A ground-breaking YA thriller about a Native American teen who must root out the corruption in her community
Harmien Robroch Libri






The Becoming
- 400pagine
- 14 ore di lettura
"When Breen Kelly makes a leap into the unknown with a summer trip to Ireland in search of her father, little does she know she will find a portal into another world-- Talamh-- where she will find magic, family and a destiny beyond her wildest dreams. Breen is welcomed by most of her family and friends but there is one who is far from welcoming. Her grandfather, the outcast god Odran plots to destroy Talamh, and now all must unite to defeat his dark forces. There will be losses and sorrows, betrayal and bloodshed. But through it, Breen Siobhan Kelly will take the next step on the journey to becoming all that she was born to be."--Publisher.
Annabelle Worthington, diciannovenne, ha vissuto tutta la vita circondata dall'amore e dal benessere, ma in un giorno di aprile del 1912 tutto cambia. Con il naufragio del Titanic, il suo mondo crolla. Nonostante il dolore, trova in sé la forza di dedicarsi al volontariato in ospedale. Fin da piccola ha amato la medicina e questa passione la guida nel suo percorso. Annabelle si innamora di un uomo più grande, suo amico da tempo, e il matrimonio sembra idilliaco, ma dopo due anni il marito le rivela un segreto che le provoca un immenso dolore. Il loro divorzio scatena uno scandalo che la costringe a lasciare New York per un'Europa in guerra. In un'ospedale da campo gestito da donne, Annabelle scopre la sua vocazione e decide di studiare medicina per salvare vite umane. Dopo la guerra, apre uno studio a Parigi e cresce da sola sua figlia. La sua passato è quasi dimenticato, finché un giorno non si confida con l'uomo che ama, il quale afferma di ricambiarne l'amore. Nel romanzo di Danielle Steel, Annabelle è una delle sue eroine più affascinanti, una donna che lotta coraggiosamente contro il destino e alla fine emerge vittoriosa. La sua storia celebra la vita, la dignità e il coraggio.
Who knows what might happen in a summer of love?Sian Bishop has left the hustle and bustle of the city behind and has thrown herself into a new life in the country.With her young son, her picture-postcard garden and her small thriving business, she's happy and very busy. She is not - repeat not - looking for love.And then, one glorious summer evening, Gus Beresford arrives.One-time explorer, full-time heart-breaker, Gus is ridiculously exciting, wonderfully glamorous - and, Sian tells herself, completely wrong for a romantically cautious single woman like her.But she and Gus have met before. And, despite Sian's best intentions, it isn't long before she's falling for him all over again ...
Fired from his newspaper, cantankerous, boozy drama critic Ted Wallace seeks a few months repose and free drink at Swafford Hall, the home of his old friend Lord Logan. But strange things have been going on there - miracles and healings - phenomena beyond the ken of a mud-caked hippopotamus like Ted.
Life Skills
- 343pagine
- 13 ore di lettura
Ditching her fiancé and taking a new career as a cook on a pair of hotel boats is a new departure for Julia, but even afloat her past catches up with her with the arrival of her childhood enemy, the enigmatic Fergus Grindley.
Perfect Day
- 384pagine
- 14 ore di lettura
On a perfect spring morning, Alexander catches a train into London, but never reaches work. Instead, he spends the day with Kate, a waitress he met the night before. Such a perfect day, Nell goes to the seaside, hoping that the sea air will blow away the doubts she has about her life. As Nell ponders why falling in love is so different from loving someone, Alexander allows himself to imagine leaving his old life behind and starting afresh. And by a strange turn of fate, there's an opportunity to do just that.
