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L'istitutrice
by Camille OsterPrima di ricevere la risposta alla sua richiesta per una posizione di istitutrice, mai Estelle Winstone aveva immaginato di dover lasciare l'Inghilterra. La sola idea di dover viaggiare fino in Ungheria le provoca una forte tensione allo stomaco, come anche il fatto di dover incontrare il misterioso conte che diventerà il suo datore di lavoro. Sola e senza capire una parola di ungherese, raggiunge la sua nuova casa, un tetro castello nascosto tra montagne abitate da lupi affamati. Un castello perseguitato da una lunga storia e da tragedie recenti.
Lit Fuse
by Caisey QuinnCaisey Quinn—author of the Neon Dreams romances—delivers a prequel novella in an explosive new romantic suspense series...When Chase Fisk enrolled in the United States Army, it was mostly to escape a dead- end job working with his alcoholic father. The military provided him with a sense of belonging, and his brothers in arms became the family he never thought he’d have. He’s ready to embrace his promotion to Commanding Officer over a group of new explosive tech recruits—but he isn’t ready for her. Vivian Brooks grew up in a military family and is unlike any woman Chase has ever met. The recently enlisted recruit is beautiful, tenacious, and as steady with her hands as any EOD technician he’s ever seen. She tempts him in every way possible, challenging him at all turns and taunting him with a body that haunts his waking moments and most of his sleeping ones. But as their forbidden romance could threaten their careers if it’s discovered, Vivian’s buried secrets threaten to destroy them both. Includes a teaser for Live Wire.
The Lit Room
by Rob RosenWorlds collide when a man working later hours than normal spots the single brightly lit room just across from the train platform.NOTE: This story appears in Rob Rosen's best-selling collection, Short Spurts.
Lita
by Jervey TervalonIn this sequel to his acclaimed "urban masterpiece"(The Philadelphia Inquirer),the national bestsellerDead Above Ground,Jervey Tervalon's unforgettable heroine, Lita Du Champ, is at loose ends, trying to hold house and home together. Ten years after she, her husband, their children, and her twin sisters moved to Los Angeles, the past comes back to haunt her. An unwelcome phone call reveals that Lita's estranged father is on his deathbed and that her aunt has seen Lita's beloved mother -- never mind that the woman has been dead for a decade. Overwhelmed by long-suppressed memories, Lita realizes that she must return to New Orleans to come to terms with her history, but as she makes the journey a growing sense of dread takes root in her soul. She's certain there will be no simple return to the life she led in Los Angeles.
Literacy and Longing in L.A.
by Jennifer Kaufman Karen MackSome women shop. Some eat. Dora cures the blues by bingeing on books--reading one after another, from Flaubert to bodice rippers, for hours and days on end. In this wickedly funny and sexy literary debut, we meet the beguiling, beautiful Dora, whose unique voice combines a wry wit and vulnerability as she navigates the road between reality and fiction. Dora, named after Eudora Welty, is an indiscriminate book junkie whose life has fallen apart--her career, her marriage, and finally her self-esteem.
Literally
by Lucy KeatingFrom the author of Dreamology comes a young adult love story that blurs the line between reality and fiction…Annabelle’s life has always been Perfect with a capital P. Then bestselling young adult author Lucy Keating announces that she’s writing a new novel—and Annabelle is the heroine. It turns out that Annabelle is a character that Lucy Keating created. And Lucy has a plan for her. But Annabelle doesn’t want to live a life where everything she does is already plotted out. Will she find a way to write her own story—or will Lucy Keating have the last word? The real Lucy Keating’s delightful contemporary romance is the perfect follow-up for readers who loved her debut novel, which School Library Journal called “a sweet, quirky romance with appealing characters.”
Literary Ghosts from the Victorians to Modernism: The Haunting Interval (Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature)
by Luke ThurstonThis book resituates the ghost story as a matter of literary hospitality and as part of a vital prehistory of modernism, seeing it not as a quaint neo-gothic ornament, but as a powerful literary response to the technological and psychological disturbances that marked the end of the Victorian era. Linking little-studied authors like M. R. James and May Sinclair to such canonical figures as Dickens, Henry James, Woolf, and Joyce, Thurston argues that the literary ghost should be seen as no mere relic of gothic style but as a portal of discovery, an opening onto the central modernist problem of how to write ‘life itself.’ Ghost stories are split between an ironic, often parodic reference to Gothic style and an evocation of ‘life itself,’ an implicit repudiation of all literary style. Reading the ghost story as both a guest and a host story, this book traces the ghost as a disruptive figure in the ‘hospitable’ space of narrative from Maturin, Poe and Dickens to the fin de siècle, and then on into the twentieth century.
