Showing results for "The Darkness" in Contemporary

Elle ne le lâcherait pour rien au monde. Il irait au bout des enfers pour la sauver. Et les enfers, Cassius et Ellie les traversent, le jour où leur camarade Derek Rowley décide d’ouvrir le feu sur les élèves de leur lycée. Quand il pose son Glock-19 sur le front d'Ellie, Cassius n'hésite pas une seconde : il neutralise la menace. Quitte à les détruire au passage. La presse érige alors Cassius en héros. Pourtant, lui ne se pardonne pas d'avoir failli à sa mission : protéger la petite sœur de son meilleur ami, qu'il aime en secret depuis toujours.

My mother is a lost cause I can't get rid of, and I work my fingers to the bone just trying to keep my head above water. To ease the stress bearing down on my shoulders, I like to dance. Working as a janitor at a ballet company makes it easy for me to steal thirty minutes at night when the place is empty. Or so I thought. Just my luck that the dangerously handsome owner catches me red-handed. He thinks I'm a hardworking ballerina, and I don't bother correcting him... because, you know, I'd like to keep my job.

New York Times bestselling author Karen Robards continues her penchant for "fantastic storytelling" ( RT Book Reviews) with this next heart-pumping romantic suspense novel, the tale of a brilliant ornithologist trapped on the remote Attu Island in Alaska, fighting for her life - and that of a handsome stranger - before they're swallowed up in darkness forever.

Kidnapped, tortured, and chained to a wall… It's not at all how I imagined meeting the love of my life. Music has always been my passion, but as soon as I see Talia Medvedev, I know things have changed. I become obsessed, and instead of the familiar black-and-white keys, it's her body I want to play—her moans, the beautiful music I want to hear. She quickly becomes my reason for breathing, and I'll do anything to protect her, even if that means making the biggest sacrifice of my life.

Kallista had always known she was different. The shadows had always called to her. She craved to be held safe in their cool depths. To escape her parent's methods of attempting to rid her of her demons. Valen was destruction. Everything he touched crumbled. Everywhere he went, pain followed. He learned a millennia ago that being alone was the only way to keep the world safe. When the marks that had shown on Valen's wrist years ago suddenly changed, he realized that there was more to his world than he knew. A woman called to the deepest parts of him.

Faced with obstacles she could have never imagined, Blake is brought to darkness and back by forces in her past she never knew existed. Desperate to stay connected to the only thing he loves, Cole is forced to revisit his past and align himself with the people who knew about Blake’s disappearance. Separation has forced both Blake and Cole to learn how to live under the worst circumstances, each of them alone in their own hell. When they reunite, can they be the same two people they were before darkness swept upon them?

Knowledge is power, or so they say. I'd wanted answers, but the cost was higher than I was prepared to pay. I'm supposed to be powerful, one of the last of my kind, yet I feel anything but. I've let down my friend. Someone who's never given up on me despite our differences and how crazy I might drive him. My bonds are strained, and the people I love keep getting hurt because of me. I won't keep letting that happen. No matter what it takes or who I have to turn to for help. They think Ryker is a monster, and maybe he is, but I'm not afraid of him.

Tauche ein in die fesselnde Welt der Dunkelheit und Leidenschaft mit dem "Ramon Sammelband" von Angelina Conti. Diese Sammlung vereint die ersten drei Bände der beliebten DARK ROMANCE-Reihe und entführt dich in ein Spiel aus Liebe, Unterwerfung und verbotenen Sehnsüchten. Band 1: DARKNESS & LOVE: Weil du mir gehörst. Josephine findet sich zwischen zwei Männern wieder, die beide um ihre Gunst kämpfen: den dominanten Ramon und den charmanten Diego. Während sie in die aufregende Welt Tokios eintaucht, muss sie entscheiden, wem ihr Herz wirklich gehört.

Juli erwacht gefesselt auf einer Jacht. Die junge Berliner LKA-Kommissarin wurde entführt – von Jackson, dem mysteriösen Drogenboss. Er behauptet, unschuldig zu sein, und bietet Juli an, ihr zu helfen, den wahren Drahtzieher hinter der tödlichen Droge zu Fall zu bringen. Trotz ihres Misstrauens lässt sie sich auf den gefährlichen Deal mit ihm ein, sehr zum Missfallen ihrer Kollegen Viktor, Mitch und Leander. Als dann auch noch neue Beweise auftauchen, die Jackson als Schuldigen darstellen, muss Juli sich entscheiden, wem sie vertraut – bevor es zu spät ist.

