Flowers Fiction

South China coast, 1801. Sold as a child to a floating brothel, twenty-six-year-old Yang has finally bought her freedom, only to be kidnapped by a brutal pirate gang and forced to marry their leader. Dragged through stormy seas and lawless bandit havens, Yang must stay scrappy to survive. She embeds herself in the dark business of piracy, carving out her role against the resistance of powerful pirate leaders and Cheung Po Tsai, her husband's flamboyant male concubine.

She must return to the place that twice brought her shame. She’ll have one final chance to save someone else. Tennessee, 1982. Wildflower McAllister thought she’d put the past behind her. But when she learns her mother is dying, she digs deep and returns to the small mountain town that stole her innocence and cast her out. And she has no choice but to pull her thirteen-year-old granddaughter Daisy right back into the ghosts of her painful history.

Set in 1940s Appalachia, The Secret Sense of Wildflower tells the story of Louisa May "Wildflower" McAllister whose life has been shaped around the recent death of her beloved father in a sawmill accident. While her mother hardens in her grief, Wildflower and her three sisters must cope with their loss themselves, as well as with the demands of daily survival. Despite these hardships, Wildflower has a resilience that is forged with humor, a love of the land, and an endless supply of questions to God.

Some gifts are blessings. Others refuse to let you go. Seventeen-year-old Toby wants nothing more than to be a normal senior at her new school—blend in, make friends, and dream about the future with her boyfriend. But after the car accident that took her mother’s life, "normal" isn’t an option. Toby can see the dead. And the dead won’t leave her alone. When ghostly encounters begin to shake her fragile peace, Toby realizes her connection to the spirit world hasn’t faded—it’s only grown stronger.

Thea Tennant, eldest daughter of a wealthy family, yearns to do more with her life. When her beautiful but flighty sister, Dulcie, brings trouble to the family, both Thea and Dulcie are sent to relatives in Austria. But with the onset of war, their lives change beyond recognition. It isn't just the Tennants whose lives have changed: for their parlour maid, Primmy, the war brings opportunities she is determined to take.

Eventually, all wallflowers will have their chance at love...this is where it begins. Lottie Hughes likes people, as long as they aren't too close. Does it bother her that no one asks her to dance? Yes, but she's not sure how to drum up dance partners when she has almost no dowry and no title, and freezes up when anyone tries to talk to her. Ellen might be beautiful and considered a diamond of the first water by Society, but she is so very tired of the pressure to marry a titled gentleman. Charlotte Winters is destined to spinsterhood until she turns down an unwanted proposal.

Set mostly in the north of the UK, in a near future. Women march together in protest at a government reneging on climate promises. Two glorified paper pushers in Spain help British ex-pats escape a heatwave that will soon lay waste to most of southern Europe. A twitter storm erupts in the panic of a real tempest. In the northeast, a beloved allotment sinks below the waterline. Sea levels rise, toxic rain falls and the earth poisons the food that grows in it. The elite, and winners of the life lottery, are evacuated to giant towers.

Flower of Scotland tells the story of a family of whisky distillers from Perthshire: Charlotte, who gets engaged to Lieutenant Geoffrey Armitage as World War I breaks out, her sister Nell who has visions, brothers Peter and Andrew - who gambles, and cousin Wonky. Their mother is dead and their father, Murdo, has a heart condition. The war takes its toll on them all, as the men become soldiers and the women nurses. Andrew is in Ireland and involved in the 1916 Easter uprising.

Briony Marsden has led a hard life, forced to do the work of a grown man while enduring her drunkard father's taunts and blows. But when he goes too far, her fate becomes even worse as she makes her way alone in a heartless world. But Chad Cameron, the richest man in the district, has always admired Briony's spirit. When her fortunes are at their lowest, he falls in love with her and decides to make her his wife. Unfortunately, the only way he can do it is by trickery.

Publié en 1857, Les Fleurs du mal de Charles Baudelaire, est un recueil de poèmes qui explore les thèmes de la beauté, du mal, de la mélancolie, et de la révolte. L'œuvre, souvent considérée comme un chef-d'œuvre de la poésie française, reflète les tourments intérieurs du poète face à une société moderne et aliénante. Baudelaire y exprime un profond malaise existentiel, oscillant entre fascination pour le sublime et attirance pour la décadence.

Tyson Brooks is hungry. And all he wants is Troian Taylor on his plate.

