Showing results for "Veronica" in Literature & Fiction

Richard Christopher Radcliffe, the Marquess of Sunderland, the man Miss Cassandra Carlyle has loved since she was a little girl, has returned—with his betrothed in hand. Lady Desiree was the picture of grace, beauty and perfection, everything that the naïve, unsophisticated young Cassandra was not. Dejected and brokenhearted, Cassandra asked her family to take her to London for her first season. With the aid of her friend, Jeremiah Devlin Huntington, Marquess of Waterford, she soon found herself touted as the darling of the ton.

Published in 1886, this engaging novel delves into the life of a small community where young Veronica, after the loss of her mother, finds solace and guidance in her neighbor Gertrude, who takes her under her wing. Gertrudes son, Dietrich, is training to be a saddler, following in his fathers footsteps. Despite the hard work that defines their daily lives, moments of joy and contentment arise from the nurturing relationships they share with Gertrude and two other wise matronly neighbors. As the years go by, Dietrich and Veronica face challenges, particularly from the mischief of local peers, ...

Edward Devlin Huntington, Earl of Calverston, has been friends with Diana since childhood. As the years went by, their friendship blossomed into young love that each found hard to deny. But when Diana debuted in her first London Season, she instantly became the diamond of the ton. Discouraged, Edward sailed to America to manage a trading company in New York and make a name for himself. Seven years later, he returned home a different man: distinguished, worldly, successful, and breathtakingly wealthy. His only conundrum was, did Diana still hold a place in her heart for him?

One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century The extraordinary new novel from the acclaimed author of Bad Behavior and Two Girls, Fat and Thin, Veronica is about flesh and spirit, vanity, mortality, and mortal affection. Set mostly in Paris and Manhattan in the desperately...

Verónica invita a sus seis mejores amigos a una cena en una casa en Soacha. Sabe que les parecerá extraña una cena fuera de Bogotá, pero no le cabe duda de que llegarán. Todos llevan un buen tiempo experimentando unos sueños extraños en los que se ven a sí mismos como si fueran otras...

Tara had read in books of people turning white with shock. At that moment, she found out what it felt like. All the blood left her head. There was a roaring in her ears, and her legs wobbled. He knows who I am. Which means he knows I'm on the run. Any chance of smoothly covering for her awkwardness had shot right out the window when she froze like a deer in the headlights at the sound of her real name. And now Sexy Sheriff was getting up. And up...

Veronica Fischer lives in Pekin, a small town in middle America. She's your average 20-something (looking) redhead... vampire... madam... who recently adopted the ghost of 8-year-old Rachel Gregory. Now she's on a rollercoaster ride of adventure, magic, mysteries, and pain, with chatroom hitmen, amnesiac graverobbers, racist arsonists, power-hungry lounge suit vampires, horny zombies, and demonic spirits. Even 77-year-old vampires have coming of age stories, sometimes they're just later in life... with monsters and gunfire. Our ridiculously talented cast: Starring: Claire Coyle, Jim Cummings, ...

Upstairs, downstairs... it's all going on at the manor. From the bestselling author of THE LONG WEEKEND and A NIGHT ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS. Before THE BEACH HUT there was AN ELIGIBLE BACHELOR... When Guy wakes up with a terrible hang-over and a new fiancée, he tries not to panic. After all...

Man försöker vara lyckad. Drömmer om att göra karriär. Samtidigt som man vill vara en superbra mamma och en perfekt sambo. Man fantiserar om ett frieri. Har man levt tillsammans med världens finaste man i sju år känns det naturligt att vilja stadga sig på riktigt. Särskilt när han är en attraktiv läkare som bara blir snyggare för varje år. Själv utvecklas man åt motsatt håll - väljer praktiska mjukisklänningar och har håret i hästsvans och släpar runt på en gammal skötväska med stora fickor istället för något avskalat elegant med snitsiga gulddetaljer.

A complete dark new adult romance series, plus bonus content, from international best-selling author Veronica Eden. Binge stories full of addictive angst, heart-stopping drama, suspenseful twists, irresistible bullies, fierce heroines, and swoon-worthy happily ever afters in this complete four-book series bundle. Set includes Wicked Saint, Tempting Devil, Ruthless Bishop, and Savage Wilder, plus an exclusive bonus series epilogue narrated by Michael Gallagher.

