Showing results for "Angelique" in Literature & Fiction

"Chacun n'a-t-il pas, au moins une fois dans sa vie, souhaité tuer quelqu'un ?" Alfred Hitchcock. Paris, Noël 2021. Après un accident cardiaque, Mathias Taillefer se réveille dans une chambre d'hôpital. Une jeune fille inconnue se tient à son chevet. C'est Louise Collange, une étudiante venue jouer bénévolement du violoncelle aux patients. Lorsqu'elle apprend que Mathias est flic, elle lui demande de reprendre une affaire un peu particulière. D'abord réticent, Mathias accepte finalement de l'aider, les plongeant dès lors, tous les deux, dans un engrenage mortel.

Angelique, living with the Duke and Duchess of Saith and their daughter beautiful Rosalind feels too distant from hope to want anything. And then she sees handsome, wicked Sir Rafael Villiers, and she knows her Destiny. It is time for the plain and timid Miss Torrington to remember she is also a de Chabernet, and her grandmother's daughter. But Villiers is interested in her beautiful cousin - so how can she get his attention?

Visit many old friends in this delightful compilation of Regency stories by best-selling author Alicia Cameron.

The dashing heir of a New England shipping magnate, Barnabas Collins captures the heart of the exquisite, young Angelique amidst the sensual beauty of Martinique, her island home. But Angelique's brief happiness is doomed when Barnabas deserts her and becomes engaged to another. With this one betrayal, Barnabas unleashes an evil that will torment him for all time.

Figure lointaine et floue de la première des "Filles du Feu" publiée en 1854, Angélique entraîne l'auditeur au cœur de l'Idéal et du Romantisme (l'ouvrage est d'ailleurs dédié à Alexandre Dumas, autre grande figure du romantisme). Ce récit, entrecoupé de digressions, à la manière des contes orientaux, agace et retient comme un philtre du temps passé. On ne peut s'arrêter, s'empêcher de continuer à chercher, à la manière de Gérard de Nerval, pour entr'apercevoir finalement Angélique, cette figure d'un amour mythique.

Accursed items. Some people believe in them, some people don’t. With a truly cursed item, belief doesn’t matter. It’s gonna get you anyway. You might survive. Or you might not. Maybe you'll be compelled to do things you never would without its influence. Maybe it helped you at the casino. Did you think that was free? There’s always a price to pay, and one you can’t afford. That little lucky charm in your pocket may be doing more damage than good

Dans ce roman d’éveil, Colette nous plonge dans l’histoire de Minne, une jeune femme à la croisée des chemins entre innocence et désir d’émancipation. Élevée dans un milieu bourgeois monotone, Minne rêve d’une vie plus intense et audacieuse, loin des conventions qui l’enferment.

In the aftermath of World War II, Private Curtis Dagley is thrust into a mission he never expected—returning stolen cultural treasures to Poland, a nation scarred by war and trapped under Soviet control. Among these treasures is the Veit Stoss Altar, a priceless symbol of Polish identity. But when a single act of chaos implicates Curt in a shooting he didn’t commit, he makes a fateful decision: to take the blame to protect his comrades and prevent a political disaster.

Lestari Aris is a woman on the edge. Her tattoo studio on Karangahape Road is hammered by burglaries; the hangers-on in her life, from a teenage runaway to a married cop, are bonded to her for reasons she can’t fathom. And years after Lestari’s father disappeared, her Indonesian mother is still lost in a self-medicated blur. When a murder in Symonds Street Cemetery whirls Lestari into the orbit of an unpredictable drug, she uncovers a decades-long covert clinical study targeting rough sleepers and others on the fringes – and its dark connections with her own life and history.

Life always presents us with challenges and adversities. Whoever overcomes will survive; Whoever turns difficulties into opportunities will be the winners. However, sometimes there are unpleasant truths that force us to learn to accept, in order to lead a peaceful and light life. And, those lessons will provide us with extremely valuable lessons and experiences about the present life. Listen to the story and feel it!

