Resultados para "The Vet" en Literatura y ficción

Amy Collins está locamente enamorada de su jefe, del señor cara de póquer, su italiano sexy. Se entregó completamente a él en cuerpo y alma. Brandon Barbieri entregó su corazón por primera vez pero no entregó sus miedos como lo hizo Amy.

Growing up in Edwardian south London, Alice Rowlands longs for romance and excitement, for a release from a life that is dreary and lonely. Her father, a vet, is harsh and oppressive; his new girlfriend, brash and lascivious. Alice seeks refuge in fantasy, in her rapturous longing for Nicholas, a handsome young sailor, and in the blossoming of what she perceives as her occult powers. Harrowing and haunting, a Gothic tale that is a strange cross between Daphne Du Maurier and Stephen King, but will also intrigue readers of Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Diane Setterfield.

"Donde está el amor está la pena", anuncia el epígrafe que abre esta novela. En el vértigo precipitado de la historia, se cuenta un amor salvaje, incontenible, que exige siempre una entrega total. Es el tipo de amor que provoca Luis Stapleton en los demás. Hijo único, adinerado, rebelde, autodestructivo, a quien la soledad y el tormento han dejado desamparado ante sus propias circunstancias. Por eso el desborde, el reto y el jugueteo con la muerte, en un aura que involucra a quien se lo cruce.

Så länge hon levt har Jasmine vetat en sak med säkerhet: hennes mormor Eivor vill inte ha något med hennes familj att göra. Nu väntas Jasmine plötsligt släppa allt och åka hela vägen från Göteborg till Vinterdal för att finnas där för kvinnan som brutit kontakten med sin egen dotter - bara för att hennes val av partner inte var fint nog. Hur ska hon stå ut i två hela veckor? På plats i mormoderns lägenhet blir stämningen precis så stel som Jasmine befarat.

Ellen har en hemlighet. En hemlighet som absolut inte får komma ut. Allra helst inte till Bruno. Den snygga killen som rider på samma ridskola som Ellen. Men något händer. Hemligheten håller på att avslöjas... Marie-Louise Wallin (f. 1933) är lärare, författare och journalist. Hon har skrivit böcker för både barn och vuxna. Hennes debutbok Tovan blev en succé och översattes till flera språk.

Marias mamma Elsa har blivit dement. Hon ringer allt oftare, ställer förvirrade frågor och pratar osammanhängande. Ensam i lägenheten hankar hon sig fram. Nyss har hon klarat allt själv, haft många vänner och ett rikt socialt liv. Så drabbar en stroke. Elsa hamnar i rullstol och får flytta till institutionsboende.

A baker‘s dozen of futuristic and space travel tales await you in this audiobook of short stories, originally published in the science fiction magazine, IF (1960-61). These stories are both a sign of their times and a testament to the imaginative powers of writers in the era between Sputnik and Neil Armstrong’s steps on the moon. Death and Taxes are inevitable, of course, but you’ll also find a (Mind)snake, and maybe even a Garden of Eden within.

Roger Ferris is one of the CIA's soldiers in the war on terrorism. He has come out of Iraq with a shattered leg and an intense mission: to penetrate the network of a master terrorist known only as "Suleiman". Ferris' plan for getting inside Suleiman's tent is inspired by a masterpiece of British intelligence during World War II: he prepares a body of lies, literally the corpse of an imaginary CIA officer who appears to have accomplished the impossible by recruiting an agent within the enemy's ranks.

Newly minted veterinarian Vivian Anderson knows and loves horses better than most. With an important horse show on the line and the search for a full-time vet job fast approaching, Vivian is fully occupied at her aunt’s Arabian horse ranch and her equine medical externship. Vivian’s world is abruptly shaken by a shocking murder that casts suspicion on the people she thought she knew best.

After a year on the move, single mom Maggie Dalton has found a safe haven with her son in Maui. It’s the perfect spot to settle down now that her relentless stalker is finally behind bars. Maggie finds a new job and a new life thanks to some help from her best friend, Quinn, who urged her to come start over in paradise. But when signals suggest her stalker is back, Maggie realizes Maui might not be the safe oasis she thought. Quinn knows all about facing the past. Tenuously reunited with her biological family after thirty years, she’s still coming to terms with her childhood.

Андрей Круз - российский писатель, автор нескольких циклов и отдельных романов в жанре боевой фантастики. Своим творчеством вызвал волну подражателей, в числе которых те, чьи сюжеты разворачиваются в мирах, придуманных непосредственно им. "Ветер над островами" - первая книга одноименного цикла.

It's the Christmas season and veterinarian Kate Turner is not feeling very jolly. She's overworked, unappreciated, and dealing with two dissatisfied clients. Throw in a very complicated personal life and Kate's definitely got a case of the holiday blues. To make matters worse, Kate's ex-boyfriend, Jeremy, is mugged and robbed after they have a heated argument in the hospital parking lot. Then, two of her dissatisfied clients turn up dead (which really gets Kate's tinsel in a tangle). All of these events seem like coincidences, but they add up to something much more venomous.

In this modern-retelling of "Beauty and the Beast", Savannah Carmichael, betrayed by an unreliable source, returns to her hometown of Danvers, Virginia, with her once-promising journalism career in ruins. Given the opportunity to get back in the game by writing a patriotic human interest piece, Savannah turns her attention to the town hermit, Asher Lee, a wounded veteran who returned to Danvers eight years ago, and hasn't been seen since.