Showing results for "Stella" in Contemporary

After a sudden cross-country move, I'm stuck crashing with my older brother and two of his hockey teammates for sophomore year. I'm not thrilled about shacking up with three athletes and their stinky gear, rotating door of hookups, and tendency to inhale every snack in the house—just some reasons of many that hockey players aren't my type. When I walk in the front door with an armload of boxes, however, I'm faced with another problem. My anonymous fling from two months ago is Tyler Donahue, the superstar goalie for my brother's team.

Piper Dove è una ragazza ambiziosa e determinata: il suo sogno è diventare la migliore detective di Chicago e riscattare un passato difficile e tormentato. Il suo primo incarico consiste nel pedinare Cooper Graham, celebre ex quarterback dei Chicago Stars, una vera e propria star in città. Peccato che venga scoperta quasi subito... Ora che rischia di perdere casa e agenzia, Piper non ha altra scelta che accettare il lavoro nel club alla moda di Cooper, lo Spiral, ma la vita dell'ex campione negli ultimi tempi è diventata piuttosto movimentata e rischia di coinvolgere la ragazza in affari ben più pericolosi di una crisi finanziaria.

Three billionaire brothers. Three unexpected love stories. One empire built on legacy, loyalty, and risk. The Sharpe brothers rule the world of luxury resorts through Sharpe International Network — but boardrooms are nothing compared to the women who challenge their control. From tropical...

How Stella Got Her Groove Back is full of Terry McMillan's signature humor, heart, and insight. More than a love story, it is ultimately a novel about how a woman saves her own life—and what she must risk to do it. Stella Payne is forty-two, divorced, a high-powered investment analyst, mother...

He's a rough cowboy with beastly desires . . . Fenn Lockwood is a bull rider with forbidden desires and a dangerous secret. When he meets a stunning redhead in a killer dress who comes to his rescue, he's determined to find her and give her a piece of his mind. Yet, he can't help but imagine...

He's the big bad wolf in a bespoke suit . . . Wes Thorne can have any woman he wants . . . except sweet, innocent, cowgirl Callie who is in love with his best friend, Fenn. But Fenn is getting married to someone else and Wes knows Callie needs a distraction to forget her broken heart. A stolen...

Christmas Eve. A guiding star. And the danger threatening one family this holiday season. Stella Maddox wakes in a remote cabin surrounded by strangers. And worse, she has no memory of who she is or how she arrived here—aside from following a mystery light in the shape of a star.

Stella’s life is not going to plan. She'd never imagined ending up divorced in her early thirties with a young baby, zero dating experience and a house in desperate need of renovation. To make up for lost time, she hatches a plan to date different ‘types’ of men in order to work out where...

What started out as a deal quickly became a friendship that conquered monsters. I killed, but I escaped hell. Emotionless. Disconnected. Cold. A mannequin. It's what I'd become in order to survive the years held in captivity. I was able to endure the abuse and devastating loss as long as I remained detached. But he wouldn't let me. Crisis, the bass guitarist in my brother's rock band, Tear Asunder. He's cocky, rude, a total man-whore.

She knew how to give people what they didn’t even know they wanted...As one of Washington D.C.’s most sought-after interior designers, the color has gone out of Stella’s life with the death of her beloved mentor and the infidelity of her longtime boyfriend. So she does what any 46-year-old woman on the run from her current life might do - she goes home...sometimes, in the end, a second chance is in order - and just sometimes, that second chance can bring a woman on the run what she didn’t know she wanted.

What if all I got isn't enough? When you get right down to it, I am one mean son of a gun and make no apologies. You can’t own a billion-dollar company and be anything less. There’s just one thing I regret. I'm turning into the person I hated most growing up, but even he had the decency to walk out. Me, not so much.

An inspirational Seattle-based startup, The First Hill, originally designed to preserve the legacy of terminally ill cancer patients, winds up becoming the go-to digital platform for preserving all important moments in history - past, present, and the future moments to come. Written in a documentary style, the narrator takes you back in time to mindful moments in each founders' past that inspired them to create, and leave behind, a world-changing legacy.

