Rome Fiction

Rome: maverick military historian Myles Munro is on holiday with girlfriend and journalist Helen Bridle. He's convinced a bomb is about to be detonated at the American embassy. New York: a delivery van hurtling through Wall Street blows up, showering the sky with a chilling message: America is about to be brought down like the Roman Empire.

Always blazing their own path, newly engaged couple Chase and Gavin decide to forego a typical American wedding, followed by a honeymoon in Italy. Instead, they’ll spend the month of December in Rome with a local Italian family, learning the customs and exploring every romantic adventure they can find.

It’s the middle of the night. Junior high starts tomorrow. And Madison Kincaid jolts awake to the sound of a phone call from the jailhouse. It’s a new case for her father, a renowned defense attorney: Someone’s been accused of murdering Madison’s second-grade teacher. But no body has turned up. Bent on becoming a lawyer just like her dad, Madison’s determined to help him crack the case.

Teagan Bianchi has survived a road trip with rambunctious toddler twins and a large mutt named Garbage Disposal. She clings to a tattered scrap of hope that moving into her late grandmother’s house is the best way to repair her failing business—and the sad shreds of her life—after the man who promised her forever lost everything they had. But she’s barely arrived when she finds herself face to face with her teenage crush, now an irresistible man—who still happens to live next door...

In "Bud Spencer - Die unglaubliche Reise zu meinem Filmhelden nach Rom 2011" erzählt der Protagonist, der Österreicher Tom Moore, höchstpersönlich und auf amüsante Weise, wie er im Jahre 2011 von seinem persönlichen Filmidol Bud Spencer nach Rom in dessen Domizil eingeladen wurde und was er dort erlebte.

Lucius, jeune esclave du célèbre savant Pline l'Ancien, doit accompagner son maître près du mont Vésuve qui crache une inquiétante fumée. Mais la situation s'avère plus catastrophique que prévu... Pline et Lucius parviendront-ils à s'approcher du volcan sans risquer leurs vies ?

Die New Yorkerin Lena Castamolino steckt in Schwierigkeiten. Großen Schwierigkeiten. Jedes Mal, wenn der Vollmond scheint, versucht ihr Körper, sich in eine wilde Bestie zu verwandeln, und sie hat keine Ahnung, warum. Ihre Haut wird ledrig, ihre Schultern beginnen mit einer qualvollen Verwandlung in Flügel. Flügel!

From the destruction of the ancient city of Troy; we are taken on a fabulous journey, filled with adventure and romance, to the birth of a new, greater city, and at last to the days of glory in imperial Rome.

Une nouvelle tempête d'emmerdes s'abat sur le Val d'Aoste et le sous-préfet Rocco Schiavone. Après s'être réveillé à côté de la meilleure amie de son ex et avoir passé la journée sur un simple accident de circulation, il voit débarquer en pleine nuit le petit ami de celle-ci dans son appartement. Mais il n'est pas venu pour parler sentiments. Une amie de sa fille, Chiara Berguet, élève modèle issue d'une famille d'industriels locaux, a disparu.

Köln, 1927: Helene von Ratschek sprüht vor neuen Ideen für die Süßwarenmanufaktur ihrer Familie. Ob Lakritze, Konfekt oder Weingummi, ihre Kreationen sind so köstlich wie originell. Doch als ihr Vater seine Nachfolge verkündet, gewährt er seinen Söhnen den Vortritt, während Helene einen Geschäftspartner heiraten soll. Helene jedoch möchte ein selbstbestimmtes Leben führen. Kurzentschlossen heuert sie unter falschem Namen bei der Konkurrenz in Hamburg an und begegnet dort dem charmanten Fabrikantensohn Frederik.

In a crime-filled town run by thieves and gangsters, one man stands against the darkness. Jack Breeder possesses an inexplicable talent for finding things, even when someone doesn't want them found. After ruining several high-value schemes, a dark underground syndicate decides Jack needs a career change.

