Résultats pour "Renée Rosen" dans Fiction de genre

The USA Today Bestseller! Named one of 2021’s Most Anticipated Historical Novels by Oprah Daily ∙ SheReads ∙ Frolic ∙ BookReporter ∙ and more... The author of Park Avenue Summer throws back the curtain on one of the most remarkable feuds in history: Alva Vanderbilt and...

America in the 1920s was a country alive with the wild fun of jazz, speakeasies, and a new kind of woman—the flapper. Vera Abramowitz is determined to leave her gritty childhood behind and live a more exciting life, one that her mother never dreamed of. Bobbing her hair and showing her knees...

“A fresh and fun take on Barbie lore…clever and satisfying.” – Shelby Van Pelt, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Remarkably Bright Creatures She was only eleven-and-a-half inches tall, but she would change the world. Barbie is born in this bold new novel by USA Today bestselling...

It’s 1938, and a young woman selling face cream out of a New York City beauty parlor is determined to prove she can have it all. Her name is Estée Lauder, and she’s about to take the world by storm, in this dazzling new novel from the USA Today bestselling author of The Social Graces and...

“‘Mad Men meets The Devil Wears Prada,’ which might as well be saying ‘put me in your cart immediately.’”—PopSugar It’s 1965 and Cosmopolitan magazine’s brazen new editor in chief—Helen Gurley Brown—shocks America and saves a dying publication by daring to talk to women...

In the middle of the 20th century, the music of the Mississippi Delta arrived in Chicago, drawing the attention of entrepreneurs like the Chess brothers. Their label, Chess Records, helped shape that music into the Chicago Blues, the soundtrack for a transformative era in American history. But for Leeba Groski, Chess Records was just where she worked. Leeba didn't exactly fit in, but her passion for music and her talented piano playing captured the attention of her neighbor, Leonard Chess, who offered her a job at his new record company.

In late 19th-century Chicago, visionary retail tycoon Marshall Field made his fortune wooing women customers with his famous motto, "Give the lady what she wants." His legendary charm also won the heart of socialite Delia Spencer and led to an infamous love affair.

The latest novel from the bestselling author of Dollface and What the Lady Wants takes us deep into the tumultuous world of 1950s Chicago where a female journalist struggles with the heavy price of ambition... Every second of every day, something is happening. There’s a story out there buried...

She’s getting a fake boyfriend - me. Whether she likes it or not. The leggy car thief is trouble with a capital T. My brother went down because of her, I need to find him before the cops do, which means I’m not letting her out of my sight. Anywhere the human goes, I go. I’ll play her fake boyfriend. Sleep in her bedroom. Go to her prep school classes. Take her to the homecoming dance. I will learn all her secrets, find out all her games. By the time I’m done with her, she’ll be sorry. Sorry she ever set foot in our shop. Sorry she ever met me. Sorry she made me fall for her.

Once a respectable young governess, Louise Small tumbled from society's grace after her employer forced himself on her. She wound up at The Red Petticoat playing Little Lapis Lazuli, a submissive who dresses like a girl and offers her bottom up for frequent spankings. She enjoys her new identity, so far removed from the prim governess she'd been, but she longs for a real daddy - one who is kind and caring, yet willing to administer real discipline.

Driven by hope and vengeance, Carina Maria DiGratia leaves her idyllic home in Sonoma, California, for a new life in the mining town of Crystal, Colorado. Though the town has a rough element, Carina is determined that it will be the place where her dreams come true. Early on, two men vie for her trust - but neither is what he seems. Will Carina discern the truth in time to prevent tragedy?

Dans le New York des années 1930, le fabuleux destin d'une jeune femme qui allait révolutionner l'univers de la beauté : Estée Lauder. Une épopée romanesque et féministe, un vrai bijou de lecture. New York, l'endroit parfait pour se faire oublier. C'est en tout cas l'espoir de la jeune Gloria qui fuit un scandale familial dévastateur. Prête à se réinventer, il ne lui manque plus qu'une nouvelle amie pour l'accompagner dans la ville de tous les possibles. C'est alors qu'elle va trouver sur sa route la très idéaliste Estée.

New York, 1965. Eine Stadt im Aufbruch. Eine Frau mit einem Traum. Und eine Zeitschrift, die Amerika schockiert... Die junge Alice Weiss kommt nach New York, um Fotografin zu werden. Doch ihr wird nur eine Stelle als Sekretärin für die erste weibliche Chefredakteurin des Cosmopolitan-Magazins angeboten, Helen Gurley Brown. Nur steht die Cosmopolitan kurz vor der Einstellung. Mitarbeiter und Management rebellieren offen gegen Helens skandalöse Ideen, wie zum Beispiel Artikel über Sex zu veröffentlichen. Vertrauliche Informationen geraten immer wieder in falsche Hände.

Der erste Roman über Barbies Erfinderin Ruth Handler: Eine außergewöhnliche Frau, die ein Spielzeug erschuf, das zur Legende wurde – eine außergewöhnliche Geschichte, großes Kino! Im Jahr 1956 macht sich Ruth Handler, Mitbegründerin des aufstrebenden Spielzeugunternehmens Mattel, daran, den Markt zu revolutionieren: mit einer Puppe, die wie eine erwachsene Frau aussieht. Im Gegensatz zu den üblichen Babypuppen, die die traditionelle Mutterrolle bestärken, soll diese Puppe kleine Mädchen dazu ermutigen, alles sein und tun zu können, was sie wollen. So wird Barbie geboren.

Sara Goode is leading an exciting life in New York until her radio talk show is cancelled. She heeds the advice of a homeless woman - who insists she speaks with angels - and returns to Bland, Virginia, for Thanksgiving. But not everyone in the small town is happy to see her. Sara learns there is more to forgiveness than just receiving, but granting it as well. It doesn’t hurt that she’s falling for the town’s most eligible bachelor, Luke Sterling, the handsome minister of her family’s church. Luke has his own connection to NYC.

No one knows who the lady pulled from a Venetian canal is. Even she doesn't seem to know, and the ball gown and period undergarments she was wearing give no clues. hitting her head and oxygen deprivation have left her with amnesia. Dr. Luca Viale is determined to find out her identity. The bruises on her body appear to come from different times, convincing him that her situation was no accident. Can he restore her memory before another attempt is made on her life?

Trügerisch-harmlos, fast zärtlich beginnt es - das Gespräch eines alten Schauspieler-Paares an einem, wie man glauben könnte, idyllisch schönen warmen Morgen. "Der Alte" ist glücklich über seine Pelargonien und seine schwarze Katze; "die Alte" entzückt sich an "tanzenden Staubkörnchen in den Morgensonnenstrahlen". Doch unmerklich gerät die Idylle ins Bröckeln, bricht schließlich zusammen: es gibt weder Katze noch Blumen, aus dem warmen Morgen ist ein kalter Wintertag, schließlich eine verschneite Winternacht geworden, die beiden Alten können seit langem weder Miete noch Strom bezahlen, also gibt es auch weder Licht noch die strahlende Wärme der Heizsonne.