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Maria Olivia Crosio

    Il club delle ex mogli
    Il giardino delle magie
    The Guest
    Acts of Faith
    Spel met de liefde
    The Memory Box
    • The Guest

      • 368 páginas
      • 13 horas de lectura

      New York Times bestselling author B. A. Paris captivated psychological thriller readers everywhere with Behind Closed Doors. Now she invites you into another home full of heart-pounding secrets, in The Guest. Some secrets never leave. Iris and Gabriel have just arrived home from a make-or-break holiday. But a shock awaits them. One of their closest friends, Laure, is in their house. The atmosphere quickly becomes tense as she oversteps again and again: sleeping in their bed, wearing Iris' clothes, even rearranging the furniture. Laure has walked out on her husband--and their good friend--Pierre, over his confession of an affair and a secret child. Iris and Gabriel want to be supportive of their friends, but as Laure's mood becomes increasingly unpredictable, her presence takes its toll. Iris and Gabriel's only respite comes in the form of a couple new to town. But with them comes their gardener, who has a checkered past. Soon, secrets from all their pasts will unravel, some more dangerous than they could have known.

      The Guest2024
      3,6
    • Jenny Tanner opens the box she has cherished for decades. Contained within are her most precious mementoes, amongst them a pebble, a carving and a newspaper cutting she can hardly bear to read. But Jenny knows the time is finally here. After the war, in a mountainside village in Italy, she left behind a piece of her heart. However painful, she must return to Cinque Alberi. And lay the past to rest. After a troubled upbringing, Candice Barnes dreams of a future with the love of her life - but is he the man she believes him to be? When Candice is given the opportunity to travel to Italy with Jenny, she is unaware the trip will open her eyes to the truth she's been too afraid to face. Could a place of goodbyes help her make a brave new beginning?

      The Memory Box2023
      4,6
    • Il giardino delle magie

      • 250 páginas
      • 9 horas de lectura

      Per oltre due secoli, le donne della famiglia Owens sono state accusate di ogni male in una cittadina del Massachusetts, da eventi naturali a sfortune personali. Anche le giovani sorelle Sally e Gillian, orfane e cresciute da due zie eccentriche, non sfuggono a questa sorte. Le ragazze, diverse come il giorno e la notte, affrontano le difficoltà di crescere in un ambiente di stregoneria. Gillian, bionda e spensierata, vive una vita disordinata e cerca di fuggire dalla sua città, mentre Sally, con i suoi capelli neri e il carattere riservato, si occupa delle faccende domestiche e sposa il primo uomo che ama, solo per ritrovarsi vedova, come predetto dalle zie. Anni dopo, Sally si trasferisce a Long Island con le sue figlie adolescenti, sperando in una vita tranquilla. Tuttavia, l'arrivo di Gillian con il cadavere del suo fidanzato, Jimmy, e la sua sepoltura nel giardino riaccendono eventi spaventosi e misteriosi. Solo un vero amore e l'intervento delle zie potranno esorcizzare le forze oscure che tornano a perseguitarle.

      Il giardino delle magie1997
    • Spel met de liefde

      • 368 páginas
      • 13 horas de lectura

      Een bruisende eigentijdse roman, die zich afspeelt in de aristocratische kringen van Boston en Parijs, van Londen en Californië. De wereld van macht, glamour en rijkdom, waarin met de liefde een spel wordt gespeeld. Julia Carey bezit schoonheid en stijl, haar carrière als binnenhuisarchitecte verloopt succesvol, maar sinds haar scheiding staat haar liefdesleven op een laag pitje. Brad Bradford V is een rijke, knappe Amerikaan, als 'probleemoplosser' werkzaam in het familiebedrijf waarvan de touwtjes stevig in handen worden gehouden door zijn moeder, de Engelse aristocrate Lady Hester. Brad heeft verleiding en verovering van mooie vrouwen tot een tweede natuur gemaakt en ook Julia kan zijn charmes niet weerstaan. Hun stormachtige verhouding verandert in liefde en wanneer Brad naar Nostonterugkeert, gaat Julia met hem mee - als zijn vrouw. Ze ontdekt als snel dat Brad als tedere minnaar een hele andere persoon is dan de Brad die de toegewijde zoon speelt, en dat zij niet past in de toekomstplannen die Lady Hester voor haar zoon heeft utgestippeld...

      Spel met de liefde1993
      4,0
    • Danny, eneste søn af en rabbi i Brooklyn og hans søster Deborah, samt den forældreløse og småkriminelle Timothy synes at være prædestinerede til en tilværelse svarende til deres opvækst, men fremtiden ændres radikalt af tilfældighedernes spil.

      Acts of Faith1992
      3,9