Showing results by publisher "Random House Audio" in Contemporary

Eine herzzerreißende Entscheidung - zwischen deiner Liebe und deiner Familie. Der 25-jährige Colby bewirtschaftet eine Farm in North Carolina. Bei einem Urlaub lernt er die Sängerin Morgan kennen. Sie verbringen eine wunderschöne Zeit miteinander – und wissen doch, dass sie bald in kaum miteinander vereinbare Welten zurückkehren müssen. Zeitgleich flüchtet eine Frau namens Beverly vor ihrem gewalttätigen Ehemann. Gemeinsam mit ihrem kleinen Sohn reist sie quer durch Amerika. Schließlich findet sie Unterschlupf in einem heruntergekommenen Haus in der Provinz.

Eine Liebe so tief, dass sie Angst macht. Eine Anziehung so heiß, dass jeder Blick, jede Berührung brennt. Gegensätze, die alles zu vernichten drohen.

Als Iona nach Irland kam, wurde sie vom magischen Zirkel um den O'Dwyer-Clan herzlich aufgenommen und fand in Boyle ihre große Liebe. Ihr Cousin Connor O’Dwyer hat die Frau fürs Leben noch nicht gefunden, doch auf wundersame Weise fühlt er sich plötzlich zur leidenschaftlichen Meara hingezogen. Das Glück wird getrübt, als Cabhan, der blutrünstige Feind des Clans, Meara benutzt, um sie alle zu vernichten. Hält der Kreis der Freunde dieser Herausforderung stand?

The Trinidad contract was supposed to be simple: To make a living man become a dead man. When the job goes bad under the watchful eye of a bank security camera, there is nowhere for agent MX-401, known as Reaper, to hide from the fearsome local warlords, the Laventille Killers. Her employers, the Barbarians, send her to Barbados, the next island over, barely two hundred miles away, with the LK's in hot pursuit of the woman who took many of their own.

A single day in Paris changes the lives of three Americans as they each set off to explore the city with a French tutor, learning about language, love, and loss as their lives intersect in surprising ways.

The restoration of a majestic old home provides the exhilarating backdrop for Danielle Steel's 66th best-selling novel, the story of a young woman's dream, an old man's gift, and the surprises that await us behind every closed door.

On trial for assassinating her husband, the president of the United States, Beth MacMann hires an old flame from law school as her defense attorney. In this hilarious send-up of both politicos and lawyers, Buckley reestablishes himself as one of today's premiere satirists.

Leah has been waiting for this moment a long time: Her boyfriend, Ollie, is taking her to his family’s home on Seneca Lake for a week of lazy summer bliss, boating, and barbeque. The couple have been together four years, and Leah is convinced that Ollie is finally going to pop the question. Leah can’t wait to share the joyous news with her best friend, June, who is joining them on their getaway. Seven years later, the moment June has been dreading has finally arrived: Her fiancé, Ollie, is taking her to his family’s lake house.

Avantika is an investment banker, an ambitious go-getter and the exact opposite of Deb - a corporate professional turned failed writer, turned scripter of saas-bahu serials. They've been together for 10 years, surviving everything from college to rave parties to annoying best friends, including Shrey, who has no respect for personal boundaries, and Vernita and Tanmay - the annoying yet enviable "it" couple who seem to have it all. Now Avantika wants to take the next step. But will Deb be able to catch up? Or will it rip them apart?

The darkest moon will guide your way. Die leidenschaftliche und bewegende Liebesgeschichte um Karina und Kael geht weiter. Band 2 der großen Serie The Brightest Stars. Karina fühlt sich betrogen und enttäuscht, seit sie weiß, dass Kael sie hintergangen hat, und sie bricht den Kontakt zu ihm ab. Aber die Gedanken an Kael lassen sie einfach nicht los. Zwischen den beiden scheint ein unsichtbares Band zu existieren, das sie wie magisch zu ihm hin zieht.

Kaveri is 30; single; knows seven languages; is an interpreter by profession; has read all the books about men and how to get a date. Yet she has not been able to figure out the language of love. Since the the one great love of her life has eluded her for 30 years and might never show up, she decides to take matters into her own hands. On her 30th birthday, she makes a resolution - love or no love, she is going to lose her virginity. Life, however, has other plans!

Television producer Brin Cassidy was throwing the biggest dinner party of her life. And with everything in utter chaos, who should show up unannounced on her doorstep but her handsome estranged husband, Jon Riley. Brin had not only worked with the popular star of Riley in the Morning, she had fallen in love with and married him. She knew she owed Riley an explanation for why she walked out. But did he have to come on this of all nights? Temperamental, charismatic, and devastatingly blue-eyed, Riley was a man who knew what he wanted, and he wasn’t leaving until he got it.

