eBooks „deceit“
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S. J. Evans
Never Let Go
Sequel to "Less than Perfect". . .
- Liebe
- Englisch
- 4151 Wörter
- Ab 14 Jahren
- 2175
- 55
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Sometimes letting go isn’t the better option, and all you need to do is hold on . . .
Three months. That’s how long it’s been since Skye Montgomery met her biological father for the first time.
Now, after months of building up a relationship that had ceased to exist for the past seventeen years, Skye’s officially moved to Kensington, Kansas to live with her father and his family for six months—leaving her sweet, adoring boyfriend Jules, and her loving, engaged-to-be-married mother Leah, behind.
It’s a simple arrangement, really, and Skye couldn’t be happier to finally be united with her father after all these years. But when tragedy strikes back at home, trials threaten to break Skye and Jules’s relationship apart, an old relationship is surprisingly rekindled, and someone suddenly lurks in the shadows everywhere Skye goes, hunting her, everything threatens to fall apart all over again. All she wanted was a second chance, a time to start over and enjoy life for its beautiful things—things like Leah and Joe’s wedding, she and Jules’s irrevocable feelings for each other, and a chance with the father she’d always wanted—but sometime it’s not that easy.
Because the fact of the matter is, on top of everything else, Leah’s hiding something, Skye’s new friends are curious about her past, and the police are withholding important information that could have the power to change her fate.
So the question is, when it’s all said and done, will Skye be able to handle the shocking secrets hidden behind the walls of deceit and betrayal? And even more importantly: will she survive the threats on her life and keep her relationships with those she loves intact, all the while never once letting go? Only time will tell. [mehr]
Stichwörter: Romance, young-adult, Teen-fiction, thriller, relationships, revenge, betrayal, love, hate, sacrifice
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William Makepeace Thackeray
Vanity Fair
- Belletristik
- Englisch
- 301277 Wörter
- Ab 8 Jahren
- 237
- 3
Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero is a novel by English author William Makepeace Thackeray. The subtitle, A Novel without a Hero, is apt because the characters are all flawed to a greater or lesser degree; even the most sympathetic have weaknesses, for example Captain Dobbin, who is prone to vanity and melancholy. The human weaknesses Thackeray illustrates are mostly to do with greed, idleness, and snobbery, and the scheming, deceit and hypocrisy which mask them. None of the characters are wholly evil, although Becky's psychopathic tendencies make her come pretty close. However, even Becky, who is amoral and cunning, is thrown on her own resources by poverty and its stigma. (She is the orphaned daughter of a poor artist and an opera dancer.) Thackeray's tendency to highlight faults in all of his characters displays his desire for a greater level of realism in his fiction compared to the rather unlikely or idealized people in many contemporary novels.
The novel is a satire of society as a whole, characterized by hypocrisy and opportunism, but it is not a reforming novel; there is no suggestion that social or political changes, or greater piety and moral reformism could improve the nature of society. It thus paints a fairly bleak view of the human condition. This bleak portrait is continued with Thackeray's own role as an omniscient narrator, one of the writers best known for using the technique. He continually offers asides about his characters and compares them to actors and puppets, but his scorn goes even as far as his readers; accusing all who may be interested in such "Vanity Fairs" as being either "of a lazy, or a benevolent, or a sarcastic mood". [mehr]
Stichwörter: vanity fair, thackeray, historical romance, social satire, psychological fiction, character studies, drama, tragedy
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Shan R.K
Beauty's Breath
A Suspenseful Romance
- Liebe
- Englisch
- 43578 Wörter
- Ab 16 Jahren
- 21
Her plight for vengeance will not be deterred, even by the one who owns the last piece of her.I was once just a beggar on the street, then like all poor girls I met a prince and fell in love. But I didn't get my happily ever after as beauty was the Devil's joke that only the blind could see.So a twist in my tale I ended up becoming a hunter and executioner, until one day an Enforcer crossed my path. I told him I will destroy him, I did. I never lied.He loves me, but what he doesn't know is that his love for me won't change the direction of my bullet, just the expiration date of our love.In a world of danger, deceit, and revenge, Beggar and Zero's love is put to the ultimate test. As a hunter and executioner, Beggar's only goal is to avenge the wrongs committed against her. But when she falls for the enforcer, Zero, she's forced to choose between love and justice.In the small town of Kanla, tensions run high as more young girls become victims of the enemies within. The Satan Sniper's Motorcycle Club will stop at nothing to catch those responsible, even if it means taking matters into their own hands.But when Beggar and Zero find themselves on opposite sides of the law, will their love be enough to save them? Or will they be forced to pay the ultimate price?Discover the gripping conclusion to Beggar and Zero's story in this thrilling romantic suspense novel."My end by your hands, would be like this water touching the moon." Beggar"Give me one reason why I shouldn't kill you right now?" Zero "I can give you a hundred why you should." Beggar [mehr]
Stichwörter: Enemies to lovers, forbidden, forced proximity, MC Series, 2023 Romance books, Mafia, Murder mystery, Assassin
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BS Murthy
Benign Flame: Saga of Love
- Liebe
- Englisch
- 117901 Wörter
- Ab 16 Jahren
- 1274
- 1
The attractions Roopa experienced and the fantasies she entertained as a teen shaped a male imagery that ensconced her subconscious. Insensibly, confident carriage came to be associated with the image of maleness in her mind-set. Her acute consciousness of masculinity only increased her vulnerability to it, making her womanliness crave for the maleness for its gratification.