Sixteen-year-old Stella dreams in such detail that she can't be sure which side of wakefulness is reality. Some days she is Stella Barone, private school rich girl, and others she is Stella McGillivray, poor waif from the east valley. She lives in the same city, only a matter of miles and a full week apart.

Was, wenn der Mann, den du am meisten hasst, genau der ist, der dein Herz höherschlagen lässt? Stella McGrady hatte sich geschworen, nie wieder einen Fuß nach Velvet Creek zu setzen. Doch nach dem plötzlichen Tod ihres Vaters bleibt ihr nichts anderes übrig, als in ihre Heimat zurückzukehren und über das Schicksal der Familienranch zu entscheiden. Und natürlich ist da Luke Sawyer - der letzte Mensch, den sie in ihrer Nähe haben will. Groß, charmant und mit einem Lächeln, das jede Frau zum Schmelzen bringt, ist Luke alles, was Stella nicht brauchen kann.

Ausnahmetalent David Benett hat es mit Hartnäckigkeit und Zielstrebigkeit zum Cornerback bei den San Antonio Lions geschafft. Was er nicht erwartet hat: Ab sofort steht auch Yoga auf seinem Trainingsplan! Schließlich ist klar, Yoga ist nichts für harte Kerle und Yogaladys sind allesamt alte, verschrobene Kaffeeweiber... oder? Stella Hartwig, die neue Fitnesstrainerin der Mannschaft, ist ganz anders, als David sie sich vorgestellt hatte. Sie ist sexy, tough und schlagfertig. Innerhalb von Minuten zieht sie David in ihren Bann.

Han vil gøre alt for at få hende … også lyve. Christian Harper er hævet over al moral. Kærlighed interesserer ham ikke. Han er et monster i et perfekt jakkesæt. En mand, der kan gennemskue alt – og få alt. Men én bestemt kvinde forbliver et mysterium: hans unge underbo, Stella Alonso. Hun er hans svaghed. Og han vil gøre alt for at få hende, ikke mindst skjule, hvem han er. Og bryde alle regler. Stella Alonso arbejder hårdt. Hun leder ikke efter et forhold, men da hendes fortid indhenter hende, tvinges hun i armene på Christian Harper. Med Christian føler hun sig set, elsket, ønsket.

"Sono l'ufficiale di polizia Betancourt, del distretto di Paris." "Scusi, ha detto polizia?" "Sì. Lei è da solo in casa? Può sedersi per favore?" "Sono in piedi e sono solo." "Si sieda, per favore." "Sono seduto." "Bene. La chiamo perché abbiamo trovato questo numero sul cellulare di una ragazza qui a Paris; ha subito un incidente. La situazione è molto delicata. Abbiamo chiamato 'casa'. Quindi supponiamo lei sia della famiglia." "Sono il suo ragazzo."

Dorie Madison has dedicated her young life to helping dogs—whether it’s running a struggling dog spa or volunteering at County Rescue. But when she starts noticing an alarming trend of abandoned animals and shady breeders, she realizes there’s more to the story than bad luck. Someone is profiting from vulnerable dogs, and Dorie won’t stand by and let it happen. Even though her father thinks she needs to grow up and get a real job.

As Christmas approaches, Ella's pregnant, alone and scared. Tragedy strikes her life, tearing apart all that she knows and loves in Chicago. She travels to Texas to marry a man she has been corresponding with. As she prepares for her new life, the tragedy haunts her....

Her voice is too curt, and her shifty look is downright confusing. I'm pretty sure she's asking for help, and it gets me to thinking. Four weeks ago, I almost lost her to hypothermia, while her employer, my ex-roommate, chased her into the woods. What if he's back? Maybe, that's why she's acting so strange. Whatever the reason, I'm sure as hell not letting her go. I'll fight to the death to keep what's mine safe.