Flowers Fiction

Wildblumen sind stark. Widerstandsfähig. Sie gedeihen unter den widrigsten Bedingungen. So möchte ich auch sein. Ich möchte die Zuversicht von Wildblumen besitzen... niemals aufgeben, blühen und gedeihen, was auch immer geschieht. Mein Leben verläuft ziemlich unspektakulär, aber das ist für mich in Ordnung. Das ändert sich, als Thayer Holmes nebenan einzieht. Der mürrische Landschaftsgärtner bringt frischen Wind in meinen Alltag. Und als er mich darum bittet, als Kindermädchen für seinen kleinen Sohn einzuspringen, stimme ich spontan zu.

Christie O'Mara is thrilled to take over her grandmother's business after Grandma Maude's death. Renamed Christies Flower Shoppe, she offers beautiful arrangements and unique gifts in the town she calls home. While preparing for opening day, she finds a note taped to the underside of a drawer of an antique desk. It hints at a murder that had occurred years ago. A few days later, the police chief visits her because a recipient of one of her bouquets was found dead.

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.

 Flowers for Broken Women is an encouraging collection of poetry created for broken women (and girls) who love, courageously, in spite of their scars. 

A terrible threat to humanity’s existence which he helped create? There’s something strange stirring within the sleepy town of Desert Lime. Faint and wild whispers in the wind. Otherworldly murmurs from across the expanse of space and time. Crafty shape-shifters have crept into his school.

Becoming the Earl of Castleton wasn’t something Arthur Brynnwood was expecting. Yes, his great-uncle was old, but Arthur had always imagined him living forever. But after he learned of his great-uncle’s passing he went from being just another gentleman to one of the highly sought after prizes by matchmaking mamas of the ton. Suddenly the responsibility of running such a vast estate was thrust on Arthur’s shoulders.

Cuando su hermana Bluebell se escapa para evitar casarse con Diego de Valterra, Rose Wadlow se siente obligada a ocupar su lugar. Sabe que el matrimonio pactado con ese hombre no le traerá felicidad. Aun así, está dispuesta a no permitir que su carácter mujeriego le afecte, porque, a cambio, su sangre española la liberará de la maldición que pesa sobre su familia.

Buttercup and Violet are flower fairies. They live in tree houses in the Whispering Woods. Although they are each very different, they have fun together, and each complements the other. Even though Violet is shy, she is smart and enjoys sharing in Buttercup’s adventures. One day, their quiet and relaxing hours of daydreaming at the lily pond are interrupted.

Año 2010. En una habitación de un lujoso hotel de Madrid, aparece el cadáver de una mujer tumbada sobre la cama. No presenta signos de violencia. Dos flores Molly Sanderson tapan sus ojos. Las manos sostienen dos calas por el tallo. Pocos días más tarde, en el barrio de la Estrella, también en Madrid, otra mujer es hallada en su domicilio en circunstancias similares.

Hani is set to investigate thefts from the king’s household that turn out to be related to a more sinister attempt on the king’s life. Meanwhile, witnesses to the crown prince’s dodgy birth begin to die, and Hani fears for his daughter and her friend, who were also present.

Five short stories. Stories include: "Who's Tougher" "You In or Out" "Either Way You're Dead" "Candy or Flowers" "In My Shoes".

Only one man treats me with respect, and even though I don’t mean to do it, I suddenly find myself offering up my V-card to thank him!

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.

In 1983, deep in New Mexico’s Gila National Forest, the bodies of a young woman and two children were found. Who were they? How did they get there? Thirty years later, two women find themselves drawn to the cold case. Librarian Laura MacDonald begins her own investigation as a way to distract herself from breast cancer treatments and becomes consumed by her search for answers. Jean Martinez is a veteran detective determined to keep working cold cases for the Sierra County police force even as her family begs her to retire.

Across twenty-five stories, Øyehaug renovates the form again and again, confirming Lydia Davis’s observation that her every story is “a formal surprise, smart and droll.” The stories converse with, contradict, and expand on one another; birds, hagfish, and wild beasts reappear, gnawing at the fringes. A section of a woman’s brain slips into the toilet bowl, removing her ability to remember or recognize types of birds (particularly problematic because she is an ornithologist). Medicinal leeches ingest information from fiberoptic cables, and a new museum sinks into the ground.

Die verführerisch-romantische Historical Romance-Reihe von Bestsellerautorin Stacy Reid geht weiter! Die schöne Lady Ophelia Darby führt ein Doppelleben: Zum einen ist sie die eigensinnige Tochter eines mächtigen Marquess und der Liebling der feinen Gesellschaft. Zum anderen ist sie die geheimnisvolle Sängerin Lady Starlight, die sich in Londons zwielichtiger Unterwelt bewegt.

Society can be odd and those within the ton do not always behave as expected. For example, Lady Violet Claxton spent more time in the gardens admiring flowers, plants, and bushes than she did inside any ballroom, and I left London wondering why she preferred roses over bachelors. Though perhaps it’s because she’s grows bored with tedious conversation, as her intelligence is beyond most, she’s pragmatic, and lacks patience when time is wasted.

Much to Lady Lucinda Claxton’s dismay and irritation, her father’s house party only includes bachelors ready to wed. With her siblings off celebrating Christmas elsewhere, Lucinda is left to fend for herself. A new arrival, however, changes everything, and soon Lucinda decides the next ten days may not be so tedious after all. Mr. Caleb Copeland agrees to accompany his great-aunts to the home of the Duke of Arscott on one condition: He’ll not participate in any of the entertainments.

Three years have passed since Joelle Gordon came home to Landon, Minnesota, following her heart back to her family of women and their little café on Flickertail Lake. Joelle, her sister Jillian, and her daughter Camille have grown closer through the shared heartaches and passionate loves they experienced since that first summer. Now the Shore Leave Café is again basking under the brilliant June sunshine, and this summer promises to be hotter than ever.

Rose and Elmer have created an idyllic sanctuary for themselves and their five daughters in Mexico's Baja California desert. Out there in the middle of nowhere, blissfully cut off from the burdens of modern society, they're free to raise their beautiful family...and preserve its secret.