As Aerieville, Tennessee’s Flower House finally gains in popularity, Sierra Ravenswood finds herself feeling ready for new challenges. Luckily, the shop has grabbed the attention of the mayor’s daughter, and bride-to-be, Marissa Lakely. Sierra is thrilled, and nervous, to land her most important job yet: providing flowers for the biggest wedding Aerieville has ever seen. Everything seems to be under control until Sierra makes a startling discovery: the wedding planner, lying in a heap at the bottom of the stairs. He survives only long enough to mutter: “It was the snake.”

In Sachen Romantik könnten sie nicht gegensätzlicher sein: Lori Connor ist Hochzeitsplanerin aus Leidenschaft und macht jede Trauung zu einem unvergesslichen Fest. Sportmanager Graham hingegen glaubt seit seiner Scheidung nicht mehr an die Ehe. Ausgerechnet er soll Trauzeuge seiner besten Freunde sein, die auch Lori engagiert haben. Als Graham der charmanten Dreißigjährigen zum ersten Mal begegnet, funkt es sofort. Je mehr Zeit sie während der Hochzeitsvorbereitungen miteinander verbringen, desto tiefer werden ihre Gefühle.

Ein Diamant verzaubert durch seinen Glanz, aber Blumen sprechen die Sprache der Liebe! Nie hätte Maddie Jennings sich träumen lassen, dass ihr neues Gartenprojekt in L.A. ihr Leben verändern könnte. Doch als die frisch getrennte Landschaftsarchitektin im Haus ihrer Auftraggeberin Valentina Connor auf deren Bruder Landon trifft, ist es um sie geschehen.

Olive möchte sich nicht länger vorschreiben lassen, wie sie leben soll. Nachdem sie ihren Eltern den Rücken gekehrt hat, fühlt sie sich dennoch etwas verloren. Doch die Orientierungslosigkeit und das Schlafen im Hinterzimmer des Cafés ist für die junge Barista immer noch besser, als ihre Selbstständigkeit aufzugeben. Bis Will eines Tages im Café auftaucht. Als er erfährt, dass Olive kein richtiges Zuhause hat, bietet er ihr an, bei sich auf der nahegelegenen Blumenfarm zu wohnen. Olive lässt sich widerwillig darauf ein, will aber als Aushilfe extra hart arbeiten, um ja keine Almosen zu erhalten.

Two best friends set out to find a missing socialite in the hopes of claiming a hefty reward--but what happens when their investigation forces them to question both their morals and their friendship in this twisty mystery? It-girl Estella Aubergine is everything Pippa and Bidi are not: wealthy...

When a brutal crime lord kidnaps a wallflower... He didn't earn the nickname Devil for nothing. He'd fought and murdered his way to be leader of the gang that runs London's docks. No one should be shocked when he adds kidnapping to his long list of crimes. He'd known from the moment he'd seen the angelic debutante in his dark and dirty alleyways that she was his. And the fact that taking her would be payback against his rivals, well... that made his booty all the more precious. He knows they'll come for her. She's too pure and sweet and good to be his forever.

The City Imperishable's secret master and heir to the long-vacant throne has vanished from a locked room, as politics have turned deadly in a bid to revive the city's long-vanished empire. The city's dwarfs, stunted from spending their childhoods in confining boxes, are restive. Bijaz the Dwarf, leader of the Sewn faction among the dwarfs, fights their persecution. Jason the Factor, friend and apprentice to the missing master, works to maintain stability in the absence of a guiding hand. Imago of Lockwood struggles to revive the office of Lord Mayor in a bid to turn the City Imperishable away from the path of destruction.

Ten-year-old Dylan is sent to stay with his Aunt Meredith on her countryside wedding venue farm while his parents work through a difficult divorce. Expecting a quiet escape, Dylan is unexpectedly swept into a world of dresses, rehearsals, and self-discovery when a family renting the venue needs a flower girl — and Dylan is the only one who fits the dress. With the help of confident, spirited Shelby and kind-hearted Ethan, Dylan transforms into “Zoey” for the wedding weekend.

À vingt-cinq ans, Ryke Meadows n’a rien d’un prince charmant. Avec un héritage d’un milliard de dollars, un CV hors du commun et un tempérament de mâle alpha, il est aussi insupportable qu’attachant. Mais il n’est pas là pour se faire des amis. Ni des ennemis, d’ailleurs. Tout ce qu’il veut, c’est escalader en solo les parois les plus périlleuses du Yosemite. Jusqu'à cet appel de détresse lancé depuis Paris. Celui d’une fille qu’il n’a jamais eu le droit d’aimer.