Showing results for "Rico" in Historical Fiction

Beginning with her dirt-poor childhood, her alcoholic mother, and pedophile step father, through her days as the "star prostitute" of the El Jardin Hotel and beyond, hear Magdalena's tale of sex, drugs, violence, love, and survival.

Quando Kitty Talbot é rejeitada pelo noivo três meses antes do casamento, o futuro se torna sombrio. Sem a fortuna dele para pagar as dívidas de jogo de seu falecido pai, a única coisa certa na vida dela e de suas quatro irmãs mais novas é a ruína. Mas a jovem nunca foi de dar as costas a um desafio, então sai de casa em direção ao campo de batalha mais perigoso da Inglaterra—a temporada social londrina. O objetivo é simples: encontrar um solteiro rico para salvar a família Talbot da miséria.

Anson Hunter, un joven muy rico. Anson nació rico y siempre ha disfrutado de una vida de privilegio, incluida la tutoría de una niñera británica, en la que su spadres tenáin puestas sus esperanzas, para que su acento y su forma de hablar puedan contagiar al joven Anson.

Clyde is almost 50, recently divorced, and wonders will he ever have sex again? He overhears a conversation that changes his life. Two men his age talk about their trip to Costa Rica and the women there, so friendly and available (and affordable). So begins Clyde's journey into a world he never imagined: a life of sex, adventure, and misadventure in tropical Costa Rica: a beautiful but mystifying and sometimes exasperating land far removed from his native Cleveland.

Is He a Mail Order Husband Sent by God?: June Finds Rico on the Prairie is about the oldest of six children who, with their mother in frail health and their father gone for weeks, finds a severely wounded man on the prairie as she takes her normal early morning ride. With the help of her siblings and mother, June manages to get him back to their ranch to try to heal him. As the time when her father is to return approaches, all wonder what will be thought of the man who June has grown fond of, and if he will be allowed to stay a while longer.