![]() |
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
|
Your cart is empty |
||
|
Books > Local Author Showcase > Fiction - adults > Romance
Hoe dans jy as die lied in jou hart stil geraak het?
Game guide Alexandra Carnell-Ellis is principled, doesn’t suffer fools, and is generally not too fond of ordinary people either. When she’s fired from The Plains, a commercial ‘Ferrari Safari’-type game reserve in the Karoo for being rude to guests, she’s determined to make a fresh start. She lands a dream job at an exclusive game reserve in Mpumalanga, but Alex arrives at the lodge with attitude, a few facts about her that aren’t strictly true, and a stolen dog in tow. Alex struggles to control her unruly tongue and almost immediately makes enemies with the camp manager and the owner’s terrifyingly scary girlfriend. She finds love in the form of the level-headed and attractive head guide, but it’s not long before everything goes wrong. After impulsively abandoning her vehicle and guests to rescue an abandoned baby baboon, a storm breaks over her head and she flees the reserve. Will she ever be able to find her way back?
'n Houtkapper met 'n rustelose siel. 'n Legendariese olifantbul wat losbreek van sy trop . . . In die groen skemerwereld van die Outeniekwa loop hulle kringpaaie. Saul Barnard, deur sy mense verwerp en deur gewetenlose houtkopers tot kneg verneder; Oupoot, eindeloos agtervolg deur jagters. 'n Man en sy dier-broer - saamgegooi in 'n ongerepte oerbos, wat stuk vir stuk deur gouddelwers, boskappers en ander uitroeiers vernietig word."
In Eiland in die son begin Willemien se stryd om oorlewing – saam met ’n geheimsinnige vreemdeling en ’n jaloerse miljoenêrsvrou – toe haar vliegtuig in ’n tropiese oerwoud neerstort. Hoe kán sy haarself so totaal vergeet in die arms van ’n vreemdeling? Dít terwyl sy op trou staan met Ian, wat óók in die ongeluk was, maar nou nêrens te vinde is nie. Andrea Smit besluit om haar pa op ’n avontuur te vergesel in Señor die seerower – min wetende dat haar pad op ’n tropiese eiland met dié van ’n aantreklike Spanjaard sal kruis; en dat sy sodoende in allerhande onmoontlike situasies sal beland . . . In Sluiers van wierook ontspoor Ida Herbst se planne om deel te wees van ’n soektog na water in Saoedi-Arabië se grootste woestyn. Sy moet haar vriendin Ansie opspoor, en die enigste oplossing is om haarself gewilliglik in prins Ibrahim Hazik se kloue te begewe. Boonop ontketen die geheimsinnige Georg ongekende emosies in haar hart.
Dit was nog nie behoorlik dag nie toe Kaatjie Danster, haastig op pad Halte toe, die kind van die weemoed in die voetpaadjie voor haar gewaar. Tjoepstil het hy gestaan en luister na die wind. Sy het dadelik geweet: Druppeltjie du Pisanie, kind van Waterwyser du Pisanie en KensTillie Moolman, het die lewe vir die dood verruil. Maar hoe Druppeltjie onder in die boorgat beland het, dit weet niemand nie. En die af-arm magistraat wat nou, veertien maande later, kom ondersoek instel na die oorsaak van sy dood, torring verniet aan dinge wat verby is. Want Toorberg se mense – die lewendes en die dooies – ken van geheime wegbere. Net oor een ding het magistraat van der Ligt dit reg: hoe meer getuies daar is, hoe verder wyk die waarheid.
The Discovery of Love, explores and heightens one of the dominant themes in Nthikeng Mohlele’s literary oeuvre, that of love. In this collection, love is reflected upon in expansive and unexpected dimensions. It becomes the backdrop against which Mohlele delves into the intricacies of human agency with profound and often unexpected effects. These stories dazzle; they are wide-ranging in scope, yet particular in their authorial intent.
In the wake of her beloved grandfather’s death, Lou and her family gather at their coastal family home for a long-awaited family reunion. The windswept and wild surroundings remind Lou of who she was before being a mother, a wife, and a professional failure. They bring back memories of Michael, her toxic first love and, according to the family, her ‘bad luck penny’. Then a shocking crisis in the country disrupts the funeral arrangements and forces the family together for longer than planned. As secrets rise to the surface, the threads of Lou’s life unravel and she faces a difficult choice – after all, it’s only a bad luck penny if you pick it up.
