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Deseos: Segunda Parte
by Sky Corgan Jimena González PiñolEsta es la segunda parte de Deseos, una serie romántica oscura, escrita por la autora mejor ventas de Usa Today, Sky Corgan. Trent Stevens tiene a Fennel tan confundida que ella no sabe si va o viene. Un inesperado encuentro sexual en su oficina la tiene cuestionándose si su relación ha traspasado los límites de lo profesional a lo personal. Cuando el comienza a ignorarla, rápidamente se hace claro que las cosas no son lo que aparentan. Él juega un peligroso juego de tira y afloja con ambos el cuerpo y los sentimientos de Fennel. Mientras le dice que se mantenga alejada, sus acciones le indican lo opuesto. Fennel está demasiado intrigada para renunciar a Trent. Hay una sensualidad oscura en el que ella ansía experimentar, pero cuando él finalmente la deja entrar, lo que le muestra, es mucho más de lo que ella jamás pudo imaginar.
Deseos Ardientes
by Lily Frank Marina MigliaroDesiré entra en pánico cuando, por la noche, se queda encerrada fuera de su casa, enfundada solo en su camisón. Afortunadamente, en ese momento pasa por allí un coche de bomberos, y un bombero guapísimo logra llevarla de nuevo a su habitación. Desde ese momento, Desiré no puede pensar en otra persona que en él. La chica que vive con ella, Cissy, ve solamente una solución. Desiré tiene que ir en busca de su bombero. Pero eso no es tan fácil como parece, con varias cuadrillas y cuarteles en la ciudad. Donde hay humo, hay fuego. ¡Y unos deseos ardientes!
Deseos concedidos
by Danielle SteelEl pasado regresa a la vida de Faith para obligarle a replantearse su presente: ¿es su matrimonio tan idílico como ella pretende? ¿Está tan satisfecha con su vida cómo ella cree? La oportunidad para rehacer su vida solamente se le presentará una vez. Faith, esposa de un banquero y madre de dos hijas, disfruta de una vida muy acomodad en Manhattan. Sin embargo, cuando acude al entierro de su padrastro y empieza a recordar su infancia, le viene a la memoria un secreto de su pasado. Entonces algo cambia en su vida: Faith tendrá que aceptar que esta no es tan idílica como quiere hacer ver; que ya no comparte nada con su egoísta marido. Así que cuando Faith le dice que quiere estudiar, trabajar, realizarse, la respuesta de él es tajante: no tolerará ningún cambio. Solamente un amigo del pasado, Brad, está dispuesto a apoyarla y ayudarla a afrontar el reto de rehacer su vida. Gracias a Brad, Faith tiene ante sí el camino hacia el futuro y hacia su propia libertad.
Deseos Cumplidos
by Naomi StoneA veces el amor de verdad necesita un poco de ayuda. Ahí es donde entra en juego el Sindicato de Hadas Madrinas, oficina del Amor Verdadero. Esta colección incluye todos los cuentos del sindicato de Hadas Madrinas hasta la fecha: «En cada día una hora» es la historia de Jordan y Renata, divididos por malentendidos antes de tener la oportunidad de poder estar juntos. Hace falta una dosis de magia para disipar los malentendidos y dar al amor su oportunidad. En «Feliz de estar aferrado a ti» es necesaria la intervención de un hada madrina para que Craig, experto en seguridad, y Amy, mística de la Nueva Era, se reúnan en un mismo lugar el tiempo suficiente para ver más allá de sus diferencias. «En tus sueños» se pide a las hadas madrinas que liberen a Linda del encantamiento que le ha impedido ser ella misma y que permitan a Tony, el hombre al que ama en secreto, ver la verdadera belleza que hay en ella. «Misión Improbable» es la historia de una pareja que tiene problemas, hasta que un hada madrina les ayuda a verse de forma diferente... En «Sin máscara» se necesita la intervención de un hada madrina para conseguir que Rosalie se ponga el traje adecuado para ir a la Convención de Cómics, donde ella y Steele podrán descubrir la verdadera identidad del otro. «Cambio» y «Cambiazo» cuentan la historia de dos compañeras de cuarto de la universidad con vidas muy diferentes. La magia de un hada madrina les permite aprender lo que necesitan saber para mejorar sus vidas amorosas poniéndose en la piel de la otra. «Juego renacentista». En su papel de Lady Marlinda en el Festival del Renacimiento, Marly conoce al pícaro Laszlo, «un trovador de mala reputación», y se pregunta hasta qué punto su papel de coqueta es fiel a Miklos, el hombre que está detrás.