The sisters at a lonely Cornish convent share a chilling secret they cannot confess...Sister Sophia is dead. Another disappears. And a mysterious last letter from a dying nun is sent to the prioress. Sister Joan has faced her own demons. Now she is sent to the convent to investigate, as well as teach the local children. There are whispers of virgin sacrifice and suicide, and the mother prioress certainly wears pink nail varnish. And who is the young man hiding in the bracken? 

Beneath the Southern charm, Savannah's secrets are darker than its cobblestone streets. US Marshal Katelyn Landers never expected her estranged sister-in-law, Vivienne Chandler, to show up on her doorstep, especially not with a chilling claim that her husband has emptied their bank accounts and...

Lavinia ha trent’anni. Da poco è andata vivere da sola in una casa ancora vuota, che non sa riempire, in una città dai tratti meridionali che ricorda Palermo, e che forse lo è. A trent’anni è così: la vita sembra fuggire via, nulla si ferma, niente rimane. L’amore è un ricordo burrascoso dell’adolescenza. Il sesso, una medicina da ingerire che, a poco a poco, inizia a non fare più effetto.

From New York Times bestselling author Elle Cosimano, comes Veronica Ruiz Breaks the Bank—a hilarious short story diving into Finlay Donovan's partner-in-crime Vero's past. Anyone can spot a window of opportunity, but not everyone can manage to fall straight through one. Veronica Ruiz is on...

A montage of his life flickered before my eyes. I felt every joy, heartbreak, triumph, and defeat. And then there was nothing but terror.... For years, powerful empath Vesper Tallinn has kept herself isolated from the rest of the world. Because of her ability to manipulate emotions, she has the tendency to draw dangerous people to her. She can count the number of people she trusts on one hand, because in her experience, it's altogether safer to be alone. Not only that, but keeping her head down keeps her off the radar of the Remnant Gods.

Nothing's more romantic than matching with the same guy every time you reluctantly download a dating app. Hotter than ever—check. Off-limits—double check. Why does the universe hate me? Cole Kincaid is unfairly irresistible and the one guy I'll never have. My brother's best friend is all grown up, but he's not here to witness my messy girl era. He's Dad's new assistant coach for Heston U's hockey team. Match me once, we'll laugh it off and never talk about it again. Match me twice, well, this is awkward. Match me three-four-five times? My resolve is only so strong.

'Magical, romantic, fantastique' MILLY JOHNSON 'A perfect Parisian fantasy every woman will love' KATIE FFORDE 'Wow, wow, WOW. Her best and most perfect book yet. I adored every word. Sublime, as always' JILL MANSELL 'The perfect weekend read. I was so captivated I didn't notice I was turning...

Aliens searching for a new home planet have studied humans through the “archives” they’ve discovered, specifically, Hollywood musicals. They arrive on Earth ready to integrate with the world through song, but find the world does not greet them the way they expect. Think Galaxy Quest with musicals!

His name is Luke. But nobody knows that. He was an iconic musician before he gave up music. But nobody knows that either. They also don't know he's 27, that he used to have an infectious laugh, and that he's way too young to be widowed. They certainly don't know the rest of his tragic story. All they know is that he comes into their cafe at the same time every morning and stares at the same chair at the same table. They know he's strange. They know he interrupts their breakfast with a cold blast of air as he hovers in the doorway, mustering the courage to confront a piece of furniture.

Gli omicidi della famiglia Hope sconvolsero la costa del Maine in una notte del 1929. Sebbene la maggior parte delle persone ritenesse responsabile la diciassettenne Lenora Hope, la polizia non è mai riuscita a dimostrarlo. A parte la sua smentita dopo gli omicidi, non ne ha mai più parlato pubblicamente, né è mai più uscita da Hope’s End, la casa sulla scogliera dove avvenne il massacro. È il 1983 e l’assistente domiciliare Kit McDeere arriva alla villa per occuparsi di Lenora, sulla settantina e costretta su una sedia a rotelle.