However, as her father was constrained to help her in becoming a doctor, she opts to marry, hoping that Sathyam might serve her cause though the persona she envisioned as masculine, she found lacking in him. But as he fails to go with her idea, she becomes apathetic towards him, and insensibly sinks into her friend Sandhya’s embrace, for lesbian solace.
Soon, in a dramatic sequence of events, Tara, a suave call girl, tries to rope Roopa into her calling; Roopa herself loses her heart to Sandhya's beau Raja Rao, and Prasad, her husband’s friend falls for her. And as Prasad begins to induce Sathyam to be seduced by whores to worm his way into her affections, Roopa finds herself in a dilemma. However, as fate puts Raja Rao into Roopa’s arms in such a way as to lend novelty to fiction, this ‘novel’ nuances man-woman chemistry on one hand, and portrays woman-woman empathy on the other.
Who said the novel is dead; 'Benign Flame' raises the bar as vouched by -
The plot is quite effective and it’s a refreshing surprise to discover that the story will not trace a fall into disaster for Roopa, given that many writers might have habitually followed that course with a wife who strays into extramarital affairs - Spencer Critchley, Literary Critic, U.S.A.
The author has convinced the readers that love is something far beyond the marriage tie and the fulfillment love can be attained without marriage bondage. The author has achieved a minor revolution without any paraphernalia of revolution in the fourth part of the novel – The Quest, India.
The author makes free use of – not interior monologue as such, but – interior dialogue of the character with the self, almost resembling the dramatic monologue of Browning. Roopa, Sandhya, Raja Rao and Prasad to a considerable extent and Tara and Sathyam to a limited degree indulge in rationalization, trying to analyse their drives and impulses – The Journal of Indian Writing in English.
Overall, Benign Flame is a unique attempt at exploring adult relationships and sexuality in the contemporary middle-class. All the characters come alive with their cravings and failings, their love and their lust. Benign Flame blurs the lines and emphasizes that life is not all black and white - it encompasses the full spectrum of living - Indian Book Chronicle.
Chapter Headings
Ramaiah’s Family
Realities of Life
Hapless Hope
Turn at the Tether
Moorings of Marriage
World within the World
Roopa’s En Passant
Threshold of Temptation
Sathyam’s Surrender
Sandhya’s Sojourn
Match in the Making
Poignant Moment
Wedding Season
Veil of Fate
Naughty Nuptials
Tidings of Love
Tentative Moves
Fetishes of Fantasy
Curtain of Courtesy
Blueprint in the Offing
Enduring Longing
Villainy of Life
23. Playboy at Play
Scheming the Theme
Device of Deceit
Software of Detour
Tara’s Theory
Night of the Mates
A Brimming Romance
Euphoric Forays
Living the Dream
Chat at the Bar
Amour on Rein
Surge of a Merge
Date with Destiny
36. Threesome Sail
End of an Innings
Subdued Beginning
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Stichwörter: romance, menage a trois, love story, love triangle, general fiction, literary novel, eroticism, women's dilemma, Indian family saga, plot and character novel, Indian romance, Indian erotic romance, women's story, Indian women's story, Love and seduction, Indian fiction, ménage a trios, playbody, lesbian, family saga, threesome love, adultery, amor, infidelity, love affair [mehr]
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