Literary Love: 5 Wild and Wanton Classics
by Alexandre Dumas Coco Rousseau E. M. Forster Edith Wharton Gabrielle Vigot Henry James Monica Corwin Pan Zador Thomas HardyClassic literature has never been so sexy! With some modern sensuality sprinkled into these vaunted literary classics, reading the canon is more delectable than ever. This value-priced digital collection includes spiced-up editions of:Daisy Miller by Gabrielle Vigot & Henry JamesFar from the Madding Crowd by Pan Zador & Thomas HardyA Room with a View by Coco Rousseau & E. M. ForsterThe Age of Innocence by Coco Rousseau & Edith WhartonThe Count of Monte Cristo by Monica Corwin & Alexandre Dumas.Sensuality Level: Sensual
Literary Love: 5 Wild and Wanton Classics
by Alexandre Dumas Coco Rousseau E. M. Forster Edith Wharton Gabrielle Vigot Henry James Monica Corwin Pan Zador Thomas HardyClassic literature has never been so sexy! With some modern sensuality sprinkled into these vaunted literary classics, reading the canon is more delectable than ever. This value-priced digital collection includes spiced-up editions of:Daisy Miller by Gabrielle Vigot & Henry JamesFar from the Madding Crowd by Pan Zador & Thomas HardyA Room with a View by Coco Rousseau & E. M. ForsterThe Age of Innocence by Coco Rousseau & Edith WhartonThe Count of Monte Cristo by Monica Corwin & Alexandre Dumas.Sensuality Level: Sensual
Literary Love: 5 Wild and Wanton Classics
by Crimson RomanceClassic literature has never been so sexy! With some modern sensuality sprinkled into these vaunted literary classics, reading the canon is more delectable than ever. <P><P> This digital collection includes spiced-up editions of:<P><P> Daisy Miller by Gabrielle Vigot & Henry James<P> Far from the Madding Crowd by Pan Zador & Thomas Hardy<P> A Room with a View by Coco Rousseau & E. M. Forster<P> The Age of Innocence by Coco Rousseau & Edith Wharton<P> The Count of Monte Cristo by Monica Corwin & Alexandre Dumas.
Literary Love: 5 Wild and Wanton Classics
by Gabrielle VigotClassic literature has never been so sexy! With some modern sensuality sprinkled into these vaunted literary classics, reading the canon is more delectable than ever. This value-priced digital collection includes spiced-up editions of:Daisy Miller by Gabrielle Vigot & Henry JamesFar from the Madding Crowd by Pan Zador & Thomas HardyA Room with a View by Coco Rousseau & E. M. ForsterThe Age of Innocence by Coco Rousseau & Edith WhartonThe Count of Monte Cristo by Monica Corwin & Alexandre Dumas.Sensuality Level: Sensual
Literature and Life: Short Stories and Essays
by William Dean HowellsPerhaps the reader may not feel in these papers that inner solidarity which the writer is conscious of; and it is in this doubt that the writer wishes to offer a word of explanation. He owns, as he must, that they have every appearance of a group of desultory sketches and essays, without palpable relation to one another, or superficial allegiance to any central motive. Yet he ventures to hope that the reader who makes his way through them will be aware, in the retrospect, of something like this relation and this allegiance.
Literature, the Gothic and the Reconstruction of History: The Past as Nightmare
by Daniel Renshaw And Neil CocksIn the Gothic, nothing stays buried for long. Since its inception in the mid-eighteenth century, the Gothic imagination has been concerned with the pasts of the societies from which it emerged. This collection, featuring contributions from archivists, historians and literary critics, examines how horror fiction and the wider Gothic mode have engaged with the constructed conception of "history".From Victorian nightmares of Jurassic jungles to ghost stories on the contemporary stage, the contributors adopt varied and innovative approaches to consider how the Gothic has created, complicated and sometimes subverted historical narratives. In doing so, these works blur the distinctions between the "historical record" and creative endeavour, undermine linear and sequential understandings of the progress of time and dissolve temporal boundaries. The collection explores a variety of Gothic forms including drama, poetry, prose, illustration, film and folklore, and it draws on classic texts such as Wuthering Heights and Dracula, as well as less familiar works, including Reynolds’ The Mysteries of London and Baldini’s Mal’aria.Literature, the Gothic and the Reconstruction of History will be invaluable to students and scholars interested in the confluences of literary and historical endeavour, the creation and depiction of historical constructs in popular culture, and Gothic horror in its myriad forms.
