her new neighbor sounds like he could be Mr. Right. Only, he turns out to be the man who promised her the world, then disappeared without a trace. In another time and another place, he was a playboy who made her believe in miracles. Now, he's a danger to everything she's worked hard for.

Jessa Wilde fell in love with Adam Gray years ago, when he was a teenage ranch hand at her grandfather's ranch, Wilde Acres, and she was a gawky eleven-year-old. But with a losing hand of poker, her grandfather's prize stallion went to the Grays, and the two families have been feuding ever since. Jessa doesn't know the reason behind the feud—she only knows that her heart has never belonged to anyone but Adam.

Regel Nummer eins: Immer den Kopf unten, aber die Augen offenhalten. Es macht dich unsichtbar, aber nicht ahnungslos. Ich hätte wissen müssen, dass ich beim Kartenzählen erwischt werden würde. Insbesondere in einem Casino, das der Mafia gehört. Aber ich bin verzweifelt. Und in Zeiten der Verzweiflung sind drastische Maßnahmen erforderlich. Jetzt befinde ich mich im Keller des Casinos, mit einem überdimensionalen blauen Fleck auf der Wange und dem Versprechen, dass das Familienoberhaupt, Kingston Romano, mir bald einen Besuch abstatten wird.

„DU STECKST IN GEWALTIGEN SCHWIERIGKEITEN, PUPPE.“ Die kleine Haeckse hat meine Familie beklaut – es geht um hundertfünfzigtausend Dollar. Wir Tacones dulden keine Diebe. Auch keinen, der so süß daherkommt wie dieser hier. Nicht einmal, als sie mir vorführt, was für ein ausgeflippter Freak sie ist. Jetzt wird dem scharfen kleinen Geek die Hölle heiß gemacht. Und ich bin derjenige, der unser Geld eintreibt. Als sie aber wegen der Rückzahlung im Knast landet, stelle ich ihre Kaution.

Things that suck on my wedding day - walking in on my groom kissing another woman 20 minutes before the ceremony. Things that suck worse? The woman he’s kissing is my mom. I head straight for the bowling alley bar down the street and ask for a double. And in walks a deliciously charming local football hero - Harlan Taylor. Yes, I’ll take another drink in the form of a one-night stand with this hunk of a man. In the morning, he asks if I want to get together again. More rebound nookie? Yes please!

It was supposed to be simple. All Navy SEAL Nathan Malone had to do was rescue three young girls from a Colombian drug cartel, then allow himself to be captured just long enough to draw out a government spy. That was before his mission went disastrously wrong… and before his wife, Bella, was told that Nathan was never coming home. Bella’s mourned her husband’s death for three long years, having no idea that he was still alive....

Last year, I only wanted three things out of life: a good time, a date with Wonder Woman, and a shot at playing and singing in the same Superbowl. This year, I can’t bring myself to care. Until Blue. The quiet girl with the rainbow hair refuses to let me suffer alone, and I’m starting to think losing everything is worth finding her.

My life is a hot mess. Literally, if you’re talking about the small, insignificant fire in my dorm. TU is my opportunity to start over, but I can’t seem to break old habits—especially ones involving Noah Olsen. One of my brother’s best friends, and the only guy to turn me down. I don’t give second chances, but when he comes to my rescue again and again, I start to wonder if he’s what I’m missing in my life—until one little mistake could cost me my future.