Showing results for "Becoming" in Contemporary

Every girl has dreams of meeting Prince Charming, or at least I know I did. A fairy-tale-like meeting of love at first sight. Real life and fairy tales are very different. I'm just a small-town Indiana girl who had a chance encounter with one of Hollywood's golden boys. You may think you know where this story goes - not even close. Life is different. Marriage is hard. It's even worse when you're strangers.

I cannot stand Bennet Montgomery. His rugged hotness knows no bounds, and his unwavering cheery disposition is maddening. How can someone be that happy all the time? His smile infuriates me. I need to keep my distance from this man and all his Midwest charm. I have my camboy career to focus on, and I can't afford to get attached or bogged down with his nonsense. When Bennet receives devastating news about his mother, his grief consumes him. I don't know what to make of this new sad side of Bennet.

CORA: I'm in my senior year of college and done it all: interned at my dream job, stumbled home drunk, even gone sky diving. Can you guess the one thing I've never done and everyone around me is doing? Kind of hard to when you've been raised by men - with a hard-working single father, an overprotective older brother who would drop dead if he knew I'm musing on the three-letter-word. NICHOLAS: This girl is going to be the reason I go to jail. Especially if she keeps acting out the way she has been . . . coming home drunk, jumping off planes, talking about sex?

Mia will eine zweite Chance bei ihrer ehemaligen Jugendliebe und heutigem Boss. Dazu greift sie auf ein unorthodoxes Mittel zurück, das beide ins Chaos stürzt. Er reagiert nicht wie erwünscht ... Elaine tritt in die Fußstapfen ihres Vaters in der Kanzleiführung und trifft dort auf einen erbitterten Rivalen. Der Machtkampf eskaliert und führt zu unerwarteten Konsequenzen. Er weiß genau, was er will ... Catherine verbirgt ihr wahres Ich vor ihrer biederen Familie.

Family is a feeling There’s nothing like an important birthday to make a person realize all the things they haven’t accomplished. As Tabitha Steele blows out thirty candles, she makes a wish to take charge of her life. It’s a tall order, considering she doesn’t have much to show for...

Escaping her troubled past and moving into a seaside cottage on a windswept island off Cape Cod with her Abuela, all Delilah wants now is a place of her own - and she’s paid a high price for it... But her wild, colourful garden and scandalous affair with married man Alan have her neighbours talking. And when she crosses paths with the reclusive Anton - who has a secret of his own - sparks fly. Will the past catch up with them? A delicate yet haunting novel about love, trauma, and identity, Becoming Delilah is perfect for fans of Priscilla Oliveras and Brit Bennett.

There is a place in modern-day America with no electricity, no plumbing, and no modern conveniences. In this place there is no room for dreams, no space for self-expression, and no tolerance for ambition. In this place there is a boy with the body of a god and the heart of a warrior. He is strong and faithful and serves his family honorably. But he dares to dream of more.

Twenty-three-year-old Denver James: worry-wart, protector, beautiful, loyal, headstrong. When she was a teenager, her entire life was planned out, including marrying her high school sweetheart, Hazel Ford, after he completed his six-year prison bid. However, years later, life has other plans for her, especially the addition of becoming a mama to her younger siblings. With her heart on lock, Denver doesn't entertain other men—until a handsome but rude customer catches her eye

Wie konntest du mir das antun? Wie konntest du dich nur in mich verlieben? Glaubst du an das Schicksal? Ich auch nicht, bis ich Ethan Carnahan kennenlerne. Trotz seiner unzähligen Frauengeschichten hilft mir dieser gut aussehende Kerl, mich in meinem neuen Leben zurechtzufinden, und ist DER perfekte beste Freund. Ein Kuss scheint alles zu verändern und endlich wage ich es, ihm zu gestehen, dass ich mich in ihn verliebt habe. Dann knallt er mir die Wahrheit vor die Brust, so hart und fest, dass ich glaube, ich muss sterben.

Two weeks. It's a trial period during which hockey superstar Zac Quinn will prove to Reagan Thomas - his best friend's younger sister and the one woman he can't seem to keep his hands off of - that they can't possibly date for real. After all, the Thomas family is the only family he's ever had. He can't risk losing them, no matter how much he wants Reagan. She's too important to him; he can't let things get weird.

Aidan Thomas is staying at his brother’s apartment while his own home is being remodeled, but the apartment isn’t as vacant as he was led to believe. Pushed out of her own place by a rent increase, Letty Garcia, his sister’s gorgeous best friend, is staying there, too. The involuntary cohabitation is a temporary solution, one they can both endure unscathed. Maybe. The intense attraction that’s long lingered between them sure is making things hard.

"Patti Callahan Henry is quickly becoming one of my favorites." --Debbie Macomber Just in time for Christmas, escape with a perfect love song, a perfect love story, and a perfect dose of holiday magic from the New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Book of Flora Lea and Once Upon a...