She'd recognised him the moment he'd entered the room, but he didn't appear to remember her. Of course, it had been nearly pitch dark when they had met, and so long ago. He was the one who got away; the young man with whom Caro had spent one magical evening in Greece, and whom she's never forgotten. Now, years later, they've met once more in a beautiful old house in Scotland. Soon Caro is falling for him, all over again. But will this be the summer he falls in love with her?
The Comfort Food Café is perched on a windswept clifftop at what feels like the edge of the world, serving up the most delicious cream teas; beautifully baked breads, and carefully crafted cupcakes. For tourists and locals alike, the ramshackle café overlooking the beach is a beacon of laughter, companionship, and security a place like no other; a place that offers friendship as a daily special, and where a hearty welcome is always on the menu. For widowed mum-of-two Laura Walker, the decision to uproot her teenaged children and make the trek from Manchester to Dorset for the summer isn't one she takes lightly, and it's certainly not winning her any awards from her kids, Nate and Lizzie. Even her own parents think she's gone mad. Her new job at the café, and the hilarious people she meets there, give Laura the chance she needs to make new friends; to learn to be herself again, and just possibly to learn to love again as well. For her, the Comfort Food Café doesn't just serve food it serves a second chance to live her life to the full.
Nora no ha visto a Clare desde hace diez años. No desde que Nora salió del instituto un día para no volver jamás. Hasta que, inesperadamente, recibe una invitación para la despedida de soltera de Clare. Un fin de semana en una casa en la profundidad del bosque. ¿Es ésta la oportunidadpara Nora de recuperar la relación con su mejor amiga? ¿La ocasión de superar su pasado? Y sin embargo algo va a ir mal. Muy mal. En un bosque muy oscuro es el lanzamiento en España de Ruth Ware, la nueva estrella en la grip lit, el thriller psicológico femenino
John Green meets Rainbow Rowell in this irresistible story of first love, broken hearts, and the golden seams that put them back together again. Henry Page has never been in love. He fancies himself a hopeless romantic, but the slo-mo, heart palpitating, can't-eat-can't-sleep kind of love that he's been hoping for just hasn't been in the cards for him—at least not yet. Instead, he's been happy to focus on his grades, on getting into a semi-decent college and finally becoming editor of his school newspaper. Then Grace Town walks into his first period class on the third Tuesday of senior year and he knows everything's about to change. Grace isn't who Henry pictured as his dream girl—she walks with a cane, wears oversized boys' clothes, and rarely seems to shower. But when Grace and Henry are both chosen to edit the school paper, he quickly finds himself falling for her. It's obvious there's something broken about Grace, but it seems to make her even more beautiful to Henry, and he wants nothing more than to help her put the pieces back together again. And yet, this isn't your average story of boy meets girl. Krystal Sutherland's brilliant debut is equal parts wit and heartbreak, a potent reminder of the bittersweet bliss that is first love.
Twintig jaar geleden deed America Singer mee aan de Selectie en wist ze prins Maxons hart te veroveren. Nu is het de beurt aan prinses Eadlyn om haar eigen Selectie te houden. Eadlyn verwacht niet dat het voor haar even sprookjesachtig zal zijn als het liefdesverhaal van haar ouders. Maar als de strijd om haar hart losbarst, zou ze er wel eens achter kunnen komen dat haar eigen geluk niet zo ver weg is als ze altijd dacht.
Treina y cinco chicas llegaron a Palacio, pero solo quedan seis. De las treinta y cinco que competían en la Selección, todas menos seis han sido enviadas a casa. Solo una podrá casarse con el príncipe Maxon y convertirse en princesa de Illea. America se siente dividida; su tiempo con Maxon es un romance emocionante, pero la presencia de Aspen, su primer amor, revive recuerdos de un futuro que soñaron juntos. Las seis chicas restantes están decididas a ganarse el corazón de Maxon, y el tiempo se agota para America. Justo cuando cree haber tomado una decisión clara, un evento devastador la obliga a reconsiderar todo. Mientras lucha por definir su futuro, los rebeldes que amenazan la monarquía se vuelven más peligrosos, poniendo en riesgo cualquier posibilidad de un final feliz para America. La competencia por el amor del príncipe Maxon se intensifica, y cada elección que haga podría cambiar su destino para siempre.
Mientras esta situación se vuelve cada vez más acuciante, la disyuntiva en la que se encuentra America tampoco es mucho mejor: debe escoger entre su primer amor, Aspen, y el príncipe Maxon, quien poco a poco ha ido conquistándola. Eso sin tener en cuenta que el príncipe debe escogerla a ella también de entre las seis seleccionadas que podrían convertirse en su esposa y que aún permanecen en palacio. Luchas políticas, amor, violencia, dudas... America deberá tomar decisiones que cambiarán el curso no solo de su vida, sino de todo aquel que la rodea.
For thirty-five girls, the Selection is the chance of a lifetime. The opportunity to escape the life laid out for them since birth. To be swept up in a world of glittering gowns and priceless jewels. To live in a palace and compete for the heart of gorgeous Prince Maxon. But for America Singer, being Selected is a nightmare. It means turning her back on her secret love with Aspen, who is a caste below her. Leaving her home to enter a fierce competition for a crown she doesn't want. Living in a palace that is constantly threatened by violent rebel attacks. Then America meets Prince Maxon. Gradually, she starts to question all the plans she's made for herself—and realizes that the life she's always dreamed of may not compare to a future she never imagined.
Country cottages, romance, humour and making dreams come true. Three years ago Bella Castle left her home town nursing a broken heart over Dominic Thane, the man she fell in love with but couldn't have ...Now she's made a new life for herself in the country, working as an estate agent.