Los deseos de Carmela
by Matt de la PeñaHasta ahora el cumpleaños de Carmela no puede ser mejor. Hoy es lo suficientemente mayor para acompañar a su hermano en su recorrido por la ciudad. Y la tarde que pasan juntos se llena con la magia de lo que ven a su alrededor:desde el brillante sol de los campos hasta las golosinas en la vidriera de la panadería. Pero cuando recoge un diente de león que crece en el concreto, se pregunta qué otra cosa podría desear ... y decide entonces salir en busca del deseo perfecto.En esta nueva colaboración, Matt de la Peña y Christian Robinson, galardonados por su trabajo en Última parada de la calle Market, que ganó la Medalla Newbery y Mención de Honor Caldecott por la edición en inglés, han creado una oda, conmovedora y actual, al coraje de los soñadores y al poder de la esperanza.
Los Deseos de Carmela
by Matt de la Peña Christian RobinsonHasta ahora el cumpleaños de Carmela no puede ser mejor. Hoy es lo suficientemente mayor para acompañar a su hermano en su recorrido por la ciudad. Y la tarde que pasan juntos se llena con la magia de lo que ven a su alrededor: desde el brillante sol de los campos hasta las golosinas en la vidriera de la panadería. Pero cuando recoge un diente de león que crece en el concreto, se pregunta qué otra cosa podría desear ... y decide entonces salir en busca del deseo perfecto. <P><P> En esta nueva colaboración, Matt de la Peña y Christian Robinson, galardonados por su trabajo en Última parada de la calle Market, que ganó la Medalla Newbery y Mención de Honor Caldecott por la edición en inglés, han creado una oda, conmovedora y actual, al coraje de los soñadores y al poder de la esperanza.
Deseos prohibidos (Saga de los Knight #Volumen 4)
by Gaelen FoleyUna sensual historia de amor y deseos prohibidos en la Inglaterra de principios del XIX. Cuarta entrega de la Saga de los Knight. Pocos conocen su verdadero nombre y origen. Para todos es Billy Blade, el jefe de una banda de ladrones que opera en los bajos fondos de Londres. Esta noche ha encontrado en su territorio a una joven de la aristocracia que se niega a decirle quién es, y solo le pide que la ayude a fugarse a París. Tal vez lo haga; él sabe lo que es huir de un pasado doloroso# De naturaleza apasionada y rebelde, lady Jacinda Knight ha decidido desafiar a todos con su escapada. No dejará que su hermano Robert imponga su voluntad obligándola a casarse sin amor. Y por fin dará un motivo del que hablar a quienes han esperado, desde siempre, que Jacinda repita los escándalos que protagonizó su madre. Una vez más, Gaelen Foley recrea con maestría la época de la Regencia, desde los oscuros y peligrosos callejones de los barrios bajos hasta los resplandecientes salones de baile de la alta sociedad, en una espléndida historia de amor y deseos prohibidos.
Deseos prohibidos
by Gaelen FoleyPocos conocen su verdadero nombre y origen. Para todos es Billy Blade, el jefe de una banda de ladrones que opera en los bajos fondos de Londres. Esta noche ha encontrado en su territorio a una joven de la aristocracia que se niega a decirle quién es, y solo le pide que la ayude a fugarse a París. Tal vez lo haga; él sabe lo que es huir de un pasado doloroso. De naturaleza apasionada y rebelde, lady Jacinda Knight ha decidido desafiar a todos con su escapada. No dejará que su hermano Robert imponga su voluntad obligándola a casarse sin amor. Y por fin dará un motivo del que hablar a quienes han esperado, desde siempre, que Jacinda repita los escándalos que protagonizó su madre. Una vez más, Gaelen Foley recrea con maestría la época de la Regencia, desde los oscuros y peligrosos callejones de los barrios bajos hasta los resplandecientes salones de baile de la alta sociedad, en una espléndida historia de amor y deseos prohibidos.