Kit’s sister Cassie met her end in Hunting Woods, along with several of her friends. Now, three years later, something in the woods is killing teens again—and stalking Kit. With no evidence and no leads, the nearby Carlton Heights police are baffled as to who or what is slaughtering the residents of the sleepy New England town. Determined to avenge Cassie’s death and get to the bottom of things, Kit dives into the disturbing history of Carlton Heights and Hunting Woods, bringing her closer and closer to the killer.

Je m'appelle Mégane Crawfords, en 1991, j'avais 16 ans et menais une vie parfaite, réussissant dans mes études et sortant enfin avec le seul garçon dont je pensais être amoureuse depuis toujours : le beau et populaire Chad. Mais ma destinée n'était pas là. Je le compris en croisant le regard de Jessy, un nouvel élève du lycée. Il me fallut du temps pour parvenir à m'approcher de lui tant il semblait fuir le monde entier alors que mon cœur battait de plus en plus fort pour lui.

La vie de Jared n'a jamais été facile et cela ne s'arrange pas lorsqu'il se retrouve en prison suite à un cambriolage. Derrière les barreaux, il sympathise avec Earl, son codétenu, qui, à l'approche de sa libération, lui demande un service : surveiller sa fille Adalynn qui semble avoir des ennuis. En contrepartie, Jared se voit offrir la possibilité de se sortir de la rue et de peut-être laisser son passé derrière lui. Mais quand celui-ci revient régulièrement le hanter, comment se reconstruire ?

Evil is unleashed in Scare Street’s latest bone-chilling collection of supernatural horror. Fourteen tales of terror lurk within this new volume - more than enough to give even the bravest soul a reason to fear the night. As your eyes flutter open, you can still see dark images in your mind.... Horrifying monsters, demons, and ghouls with a hunger for human flesh.

Ellie is fiercely strong and independent. She knows what she wants and goes after it. Peter is strong and endearingly handsome. His motives are clear and above reproach. Once he commits himself to something he goes all in, be it love or war. He is an FBI agent. She owns one of the most successful spas in Boca Raton. They shared one earth-shattering kiss before Peter ran away with Ellie's heart. More than a year has passed, but in their hearts they both knew they would see each other again. The day finally came, Peter was back, a bit broken, but all man.

Retrouvée dans la remorque d'un camion en Allemagne à la frontière polonaise, Martha est incapable de se souvenir de son identité. Personne ne sait comment elle est arrivée là. Son amnésie est totale. Et quand on lui présente son mari et son fils, quand tout prouve qu'ils sont sa famille, elle rentre près du lac d'Annecy et découvre sa vie passée.Mais au fil du temps, quelque chose cloche. Elle ne se reconnaît pas dans cette vie qu'elle doit apprendre.

Une tache rouge sur l'oreiller, juste sous les cheveux de sa maman, morte sous les coups de son mari. Voilà ce que le petit garçon a vu, à cinq ans... Pour survivre, Kyle se jette à cœur perdu dans la musique, que sa mère aimait tant. Vingt ans après, devenu leader d'un groupe de rock, il est célèbre dans le monde entier. Mais inapte au bonheur.

Carli, a young woman in her mid-twenties, finds herself unsatisfied with her life and yearning to discover her own greatness. Thru a series of extraordinary events, she finds herself hurled into the middle of a long lasting battle between good and evil where she eagerly accepts responsibility for what it is she was destined to do.

You will not find a happy ending or romantic interludes; there will be no heroes to save the day nor will justice prevail. You will see nothing more than the rawness of the world narrated to you by an individual seeing the world through her own eyes. Take a glimpse into a small portion of her life and bear witness to the transformation from a young girl to a young woman and take note of her biases, her jadedness, and her level of sensitivity.

A Pigeon Story tells the story of Jacob, a pigeon, who learns the power of letting go after he experiences heart-wrenching loss after the great Human Decimation. The human population declines and the animals in the city must learn to adapt. Generations later, when the humans begin thriving again, the older generation of animals must teach the younger ones how to get along side-by-side with humans in a world where they had never been.