217 Ergebnisse - Zeige 21 von 40.

Un peu de pyromanie peut mener loin... La Compagnie de la Lumière était déjà sur ma liste noire avant qu'elle n'enlève l'un de mes amants monstrueux. Et maintenant ? Je suis prête à les envoyer tous griller dans les flammes. Surtout quand il s'avère qu'ils ont peut-être abîmé mon démon chéri de façon irrémédiable. Le problème, c'est que ces flammes ne sont pas très gentilles. Après avoir goûté à la liberté, mon feu intérieur semble vouloir...

Une voleuse pyromane impertinente, trois monstres sexy à souhait et une conspiration paranormale aux proportions épiques. C'était un travail ordinaire. Une autre nuit, un autre salaud collectionneur de surnaturel. Je libère quelques pauvres petites bêtes de leurs cages, j'empoche quelques babioles pour payer mes factures, et je brûle l'endroit en partant. Vous pouvez m'appeler le Robin des Bois de l'émancipation des monstres. Je n'avais pa...

Qu'y a-t-il de mieux que trois monstres sexy ? Pourquoi pas quatre... En aidant le trio de monstres sexy comme pas possible qui m'ont suivie chez moi, j'ai perdu mon appartement, mon sens de la sécurité et plus de sang qu'il n'en fallait. D'une certaine manière, mes nouveaux amants me donnent l'impression d'avoir obtenu la meilleure part du marché. Malheureusement, leur patron fraîchement sauvé n'est pas très enthousiaste à l'égard des hum...

What if it takes a monster to save a kingdom? I'll never forget the sight of my little sister's lifeless body-or that my rogue magic killed her. Sorcery like mine is punishable by death. So I live in the shadows, stealing from the corrupt to give to the needy. Maybe a little good can wash the blood from my hands. It seems like a decent plan... until I try to help a dying noblewoman and somehow steal her soul instead. Now her ghost is d...

Can AI truly fathom literary artistry or emotion? Is there space for machine-human partnership expanding creative frontiers? As artificial intelligence permeates our world, intriguing questions arise around its role in the arts. In The Future of Storytelling: AI and the Art of Flash Fiction, writer Charles Eugene Anderson chronicles his adventures on the frontier of AI-assisted fiction. With warmth and wit, Anderson welcomes you along his jour...

Every night, a man lights the stars. He walks with a limp. He's old and grey, and he climbs his endless ladder with unsteady, wobbly steps. He strikes the flint and steel from his tinderbox until the waxed wick of his lighting pole burns. He hopes - against all reason - that the flame won't blow out as he climbs to the sky. The Man who Lights the Stars is a collection of 24 short stories perfect for wintry months. Enjoy these stories with a ...

To prove I'm not a monster, I have to play a monstrous game. The men I'm falling for have discovered my horrific secret. Only the intervention of a god has saved me and my forbidden magic from the gallows... for now. We've barely scraped the surface of the brutal conspiracy lurking at the royal college, and the threat looms ever larger. To get to the root of the evil and destroy it, we'll have to infiltrate it at its source. And I'm the ...

To prove I'm not a monster, I have to play a monstrous game. The men I'm falling for have discovered my horrific secret. Only the intervention of a god has saved me and my forbidden magic from the gallows... for now. We've barely scraped the surface of the brutal conspiracy lurking at the royal college, and the threat looms ever larger. To get to the root of the evil and destroy it, we'll have to infiltrate it at its source. And I'm the ...

Join Frances Flamingo on an extraordinary journey. When a raging storm separates Frances from her migrating flock, she is propelled into an exciting new world. Seeking refuge in the park, Frances is surprised to find ballerinas wearing pink tutus and not her flamingo family. When invited to join their dance class, she discovers the power of kindness and the gift of being unique. Frances learns embracing new experiences can lead to friendship, ...

Join Frances Flamingo on an extraordinary journey. When a raging storm separates Frances from her migrating flock, she is propelled into an exciting new world. Seeking refuge in the park, Frances is surprised to find ballerinas wearing pink tutus and not her flamingo family. When invited to join their dance class, she discovers the power of kindness and the gift of being unique. Frances learns embracing new experiences can lead to friendship, ...