Weens die resessie in Nederland word Will se vader gedwing om as skeepsbouer in Roemenie te gaan werk. Toe die oorlog uitbreek, moet die gesin vlug en so beland hulle in Soerabaja op die eiland Java in Indonesie. Aanvanklik is hulle betreklik veilig, maar nadat Japan die eiland beset het, word die vrouens in konsentrasiekampe opgeneem. Hier beleef hulle bykans ondraaglike ellende, maar hier bewys die Nederlandse vroue ook van watter stoffasie hulle gemaak is. Die Van Halewijns oorleef die kampe en ook die Indonesiese burgeroorlog wat net na die oorlog uitbreek. Aanpassing na die oorlog is egter baie moeilik en die gesin emigreer uiteindelik na Suid-Afrika, waar Will haar ervarings aan die skryfster toevertrou het. Mariel le Roux het daarvan ’n meesleurende verhaal gemaak: Die uiters moeilike omstandighede, die hartseer en ook die ligter oomblikke word in genoeg besonderhede geskets sodat ’n mens jou daarin kan inleef.
‘Akwaba ndandingambonanga’, uvakalisa ukuzisola uFikile. Ukuthandana kukaFikile noNandipha kuqala ngendlela emsulwa kodwa ukudizwa kweemfihlelo ekukudala ziqhushekiwe, uthando olungavumelekanga nezinto eziyindaba yakwamkhozi kushiya ubomi bamakhaya esi sibini, nkqu nabantu basemaMpondweni, butshintshe unaphakade.
With the unexpected arrival of a package from South Africa, the epic love stories of three vastly different women slowly unfold. But what did the package contain that has forced the women of the Gordon household to finally reveal their secrets? Why did they conceal the truth from each other for so many years? As Hannah, Beatrice and Zendaya share their passionate tales from the depths of their hearts; they unravel relationships of racial segregation, forbidden love, societal stigma, seduction and abuse. What they are yet to discover is that one man links their stories. But whose true love is he? Embark on a journey of mystery, suspense, drama and love that spans across three generations.
When you are accustomed to the finer things in life -designer shoes, champagne, VIP lounges, exotic holidays abroad, a luxury penthouse, expensive wheels -what independent young woman in her right mind would want to let them go? Certainly not the beautiful, ambitious and super-streetsmart Bontle Tau, the girl who has used her good looks and winning charm all her life to get exactly what she wants. The lifestyle doesn't come cheap, though, nor does maintaining the body that allows it (just ask Dr Heinz at the beauty clinic). Luckily, Bontle has a degree in MENcology, and there is no shortage of blessers at her penthouse door, eager to give her all the love and (financial) support she needs. Papa Jeff might be overweight and getting on a bit, and receiving some unwanted attention from the Hawks; and Teddy might not have fully come through for her on that messed-up tender business; but Mr Emmanuel, the Nigerian businessman with deep pockets and the possibility of conferring second wife statu could that be love? Keeping all her boyfriends happy and living a fabulous life is not without its challenges. With so many people clamouring for Bontle's attention -from her shebeen queen mother Gladys in Mamelodi, who is taking strain bringing up her teenaged brother, Golokile, on her own; to her girlfriends, Iris and Tsholo; not to mention her soon-to-be ex-husband, the ever-patient, ever-loving Ntokozo, Bontle barely has time to post on Instagram these days. Sooner or later something's got to give.
Look closely around you. Have you ever asked yourself what happens to all the girls who are in the system?
Girls that are orphans… I’m leaving the agenda BARE for those who seek to find it. I have a story for you. No mercy… Back like I never left!
Tim Morgan The savage, senseless murders of children and the youth. It carries Treasure’s story from Book 1 and ends with the fight for life between Paul and Tim Morgan. We look at the disappearance of young people, human trafficking, cults and mental illness in men. This story is inspired by real-life events and researched data from global social ills and Jackie looks into SA political faces that have sex scandals as part of her research.
Elara Steyn, ’n navorser aan Stellenbosch Universiteit, besoek Kaap Nyala waar die marine-argeoloog Rowan Carter se duikspan die skeepswrak Eclipse verken. Die span hoop om die kroon van Almani in die wrak te vind. Elara en Rowan voel aangetrokke tot mekaar, maar albei het bagasie. Die soektog verloop ook nie sonder probleme nie. Smokkelaars soek die kroon vir ’n ryk versamelaar en daar is ’n verraaier in Rowan se span. Al die drama vertroebel die water vir Rowan en Elara. Sal die liefde oorwin?
