Segunda parte de la serie Stars, la nueva trilogía de Anna Todd después de After. La vida de Karina no ha sido fácil, y cuando conoce a Kael cree que él puede ser el que lo cambie todo, el que lo ilumine todo. En un instante sus mundos se han conectado, y ella cree ver en él la estabilidad que necesita. Pero, cuanto más lo conoce y más entra en su mundo, más lejano le parece. Pronto descubre mentiras más fuertes de lo que nunca habría podido imaginar, y su mundo tambalea de nuevo. Si Karina escucha a su corazón, y a su cuerpo, no puede evitar sentir que Kael es su otra mitad. Pero perdonar no es fácil, y Karina no sabe si las estrellas volverán, algún día, a brillar para ellos.
"Eileen Jackson was happy to set aside her own dreams to raise a family with her husband, Paul. Together they built an ordinary life in a Connecticut town, the perfect place for their kids to grow up. But when Eileen discovers that Paul's late nights in the city are hiding an affair with a younger woman, she begins to question all those years of sacrifice and compromise. On the brink of forty and wondering what she's going to do with the rest of her life, is it too late for her to start over? Meanwhile, as Paul is thrust back into the role of suburban fatherhood, his girlfriend, Olivia, is in Manhattan, struggling to find herself in the shadow of her mother, a famous actress, and her grandmother, a fiercely independent ninety-two-year-old artist. With their unique brands of advice ringing in her head, Olivia takes a major step, expanding her art gallery business internationally. Seeing her mother pursue old dreams and even find new love, Olivia realizes that there is so much she must learn about herself before committing her life to someone else. Ultimately, Eileen decides to chase her own dreams as well. She's off to Paris to attend Le Cordon Bleu cooking school. What awaits is an adventure that reinvents her life and redefines her. At every age, there are challenges to be met and new worlds to discover."--Provided by publisher
Shay Bastableová je žena ve středním věku, která se obětuje pro druhé. Podporuje svého manžela, stará se o svou matku i o své již dospělé děti. Zapomíná přitom na svůj vlastní život, náhle však přijde šok a vystřízlivění. Zjistí, že ji manžel podvádí s její nejlepší kamarádkou, které také po jejím rozvodu pomáhala. Shay se však brzy vzchopí. Místo aby se hroutila, bere svůj život do vlastních rukou a radikálně ho změní... Emocionální, poutavý a inspirativní román si po svém vydání získal velkou pozornost čtenářů.
A new love story from Anna Todd begins with THE FALLING, the first novel in a new trilogy (Brightest Stars) from the #1 internationally best-selling author of the AFTER series. Twenty-year old Karina is proud of the independent life she is trying to create for herself in Ft. Benning, Georgia. A dutiful officer's daughter, supportive sister to a troubled twin brother, and caring friend to her roommate, Elodie, she always puts the needs of others ahead of her own, and prides herself on being a fixer of broken things-whether it's the house she's just bought or the fragmented family she works hard to keep intact. Like anyone who has grown up around an army base, Karina also knows the background noise that follows men and women home from war. And when she meets Kael, a handsome soldier on the cusp of discharge, she's immediately intrigued by his brooding presence and enigmatic silence. As their uncertain and unexpected friendship starts to turn into something more, Karina tries to piece together Kael's story: he is emotionally closed off, recovering from wounds and other trauma in the aftermath of two tours in Afghanistan. In her practice as a physical therapist, Karina has a strong desire to help him heal, and though it challenges her many insecurities and anxieties, she has an equally strong desire to trust him. But that trust is fragile, like the preciousness of a soldier's life. It can be gone in an instant. Ultimately facing a crossroads, their relationship will be tested by the one thing that Karina cannot accept, forgive, or understand. Anna Todd's Brightest Stars trilogy continues with THE BURNING and THE INFINITE LIGHT OF DUST, coming soon.
From the bestselling author of What Have You Done comes a real whodunit about the bloody crimes that keep families together and tear them apart. Eighteen-year-old Jenny Moore is looking forward to a fresh start at college. There’s just one the people in her life won’t let her go. When Jenny is viciously stabbed and left for dead, it’s her mother who finds Jenny’s body underneath the pines outside their home in the upscale town of Lewisboro, New York. State police investigator Susan Adler and her consultant partner Liam Dwyer are called to investigate the crime scene, but they sense something’s off right away. The clues contradict the story Jenny’s parents keep telling, which makes the entire family suspects in Jenny’s murder. But who did it? Was it the wealthy father? The disappointed mother? The strange, quiet little brother? The jealous best friend? An ex-lover? So many suspects. Too many secrets. One town with a history of hiding the truth. But this is only the beginning of Susan and Liam’s investigation…because the killer is just getting started.
