検索キーワード： ナレーター "Elisabeth Lagelée" すべてのカテゴリー

Ce n’était sûrement pas... atterrir en prison, ce que j'avais envisagé pour passer le reste de la nuit ! Non ! J'avais imaginé un « mambo » horizontal avec un certain géant ultra-chaud. Au lieu de cela, je me retrouve coincée dans une cellule de moins de dix mètres sur dix, affamée et avec une sérieuse envie de faire pipi toutes les heures. Avec, pour seuls compagnons, les murs de pierre froids et d’occasionnels cafards. Je suis piégée dans les entrailles du bâtiment du Conseil de Gray ! Et je ne sais pas si j'en sortirai un jour !

Après avoir combattu les Fractures et les démons, j’ai cru pouvoir prendre quelques jours de repos. Mais je me trompais. Les touristes évitent le Twilight Hôtel comme la peste après l’invasion des démons. Pour éviter la faillite à l’établissement, la direction décide d’y organiser une Semaine du Casino pour relancer les affaires. L’idée est géniale. Il n’y a qu’un petit problème. Des gens commencent à mourir dans notre communauté paranormale.

When war threatened Europe, my parents sent me from our vineyard in France to safety in America, where I found a new life, with friends who become family. But even in a land untouched by the bombs, the shadows of war loomed over my heart. As secrets from my past emerge and the world around me is torn apart, I must confront the grief of loss, the weight of duty, and the delicate balance between love and loyalty.

In 1920s Paris, Misia Sert is a patron and a muse to the most revolutionary artists of the era. She is also profoundly in love with renowned muralist José María “Jojo” Sert, who prizes his wife’s iconoclastic vision and independence. But in Misia’s rarified circle, there is no greater kindred soul than designer Coco Chanel. Two women, two friends, for whom rules do not apply. Then Misia finds herself challenged by the enigmatic Roussadana Mdivani, a Russian émigré and sculptress who solicits Jojo’s tutelage in service to a rising career of her own.

Prince Ryu's hatred of magic is matched only by his loyalty to his dying country. So when his mother orders him to track down a mage consorting with Arn's legendary tidefoxes, he won't let anything stand in his way of healing the land… not even the beautiful mage or her animal companions. Mellie reluctantly agrees to help Arn and the mysterious Ryu, but when she learns he's actually the cunning prince known for hunting mages, it's too late to run—she's his captive, and the lives of her wolves and fox are at risk unless she does exactly what Ryu wants.

Now in the pantheon of great thinkers, Simone Weil (1909–1943) lived largely in the shadows, searching for her spiritual home while bearing witness to the violence that devastated Europe twice in her brief lifetime. The letters she wrote to her parents and brother from childhood onward chart her intellectual range as well as her itinerancy and ever-shifting preoccupations, revealing the singular personality at the heart of her brilliant essays. The first complete collection of Weil's missives to her family, A Life in Letters offers new insight into her personal relationships and experiences.

With one year left at the International School in London, Fleur Marceaux is struggling to graduate, her love life is a mess, and she can’t stop thinking about Max, her ex-boyfriend’s best friend. But all that pales in comparison to the blackmailer determined to destroy her.

Quand la Légion des anges m’a tuée, me transformant en ange avant de me ramener, j’ai cru que j’allais pouvoir me reposer un bout de temps. J’allais lever le pied... passer du temps de qualité avec mon elfe sexy. Mais je me trompais.

En trente ans d’existence, je n’aurais jamais pensé devenir l’assistante d’un collecteur d’âmes, ou plutôt son esclave. Mon quotidien consiste à aider les tas d’âmes de ces malheureux mortels qui les lui ont vendues. Le démon croit pouvoir me contrôler, mais j’ai l’intention de faire les choses différemment… à ma façon. Cela dit, comme tout le monde le sait, rien n’est jamais aussi facile, surtout dans ma vie.

