Showing results for "The Passions" in Genre Fiction

In her spare, stark style, Annie Ernaux documents the desires and indignities of a human heart ensnared in an all-consuming passion. Blurring the line between fact and fiction, an unnamed narrator attempts to plot the emotional and physical course of her two-year relationship with a married foreigner where every word, event, and person either provides a connection with her beloved or is subject to her cold indifference. With courage and exactitude, she seeks the truth behind an existence lived entirely for someone else, and, in the pieces of its aftermath, she is able to find it.

Joana lebt seit vielen Jahren ihren Traumjob als Bestsellerautorin, bis zu dem Tag als ihr Verlag das erste Mal ein Projekt ablehnt und stattdessen mit einer Gegenforderung kommt. Sie soll eine Sports Romance schreiben, was so gar nicht ihr Themengebiet ist. Zum Glück rettet ihre beste Freundin sie mit ihrer Verbindung zu den Victoria Eagles aus dieser misslichen Lage. Über sie, bekommt Joana die einmalige Chance das Team zu begleiten, um Inspiration für den Roman zu sammeln.

A crime would bring them together, grief would bind them and love would make them famous. Parish “Pain” Wells is a man freshly reintroduced to society, after serving time in state prison. Prior to his fall, Pain had been a heist man who showed the promise of someone who could go on to be a...

Businesswoman Leigh Taylor Cole and islander Deke Kearney have nothing in common. Nothing, that is, but a sizzling chemistry that turns their lives upside down. As they fight to keep Deke's son safe from kidnappers, Leigh begins to question the promise she made her mentor to find Deke and bring him 'home' to Seattle. The provocative breezes of Maui force Leigh to unlock a secret buried so deeply in her past, she's hidden it even from herself. She and Deke discover that when love blooms - passions flower.

Efter at have levet sammen med den mere og mere psykotiske Simo i 14 år, flygter Cecilia. Hun kan stadig mærke ham i kroppen og huske det lys, der omgav ham. Men hun husker også de nætter, hvor han forbød hende at sove, og den altid låste dør til hans arbejdsværelse. Nu er han død, og Cecilia er på vej til Canada for at mødes med Will Haze - den sidste, der så Simo i live. Annette Lindegaard (f. 1957) er en dansk forfatter. Hun debuterede i 1994 med romanen "Manden fra Mars" og har siden skrevet flere bøger for både børn og voksne.

Charente, 1925. Lorsque la foudre frappe les étendoirs du Moulin du Loup, provoquant un incendie qui ravage la majeure partie des bâtiments, Claire Roy est seule dans le logis qui, miraculeusement, est épargné par les flammes. Elle attend Jean, son mari, parti pour le Canada avec Angela, leur fille adoptive. Quand il rentre enfin, elle retrouve un homme taciturne et distant... Devant la famille réunie, Angela, enceinte, fait éclater la tempête qui brise les cœurs et les âmes, en clamant son amour pour Jean. Trahie et humiliée, Claire les chasse du moulin.

Set against the glorious backdrops of Rome, Florence, and Genoa, and Naples, peopled with historical characters and filled with the details of the life of a 17th-century painter, The Passion of Artemisia is the story of Gentileschi's struggle to find love, forgiveness, and wholeness through her art.

A beautiful and talented actress, Mary Robinson was one of the most famous women of her time. But Mary was destined always to be betrayed by the men she loved: by her father, who abandoned his family; by her husband, who bankrupted the family with his gambling and humiliated his young wife with numerous affairs; and by the Prince of Wales, later King George IV, who fell in love with Mary when he saw her playing Perdita in A Winter's Tale.

I know nothing. I am a tabula rasa, a blank sheet of paper, an unhatched egg. I have not yet become a woman, although I possess a woman's shape. Not a woman, no: both more and less than a real woman. Now I am a being as mythic and monstrous as Mother herself.... New York has become the City of Dreadful Night where dissolute Leilah performs a dance of chaos for Evelyn.

Del 12 av 20. Natten till den 1 januari 1900 föds två barn i Losvika i Norge. Samma natt går lotsbåten med deras fäder under ute till havs. Både Jon och Julie växer upp faderlösa och deras liv vävs för alltid samman, med Hotell Havblikk som den fasta punkten i deras tillvaro. Trygve är som förvandlad efter Mariellas olycka och gör allt som står i hans makt för att hon ska ha det bra. Julie är färdig med Jon en gång för alla. Nu vill hon ha ett enkelt liv utan förpliktelser. Men så möter hon den stilige och rolige Gunnar.

