Resultado de "Vals" em Todas as categorias

A brand-new collection of short stories featuring the Queen of Crime’s legendary detective Jane Marple, penned by 12 remarkable best-selling and acclaimed authors. This collection of 12 original short stories, all featuring Jane Marple, will introduce the character to a whole new generation. Each author reimagines Agatha Christie’s Marple through their own unique perspective while staying true to the hallmarks of a traditional mystery.

Kai Merlin is heir to her mother’s throne in Atlantis, and she takes her duties seriously, but lately her mind has been on her fiancée Vivien Palmer. After a chance encounter when they were children, meeting again and falling in love proved to be fate, but melding their worlds as they plan their wedding isn’t going to be easy.

While confronting the final stages of a painful terminal illness, 89-year-old Dr. Daniel Nielsen considers his life to be a complete disaster for failing to save many of his patients, including his best friend and his wife. Feeling despondent and lonely, he attempts without success to take his own life. Too afraid to try again, he now considers himself a coward as well as an abject failure. While on his way to a local coffee shop, he meets a vibrant young woman with unique talents.

I thought Sarah O’Banyon had been The One. I’d been f-ing wrong. I moved on, made something of myself. Became police chief. Even had a beautiful daughter. When Sarah buys me at the bachelor auction, I’m stunned. It’s been six years. She wants me for something now. When we end up in my bedroom, I know exactly what. Except I get cuffed to my headboard by the sexy mechanic - and left.

Jaxon Lavigne left the small town of Chackbay, Louisiana, to escape disapproving parents and has never looked back. She’s now a popular English lit professor. Life is good. Really. The only problem is the invite in her mailbox. Who in their right mind has a 15-year high school reunion?

A bachelor auction. I was in an f-ing bachelor auction. I wasn’t a cow. A bull, definitely. When the ladies started to bid, it was looking rough. Until she placed the winning bid. The one I wanted. The woman who’d kneed me in the balls the other day. Yeah, I was hot for a woman who wanted nothing to do with me. I was a guy obsessed. She might be the teacher, but she was going to learn she was all mine - and I wasn’t letting her go.

Als Sarah mich auf der Junggesellenversteigerung kauft, bin ich verblüfft. Es ist sechs Jahre her. Sie will mich jetzt aus irgendeinem Grund. Als wir in meinem Schlafzimmer landen, weiß ich ganz genau wieso. Doch ich werde von der sexy Mechanikerin an das Kopfbrett gefesselt - und allein gelassen. Was ich auch sage, sie bleibt hart - und nicht nur sie. Wie sich herausstellt, hat sie etwas über meine Vergangenheit erfahren. Ein Geheimnis, das sie wütend macht. Das ist für mich in Ordnung. Es bedeutet, dass sie noch immer etwas für mich empfindet.

The first time I saw her was across the room at a bar. I had no idea at the time that she was only 16. All I knew was that she was beautiful, she was sending me do-me vibes from across the room, and I was fresh off a deployment where there’d been nobody but men for nine of the longest months of my life. The second time that I saw her was at a court hearing that would decide how long I’d be sent to prison for. She was a cute, little curly-haired blonde with wide, expressive eyes, a banging body, and the reason that I’d gone to prison in the first place.

Widowed Lady Miranda Hughes wants to indulge in something wicked - something she might never have dared to do as a young, unwed debutante. The rumors of male courtesans operating secretly in London have piqued her interest, so she hires one for an illicit rendezvous during a Christmas house party. Roger Thornton’s desperation to provide a dowry for his sister pushes him to moonlight as a secret courtesan. What begins as a convenient affair blossoms into more as Roger and Miranda find in one another the things they have been missing.

Jasper the Firefighting Dragon encourages children to find their place in the world and accept others who may be different. It is a story about friendship, which may help children starting nursery or school.

I caught her scent when I was on enforcer business. Knew she must be the one. I brought my alpha back with me. Because our bloodline mates in pairs. Two males for every she-wolf. Two daddies for our mate. The one we’re going to spoil and protect. Spank and sully. Carry off to make a home together. Just as soon as we convince her she belongs to us.