Deseos prohibidos
by Eberth Solano¿Qué pasa cuando deseas algo que es prohibido? ¿Qué sucede cuando lo que más amas te hace feliz y miserable al mismo tiempo? La vida de Elena da un giro radical cuando se tropieza con Derek, el flamante, imponente y sexi esposo de su mejor amiga, Candice, que ha regresado de un viaje sorprendentemente casada. Candice y su querido marido convertirán la normal y rutinaria vida de Elena en un auténtico desequilibrio. Sin poder remediarlo, Elena comenzará a tener sentimientos y deseos prohibidos que no solo pondrán en riesgo una de sus mejores amistades, sino también su propio destino.
Desert: Poems
by David HintonThe first collection of original poetry by the renowned nature writer and highly lauded translator of the Chinese classics.Traveling today I found a river somewhere inside me, wondered how far it wanders there and how much sky it mirrors. All day long, wind and desert light, I followed that river’s distances . . . Weaving mind and landscape together in meditations on sky and wind, ridgeline and horizon, existence and self, Desert marks David Hinton’s first collection of original poetry in over a decade. Hinton’s poetic art has long shined brilliantly through his widely acclaimed Chinese translations—and here speaks for itself in his contemporary voice as he turns his attention to the transcendent landscape of the American West. Updating the philosophical insights of ancient China that Hinton has explored so deeply, these poems bring the wonder and ancient mystery of the desert landscape to light. Hinton demonstrated in The Wilds of Poetry how those ancient Chinese insights shaped the innovative American poetry of our time, and here he extends that tradition in poems that are spare and spacious, as vast and open as the desert itself.
Desert
by J.M.G. Le ClézioThe Swedish Academy, in awarding J.M.G. Le Clézio the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature, praised Desert as Le Clézio's "definitive breakthrough as a novelist." Published in France in 1980, Desert received the Grand Prix Paul Morand from the Académie Française, was translated into twenty-three languages, and quickly proved to be a best-selling novel in many countries around the world. Available for the first time in English translation, Desert is a novel composed of two alternating narratives, set in counterpoint. The first takes place in the desert between 1909 and 1912 and evokes the migration of a young adolescent boy, Nour, and his people, the Blue Men, notorious warriors of the desert. Driven from their lands by French colonial soldiers, Nour's tribe has come to the valley of the Saguiet El Hamra to seek the aid of the great spiritual leader known as Water of the Eyes. The religious chief sends them out from the holy city of Smara into the desert to travel still further. Spurred on by thirst, hunger, and suffering, Nour's tribe and others flee northward in the hopes of finding a land that can harbor them at last. The second narrative relates the contemporary story of Lalla, a descendant of the Blue Men. Though she is an orphan living in a shantytown known as the Project near a coastal city in Morocco, the blood of her proud, obstinate tribe runs in her veins. All too soon, Lalla must flee to escape a forced marriage with an older, wealthy man. She travels to France, undergoing many trials there, from working as a hotel maid to becoming a highly-paid fashion model, and yet she never betrays the blood of her ancestors.
The Desert and Its Seed
by Jorge Barón Biza Camilo RamirezAn undiscovered modern Argentinian classic, based on the tragic lives of the renowned Raúl Barón Biza (a wealthy politician and notorious writer) and his wife Rosa Clotilde Sabattini The Desert and Its Seed opens with a taxi ride to the hospital: Eligia’s face is disintegrating from acid thrown by her ex-husband while they signed divorce papers. Mario, her son, tries to wipe the acid from Eligia’s face, but his own fingers burn. What follows is a fruitless attempt to reconstruct Eligia’s face—first in Buenos Aires, thereafter in Milan. Mario, the narrator, becomes the shadow and witness of the reconstruction attempts to repair his mother’s outraged flesh. In this role, he must confront his own terrible existence and identity, both of which are bound to an Argentina he sees disintegrating around him. Based on a true, tragic family story, Jorge Barón Biza’s The Desert and Its Seed was rejected by publishers in Buenos Aires and was finally self-published in 1998, three years before the author committed suicide. Written in a captivating plain style with dark, bitter humor, The Desert and Its Seed has become a modern classic, published to enormous acclaim throughout the Spanish-speaking world and translated into many languages.
