Showing results for "Sun" in Contemporary Fiction

The remote town of Broome, the desert and the Kimberley coast - Australia's last frontier and a land of ancient beauty. Lily Barton, now 53, is beautiful, adventurous and looking for a life change. Sami, her daughter, is driving alone through the outback to finally, reluctantly confront her family roots. Together they are swept into a world where legends, myths and reality converge. They find that everyone they meet has a story to tell, from Farouz, the son of an Afghan camel driver, to Bobby, the Chinese-Aboriginal man who is tangled up in the murder of a German tourist.

Sunrise, despite its name, is a wicked town. It is the only wide open town in the Crazy Butte country. It attracts gamblers, above all Dan Farlin, who works in the Red Arrow, the most prosperous saloon in Sunrise, owned by Big Tom Lester, who runs the town if anyone does.

When the father she barely knew dies suddenly, midwife Eve Wilson decides she owes it to him to go to the funeral and meet her step-family in Red Sand. After disappointment and heartbreak in Sydney, Dr Callie Wilson doesn't hesitate to move home and spend some time with her grieving mother. Melbourne-based obstetrician Sienna Wilson can't understand why anyone would want to bury themselves in the outback, but when her hospital sends her north to research the medical mystery affecting women in Red Sand, it seems fate is intent on bringing the three sisters together.

Parce qu'on lit une bonne histoire de filles comme on part en vacances au soleil en hiver, pour se détendre et pour s'évader, Histoires de filles sous le soleil, c'est... trois romans dont les héroïnes respectives passent une semaine dans le Sud pendant l'hiver!

The coast of New England: beautiful but savage, where storms can whip up out of nowhere, and the wrecks wash up on the beach. James Pfeiffer, a young college dropout, is initiated into the gruelling world of the trawler boats, where he discovers the thrill and terror of life at sea.

A soli ventidue anni, Grace Allen si è posta un obiettivo ambizioso: affrontare il suo passato traumatico e superare ogni timore, decidendo così di prendere in mano le redini della sua vita. In questo percorso di rinascita, il destino le presenta Samuel Callaghan. Con una corporatura intimidatoria, un corpo ricoperto di tatuaggi, otto anni in più di lei e la responsabilità di una sorellina affidata alle sue cure, Cal è decisamente una sorpresa inaspettata. Nonostante le differenze evidenti, Grace si trova ad affezionarsi a Cal con sorprendente facilità.

King of Sunset är ståtlig och kanske världens snabbaste travhingst. Han är också vild, men Martina lyckas vinna hans förtroende. Tillsammans är de oslagbara. Men något fasansfullt är i görningen. Sunset har fiender som vill sätta stopp för hans tävlingskarriär. Martina har bestämt sig - hon ska rädda sin älskade häst. Ulrika Ekblom (f. 1961) författade åren 1993-2000 serien i fem delar om Martina och King of Sunset.

Martina kunde först inte tro på det. Sunset hade äntligen återhämtat sig från en längre tids sjukdom och enkelt vunnit nästa lopp. Sjukdomen tycktes bara ha gjort honom snabbare. Plötsligt nås Martina av meddelandet från veterinären – Sunset är diskvalificerad! Orsak: doping. Någon vill skada Sunset, men vem? Ulrika Ekblom (f. 1961) författade åren 1993-2000 serien i fem delar om Martina och King of Sunset. Hon är även skrivit om cirkushästen Pricken och fotbollslaget Smedstorps BK.