At the mercy of a treacherous sea Claire Britten's training never prepared her for this the forensic psychology curriculum didn't cover plane crashes. Or how to help fellow survivors cope, seven frightened people huddled in two small rafts awaiting a rescue that may never come. Especially...

Scarlett Monrhoe und ihre beiden Schwestern wurden vom Assassinenkönig darauf trainiert, gnadenlos zu töten. Nach einer fehlgeschlagenen Mission, bei der ihre Schwester stirbt, weigert sich Scarlett, den Befehlen des Königs zu folgen, und wird unter Hausarrest gestellt. Dann macht ihr der König ein Angebot, das sie nicht ablehnen kann: Er will, dass Scarlett den Prinzen der Feuer-Fae tötet, den Mann, der vor zehn Jahren ihre Mutter ermordet hat.

“Graham is the queen of romantic suspense.” —RT Book Reviews A love rekindled…or a deadly reunion? Even after a decade, Sarah Hampton is haunted by the night that nearly ended in a bloody massacre and destroyed her high school romance with handsome Tyler Grant. Now the horror has...

As a half-breed dragon, Torque never had the luxury of choosing his future. Not only did his father barter him to the highest bidder, but a rare Shinto fey claimed to see him in a vision that involved recovering a lost treasure for the powerful dragon Synge - a destiny that might have been bearable if the vision hadn't included a mating with Rya, Synge's half-breed daughter. Who could blame him for being resigned to rather than thrilled with his fate?

If you liked Bridgewater County, you don’t want to miss the wild mountain men of Cutthroat, Montana! This complete boxed set collects all four Wild Mountain Men novels: Mountain Darkness, Mountain Delights, Mountain Desire and Mountain Danger.

"Finalmente capii perché le ombre odiassero così tanto l'amore." Ginger ha sempre saputo di essere diversa dagli altri, e le sue ombre non fanno che sussurrarglielo con più insistenza, dopo gli ultimi, sconvolgenti avvenimenti alla Glasberry Academy. Eppure, mentre ogni certezza si sgretola e gli incubi assumono contorni quasi reali, dentro di lei serpeggia un sentimento nuovo ed elettrizzante, a cui ha paura di dare un nome e che somiglia terribilmente all'amore.

Frankie & Tyler: Sie fürchtet die Dunkelheit. Er fühlt sich nur bei Nacht lebendig. Doch als Licht und Schatten aufeinandertreffen, ändert sich alles ... Frankie Davis hat panische Angst vor der Dunkelheit. Als Kind musste sie schlimme Erfahrungen machen, weshalb sie bis heute nur bei absoluter Helligkeit einschlafen kann. Sobald das Licht erlischt, fürchtet sie die Geschehnisse von damals neu durchleben zu müssen. Tyler Montgomery ist ein Nachtmensch durch und durch.

A mission gone sideways. My world turned upside down on a dime. Held prisoner in the dark tunnels below ground, cut off from the world, I was hanging onto life by a thread. Wanting to end my suffering, but afraid to let go.

Zwei Frauen. Zwei unterschiedliche Schicksale. Zwei große Herausforderungen. Seit einem furchtbaren Unfall bestimmt Dunkelheit Reeva Walkers Leben. Jeden Tag kämpft sie mit den Folgen, doch sie denkt nicht daran, aufzugeben. Aufopferungsvoll kümmert sie sich mit Leidenschaft im Tierheim um die, die am meisten Hilfe benötigen. Ihre zweite große Liebe gilt einer besonderen Pflanzenart, durch die sie eines Tages Everly Mendez kennenlernt. Die frisch zugezogene Floristin von der Ostküste weckt Reevas Interesse und bringt etwas Licht in ihre dunkle Welt.

Sometimes I wish there never was an Indie or a Donovan; that McKay and I just ran away together when we were young. Sailed around the world. Climbed mountains. Learned to parachute. Did whatever we wanted and never thought about this place, or the Company and our place in it, ever again.

Criminal investigator Xander Stone doesn't have to question you - he can hear your thoughts. Scarred by lightning, burdened with a power that gives him no peace, Xander struggles to maintain his sanity against the voice that haunts him day and night - the voice of a woman begging him to save her.