Lithium
by Marika Cavaletto Barbara M. Patrizi Chiara B. D'Oria"The last scene, seared in my mind, was that of a girl with long brown hair, gripping a wooden stake and upholding the honour of our race. We are what we are and she had just joined our fate. We are what we are. We are Vampire Slayers..." You might run but you cannot hide... Mya and Chrissie decide to leave Italy and move to Scotland, seeing in going to college the chance to escape the pain that threatens to drag them down. Yet they cannot know that the memories they are desperately trying to forget are nothing compared to what Fate has in store for them. Because the small, somnolent town of St. Jillian is not the safe haven they were looking for but a different kind of hell, full of new memories they'll want to forget Vampires, werewolves, demon slayers, millenary wars, and a reality that mankind needs never find out. Throughout their adventures, Mya and Chrissie keep reminding each other that it is part of our Fate to love and to fight, and we can't escape it. So what is the point of running yet again? A Dark Romance in which the lives of several people are intertwined. Mya, Chrissie, Dorian, William - all of them are looking for their way in a world governed by a superior power that seems not to care about the struggles of us mere mortals, simple pawns in its greater plans. They say that Fate loves and hates us in the same measure - so why does hatred seem to prevail?
The Little Amish Matchmaker: A Christmas Romance
by Linda BylerSimon can't stop thinking about the pretty Amish teacher at the local one-room school. But he's ignored the sparks between them because he's so shy. So Simon's little brother, Isaac, takes matters into his own hands. He's determined to give his brother the best Christmas present ever-a date with his favorite teacher. Amish novelist Byler brings her tender humor and skillful observation of family relationships to this holiday story. "I love Isaac's self-confidence and scheming as he prods his reluctant older brother," she smiles knowingly about the characters she's created. Byler takes her reader straight into the Amish world as Isaac is both charmed and annoyed by his too talkative, but quite bright, Mam. He can barely tolerate his little nieces and nephews, who substantially outnumber the grown-ups when the whole family gets together. And he loves his humble circumspect Dat, although he isn't always pleased by how well Isaac sweeps the forebay in the barn. As anticipation for the Christmas program at the schoolhouse builds, Isaac cares for troubled Ruthie who stutters miserably when she practices her poem. And he wonders how much he'll have to help his brother Sim act on his growing affection for Teacher Catherine!
A Little Badness: An irresistible and wildly romantic saga
by Josephine CoxA young woman battles for her parents' affection, desperate for the love that had always been denied to her. Will she ever find it? A Little Badness is an unforgettable saga of family, danger and true love, from bestselling author, Josephine Cox. Perfect for fans of Sheila Newberry and Cathy Sharp.Rita Blackthorn's heart was barren and hard. In all of her life she had never truly loved. But she had hated. Beneath the loving gaze of her daughter's soft green eyes, her heart swelled with dark and dangerous emotions.Young Cathy Blackthorn has never experienced any loving response from her mother; it is her beloved Aunt Margaret, with a heart as big and warm as the summer sky, who has been more of a mother than her own could ever be. And when Cathy's father Frank Blackthorn brings home a London street urchin and announces this will be the son he and Rita have never had, Cathy despairs of ever winning her parents' love. Cathy is a generous soul, though, and tries to give the young lad a chance to prove himself but, unlike her best friend, David Leyton, something about him makes her more than uneasy... What readers are saying about A Little Badness: 'Good storyline vividly written. Holds the attention throughout''It's a long time since I have been riveted to a book, I just couldn't put it down... Worth the five stars without a doubt'
A Little Badness: An irresistible and wildly romantic saga
by Josephine CoxA young woman battles for her parents' affection, desperate for the love that had always been denied to her. Will she ever find it? A Little Badness is an unforgettable saga of family, danger and true love, from bestselling author, Josephine Cox. Perfect for fans of Sheila Newberry and Cathy Sharp.Rita Blackthorn's heart was barren and hard. In all of her life she had never truly loved. But she had hated. Beneath the loving gaze of her daughter's soft green eyes, her heart swelled with dark and dangerous emotions.Young Cathy Blackthorn has never experienced any loving response from her mother; it is her beloved Aunt Margaret, with a heart as big and warm as the summer sky, who has been more of a mother than her own could ever be. And when Cathy's father Frank Blackthorn brings home a London street urchin and announces this will be the son he and Rita have never had, Cathy despairs of ever winning her parents' love. Cathy is a generous soul, though, and tries to give the young lad a chance to prove himself but, unlike her best friend, David Leyton, something about him makes her more than uneasy... What readers are saying about A Little Badness: 'Good storyline vividly written. Holds the attention throughout''It's a long time since I have been riveted to a book, I just couldn't put it down... Worth the five stars without a doubt'
