Showing results for "Façade" in Genre Fiction

Prudence Dudley was a woman who appeared to have everything: an undeniably attractive woman who had already achieved considerable success as a novelist. Yet she remained at odds with life after her sad rejected childhood and a more recent deeply wounding emotional crisis. Nearing a breakdown, Prudence seeks support from her staunch and supportive Auntie Maggie, and flees to her rented cottage in the Lake District. They encounter the owner of the cottage, aggressive and overbearing David Bernard Michael McVeigh. In time, Pru comes to learn that his iron façade is not the whole man.

Lady Georgina Hawthorne has worked tirelessly to seal her place as the Incomparable for her debut season. At her first London ball, she hopes to snag the attention of an earl. With money and business connections, but without impeccable bloodlines, Colin McCrae is invited everywhere but accepted nowhere. When he first encounters the fashionable Lady Georgina, he's irritated by his attraction to a woman who concerns herself only with status and appearance.

Amis d'enfance, Anjir et Zal sont aujourd'hui des adultes amoureux, mais ils vivent en Iran où l'homosexualité est considérée comme un crime. Lorsque Zal est attaqué après avoir été vu en public avec un autre homme, Anjir est encore plus déterminé à mener à bien leur projet : il va devenir une femme et ils quitteront ensemble la ville pour prendre un nouveau départ.