The Desert and the Blade
by S. M. StirlingIn his Novels of the Change, New York Times bestselling author S.M. Stirling presents "a devastated, mystical world that will appeal to fans of traditional fantasy as well as post-apocalyptic SF."* Continuing their quest that began in The Golden Princess, two future rulers of a world without technology risk their lives seeking a fabled blade... Reiko, Empress of Japan, has allied herself with Princess Órlaith, heir to the High Kingdom of Montival, to find the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, the Grass-Cutting Sword, a legendary treasure of an ancient dynasty that confers valor and victory to its bearer. Órlaith understands all too well the power it signifies. Her own inherited blade, the Sword of the Lady, was both a burden and a danger to her father, Rudi Mackenzie, as it failed to save the king from being assassinated. But the fabled sword lies deep with the Valley of Death, and the search will be far from easy. And war is building, in Montival and far beyond.As Órlaith and Reiko encounter danger and wonder, Órlaith's mother, Queen Matildha, believes her daughter's alliance and quest has endangered the entire realm. There are factions both within and without Montival whose loyalty died with the king, and whispers of treachery and war grow ever louder.And the Malevolence that underlies the enemy will bend all its forces to destroy them.*Publishers Weekly (starred review)From the Hardcover edition.
Desert Autumn: A Claire Gray Mystery (Claire Gray Mysteries #1)
by Michael CraftClaire Gray is a much traveled, highly regarded and very successful theatrical director who, in the prime of her career, accepts an offer to head the Theatre Department at Desert Arts College near Palm Springs, California. Funded by enigmatic billionaire, Desert Arts College is a new college with a state of the art facility and a prestigious faculty recruited for its inaugural year. But Claire's start is not particularly auspicious - newly arrived and before the school year has even begun, Claire stumbles across a dead body. The dead body is the wife of a fellow faculty member, whom Claire agreed to drive home from the airport when he came in from a recruiting trip. Since no good dead goes unpunished, Claire is now on the edges of a homicide investigation. Even though she has a million things to do before the semester starts, Claire just can't seem to leave the murder case alone. Drawing upon her theatrical expertise, including a keen understanding of human nature, plotting, and motivation, Claire sets out to untangle the mystery surrounding the brutal murder. There is, however, a murderer on the loose and if Claire isn't careful and lucky, her debut as a sleuth might well be her final act.
The Desert Behind Me
by Shannon BakerAn Arizona teenager&’s disappearance has an ex-cop remembering her own tragic past—and questioning her own sanity . . . Winner of the New Mexico-Arizona Book Award When a teenage girl goes missing in Arizona, retired NYPD officer Jamie Butler is frantic to find her. Haunted by the brutal murder of her own daughter, Jamie is convinced that this girl has been abducted in the same way. There are inexplicable similarities to her own daughter&’s abduction. Connections that seem impossible—because her daughter&’s killer is long dead. But as her search for the missing teen intensifies, new evidence comes to light. Evidence that implicates Jamie herself . . . Praise for the novels of Shannon Baker &“Excitingly fast-paced.&” —Publishers Weekly &“Finely crafted mystery.&” —Anne Hillerman, New York Times–bestselling author of The Tale Teller &“A compulsive, white-knuckle read.&” —Linda Castillo, New York Times–bestselling author of Outsider
Desert Blade
by Ella DrakeIn the post-apocalyptic Midwest, now a ravaged dust bowl, former guardsman Derek Covington must find help for a sick boy. With nothing but memories of all he lost, Derek crosses the desert alone in search of the doctor who saved his own life ten years ago. Drifter gangs who loot and pillage don't dare come near, for Derek has a formidable weapon: a prosthetic arm with a deadly blade.For a decade, Dr. Lidia Sullivan has fantasized about the handsome guardsman who'd been in her care. And now she can't deny his dangerous request. But as they make the treacherous journey back to Old St. Louis, they must contend with much more than fierce desert winds and their unthinkable attraction. A fearless gang has spotted Lidia-a rare woman-and will fight Derek to the death to get her. And though he risks his life to save her for the sake of the child who needs her, she fears there's one thing Derek will never risk: his heart.27,000 words
Desert Blood 10pm/9c
by Ronald CreeWhen Gus González is adopted by TV star Nicholas Hernandez, he's swept into a glamorous world of fast cars, expensive toys, and hot celebrities. With Nick playing the real-life role of his new dad, Gus has got it made. But life in the limelight is hard -- the tabloids harass Nick and Gus, questioning their relationship, and the two start to receive threats. When Gus narrowly escapes an attacker and people start disappearing, the race is on to figure out who has it in for Nick and Gus. And why.
