Showing results for "Trust" in Contemporary

A difficult year filled with loss and heartache leaves Allison Scott withdrawn and emotionally disconnected. When she is finally ready to move forward with her life, she embarks on a getaway vacation to Miami, determined to find healing from the painful memories in her past. Damien Wales also has a tragic past that has left him a cold and distant person. However, the moment he sees Allison, he is inexplicably drawn to her, and Damien is a man who will stop at nothing to get what he wants.

They say I married Clarissa Harcourt for her father's company. They're wrong. When your mentor makes a dying wish that you'll marry his daughter... you do it. Especially when you're halfway in love with her already. Unfortunately, this marriage of convenience is anything but convenient. Clarissa doesn't know about the tattoos I hide under bespoke suits or my more than skin-deep scars. She's too vulnerable—and I'm too broken—for us to be more than married without benefits.

Liv’s happy with life in her thirties. She has two cats, one BFF, and no boyfriend, which is just how she likes it. Plus, she loves working at a not-for-profit software company where she can be her authentically autistic self. This is her happy ever after. But when her beloved firm merges with a repulsive rival, Liv finds herself competing with her sort-of-ex for the top job. Sure, Finn had been Liv’s best friend, with his nerdy good looks and their shared love of Tolkien, but there was that one night, their song, and … well, she doesn’t like to talk about it.

Pietro and Teresa's love affair is tempestuous and passionate. After yet another terrible argument, she gets an idea: they should tell each other something they've never told another person, something they're too ashamed to tell anyone. A few days after sharing their shameful secrets, they break up. Not long after, Pietro meets Nadia, falls in love, and proposes. But the shadow of the secret he confessed to Teresa haunts him, and Teresa herself periodically reappears, standing at the crossroads of every major moment in his life. Or is it he who seeks her out?

Being young is all about the experiences: the first time you skip school, the first time you fall in love…the first time someone holds a gun to your head. After being held hostage during a robbery at the local convenience store, seventeen-year-old Edie finds her attitude about life shattered...

My name is Hadley Parker, and today I take control of my life. Today I start school at Pacific Prep. This is my new lease on life, and I won't be wasting it. I need this, now, more than ever. I need the education, the promise of a future that I wouldn't get anywhere else. These rich kids don't like me, though. When Hawk Davenport decides he doesn't want me here, his friends back him. Along with Hawk, Westley Warren, Cam Rutherford, and Mason Hayes rule this school...and nobody dares go against them. They don't know the real me.

No Love without Trust. Auf der Golden Isles Academy kennt jeder die attraktiven Zwillinge Felix und Noah James - die reichen Erben, die seit dem tödlichen Unfall ihrer Eltern noch unnahbarer geworden sind. May scheint die Einzige zu sein, die keinerlei Interesse an den beiden hat. Doch als Felix ihr einen Job als Nanny seiner kleinen Schwester anbietet, muss May sich eingestehen, dass sie Geld braucht. Im herrschaftlichen Haus der James-Brüder lernt sie eine ganz andere Seite an Felix kennen.

Seit Sofia Cortinéz zu ihrer Tante nach Amerika gezogen ist, lebt sie ein falsches Leben: teure Kleider, erschwindeltes Geld und eine erfundene Persönlichkeit. Sofias erstes Opfer: Arthur Sullivan, Erbe eines millionenschweren Auto-Imperiums und Skandalliebling der Presse schlechthin. Doch bald droht ihre Tarnung aufzufliegen, ihre Gefühle verraten sie und Sofia und Arthur müssen herausfinden, ob sie einander doch noch vertrauen können.

Hawkeye operative Trace Romero lives on the edge, taking risks and thriving on danger. When his boss's little sister's house is broken into, he's tasked with keeping her - and her secrets - safe. Trace's arrival turns Aimee Inamorata's perfectly ordered life upside down. The dominant and infuriatingly arrogant man is the kind of jaded alpha male she's spent a lifetime avoiding. Now he's sleeping in her house, telling her what to do, looking like temptation and sin, igniting a flame that threatens to consume her.

Edie Millen hatte hohe Erwartungen an ihr letztes Highschooljahr - mitten in einen Raubüberfall zu stolpern, gehörte jedoch nicht dazu. Als ihr das Gerede ihrer Mitschüler zu viel wird, wechselt sie die Schule - nicht ahnend, dass sie dort auf John Cole treffen würde, der ihr an jenem Abend das Leben rettete. Wilde Gerüchte ranken sich um John - er sei gewalttätig und deale mit Drogen. Edie weiß, dass sie ihr Herz aufs Spiel setzt, doch kann sie nicht gegen die Gefühle ankämpfen, die John in ihr hervorruft ...

