Един момент е достатъчен да преобърне живота ти - една нощ, изпълнена с копнеж, може да те накара да се почувстваш истински жив... Ирландският филмов режисьор Рил Пиърс намира убежище в малкото провинциално градче Каньона на Лешоядите, след като жестока трагедия е белязала живота му. Суровият му сексапил и огненият му ирландски акцент са подкосявали краката на жените по цял свят, но сега Рил е станал неузнаваем... Кейти Хюз, сестрата на най-добрия му приятел, не е жена, която би оставила мъж като Рил Пиърс да тъне в разруха. Тя пристига като вихрушка в Каньона на Лешоядите, решена да го спаси от самия него. Вместо това ... |
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Един от най-продаваните автори на New York Times. ... Елинор Бригс просто не може да устои на изкушението - гледката на мъжа, живеещ в сградата отсреща, я подлудява. Тя копнее да остане насаме с него и да почувства докосването му по кожата си. За да го покори обаче, тя ще трябва да се отърси от свяна и задръжките си и да се превърне в съблазнителката, която дори не си е представяла, че може да бъде. Единственият проблем е да намери подходящ начин да се запознае с него... За предприемача милионер Трей Риърдан сексът е леснодостъпно забавление. Но да открие жена, която да го развълнува истински, сякаш е невъзможно. Или ... |
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От автора на Поглед навътре. Един от най-продаваните автори на New York Times. ... Елиз Мартен - богата купонджийка, плаваща уверено във водите на висшето общество - идва в Чикаго, за да докаже на себе си и на света, че притежава забележителни качества. Но това, което не очаква, е, че ще се окаже под доминантното еротично влияние на заможния и харизматичен Люсиен Льоно - човекът, по когото си е падала още като момиче. Неустоимата загадка, която го обгръща, кара жените да се чувстват уязвими и безпомощни... и най-вече - ненаситни за вниманието му. Но Елиз не е която и да е жена. Тя отдавна обича да си играе с огъня и ... |
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Simon Snow just wants to relax and savour his last year at the Watford School of Magicks, but no one will let him. His girlfriend broke up with him, his best friend is a pest and his mentor keeps trying to hide him away in the mountains where maybe he'll be safe. Simon can't even enjoy the fact that his room-mate and longtime nemesis is missing, because he can't stop worrying about the evil git. Plus there are ghosts. And vampires. And actual evil things trying to shut Simon down. When you're the most powerful magician the world has ever known, you never get to relax and savour anything."Come for the ... |
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Liz hates her annoyingly attractive neighbour but he's the only in with her long-term crush... Perpetual daydreamer and hopeless romantic Liz Buxbaum gave her heart to Michael a long time ago. But her cool, aloof forever crush never really saw her before he moved away. Now that he's back in town, Liz will do whatever it takes to get on his radar-and maybe snag him as a prom date-even befriend Wes Bennet. The annoyingly attractive next-door neighbour might seem like a prime candidate for romantic comedy fantasies, but Wes has only been a pain in Liz's butt since they were kids. Pranks involving frogs and ... |
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Pack your suitcase for a magical adventure! At the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, each suitcase transports you to a different world. All you have to do is step inside. Flick is now a badge-wearing member of The Strangeworlds Travel Agency so when an urgent summons arrives at Strangeworlds from Pirate Queen Nyfe, she and Strangeworlds Society guardian Jonathan immediately pack their bags for an adventure to Queen Nyfe's world: The Break, a place of magic and piracy. Nyfe's world is falling apart. The Break is used to having ships vanish without a trace, but there has been a sudden increase that can't be ... |
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Part Wonder Woman, part Vikings - and all heart. Raised to be a warrior, seventeen-year-old Eelyn fights alongside her Aska clansmen in an ancient, god-decreed rivalry against the Riki clan. Her life is brutal but simple: train to fight and fight to survive. Until the day she sees the impossible on the battlefield - her brother, fighting with the enemy - the brother she watched die five years ago. Eelyn loses her focus and is captured. Now, she must survive the winter in the mountains with the Riki, in a village where every neighbour is an enemy, every battle scar possibly one she delivered. But when the Riki village is ... |
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My life and strange times in television. In 1994 fledgling journalist Louis Theroux was given a one-off gig on Michael Moore's TV Nation, presenting a segment on apocalyptic religious sects. Gawky, socially awkward and totally unqualified, his first reaction to this exciting opportunity was panic. But he'd always been drawn to off-beat characters, so maybe his enthusiasm would carry the day. Or, you know, maybe it wouldn't... In Gotta Get Theroux This, Louis takes the reader on a joyous journey from his anxiety-prone childhood to his unexpectedly successful career. Nervously accepting the BBC's offer of ... |
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Humbert Humbert – scholar, aesthete and romantic – has fallen completely and utterly in love with Lolita Haze, his landlady's gum-snapping, silky-skinned twelve-year-old daughter. Reluctantly agreeing to marry Mrs Haze just to be close to Lolita, Humbert suffers viciously in the pursuit of romance; but when Lo herself starts looking for attention elsewhere, he will carry her off on a desperate cross-country misadventure, all in the name of Love. Savagely hilarious, flamboyant, heart-breaking and full of ingenious word play, Lolita is an immaculate, unforgettable masterpiece of obsession, delusion and lust. " ... |
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"It is well know to all how much daily problems the Bulgarian people has in these days. However, more dangerous than anything is the tendency to loose identity and national selfconfidence. This is a clearly visible tendency in the inscriptions of foreign languages, mass emigration and the wish for imitation of foreign culture. At other side, the answer to the question, "Why are you ashamed to call youself Bulgarian?" is more than obvious: there is in the present time to be proud of. The above-described situation makes preservation and popularization of Bulgarian History extraordinarily important. If it ... |
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Includes vols. 1, 2 and 3. ... Plucky Gon's quest to find his dad leads him into a whole world of crazy adventure. Hunters dedicate their lives to tracking down treasures, magical beasts, and even other people. But such pursuits require a license, and less than one in a hundred thousand can pass the grueling qualification exam. Those who do pass earn the right to call themselves Hunters. When country boy Gon decides to follow in his father's footsteps and become a legendary Hunter, he embarks across the perilous sea to take the Hunter Exam. After he finally finds the elusive Exam Hall, the other Hunter hopefuls ... |
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#1 New York Times bestselling author. ... Here is the first volume in George R. R. Martin's magnificent cycle of novels that includes "A Clash of Kings" and "A Storm of Swords". As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world unlike any we have ever experienced. Already hailed as a classic, George R. R. Martin's stunning series is destined to stand as one of the great achievements of imaginative fiction. "A game of ... |