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A wonderful, emotional roller-coaster from the #1, MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLER Shari Low that you can't put down... As the sunrises on a hot summer’s day, four lives are about to be changed forever... Today, Maisie McTeer decides to track down the ex who jilted her at the altar. Today...

Grace can’t believe it when her husband of 25 years announces he doesn’t want to join her on their anniversary trip to Paris - instead, he wants a divorce. Reeling from the shock, Grace makes the bold decision to go on this holiday of a lifetime alone. Audrey leaves behind heartache of her own when she arrives in Paris. A job in a bookshop is her ticket to freedom, but with no money and no knowledge of the French language, her summer adventure seems doomed to fail. Until she meets Grace, and everything changes....

In a crumbling world where nothing grows naturally, Maple Treow struggles to care for her younger siblings amidst escalating government oppression. Desperate to secure medication for her ailing sister Willow, she resorts to dangerous methods to keep them afloat. When the government triples the...

'Veronesi truly knows and loves all matters of the heart' IAN MCEWAN 'One of the most skilful and profound Italian storytellers of the past thirty years' DOMENICO STARNONE 'A perfect novel . . . Veronesi proves himself a master' LA STAMPA Summer, 1972. At his family's summer house in Versilia...

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! ∙ A radiant escape to the lake from the beloved author of Every Summer After and This Summer Will Be Different, hailed as the “reigning queen of sun-soaked romance novels” (Bustle) “The way that Carley Fortune can bottle up the feeling of summer and put...

Sixteen-year-old Frieder's plans for the summer are shattered when he fails two subjects. To be able to move up to the next year in the Autumn, he needs to resit his exams. So instead of going on holiday with his family, he now faces the daunting and boring prospect of staying at his grandparents' house, studying with his strict and formal step-grandfather. On the bright side, he'll spend time with his grandmother Nana, his sister Alma and his best friend Johann. And he meets Beate, the girl in the beautiful green swimsuit. . .

'If you are looking for a perfect dose of summer sunshine, this is the book for you!' Sarah BennettTaking a chance on love is just the beginning… When Harlow Sands arrives on an idyllic Greek island to work on a big budget movie, it should be the opportunity of a lifetime. But her uncertainty...

NOW AN AMAZON PRIME FILM, STARRING EVA LONGORIA. ‘No one delivers an emotionally satisfying read quite like Anna. She’s my go-to for a story I know I’ll love’ COLLEEN HOOVER ‘A luminous novel about first love, first adventures and the complex moments that change us forever’ MEGHAN...

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER ∙ A radiant escape to the lake from #1 New York Times bestselling author of Every Summer After and This Summer Will Be Different I never anticipated Charlie Florek. Good things happen at the lake. That’s what Alice’s grandmother says, and it’s true. Alice spent...

‘Speechless at just how breathtaking this book really is.’ Rachel Gilbey Three best friends. Three continents. Three months to live. How long can you keep a secret? Three best friends are embarking on an all-expenses paid trip of their dreams. The only catch? Every moment will be documented...

Deep in the Alabama woods sits Primm House, straight out of fairy tales and the heart of a child. Now an adult, Franny Primm looks back, unweaving the threads of a certain summer in this Southern coming-of-age tale. From the boy known as Zorro who roams the area on horseback to the orphans in the woods and the Catholic hierarchy down the road, Franny recalls a series of characters and events that come together in a mystery - and the haunting answers to it.

MatiLou is 11, the brightest one in her class, and an only child. She’s wished for a sister and on the hottest day, PerryAnn, who is 14, appears on Grandma Waters’ cactus farm next door. PerryAnn’s grandmother sells the minerals rights under the farm and begins drinking heavily while in the midst of grieving the loss of her only son, PerryAnn’s father. The threat of external change to the beloved cactus farm looms throughout the story because three men in steel toe boots have come to stake a well right in front of Grandma Waters’ house.

Alanna Sullivan was a free spirit and daddy's little girl. She emulated Jane Austen...and that was the center of her problems with men. Her father, Marcus Sullivan, spent most of his life at sea as an Admiral of a merchant vessel. Needing to see his daughter married - and married well - he established a "no sailor rule" for all potential suitors. However, many rejected suitors later, he is clearly starting to run out of options and arranges for her to marry...a sailor. Cyrus Kennedy appears successful in black and white, albeit, he has secrets that he must keep at bay.

Elizabeth Margaret’s future has already been decided—Harvard, law school, and a prestigious career waiting at her father’s firm. She’s the perfect daughter, the overachiever, the girl who never disappoints. But when a mysterious aunt she’s never heard of invites her to spend the summer at a secluded bed-and-breakfast off the coast of North Carolina, Elizabeth takes a risk she’s never taken before—and steps into a world nothing like the one she knows.

In 2012, Summer’s family left everything in their American small town and bought a camper to explore Europe. At the age of 14, she wasn’t so keen on the idea and struggled with leaving everything she once knew. While trying to keep in contact with friends back home and living out of a suitcase, she realizes how much more there is to life than she had once believed. This is a story of self-discovery and world exploration for a family of four who have no idea what is in store for them.

Als die ehrgeizige Charlie während ihres Klassikradio-Praktikums unfreiwillig auf ein Rockfestival geschickt wird, ist sie mit den Eindrücken dort völlig überfordert. Aber dann lernt sie Levy mit seinem Eyeliner und den unzähligen Tattoos kennen. Durch seine charismatische, impulsive Art...