I wasn't sure how meeting baby Lily's father would go, but it definitely wasn't while tripping over an empty beer can castle after walking into his apartment. Locke Hayes, a disgraced pro football prodigy, is an absolute mess and within five minutes of meeting him, has become a complete pain in my ass. There's no way I'm leaving Lily with him, not until he proves he's dad material.

After a string of disastrous relationships - and a narrow escape from an abusive partner - Braden Cross is finally putting his past to rest. Combining both his passion for baking and his knack for business, Braden owns the Sugar n' Spice Cafe with his best friend, who concocts exotic coffees and teas that pair perfectly with his decadent confections. When a stalker sets his sights on Braden, the young pastry chef's world is turned upside down. Braden is relieved whenformer Army Special Forces captain Zavier McCade steps in to offer his protection. 

No one understands my obsession with my best friend's bodyguard. They don't see the sweet man inside the stoic exterior. The one who buys me novels and thinks I don't know he follows me home. He's fighting feelings for me despite what he calls "professional boundaries." When he volunteers to marry me so I can access my trust fund, I'm more convinced than ever. But it takes more than a Vegas wedding to make a marriage. And that prenup I never thought we'd need? It may be the one thing to save us.

Je n'aurais jamais dû croiser la route d'Alister Howl, le quarterback remplaçant d'Avix University. Mais Alister ne renonce jamais. Ce que je sais en revanche, c'est qu'à partir de cet instant, tout dérape. Faire semblant de sortir avec un joueur alors que son coéquipier tente de me reconquérir, c'est comme jouer avec le feu. Et sur ce terrain-là, je le sens… il n'y aura que des perdants.

Change is not Jenny Quinn's strong suit, but she's happy enough with her easy-going life, friends, and job as a TV production assistant. That is until a company shake-up foists the infuriating Olivia Sinclair on her. The woman is uptight, snobby, and has some perfect and famous motor-racing husband. TV and theater producer Olivia moved to New York from the UK to marry her longtime friend. It's a sham marriage, a favor to a man she loves as a brother, but the strain is beginning to take its toll.

We made a deal with the devil many years ago and sentenced ourselves to a life of hookups and casual sex. It's not safe for us to bring a woman into our lives, and until recently, it was enough. But then we met her. Our Angel. On the outside, Leighton's a good girl forced to live a life as a pawn in a game she didn't choose to play. But on the inside? On the inside, she's the missing piece of our puzzle. There are a million reasons we shouldn't want her. We're eighteen years her senior. She's the police commissioner's daughter. We work with the most infamous criminals in the city.

L'amour ? Cloé n'en a pas besoin. Elle a trop souffert pour risquer d'avoir à nouveau le cœur brisé. Seuls comptent ses amis, et ses cours à l'université. Sa routine est bien huilée, rien ne la fera sortir de son chemin. Jusqu'à ce qu'elle le rencontre, lui. Les filles ? Matthias les...

Melindas Leben verläuft mit kleinen Schwankungen in ruhigen Bahnen, mal in die eine, mal in die andere Richtung. Doch dann drängt sich der gutaussehende Sam in ihr Leben und stellt es zu ihrem Leidwesen gehörig auf den Kopf. Ist sein plötzlich entfachtes Interesse nur Teil einer Wette? Aber Sam ist anders als erwartet und die Schublade, in den sie ihn stecken will, klemmt und seine grünen Augen verfolgen sie bis in den Schlaf. Widerwillig bemerkt sie, dass ihre Vorurteile sich langsam aber sicher in Luft auflösen.

I’ve never been the kind of man to give much thought to the future. When I pictured what forever looked like, I didn’t see a picket fence, a wife, or a bunch of little rugrats running around. I had the dog, and that was good enough for me. Or it had been, until a woman with dark, silky hair...

Seit Samantha denken kann, ist Josh ihr Rettungsanker, wenn ihr Stiefvater mal wieder gewalttätig wird. Doch nach einem Vorfall auf einer Party, verschwindet Sam spurlos und wird für tot erklärt. Zehn Jahre später sitzt Josh bei einem wichtigen Geschäftsessen, als er in der Kellnerin seine totgeglaubte Jugendliebe wiedererkennt.