Ergebnis für "Zehn" in Frauenliteratur

Blake O’Neill ist ein Rüpel, ein Macho, ein widerlicher Kerl... ein Footballspieler! Jedenfalls denkt das Madison, die er vor den Augen unzähliger Menschen zu Tode blamiert hat. Leider wird sie ihn einfach nicht mehr los und fährt schwere Geschütze auf, um ihm klarzumachen, dass sie kein Interesse an einem oberflächlichen, großkotzigen und selbstherrlichen Typen wie ihm hat - selbst wenn er ein sehr heißer oberflächlicher, großkotziger und selbstherrlicher Typ ist, dessen Lächeln ihr viel zu schnell und viel zu oft weiche Knie beschert.

Our brains stay active for 10 minutes after our heart stops beating. For Leila, each minute brings with it a new memory: growing up with her father and his wives in a grand old house in a quiet Turkish town; watching the women gossip and wax their legs while the men went to mosque; sneaking cigarettes and Western magazines on her way home from school; running away to Istanbul to escape an unwelcome marriage; falling in love with a student who seeks shelter from a riot in the brothel where she works.

Revellers are flocking into Greenborough for the yearly Dark Greenborough Festival, a three-day event celebrating local folklore, superstition, and the darker side of life. What the public doesn't know is that there has been a warning sent to the police, saying that Greenborough will be a very dangerous place this year. The anonymous letter ends with the Latin phrase, Mors certa, hora incerta: Death is certain, the hour uncertain.

Inzwischen ist es viereinhalb Jahre her, dass Julian aus Aidas Leben verschwunden ist. Aida lebt nun in Boston und kämpft darum, ihre Rechnungen bezahlen zu können. Das Letzte, was sie erwartet hat, ist Julians plötzliche Rückkehr. Sie hat hart daran gearbeitet, den Schmerz zu überwinden, den sein Verschwinden in ihr verursacht hat ... zumindest redet sie sich ein, sie hätte ihn überwunden.

Eva Mattes liest Jauche und Levkojen von Christine Brückner Maximiliane wächst als Waise auf einem Gut in Pommern auf. Die glücklichen Tage ihrer behüteten Kindheit enden, als sie Victor, einen überzeugten Nazi, heiratet, der in Berlin Parteikarriere macht und nur zum Kinderzeugen auf dem Gut auftaucht. Kurz vor Kriegsende fehlt von ihrem Mann jede Spur, das Gut ist verlassen, und Maximiliane muss für sich und ihre vier Kinder eine Entscheidung treffen.

Eve liebt ihren besten Freund Sam seit Kindertagen, hat sich aber damit abgefunden, dass er diese Gefühle nicht erwidert. Als Sam plötzlich von seiner zwölfjährigen Tochter erfährt, ist Eve mindestens so geschockt wie er selbst. Aber dann taucht Sams Verflossene Bridget samt Tochter in Crossville auf und mit Eves Zurückhaltung ist es vorbei. Zwar darf Sam nie von ihrer Liebe erfahren, deswegen wird sie aber noch lange nicht zusehen, wie diese rücksichtslose Schlange ihn sich wieder angelt. Nun muss sie noch einen Plan aushecken, wie sie Sam am besten die Augen öffnet.

A moving novel on the power of friendship in our darkest times, from internationally renowned writer and speaker Elif Shafak. In the pulsating moments after she has been murdered and left in a dumpster outside Istanbul, Tequila Leila enters a state of heightened awareness. Her heart has stopped beating, but her brain is still active - for 10 minutes 38 seconds. While the Turkish sun rises and her friends sleep soundly nearby, she remembers her life - and the lives of others, outcasts like her.

Chase King war meine erste Liebe. Vor zwölf Jahren schworen wir uns, nach dem College ein gemeinsames Leben zu starten. Daraus wurde nichts... bis wir uns wiedertreffen. Damals wie heute ist mein Traum eine Hollywoodkarriere, doch mit einer kleinen Tochter ist das nicht so einfach. Erst recht, weil ich ihr zuliebe mit meinem Ex im selben Haus wohne und mich ständig um sein Drama kümmern muss. Als ich wegen ihm schon wieder eine große Chance verpasse, frage ich mich, was zum Teufel ich hier eigentlich tue. Die Einladung zu Chase' Hoteleröffnung in San Antonio kommt da genau richtig.

Since the moment of her defection from the PsyNet and into the Snow Dancer wolf pack, Sienna Lauren has had one weakness: Hawke. Alpha and dangerous, he compels her to madness. Hawke is used to walking alone, having lost the woman who would've been his mate long ago. But Sienna fascinates the primal heart of him, even as he tells himself she is far too young to handle the wild fury of the wolf.

