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A compelling debut that glows with bittersweet heart and touching emotion, deeply interrogating questions of family, redemption, and unconditional love in the sweltering summer heat of Savannah, as two people discover what it means to truly forgive.

A BRAND NEW beautiful, romantic, getaway read from bestseller Victoria Springfield that you simply won't be able to put down... A stunning story of secrets and second chances. A return to Venice. A friendship rekindled. A time for romance. Natalie’s landed the opportunity of a lifetime hosting...

'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...

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. . .

Nathan Forrest is a lapsed Catholic, a welder, an illegitimate son, and a gifted jazz trumpeter. After he begins pursuing Dorothy - a Protestant girl from a middle-class family - they face the antagonism of mid-20th century Scotland. Against a backdrop of decaying Westburn's doomed shipyards and bitter environment, the young lovers seek to escape the constraints of prejudice and hate. But is their love and determination enough to bring them happiness, or will religious and social conflict consume them both?

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Henry Armstrong has been buried, yet he doesn’t quite feel dead. In the pitch-black confinement of his grave, he slowly grasps the absurdity of his situation, though his body lies sealed in a tight coffin beneath layers of fresh soil. Above him, on...

Unzählige gemeinsame Sommer im Feriencamp. Ein heimlicher Kuss, dem nie ein zweiter folgte. Ein Wiedersehen nach Jahren, das die Gefühle neu entfacht. Mit einem Bein im Burnout stehen, dem Ex-Freund hinterhertrauern und jahrelang keinen Urlaub machen – all das stand definitiv nicht auf...

Unzählige gemeinsame Sommer im Feriencamp. Ein heimlicher Kuss, dem nie ein zweiter folgte. Ein Wiedersehen nach Jahren, das die Gefühle neu entfacht. Mit einem Bein im Burnout stehen, dem Ex-Freund hinterhertrauern und jahrelang keinen Urlaub machen – all das stand definitiv nicht auf...

No girl ever forgets her first love…. No one knows that better than Emely Winter. It's been seven years since she last saw the man with the turquoise eyes, Elyas Schwarz - the embodiment of everything mothers warn their daughters about. Good-looking, charming, and with a hint of arrogance, Elyas is back in Emely's life and driving her crazy. She hates him from the bottom of her heart, but, even so, she can't deny her growing attraction.

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.

"I can't wait for another visit to Blossom Branch!" —RaeAnne Thayne, New York Times bestselling author Two lives spent searching. One summer to never forget. Life in Blossom Branch hasn’t always been sweet for Leah Marks. Growing up in the shadow of her overachieving siblings, the shy...

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.

Was she his red raven or just another cheechako, a tenderfoot from the outside world looking for excitement, or a news story in his remote Alaskan village? Rocky didn't know but was intrigued by the sassy yet compassionate young woman, stranded thousands of miles from her home with no luggage, little money, and no place to stay.

The last thing she can fix is her own life. Until one man’s offer changes everything. There’s been one constant in Belle Boots’ nomadic life. Horses. She’s lived in Roses, North Carolina, for a couple years, but lately the universe seems to be telling her it’s time to pack up her equine therapy practice and move on. Maybe Florida. Or California. But when she’s offered a horse-friendly fixer-upper near where she grew up, her usual sense of adventure gives way to a longing for something familiar. Salt air, wheeling seagulls, summer sand between her toes. Wilmington. Home.