Showing results for "Wing" in Contemporary

After breaking free from the gilded cage of my abusive marriage, I have nothing to my name but a letter from a long-lost relative. Come home, Willow. Your family is waiting for you. I sacrificed everything to flee for the tiny town of Briar Valley and its promise of a better life for my young daughter. Hope often takes the unlikeliest of forms, but I didn't expect to find it nestled among the rugged, snow-capped mountains. Nor did I intend to surrender my heart to three tortured mountain men hiding from their own grief in the thick forest of pine trees.

Milly Theale is a young, beautiful, and fabulously wealthy American. When she arrives in London and meets the equally beautiful but impoverished Kate Croy, they form an intimate friendship. But nothing is as it seems: materialism, romance, self-delusion, and ultimately fatal illness insidiously contaminate the glamorous social whirl.

The best way to gain confidence after years with the wrong guy? Hayden Owens—the hottest defenseman in pro hockey, my confident best friend, and my new dating coach. He’ll teach me to be a player, but convinces me to practice with him. We’ve been friends for years, but our flirting lessons and practice kisses push the bounds of friendship. We’re roommates, but sleeping in the same bed. He buys me a toy as a favor… but helps me use it. All that relationship stuff he’s always avoided? He doesn’t seem to mind it anymore.

I've been called a lot of names. Depraved. Monster. Unhinged. I never thought I'd see the day someone called me "husband." Me? Have a wife? It's a terrible idea all around, but once I saw her, there wasn't a chance in hell I was walking away.

Ein paar Fake-Dates mit einem Eishockeyspieler, um ein verheerendes Geheimnis zu bewahren? Klingt einfach. Wären da nicht diese blauen Augen, die versuchen hinter meine Fassade zu blicken…

Forced away from the Outback she both loves and loathes, bush pilot Amelia Fraser has lost everything—except her compassion. Running from tragedy, she finds herself in Settlers Bridge, determined to never let anyone get close to her again… because accepting love might mean she is ready to replace her memories. And she'll never let that happen. Widower Heath Brennan has learned to channel his grief into anger and self-recrimination. Haunted by the tragic accident that claimed his wife, he is a recluse, grappling with guilt and a heart full of unresolved anguish.

Katie Simmons swore she'd never move back to Georgia. But two years after finishing her degree in museum studies, Katie is still out of work. When she receives an offer to curate the founder's museum for her college sorority, Katie embarks on a wild scavenger hunt for antique chairs that throws her into the path of rockstar Syd Collins.

Inga Svartdal struggles to adapt to her new life on the Gaupås farm. Although she finds joy in the little things and makes new friends, she cannot find any joy in her marriage to the much older Niels. Her heart belongs to Martin Storedal, the son of her father's worst enemy. More complications ensue now that Inga is pregnant, without knowing who the child's father is. Inga longs to be with Martin all the time, but their love seems to continuously run into obstacles.

Jenna McGovern has spent her whole life training for the stage. She's taken dance classes, voice lessons, and even earned her performance degree from one of the most prestigious musical theater programs in the nation. At graduation, she's stunned when a chance audition lands her a prime supporting role in the hottest Broadway touring production in the country. In more exciting news, Jenna discovers acclaimed television star Adrienne Kenyon is headlining the production.

I grew up chasing the fae through the garden, pretending I saw ghosts in the house, and dreaming of dragons. That's all long behind me now. Mother's spells didn't save her, and in turn, I dedicated myself to science. Work as a paleontologist is everything I dreamed it could be. You find solid facts buried thousands of years ago. You can quantify those facts. It's real. You can touch it, prove it, and most of all - you know it works. My team never meant to find a nest of dragon eggs at a dig site. And I'm the only one who recognizes what they are.

I don’t often deny myself. If I want it, I’ll find a way to obtain it, not caring what lines I have to cross. She is the exception. Indie is forbidden; a toy that isn’t mine to break. But she is a pretty thing I’m eager to play with. For months I’ve tried to resist and keep my distance, but it would appear the fates are finally on my side because now she’s willingly come to me. She’s in trouble and I’m the only one who can help...that is if she’s willing to pay the price.

Peut-on apprendre à rêver avec des ailes brisées ? Dans ce monde, les gens normaux bâtissent leur vie, nourrissent des projets, tentent l'amour ou plus si affinités. Loin de toutes ces considérations, Léandro, lui, stagne dans les rues de Detroit depuis toujours, au milieu du vide que représente son univers. Ses racines ? La fatalité les lui a arrachées avant même qu'il n'apprenne à respirer. L'avenir ? Personne ne lui a jamais expliqué comment avancer. Cependant il y a le présent. La rage d'exister, le besoin de se battre.

Le coeur de Paisley pourrait s'arrêter de battre à tout instant. La jeune femme est atteinte d'une maladie cardiaque et chaque jour pourrait être le dernier. Mais rien ne l'empêchera d'aller au bout de la liste des choses qu'elle veut faire, même si cela doit la tuer... Et c'est presque le cas lorsqu'un jour elle plonge dans l'océan en apnée et qu'elle est sauvée in extremis par Jagger. Le jeune homme la sort de l'eau et la réanime en lui faisant du bouche à bouche. Et quand elle se réveille, Paisley a l'âme en feu...

Eva Taylor has been locked in an attic for four years. Failed by the foster system, and left in the hands of a woman who hates her, and a man who wants her, Eva has given up hope of ever having a life. When she finds a mysterious letter from Rothmore College addressed to her in the trash, Eva's future suddenly comes alive. Now all she has to do is figure out a way to escape her attic prison, make her way across the country to New York City, and figure out all the things that point to the fact that she isn't exactly normal....

Introverted Daisy McGregor is used to being a wallflower, but what she lacks in style, she makes up for with an acerbic wit, a passion for life, and a deep devotion to her family. So she'll suffer through her sister Dahlia's bachelorette party and accept the cloud of pity for going stag to the wedding. Out at the pub, sexy bad boy Mason Carlisle is a reluctant wingman tasked with entertaining Daisy while his brother flirts with her oldest sister, Daffodil. When the plan fails and Mason's true intent is revealed, he feels intense guilt - and a sensual spark of desire.

Erin Watters is her small town's resident wild child—she doesn't do boring, and after having her heart annihilated, she definitely doesn't do relationships. Her friends have other ideas, though, and when they throw down a matchmaking challenge, impulsive Erin can't ignore it. Even when the annoyingly hot Troy Streiber accepts the matchmaker role.

I’m a workaholic and proud of it. I’ve accomplished everything on my 10-year plan, except getting married before turning 30. The problem is, I don’t believe in romance or true love anymore - but my biological clock is screaming at me. I probably shouldn’t have accepted an arranged marriage proposal, but I did, and I boarded a plane to Argentina to meet my future husband. Fate, however, had other plans.

Lesley Joseph stars as romantic novelist Angela Temple in these three sparkling series Angela Temple is a best-selling ‘bonk-buster’ writer beloved by her readers for her raunchy, bodice-ripping historical romances. To her adoring public, she’s demure, chaste and respectable – but in...