Flowers Fiction

Ella es la gerente del hotel de lujo; él el paisajista contratado. Ella es metódica y fría; él un seductor que siempre llega tarde. Ella adora el orden y la limpieza; él… él no tiene orden ni en su vida. De la limpieza, mejor no hablamos. La vida no se lo ha puesto fácil, no tienen fe en el amor, no buscan una relación, pero eso ya da igual. La reforma lo ha puesto todo patas arriba y el destino les va a dar una lección. Porque el amor puede ser salvaje como la tormenta, efímero como un suspiro, frío como la nieve o tan bello como las flores de invierno.

Rocking away on her peaceful front porch, Betty Grafton receives sad news which forces her to relive the darkest moments of her life. Surrounded by her family, a captive audience hanging onto her every word, she weaves the tale of how an unlikely and controversial friendship shaped her into the woman she is today. Exposing her own mistakes, fears, and soul deep heartbreak, Betty shares the hard truth about growing up in the South in the 1960s.

La sombra del desengaño amoroso está presente en cada uno de los relatos que componen "Campos enteros llenos de flores", todos ellos, en el juego que nos propone Martín Casariego, obra del imaginario escritor fracasado Máximo C. En tres de estos relatos –los únicos escritos in intención de ser publicados—el narrador examina otros tantos momentos cruciales de su vida: el fin del curso escolar de 1940, el reencuentro con una antigua novia en 1968 y la crónica de una profunda crisis matrimonial en 2000.

Lia Wilder, a barista with a flair for inventing specialty coffee, always enjoys the annual Battle of the Flowers parade held each summer in Headley Cross. All the local businesses get involved in the competition and build a float made entirely of flowers and colored lights. Lia has a not-so-secret crush on the local Christian DJ, Jordan Tanner, so when first prize of the Miss Battle title is a date with Jordan, Lia is railroaded into entering the contest.

Life at St. Agatha's School for Girls is anything but a fairy tale. With ratty blankets and a torturous device called the box, it's not hard to understand Eliza's desperation to escape. When the timing is right, Eliza manages to run away with her best friend, Millie, heading through the Louisiana swamps to the town on the other side. But the swamps may be even more dangerous than the orphanage. Silver and black fairies invite the girls to experience a world where they can have it all, but Eliza doesn't trust the sparkling beauty.

Die Hexe Dori – Frühling im SilberwaldDas Flüstern der BlumenBegleiten Sie die junge Hexe Dori auf ihrem spannenden Abenteuer im magischen Silberwald! Gemeinsam mit ihren Freunden, dem gemütlichen Bären Wilfried und der schlauen Katze Fleck, erkundet sie die Geheimnisse des Frühlings und entdeckt die faszinierenden Frühlingsblumen.

For Kate Drake, her family has brought her peace after years of uncertainty. Now, watching her own children grow up, it seems the world is a no less complicated place. But when a secret from the past casts its shadow across four generations of the family, a stubbornly independent woman opens herself to love whilst an older one rediscovers it, and a young boy begins to understand the complexities of adult life.

Joshua is fighting for his life after jumping into a dangerously cold river to rescue some kids from a school bus accident. His sister is sitting vigil by his side at the hospital and slips into slumber, dreaming of their childhood and how they got there. The siblings are inseparable growing up in a rural farming town, together with their best friend, Jude, who faces a dismal future thanks to his alcoholic single father. When the family moves to Africa, they are met with both adventure and danger in a new and fascinating world that changes them forever.

An exciting psychological mystery. A story about murder, sexual fantasy, obsession, and madness. Conversations with Flowers looks at Billy's journey into darkness. What happened to Billy's mother? Did Billy seduce Carol? Was Billy able to evade Detective Bloom? Were the mental health professionals correct with their diagnosis?

In the land of Alkebulan, twelve-year-old Asha is an orphan, raised by Madame S, the proprietor of a traveling carnival. When Madame S is attacked by ghoulish creatures, she manages to tell Asha before she dies, “Seek the Underground Kingdom, where the black flowers bloom.”

