Pauline Moody Libros

Beautiful Sorcha is the courageous young woman who risked all to save her family from a wicked curse and whose love shattered generations of hate and bridged two cultures. It is from her sacrifice that Sorcha's brothers were brought home to their ancestral fortress Sevenwaters, and her life has known much joy. But not all the brothers were able to fully escape the spell that transformed them into swans, and it is left to Sorcha's daughter Liadan to help fulfill the destiny of the Sevenwaters clan. Beloved child and dutiful daughter, Liadan embarks on a journey that shows her just how hard-won was the peace that she has known all her life. Liadan will need all of her courage to help save her family, for there are dark forces and ancient powers conspiring to destroy this family's peace--and their world. And she will need all of her strength to stand up to those she loves best, for in the finding of her own true love, Liadan's course may doom them all . . . or be their salvation.

Les frères et sœurs Alice et Boone vivent dans la peur constante d'être empoisonnés par leur beau-père Simon. Lors des repas, ils communiquent par des signes secrets : le riz est sûr, car Simon ne l'a pas préparé, un clin d'œil pour le confirmer. Mais attention au poulet ! Ensuite, ils se retrouvent dans leur chambre d'enfants, attendant la mort, connaissant tous les poisons et leurs symptômes grâce à des ouvrages médicaux. S'agit-il d'idées farfelues de deux enfants imaginatifs ? La situation prend une tournure inquiétante lorsqu'un soir, leur mère entre en courant dans la chambre et murmure seulement deux mots : « Fuyez ! »

Includes 5 of King's short stories that were adapted for Hollywood films, with his personal commentary and introductions.

The conclusion of an epic adventure unfolds in the breathtaking world of the Sovereign Stone, crafted by bestselling authors Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. This final installment weaves together themes of wonder, courage, magic, and ambition, bringing to a close the captivating saga that has enthralled readers.

Pip Mackenzie, una niña de once años, pasa el verano con su madre Ophélie en una playa de San Francisco. Aislada y marcada por una tragedia, un día conoce al pintor Matt Bowles, quien ve en ella un reflejo de su propia hija, a quien perdió durante su divorcio. Matt se ofrece a enseñarle a dibujar, y aunque al principio Ophélie desconfía de su relación, poco a poco se desarrolla una amistad entre ellos. Bajo el cuidado de Matt, madre e hija comienzan a sanar viejas heridas y a redescubrir la alegría en sus vidas. Al final del verano, Ophélie y Pip regresan a la ciudad, pero mantienen el contacto con Matt. Ophélie se une a un grupo de voluntarios que ayuda a personas sin hogar, una actividad que forma parte de su terapia para recuperar el equilibrio en su vida. Sin embargo, cuando todo parece encaminarse hacia la felicidad, el destino cruel vuelve a interrumpir sus vidas, obligando a Matt a enfrentar asuntos del pasado y traicionando a Ophélie la persona en quien más confiaba.

When Laurie Kenyon, a twenty-one-year-old student, is accused of murdering her English professor, she has no memory of the crime. Her fingerprints, however, are everywhere. When she asks her sister, attorney Sarah, to mount her defense, Sarah in turn brings in psychiatrist Justin Donnelly. Kidnapped at the age of four and victimized for two years, Laurie has developed astounding coping skills. Only when the unbearable memories of those lost years are released can the truth of the crime come out—and only then can the final sadistic plan of her abductor, whose obsession is stronger than ever, be revealed.

The Edgar Award-winning novel "A Conspiracy of Paper" marks a standout debut in 2000. In this suspenseful follow-up, David Liss transports readers to Amsterdam in 1659, a time of cultural and financial upheaval. The story unfolds in a world of trade, where schemers thrive and deception reigns. Miguel Lienzo, a once-envied trader in the Portuguese Jewish community, faces ruin after a sudden shift in the sugar markets. Now impoverished and reliant on his younger brother's charity, Miguel is desperate to reclaim his wealth and reputation. He partners with a seductive Dutchwoman who presents a daring opportunity: to corner the market on a new commodity—coffee. To succeed, Miguel must risk everything, navigating the chaotic markets, the greed of rivals, and a powerful enemy intent on his downfall. As he delves deeper, Miguel discovers that betrayal is rampant among Amsterdam's businessmen, with even friends harboring hidden agendas. With humor, imagination, and mystery, Liss paints a vivid picture of a world fraught with danger and longing, where traditional values clash with the demands of a burgeoning business landscape. This captivating tale will keep readers of historical suspense and coffee enthusiasts engaged long into the night.

A constellation of lives in the hard-pressed England of the sixties and seventies, each at a crucial point of change. At the center: an energetic, interesting woman at midlife, a pretty ex-actress anxiously caring for her family while experimenting inside a new, generous, romantic relationship; and her lover, a handsome man of tact and feeling, dissatisfied with his past, leaving his respectable BBC job and entering the excitements and corruptions of high (chancy) finance. Around them, others who represent facets of their future: a real estate tycoon enmeshed in a tricky, ambitious enterprise that has catastrophically backfired; a young rogue of a girl poised between the joys of being kept by an adventurer and a longing for respectable marriage; and a troubled teenager testing her mother's love while involved in a terrifying imbroglio behind the Iron Curtain.

'If I didn't spy, I'd be in the dark eternally. I live in a maze of unknowing - Maisie's maze - and I hate it. I need to be informed ...' The summer of 1967, at a decaying house in the heart of Suffolk: an artist is painting a portrait of thirteen-year-old Maisie and her elder sisters, beautiful Julia and bookish Finn. Maisie embarks on a portrait of her own: she begins an account of her family and of her village friend Daniel Nunn, a young man she idolises, whom she watches over the chasm of a class divide. But is Maisie's description of a summer idyll all it seems? This is the summer when the three sisters' lives will irrevocably, and terribly, change. features in a major retrospective. Daniel Nunn, haunted by the vanished England of his childhood, obsessed by the three sisters and newly determined to understand what happened that last summer, pursues the ghosts of his past.

Levensverhaal van een 17-jarig meisje uit Togo dat in Amerika asiel aanvraagt omdat ze na de dood van haar vader zal worden besneden en uitgehuwelijkt aan een oudere man met drie vrouwen.

Fleeing from a motorcycle gang, alienated, middle-aged Spanish Barrman escapes into a hidden cave and finds himself entombed in an underground labyrinth inhabited by the wondrous Skook.

DRACULA? Een hersenspinsel van bijgeloof, een ding dat niet zou kunnen bestaan​​. Sabella? Een zeer reël personage, een verleidelijke meisje van vlees en warmte - die het zonlicht verafschuwde, het bloed van jonge mannen nodig had om zich te voeden, die alles was wat over Dracula werd gezegd, behalve dat ze een 'ondode' was. Sabella leefde, was sensueel en gevaarlijk. Ze woonde op Nova Mars, een kolonie van de Aarde die erg veel geleek op de wereld die we kennen. Ze wist wat ze was en haar bestaan ​​alleen al was een gevaar voor de al-te-menselijke bevolking van die wereld. Nooit sinds CL Moore's Shambleau is er iemand geweest als Sabella.

Autobiografie van het Engelse medium, aangevuld met een aantal gesprekken met overledenen waarbij ze als medium optrad.