Showing results for "Cleo" in Literature & Fiction

In CLEAVAGE Prime minister Eric Courteney, fresh from another scandal, realises he has his work cut out when the Labour offensive kicks off with the charismatic Vicky Tennyson and handsome Christian Eccles at the helm, both dead set on an end to Conservative rule. The desperate Tories resort to hiring maverick strategist Callum Gallagher to get them out of a fix. Gallagher's methods are unusual in the extreme and kept from his employers. As he and his data geeks travel deep into the data, sieving the red-hot web searches of the unsuspecting electorate, it becomes clear that sex sells.

Westminster in the 2020s, where the business of governing is the last thing on the agenda for anyone worth their salt. In the SW1 bubble, politics moves fast, schemes are hatched and foiled - through both accident and conspiracy - within hours, and sex and power preside. When Bobby Cliveden decides to campaign against the closure of her local mental health unit, she scarcely thought it would take her straight to the heart of the UK's bustling political centre.

I know a bad idea when I see one, and the unfairly handsome stranger I meet on the airport shuttle is a really bad idea. Especially when the silver fox turns out not to be a stranger at all, and steering clear isn't an option. This isn't a vacation. I'm in Bora Bora for my sister's wedding, to connect with my aggressively successful family members and focus on what matters most: getting into medical school. Judah Hale, with his broad shoulders and growly voice, is a distraction I can't afford.

Cleo Wade is that friend you dream of having - the one you could phone in your darkest hours, confident she'd say the perfect thing, because no matter what you're going through, she's going to meet you with warmth and understanding. She's never shied away from her own setbacks and heartbreaks; she's embraced them and distilled them into pearls of essential truth and sincere advice which can help get you through, can make you see that tomorrow still lies straight ahead. If only you had such a friend. And now you do.

Cleo Wade - the artist, poet, and speaker who has been called "the Millennial Oprah" by New York magazine - offers creative inspiration and life lessons through poetry, mantras, and affirmations, perfect for fans of the best seller Milk & Honey. True to her hugely popular Instagram account, Cleo Wade brings her moving life lessons to Heart Talk, an inspiring, accessible, and spiritual audiobook of wisdom for the new generation.

Nina ist überglücklich, als die berühmte Podcasterin Malu M. sie als Reinigungskraft engagiert. Seit Monaten verfolgt sie gebannt deren True-Crime-Sendung, die die ganze Stadt in Atem hält. Doch schon bald häufen sich in dem auf Hochglanz polierten Haus rätselhafte Vorkommnisse, und Nina hat den Verdacht, dass sich hinter der makellosen Fassade dunkle Abgründe auftun.

In retrospect, it might not have been the wisest idea to hand in my V-card to a hot librarian I picked up at my mother's cocktail party. In my defense, the man has a French accent, gray hair, and knows a lot about books. I was probably naïve to expect a call after that, but when he didn't, it hurt to accept he didn't feel that same connection I did. If that isn't a sign you need to make a change, I don't know what is. Too bad the change I get is six months in a remote French chateau, working as a nanny to an adorable little girl—who happens to be the daughter of the single dad I had sex with.

When Siel unearths the bones of villagers massacred on his fiance's orders, his heart breaks. His fiance: the king. A monster and the man who saved Siel from the depth of melancholia. The man Siel loves. But some loves have to die, and Siel will kill this one. With no army, his only weapon is his secret ability to change into a fox—he's a familiar.

The electric, unsettling, and often surreal stories in Let's Go Let's Go Let's Go explore the alienated, technology-mediated lives of restless Asian and Asian American women today. A woman escapes into dating simulations to forget her best friend’s abandonment; a teenager begins to see menacing omens on others’ bodies after her double eyelid surgery; reunited schoolmates are drawn into the Japanese mountains to participate in an uncanny social experiment; a supernatural karaoke machine becomes a K-pop star’s channel for redemption. In every story, characters refuse dutiful, docile stereotypes.

Cleo McDougal is a born politician. From congresswoman to senator, the magnetic, ambitious single mother now has her eye on the White House - always looking forward, never back. Until an estranged childhood friend shreds her in an op-ed hit piece gone viral. With seven words - "Cleo McDougal is not a good person" - the presidential hopeful has gone from in control to damage control, and not just in Washington but in life.

