Flowers Fiction

En el arrabal zaragozano donde vivía, pocos pensaban que Flor, aquella niña nacida en uno de sus hogares más humildes, estaba destinada a convertirse en una de las grandes figuras de los escenarios, primero en España y luego en toda Europa. Un camino difícil, sembrado de duras pruebas, que la lleva primero a Madrid y, más tarde, a Barcelona, París, Berlín y la lejana Cuba. A lo largo de esa carrera en pos del éxito, Flor va descubriendo el amor, el desengaño, la amistad, el temor y la obsesión.

Newly divorced and still coping with the loss of her mother to cancer, Daphne knows it’s time for her to move on with her life and try to meet someone. Or at least find herself a one-night stand since her friends think she needs to get laid.

Mass destruction has erupted all over the world and one group is laying claim: The Darkwings. But this mysterious group will not reveal their hidden agenda nor will they cease their carnage until their unknown mission is achieved. Only the ultra-secret spy network of Monitor can possibly stop them. In this whirlwind of clashes between nations and ideals emerges Moon Flower, a survivor of one of the Darkwings plots. Alone and powerless, she tries to rescue her friend from Kraagen, a renegade dragon and Darkwing Commander who has plans for his captive in a future Darkwing scheme.

Fifteen-year-old Nina Perez is faced with a future she never expected. She must leave her Garden of Eden, her lush island home in Samana, Dominican Republic, when she's sent by her mother to live with her brother, Darrio, in New York, to seek out a better life. As Nina searches for some glimpse of familiarity amid the urban and jarring world of Washington Heights, she learns to uncover her own strength and independence. She finds a way to grow, just like the orchids that blossom on her fire escape.

When life kicks you down, you have to find a way up. That's what happened for Shelly Williams. Her entire world turned upside down with the death of her husband, leaving her as the sole provider for their two-year-old triplets. Only two years later, everything falls apart due to Shelly's poor finances and she finds that she's about to lose her kids. Shelly resorts to something she never thought she'd do--prostitution. She ends up under the thumb of a pimp and before she knows it, she not only adapts to her new lifestyle, but she enjoys the power and the easy money.

It is 1948. William Thomas Cochrane, an American intelligence agent, is in England with his wife, Laura, visiting friends and family. But when summer arrives, so does the first major international crisis of the postwar years. Cochrane’s country is calling him back to active duty for a special assignment in the newly divided Germany, one which will take him behind newly drawn enemy lines and into a perilous netherworld of ruthless black marketeers, petty criminals, prostitutes, ex-Nazis, and Soviet spies.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

It's looking like Anika might be alone for the holidays...unless the very last person she'd ever want to spend them with can convince her otherwise.

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.

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.

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.

"The Language of Flowers" by H. G. Wells is a short essay. H. G. Wells once different, humorous social satire and ironic. During the early Victorian revival of chivalry the Language of Flowers had some considerable vogue. The Romeo of the mutton-chop whiskers was expected to keep this delicate symbolism in view, and even to display his wit by some dainty conceits in it.