Desert Blues
by Bill AlbertAn orphaned teenager moves in with his cocktail-waitress aunt in 1950s Palm Springs, in a novel with &“its full share of hilarious, and touching, moments&” (Booklist). &“Swinging from poignant drama to edgy satire to farce, Albert&’s moving and funny first novel pairs an awkward orphaned adolescent immersed in 1950s rock &’n&’ roll and an unconventional &‘kept&’ woman. In 1957, confused, taciturn and fat 15-year-old Harold Abelstein, survivor of a car crash that killed his parents, goes to live with his Aunt Enid, a Palm Springs, Calif., cocktail waitress whose flowery perfumes, loud talk and constant pinching and touching make him uncomfortable. Enid&’s rent and car are provided gratis by her part-time lover, incredibly self-absorbed Archie Blatt, a St. Louis garment manufacturer who pops in a few times a year to escape his invalid wife and teenage daughters. Though resenting her dependence, Enid faces a bigger problem when her manipulative, self-pitying father, Abe, who walked out on the family 25 years ago, suddenly reappears, shabby, reeking of whiskey and terminally ill. Tensions snap as Abe grows ever sicker and then Archie shows up, forcing four disparate souls to fitfully coexist under one roof. With a fine ear for dialogue, Albert perfectly captures a time and place—and the emotional chafing between family members who can't help but care for one another, despite themselves.&” —Publishers Weekly
The Desert Bride: Billionaire Romances Playing The Greek's Game
by Lynne Graham"I am a close acquaintance of Crown Prince Razul's!"Rash words indeed... Bethany was desperate to stop her deportation for Datar, and only Razul could help her. But she'd tried so hard to forget him-they'd been involved two years before, and back then Bethany hadn't been able to handle such a proud, passionate man.Bethany got to stay in Datar. However, by renewing her "close" acquaintance with Razul she paid his price-he demanded she become his wife!
The Desert Bride of Al Zayed
by Tessa RadleyThe Royal WifeAfter five years Jayne could finally release herself from Sheikh Tariq bin Rashid, the desert prince of Zayed. . . and her husband. He'd courted her, captivated her, but he'd never truly trusted her. And treacherous palace lies had sent Jayne running. Now the time for hiding was over--she was back to demand a divorce. And Tariq was willing to comply. If Jayne would pretend to be his happily wedded bride for a few weeks longer. But with passion still burning so intensely between them, would Jayne truly ever be free?
The Desert Bride & Playing the Greek’s Game: Billionaire Romances Playing the Greek's Game
by Lynne Graham Sharon KendrickRead this classic romance THE DESERT BRIDE by USA Today bestselling author Lynne Graham! Dr Bethany Morgan is desperate to stop her deportation from Datar, and only Crown Prince Razul—the proud, passionate man she's tried to forget—can help her. But Razul's help comes with a price; marriage! Is she willing to sacrifice her innocence for their mutual desire, becoming a wife—and Princess—in more than in name only? Originally published in 1996 And discover PLAYING THE GREEK'S GAME by USA Today bestselling author Sharon Kendrick. No-one defies global hotel magnate Zak Constantinides. When his London interior designer digs her gold-digging claws into his brother, Zak transfers her…to New York! There is nothing between Emma and Zak's brother, but she can't resist the temptation to take her arrogant boss down a peg. So she'll play the role he's given her and be as bad as he thinks she is… Originally published in 2012
Desert City Diva: A Noir P. I. Mystery Set In California (The Rolly Waters Mysteries #3)
by Corey Lynn FaymanThe “wisecracking California . . . PI with a poet’s soul” returns to investigate a girl’s past that just might be out this world (Booklist). San Diego detective Rolly Waters’s newest client has a common request: find out who her real her parents are. The client herself? Uncommon. Twenty years Rolly’s junior, dance club DJ “Crazy” Macy Starr has glowing golden eyes, blonde dreads, tattoos, an attitude problem, and quite a story. Adopted onto a Native American Reservation, she bolted as a teen clutching a necklace engraved with a numeric code, a laminated photograph of her aunt, and a curious single-string instrument now sought after by a collector of alien artifacts. The investigation is leading both of them from Macy’s adoptive desert home to a hippie enclave near the Salton Sea to a band of UFO groupies and to the site on an unsolved mass murder that happened two decades before. Even if only part of what the increasingly unpredictable Macy says is true, she could be in danger. But how can Rolly solve the mysteries of this odd girl’s past, if he can’t even trust her?
