Showing results for "The Beast" in Women's Fiction

Fleur: Never in a million years would I have expected a woman I considered a friend to betray me in the worst possible way. Yet it happened. Drugged and in the back room of a BDSM club, I was about to be used in a brutal way. Until he exploded to my rescue. Beast: I’m Salvation’s Bane's enforcer. My job is to protect. So when I notice something amiss in the BDSM club Bane owns, I’m there to shut that shit down. What I find is a woman who ignites passions inside me better left alone.

Grady Williams is a national treasure, the youngest living Medal of Honor recipient, America's scarred superhero. With tattooed arms sculpted from carrying M-16s, this bad boy has girls begging from sea to shining sea to get a piece of his action.

Axel: When I left home to follow my dream of becoming a boxer, I was too young and stupid to know what I was leaving behind. These days I fill my world with the blood and sweat of a violent profession and the meaningless sexual conquests that come with it. A futile attempt to erase from my mind the only woman I’ve ever loved. Since I can’t let her go, I have no choice but to win her back. Olive: I’ve loved Axel my entire life. The boy next door. We didn’t talk about the attraction building between us, until one fateful night those sparks finally burst into flames.

I've been sold by my own father to a beast. Gleb Sokolov is the definition of a savage. He’s an animal in bed and everywhere else. A ruthless Russian Mafia boss, badass personified. And my father just sold me to him to pay off a debt. But there’s something Gleb doesn’t know, and I’ll do anything to keep him from finding out.

From Wall Street Journal best-selling author Nicole Snow - old promises and jaw-dropping secrets collide in a small town love-storm. A punished mountain of a man retakes the girl who hasn't told him he's a dad. Surprise!

Thirty-four years ago, on October 31, poor Hannah Talbott took part in a scavenger hunt gone violently wrong. The mean girls made sure of it. To this day, for a haunted local mother, the most unsettling Halloween costume of all is an urban legend they call Hannah-Beast. It’s a reminder of the past she can’t forget. Especially tonight when it’s come back, so close to home.

Olivia thought meeting her favorite author would be a fairy tale come true. Declan Hart was supposed to be what dreams were made of - insanely handsome, wealthy, and a man who could make her melt with the stroke of a keyboard. But Declan isn't the man Olivia thought he was. While most authors would kill to have his success, the envy ends there.

After billionaire Aiden Walker lost his entire family in a tragic plane crash 14 months ago, he wanted nothing more than to be left alone, so much that he fired his entire staff in exchange for his solitude. To make it worse, he mourned his loss by drowning himself in booze at a small bar on the wrong side of town, where the local bartender became his only friend. So just when he thinks life couldn’t get any worse, one of the families involved in the tragic accident, which also took their son, is determined to ruin him with a lawsuit that could take his sprawling Savannah estate.

It’s been five years since Andi McDermott lost her husband, and she's finally starting to feel like herself again, ready to live fully—she’s even started dating again. But when her holiday plans with her stepson and his fiancée fall through, she refuses to spend another Christmas alone while everyone is celebrating with their families. Impulsively, she decides to go up to her cabin in Lake Arrowhead, a place she used to love to visit but hadn’t gone to in years, not since the feud started between her husband and their nearest neighbor.

Hat man Angst, verschwindet die Liebe. Wenn man liebt, dann verschwinden die Ängste. Nicholas Park ist eitel und selbstgefällig und hat in der Stadt einen ausgesprochen schlechten Ruf. Ihn interessiert nicht, was andere denken und er ist kein Typ, mit dem man sich anfreundet. Blair hatte niemals damit gerechnet, dass er ihr einen Job in seinem Unternehmen anbietet. Schließlich konnte er sie, die kleine Schwester seines besten Freundes, noch nie leiden. Doch Blair ergreift die Chance und lässt sich nicht unterkriegen. Weder von seinen finsteren Blicken noch ihren Streitigkeiten.

Termina el verano, cambia la estación, y una mujer conduce durante horas en plena noche sin saber que se aproxima a Betania, una casa aislada, casi un territorio fuera del mundo. Un lugar desconocido y habitado exclusivamente por unas mujeres que, sin embargo, sí parecen conocerla a ella. Lleva a sus espaldas a una hermana ahogada, y no le ha dicho a nadie que se marcha ni adónde porque ni siquiera ella sabe que su viaje va a ser tan largo.

Los personajes de Bestiaria vida van configurando el laberinto en el que vive nuestro personaje: una mujer que se enfrenta a sus propios demonios personales y que en un momento determinado hace un ejercicio de reflexión para contarnos su historia. Su objetivo no es otro que analizar por qué ha llegado a la situación en la que se encuentra. Los vínculos entre el sujeto y su entorno familiar se explican a través de personajes que, mediante analogías, son identificados con el bestiario literario.