One summer can change everything . . . Recommended for readers who loved Summer at Shell Cottage, The Cornish House, Tremarnock and Poldark. Warm and funny and feel-good. The best sort of holiday read. Katie Fforde Filled with warm and likeable characters. Great fun! Jill Mansell
From #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Nora Roberts comes a novel of a woman who needs nothing, a man who sees everything, and the web of deceit, greed, and danger that brings them together--and could tear them apart... When professional house-sitter Lila Emerson witnesses a murder/suicide from her current apartment-sitting job, life as she knows it takes a dramatic turn. Suddenly, the woman with no permanent ties finds herself almost wishing for one... Artist Ashton Archer knows his brother isn't capable of violence--against himself or others. He recruits Lila, the only eyewitness, to help him uncover what happened. Chalking up their intense attraction to the heat of the moment, Lila agrees to help Ash in trying to find out who murdered his brother and why. From the penthouses of Manhattan to grand Italian villas, their investigation draws them into a rarified circle where priceless antiques are bought, sold, gambled away, and stolen; where what you possess is who you are; and where what you desire becomes a deadly obsession...
Deux rencontres ont changé le cours de l'existence de Kristin Kimball, journaliste new-yorkaise trentenaire : l'une avec Mark, jeune fermier bio compliqué, exaspérant mais ô combien séduisant ; l'autre avec le travail de la terre dont elle a fait, contre toute attente, son métier. Ce livre est le récit de ces deux histoires d'amour...La terre prend racine en vous ; à côté, tout le reste paraît dérisoire. Vos champs deviennent un univers à part entière. Et vous vous rendez compte que c'est au royaume des magnétoscopes numériques, des tours de bureaux, des fast-foods, du chauffage central et de l'air conditionné, dans ce pays où presque tout le monde vit aujourd'hui dans le confort, que vous étiez privé de quelque chose : du plaisir du désir, de l'effort et de la difficulté, du sens de l'accomplissement.
La historia de una actriz mítica, un escándalo en una pequeña comunidad, y una mujer joven atrapada años después entre los secretos y las sombras de ambos. Nada podría quedar más alejado de Hollywood que este pueblecito en el valle de Shenandoah, y eso es exactamente lo que ha estado buscando Cilla McGowan para congraciarse con el pasado y romper el maleficio que parece pesar sobre las mujeres de su familia. Su abuela, Janet Hardy, una gran estrella de la época dorada del cine, se suicidó siendo joven. Su madre, una mujer manipuladora, solo ha vivido por y para ser una celebridad. La propia Cilla saboreó la fama hace tiempo, hasta que decidió dar un vuelco a su vida: alejarse del cine y convertir una afición, rehabilitar casas, en su nuevo oficio. Su proyecto es recuperar la granja que fue el refugio de su abuela Janet. Pero en cuanto inicia la reforma aparecen las sorpresas. La primera, atractiva y persistente, es un vecino de ojos verdes llamado Ford Sawyer a quien resulta difícil resistirse. La segunda, mucho más perturbadora, son las cartas que un misterioso amante escribió a su abuela y que arrojan otra perspectiva sobre su trágico final. Una serie de actos violentos no hacen sino acrecentar un misterio que Cilla, con la ayuda de Ford, deberá resolver si quiere dar un nuevo sentido a su vida.
Natalie Landau, a museum curator with an expertise in Mesopotamian protective amulets and magical beliefs, has received a puzzling gift from her sister, Dana – a necklace with a blue evil-eye pendant. A symbol of protection common throughout the world, the evil eye has a mystical history connecting it to many religions. When Natalie learns Dana was murdered only hours after sending the gift, she begins to think her evil-eye amulet had something to do with her sister’s death. As she races to discover the origin of the pendant, Natalie is sucked into an international battle between powerful political and religious factions, each battling for the eye, which turns out to be far more valuable – and far more powerful – than she could ever imagine.
"I'm in trouble, Liz. I've uncovered something.... They're watching...." That panicked message on her answering machine is the last time Liz Ames hears from her sister Rachel, pastor of Paradise Christian Church in Key West, Florida. Compelled to uncover the truth about her sister's disappearance, she heads to Key West. Within hours of her arrival a successful banker jumps to his death. Then a teenage girl whom Rachel was counseling is found brutally murdered. The ritualistic style of the killing is hauntingly similar to that used by the notorious "New Testament" serial killer--now on death row. Could the teen's murder be related to Rachel's disappearance? Is a copycat killer at work? And why do the police refuse to help? For answers, Liz turns to Rick Wells, a former Miami cop who worked the fringes of the "New Testament" investigation. Together they peel away layers of deception to reveal a terrifying adversary--and the unspeakable evil at the heart of this island paradise.
New 'A' format edition of this hilarious crime romp featuring Robin Hudson, a spunky, sexy 'slightly rumpled, third string reporter in rita Hayworth's body.' 'Sparkle Hayter is a marvellous writer' - Marian Keyes 'Sparkle's debut really is sparkling with lots of laughs and superior bitchiness' - Daily Telegraph 'Hilarious stuff - we want more!' - Company