To stay alive, Lindsay has always relied on her looks and her wits. It's not always enough, and underneath her carefully polished exterior is a desperate woman who will do anything to survive. When she's called to account for her misuse of the company credit card, she hopes to flirt her way out of trouble. Instead she finds herself faced with a gorgeous stranger who is immune to her manipulation, and she's shocked by the punishment he deals out.

It was 1993 when Andy last saw his sister, Willow. One minute he was holding her hand, and the next, she was gone. Thirty years later, Andy has a family of his own, but he’s never forgotten his little sister. How could he? Her disappearance destroyed his family and ended his childhood, and with all the leads dried up and no new clues, he’s had to accept that she’s gone forever. That’s until he’s contacted by a woman who claims to have a message for him from Willow. Sceptical, but unable to resist trying anything, Andy meets up with her.

Lindsay has made a terrible mistake. Her billionaire bosses are ensnaring her grandfather in an elaborate scheme, but Lindsay knows it's too late. By confronting her grandfather, she accidentally revealed the one thing he can use to control her: her sister. She loves her bosses and her new life with them, but she won't abandon her sister again. Romeo, Slade, and Hawthorne are powerful men, and they convince her to trust them just a little longer. They won't let anything happen to her. Then, everything shatters again.

Best known for her internationally, multi-million-copy bestselling novel Flowers in the Attic, Cleo Virginia Andrews lived a fascinating life. Born to modest means, she came of age in the American South during the Great Depression and faced a series of increasingly challenging health issues. Yet, once she rose to international literary fame, she prided herself on her intense privacy.

Welcome to ancient Rome, where the steps of the Forum are peopled by nubile slave girls and a range of outrageous characters including Lurcio’s owner, Ludicrus Sextus the senator, his wife, Ammonia, his son, Nausius, and his daughter, Erotica. Lurcio attempts to deliver his prologue and begin proceedings before he’s quickly caught up in the myriad of sexual liaisons in all quarters of his master’s house.

Zara Maxwell é uma agente treinada para se infiltrar entre os figurões de Washington e descobrir tudo o que puder sobre eles. Esta esperta espiã usa de sua beleza, habilidade e inteligência fora do normal, para conseguir cumprir todas as suas missões e segue apenas uma regra: jamais se envolver emocionalmente.

Mark et Cleo se rencontrent par hasard et entament ce qui semble être une histoire d’amour tout droit sortie d'un conte de fées. Mark, alors marié, quitte sa femme pour commencer une nouvelle vie avec Cleo. Mais très vite, Cleo découvre que Mark n'est pas l'homme charmant qu'elle imaginait. Et si elle avait commis une terrible erreur en tombant éperdument amoureuse de lui ? Mais il est déjà trop tard pour faire machine arrière : Cleo et Mark sont pris dans une relation destructrice dont aucun des deux ne semble pouvoir s'échapper.

Lindsay has never been so alone in her life. After a private investigator exposes her, she's on the run once more. Her bottomless bag of tricks is empty, and she's filling it to the brim with regrets and mistakes. As danger builds, Lindsay can't stop thinking about her dominant bosses. Maybe Romeo, Hawthorne, and Slade could save her.

Helen Brown var verkligen inte en kattmänniska, men det var hennes nioårige son Sam. När hon såg den lycklige Sam hålla upp en nyfödd svart kattunge kunde hon inte längre stå emot. Familjen bestämde att katten skulle levereras så snart den var gammal nog. Bara en vecka senare är sonen Sam borta. Död efter en tragisk bilolycka. Och ytterliggare några dagar senare anländer en liten låda med den svarta kattungen. Helen är förlamad av sorg och vill skicka tillbaka katten, men hennes yngre son, Rob, förknippar katten med storebrodern.

Luring the pack is barbaric and uncivilized, but it's Emmalina's only hope. Twenty-one-year-old Emmalina knows all about trouble even before her addict sister signs their house over to the local wolf pack. Desperate, Emmalina tarts herself up and ventures into wolf territory.