Jo has had enough of handsome men. After a painful breakup, she’s decided she doesn’t believe in love. Then, while on a professional trip to the magical city of Rome, she meets Corrado, a scientist and her brother-in-law to be, and he doesn’t believe in love, either. To him, it’s just a biochemical reaction. So what’s the problem? Well, he’s gorgeous for a start, as well as charming, generous, intelligent, and attentive, and she feels herself immediately falling for him, despite her new outlook.

Atticus Perennis, prefect of the Roman fleet, waits restlessly in Carthage. His crew is agitated, as they wait on edge for news from Rome, hoping the powers that be send more ships to help his Carthaginian forces put down a rebel mercenary army. When word reaches them that a fleet is on their way, it seems there might be an end in sight to the ceaseless violence. However, the optimism does not last long. When an act of treachery by the Carthaginian side is committed against their Roman brothers in arms, the wheels of counter-revenge, bloodshed and savagery are set in motion.

En el apogeo de su carrera, Julio César ha sometido a sus enemigos y extendido el imperio hasta los confines del mundo conocido. Así pues, concentra sus energías en el bienestar de Roma y en afianzar su poder, consciente de las envidias que suscita. Muchos de quienes lo rodean consideran sus atribuciones de dictador una amenaza para la república. Entre ellos se encuentran el lujurioso Marco Antonio, el resentido Cayo Casio y el virtuoso Marco Bruto, todos en deuda con César, a quien odian en secreto.

Rome - 97 BC. Quintus Sertorius is now serving as a legate in Greece. It's supposed to be a peacetime mission, but quickly Sertorius discovers there is more happening beneath the peaceful veneer of democracy's birthplace. Roman citizens are disappearing. Whispers are spreading that there is a force operating in the shadows bent on Rome's destruction.

Tall, dark, and handsome best-selling author Xavier Preston thought his nightmare - in the form of Pilar, a fanatical stalker/fan - had finally ended. Little does he know, it’s only beginning. When Xavier met Pilar, he got much more than he bargained for. What started out as an erotic one-night stand quickly turned into a dangerous game of obsession and pain, with both parties playing to win. Then...she simply disappeared.

Sophie Jones is a spirited girl who wants to bring light into the lives of her patients. Dr. Edward Gregory is a man afflicted with demons both physical and emotional. When the two are assigned to work together as part of Sophie's training, it seems they will never get along, but a common goal may just be the key to unlocking their conflict. This quick listen is the second in the Nurses of New York series by bestselling author Amelia C. Adams.

Lilly hat drei Jobs gleichzeitig, als ihre krebskranke Mutter ihren letzten Wunsch äußert: Noch einmal möchte sie die Blüte jener seltenen Hyazinthe sehen, die einst im Garten ihres Cottages auf der Isle of Skye blühte. Lilly kehrt in ihre alte Heimat zurück, doch ihr früheres Zuhause ist heruntergekommen, und die Suche nach der Blume gestaltet sich schwieriger als gedacht. Dabei trifft sie nicht nur auf Liam, dem heute das Grundstück gehört, sondern auch auf ein Geheimnis, das ihre Mutter ein Leben lang vor ihr gehütet hat.

Provincial France, 1700. Lana Moreau, beautiful daughter of a bankrupt nobleman, is desperate for a suitor with a brain. But things don’t go as planned when her father takes her to the local prophet, looking for insight into her many failed courtships. When the seer names her as the Belmorta, a woman doomed to love a beast and bring famine and destruction, Lana flees in hopes of reversing her dark fortune. Escaping the wrath of the frightened villagers, she finds salvation in a seemingly empty magical castle.

Eine Ehe ohne Lust, Orgasmus & Leidenschaft! Und dann kommt er... Er gibt ihr das, was ihr fehlt: Er macht sie hemmungslos, er macht sie willenlos & er macht sie geil!