Showing results for "Denise" in Anthologies & Short Stories

An acclaimed novelist, playwright and comic book writer, Denise Mina has won numerous awards, including the CWA John Creasy Dagger for Best First Crime Novel and the Theakstons Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year Award (twice). Her 'Paddy Meehan' series has been adapted for BBC TV, and she has presented numerous television and radio programmes. Included here are six of her stories, as heard on BBC Radio, plus a bonus biographical programme.

Now a Hallmark Channel movie! From bestselling author Denise Hunter comes a classic love story filled with the spirit of Christmas where a fake engagement leads to real feelings. What started as a whim turned into an accidental--and very public--engagement. Can Layla and Seth keep up the façade...

The century-old GentlewomanÆs Guide to Love and Courtship is no ordinary book club choice. But for the little book club in Smitten, Vermont, it might be their best pick yet! The thick, leathery tome Heather pulled out of the dusty cardboard box was definitely coming home with her. Not only was...

Cozy up by the fireplace for three heartwarming stories of love and weddings in the wintertime. The honor of your presence is requested at three winter weddings . . . A December Bride by Denise Hunter When Layla O'Reilly and Seth Murphy make their engagement public, she knows it's only to...

Denise Hamilton writes the Eve Diamond series. Her books have been shortlisted for the Edgar, Macavity, Anthony, and Willa Cather awards. The Los Angeles Times named Last Lullaby a Best Book of 2004, and it was also a USA Today Summer Pick and a finalist for a Southern California Booksellers Association 2004 award.

In Speculative Los Angeles, 14 of the city’s most prophetic voices reimagine the city in very different ways. In this audiobook, you’ll encounter 21st-century changelings, dirigibles plying the suburban skies, black holes and jacaranda men lurking in deep suburbia, beachfront property in Century City, walled-off canyons and coastlines reserved for the wealthy, psychic death cults, robot nursemaids, and an alternate LA where Spanish land grants never gave way to urbanization.

From USA TODAY bestselling authors Denise Hunter, Melissa Ferguson, and Kathleen Fuller comes a sparkling collection of light and sweet romance stories will sweep you off your feet. In A Summer Detour by Denise Hunter (author of more than forty romance novels, including Bookshop by the Sea)...

Escape with popular romance novelists—and real-life BFFs—Colleen Coble, Kristin Billerbeck, Diann Hunt, and Denise Hunter for four delightful intertwined tales of mystery and sweet intrigue. There’s a secret in Grandma Rose’s attic—a forgotten set of dog tags belonging to her first...

Happily ever after begins today. The honor of your presence is requested at a year of weddings . . . A January Bride Madeleine Houser’s pen-pal friendship with a lonely widower has taken an unexpected turn. A February Bride Allie left the love of her life at the altar—to save him from her...

Includes a special introduction by USA TODAY bestselling author, Mia Sosa, author of The Worst Best Man and The Wedding Crasher! It’s the end of the world as they know it—or so they think… When an international warning siren accidentally goes off, convincing everyone that a meteor shower...

Cléo tem um compromisso - e, claro, como todo bom compromisso para o qual se está preparada, um contratempo acontece. Quando chega até o teatro onde marcou de encontrar com a melhor amiga, Cléo se vê sob o holofote dos atores da peça. De um deles, em especial. O dono de um sorriso adorável e de um humor excepcional, o que pode fazer valer a pena ter chegado atrasada.

In the year 2020, after Zelda—evil queen of the planet Guk—has destroyed NASA's Mars base and Earth is under threat. Zelda intends to use Mars as a stepping stone to conquer the Earth, and enslave the human race. The Terrahawks have been formed to defend the planet. From Hawknest, their secret base in South America, they prepare for the battles to come.

Desde una mujer mayor que adopta a un alienígena, una esposa traicionada que recurre a la magia vudú como práctica terapéutica, una anciana solitaria que juega con la ouija, hasta una vampiresa cuyas víctimas son hombres violentos y acosadores, los ocho cuentos reunidos en este libro tienen como protagonistas a individuos comunes que se encuentran con lo fantástico, personas con pretensiones convencionales y aspiraciones legítimas que, sin embargo, las llevan a tomar caminos oscuros y desconcertantes.

Against a backdrop of peach orchards and languid summer afternoons, Dori Sanders spins a wise, sweet tale of crossing racial barriers in the South Carolina countryside. It was unthinkable that Gaten Hill, a successful black man, would marry Sara Kate, an uppercrust white woman. It was unbelievable that hours after his wedding, he would be killed in a devastating accident.

Zwischen Lichterglanz und Lebkuchenduft zeigt sich die Liebe von ihrer schönsten Seite. Mal leise, mal mit Witz – aber immer mit dem Gefühl, dass in der Weihnachtszeit einfach ein bisschen mehr möglich ist. Diese Sammlung enthält sechs winterwarme Liebesgeschichten mit viel Gefühl, Charme und einem Augenzwinkern.