Résultats de "Nell" dans Toutes les catégories

As Christmas approaches, widowed Reverend Caleb Brennan needs a wife, or his vengeful father-in-law will take his young daughters. When his mail-order bride jilts him, Caleb grows desperate. During a storm, he finds an unconscious boy outside his home with signs of foul play. Despite his previous misfortune, obligation compels Caleb to lug the stranger inside. But as he provides first aid, he discovers more than he expected.

On the run with two small children and a third due within weeks, Adeline Spencer fears the approaching blizzard will seal their fate. An abandoned cabin is an answer to her prayers. But when a stranger knocks at the door, she is convinced they have been found. Blamed for the death of his friend, Sheriff Jonah Hale is determined to prove himself worthy of his badge, even if it means riding into a blizzard to check on a crazy miner. When Jonah reaches the cabin, he’s caught off guard by a pretty young woman.

Once upon a time, Corrie Marsten fell hard and got dumped. Now, her only loves are sailing, and power. By day, she works as the head instructor for the University of Rhode Island's Sailing Center. Once night falls, she indulges in frequent casual sex with her friends, all of who know that like the wind, she can't be tethered. When Corrie meets vet student Quinn Davies, an enrollee in the summer sailing course, she senses Quinn's attraction and comes on strong.

In honor of our second anniversary, Carina Press brings you four gripping novellas by some of genre fiction's hottest voices! Explore interstellar space, get caught up in a caper, dabble in the paranormal and solve a murder aboard a cruise ship in this collection of stories reflecting the variety of our books!

Twenty-seven-year-old Nell Stevens was determined to write a novel, but life kept getting in the way. Then came a game-changing opportunity: she won a fellowship that would let her spend three months, all expenses paid, anywhere in the world to research and write a book. Would she choose a glittering metropolis, a romantic village, an exotic paradise? Not exactly. Nell chose Bleaker Island, a snowy, windswept pile of rock in the Falklands. There, in a guesthouse where she would be the only guest, she could finally rid herself of distractions and write.

When activist Nell Merlino decides something needs to change, she throws everything she has into changing it, whether it is raising the visibility of girls or helping women build their microbusinesses into million-dollar enterprises. Her many campaigns have helped women make dreams come true and Stepping Out of Line is Merlino's bold manifesto for women to get what they want in their lives.

Recent business school graduate Penny Baker has rebelled against her family her whole life - by being the conventional one. Her mother, Amalia, was a member of a South American tribe called the Kogi; her much older father, Norm, long ago attained cultlike deity status among a certain cohort of aging hippies while operating a psychedelic "healing center". And she's never felt particularly close to her much older half brothers from Norm's previous marriage. But all that changes when her father dies, and Penny inherits his childhood home in New Jersey.

When Yale student Sarah Storm comes out to her parents, they disown her and withdraw all support for her education. A few days later, Sarah's long-term girlfriend breaks up with her and Sarah loses everything that matters - family, future dreams, and love. Forced to leave Yale with only the contents of her dorm room and a boat of a car bequeathed to her by her grandmother, Sarah scrambles to get her life back on track at the University of Rhode Island.

In The Newlyweds, we follow the story of Amina Mazid, who at age twenty-four moves from Bangladesh to Rochester, New York, for love. A hundred years ago, Amina would have been called a mail-order bride. But this is an arranged marriage for the twenty-first century: Amina is wooed by - and woos - George Stillman online. For Amina, George offers a chance for a new life and a different kind of happiness than she might find back home. For George, Amina is a woman who doesn’t play games.

It's London, 1879, and the hapless members of the Explorers Club must confront their most lethal threat yet: the admission of a woman into their hermetically-sealed ranks. But the intrepid Phyllida Spotte-Hume turns out to be the least of their troubles, in this hilarious farce starring members of the original Broadway cast.

Are you sick and tired of watching your city, state and country spiral out of control and into the hands of liberals, whether Democrats or "Republicans in Name Only?" If so, you will be inspired to make a difference as you read the passionate battle cry of Scottie Nell Hughes. In the past, conservative women worked hard to nurture their homes, their churches and their communities, committing their time, talents and resources to the betterment of all concerned.

