Showing results for "Stark" in Thriller & Suspense

My fiancé is screaming at me in public. I'm used to it. My role here is to look pretty on his arm and to play nice so he doesn't hurt my sick daughter. What I'm not used to is the man who comes to my rescue. Adrik Tasarov is a tall glass of gorgeous. He's got a jawline that could cut glass and eyes that could melt steel. Best of all: my fiancé is absolutely terrified of him. So when Adrik asks me to dance, I say yes. When he asks me to do a little more than that, I say it again. Then comes the make-or-break moment. Adrik offers me a fake marriage to get me out of my real one.

They're trying to steal my daughter. My fake husband and his depraved brother—the two men conspiring to ruin my life. I did the only thing I could do: I took my baby girl and ran like our lives depended on it. But you know what they say: out of the frying pan and into the fire. I thought my fake marriage was a nightmare. Little did I know… The things my husband intends to do next are far, far worse.

I hate obscure school rules. Especially the one that says siblings have to room together after a tragedy. Now I'm stuck sharing my dorm with my stepbrother, and I have no idea how either of us is going to make it to the end of the school year without offing the other. Just as I'm getting used to having Felix around, someone else tries to off him, and now my cousins and I have to figure out who's after him, and why. We might not like each other, but Felix is family, and that means he's mine to protect.

She’s my mission. My prize. My obsession. Ivy Kingston is the most wanted woman in the world for reasons she is completely oblivious to, reasons I intend to capitalize on. She needs a husband to receive her inheritance, so I’m on the hunt for a wife. As long as it’s her. I’m not who she thinks I am. But she has no idea who she really is either. I’ll be her groom. Her keeper. Her lover. And quite possibly her demise.

Declan Pierce is a bully and a sadist. He's been my enemy since birth, and he's made my life a living hell. But when my father barters me in an arranged marriage, Declan proposes a deal I can't refuse. After all, so long as Declan owns my soul, it can't be sold to another… But it turns out Declan wants more than I bargained for. My body, my submission, the truth behind what sent me to the Montgomery Psychiatric Ward three years ago. And he'll haunt every facet of my existence until he gets it.

Charlotte ist mit Leib und Seele Floristin und engagiert sich für den Umweltschutz. Als Aktivistin gerät sie regelmäßig mit Konzernen in Konflikt. Der New Yorker Polizei ist sie daher schon bekannt, ebenso wie einigen Anwaltskanzleien. Doch Charlotte wäre nicht Charlotte, würde sie sich so leicht unterkriegen lassen. Eines Tages verirrt sich Nathan in ihren nachhaltigen Blumenladen. Nathan ist Wissenschaftler, charmant, attraktiv – und er hat etwas an sich, das Charlotte magisch anzieht. Es funkt gewaltig zwischen den beiden. Denkt Charlotte zumindest.

In "Waldmanns Hut" erfüllt besagter Hut die Wünsche seines Besitzers, doch passiert es auch ohne Konsequenzen für diesen? Der kleine Travis, der aus England in Deutschland zu Besuch ist, hört eines Nachts "Das Flüstern des Erlkönigs". Wie weit geht die Liebe eines Vaters für sein sterbenskrankes Kind? Geht der Magier Bela in "Während du schliefst" mit seinen Mitteln zu weit? In "Was im Spiegel dir begegnet" erlebt Miro, was passiert, wenn ein Spiegelbild sich gegen einen wendet.

My dreams have all deserted me, and I'm alone in a new town when I meet him—the stranger at the bar. Anthony Bradstone is everything I ever wanted. A prince right from the start. A shining star, successful and loving. Committed, brilliant, generous. Mr Perfect. But the brightest stars have the darkest shadows, and Ant's love comes with… conditions. That's how one stranger in my bed turns into several, and those several turn into a whole lot more.

In letzter Sekunde rettet der junge Maler Pierre de Sangries einem jungen Au-Pair-Mädchen das Leben. Denn in ihrer Verzweiflung will sie sich vom Arc de Triomphe in die Tiefe stürzen. Völlig alleine auf den Straßen von Paris weiß Eva nicht, an wen sie sich in ihrer Not wenden soll. Kurzerhand nimmt Pierre sie mit in seine Mansarde hoch über den Dächern der Stadt, wo sich schon bald eine romantische Liebe zwischen den beiden entwickelt.

Tarot reader Sara Wilde has spent her whole life finding the lost with the use of her trusty cards. But when her newest assignment sends her straight to Hell, she discovers more than she bargained for. The journey through Dante's playground forces Sara to endure a client's bitter loss, fall victim to a vicious betrayal by her own kind, and come face-to-face with the woman she might have been. Not even Sara's blossoming love for the darkly sensual Magician is safe in the underworld. She's tested in ways she never fathomed, ways that could drive her mad or utterly destroy her.