Desert Claw
by Damien LewisIraq: the present day. A country torn apart by war and anarchy. Thieves roam the streets. People are being killed in broad daylight. Security is non-existent. And now, terrorists have seized a Van Gogh painting worth £25 million from one of Saddam's palaces. They are offering it to the highest bidder. The painting's original owner, a Kuwaiti prince, from whom it was seized during Iraq's occupation of Kuwait in the First Gulf War, has asked for HMG's help in retrieving it. The British Government owes him a favour for backing them during the Iraq War, so they agree to help. But rather than agreeing to pay the terrorists' ransom -- which they fear will be pumped into funding terrorist operations across the world -- HMG decides to send in a team of hardened ex-Special Forces, led by ex-SAS hero Mick Kilbride and his sidekick 'East End' Eddie. Sent undercover in a deniable operation called Desert Claw, their brief is simple: retrieve the painting, and eliminate the terrorists at the earliest possible opportunity. The mission sounds simple enough. But as Mick and his team are drawn into a dark and violent world, things are not always as they seem. And in the final climactic scene, a horrible and shocking truth awaits for the men.
The Desert Contract
by John LathropLate at night on the eleventh-floor balcony of a deserted building on the Persian Gulf, American businessman Steve Kemp finds himself falling back in love with Helen-- the Irishwoman he'd left more than a decade before-- as bombs explode below. Kemp returned to the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia as a last attempt to find success. Fired from his job in L.A. and divorced from his wife, he hoped to salvage his finances in a peaceful part of the Middle East. But he arrived to find a country on the verge of a political meltdown, where an explosive mix of resentment, revolt, and jihadists threatened the regime. And he found his old flame Helen, who was now married to a diplomat at the end of his career. The overextended military props up the crumbling monarchy, buying a little time-- time Kemp and Helen use to rekindle their affair. As the country plunges into violent political crisis, Kemp focuses on financing his escape with Helen. All he needs is one last big sale-- their contract out. The country enters its final descent when Kemp's sale at last appears. The deal will be complete once Kemp visits a correspondent bank. It is standard procedure. But suddenly the picture darkens. The bank is on the wrong side of an obscure island. Helen, and even her husband, may have had a hand in the sale. And the terms may be more ambiguous-- and more dangerous-- than Kemp had thought. Written with compassion and a true understanding of the current politics and business world of the Middle East, The Desert Contract paints a dead-on portrait of Saudi Arabia's near future and, at the same time, deftly examines what happens when passion, commitment, and loyalties collide.
Desert Country
by Wayne MansfieldBrandon has just graduated from university as a primary school teacher. As he travels to his first teaching post, he wonders what he’s got himself into. From the airplane, the tiny town of Gunnanilla looks no bigger than a cattle station. And when he lands, he steps into heat such as he has never encountered before.Sweating and feeling faint from the extreme temperature, he meets his new boss Mark Petersen, the racist principal of the only school for miles around. Then he meets the school’s other teacher, Mark’s wife Trina, and the students, most of whom are Australian Aborigines.Life in the small town is no picnic. In the summer, the heat is unrelenting. In the wet season, the town is cut off from the outside world and all deliveries are brought to a halt. There is only one television channel. To top it all off, there are any number of poisonous creatures around, such as snakes, scorpions, and spiders. How’s a poor city boy like Brandon, who’s interested in fashion, music, and clubbing and none too confident with his sexuality, going to cope?Enter the handsome, rough-around-the-edges miner, Frank. When Mark warns Brandon that Frank is gay, it seems this town might finally have something to keep him entertained. But how can he meet Frank without drawing attention to his own sexuality? How can anything possibly happen between them in such rough, tough, and macho surroundings?