Cherie van Gelder Livres

If fate suddenly made you more beautiful than you ever dreamed possible, would it be the beginning of a fairy tale, or your worst nightmare?The brutal attack should have killed anybody, but Nell Calder did more than survive. She emerged a woman transformed, with an exquisite beauty found only in fairy tales. Nell Calder deserved a happy ending. Instead, her descent into terror has just begun.Her attacker is still on the hunt, determined to finish what he's started. And Nell, protected by a new face, is just as determined to fight back and take her revenge. But to catch her prey, she will have to expose herself—even if it makes her a killer's prime target.

Exploring the theme of hope and faith, this book delves into the transformative power of miracles in everyday life. It follows characters who face challenges and hardships, ultimately discovering that belief in the extraordinary can lead to profound change. The narrative emphasizes the importance of community and connection, illustrating how love and support can manifest miracles. Through poignant storytelling, it invites readers to reflect on their own experiences with the miraculous and the strength found in vulnerability.

Millions of years ago, a meteorite fell to earth and a beautiful blue stone shattered from it. One hundred thousand years ago, a girl named Tall One found the crystal on the African plain---and it formed her destiny, as well as the destiny of generations to come. From ancient Israel to imperial Rome, medieval England, fifteenth-century Germany, the eighteenth-century Caribbean, and the nineteenth-century American West, the destiny of the stone and the history of the world unfold. Each story is full of the betrayals and obsessions of the human heart, and the quests of the human spirit. In "The Blessing Stone," Barbara Wood has both told the intimate details of her characters' lives and created a sense of the epic sweep of human history.

Exploring the profound connections within love and family, this book delves into the unseen forces that shape relationships. It emphasizes the significance of emotional bonds and unspoken understanding, revealing how the most important aspects of our lives often lie beyond the surface. Through its narrative, it invites readers to reflect on the depth of their own connections and the invisible threads that hold families together.

Kristina, Celeste, and Juliana were all born into the Children of God cult, and from as early as three years old were mistreated and used as sexual beings. They were denied access to formal schooling, forced to wander the streets begging for money, and were mercilessly beaten for "crimes" as harmless as reading an encyclopedia. After being separated from each other and their mothers and forced to live in various missions with multiple foster parents, the sisters eventually managed to escape. In this startling exposé, they have come together to reveal in horrific detail the group that has destroyed the lives of so many. Their intertwining stories reveal a community spread throughout the world whose legacy of anorexia, depression, drug abuse, suicide, and even murder are impossible to erase. Together, the sisters found a strength that finally enabled them to uncover and free themselves from the shadows of their past.

" J'étais retournée en salle d'autopsie, me sentant prête à me mettre au travail. Jusqu'à ce que j'aperçoive le petit corps sur la table en inox... Une poupée, ce fut ma première impression. (...) Mais ce n'était pas une poupée. " Les corps calcinés, un jeune couple égorgé, des bébés au cœur arraché, des jeunes filles vidées de leur sang... Pour la première fois dans sa carrière, l'anthropologue Judiciaire Tempe Brennan doit rassembler les pièces d'un véritable puzzle macabre. Car elle a une intuition : ces meurtres atroces, apparemment isolés, sont reliés les uns aux autres. Qui est l'artisan de ces crimes ? Un serial killer, un adepte des rites sataniques ou un membre d'une secte ?

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • He strikes without warning. He kills without mercy. He's only just begun. As part of an elite K-9 search and rescue team, Sarah Patrick and her golden retriever, Monty, have a gift for finding what no one else can. But their latest assignment is not like the others. This time Sarah is being forced to take part in a deadly mission . . . by a man who knows enough about her past to ensure her cooperation. Billionaire John Logan's top-secret venture has been sabotaged, its facilities destroyed, and its handpicked staff massacred. The sole survivor is being held for ransom. Logan knows that the only way to save the man—and the secrets he holds—is to find him as soon as possible. Sarah is furious when she is strong-armed into joining Logan on his search. And once she takes the perilous assignment, not even Logan's promises that she and Monty will be safe may be enough to protect them. Because a killer is devising a sadistic vengeance . . . and he may soon find use for Sarah.

Depuis l'assassinat de son compagnon, Benton Wesley, la médecin légiste Kay Scarpetta traîne sa peine et ses angoisses. Chargée d'identifier un cadavre décomposé retrouvé dans un container en provenance d'Europe, elle ne dispose que d'une inscription Bon voyage le loup-garou et d'un tatouage bizarre relevé sur la peau du mort. D'étranges événements perturbent son enquête. Des vols mystérieux ont lieu dans l'institut médicolégal et un inconnu, qui connaît son mot de passe, usurpe son identité pour diffuser sur un forum de discussion d'Internet des informations tendancieuses. Qui cherche ainsi à déstabiliser Scarpetta et dans quel but ? L'intrigue de Cadavre X entraîne Scarpetta et son fidèle soutien, le capitaine Pete Marino, jusqu'en France, à Paris et à Lyon, où Interpol leur fournira quelques renseignements utiles. Dans ce roman où le suspense et la psychologie sont savamment dosés, Patricia Cornwell, au mieux de sa forme, renoue avec les grandes réussites de ses débuts. --Claude Mesplède

TWISTED is the second Petra Connor novel and a superb example of Jonathan Kellerman's mastery of the psychological thriller Detective Petra Connor is struggling with a baffling drive-past murder when Isaac Gomez, a young research prodigy, tells her he's found something she might want to see. His theory that there's a connection between six unsolved murders committed in the LAPD area over the past six years, all at around midnight on June 28, seems fanciful at first - but soon the links become clearer. Something evil has managed to conceal itself between the dry pages of the files: a series of killings so meticulously constructed that the mind behind them would have remained invisible without Isaac's sharp probing. And June 28 is just a month away - will Petra be able to stop the murderer from striking again?

'The stars shimmer like spilled handfuls of glitter. The day is beginning to rise with a faint mist. As I turn my head, ghostly halos, auras of light, appear and disappear and I cannot tell if it is caused by my lightheadedness or is a freak of nature. The silence is truly awesome. Not a bird, not a whisper of wind, not a breath of life. Only the two of us, a most implausible pair, standing shoulder to shoulder gazing upon an awakening heaven'. Returning to their home after an extended absence Carol and her husband Michel are looking forward to summer together on the farm. A shocking blow leaves Carol alone. The future is uncertain. THE OLIVE HARVEST takes us beyond the perimeters of her olive groves to where hunters, poets, bee-keepers, boars and gypsies abide. In search of the language of troubadours, the dark and sometimes barbarous heart of Provence is revealed. Nature and the generosity of the South of France's harvests offer a path to joy and an abundant resolution.