Two teenagers, a Greek Cypriot and a Turkish Cypriot, meet at a taverna on the island they both call home. In the taverna, hidden beneath garlands of garlic, chili peppers and creeping honeysuckle, Kostas and Defne grow in their forbidden love for each other. A fig tree stretches through a cavity in the roof, and this tree bears witness to their hushed, happy meetings and eventually, to their silent, surreptitious departures. The tree is there when war breaks out, when the capital is reduced to ashes and rubble, and when the teenagers vanish.

Superintendent Duncan Kincaid is called to investigate the shocking death of a woman found burned beyond recognition in a Victorian warehouse in south London. When his lover and partner, Gemma James, is asked to trace a friend's missing roommate, she and Duncan discover that their cases have several disturbing links. Set against a backdrop of Dickensian Southwark, repository of old secrets, the case plunges Duncan and Gemma into the dark recesses of human relationships. Two women are missing, a little girl is abducted, and no one is really what they seem.

Cathy Terry is tired of running. Full of fear and hope, she backpacked across the country to Blessings, Georgia, not knowing if or when her abusive ex-husband would catch up to her. In Blessings she glimpses a safe haven and the closest feeling to home she's had in a long time - even more so when she meets Duke Talbot. The sweet, strong, and handsome rancher provides a shoulder to lean on. The stakes get higher as the community embraces her and her relationship with Duke deepens - but can Cathy claim a new home and family before her past claims her?

Kevin McNicholl may be a brutal force on the rugby field, but off the field, the star New Zealand All Black is a famously nice guy. His new tenant, though, arouses more than his protective side. She sets him on fire. Pity he's evicting her. Every woman deserves her dreams. Chloe Donaldson can't afford dreams, though, so she's given them up. Marriage, her ballet career, and now, her beautiful tower apartment with its view of the sea. Her new landlord is kicking her out, along with her three-year-old son, Zavy.

For a group of four New York friends, the past 10 years have been defined by marriage and motherhood. Educated to believe that they and their generation would conquer the world, they nonetheless left high-powered jobs to stay at home with their babies. What was intended as a temporary time-out has turned into a decade. Now at 40, with their kids growing up, Amy, Jill, Roberta and Karen wake up to a life and a future that is not what they intended. Illicit affairs, money problems, issues with children and husbands all rear their heads, and the friends wonder if it's time for a change.

Single mom Lynn Morrow is determined to put food on the table for her son and daughter. Her soon-to-be-ex-husband has failed to meet his obligations time and again - but it turns out that Ed is struggling with his own demons. Enter contractor Mitch Franklin, an unlikely knight in shining armor. A widower with two grieving sons, Mitch once admired Lynn from afar. Now he sees in her not only the sweet girl who got away but also a woman desperately in need of support

A love triangle plays out over decades on a Montana dude ranch. A hurdler and a gymnast spend a single night together in the Olympic village. Mistakes and mysteries weave an intangible web around an old man’s deathbed in Paris, connecting disparate destinies. On the slopes of an unfinished ski resort, a young woman searches for her vanished lover. A couple’s Romanian honeymoon goes ominously awry, and, in the mesmerizing title story, a former child actress breaks with her life in a Hollywood cult.

India Sommers once had the perfect family - until an ex-boyfriend broke in and shot her husband. Not only did that cost her the man she loved, a respected heart surgeon and the father of her child, but she also feels responsible. Charlie died because of the people she hung out with before she had the strength to change her life.

Marcele de repente descobre que está apaixonada pelo namorado da vizinha. Mas, ele vai se mudar em 10 dias. Então ela começa a correr contra o tempo! Uma história divertida, de uma menina que não mede as consequências para conquistar o homem dos seus sonhos.

Tessa Simmons has just taken a job as the Assistant Director at the library in the cove, and she’s been charged with all of the adult programming. Her ideas are big, and she brings in her new friends for focus groups to truly expand the reach of literature in the cove. Robin and AJ have ideas and plenty of opinions, as do all of the other women. They don’t always line up, and some voices are louder than others. But as Eloise has taken a step back to spend more time with her family, she becomes instrumental in helping Tessa establish smaller library branches on all five islands in the cove.

Bethenny Frankel, four-time New York Times best-selling author, self-made businesswoman, and media maven, offers her hard-won guidance on dating and relationships in the tradition of her breakout book, A Place of Yes.