Showing results for "The Romantic" in Short Stories

Ayesha Shetty lost her brother seven years ago, the same time she lost everything else important to her: her dreams, her fierce independence, and the man she loved. Not wanting to see her mother hurt anymore, she put her wild self away and became the dutiful daughter her mother needed and took on her brother’s role in the family business. Now her best friend’s big, fat Indian wedding is a chance to get away from her endless duties at the restaurant and maybe even have some fun (if she remembers how).

Charlotte weiß genau, wie der Valentinstag für sie laufen soll: Keine Dates, keine Männer und ganz sicher keine Herzchenromantik. Doch dann steckt sie plötzlich mit ihrem Nachbarn Seth in ihrem Gebäude fest: Sie können nicht hinaus und niemand kann zu ihnen herein. Drei Tage, dann ist das Problem behoben. Er ist frisch geschieden, liebt Bäume mehr als Menschen und hat von Beziehungen erst mal genug. Zwischen geteilten Mahlzeiten, Lachen und langen Blicken beginnt es zu knistern.

Love has many forms, many needs. Some fall into the dark, into the shadows. Forbidden love has connotations of desire, of possession but also of matters far more unsavoury. It’s a delicate facet of love that our classic authors explain with careful words and superbly crafted narratives.

Santa had it right with his naughty and nice lists. Me? I was firmly Team Nice. Need help throwing together a holiday wedding in four days, big brother? No problem. Need me to share my bed with your super-hot best friend? If I must. Want to be sure I won't accidentally fall in love with said super hot best friend—Brooks Claus? Can't promise that. He may have moved away from our small town years ago, but there's something about being near him again that brings back memories of that innocent crush I never quite got over.

Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue, and a sixpence for her shoe. A woman realizes she was meant to decline a wedding invitation, but only after she's arrived. Can she borrow some of a stranger's charm to make it through an awkward night? A power outage during a rehearsal dinner. A vanishing bride. A distraught groom. How's an innkeeper to keep up? Especially when the bride reappears with a strange request: help her escape her own wedding.

Beloved author Mary Stewart's long-lost novella, now available for the first time in 40 years and perfect for fans of Anya Seton, Daphne du Maurier and Santa Montefiore. 'Now she would spell love her own way...' In 1879, a wealthy young woman elopes with an impoverished fisherman, leaving her...

When I left Carnage, Nevada, I said I'd never come back. That was ten years ago when the boy I thought I'd marry destroyed my heart. Yet, I found my way home, returning to the life I left behind. And back in the arms of James Black . . . The man I never stopped loving. But he's no longer the beautiful boy who promised to love me forever. He's Gunner now, one of the most dangerous bikers of Satan's Disciples MC. And he's just who I need when trouble comes knocking for me and my son.

'These are some of the wildest, arresting, just plain brilliant short stories I've read in a long time.' - Roddy Doyle, author of The Woman Who Walked Into Doors After a Dance is the compiled collection of short stories from acclaimed writer Bridget O'Connor, with an exclusive preface written...

"Queer, dirty, insightful, and so funny" (Andrea Lawlor), this coyly revolutionary debut story collection imagines new origins and futures for its cast of unforgettable protagonists—almost all of whom are named Sarah. NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2021 BY THE MILLIONS * OPRAH MAGAZINE *...

Jamwal y Nisha se enamoran en Delhi, mientras esperan a que el semáforo se ponga en verde... así empieza una de los quince relatos que Jeffrey Archer ha reunido de todos los rincones del mundo durante los últimos cinco años hasta formar esta, su quinta antología de fascinantes cuentos cortos.

Esta colección de 12 cuentos cortos arrastra al lector a cada una de sus historias... ya sea "Viejo amor", la historia de dos estudiantes de grado en el Oxford de los años 30 y una rivalidad que acabará convertida en una memorable historia de amor... o bien "Rutina rota", que nos presenta a un asesor de reclamaciones de seguros y el sorprendente encuentro que vive en un tren de camino a su casa en Sevenoaks... o "El desliz de Henry", la historia de un Gran Bajá y de cómo la perfecta luna de miel acaba yéndose al traste.

Esta colección de 12 cuentos cortos arrastra al lector a cada una de sus historias... ya sea "Viejo amor", la historia de dos estudiantes de grado en el Oxford de los años 30 y una rivalidad que acabará convertida en una memorable historia de amor... o bien "Rutina rota", que nos presenta a un asesor de reclamaciones de seguros y el sorprendente encuentro que vive en un tren de camino a su casa en Sevenoaks... o "El desliz de Henry", la historia de un Gran Bajá y de cómo la perfecta luna de miel acaba yéndose al traste.

A warm welcome awaits…the charming new arrival from the No.1 bestselling author of The Canal Boat Cafe. Robin Brennan has come home to Campion Bay. Now her parents have retired, she’s set to become the new landlady of The Campion Bay Guesthouse. Bookings have been as thin as the hand towels...

The third Bride novel is a charm - from the #1 New York Times bestselling author. Sinjun Sherbrooke is bored with the London season, until she spies Colin Kinross across a crowded dance floor - and offers to be his bride...

Including stories first published in Cosmopolitan and the Saturday Evening Post, this best-selling collection follows the romantic escapades of Max Shulman's famed collegiate Don Juan. Like most undergraduates, Dobie Gillis is a bit scattered - sometimes he's as quick as a whip, other times dull as a doorstop, and his major keeps changing from chemistry to law to journalism. But no matter what subject he should be studying, Dobie always has a girl on his mind.

Chiara è disperata per essersi lasciata convincere a trascorrere le vacanze natalizie sulle Dolomiti insieme alla sua famiglia, invece di scappare verso l'agognato sole dei tropici. L'ultima volta che ha messo gli sci ai piedi, parecchi anni fa, si è ripromessa di non farlo mai più. Dovrà unirsi agli entusiasti sciatori e sperare di tornare tutta intera. Come se la situazione non fosse già di per sé difficile, dovrà anche avere a che fare con Giulio, l'enigmatico fratello del cognato.

Zayne Carmichael: The moment I set eyes on Emma Cooper, I knew she was meant to be mine. Unfortunately, my shy little lamb loves the word no. She's been rejecting me since day one. So I'm breaking out the big guns and fighting fire with fire.

I've fallen for the enemy. An enemy in every sense of the word. He stole my promotion. He's an overbearing control freak. And he once hurt someone I loved. I hate him. Well, I used to hate him. I relentlessly pursued him with ulterior motives to destroy him. Now . . . now he imbues my every waking breath.

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Hazel is down on her luck, without a job or a place to live and things only get worse when she gets into a fender bender with a beautifully dark man named Myles. He’s supermodel gorgeous with dark hair and piercing eyes. She’s afraid, and worried. With no money she’s not sure how she’ll repay him. When he offers her a job at his club dancing, she doesn’t know what to expect, and she certainly isn’t prepared to fall for the man. What started as repayment soon becomes obsession, need, and want.