Showing results for "Paul" in Women's Fiction

There's nothing Truman Gritt won't do to protect his family - including spending years in jail for a crime he didn't commit. When he's finally released, the life he knew is turned upside down by his mother's overdose, and Truman steps in to raise the children she's left behind. Truman's hard, he's secretive, and he's trying to save a brother who's even more broken than he is. He's never needed help in his life, and when beautiful Gemma Wright tries to step in, he's less than accepting.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury--praised as "America's favorite inspirational novelist"--comes the Above the Line series, a powerful spinoff of her beloved Baxter family saga. Set against the glitz of Hollywood and grounded in the grit of real faith, these stories...

Several months into his recovery from a near-fatal illness, thirty-four-year-old novelist Sidney Orr enters a stationery shop in the Cobble Hill section of Brooklyn and buys a blue notebook. It is September 18, 1982, and for the next nine days Orr will live under the spell of this blank book...

Weird Women, edited by award-winning anthologists Lisa Morton and Leslie S. Klinger, collects some of the finest tales of terror by authors as legendary as Louisa May Alcott, Frances Hodgson Burnett, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman, alongside works of writers who were the best sellers and critical favorites of their time - Marie Corelli, Ellen Glasgow, Charlotte Riddell - and lesser known authors who are deserving of contemporary recognition.

If you loved I AM ANASTASIA by Ariel Lawhon you won't want to miss this novel about her sister, Grand Duchess Maria. What really happened to this lost Romanov daughter? A new novel perfect for anyone curious about Anastasia, Maria, and the other lost Romanov daughters, by the author of THE...

Sweet Home Alabama?meets?Emily in Paris?in this hilarious romp through the world of extravagant southern weddings. Ringless, jobless, and hopeless, Lottie Jones commits to doing the only thing she truly studied in school: wedding planning. When floundering and unlucky-in-love twenty-something...

After losing his wife and two young sons in an airplane crash, professor David Zimmer spends his waking hours in a blur of alcoholic grief and self-pity. Then, watching television one night, he sees a clip from a lost film by the silent comedian Hector Mann. Zimmer soon finds himself embarking...

A Recommended Book From: The Washington Post * Today * Sunset Magazine * Country Living * Good Housekeeping A wry, tender novel about a Peruvian immigrant mother and a millennial daughter who have one final chance to find common ground Thirtysomething Flores and her mother, Paula, still live in...

In einer von Einsamkeit geprägten Kindheit fand Lucy Hart Trost in Büchern, insbesondere in der "Clock Island"-Reihe von Bestsellerautor Jack Masterson. Jetzt ist sie Mitte zwanzig und kann ihre Liebe zum Lesen mit ihren Schülern teilen, vor allem mit dem Waisenjungen Christopher. Lucy würde alles dafür tun, Christopher zu adoptieren, doch um ihm ein richtiges Zuhause zu geben, fehlen ihr die nötigen finanziellen Mittel. Als Jack Masterson einen Wettbewerb ausschreibt – mit dem einzigen Exemplar seines neuesten Romans als Preis – schöpft Lucy neue Hoffnung.

As the world mourns the loss of Diana, Princess of Wales, one young woman uncovers a forgotten story of passion, betrayal, and a scandal surrounding the British crown in this unforgettable novel by the bestselling author of The Secret Wife. Two women who challenged the Crown. Divided by time...

Eine junge deutsche Auswanderin im glanzvollen New York der Dreißigerjahre – und eine unsterbliche Liebe, die das Schicksal einer ganzen Familie bestimmt. Als Esther den Dachboden ihres Einfamilienhauses in Stuttgart ausmistet, fällt ihr der elegante Fuchspelzmantel ihrer Mutter Paula in die Hände. Und mit einem Mal sind all die schmerzhaften Erinnerungen wieder da, denn der Mantel hat eine lange Geschichte: Er stammt aus Paulas Jahren als Kindermädchen bei einer der reichsten Familien New Yorks.

Originally published in 1955, Paul Bowles’s remarkable novel set in Fez, Morocco, during the last days of the French colonial empire, is an expansive piece of writing—vintage Bowles The dilemma of the outsider in an alien society, and the gap in understanding between cultures, recurrent...

Rose and Elmer have created an idyllic sanctuary for themselves and their five daughters in Mexico's Baja California desert. Out there in the middle of nowhere, blissfully cut off from the burdens of modern society, they're free to raise their beautiful family...and preserve its secret.

‘A fast-paced, terrifying journey.’ RACHEL ABBOTT ‘A born storyteller.’ PETER JAMES A stranger is just a killer you haven’t met yet… The SUNDAY TIMES bestseller returns with the next big thing to hit the shelves. If you haven’t discovered Paul Finch yet, this book will have you...

‘A fast-paced, terrifying journey.’ RACHEL ABBOTT ‘A born storyteller.’ PETER JAMES ’Intense action and an enthralling female lead.’ L.A. LARKIN The SUNDAY TIMES bestseller returns with the second book in the PC Lucy Clayburn series – a must for all fans of Happy Valley and M.J...

Träume aus Seide. Hamburg, 1949: Obwohl es an allem fehlt, ist Paula fest entschlossen, die Schönheit in ihr Leben zurückzuholen - das Trümmergrau soll endlich Farbe weichen. Mit technischem Geschick und Gespür für die modischen Sehnsüchte der Frauen wird Paula die rechte Hand eines Strumpffabrikanten und will den Frauen wieder ihre heißbegehrten Nylons verschaffen. Zwischen Schwarzmarkt und Berlin-Blockade gelingt es Paula, sich in der patriarchalen Welt der Modeindustrie durchzusetzen.

En la década de 1920, Dorothy Parker - una de las mujeres más ingeniosas que jamás haya empuñado una pluma - y sus tres amigas navegan por la vida, el amor y sus carreras profesionales en la ciudad de Nueva York. Nueva York, 1921: La guerra ha terminado, la moda es atrevida y el licor de contrabando se sirve en todas partes a pesar de la prohibición. Es aquí donde cuatro mujeres extraordinarias se encuentran y estrechan lazos de amistad.

Willkommen zurück in Riedenhagen! Ein Jahr nach der eskalierten Mega-Party ist bei den drei Freundinnen Elli, Hülya und Vivien wieder der Sauerländer Kleinstadt-Alltag eingekehrt. Ihr illegales Geschäft mit Joni-Power, dem Riegel für besseren Sex, scheint Geschichte. Vivien hält mit...

Three years have passed, and Ally's memories of her kidnapping and torture still haunt her. Determined to keep her demons at bay, David refuses to leave her side. Until....the lies woven to protect come unraveled. Ally has no choice but to return to the land that once imprisoned her.

Hausfrau Elli liebt Online-Shopping. Sonst gibt es ja auch nicht viel, womit man sich in Riedenhagen, dem Kaff in dem sie wohnt, die Zeit vertreiben könnte. Hauptsache ihr Mann bekommt nichts davon mit, wieviel Geld ihr kleines "Hobby" aus der Haushaltskasse spült. Nur noch dieser eine Pulli...