Little Beach Street Bakery: The ultimate feel-good read from the Sunday Times bestselling author
by Jenny ColganEscape with Jenny Colgan in 2021. The paperback of Jenny's latest bestseller, FIVE HUNDRED MILES FROM YOU and her new feel-good novel, SUNRISE BY THE SEA, are both out now. 'A sheer delight from start to finish' Sophie Kinsella In a quaint seaside resort, a charming bakery holds the key to another world . . .With recipes for you to try yourself at home 'An evocative, sweet treat' Jojo Moyes 'Gorgeous, glorious, uplifting' Marian Keyes 'Irresistible' Jill Mansell 'Just lovely' Katie Fforde 'Naturally funny, warm-hearted' Lisa Jewell 'A gobble-it-all-up-in-one-sitting kind of book' Mike Gayle ___________________________________Polly Waterford is recovering from a toxic relationship. Unable to afford their flat, she has to move miles away from everyone, to a sleepy little seaside resort in Cornwall, where she lives alone above an abandoned shop.And so Polly takes out her frustrations on her favourite hobby: making bread. But what was previously a weekend diversion suddenly becomes far more important as she pours her emotions into kneading and pounding the dough, and each loaf becomes better and better. With nuts and seeds, olives and chorizo, with local honey (courtesy of local bee keeper, Huckle), and with reserves of determination and creativity Polly never knew she had, she bakes and bakes and bakes . . . And people start to hear about it. Sometimes, bread really is life . . . And Polly is about to reclaim hers.___________________________________ Why readers ADORE Jenny Colgan 'Jenny Colgan has a way of writing that makes me melt inside' 'Her books are so good I want to start over as soon as I have finished' 'There's something so engaging about her characters and plots' 'Her books are like a big, warm blanket' 'Her stories are just so fabulous' 'She brings her settings and characters so vividly to life' 'The woman is just magic'
Little Beach Street Bakery: The ultimate feel-good read from the Sunday Times bestselling author (Little Beach Street Bakery #1)
by Jenny ColganEscape with Jenny Colgan in 2021. The paperback of Jenny's latest bestseller, FIVE HUNDRED MILES FROM YOU and her new feel-good novel, SUNRISE BY THE SEA, are both out now. 'A sheer delight from start to finish' Sophie Kinsella In a quaint seaside resort, a charming bakery holds the key to another world . . .With recipes for you to try yourself at home 'An evocative, sweet treat' Jojo Moyes 'Gorgeous, glorious, uplifting' Marian Keyes 'Irresistible' Jill Mansell 'Just lovely' Katie Fforde 'Naturally funny, warm-hearted' Lisa Jewell 'A gobble-it-all-up-in-one-sitting kind of book' Mike Gayle ___________________________________Polly Waterford is recovering from a toxic relationship. Unable to afford their flat, she has to move miles away from everyone, to a sleepy little seaside resort in Cornwall, where she lives alone above an abandoned shop.And so Polly takes out her frustrations on her favourite hobby: making bread. But what was previously a weekend diversion suddenly becomes far more important as she pours her emotions into kneading and pounding the dough, and each loaf becomes better and better. With nuts and seeds, olives and chorizo, with local honey (courtesy of local bee keeper, Huckle), and with reserves of determination and creativity Polly never knew she had, she bakes and bakes and bakes . . . And people start to hear about it. Sometimes, bread really is life . . . And Polly is about to reclaim hers.___________________________________ Why readers ADORE Jenny Colgan 'Jenny Colgan has a way of writing that makes me melt inside' 'Her books are so good I want to start over as soon as I have finished' 'There's something so engaging about her characters and plots' 'Her books are like a big, warm blanket' 'Her stories are just so fabulous' 'She brings her settings and characters so vividly to life' 'The woman is just magic'
