Showing results for "Rita" in Genre Fiction

Drei Schicksale, ein Tresen, hundert Geschichten: Die legendäre Kneipe Haus Himmelreich, eine der letzten ihrer Art im ganzen Ruhrgebiet, soll schließen! Der Erzähler nimmt das zum Anlass, sich die Gaststätte genauer anzusehen. Bei seiner Recherche für einen Artikel begegnet er skurrilen Stammgästen wie dem Käpt'n, dem Langen, Faris, dem Comedian oder der Wacholder-Anni, die so einiges zu erzählen haben. Der wahre Geist der Kneipe ist allerdings Wirtin Rita Urbaniak. Sie übernahm die Kneipe schon in den 1970ern, obwohl sie eigentlich was ganz anderes machen wollte.

The neon lights of New York City flickered like stars in a velvet sky, casting a vibrant glow over the streets below. In the heart of the bustling metropolis, amidst the cacophony of honking horns and the distant hum of sirens, lay the emblem of Ethan Scott and Marcus Turner’s success—a nightclub called "Inferno." Its dazzling facade, ablaze with crimson and gold, promised nights of untamed revelry and escape from the ordinary.

Nineteen year old Cathy has already lost her parents and the boy she loved. As a struggling college student, she enjoys her job waitressing at a local diner—and the flattering attention of the town’s middle-aged Police Chief. Frank is a father figure, until he’s not. He pretends to be a gentleman, until she’s tricked into becoming his wife. Only after it’s too late does she realize that her husband, the powerful man who controls the town, is also a killer—and she’s next on his list.

Bonnie McDaniel had spent the last four years raising her brothers and sister after a tragic accident killed her parents. But now, four years later, she was out of money, and short on ideas. She had to form a plan. The only thing she could come up with was to find a husband who would help her. She'd never done anything so bold in her life.

Sam Tanner buried a man hanging from a tree the day he met Riley Morgan. He could tell from the moment he met her that she was trouble. After all, she was white and he was black, and he wanted to avoid her at all costs, but Riley managed to get under his skin, in more ways than one.

PO DESZCZOWEJ WIOŚNIE WRESZCIE NASTAJE SŁONECZNE LATO. Do niewielkiego, sennego miasteczka wprowadza się tajemnicza i niezwykle atrakcyjna Rita Plat. Swoim pojawieniem się wzbudza zainteresowanie mieszkańców. Mężczyźni zaczynają się zupełnie inaczej zachowywać. Są dla kobiet czuli, prawią im komplementy, spełniają ich zachcianki, obsypują kwiatami. Zaskoczone panie nieufnie przyglądają się tym zmianom, które dla jednych stają się szansą na nowy rozdział w życiu, a dla innych powodem do oskarżeń i szukania winnych. Plotki, podejrzenia i sekrety rozgrzewają niewielką społeczność nie mniej niż wakacyjny upał.

Emily Carrington was running away from her controlling Uncle and overbearing fiancé. When she met Cole Morgan, he told her he didn't allow unmarried women on his wagon train west. However, since he needed a cook for his men, he decided he could marry her and she'd do the cooking. Could a city gal hold up to the rigorous journey west?

Un viaje tan alucinado como lúcido a través de los sueños de un loco. Tras sobrevivir a una supuesta caída desde un tejado, un aspirante a actor empieza a disfrutar de la segunda oportunidad que le ha dado la vida... al menos, hasta que una caterva de personajes extravagantes e inolvidables empieza a cruzarse con él. Entre todos ellos, la simpar Rita, una actriz tan misteriosa como la vida y capaz de darle la vuelta por completo a su vida... quizá para mejor.

When the local town drunk sees a murder committed on Boot Hill on Halloween night, will anyone pay any attention to his story? Sheriff Joe Grubbs, though skeptical, investigates and finds the new grave. Now, he has a job to do and risks losing the love of his life doing it. It's a harrowing Halloween night in Haleyville, Texas.

This is a short story, the third in the Tina Stories series. When Tina finds her friend, Jennifer, on the bathroom floor at school, sick and crying, she wants to help her. Jennifer tells her she's pregnant with Zach's baby. Zach, however, wants nothing to do with the responsibility of a baby and feels trapped. How can Tina help her friend?

Tina's brother is quitting basketball, but why, he loves the game? Tina suspects something is up, and she gets an earful one afternoon after school. Mario is being bullied. What can she do?

Every girl wants the most popular boy in school to notice her. But Tina was having a hard time getting Zach Taylor to pay any attention to her. Zach liked Jennifer, the cheerleader. What could Tina do to get his attention? And who was the geek who kept helping her all the time?

Emma just moved to California, and an earthquake woke her up one morning. Not knowing what an earthquake was, she was scared. But her new step-dad Pappy told her not to be afraid, that God knew where his children were.

Will Cannon rides the trail to Tucson in search of the Blackman gang and the Lost Santa Rita Gold Mine. He finds renegade Apaches, Mexican bandits, and a vicious outlaw gang in Tucson, and he also finds a beautiful woman in danger. Will gets three old gold prospectors to help him fight the outlaws.

Now available as an audiobook, The Iron Orchard tells the story of a young Texan, Jim McNeely, who is desperate to make a name for himself in the oil fields of Texas. Told from the inside by a man who knew the oil fields intimately, it is a vibrant, brutal story of the men who labored, sweated, lusted, and gambled their money and spirits to pump oil out of the earth. It is the adventure of violent men among other violent men. And it is the story of perseverance and love in the midst of one of America’s most dramatic industries.