Gillian Flynn retrata el mundo claustrofóbico de un matrimonio que hace aguas. En un cálido día de verano Amy y Nick se disponen a celebrar su aniversario de bodas en Misouri. Como cada año, Nick espera hasta el último minuto para comprarle el regalo a Amy. No obstante, no va a hacer falta, puesto que Amy desaparece esa misma mañana sin dejar rastro. En el salón de su casa aparecen claras muestras de un forcejeo y la policía se pone a investigar de inmediato. Enseguida quedan desconcertados por la actitud de Nick: tan sereno que parece no importarle la desaparición de su mujer. Inevitablemente, pues, las sospechan recaen sobre él, pese a que mantiene su inocencia.
Jonathan and Theo's childhood is one in which money is abundant but nurture is scarce. With a father who died when they were very young and a mother who starts drinking at lunchtime, the brother and sister are largely left to roam around their sprawling estate in rural Wales, looking after only themselves and each other. Until, that is, their grandmother Eve returns to the family home. Eve is a figure who is as enchanting as she is forbidding, and she takes the children under her wing, answering their questions about their family history that have always been ignored. Yet as they grow older, they discover that much of what they've been told is a fiction, and that something very sinister lies in their past.
A girl flees to Venice to escape her dangerous past in this electrifying novel of intrigue, psychological tension and suspense... For Lucy Riddick, Venice has always been the dream destination. A dream inspired by the pretty picture pinned to her mother?s kitchen wall. To Lucy, Venice seems the ideal place to lose herself. And now she needs to do just that. The secret she?s been keeping from her boyfriend and her friends has finally caught up with her and Lucy needs to disappear ? and fast. There?s no better time to pack her bags and head for Italy. But what if, when she sets foot in Venice, Lucy finds that the one thing she has been running from, the one thing she has been trying to escape, is already there, lying in wait for her? Time to run away again? Or time to end the chase, once and for all?
The Petrakis family lives in the small Greek seaside village of Plaka. Just off the coast is the tiny island of Spinalonga, where the nation's leper colony once was located—a place that has haunted four generations of Petrakis women. There's Eleni, ripped from her husband and two young daughters and sent to Spinalonga in 1939, and her daughters Maria, finding joy in the everyday as she dutifully cares for her father, and Anna, a wild child hungry for passion and a life anywhere but Plaka. And finally there's Alexis, Eleni's great-granddaughter, visiting modern-day Greece to unlock her family's past. A richly enchanting novel of lives and loves unfolding against the backdrop of the Mediterranean during World War II, The Island is an enthralling story of dreams and desires, of secrets desperately hidden, and of leprosy's touch on an unforgettable family.
Rhonda is getuige als iemand verkleed als konijn een jong meisje ontvoerd. Ze is verward door het pak en doet niets. Naderhand stort ze zich vol overgave op het politieonderzoek. Herinneringen uit haar eigen jeugd komen boven door het incident, met name aan haar beste vriendin die toen ook verdwenen is.
#1 New York Times bestselling series Fans of the hit ABC Family TV show will love this bind-up of the first two titles in Sara Shepard's #1 New York Times bestselling Pretty Little Liars series, Pretty Little Liars and Flawless. In Rosewood, Pennsylvania, everyone has something to hide. High school juniors Spencer, Hanna, Aria, and Emily thought their darkest secrets vanished when their best friend, Alison, went missing three years ago. But now someone named "A" is sending them notes and threatening to reveal their ugliest secrets—things only Alison knew. Is "A" Alison? Or someone else? Only, who could hate them so much? These liars are about to discover that nothing is as it seems in Rosewood. No one is safe, and no one can be trusted. . . . This page-turning start to the Pretty Little Liars series introduces readers to Rosewood and the pretty little liars who call it home.
For Libby, the job in New Zealand seemed perfect - a settled home for her daughter, and a chance to study the whales and dolphins. And when she met John-Cody Gibbs, with his deep understanding of the place, she thought she had found the right man, but he has a dark secret in his past to overcome.
Federica Campione adores her father. No matter that Ramon, a distinguished traveller and writer, spends months away from their home on the exotic Chilean coast; as soon as he's back, his daughter has eyes for no one but him. When he gives her a magical box from Peru she believes he will always be there for her. Devastated when her parents' marriage falls apart, Federica is forced to set up home in Cornwall with her mother - the butterfly box is the only part of her beloved father she is able to take with her to sustain her during painful times. Embraced by the eccentric Appleby family, she loses her heart to their son Sam, who barely notices the little girl until it is too late. As she grows to womanhood, Federica attempts to recapture that long-forgotten sense of security in the arms of the debonair Torquil Jensen. From the sanctuary of a seemingly perfect marriage, she embarks on a painful journey of self-discovery. It takes Federica years of heartbreak to escape her gilded cage and learn the true lesson of the butterfly box.
Spoilt, wilful, resourceful and proud, Sofia Solanas grows up on a magnificent ranch in the middle of the Argentine pampas, loved by all around her. All, that is, except her Irish mother, Anna, who punishes her daughter for her own sense of alienation and inadequacy while doting on her sons. When a horrified Anna discovers that Sofia has embarked on a passionate love affair that can only bring shame upon the family, she sends Sofia away to Europe, inadvertently exiling her from her family and the man she loves for over twenty years. And then a family tragedy calls Sofia home. Following the story of the Solanas family in Argentina during the tumultous years of political upheaval, and Sofia's life in exile, MEET ME UNDER THE OMBU TREE is a moving, evocative and unforgettable story of love and forgiveness from a brilliant new voice.
