Ergebnis für "The Wager" in Zeitgenössische Liebesromane

Hosting her brother's wedding for an MVP guest list is the challenge of Jess Canning's life. Already the family screw-up, she can't afford to fail. And nobody (nobody!) can learn of the colossal mistake she made with the best man during a weak moment last spring. It was wrong, and there will not be a repeat. Absolutely not. Even if he is the sexiest thing on two legs.

Hallie Piper is turning over a new leaf. After crawling out of a hotel room (hello, rock bottom), she decides it's time to become a full-on adult. She gets a new apartment, a new haircut, and a new wardrobe. But when she logs into the dating app to look for new love, she finds none other than Jack: the guy whose hotel room she'd snuck out of. After agreeing they are absolutely not interested in each other, Jack and Hallie realise that they're each other's perfect wing-person - and join forces in their searches for The One. They even make a wager to see who can find true love first.

Ivy Cameo Johnson, an oil baroness from Houston, has wealth that draws men like flies to honey, yet she also possesses intelligence and an awkwardness that runs them off. John William Dalhart, a Texas oil baron himself, out to prove his father and new business partner both wrong, was also born into wealth. There’s been no end to the women interested in him, but is it for what he has rather than who he is?

Hailey Taylor Emery has a hunch that her favorite client at Fetch - an anonymous virtual assistant service - is actually hockey star Matt Eriksson. Although it's against the rules for her to check his file, she's 95 percent sure she spends at least part of each day texting with her lifelong crush and catering to his every need. Still nursing a wounded heart thanks to her recent breakup, Hailey is perfectly content with some harmless online flirting...until she has to meet her client.

Hallie Piper is turning over a new leaf. After belly-crawling out of a hotel room (hello, rock bottom), she decides it’s time to become a full-on adult. She gets a new apartment, a new haircut, and a new wardrobe, but when she logs onto the dating app that she has determined will find her new love, she sees none other than Jack, the guy whose room she snuck out of.

Smart-mouthed hacker Caspian escaped an abusive home at 16. Now he's one of the most sought-after black-hat hackers in the world. Jonah is a ruthless contract killer with only one weakness: the vibrant runaway he took in years ago, Caspian. But Cas bailed when he turned 18, and Jonah has maintained a steady diet of eat, kill, sleep since then. A threat to Cas' life brings him back years later - not as the boy Jonah remembers, but as a hardened computer hacker with a price on his head and a list of names everybody wants.

Blaufunkelnde Fjorde, verschneite Wälder und das atemberaubende Nordlicht. In dem norwegischen Dorf Elvasund hofft Annabell, zur Ruhe zu kommen. Denn plötzlich ist ihre scheinbar perfekte Welt zusammengebrochen: Freund weg, Wohnung weg - und sie ist schwanger. Obwohl ihr erster Arbeitstag in der historischen Spinnerei der Familie Solberg so ganz anders als erwartet läuft, schließt sie die Familie schnell ins Herz. Während die Winterabende länger werden, verbringen sie am prasselnden Kaminfeuer gemütliche Stunden und verarbeiten gemeinsam die Wolle.

Jeder weiß, dass da mehr zwischen Eishockey-Spieler Jason Castro und Praktikantin Heidi ist, als sie zugeben wollen. Wenn sie ihn auf dem Eis beobachtet, fliegen die Funken, aber Jason kann sich keinen Fehltritt erlauben - schon gar nicht mit der Tochter des Liga-Präsidenten der NHL! Doch so sehr er sich von ihr fernhalten will, die Anziehungskraft zwischen ihnen ist stärker - und als ein Foto von den beiden in den Schlagzeilen landet, ist der Skandal perfekt!

What is it about a junior-high crush that can send an otherwise intelligent woman into a tailspin? TV reporter Char Lynn wishes she knew. Jake Titus is too rich, too handsome, too arrogant: a trifecta that once lured Char into the best night—and worst morning-after—of her life. Now they've been thrown together in a wedding party. It's awkward, but survivable...until Jake stops acting like a jerk, and starts acting like the man she'd always hoped he could be.

After years away, Miranda Sweet returns to Salvation, Virginia, to save her family's brewery, but her fate is in the hands of her lover-turned-enemy, Logan. What's a girl to do when the only person who can help her is the man who betrayed her? Logan Martin can't believe his luck when the woman who smashed his heart to smithereens walks into his bank asking for his help. What she doesn't know is that he needs the land her brewery is on - and he'll do whatever it takes to get it.