Sicily Coyne was just thirteen when her father was killed in a school fire that left her face disfigured. Twelve years later, a young surgeon, Eliza Cappadora, offers hope in the form of a revolutionary new surgery that may give Sicily back the grace and function she lost. Raised by a dynamic, tenacious aunt who taught her to lead a normal life, and engaged to a wonderful man who knew her long before the accident, Sicily rejects the offer: She knows who she is, and so do the people who love her.

In the five years since Julia last visited her aunt and uncle’s home in Malibu, her life has been turned upside down by her daughter’s death. She expects to find nothing more than peace and solitude as she house-sits with only her dog, Bonnie, for company. But she finds herself drawn to the handsome man who oversees the lemon orchard. Roberto expertly tends the trees, using the money to support his extended Mexican family. What connection could these two people share? The answer comes as Roberto reveals the heartbreaking story of his own loss – a pain Julia knows all too well, but for one striking difference: Roberto’s daughter was lost but never found. And despite the odds he cannot bear to give up hope.

Lakonisch, musikalisch und mit Witz erzählt Achleitner eine große Geschichte - Das Roman-Debüt des Weltmusikers Hubert von Goisern. Maria ist verschwunden. Seit Monaten hat Herwig, mit dem sie seit fast dreißig Jahren verheiratet ist, nichts von ihr gehört. Dass sie ihren Job gekündigt und seinen Volvo mitgenommen hat, lässt zumindest hoffen, dass sie noch am Leben ist. Doch was ist passiert, mit ihrer Ehe, ihrer Liebe, ihrem gemeinsamen Leben? Hubert Achleitner schickt seine Protagonisten auf eine Reise von Österreich bis Griechenland.

In this second-chance workplace romance, two lawyers find themselves working in the same office after a steamy vacation fling a year and a half ago, from the author of Can't Help Faking in Love. Naina Shetty is a proud workaholic, and she is gunning for a promotion at her law firm. No distractions will get in her way this time, not even the bad breakup that happened over a year ago. She brushed off her pain with a long vacation and a no-strings-attached fling with a handsome stranger, but now Naina is back to business.

In this sweeping sapphic sports romance, two college softball stars compete for each other’s hearts—if only they can get past their fear of striking out—from the author of Play You For It. When Abby Cruz transfers to Insley University and joins the softball team, it seems the only thing she and Kate Hutchins have in common is their love of the game. Abby’s raw talent and reckless behavior threaten Kate’s carefully controlled world, especially when their coach assigns Kate the unwelcome task of tutoring her rival.

Reeling from an unexpected betrayal, can Sylvia find relief from the echoes of her past...or will they shape her future forever? Although Sylvia Fisher recognizes that most Old Order Amish women her age spend their hours managing a household and raising babies, she has just one focus - tending and nurturing the herd on her family’s dairy farm. But when a dangerous connection with an old beau forces her to move far from home, she decides to concentrate on a new start and pour her energy into reviving another family’s debt-ridden farm.

Teil 1 der mitreißenden »Wild Hearts«-Dilogie, gelesen von Josi Wismar (Autorin) und Piet Gampert + Exklusiv-Interview mit Josi über die Hintergründe der Reihe Taras Leben ist durchgeplant: Sie studiert Tiermedizin, um eines Tages die Familienpraxis zu übernehmen. Als sie beschließt, für ein Praktikum nach Kanada zu gehen, kommt es zu einem heftigen Streit mit ihren Eltern. Dennoch bricht Tara auf. Kurz nach ihrer Ankunft soll sie ausgerechnet Jaimie, den mürrischen Ranger, der sie von Anfang an nicht leiden kann, auf eine Forschungsreise begleiten.

Teil 2 der »Wild Hearts«-Dilogie als Hörbuch, gelesen von Josi Wismar (Autorin) und Piet Gampert + exklusives Nachwort zur Dilogie Zwei Jahre sind vergangen, seit Tara Kanada überstürzt verlassen musste. Zwei Jahre, seit Jaimie und sie sich zuletzt gesehen haben. Auch wenn die Zeit in Kanada mit schmerzhaften Erinnerungen verbunden ist, wagt sie einen Neuanfang und zieht nach Vancouver. Als sie dort auf Jaimie trifft, ist sie schockiert. Obwohl sie weiß, dass er immer noch verletzt ist, kann sie sich nicht von ihm fernhalten. Doch er hat sich verändert.