検索キーワード： 選集・短編小説

No conto “Cartas”, publicado pela primeira vez em 1895, uma mulher guarda consigo um pacote de cartas comprometedoras, que precisam ser mantidas em segredo a qualquer custo. Quando o marido as encontra, um conflito interno se apodera dele. Lealdade, ciúmes e resignação permeiam esta obra.

Este conto fala de Tonie, um jovem tímido que mora em Chênière Caminada com sua mãe. Esse personagem também aparece no romance O despertar, da mesma autora.

Uma das primeiras histórias de Kate Chopin, este conto, publicado em 1892, retrata um pouco da vida e dos hábitos dos moradores da região da Acadiana, na Louisiana (EUA). A história de dois casais se transforma rapidamente durante um baile.

Who hasn't known the magic and the mess of the human heart? Doubt, fear, disillusion, loss - sometimes the only way of growing into our better selves. We travel without signposts and fall without warning. We can also recover in unexpected ways. These stories are fictional but also real: each one created from true-life fragments formed into an imaginary whole.

No conto “O divórcio da senhora Célestin”, publicado pela primeira vez em 1894, a senhora Célestin conversa com o advogado Paxton sobre a possibilidade de se divorciar.

Este conto, publicado pela primeira vez em 1896, traz a história de uma atriz parisiense que anualmente se refugia no convento de freiras onde cresceu.

Neste conto, publicado pela primeira vez em 1894, Manna Loulou conta a história de Zoraide, uma mulher escravizada criada como afilhada da sua senhora.

Neste conto, Kate Chopin mergulha no coração amoroso e na mente cheia de fantasias de um homem que tinha vários nomes e nenhum deles definido.

Neste audiolivro de contos, homens, mulheres e cães se misturam nas histórias, que, embora profundas e muitas vezes marcadas pela angústia, aparecem sempre permeadas pelo deboche e pelo cinismo na forma como Ivana Arruda Leite as conta.

Este conto, de 1893, explora a questão do amor e da aceitação, quando uma mulher idosa finalmente supera seus preconceitos.

IRRESISTIBLE NIGHTS: It was supposed to be nothing more than a hot, steamy one night stand. No names. No strings. Until I found out that he’s my father’s new business partner. He was a gorgeous, sexy real estate magnate over twenty years older than me. I was a young businesswoman looking for an uncomplicated, good time. We shared one sinfully hot night together and I tip-toed out of his life, leaving just a thank you note behind. I thought I’d never see him again, until he showed up the following afternoon. With my father, who introduced him as his new business partner.

Как за один день можно отпустить любовь всей жизни? Чем опасна девушка, которая очень хочет спать? Счастливы ли женщины после тридцати? Почему лучше не ходить на курсы истинных леди? Каково это — всегда быть безупречной? Удивительные истории о неудавшихся романах и любви длиною в жизнь, о чуде материнства и свиданиях, о "бывших" и "нынешних"... Но главное, все они — о женщинах. А рассказали их — Александр Бессонов, Лада Бланк, Ксюша Вежбицкая, Светлана Волкова, Наталья Ганина, Жука Жукова, Ольга Замятина, Елена Колина, Роберт Мамиконян, Елизавета Минаева, Павел Рудич и Наталья Шатихина.

IRRESISTIBLE FLIRTATION: For most of my life I’d played it safe, but Ian Pallas, with his flirtatious smiles and gorgeous, tattooed body, made me want to take the biggest risk of my life. We were like two magnets, unable to resist the chemistry between us. There was no denying that Ian made me feel safe and secure for the first time ever, and even though his past is . . . complicated, accepting everything about Ian, all his flaws and rough edges, is a risk I’m willing to take to make this hot, sexy man mine.

Falling for the forbidden is never something you plan. Here is my confession . . .

The daughter of a U.S. Marshal, Daisy Bennett has spent her entire life watching her mother worry about a husband who might never come home. She knew that was not the life she wanted for herself, so when her childhood sweetheart finally proposed, she made him promise he’d never stand behind a lawman’s badge.

Enjoy the second part of the Carmichael Family Series, including the books Flaunt and Flame. You will laugh at Banks in Flaunt and swoon over Foxx in Flame.

Fall in love with the Carmichael family, a series including tropes such as fake dating, found family, friends-to-lovers, and lots (and lots) of laughs! This part includes titles Flirt, Fling, and Fluke.

Charlotte Johnson spent most of her adult life working as a bartender and occasional card dealer in the Holy Moses Saloon. And in all those years, she had made it crystal clear to anyone who pushed that she wasn’t one of the upstairs girls. But forced to defend herself against a persistent customer who refuses to take no for an answer, she hits him over the head with a spittoon bucket. It wasn’t the first time she’d defended herself this way, but this time something went terribly wrong. Now, the man was dead, and she has no choice but to run.

This audiobook box set includes the first three books of the Dirty Blood series, a enemies-to-lovers dark fantasy romance.

Geneva Castle honed her skills for survival as a prison nurse by day and a stripper by night. Her world takes a tumultuous turn when Dominick LaRocca, who knows only the treacherous ways of the Mafia, emerges on her horizon. The moment Dominick abducts her, their lives become a twisted web of complexity. Geneva grapples with her own moral code, teetering on the edge of losing her nursing license if she succumbs to Dominick's demands. Or worse, if she doesn't comply.