Little Beauty: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Xin YueJia rou found that he was not dead and good life through is this god s compensation for her but this is compensation or punishment before the car accident to see is fiance and bestie close ups and downs this just through see or such a picture just the protagonist is different originally this leading role is the emperor but this emperor is also too abnormal why every time xxoo want her to stand aside to watch the battle well she admitted that he was very brave but this has nothing to do with her she is only his father left a little beauty said she is also an emperor stepmother but this emperor step son why so bt 5555 can i stay out of the war
Little Big Love
by Katy ReganOne of Real Simple's Best Books of 2018About a Boy meets Parenthood in this smart, big-hearted love story about a family for whom everything changed one night, a decade ago, and the young boy who unites them all.Ten-year-old Zac Hutchinson collects facts: octopuses have three hearts, Usain Bolt is the fastest man on earth. But no one will tell him the one thing he wants to know most: who his father is and where he went. When Zac's mother, Juliet, inadvertently admits that his dad is the only man she's ever loved, Zac decides he is going to find him and deliver his mom the happily ever after she deserves.But Liam Jones left for a reason, and as Zac searches for clues of his father, Juliet begins to rebuild what shattered on the day that was at once the happiest and most heartbreaking of her life. Told through the eyes of Zac, Juliet, and grandfather Mick, Little Big Love is a layered, heartfelt, utterly satisfying story about family, love, and the secrets that can define who we are.
A Little Bit Bewitched
by Jamie CraigIt’s nearly love at first sight for Professor Daniel Meyers when he meets his associate Charles Cowling’s American assistant, Lucy Hensen. She enchants him, but he soon learns that when it comes to Lucy, enchanting is not merely hyperbole.A very powerful witch, she’s more than just Charles Cowling’s assistant. She’s his initiate in his coven. And his lover. If that wasn’t complicated enough for Daniel, he finds himself fantasizing about Charles -- and Charles’ mouth -- at the strangest times.When Lucy and Charles invite him to a coven meeting, he is curious enough to attend. There he discovers his own latent magical abilities. But he wants more from Lucy and Charles than a night of magic. In fact, he’s more than a little bit bewitched by both of them.
A Little Bit Country
by Brian D. KennedyDumplin' meets Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda in this heartfelt and funny contemporary romance inspired by Dollywood, about two boys who fall in love against the backdrop of a country music-themed amusement park, from debut author Brian D. Kennedy. Perfect for fans of Erin Hahn, Phil Stamper, and David Levithan.Emmett Maguire wants to be country music’s biggest gay superstar—a far reach when you’re seventeen and living in Illinois. But for now, he’s happy to do the next best thing: Stay with his aunt in Jackson Hollow, Tennessee, for the summer and perform at the amusement park owned by his idol, country legend Wanda Jean Stubbs.Luke Barnes hates country music. As the grandson of Verna Rose, the disgraced singer who had a famous falling out with Wanda Jean, Luke knows how much pain country music has brought his family. But when his mom’s medical bills start piling up, he takes a job at the last place he wants: a restaurant at Wanda World.Neither boy is looking for romance, but sparks fly when they meet—and soon they’re inseparable. Until a long-lost secret about Verna and Wanda comes to light, threatening to unravel everything.Will Emmett and Luke be able get past the truths they discover…or will their relationship go down in history as just another Sad Country Love Song?
A Little Bit Country: A Little Bit Country / Country Bride (Mira Ser.)
by Debbie MacomberCome back to country living in this classic romance from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber When a city woman meets a country man… Rorie Campbell has a pleasant, predictable life in San Francisco, where she’s seeing a pleasant, predictable man. Then, while she’s on vacation, her car breaks down on an Oregon country road, and horse rancher Clay Franklin comes to her rescue. Rorie soon discovers that a city girl can fall in love with a country man. And the other way around… But Clay has no right to return her feelings because he’s engaged to another woman! Is he willing to change that situation for Rorie—and himself? Originally published in 1990
A Little Bit Country
by Debbie Macomber"A man needs someone to share his life." Rorie wanted to be that "someone," wanted to be the woman in Clay Franklin's life. From the moment her car broke down on an Oregon country road and Clay came to her rescue, Rorie's own life began to change. She discovered that a city girl could feel at home in a close-knit country community; that she'd be welcomed by people like Kate Logan, Clay's delightful neighbor. And Rorie discovered that a city girl could fall in love with a country man. But Clay Franklin had no right to return her feelings--because he was engaged to Kate. ...