Showing results for "Passion" in Thriller & Suspense

Orphan William Hyde and professor's daughter Melissa Elmet fell passionately in love as teenagers at Oxford. But, after her family intervenes, their secret marriage is annulled. Heartbroken, Melissa retreats into her shell, now a shy academic. Will, on the other hand, joins MI6 - then becomes a millionaire in New York, with a model girlfriend and only dark memories of the young woman who broke his heart.

Ce dimanche matin, Frances, professeure de droit se réveille, le corps meurtri, soulagée d'entendre son mari partir pour l'hippodrome de Longchamp. Depuis plusieurs mois, Mathias multiplie les violences, tant physiques que psychologiques. Deux jours plus tard, un cadavre nu et atrocement défiguré est repéré dans le chenal du port de La Rochelle, tandis que la voiture de Mathias est retrouvée, l'habitacle maculé de sang, sur une petite route de campagne, à une centaine de kilomètres de Paris.

Ein sündhafter Vertrag. Drei Männer mit finsteren Geheimnissen. Eine Liebe, die nicht sein darf. Ich habe Mist gebaut. So richtigen Mist.Nach meiner Trennung, bei der ich alles verloren habe, muss ich ausgerechnet den teuren Wagen eines aufgeblasenen Snobs demolieren.Den Schaden kann ich unmöglich begleichen, da ich ansonsten zu meinem Ex-Mann zurück muss. Der Snob namens Ash unterbreitet mir jedoch ein Angebot:Zehn Tage mit seinen Freunden in einem Penthouse leben – natürlich gegen Bezahlung versteht sich.

For Fallon Wayland, birthdays are just another reminder of her looming spinsterhood. This year is shaping up to be no different. Fired from her job, dumped by her boyfriend, and oh yes, witnessing the murder of a high-ranking lieutenant in the local crime family. Ever since a disastrous, hot-as-hell kiss years ago, soldier-turned-security specialist Shane Roarke has avoided his baby sister's reckless—and gorgeous—best friend. Yet when her life is threatened after she witnesses a gang hit, he insists on protecting her...even if she objects.

Dans le Bayou Tèche, les marais forment un enchevêtrement où il est facile de disparaître. Elise, une Française, s'y est réfugiée pour fuir quelque chose de sombre, d'indicible, qu'elle a laissé en France. Ce roman croise les histoires respectives du laissé-pour-compte en Dordogne, et de la fugitive en Louisiane.

In the seventh installment of Scott Pratt's best-selling Joe Dillard series, Dillard is hired to travel to Tennessee's capital city to defend Paul Milius, a record company baron accused of strangling Kasey Cartwright, his label's young star.

Shauna and Erin are celebrating their joint bachelorette party, living their best lives, drinking and dancing with a group of their girlfriends. One of the girls won't make it to the end of the night because on this - the best night of their lives - a killer lies in wait. Lt. Eve Dallas is on the case

"[A] noir delight of a novel . . . . Evil Genius is deceptively light on its feet, skittering across the page to deliver its scorpion sting.” — New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) A Recommended Read from: Alta * Bustle * Electric Literature * Forbes * LitHub * Los Angeles Times *...

Familiendrama! Lebenslänglich für den Mann, der Frau und Tochter ermordet hat! Eine totgeglaubte Mutter wird schwer verletzt nicht weit von ihrem ehemaligen Zuhause gefunden. Erschütternde Schlagzeilen, die sämtliche Beteiligten nach Jahren des Zweifels wieder einholen. Die Tatsache, dass von der sechsjährigen Tochter des Opfers jede Spur fehlt, verschärft die angespannte Situation. Der Karlsruher Hauptkommissar Link und sein Kollege Elias Strickle werden damit beauftragt, die komplizierten Ermittlungen zu leiten.

Set in Regency England, Stephanie Laurens' New York Times best-selling Bastion Club series evokes a bygone era where romantic entanglements rule the day - and inflamed desires rule the night. In A Fine Passion, Jack, Baron Warnefleet, narrowly avoids marriage when he flees London for the refuge of his estate. But there waits Lady Clarice Altwood, whose beauty is impossible to ignore.

