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One inn. One mystery. One chance to begin again. After a devastating divorce and the loss of her family’s historic hotel, almost-sixty Jess Bryant is ready to disappear—until a crumbling seaside inn on Anna Maria Island offers one last shot at starting over. With her twin sister by her side...

Pubblicato nel 1912, questo romanzo ebbe un grande successo, non solo perché raccontava lo “scandalo russo”, la storia dell’avventuriera Maria Tarnowska, condannata a 8 anni per aver spinto , con la complicità di un suo amante, un altro suo amante a uccidere il suo futuro marito; ma perché la storia di questa donna la vedeva al centro di grandi passioni e di suicidi (se ne contano almeno due). Maria Tarnowska ebbe una pena mite grazie all’impostazione della difesa che mostrò la sua storia di sposa bambina con un pervertito, e la sua infermità mentale, dovuta anche alla cocaina.

Maria: Criminals. Mafia. That’s what everyone said we were. I never believed the rumors, though. I’d know if anything shady was happening in my family. Except…I didn’t. When my best friend disappears from the Belvedere, I knew I could find her. Because while I might be clueless about my family, I know everything that happens in my hotel. That’s when I found him. I thought he was the bad guy. My enemy. He wasn’t. But just because I misjudged him doesn’t mean he can’t destroy me….and my heart…

Det var, som om jeg kunne se ind i hans hjerte, i hans sjæl. Og jeg mærkede det i varmen, da han omfavnede mig, i læberne, der strøg forsigtigt over min kind, i hans kys. I stemmen, der hviskede mit navn igen. Alise forlader Sommersholm i vanære efter at være blevet beskyldt for at have...

Landmandslivet er krævende i den lille by Tornlykke. Hvordan får man kærligheden til at fungere, når man er langt fra hinanden og julen med dens traditioner banker på døren?...

One inn. One mystery. One chance to begin again. After a devastating divorce and the loss of her family’s historic hotel, almost-sixty Jess Bryant is ready to disappear—until a crumbling seaside inn on Anna Maria Island offers one last shot at starting over. With her twin sister by her side...

Perched atop Ibiza’s sun-kissed hills, a world away from the pulsating beats of nightclubs, stands the weathered silhouette of Casa Maria. Eve knows little of her father’s Ibizan family or the veiled history of his departure from the island before her birth. Since her mother’s death, she’s felt like she hardly knows him at all. When an unexpected inheritance offers them an invitation to return, Eve seizes the chance, even if that means facing the pain that lingers in her father’s past. After all, he’s not the only one who needs to escape the shackles of a life in anguish.

For artist Gabriela Martinez, life has become complicated: She suspects her mentor and friend wants her as his mistress, her husband is neglecting her, and her latest illustration is ruined. Seeking peace, she visits her favorite thinking spot in La Marbriére, the mountain overlooking her home in the Côte d’Azur. Distracted, she winds up in an unfamiliar clearing, where she discovers a 1945 French coin half-buried in the ground. Delighted with its beauty, she has it set on her favorite bracelet.

Una apasionante historia donde se pretende describir la difícil vida en esclavitud en medio de la selva. Trabajando la tierra bajo el ardiente sol, sin zapatos, calcinando prácticamente pies y manos al roce de la terrible temperatura de la tierra, sufriendo pobreza extrema y los maltratos y prepotencia de los capataces, haciendo patente la lucha de quienes anteponen el amor y la amistad a su propio bienestar y felicidad. Dejando a su paso una gran enseñanza de superación y solidaridad.

Jason Straiz is a New York detective working on a case to bring down a major crime lord. He keeps his life simple. Work. Family. Friends. Until he meets Selene. Selene is a lawyer on a mission. Her goal is to bring down the monster that has been terrorizing her for years. When she meets Jason, the attraction is intense. When Jason comes to her aide after tragedy strikes, he becomes a target.

One inn. One mystery. One chance to begin again. After a devastating divorce and the loss of her family’s historic hotel, almost-sixty Jess Bryant is ready to disappear—until a crumbling seaside inn on Anna Maria Island offers one last shot at starting over. With her twin sister by her side...

One inn. One mystery. One chance to begin again. After a devastating divorce and the loss of her family’s historic hotel, almost-sixty Jess Bryant is ready to disappear—until a crumbling seaside inn on Anna Maria Island offers one last shot at starting over. With her twin sister by her side...

One inn. One mystery. One chance to begin again. After a devastating divorce and the loss of her family’s historic hotel, almost-sixty Jess Bryant is ready to disappear—until a crumbling seaside inn on Anna Maria Island offers one last shot at starting over. With her twin sister by her side...

One inn. One mystery. One chance to begin again. After a devastating divorce and the loss of her family’s historic hotel, almost-sixty Jess Bryant is ready to disappear—until a crumbling seaside inn on Anna Maria Island offers one last shot at starting over. With her twin sister by her side...