From No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn and television pioneer Shonda Rhimes comes a powerful and romantic novel of Bridgerton's Queen Charlotte and King George III's great love story and how it sparked a societal shift, inspired by the original series Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, created by Shondaland for Netflix.[Bokinfo].
Maggie hasn’t told this story in years. More than two decades ago, she fell in love. She was sixteen and far from home, waiting to give her baby up for adoption. Bryce showed Maggie how to take photographs and he didn’t judge her for the way her belly swelled under her jumper. They had the perfect first kiss. Theirs was a once-in-a-lifetime kind of love.Now, as Maggie sits by the Christmas tree in her gallery telling her story, surrounded by the photographs that made her famous – the photographs Bryce never saw – her new gallery assistant asks her a question. If she had one wish, what would she wish for this Christmas?Maggie always thought she knew the answer to that question. But before she can say ‘I’d go back to that winter with Bryce’, she stops herself. It is all she has ever wanted but suddenly here, on this dark night under the twinkling stars, there is something else she wants...
«¿De quién te escondes?». Al final Simon tiene que preguntárselo a Nathalie. Dos días atrás se tropezó con esta joven en la playa. Estaba demacrada y asustada, y él se ofreció a ayudarla. Una decisión impulsiva que se ha vuelto en su contra, pues desde entonces se han visto envueltos en una espiral creciente de violencia y muerte que les ha convertido en blancos… ¿de quién? Nathalie no está simplemente perdida o desamparada, como él creyó. ¿Es una víctima? ¿Es culpable? ¿Qué está pasando?¿De quién te escondes?, un suspense psicológico impecable, nos lleva a una decisión cuyas consecuencias, como sucede tantas veces, era imposible prever, al tiempo que va atrapándonos en una historia de secretos, mentiras, asesinatos y una sórdida red que trafica con los sueños y la vida de quienes tienen poco que perder.
Scrittore di bestseller di fama internazionale, Henry Hayden vive appartato in una splendida villa sul mare. Le donne lo adorano e la vita gli sorride. La sua esistenza così perfetta rischia però di incrinarsi il giorno in cui la sua giovane amante, nonché editor, gli rivela di essere incinta. Un imprevisto che, insieme alla serenità coniugale, rischia di costargli la carriera: ma davvero raccontare tutto alla moglie è l'unica possibilità che gli resta? Hayden è anche un pericoloso, irriducibile bugiardo con un passato pieno di ombre. Un errore fatale farà sì che il suo piano di sopravvivenza subisca una brusca virata, costringendolo a escogitare sempre nuove menzogne per coprire le precedenti. Combinando thriller e commedia noir, "La verità e altre bugie" è un romanzo cinico e intelligente sul ruolo del caso nella vita, le relazioni tra uomo e donna e il rapporto tra fiction e realtà, che dà vita a un triangolo letterario, amoroso e criminale di cui sarà molto difficile scoprire l'intera verità
Ava Lavender è nata con le ali, ma non può volare. Non può nemmeno vivere come le coetanee, perché sua madre la tiene chiusa in casa, al riparo da occhi indiscreti. Ma ha sedici anni e non si rassegna a essere diversa. In cerca di un perché, scava allora nel passato della sua famiglia, e scopre il destino infausto delle sue antenate: ognuna segnata da una peculiare stranezza, ognuna condannata a un amore infelice. E se fosse proprio l’amore la forza in grado di spezzare quella antica maledizione? Un amore vero, capace di vedere oltre le apparenze. Per trovarlo, Ava dovrà affrontare il mondo fuori, gli sguardi di chi la crede un mostro o un angelo. Fino alla notte del solstizio d’estate, quando sarà lei a scrivere un nuovo capitolo nella storia straordinaria della sua famiglia.
Gwen has a destiny to fulfill, but no one will tell her what it is. She's only recently learned that she is the Ruby, the final member of the time-traveling Circle of Twelve, and since then nothing has been going right. She suspects the founder of the Circle, Count Saint-German, is up to something nefarious, but nobody will believe her. And she's just learned that her charming time-traveling partner, Gideon, has probably been using her all along. Emerald Green is the stunning conclusion to Kerstin Gier's Ruby Red Trilogy, picking up where Sapphire Blue left off, reaching new heights of intrigue and romance as Gwen finally uncovers the secrets of the time-traveling society and learns her fate.
A veces pertenecer a una familia con tantos misterios puede resultar una auténtica cruz. O eso piensa Gewndolyn: hasta el día en que, sin saber cómo, se encuentra en el Londres de finales del siglo XIX, para descubrir que el mayor misterio de toda su familia es precisamente ella misma. Gwen irá con pies de plomo para acostumbrarse a su nueva condición de viajera en el tiempo, pero se dará cuenta, demasiado tarde, que enamorarse a caballo entre dos épocas ¡puede complicarle a una la vida de mala manera!
There are a few things Jeremy Marsh was sure he’d never do: he’d never leave New York City; never give his heart away after barely surviving one failed marriage; and never become a parent. Now Jeremy is living in the tiny town of Boone Creek, North Carolina, engaged to Lexie Darnell, the love of his life, and anticipating the start of their family. But just as his life seems to be settling into a blissful pattern, a mysterious and disturbing e-mail sets off a chain of events that will change the course of this young couple’s relationship. How well do we really know the ones we love? How do we handle the inevitable doubts, fears concerning parenthood, and stumbling blocks that are sometimes placed in our way? Continuing the story of the young couple introduced in Sparks’s bestselling True Believer, this novel captures all the heartbreak, tension, romance and surprises of those who are newly wed. An astonishing tale about the love between a man and a woman and between a parent and a child, At First Sight is about endings that bring new beginnings . . . tragedies that lead to unexpected joy . . . and, most of all, the magic of everlasting love.
In January 2003 Nicholas Sparks and his brother Micah set off on a three-week trip around the world. An adventure by any measure, this trip was especially meaningful as it marked another milestone in the life journey of two brothers who, by their early thirties, were the only surviving members of their family. As Nicholas and Micah travel the globe, from the Taj Mahal to Machu Picchu, the story of their family slowly unfolds. Just before Nicholas' marriage he and Micah lost their mother in a horseriding accident; a week short of Nicholas's triumphant debut as a novelist with THE NOTEBOOK, the brothers lost their father to a car crash, and just a few short years later they were forced to say goodbye to their sister who died of brain cancer at the young age of 36. Against the backdrop of the main wonders of the world the brothers come together to heal the wounds of this tragic legacy and maintain their determination to live life to its fullest.