Businesswoman Leigh Taylor Cole and islander Deke Kearney have nothing in common. Nothing, that is, but a sizzling chemistry that turns their lives upside down. As they fight to keep Deke's son safe from kidnappers, Leigh begins to question the promise she made her mentor to find Deke and bring him 'home' to Seattle. The provocative breezes of Maui force Leigh to unlock a secret buried so deeply in her past, she's hidden it even from herself. She and Deke discover that when love blooms - passions flower.

Seit jeher glaubt Sloane, immun gegen die dunkle Anziehungskraft geworden zu sein, doch ein Blick, eine Berührung, ein Kuss genügen, um ihr den Verstand zu rauben. Hunter lügt sie nicht an. Das tut er nie. Doch die Last seiner unausgesprochenen Worte wiegt schwer. Der Schlinge aus Gefahr, Wahrheit und Verrat zieht sich zunehmend stärker um ihren Hals zusammen. Wird sie sich rechtzeitig befreien können, bevor Hunters ganz persönliche Wahrheit sie endgültig in die Knie zwingt?

Aaron "Stick" Scott spent 12 years of his life protecting his country. He diffused well over 1,500 bombs during the course of his military career, expecting each one to be his last. Luck had a huge part in his survival, but it was fate that had a laugh at his expense by having a woman shatter his heart.

Alors que Paul, son frère, a disparu depuis de longues années, Pierre Lassimouillas, qui vit en Dordogne, reçoit un jour une lettre du Montana dans laquelle il apprend que ce dernier est vivant. À travers ce voyage qu'entreprend Pierre aux États-Unis pour retrouver son frère, c'est tout un pan de sa vie qui se reconstruit pour s'écrouler ensuite.

Raid bled the blood of the club. Undeniably loyal. Focused on family. Determined. His thought processes would make any other man cringe. Calculating. Meticulous. Always thinking. Guilt to this day for ruining his brother's life due to his actions always lurked in his mind. Nyx wanted to blend into the background, work and live a life of peace and safety. Something she lost growing up and desperately craved. Choosing Sumner, Georgia she'd hoped to find just that. Undetected and under the radar always fighting under the surface.

The last person Drew Franklin wants to work with is Cat Kalakau. Their history makes it difficult being in the same room, let alone being joined at the hip during a case. Months ago, they’d shared a night filled with romance and a bit more, but that ended after he was shot. Since then, even their friendship seems to have fallen apart. But he will do his job, even if spending more time with her is killing him.

Après de multiples péripéties, Pierre, un Français, retrouve Paul, son frère, qui s'est évaporé dans le Montana, quelque vingt ans plus tôt. Les retrouvailles sont disloquées par une guerre interne au sein de la réserve Blackfeet où Paul vit avec sa compagne native américaine. Un des principaux belligérants de la réserve est assassiné et les deux frères sont soupçonnés de ce meurtre. Lorsque son frère lui enjoint de retourner immédiatement chez lui, en France, Pierre fait volte-face et décide de se laisser tenter aussi par la fuite.

Women swoon at my British accent, but I’ve been in America most of my life—hacking computers by day and saving innocent women by night. A regular superhero. When I start getting close to Luisa, I want all disguises off. She’s falling for someone else, but I’m determined to wait it out—start a full court press to make her mine.

Passion and reason collide with explosive force in the newest instalment of Nalini Singh's 'mesmerizing' Psy-Changeling series. As a conflict with Pure Psy looms on the horizon, two powerful wolves fight a far more intimate war of their own.... In his position as tracker for the Snow Dancer pack, it's up to Drew Kincaid to rein in rogue changelings who have lost control of their animal halves - even if it means killing those who have gone too far. But nothing in his life has prepared him for the battle he must now wage to win the heart of a woman who makes his body ignite....

Damien Sinclair is a force of nature, the beauty of a sunset over the ocean while capable of devastating hurricane-strength winds. At one time, he’d held my heart in his hands. That was until the day I walked away. I didn’t leave him because I didn’t love him. It was that loving him was too much, an all-encompassing affair. In his presence, I failed to exist.