It's been less than a year since Pietr Ivanov and Harper Wyatt met and had their first kiss in a bar bathroom. Since then, it's been a whirlwind of relationship milestones, the most recent of which: getting engaged. Now that the hockey season is over, the couple is looking forward to spending time together. With big plans to merge their families, they're looking to house hunt for their hockey retirement home in Wisconsin, near Harper's parents...

Some vows are made to be broken. With a hoard of forbidden knowledge on their side, Jerek's crew holds the fate of the feu in their hands. But the line between victim and villain is thin, and the enemy they face will push them to the brink of darkness. A heart will be broken. A love will be tested. An ally will betray them all. Vengeance and salvation are now within reach. Will victory be worth the cost?

For the children beloved by the mountain shall be protected by her stone. The northerly wind carries the scent of blood, dragging secrets from the shadows and tearing allies apart. But the danger growing within the Guilds cannot be ignored, and the grief of a good man is fierce enough to crack the foundation of a mighty kingdom. A queen seeks justice. A lover vows vengeance. A legend is reborn. As the battle for Ilara begins, fate calls the...

My stepbrother used me and threw me away. Now he's the only one I can turn to. When my car is stolen outside my new college dorm, my roommate points me to "The Vigil"-a trio of students who tackle crimes when campus security drops the ball. The last thing I expect walking into the Vigil's office is to find Logan Brooks staring back at me. I want nothing to do with the stepbrother I once had the world's hugest crush on. Two years ago, pat...

Il'ka, eine Frau aus dem Dorf sumiac in der Slowakei, ist heute 85 Jahre alt. Immer schon trägt sie eine Tracht, und ihr eigenes Leben hat sie nur als Arbeit in Erinnerung. Nach einem Telefongespräch mit ihr reist Katarína über zwei Jahre regelmässig von Bratislava in die Berge und lässt sich von Ilka das Sticken und Nähen beibringen. Schließlich entsteht eine Haube, die Katarínas Kopf bedeckt, sodass kein einzigers Härchen zu sehen ist. Die ...

Even when I'm halfway around the world, my mother won't leave me be. I'm never going to become the mafia princess she hoped for. I'm going to show the whole world who I really am--on the ice, with the grace and beauty I've always dreamed of. But the competition is tougher than ever, both in the figure-skating community and in the criminal underworld I left behind. If Mom forces my hand, can I find a final move that'll free me from her cont...

I should have known I could never run fast enough to stay free of my family's clutches. Now I'm back under my mother's thumb, being prepped as the heir to her mafia throne... and for other plans so shady she's keeping them secret. But I'm not giving up on my figure-skating dreams or on the men who've stood by me. It's a dangerous game that Mom's dragged me back into, but I'm going to play it to win. And I'd better... because one misstep,...

I thought we'd faced the worst possible horrors already. I was wrong. My men and I have fought the guardians who held us captive for so long. Refused to let them harness our powers yet again. But there's another villain lurking in the shadows. One who doesn't even pretend to care about anyone's interests other than his own. With every move he makes, I feel one step closer to breaking. How can we ever escape while a man like this controls...

Courage to Lead is a simple and unvarnished perspective of a businessman and poultry farmer who truly believed in building a house on God's sure foundation, a solid rock. In business, in politics, and in life, I am happy to have lived through every failure and success, and with unapologetic confidence in God's guiding hand in my life. My courage is rooted in a God whose relentless love and faithfulness grounds those who truly lean on Him. His...

Kinda dead. Straight-up psycho. Totally obsessed with her. I did a bad, bad thing. Thanks to a blank in my memory, I'm not sure what that thing was, but it was horrible enough to get me locked up in the psych ward for seven years. When I'm released back into a town determined to rub my unknown sins in my face, the past isn't the only thing that's haunting me. The four "imaginary" friends who made my childhood bearable are back... and u...