Mit Leib und Seele kümmert sich Olivia Adamsen um das Familienunternehmen. Ob sie leckeren Cider aus der eigenen Kelterei ausschenkt oder die Gäste des kleinen Bed and Breakfast "Hotel Hygge" auf der dänischen Insel Mandø umsorgt, Olivia hat ihre Berufung gefunden. Darum trifft es sie völlig unvorbereitet, als sie erfährt, dass der Betrieb vor dem Aus steht. Doch der nächste Schock folgt sogleich, denn der attraktive Jesper, in dessen Nähe sie zum ersten Mal seit Langem wieder Schmetterlinge im Bauch hat, ist nach Dänemark gekommen, um den Kauf des Geschäfts voranzutreiben.

Die gesamte Feels-Like-Trilogie jetzt in einem Hörbuch-Sammelband (Feels Like Love/ Feels Like Loss/ Feels Like Forever):Mila zieht nach Berlin und ist von der hektischen Hauptstadt völlig überfordert. Alles erscheint der Medizinstudentin fremd und furchteinflößend. Dann begegnet ihr der erfolgreiche junge Modedesigner Leo, und bei ihm fühlt sie sich sofort angekommen. Durch Leo lernt Mila nicht nur die vielen bunten Ecken Berlins kennen, sondern sie erfährt auch zum ersten Mal, was Liebe ist. Leo verzaubert sie mit seiner Kreativität und seinem Charme.

After a divorce from her cheating football player ex, PR whiz Kim Matlock would rather drive a pine tree through her walled-off heart than work at the Seattle Wedding Expo. And the last thing she expects is to be grabbed and kissed breathless by a hot giant of a man looking to fend off a stalker. She doesn't want emotional entanglements, but she can't say no to one scorching night with the sexy stranger. To her shock, she finds out afterward that a) he's a pro football player, a.k.a. her kryptonite, and b) she's pregnant.

Tennyson Clark is getting a life. First step: quitting her job as assistant to Dominic Anderson, star quarterback for the Washington Warriors, her best friend…and the man she’s been secretly in love with for years. But since the gorgeous, if overprotective playboy has only ever seen her as his BFF, she’s finally ready to relinquish her tattered fantasy and move on. Enter steps two and three: new job and new man. Football is Dominic's life, and with his contract soon up for renewal, all his focus needs to be on the game.

Die Journalistin Valerie steht kurz vor einem Burnout, als sie auf eine Recherchereise zum Thema "Pilgern vor der eigenen Haustür" geschickt wird. Widerwillig macht sie sich auf den Heidschnuckenweg - und hat bereits nach wenigen Tagen genug. In einer kleinen Pension legt sie eine Pause ein. Mithilfe ihrer Gastgeberin Annegret stellt sie sich endlich ihren Problemen und gewinnt einen neuen Zugang zur Natur - und zu sich selbst. Ist Valerie auf dem richtigen Weg zum großen, kleinen Glück.

Self-made billionaire Nathan Trainor feels restless and disillusioned. His company may be thriving, but he can't find a woman who sees him for more than his wealth. With his love life in the red, he meets two other billionaire bachelors at the ultra-exclusive Bellwether Club. The three of them make a wager of the heart: they must find women who love them for who they are, not their money.

Gavin Miller, the billionaire author of a best-selling thriller series, struggles with a grim secret: he hasn't written a word in more than a year. Writer's block is killing his spirit and jeopardizing his contracts with his publisher and his Hollywood producers. Prodded by his agent, Gavin reluctantly agrees to see Allie Nichols, a sassy physical therapist tasked with treating the novelist's severe neck and shoulder pain - and maybe his writer's block, too.

"No strings, no rings." That's Luke Archer's motto. As the champion quarterback for the New York Empire - not to mention a self-made billionaire - Luke has given up on serious relationships. Women only want him for one thing: the thrill of being with a superstar. And he likes it that way too. But when his best friend announces he's retiring from football to spend time with his wife and kids, Luke feels like he's missing out on something much bigger than his career.

Meet River. He used to be the nerd next door … only now he’s all grown up, got a sleeve of tattoos, and women seem to like him. A lot. Even Lexi, the girl of River’s teenaged dreams, all bubbly sweetness—never noticed him. Until now. There’s only one problem. They’re not meant for each other. Now it’s up to Deanna, the super pragmatic, algorithm-fueled brains behind the new dating app Meetcute, to make sure they realize it. River might be certain he knows true love when he sees it, but Deanna knows differently, and the future of her company is riding on it.

Ein magischer Sommer in Norwegen. In der malerischen Altstadt von Trondheim, wo bunte Holzhäuser sich an enge Kopfsteinpflastergassen schmiegen und sich die frische Fjordluft mit den Aromen aus zahlreichen Cafés mischt, erfüllen sich die DIY-Instagrammerin Frida und der Kunsthistoriker Sander den Traum eines eigenen Ladens. Der Haken ist nur – sie müssen sich ein Geschäft teilen, und schon beim ersten Kennenlernen ist für beide klar: Sie können einander nicht ausstehen!