Showing results for "Rook" in Contemporary

All I wanted was a date to accompany me to dinner with my parents. A decoy to distract my mother from her ongoing mission to find me a husband. What started out as another awkward dinner ended with us being run off the road. Turns out my pretend boyfriend isn't who I thought he was. He isn’t even the man I was supposed to hire. And he has secrets that might just save us from the nightmare unfolding around me.

Rook Walsh appeared out of nowhere like a dark angel sent to steal my soul. And I could just tell that she was broken, and beaten, and scared. So I made her an offer of a lifetime. She needed a job and I needed a certain "type" of girl for a modeling contract worth millions of dollars called Tragic. I was warned to keep my hands to myself. I was warned not to get involved. I was warned not to ruin her. (The way I ruined the last one.) But I don’t take orders - I give them.

This should have been a story about the youngest sibling being rescued and returned to his family grateful, happy—overcome with gratitude to be safe and home again. That isn’t how my story goes, I’m not grateful, and I sure as hell am not thankful. I lived in fear for eight months while my family lived happily, banged their girls, procreated, and carried on like I didn’t even exist.

Twenty-eight-year-old James Fenici has been an assassin since he was 16. He's amassed debts and favors from countless Company brothers and participated in hundreds of Company jobs. But there are not enough favors in the world to clear his debt and make him worthy of the only girl he's ever wanted. Eighteen-year-old Harper Tate is the girl who doesn't exist. Born and raised on a mega-yacht in a tropical paradise, she was destined to be a secret until now. Now she must choose between two Company men.

Sonya Pope is pragmatic and has no time for setbacks, so when she arrives at her elopement to find her fiancé wants to break up, she uses the flight home to reprioritize. But when a woman on the plane has a medical emergency, she jumps to action. Unfortunately, so does the cocky, almost-paramedic two rows back. Ben "Trav" Travis totally got to that patient first, but the cranky nurse with the pretty brown eyes made a big show of taking charge. Sure, he might be one rotation away from actually being certified, but he has real-life experience. The kind he wouldn't wish on anyone.

Daniella is a young, optimistic businesswoman who comes from money. She loves her friends, her family, her toy poodle Eska, and her boyfriend. As she grows as an entrepreneur, a woman and a person, she tries her best to deal with problems when they arise the best way she can. When all else fails, she at the very least wants closure. Just like anyone else.

Sasha Cherlin died the night she let Nick Tate walk out on her for a life of crime. Her very essence was destroyed when they broke their promise to one another. Nick Tate made his choice with her future in mind. He loved Sasha enough to know that leaving her behind was the only way to keep her safe. Special Agent Jax Barlow understands the bond of love and he plans to use it to get justice. Nick and Sasha will do anything to rewrite their past. He's counting on that to bring them down.

Rook Walsh appeared out of nowhere like a dark angel sent to steal my soul. And I could just tell that she was broken, and beaten, and scared. So I made her an offer of a lifetime. She needed a job, and I needed a certain "type" of girl for a modeling contract worth millions of dollars called Tragic. I was warned to keep my hands to myself. I was warned not to get involved. I was warned not to ruin her. (The way I ruined the last one.) But I don’t take orders - I give them.

He's empty, inhuman, dishonest, and cruel. She's never wanted anyone more. Sydney has lived in fear for eight years after freelance assassin, Merc, failed to rescue her from a cult-like militia group. Left in the hands of a sadistic man, she did whatever it took to survive. But Merc's last words gave her hope. Hope he'd be back to finish the job. After Merc is betrayed by her father, Sydney becomes his target. He wields sex, drugs, lies, and love like weapons.

I love Ron "the Bomb", and her safety is the only thing I care about. But life is a tricky bastard, and conning criminals for the better part of 10 years brings its own set of problems. Veronica "the Bombshell" Vaughn has put up with my crap for years. And where has it gotten her? A big fat nowhere. Veronica is done sitting at home, pining over a man she can’t have. She’s tired of being ignored, and she’s coming out swinging. Now there’s another man in town with his eye on her. He’s got secrets, too, and he’s more than willing to share.

I’m chasing a dream here. And I’m so close to having everything I ever wanted. But I can’t start over when I’m still on the run. Before I can become the girl I want to be, I’ll need to deal with the girl I left behind.

Rook Black is determined to leave her chess career in the past. Unfortunately, beyond being able to kick ass on the board, she doesn't have many skills to offer up, which leads her to a hustle - and a lot of trouble. Trying to make it right, she's stuck back in the game and miserable about it...until she meets Carmen. Carmen Barnes is a beauty queen who's out to prove she's more than just a pretty face. Hosting a chess tournament for a local teen's homeless shelter is just the thing. One caveat: She doesn't know a thing about chess.