Daar is niks wat Leola so ontstel soos bedrog nie, en as dit nie was dat Wian haar vooraf van haar voete af geswiep het nie, sou sy hom baie moeiliker vergewe het toe hy haar werk as veearts in Bloubosch kom oorneem. Toe Wian se erfhuis in ’n bosbrand vernietig word, nooi Leola hom om tydelik by haar in te trek. Gou besef sy die “saamblyery” is glad nie goed vir haar siel, verstand of hart nie.
Louisa het ’n lysie met die eienskappe van haar droomman. Vir daardie
man bid en wag sy.
Harriët se droom is om die beste kleremaakster in die Kaap te word.
Maar haar droom lê aan skerwe toe haar dobbelverslaafde pa haar aan ’n
dobbelb aas beloof om sy skuld af te betaal.
Steffi trou met Dawid sodat sy haar erfgeld kan kry. Dis veronderstel
om net ’n huwelik in naam te wees, maar op ’n vakansie saam met haar pa
op Kreta, moet sy en Dawid tot haar skok ’n bed deel.
Alichi, ’n kunswewer, moet nuwe verblyf soek, maar haar weefgetou is te groot vir ’n plek in die stad. Sy vind uitkoms op ’n plaas waar sy deel kan wees van ’n opheffingsprojek om plaaswerkers se vrouens op te lei in die weefkuns. Haar nuwe lewe tussen die Kleinrivierber ge word gekompliseer deur haar baas, Wikus, ’n gesogt e vrygesel. Hy kom tot haar redding wanneer sy bergop stap en v erdwaal. Sy wil nie los drade hê wat haar nuwe sprokieslewe gaan bederf nie en hulle besluit om uiteindelik dinge uit te praat. Sal sy hom met haar hart kan vertrou?
Toe Marina vra of sy haar derde roman in die stilte van die bos op sy
plaas kan kom skryf, sê Hugo ja. Marina was altyd ’n vaal meisietjie
met haar neus in die boek, maar dit pas hom.
Ná trauma en verlies vlug Kayla na Dwarskersbos om rigting te soek.
Jack kom ook na die vissersdorpie om oor sy toekoms te besluit. Op die
strand sien Kayla hom elke dag op die rotse, maar steur haar nie aan
hom nie. Toe sy haar voet sny, moet sy Jack se
Chloe Basson is bang vir rillers en spoke. Nou moet sy die bekroonde
skrywer Zack Basson by ’n verlate kasteel op Lesotho se grens ontmoet.
Qabila’s marriage is falling apart – it has been for years. If she had not fallen pregnant she and Rashid might not have married in the first place. After all, he was seeing Thandi at the time. And now Qabila wonders if he ever stopped seeing her. Does that explain why Qabila has never felt the full measure of his love? At least he is not abusive, her mother would say, unlike Qabila’s father. But with her mother’s passing, Qabila’s world is coming undone. She is dreaming of strange songs and making lists to stay sane. When she finds out Rashid is living a double life, she demands a divorce. Why does he still resist? Why not go to Thandi? As she tries to pick up the pieces of her life, Qabila rails against the persistent legacy of discrimination in South Africa. Not least of which is the racism in her own community towards fellow black people. But she also rediscovers the joy of family, and her Muslim faith, and meets a group of musicians who might be the answer to her puzzling dreams.
Alexa en Bryan is van dag een af soos olie en water. Hy is openlik
gekant daarteen dat ’n vr ou sy seun se rugbysp an afrig. Alexa skrik
egter nie vir die dodelike aantreklike en bedonderde man nie. Sy is
immers die dogter van ’n oud-Springbok en het self ook op die veld
gedraf.
Jong dokters Mia en Dolf word vir drie dae in ’n hysbak vasgevang ná ’n
ontploffing. Hulle leer mekaar in daar die put van vrees en pyn ken.
Wilmarié en Dirk ontmoet as tieners by die swemkuil op sy pa se plaas.
Drie jaar later vier hulle haar mondigwording en verlowing tegelyk,
maar Dirk verbreek die verlowing om met iemand anders te trou. |
You may like...
|