Showing results for "Questions" in Literature & Fiction

They say hell hath no fury like a woman scorned but Fiona MacKintosh was more inclined to believe that after a long, furious journey through hell, no scorned woman was apt to be inclined to love and entrust her heart to a man so easily again. Especially not to the same man! Harry Brudenall, Marquis of Aylesbury, has devoted so much of his life to finding his long-lost sister that he's almost forgotten what it feels like to live. Fiery and passionate, Fiona is life. In her, he finds a reason to embrace the present and live for the future. If only she'll have him.

Captain Richard MacKintosh returned from Egypt wounded, not only in body but also in spirit, after making a getaway from the rebel band that held him and his military unit captive. Plagued by guilt for leaving his brothers-at-arms behind, he is determined to force the crown to garner their forces to search Egypt for them. He wanted—needed—to spend each waking moment finding the help he needed and nothing was going to make him lose focus. That was until he ran into an angelic face from his past.

After five years of mourning her lost love, Moira MacKenzie had finally move on with her life and seek a husband. Finding out Vincent MacKintosh was alive after all those years dealt her the greatest shock of her life. She might have loved Vin, but he had never loved her back.

A casual remark on the telephone leads Eleanor Hamilton to an appalling and deeply disturbing discovery: John, her husband of 20 years, has been leading a life of duplicity and betrayal. Shock, jealousy, and anger drive Eleanor to extraordinary limits in her desire for revenge. But then fate intervenes in the shape of a terrible accident.

After spending six years to an oppressive husband, Evelyn Ashley-Cooper is free to be herself again, to live again...and to love again. Eve finds herself floundering under the veneer of perfection her domineering husband demanded, unable to unleash the vivacious girl she was once was.

Andramej Rosa est la grande matriarche du clan des plaines du nord, l'une des grandes peuplades nomade du monde d'Egadia. Les plainiens sont des gens simples, des éleveurs de gruzons, sorte d'énormes bovidés très poilus. Leurs relations avec les autres peuples sont rares et généralement purement commerciales. Un beau jour, Richard de Rockwell, l'empereur s'étant emparé par la force de tout une partie du Continent convoque le généralissime Rotarmin.

Here is a story that goes beyond space and time. Isaac Asimov takes on a journey that explores the ultimate fate of the universe, along with the question, what will become of the human race? So take a journey into the outer twilight of your mind. Turn off the light, sit back and relax, close your eyes, and enter the infinite universe of your imagination.

When Jack Merrill becomes Earl of Haddington, inheriting not only a title but the devastating debt that came with it, his friends convince him that there is nothing for it but to gain quick wealth the really old fashioned way . . . marry into it! On the hunt for a wealthy bride, Jack stumbles upon Kitty Hayes, the sister of his former target Evelyn. To him, Kitty is everything Eve was not to him—full of a fire and spirit that challenges him. But Kitty is a married woman! Can he wait it out until she finds her freedom?

A man and woman play a strange game of Twenty Questions with a boy they've just met. McSweeney's is a literary journal based in San Francisco.

Meet nine-year-old Shunya, an inquisitive soul who spends much of his time under his favourite peepul tree, wondering about the secrets of the universe, the purpose of life and the meaning of faith. His quest for answers takes an unexpected twist, when he is suddenly led on a whirlwind tour to...

When Daryl Brackstone approaches private investigators Sebastian Clifford and Lucinda "Birdie" Bird about her mother's decades-old murder, she's hoping to finally uncover the truth. Her father died in prison for the crime, but Daryl has never believed in his guilt. As Seb and Birdie dig deeper, they discover Helen Brackstone wasn't just a suburban housewife—she was part of a secretive activist group investigating high-level corruption.

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A story of siblings and faith from short-story master Tobias Wolff. Frances has always been protective of her younger brother Frank. The children of a brutal father and a sick, defenseless mother, Frances fought to keep her brother safe. And throughout all of his adult failings – from drug addiction to near-fatal car crashes - she has stood by his side. Now Frank has found religion. Standing in his crisp white shirt and restrictive tie, he's eager to recount last Sunday's sermon to his older sister.

When you take the most absurd parts of history, science, economics, and geography, you end up with a pretty confusing picture of humanity. Why do we have borders? What's the furthest you can get from the ocean? And why did Vikings wear those silly helmets? These are just a few of the strange questions that bounce around the head of Joseph Pisenti. In his YouTube channel, Pisenti presents illogical truths in a logical manner. Here, he builds on this nonsensical humor of the universe with in-depth analysis of empires, economies, and ecosystems as he helps answer the ridiculous.

The Desire Question, hosted by ​​certified sex and couples therapist, author, and consultant Laura Federico (The Cycle Book, Tarcher, 2025), asks authors one simple question: “Is it better to desire, or be desired?”This question, the desire question, becomes a jumping off point for these authors to discuss desire in their writing, whatever form it may take. This is a Dirt Media podcast.

We get them every day. Those irritating #RoboCalls. "The Question", is a short story where the recipient gives answers, then hears voices in the background that weren't meant for his ears that add a bit of mystery and intrigue to the tale.

Julian Treslove and Sam Finkler are old school friends. Despite a prickly relationship and very different lives, they've never quite lost touch with each other - or with their former teacher, Libor Sevick. Now all three are recently widowed, in their own way, and spend sweetly painful evenings together reminiscing. Until an unexpected violent attack brings everything they thought they knew into question.

When a prominent MSP goes missing, DSI William Lorimer wastes no time in investigating. Robert Truesdale was fronting the controversial campaign to legalise drugs in Scotland, and his enemies were numerous. With every passing day, the chances of finding him alive grow slimmer. Then the worst happens. A car bomb explodes in a nearby village, and the blackened body pulled from the wreckage appears to be Truesdale's. Yet there are details that don't add up and soon Lorimer is questioning whether the victim was all he claimed to be.

In the latest mystery from New York Times bestselling author Charles Todd, World War I nurse and amateur sleuth Bess Crawford investigates an old murder that occurred during her childhood in India, and begins a search for the truth that will transform her and leave her pondering a troubling...