Nach ihrem Zusammenbruch nimmt Sam, Hauptdarstellerin der Regency-Soap "Silver Lines", eine Auszeit auf der Isle of Skye. Dort trifft sie den geheimnisvollen Autor Rory und lässt sich unter falschem Namen auf einen Flirt mit ihm ein – in dem Glauben, ihn nie wiederzusehen. Zurück am Filmset steht Sam mehr denn je unter Druck: Vor allem Showrunner Dave macht ihr das Leben zur Hölle. Als plötzlich seine Vertretung beim Dreh auftaucht, fällt Sam aus allen Wolken: Es ist Rory. Er führt insgeheim im Writers' Room die Feder, während Dave die Lorbeeren einheimst.

Ford Aston is not too picky about what he wants out of Christmas. He's not into this holiday - like at all. He doesn't do presents or family dinners or parties or church. He does pets. And he's got one lined up for Christmas Eve. In fact it's the highlight of his day. And if he can get through drop-in visits, nosy 12-year-olds, an inappropriate conversation with his best friend's girlfriend, dinner with a family that's not his, and a party at his mother's house - well, he might just get home in time to enjoy himself with a stranger and make it all okay.

I get it. Stripping naked and letting your boyfriend’s best friend paint your body in order to sell custom motorcycles isn’t the ideal way to start a brand-new relationship. Add in a TV reality show, another best friend who seems determined to make me notice him, and the little fact that in order to get paid I will have to strut my stuff in public wearing nothing but body paint. Yeah. There’s not a chance in hell that Ronin is going to be okay with all this.

Rook has Misty. He’s not taking another person we love, even if we all have to die to save her. The FBI failed us. We failed Misty. Ziva said trust no one at the station, but Casey got a call from someone we cleared about Jake and Dillion. Ziva ghosted us when we needed her the most. Ziva continued to ghost us while Rook has Misty. The instructions are clear. We are all summoned to a warehouse. We are to come unarmed, with no backup and no weapons. We all know we could be walking to our deaths. We know Misty could already be dead.

Alles, wovon ich je geträumt hatte, könnte mein sein. Alles, was ich dafür tun muss, ist Ja zu sagen. Ja zu dieser Lüge. Ja zu diesem Mann. Ellie Cox kann ihr Glück kaum fassen, als sie auf der Fashion Week in Mailand kurzfristig als Stylistin für Sänger Roan engagiert wird. Einmal zum festen Stylist:innen-Team eines Brand Ambassadors zu gehören, war schon immer ihr großer Traum. Nur Caleb Lee, der verschlossene (und viel zu attraktive) Manager des Teams, ist wenig begeistert von Ellie und dem Chaos, das durch sie entsteht.

Margo hat es geschafft – die frischgebackene Journalistin konnte einen Praktikumsplatz bei einem bekannten Streaminganbieter ergattern! Einen ganzen Sommer lang wird sie den berühmten Circus Grenaldi begleiten, um Filmmaterial für eine neue Dokumentationsreihe zu sammeln. Margo ist fest entschlossen, sich voll und ganz auf das Projekt zu konzentrieren, wäre da nicht der charmante Direktionssohn und Feuerakrobat Elio, zu dem sie sich sofort hingezogen fühlt. Je besser sie ihn kennenlernt, desto klarer wird ihr, dass Elio hinter seiner sorglosen Fassade ein Geheimnis verbirgt.

The first time you fall in love, it changes you forever. Trotz ihrer Zweifel hat Ava sich auf Connor eingelassen. Für einen kurzen Moment hat sie sich erlaubt, ein einziges Mal glücklich zu sein. Denn noch nie hat sie sich jemandem so nahe gefühlt wie Connor und noch nie hat sie jemandem so sehr ihr Herz geöffnet. Doch als die Realität sie eiskalt einholt, zersplittern Avas Träume in tausend Scherben. Und sie weiß, dass ihr nur eine Wahl bleibt: Sie muss Connor frei geben, damit er eine Zukunft haben kann.

The first time you fall in love, it changes you forever. Für immer. Ava steht kurz vor dem Highschoolabschluss und dennoch weiß sie schon jetzt, wie ihr Leben für immer aussehen wird. Aufopferungsvoll kümmert sie sich um ihre schwer traumatisierte Mutter. Und niemals würde Ava sie allein lassen. Als sie Connor begegnet, ist er der Erste, der sich nicht von Avas Schutzmauern einschüchtern lässt. Mit jeder Berührung zeigt er ihr, dass sie sich bei ihm fallen lassen kann. Doch Ava weiß, dass Connors "Für-Immer" nicht mit ihrem zu vereinen ist.