Showing results for "Complications" in Genre Fiction

After her friend Dallas Jackson suffers a fatal complication during routine surgery, Seattle attorney Camille Delaney is determined to find out why. Dallas was like a father to Camille, and she feels she owes it to him and his family to get answers. Knowing she could lose her partnership at her high-profile law firm for undertaking such an investigation, Camille takes a huge risk and starts her own firm, determined to bring Dallas’ killer to justice.

Known for its luxurious accommodations and bespoke service, the Hotel Louis XVI has been the most lauded boutique hotel in all of Paris for decades, attracting an international clientele of the rich and famous. Now, after four years of renovations and the death of its legendary and beloved manager, it is set to reopen its doors at last. An esteemed group of loyal returning guests is set to descend upon the hotel, joined by a number of new faces who have managed to secure coveted bookings in the wake of last-minute cancellations.

Lori has been in love with her best friend Aiden since college. Now Aiden (handsome, fair, All-American dream doctor) is getting married, and Lori desperately needs a date to the wedding. So she asks the best man, Jace (tall, dark, and brooding), to pretend their platonic friendship is something more not to have to face the worst day of her life alone. Fake dating one best friend to forget the other should be easy… Plot twist—it’s not. When Jace starts acting like the sweetest, most attentive boyfriend, Lori begins to wonder if she’s been seeing him wrong all this time?

Leo Pardell, gescheiterter Student, sollte eigentlich auf Sprachreise in Buenos Aires sein. Mutter und Freundin spielt er den Südamerika-Aufenthalt per Telefon vor, heuert aber in Wahrheit als Schlafwagenschaffner an und reist kreuz und quer durch Europa. Dabei trifft er nicht nur französische Schmuggler, bulgarische Verführungsspezialisten, korrupte Kontrolleure, kluge Buchhändlerinnen und Brüsseler Bürokraten, sondern auch einen exzentrischen Uhrensammler auf der Suche nach einem legendären Stück. In dessen Jagd wird er unversehens tiefer hineingezogen, als er dachte.

Quand Aria croise par hasard son fantasme d'adolescente, c'est tout un bastion de sentiments forts et de souvenirs qui lui reviennent. Elle retombe aussitôt sous son charme. Mais derrière le masque de clown et le beau sourire du lieutenant McCarthy, il y a un passé sombre, et un présent tout aussi trouble. Qui est-il vraiment ? Et surtout, qui cherche-t-il à fuir ?