Som ganske ung bliver Nell kærester med den jævnaldrende Peter, der frier til hende. Men hun er for usikker, for bange for sine følelser, til at sige ja. Hun indleder et forhold til en meget ældre mand. Det bliver hendes trygge base, indtil også han stiller krav til hende - og hun må videre. Nell har herefter en række korte forhold til forskellige mænd. Hun møder også Peter til en fest - han er nu gift med en anden og har to børn. Da hun er midt i 30rne møder hun tilfældigt en mand, hun har kendt, siden hun var ung.

Peggy Smart, Alter: 79, Beziehungsstatus: Es ist kompliziert... Peggys Alltag ist so langweilig und beige wie die Klamotten in ihrem Schrank: Scrabble, Wassergymnastik, Arztbesuche. Auch die Enkel könnten häufiger vorbeikommen. Aber dass das Leben mit 79 noch bunt sein kann, das beweist eine alte Freundin. Als Angie neu in das Seniorendorf einzieht, mischt sie die Rentnergemeinschaft ordentlich auf. Auch Peggy erwacht aus ihrer Lethargie. Denn die früheren Freundinnen sind immer schon Rivalinnen gewesen. Und so dauert es nicht lange, bis beide für den charmanten Nachbarn Brian schwärmen.

1917, Petrograd. Fleeing the murderous flames of the Russian Revolution, Princess Svetlana Dalsky hopes to find safety in Paris with her mother and sister. But the city is buckling under the weight of the Great War, and the Bolsheviks will not rest until they have erased every Russian aristocrat from memory. Svetlana and her family are forced into hiding in Paris’ underbelly, with little to their name but the jewels they sewed into their corsets before their terrifying escape.

As the daughter of Sir Alfred Whitford, Kat has a certain set of responsibilities. Chasing her wayward sister, Ellie, to Nazi-occupied Paris was never supposed to be one of them. Now accustomed to the luxurious lifestyle that her Nazi boyfriend provides, Ellie has no intention of going back to the shackled life their parents dictate - but Kat will stop at nothing to bring her sister home.

On a quiet street, one house is burning to the ground. By the time sign language interpreter Paige Northwood arrives, flames have engulfed her client’s home. Though Lukas is safe, his wife is still inside. But she was dead before the fire started. Lukas signs to Paige that he knows who killed his wife. But then he goes silent - even when the police charge him with murder. Is he guilty, or afraid? Only Paige can help him now.

Charlotte Cairstine McDonald, the soon-to-be Duchess of the Isles of Caithness, is about to learn that even in 1967, it's dangerous to be born a royal. Especially if that royal - aka Charlotte - is hiding a secret...one that could end her engagement to a dreamy English duke. While alone on Saint Andrew's seaside bluff, Charlotte drifts into sleep and is transported from her 1960s reality to 1567 Scotland - an era when her secret would have guaranteed a trip to the executioner's dungeon.

Um das Angebot im Luxus-Resort »Pureza« zu erweitern, ist Sunny auf der Suche nach einer geeigneten Surfschule. Das »La Ola« wäre ideal, doch der Inhaber Luca hat nicht den besten Ruf. Um seine Surfschule vor dem Aus zu retten, macht er Sunny einen Vorschlag: Sie werden vorgeben, ein Paar zu sein. Denn Sunny hat schon lange Gefühle für einen Mann, der in ihr aber nur eine gute Freundin zu sehen scheint – dennoch reagiert er eifersüchtig, als er sie mit Luca sieht.

Helpful tips, heart-warming tails, and honest reviews for the busy dog parent. Being a dog mom is the best—but let’s be real, it can also be confusing, messy, and a little lonely sometimes. That’s why Tails & Tones exists. Every Friday, host Mariska (fellow dog parent and dog-obsessed human) delivers short, soulful episodes filled with practical dog care tips, honest product reviews, heart-warming stories, and real-life advice for intentional, busy dog parents like you. Listen on your favorite podcast app—Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon, or anywhere you tune in. You can also subscribe ...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The History of White People and Old in Art School, a finalist for the NBCC Award, comes a comprehensive new collection of essays spanning art, politics, and the legacy of racism that shapes American history as we know it. These essays resist easy answers in favor of complexity, the inescapable sense of our country’s potential thwarted by its failures. This collection will surely solidify Painter’s place among the finest critics and writers of the last half century.