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In the Sixties, Athene Forster is the most glamorous girl of her generation. Nicknamed the Last Deb, she is also beautiful, spoilt and out of control. When she agrees to marry dashing young heir Douglas Fairley-Hulme her parents breathe a sigh of relief. But within two years rumours have begun to circulate about Athene's affair with a young salesman. Thirty five years on, Suzanna Peacock is struggling with her glamorous mother's legacy. At odds with her father and his second wife, struggling in a stalled marriage, she returns to the place of her birth to find that the ghost of her mother, in differing ways, still haunts them all. The only place she finds comfort is in her shop, The Peacock Emporium, a coffee shop-cum-curio store, decorated in her own image, which provides a haven for other misfits in the town. There she makes perhaps the first real friends of her life, including Alejandro, a male midwife, escaping his own ghosts in Argentina. But the spectre of Athene and the shop itself combine to set in place a chain of tragic events, forcing Suzanna to confront the feelings she has disguised for so long - and her family, in their varying ways, finally to deal with the events of the past. And Suzanna discovers the key to her history, and her happiness, may have been in front of her all along.

Una saga familiar protagonizada por mujeres, que arranca a principios del siglo XX y llega hasta nuestros días. Erica y Beth Calcott, dos hermanas con poco en común, se reúnen para pasar la Navidad en la casa de la campiña inglesa que les ha legado su abuela con la condición de que vivan juntas. Es allí, en ese caserón lleno de altillos y sótanos, donde la memoria de las hermanas se despierta y poco a poco va revelándose una historia misteriosa que empezó hace casi cien años, cuando una mujer desesperada dejó las praderas americanas para volver a Inglaterra, llevando consigo algo más que unas maletas. Erica quiere saber, Beth quiere olvidar, y el aire se llena de imágenes lejanas que van tomando cuerpo hasta explicar lo que de verdad sucedió una tarde de verano, cuando las dos eran niñas. «Sensacional, inolvidable. La escritura hábil y apremiante de Webb haceque sea imposible dejar su libro. Y mucho menos olvidarlo.» Booklist

De wijngaarden van Jacaranda behoorden eens tot de machtigste van Australië. Maar nu Joseph Witney - het tirannieke hoofd van de familie - overleden is, komt het bedrijf in de problemen. Om haar kleindochter Sophie ervan te overtuigen dat de wijngaarden onder geen beding verkocht mogen worden, neemt Cordelia, Josephs weduwe, haar mee naar de Hunter-vallei, de plek waar het allemaal begon. Daar vertelt Cordelia het verhaal van Rose, een jong meisje dat halverwege de negentiende eeuw wegvluchtte uit Engeland om een nieuw bestaan op te bouwen in het wilde, onbekende Australië... Storm over Jacaranda is het adembenemende verhaal over meerdere generaties van een bijzondere familie. Een geschiedenis die begint in het Britse Sussex in 1830 en eindigt in het hedendaagse Australië.

Jenny Sanders krijgt Churinga, een afgelegen schapenfarm in de Australische outback, als afscheidscadeau van haar man. Een cadeau dat hij haar niet zelf meer heeft kunnen geven, want pas na zijn tragische dood hoort ze erover. Omdat ze niet weet waar ze met haar verdriet naartoe moet, vertrekt ze naar Churinga. Zo is ze tenminste op een plek waar haar man van hield. De overweldigende natuur en rust maken indruk op Jenny, maar Churinga blijkt ook een geheim te herbergen. Er hangt een sfeer van mysterie rond de vorige bewoonster van Churinga, ene Matilda Thomas. Jenny's nieuwe buren zijn vriendelijk maar terughoudend en ze laten weinig los over Matilda. Maar hoe langer Jenny op Churinga is, hoe meer ze het gevoel heeft dat Matilda nog steeds aanwezig is. Dan ontdekt ze de vele dagboeken van Matilda, en al lezend wordt ze in een schokkend verhaal getrokken. Ze vraagt zich af of de erfenis van Churinga een zege is of een vloek...

Fleur Daxeny is beautiful, unscrupulous, and has a large wardrobe of black designer suits. With the help of the obituaries, she gatecrashes the funerals and memorial services of the wealthy, preying on rich and newly vulnerable men. Charming her way into their lives, their beds, and their bank accounts, she takes what she can and moves swiftly on

Dos familias van de vacaciones al chalet de lujo que un amigo común les ha cedido... ¡por partida doble!. Así comienza una agitada semana compartida en la que el ambiente se caldeará rápidamente. Pero también existe una historia secreta entre las familias... y a medida que se crispan los ánimos, empieza a renacer una antigua pasión...

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.

John and Jenny were just beginning their life together. They were young and in love, with a perfect little house and not a care in the world. Then they brought home Marley, a wriggly yellow furball of a puppy. Life would never be the same. Marley quickly grew into a barreling, ninety-seven-pound streamroller of a Labrador retriever. He crashed through screen doors, gouged through drywall, and stole women's undergarments. Obedience school did no good -- Marley was expelled. And yet his heart was pure. Just as Marley joyfully refused any limits on his behavior, his love and loyalty were boundless, too. A dog like no other, Marley remained steadfast, a model of devotion, even when his family was at its wit's end. Unconditional love, they would learn, comes in many forms.

A solid middle-class girl from Middle America, Jamie Whitfield isn't "one of them" but she lives in the wealthiest section of Manhattan. And she has most everything they have--a big new apartment, full-time help with her three children, as well as her very own detached Master of the Universe attorney husband. What she doesn't have is a full-time father figure for their struggling nine-year-old son, Dylan. Enter the manny. At first the idea of paying a man to provide a role model for Dylan sounds too crazy to be true, but one look at Peter Bailey is enough to convince Jamie that the idea may not be quite so insane after all. Peter reminds her of everything she once was, still misses, and underneath all the high-society glitz, still is. But will the new manny in her life put the ground back beneath her feet, or sweep her off them?--From publisher description.