Une nouvelle magie menace notre communauté paranormale et cherche la domination. Quelque chose s’éveille dans la nuit, et franchement, ça commence à sentir mauvais. Au premier sens du terme. Maintenant, je suis un Merlin, et mon plan est très simple : intervenir, protéger ma famille et mes amis, et vaincre ce nouveau mal. Mais bien sûr, ce n’est pas aussi facile. Un seul faux-pas pourrait conduire au désastre.

A Jacket Off the Gorge peels back the layers of the criminal mind, revealing a fascinating look at one man's struggles within himself and with others. Jon's story raises questions about incarceration versus rehabilitation, lack of mental health treatment for offenders, and abuses by those we entrust to uphold the law.

On m’a enlevé ma licence Merlin. Pour la retrouver, je dois réaliser les épreuves en sorcellerie. Bon, en fait, je dois réussir quelques tours de magie. Rien d’insurmontable. N’est-ce pas ? Grosse erreur. Les épreuves sont traîtresses, redoutables et terribles. Je ne suis pas prête pour ces tests magiques si brutaux, mais je ne peux plus m’arrêter maintenant. Sinon, ce sera l’échec, et trop de personnes comptent sur moi.

Born Simone Jules, reinvented as Eleanor Dumont, and largely remembered as Madame Moustache, A Betting Woman is a historical novel inspired by the tumultuous life, times, and loves of America's first professional croupier of modern-day blackjack, bringing to life an intrepid and entrepreneurial real-life woman who lived on her own terms.

It’s Germany, 1938: A nation on fire with rampant nationalism and virulent antisemitism. Forced to follow a mandatory decree, 15 year old orphan Kat Mueller must leave the remote farm where she was raised and report to the local Bund Deutscher Mädel (BDM) camp, the female version of the Hitlerjugen Hitler Youth.

After the loss of her beloved sister and both of her parents, overworked talk show assistant Olivia Banks sets off on a Paris adventure to fulfill the dreams she and her sister once had as little girls. Olivia only has one day to devote to the City of Light before she must return to her demanding job back in Manhattan. But when she steps out of the cab onto the cobblestoned streets of Montmartre and meets a sexy boulanger who wants to help her make all of those dreams come true, Olivia realizes that Paris may have more in store for her than she ever could have imagined.

Mon grand jour est enfin arrivé. Marcus et moi allons nous marier — c'est du moins ce que je pensais. Malheureusement, un désastre se dresse sur le chemin de mon bonheur éternel, et il se présente sous la forme d'un dieu — un dieu narcissique, rien de moins. Forcément.

After ten years away to build a family, Mallory returns to Floreana Island in the Galápagos, and to Gavin, the mentor with whom she had a long-ago affair. Their project is to build nests to revive the vulnerable penguin population. But Mallory doesn’t dare tell Gavin why she’s really come back. Then she discovers old journals hidden in a lava cave—confessions of another woman who needed to disappear.

Bon, d’accord, ce n’était pas tout à fait le genre de nouvelle que j’avais envie d’entendre de la bouche de mes tantes. Pourtant, voilà. Maintenant, que voulez-vous que je fasse de cette info ? Au moment où je pensais enfin pouvoir m’offrir une pause bien méritée dans ce tourbillon de galères auquel je suis confrontée depuis quelques mois, il faut que cette histoire me tombe dessus.

In VOLUME 9 of The Things Our Fathers Saw® series, ‘Homefront/Women At War’, we will take an often-overlooked view of the story of World War II. You will visit with the people on the homefront, from schoolkids navigating growing up during the Great Depression and the War, to the women on the factory floor and the armed services, newly independent but having to fight for their rights and later, their jobs, laying the seeds of societal change for the future.

From the Amazon bestselling author of Sleeping with Paris comes a spicy novella that will take you on a decadent and touching journey into the land of palm trees and sunshine… When talented DC photographer Natasha Taylor meets alluring investor Nicholas Reyes at her first exhibit, a harmless invitation to join him for a weekend in Los Angeles turns into a passionate love affair that awakens Natasha in ways she never could have imagined.