Showing results for "Hummingbird" in Literature & Fiction

College is weird. One second you're studying for a huge exam in integrated physics and the next you're secretly drooling over the sexy rugby player living in the dorm next door. The second after that, you're sharing a bed with that same Insta-famous jock, staring up at the ceiling and wondering what in gay heaven caused such a miraculous and terrifying thing. Maybe inviting him to stay at my family's house for the summer wasn't the greatest idea I've ever had?

Felix wakes up one day to find he has a girlfriend he doesn’t recognize. He finds a novel, with his name on the cover, that he doesn’t remember writing. He’s been losing time since university. Sometimes these gaps are minutes, sometimes months. But now he begins experiencing flashbacks and moments where he gets a glimpse of an unsettling future. He will do anything necessary to keep the people he loves safe . . .

Ezra works as a live-in groundskeeper on a celebrity couple's enormous rental property in Los Angeles. When the magnetic Sybil sets her sights on Ezra and gradually lures him in, he is as conflicted as he is tempted. Then Grant, her husband, approaches Ezra with a different proposal - to monitor Sybil to see if she is having an affair - and he is faced with the formidable challenge in refusing one or the other. And so begins this sexy, mesmerizing novel.

Ever since childhood, Emma Merrill and Sophia Mason were bound by a passion for painting. Like all young best friends, they promised to never lose touch. But the girls came from different worlds, and their paths diverged when Emma went to an elite college and Sophie worked her way through state school. After a decade they’ve reconnected, both in a time of need. Emma has been struggling with depression since her college years, and she’s lost herself under the suffocating influence of her controlling and manipulative mother.

An audacious tale of murder, privilege, and servitude — of both humans and nature. A stunning work of imaginative fiction, Last Hummingbird West of Chile spins a tale of adventure that is in turn comedic, violent, poignant and thoughtful. Through the exploits of a young sailor born in questionable circumstance and a pair of murderous servants, as well as an assortment of other 19th century regulars, the vital subjects of today—race, religion, sexuality, environment—are framed in history and human culture.

Experience the magic of Eternity Springs, where broken hearts find healing, in this uplifting novel in Emily March’s unforgettable series. Haunted by painful memories, pediatric surgeon Sage Anderson gives up medicine and moves to Eternity Springs. There she finds a place to call home, but...

From a Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The House of Broken Angels and Good Night, Irene, discover the epic historical novel following the journey of a young saint fighting for her survival. This historical novel is based on Urrea's real great-aunt Teresita, who had healing powers and was...

Friends since kindergarten, Carrigan, Ella Rae, and Laine thought they'd been through everything together. But when cancer threatens to rip the trio apart, their world spins in a way they've never known before. Through it all, they search for the secret to the divine taste of hummingbird...

"But Mother is always dying" is Gillian Ormsby's sarcastic response when her younger, favored sister tells her that she has to go take care of their hypochondriac mother. Much against her will, since she and her mother never have gotten along, Gillian arrives in California to find the garden and yard dead, the blinds all drawn, and her mother indeed in bed - waiting to die. But when Gillian talks with the doctor, he assures her there's no medical reason behind her mother's state.

Survival, sisterhood, and the resilience of hope in the aftermath of a world-altering catastrophe. In a post-apocalyptic world caused by a devastating solar flare, two sisters escape a traumatic past and find solace in a hidden refuge. Facing dangers and making tough decisions, they uncover the power of chosen family and the enduring strength of love and hope amid chaos.

Paul Slater and Derrick Anderson set about opening the Hummingbird House B&B with their usual style and flair, only to find that they may have taken on more than they bargained for. Despite constant coaching from their friends Cici, Bridget and Lindsay, they don't seem to be able to do anything right. Before they know how it happened, they are at odds with their teenage housekeeper, overwhelmed by a zany spiritualist who seems determined to take over their lives, and, most horrifying of all, on the wrong side of the law.

Una lectura cálida, intensa y con un sabor que nos devuelve a la tierra del origen del té. Capaz de combinar belleza poética con tramas cautivadoras, Lisa See ha ido construyendo en sus novelas, desde El abanico de seda hasta El círculo de mujeres de la doctora Tan, un fascinante universo literario en torno a la historia y la cultura chinas. En La joven del té, vuelve a sorprendernos con un relato conmovedor sobre familia, identidad y maternidad.

In their hearts, every parent wants a perfect child. What if modern technology allowed you to eliminate the pain, danger, and discomfort of pregnancy and labor while allowing you the unprecedented blessing of creating your dream child with the special qualities and genetics of your choosing in a germ free environment inside a transparent growth pod under ideal gestation conditions in a temperature controlled infection free womb with a view?

Eine wildromantische Liebe vor der traumhaften Kulisse der kanadischen Rocky Mountains! Ein Jahr in einem Chalet-Resort nahe des traumhaften Lake Louise im Banff-Nationalpark arbeiten! Aufgeregt reist die 20-jährige Hamburgerin Lily nach Kanada. Sie ist begeisterte Fotografin, hat ihre Kamera stets dabei und hofft auf tolle Naturaufnahmen, insbesondere von Kolibris. Als sie auf den verschlossenen Ranger Ben trifft, fühlt sie sich sofort zu ihm hingezogen. Aber Ben hat mit seiner Vergangenheit zu kämpfen und Lilys Zeit in den Rocky Mountains ist begrenzt.

Ryan Eames is a policewoman and single mother dedicated most of all to her lonely, uniquely gifted son. Stretched thin by double shifts and grappling with an out-of-season coastal wildfire, Christmas cheer feels as far away as a distant carol on a winter night. Until duty draws her into the life of a stranger.

In the remote Andean village of Colibrí, a boy discovers what appears to be the body of an angel. But in the face and wounds of the dead, winged woman, Dr. Gregory Moreno sees something even more disturbing: an uncanny resemblance to his beloved late wife that cannot be mere chance. And in American anthropologist Sophie Lawson, still more echoes of the doctor's lost love stir...igniting the superstitions of the townspeople, and an elusive killer's deepest desires and despair.

Paul and Derrick have hit their stride with the Hummingbird House Bed and Breakfast, a destination in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley. Guests come from all over the country to enjoy their Christmas weekend extravaganza. Of course there are a few glitches: 20 Christmas trees to be decorated in less than a week, an absentee massage therapist, and - perhaps most distressing of all - the unexpected presence of three school-age children, courtesy of their saucy young housekeeper Purline.

The loss of a loved one is tough enough, but when Regina Richards experiences the loss of her spouse of many decades, little does she expect the extraordinary sequence of events about to unfold. First, there is the mysterious whistling that comes from out of nowhere, followed by the black patent-leather dancing shoes that miraculously appear in her bedroom. (She doesn't dance.) And then come the visits from her dearly departed husband, to explain what it is like on the other side. Surely this would be enough for anyone to begin to think they were losing it.

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Franzis Plan: Auf nach Athen. Vier Tage vor Abflug lernt sie jedoch Robin kennen. Der Abenteurer scheint genau zu wissen, was er vom Leben will und fordert Franzi heraus. Er überrumpelt sie und lädt sich selbst mit auf ihren Kurztrip ein. Soll sie dem frechen Typ eine Chance geben? Begleite Franzi auf ihrem vielseitigen Roadtrip. Reise in die Gebirgslandschaften des Kaukasus, zu mystischen Tempelanlagen von Angkor Wat, entdecke den Dschungel und einsame Strände an Portugals Küste. Wird Franzi in der Ferne neue Träume finden?