Showing results for "Das Syndrom" in Contemporary

Shy, reclusive Frankie and her best friend Lou obsessed over Thomas G. Longley, as they reverently refer to him, for their entire first two years of medical school. So when he publicly humiliated her at the student bar, she was devastated. Ten years later, Frankie has to work in the testosterone-driven environment of cardiology before she can start her palliative care training, and to her dismay, Tom is her boss.

Hugh Johnson is nobody’s hero, and the idea of being in the limelight makes him want to growl. He takes care of his brothers, does his job, and enjoys a mellow evening hanging with his hound dog and watching the sports channel. So when sweet and sexy Ellie Smithers from his college chemistry class asks him to save millions of people from a nuclear meltdown, he doggedly steps forward while telling himself that the world hasn’t changed and he can go back to his relaxing life. One look at Ellie and excitement doesn’t seem so bad.

Turning 40, for Lannie Marvin, is rough. It's the day she discovers her husband is leaving her for a younger “soul mate”. At work, a crazed mouse being treated with an experimental drug brutally bites her. Then, Lannie goes a little crazy, too. Seems she's recently developed a serious crush on the drummer of her son's favorite heavy metal band.

Nancy liebt ihren Job als Sekretärin in einer Kanzlei. Eigentlich. Denn kurz vor Weihnachten erwartet sie eine böse Überraschung. Ihr neuer Vorgesetzter ist ausgerechnet Matthew Armstrong - der Vater ihres zwölfjährigen Sohnes und ein Herzensbrecher ohnegleichen. Kein Mann hat sie je so verletzt wie er, und jahrelang hat er sich kaum blicken lassen. Doch nun will er auf einmal eine Beziehung zu seinem Sohn aufbauen. Warum jetzt? Und wieso fehlen ihm beim Flirten mit anderen Frauen plötzlich die Worte.

Ha pasado un mes desde que Serena vio por última vez a Matías. Un mes desde la ruptura más dolorosa de su vida. Pese al apoyo de sus amigas, las sosegadas mañanas en la librería y los paseos a orillas del lago, por las noches siente un vacío que no la deja respirar.