Showing results for "Angels" in Contemporary Fiction

Shirley, Goodness and Mercy, who we met in Angels at Christmas, are back! And as always they're causing all sorts of trouble. So escape the craziness of Christmas, settle back with a cup of hot tea and a Christmas treat and be prepared to laugh.

Autumn 1940, World War Two: Bombs are raining down, destroying the cities of Britain. The evacuations begin, and soon children are being taken to the country for safety. Teacher Eve Parkins is in charge of one such group. The children are scared and Eve does her best to calm them, but the truth is that she too is haunted by a personal tragedy she cannot put behind her. Their destination is Eel Marsh House. Desolate and forlorn, it is situated on a causeway and is sinking into the treacherous tidal marshes that surround it. Far from home and with no alternative, Eve and the children move in.

Meg Giry grew up with tales of the Opera Ghost, a spectral being said to haunt the Paris Opera House. But when he rescues her from rape in the streets of Paris, Meg learns that the stories are true, that the ghost, also known as the Phantom of the Opera, is a real man, with his sights set on her best friend, Christine Daae. Despite being warned to stay away, Meg is drawn deeper into a world that has remained secret for years....

The complete list of narrators includes: Louise Anne Bateman, Ryan Kirwan, Lynne Fallowell, Victoria Bowes, Joshua Plank, David Plank, Kathy Stokes, Bernard Tagliavini, Jonathan Hope, David Burton, Gabi King, and Shaun Blake.

Ravid Rockulz has a good life as a dive leader in Hawaii: good friends, good times, plenty of willing female tourists. But something is missing. What’s more, he’s increasingly disillusioned with Hawaii. The influx of new residents seeking Paradise with all the modern conveniences is dragging the islands ever closer to that scab on the world, LA. An unexpected heartbreak and a disconcerting attempt on his life push Ravid out of his rut: Tahiti calls, untrammeled and pure. There, Ravid rediscovers a passion for photography.

Ángel es un fotógrafo de guerra que viaja por todo el mundo realizando su arriesgado trabajo. Cuando fallece su padre vuelve a la casa familiar para reencontrarse con sus hermanos. Precisamente los últimos días del verano van a ser el marco en el que los hermanos empezarán a recordar el pasado feliz cuando eran jóvenes y planeaban un futuro lleno de proyectos, que lógicamente la vida ha ido cambiando. Pero un acontecimiento inesperado va a provocar un cambio determinante en el rumbo de sus vidas. En el teatro, como en la vida, nada es lo que parece.

Boomtown Los Angeles, 1929: Into a world of movie lots and speakeasies comes Xas, stunt flier and wingless angel, still nursing his broken heart and determined only to go on living in the air. But there are forces that will keep him on the ground. Forces like Conrad Cole, movie director and aircraft designer, a glory-seeking king of the grand splash who is also a man sinking into his own sovereign darkness. And Flora McLeod, film editor and maimed former actress, who sees something in Xas that no one has ever seen before, not even God, who made him, or Lucifer, the general he once followed.

The men she recruited to run her Amazon empire of drugs and death called her the White Angel. The ultra-secret US agency known as the Committee called her the most dangerous woman in the world. The blonde had skin of peaches and cream, cornflower-blue eyes, and legs that went all the way to heaven. She looked like an angel, but no man or woman ever killed more ruthlessly - or enjoyed it more. Killing her was Sam Borne’s next assignment.

Erik går till kyrkogården för att sätta nya blommor vid graven. Men på väg hem händer det som inte får hända. Erik hör först ett högt ljud, och ser sedan en bil och ett bylte som ligger framför. Och han vet vem bilföraren är. Femton år senare skakas Hjo när ett barnskelett dyker upp på en byggarbetsplats. Kan det vara nioårige Johan, pojken som aldrig kom fram till skolan den där dagen för länge sedan? Ryktet går och lokalpolisen inser snabbt att de måste kalla på förstärkning. Men Johans mamma är säker på att det inte är han.

Es ist der Alptraum einer jeden Familie: Die passionierte Reiterin Mikaela wird von ihrem Pferd abgeworfen – und ihr 9-jähriger Sohn Bret gibt sich die Schuld daran. Nach Wochen im Koma rechnet niemand mehr mit ihrem Aufwachen. Allein ihr Mann Liam glaubt fest daran, dass er sie mit seiner Liebe ins Leben zurückholen kann. Nur mit Mühe gelingt es ihm jedoch, sich um die beiden Kinder zu kümmern. Vor allem der kleine Bret ist durch den Verlust der Mutter schwer traumatisiert. Doch dann stößt Liam auf ein langgehütetes Geheimnis seiner Frau.

Redan när tolvåriga Angelika befinner sig på flygplatsen får hon en känsla av att någon iakttar henne. Hon ska resa ensam till London för att hälsa på sin pappa Gustav, och tanken är att hennes mamma Sissela också ska komma dit efter någon vecka. När Angelika kliver in i hallen hos sin pappa, kommer den olustiga känslan tillbaka, hon ser sig själv i hallspegeln men vänder sig instinktivt bort igen. Ingenting i London blir som hon tänkt.

Meteors aren't really stars. Lizbeth knows this. But she is a descendant of the Choctaw, who believe that meteors are really stars cast out of heaven - they are the fallen angels, the bringers of bad luck. When one of them lands nearby, Lizbeth sets out to find it. She returns with a mason jar full of magic even greater and darker than she could ever have imagined.

"The Angel of the Odd" is a satirical short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1844. The story follows an unnamed narrator who reads a story about a man who died after accidentally sucking a needle down his throat. He rages at the gullibility of humanity for believing such a hoax. He vows to never fall for such odd stories. Just then, a strange-looking creature made of a keg and wine bottles appears. The creature announces in a heavy accent that he is the Angel of the Odd - and that he is responsible for causing such strange events.