Mon Alpha m’a dit de me débarrasser d’elle. D’être aimable et de découvrir si elle comptait vendre sa propriété. De l’empêcher d’amener d’autres humains à proximité de nos terres. Mais avant même de la rencontrer, j’ai humé son odeur. La pleine lune était là, et j’étais obligé de m’y conformer. Je n’ai pas pu m’en empêcher. Je me suis précipité en plein territoire humain, sur sa propriété. Je l’ai découverte en train de se baigner nue au clair de lune, et je lui ai montré mon loup. À présent, tout est possible.

Benedict Sterling founded The Gentleman Courtesans agency to assure financial security for himself and his friends. Unfortunately, the efforts of a spiteful gossip-column writer threaten to expose his secrets - including those that could see him ruined and ostracized. With everyone he cares about in the path of his enemy, he is determined to silence The London Gossip, once and for all.

Five strangers will stumble upon one another as they are carrying on with their day. But when their seemingly normal day going about making new friends turns into a deadly serious hostage situation, will this newly found group of complete strangers rise to the occasion and save the day? Or, will it all end in disaster? They are the Dragon Squad of Aurora Mountain, and this is only the beginning of the many trials, tribulations, and adventures to come.

Lacey possède la gloire et la fortune. C’est tout ce qu’elle a toujours voulu. Ou pas? Quand elle fait la une des journaux, elle en a assez. S’échapper dans un ranch à Bridgewater est l’endroit idéal pour se cacher. Mais quand deux cow-boys sexy décident de la prendre, est-ce pour quinze minutes de gloire ou parce qu’ils la veulent avec eux pour toute l’éternité?

Detective Inspector Hunter Wilson knows there is a new supply of cocaine flooding his city, and he needs to find the source, but his attention is transferred to murder when a corpse is discovered in the grounds of a golf course. Shortly after the post-mortem, Hunter witnesses a second murder, but that is not the end of the slaughter.

Tough, schottisch, Karen Pirie. Eine skelettierte Leiche in einem Wohnmobil gibt Cold-Case-Expertin Karen Pirie ebenso Rätsel auf wie ein Toter in einer Hummerfalle: Bei letzterem handelt es sich um den Bruder eines als vermisst geltenden schottischen Politikers. Akribisch folgt Karen Pirie auch dem kleinsten Hinweis - bis in die mondäne Welt des Kunsthandels, in der die toughe Ermittlerin sich denkbar deplatziert fühlt. Es scheint um Kunstfälschung und Identitätsdiebstahl zu gehen, doch der Fall nimmt immer neue Wendungen. Da erhält Karen eine beunruhigende Nachricht.

When Kendyll tours a creaky old manor, she's sold the moment she sways into the haunting ballroom. Hiring a considerate local contractor to breathe life into the plantation, she's pulled back into a recurring childhood dream and captivated by the gentle stranger's empathy. But the land's bones are calling for redemption, and the price the courageous woman must pay to heal their unresolved wounds could crush her with an agonizing choice.

Rachel désire une seule chose dans la vie, une famille à elle. Mais elle a besoin d’un homme pour arriver à ses fins. Ou pas.Ils ont peut-être gâché leurs chances de par le passé, mais Matt et Ethan savent que Rachel est la femme qu’il leur faut. Quand ils découvrent ses plans, ils lui proposent de lui donner exactement ce qu’elle souhaite. À l’ancienne. Parce qu’une fois qu’ils mettront la main sur elle, ils la serreront contre eux et ne la lâcheront plus jamais.

Grayson Green is nobody’s hero. He’s just a hardworking cowboy who’s taken his share of knockouts over the years. A man intent on keeping to himself and leaving his past behind. Then Emory walks into his life. She’s different. She has no idea who he is or what he’s done...and she wants him anyway. When someone from his past is prepared to take him down - and Emory along with him - he’ll have to prove he’s more than a cowboy.