Showing results for "With Love" in Contemporary Fiction

Rohan’s dreams come crashing down when his beloved breaks up with him. Unable to endure the trauma of separation, he decides to end his life. An unexpected phone call gives his story a twist and takes him on a journey to diverse places, where he discovers life-altering truths. Who is the mysterious call from? Is he able to overcome his grief and make a fresh start?

In a remote Sicilian mountain town, four women arrive at a cookery school, each at a turning point in their lives. Moll is a foodie and an exhausted working mum on the holiday of a lifetime. Tricia, a top London lawyer, is taking a break from the demands of her job and her family. Valerie, consumed by grief following the death of her partner, is trying to figure out how to live a life without him. And recently divorced Poppy has come to Sicily to learn about the place where her grandfather was born before emigrating to Australia.

Winner of multiple literary prizes, Laura Castoro pens novels in genres as diverse as contemporary fiction, Westerns, and period romance. Love on the Line stars unforgettable mother and daughter Thea and Jesse Morgan. Recently widowed, Thea has become a successful business woman and is now rekindling a love affair with a former star athlete-turned pastor. Meanwhile, Jesse struggles with her mixed race heritage as she tries to fit in at college.

Alice loves to cook. She believes the secret of good food is to cook with passion. Her love affair with cookery has taken her from her parents' seaside hotel to Paris and then one of Dublin's finest restaurants. Then she marries Liam and is happy to hang up her chef's hat and cook for her family and friends instead. But now she's cooking for one! Her marriage to Liam over, it's high time she learns to stand on her own two feet and begin again....

Nattie is now happily married to Hugo, and they have two beautiful children, but her heart has never truly been hers to give.... The love of her life was lost to her years ago, but now Ahmed is back, and although he knows Nattie is married, he just can't stop himself from making contact. Desperate to find out what happened but torn between Ahmed and her family, Nattie ends up meeting him in secret. But will her lies cause more trouble than the truth?

Da en engelsk-indisk kærlighedstrekant endte i mord, sendte det chokbølger gennem 1950'ernes Bombay. Omkring 40 år senere i London efterlader Bhalus døende mor ham en kuffert fyldt med breve og et mysterium: Var der i forbindelse med mordet endnu en skjult og ustraffet forbrydelse, som havde haft stor betydning for Bhalu og hans families liv?

Alors qu'il doit faire face à ce qu'il redoutait le plus, Teagan découvre qu'il n'avait pas encore imaginé le pire. Son passé le frappe de plein fouet, faisant voler en éclats son présent et menaçant son avenir. Sera-t-il assez fort pour l'affronter ? Au plus mal, Elena sera-t-elle capable de lui venir en aide ?

Young flippert zwischen Bude, Hörsaal und den Betten seiner letzten Tinder-Matches hin und her. Er studiert in Seoul, zusammen mit Jaehee, seiner BFF und Mitbewohnerin, zieht er durch die glitzernden Bars und queeren Clubs der Stadt. Mit noch einem Glas Soju in der Hand und eisgekühlten Marlboro Reds zwischen den Lippen beschwören sie die Euphorie, jede Nacht. Gegen die Ängste, gegen die Liebe, gegen die Ansprüche der Familie und die Not mit dem Geld. Doch als auch Jaehee endlich ankommen will, bleibt Young allein zurück im Partymodus.

Prague, 1938: Eva flies down the street from her sister. Suddenly a man steps out, a man wearing a hat. Eva runs into him, hits the pavement hard. His hat is in the gutter. His anger slaps Eva, but his hate will change everything, as war forces so many lives into small, brown suitcases. Prague...

Früher waren Davy und Joe gute Kumpels. Inzwischen treffen sie sich nur noch gelegentlich, wenn Davy aus England nach Dublin kommt, um seinen Vater zu besuchen. Es sind oberflächliche Begegnungen, sie sind erwachsen geworden, jeder hat sein eigenes Leben. Doch dieser Abend ist anders. Die beiden Männer ziehen wie früher um die Häuser, trinken ein Bier nach dem anderen, und die Gespräche werden immer vertrauter. Lange zurückgehaltene Gefühle und Konflikte drängen nach oben. Joe vertraut seinem Freund an, dass er seine Frau und seine Kinder für eine andere verlassen hat.

多くの読者が涙した感動の前作のその後を綴る、待望の続編!『生きる』ことにまっすぐ向き合った愛の物語。

In I Love Dick, published in 1997, Chris Kraus boldly tore away the veil that separates fiction from reality and privacy from self-expression. It's no wonder that I Love Dick instantly elicited violent controversies and attracted a host of passionate admirers. The story is gripping enough: in 1994 a married, failed independent filmmaker, turning forty, falls in love with a well-known theorist and endeavors to seduce him with the help of her husband.

Kate Johnson, Anwältin bei Black & Chase, stammt aus gutem Hause. Die ihr mitgegebenen Werte sind für sie von großer Bedeutung. Ihr nächster Mandant aber bringt sie an ihre Grenzen, denn Rockstar Danny Morton ist das wandelnde Chaos. Nie kommt er pünktlich zu einem Termin, seine Manieren lassen zu wünschen übrig, und Partys scheinen ihm wichtiger zu sein als die drohende Klage seines ehemaligen Agenten. Kate hat alle Hände voll zu tun, den eigenwilligen Kerl in den Griff zu bekommen. Dass sie ihn wider alle Umstände dennoch attraktiv findet, macht es nicht gerade leichter.

L'inespéré pourrait finir par leur arriver ! Il est 11h05, le monde s'arrête de tourner pour Célia. Elle vient de perdre ce qu'elle a de plus cher. Malgré tous ses efforts, elle se retrouve vraiment seule cette fois-ci et ne voit plus comment reprendre sa vie en mains. Alors que le contrat signé avec Roman prend brusquement le contrôle de leurs destinées à tous les deux, le passé de chacun va ressurgir et les emmener au bord du précipice.

L'imprévu pourrait être sa plus belle surprise ! Il est 10h30 quand son patron arrive au café dans lequel travaille Célia. Il lui fait un sourire et l'invite une fois de plus à dîner. Mais Max est Français, et la réputation des Français pour briser les cœurs n'est plus à faire... Quelle excuse va-t-elle pouvoir trouver pour l'éviter ? Et si elle mettait ses préjugés de côté, Célia ne serait-elle pas surprise ?

From the bestselling author of Station Eleven and Sea of Tranquility—Gavin Sasaki was a promising young journalist in New York City until the day he was fired for plagiarism. The last thing he wants is to sell foreclosed real estate for his sister Eilo’s company in their Florida hometown...

Martin Carter is having a crook day. His home life's a misery, he's been retrenched by the bank, and everyone's forgotten his birthday. But a million-dollar payroll, a pistol, and a split-second decision change everything. Hurtling north on a motorcycle with the intriguing Faith, Martin encounters a mysterious hit-man, a new-age bike gang, a reclusive media mogul, and the booby-trapped mountain hideout of an old schoolmate.

"La verità è quasi sempre una storia raccontata a metà." Una giovane donna attende con ansia fuori da una stanza d'ospedale. È stata lei ad accompagnare lì d'urgenza l'uomo che ora è ricoverato in gravi condizioni. È stata lei a soccorrerlo in spiaggia, mentre passava per caso, dice. Non dice - non può farlo - che invece erano insieme, che sono amanti. Lo stesso giorno, in un'altra ala dell'ospedale, una donna è in attesa di notizie sul marito, vittima di un incidente d'auto.