Flowers Fiction

Songs of the Amaranthine is a collection of short stories set in Forthright's Amaranthine universe. Before the Emergence, the clans were nothing more than whispers and mysteries and legends and lore. But every so often—in out-of-the-way places or shockingly close to home—an unsuspecting person stumbled into a fateful encounter with someone who was decidedly other.

Follow little Mary on a colorful adventure through green fields, tall trees, and, of course, dozens and dozens of flowers. Let Mary introduce you to her friends and tell you all about flowers, their scents, and why they love them. An engaging storybook for young ones just learning to listen to books in English. The sentences are simple but challenging enough for them to learn.

In a quiet village surrounded by ancient woods and the imposing Italian Alps, a man is found naked with his eyes gouged out. It is the first in a string of gruesome murders. Superintendent Teresa Battaglia, a detective with a background in criminal profiling, is called to investigate. Battaglia is in her mid-60s, her rank and expertise hard-won from decades of battling for respect in the male-dominated Italian police force. Soon she finds that buried deep in these mountains are whispers of a dark and dangerous history, possibly tied to a group of eight-year-old children.

Magnolia Baker could be considered the matriarch of her four younger sisters. They’ve endured tragedy and heartbreak together, with Magnolia protecting them no matter the cost. Her heart was made of solid gold and under lock and key. Shielding the part of her that had been broken by the one man who should have guarded it with his life is a top priority for Magnolia. No one has ever been able to penetrate the barrier until a smooth-talking, college English professor by the name of Lennox Clarke steps in to take a shot.

Magie am Tag der Toten. Valentina hütet ein Geheimnis: Sie ist La Catrina, jene legendäre Figur, die zum Sinnbild für den mexikanischen Tag der Toten geworden ist. Damit ist es ihr bestimmt, verlorene Seelen ins Reich der Toten zu führen. Davon darf aber niemand erfahren, denn ein dunkler Bund jagt unerbittlich Menschen mit magischen Fähigkeiten. Doch ausgerechnet bei einer Halloweenparty verwandelt sich Valentina vor den Augen aller! Trost findet sie in den Armen von Lili – eine schicksalhafte Begegnung... Auftakt des dramatisch-romantischen Zweiteilers.

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.

First published in 1857, The Flowers of Evil (Les Fleurs du Mal) is a poetry collection by Charles Baudelaire. In 1909, Cyril Scott published a translation of 54 of the poems, which is the subject of this recording.

A Danish Lutheran pastor's complacent faith is stretched to the breaking point during World War II when he meets a young Jewish nurse, Hanne Abrahamsen, and becomes deeply involved in Resistance efforts to save Denmark's Jews from the Nazi prison camp at Terezin, Czechoslovakia - also known as Theresienstadt.

Not a phenomenon Tempest could typically claim, but certainly the catalyst for where she’s landed. Not in peril, or pain, but in dire need of the very normalcy she’s often emulated, but never been able to obtain. Now...there’s nothing in her way, except all those years of being everything except what she now has to become.

Als Violet wegen eines Todesfalls nach London fliegt, erwartet sie alles - außer das! Ihre exzentrische Großtante hat ihr und ihren Cousinen Rose und Daisy ein Blumengeschäft mitten in Notting Hill vererbt. Obwohl die drei keine Ahnung von Blumengestecken oder der Führung eines Geschäfts haben, wollen sie in die Fußstapfen ihrer Großtante treten. Wie schwer kann es schließlich schon sein, ein Blumengeschäft zu führen? Dass Violet alles andere als einen grünen Daumen hat, ist nicht einmal das größte Problem.

Responsible, practical Miss Hermione Rogers, has been crafting stories as the notorious Mr. Michael Michaelmas and selling them for a meager wage to support her siblings. The only real way to ensure her family's ruinous debts are paid, however, is to marry. Tall, thin, and plain, she has no expectation of success. In London for her first Season she seizes the chance to write the tale of a brooding duke. In her research, she finds Sebastian Fitzhugh, the Fifth Duke of Mallen.

It is early 1943 and the United States has been at war for more than a year. William Cochrane, an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, who was the central character in Flowers From Berlin, has enlisted in the United States Army. He has the commission of a major and is at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, training for combat.

This is our end and also our beginning.

Kenyon Brooks is parched. And the only woman who can sate his thirst is Kamil Rodríguez.

Das große Finale der "Wallflowers"-Saga von Bestseller-Autorin Lisa Kleypas. Die lebenslustige Daisy Bowman hat es, anders als ihre Freundinnen, auch nach zwei Londoner Saisons nicht geschafft, einen Ehemann zu finden. Am Ende seiner Geduld stellt ihr Vater, ein reicher Industrieller, ihr ein Ultimatum: Sollte sie auch in dieser Saison keinen Erfolg haben, muss sie seinen Geschäftspartner heiraten. Matthew Swift ist clever, ernst und schrecklich langweilig – Daisy kann ihn nicht ausstehen. Jeder Mann wäre besser als er.

Oliver York returns from war to find his father dead, his finances in arrears, and himself the new Earl of Carlisle. If he doesn't marry an heiress—and fast!—he and his tenants are going to be pitching tents down by the Thames. He definitely shouldn't be trading kisses with a penniless debutante... no matter how captivating she is!

While sidekick Matt Flowers shoots a film abroad, Poppy dusts off her own acting chops to break up a Gen Z crime ring targeting seniors in Palm Springs. Tanya Cook and her gal pals have been swindling susceptible residents for all they're worth—until the gang meets Poppy undercover. Yet with the case cracked, the desert heat is on full blast as new terrors take the lead. Poppy's already sweating over a menacing mystery stalker when a shocking death proves she's in serious danger.

In a cruise-ship stateroom, a soul awakens in the afterlife, still dressed in the Roman servant garbs of his previous life. He can’t remember much, but a silent woman stands out in his memory: his first and only love. Unable to cope with an eternity without her, he leaps from the ship and back into the depths of the life stream. Five hundred years later, he awakens again in the same stateroom, alone and fueled with new memories of her.

Lady Henrietta Prince is far too busy for romance. She’s dedicated her life to turning her family vineyards into a profitable sparkling wine venture. But when she shares a thrilling kiss at midnight with a handsome stranger, she’s captivated...until he claims to be the distant heir to her father’s dukedom.

Miriam Jones is merely existing. Three years ago, the cruelty of the world robbed her of her husband. Preferring to sleep through the days rather than face her reality, Miriam has yet to begin the grieving process. However, reality knocks hard. Emma Woods is not one to sit idly by while her daughter wallows and neglects her duties as a mother. She’s done it long enough. Hoping to encourage her eldest daughter to rejoin the land of the living, she offers up an ultimatum.