Staid, responsible Elodie Buchanan is the eldest of 10 sisters growing up in a small English market town in 1861. The girls barely know their father, a plant hunter usually off adventuring through China, more myth than man. Then disaster strikes: Mr. Buchanan reneges on his contract to collect an extremely rare and valuable orchid. He will be thrown into debtors' prison while his daughters are sent to the orphanage and the workhouse.

About to lose his apartment, and desperate to avoid having to move in with his horrendous relatives, shy art student Luke impulsively agrees to a deal from hell: sex with a man he doesn't know in exchange for a couch to sleep on. Luke has all but resigned himself to a miserable fate when it turns out Cooper might want something a little different than he expected.

Allaha is a knight of the Order of Aisha, Fallen of the Mountain. She - like her fellows - is stoic and reserved, trained to fight against demons and their ilk. When she triggers a vision that kills a renown oracle, she is set on a quest to complete the prophecy. She becomes the protector of those mentioned in the prophecy.

Esa es la maldición que persigue a su familia desde hace generaciones, por lo que Lily Wadlow, al enterarse de que su hermana Daisy está embarazada de un inglés, viaja hasta Escocia para encontrar una manera de romper el maleficio. Allí, contará con la ayuda de Drustan MacAuley, un noble guerrero dispuesto a todo por ella.

At 16, Violet Noone is thrown into a world of deception and betrayal when her sister, Ophelia, missing and presumed dead for the last four years, suddenly reenters her life. Violet and her brother, Weylin, venture into a desolate district of Fairhaven to meet Ophelia, but instead of finding her, they discover the brutally murdered body of a young man. Fleeing the scene, they become suspects, relentlessly pursued by the officer in charge of the investigation. They soon learn this murder is no isolated incident as they unravel its mysterious connection to the forbidden fruit, Elsyn.

David Brooks, Earl of Foxcroft had led a charmed life. Right up until his father died and he was forced to take responsibility for his family and the estates. His father had run the coffers nearly empty and it had been up to him to restore their fortune. He could have married an heiress, but felt that was a cowardly way out. Instead he built their fortune in a more scandalous way: by doing a trade and working. Now that he feels secure enough with his family's status he has decided to take a wife.

Born as an undersized runt puppy, Arara has been constantly bullied by the bigger pups in her pack. As far as she is concerned, her life is horrible and it's not going to change anytime soon. However, during a hunt, Arara discovers that she can move things with her mind. Armed with this new power, Arara convinces another bullied puppy to help her take down Kerka - the biggest, baddest pup in town. But when things go wrong and a life is put in danger, Arara must face her fears before it is too late.

Estar enamorado de la mujer que se desea olvidar no es algo que el joven e impetuoso highlander Zac Philips lleve bien. Tiempo atrás, Zac posó sus ojos en Sandra, una joven de mirada y pelo castaños que cautivó con su sonrisa. Pero cuando el padre de Sandra falleció, sus abuelos maternos las obligaron, tanto a ella como a su madre, a dejar las Highlands, su lugar de residencia, y regresar a Carlisle, un lugar en el que ninguna de las dos conseguía ser feliz, sobre todo cuando sus abuelos se empeñaron en concertarle un matrimonio.

Zwei Menschen, die durch eine unerwünschte Fügung zusammengeführt wurden, finden etwas, von dem keiner von beiden geglaubt hat, dass er es jemals haben würde.Jane, von Natur aus ein Mauerblümchen, hat sich schon vor langer Zeit damit abgefunden, einmal als alte Jungfer zu enden.

Twelve-year-old Anna has come to stay with her grandmother, Mim, hoping to forget her worries about her parents' troubled marriage. She'll be busy with the town's annual Flower Festival, a celebration with floats and bands that requires weeks of preparations.But before long, Anna finds herself involved in a very big problem. When she observes a girl her own age who seems to be being held against her will, Anna can't forget the girl's frightened eyes and she is determined to investigate.