Make way for a new Magdalen. Born on a Celtic isle to eight warrior-witch mothers, Maeve is raised to be as brave as any hero. In her stubborn, enchanting voice, she recounts her perilous quest for the young man, Esus, whose life she once saved from druid sacrifice. Captured and sold to a Roman Madam, Maeve is sustained by a fierce sense of identity, compassion for her sister whores, and her unquenchable love.

A struggling single mother. Rianna Cutter strips to survive. It's the best paying gig for a young woman with little education and puts a roof over her child's head and food on the table. Working toward a better life for her son, she has no time or energy for love. A tough criminal businessman. Jonah Wyatt is ready to make a big change, moving away from his successful pot growing business into a legitimate enterprise. He's all business all the time and has no interest in finding love he doubts even exists.

Leah Schaeffer has come a long way since an accident took her sight. She's finally ready for independence, but convincing her wealthy parents she'll be safe on her own isn't easy. The first night in her own place at last, she encounters her neighbor with the midnight velvet voice and her world shifts again. Since finishing a military tour, J.D. Wyatt has struggled both financially and emotionally. When Leah's parents hire him to act as her bodyguard, he seizes the opportunity.

En støvet, sort, næsten forhistorisk kakerlak – det er hvad skulptøren G.H. møder, da hun åbner sin stuepiges garderobeskab. Hun smækker straks skabsdøren i – men en uimodståelig fascination er vakt. Mødet med kakerlakken åbner døren til hidtil lukkede rum, til en spirituel krise, og stiller spørgsmålstegn ved selve G.H.s identitet og placering i universet.

Five original dramas about life, love and death in a cathedral close in Holy Week Cathedrals are at the heart of our cities. Beautiful, imposing and steeped in history, they were once potent symbols of temporal power and technological wonder. But what do they mean to us today? These five linked...

Forced to resort to a life of crime in order to support his siblings, Asher Cordell is now ready to walk the straight and narrow path. But when an old rival, the Marquis of Ormsby, infuriates him with his insipid arrogance, Asher cannot resist stealing his famous diamond. However, he's shocked to discover his beautiful neighbour, Juliana Greeley, is already lurking in Ormsby's library. Asher has known Juliana since childhood and always harboured a secret affection for her.

It is a time for upheaval in Cuba: the time to build a new society. Even from her position of privilege, idealistic divorcée Carmela Vasconcelos sees the waves of uprising and is caught up in the excitement. Persuaded by her brother, Lucas, she flees her wealthy home to join Fidel Castro’s rebels. In the mountainous jungle of the Sierra Maestra, Carmela meets Ignacio Deheza, a charismatic Argentinian socialist fighting on behalf of the insurrection. On the training fields of a revolution, they bond in the cause - and in a blind passion that stirs their blood and soul.

Unwanted and unloved as a child, Natalie Parsons longs to escape from the moral restraints of her foster family and embark on a life of boozing and floozing at Edinburgh University. Her first-year geophysics course finds her rebelling against the idea that the universe, like herself, originated as a meaningless accident. She drifts ever deeper into drink, debt, and depravity until she hits a rock that sinks her in a life-threatening depression. Rescue comes through a friend who claims to know God, producing a dilemma that only a miracle can solve.

Gina Torrio is trying to break her addiction to bad boys with wounded spirits and dysfunctional pasts. Micah Wyatt is a flirt and a player, a little naughty but with no real harm in him. Gina thinks they might have a simple, no-strings fling without endangering her heart. But as animal attraction and flirtatious friendship blossom into sincere affection, neither Gina nor Micah knows how to deal with the depth of feeling growing between them.

Lexi, a human woman on the hunt for a lost friend, never expected to end up in a dragon war. But when her search leads her to a sexy, scorchingly hot Scottish dragon king, Lexi's priorities shift. She's ready to help her newfound, enigmatic lover fight the Dark Fae. But fighting the passion that flares between them will be much harder.... Thorn, the mysterious dragon king with a bad-boy streak, is more than ready to go to war with his enemies.