Racing through the backwoods of Massachusetts and on the verge of being taken down for one of the biggest and most disastrous bank heists the state has ever seen, Parker runs right into the barrel of a gun pointed from the wrong side of the law. A quiet and angry recluse with only a silent parrot for company in his seclusion, Tom Lindahl saves Parker from the police dogs, but enmeshes him in yet another in a long line of dubious, highly dangerous, but seriously profitable jobs.

Steel-nerved master thief Parker has his eyes on a fat prize. The prize, a slow stuffed with money—a gambling casino on the Hudson River. It is not in Parker's nature to gamble, so he leaves nothing to chance. From the phony politician to the getaway boat, from bringing guns on board to getting the money off, Parker has it all planned. There are only a few problems.

FBI agent Ollie McKee is burned out on relationships. After a head-spinningly on-again/off-again relationship with his former fiancée, he’s been out of the dating pool for years. Now he’s focused on his career—and it’s getting more intense. Because Ollie’s ex was just kidnapped, and despite the rules, he’s resolved to work the case and find her.

Jaime e Maria, due anime perse e solitarie, si ritrovano su un'isola deserta dopo un naufragio. Sebbene all'inizio siano estranei, trovano conforto l'uno nell'altra mentre lottano per sopravvivere. Con il passare dei giorni, si innamorano e scoprono l'importanza di fidarsi di qualcuno. Tuttavia, la loro vita idilliaca sull'isola è destinata a cambiare quando vengono finalmente salvati. Jaime: un uomo dal passato misterioso e dal carattere forte. Trova in Maria una compagna affidabile e un amore che non avrebbe mai pensato possibile.

Former vigilante-for-hire Simon Barré has one steadfast rule: stay far away from celebrities. Too bad Simon’s first assignment at Stark Security is to protect A-list actress Francesca Muratti. He can’t even turn down the assignment, as that would be violating his second rule—never fail a woman. Now he finds himself up-close-and-personal with a high-maintenance diva whose flash and sass drives him crazy—but whose touch he undeniably craves.

Hollywood consultant Renly Cooper is fed up with relationships. His recent breakup with a leading lady played out across the tabloids, and the former Navy Seal is more than ready to focus on his new position as an agent at the elite Stark Security agency. He’s expecting international stakes. Instead, his first assignment is to protect one of Damien Stark’s friends from a stalker. A woman who, to his delight, turns out to be one of his closest childhood friends.

Ein skrupelloser Immobilienhai fällt über Hamburg St. Pauli her. Seiner Profitgier stehen Arme, Obdachlose und Alteingesessene nur im Wege, also säubert er den Stadtteil auf brutalste Art und Weise von ihnen. Simon Stark und seine Freunde kommen den Machenschaften auf die Spur und wecken damit einen Gegner, der weit gefährlicher und mächtiger ist, als sie geglaubt hatten. Wer ist dieser Psychopath in Nadelstreifen, der sich Bertrand Boyle nennt? Warum kann er scheinbar tun und lassen, was er will?

Who was she? Who put her there? Why did she have to die? Harry Starke vows to find the answers to those questions. But the trail has gone cold and Hill House is a desolate ruin with many secrets. To find the answers, Harry must embark upon an investigation that will put him and those close to him in deadly danger, take him to the lost and long-forgotten streets buried under the city, and deep into the Dark Web where he comes face to face with murder, organized crime, prostitution, and human trafficking.

Auf einer Konferenz in London wird der geniale Ryan Greene ermordet. Der Attentäter hat es auf die Forschungsergebnisse des jungen Wissenschaftlers abgesehen, doch im allgemeinen Tumult verliert er seine Beute wieder. Ragnar, ein Freund des ehemaligen Soldaten Simon Stark, gelangt in den Besitz der Arbeit. Eine lebensgefährliche Verfolgungsjagd beginnt. Denn die brisanten Forschungsergebnisse könnten die Welt verändern.

Er war die Ausgeburt der Hölle, der Sohn des Teufels: Lazarus, der Seelenlose. Auf einer Insel hatte er unzählige Jünger um sich geschart und bereitete dort im Geheimen den Angriff auf die Menschheit vor. Reverend Malligan teilte mir dort mit, dass es meine Bestimmung war, gegen diesen mächtigen Feind alles Guten anzutreten, denn nur ich sollte ihn der Überlieferung nach an der Ergreifung der Weltherrschaft hindern können.