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Have you ever wondered about all the people who lived in your house before you? 25 Library Terrace in Edinburgh is a house where lives are changed.

A sequel to the #1 New York Times bestseller 28 Summers – Jake McCloud returns to Nantucket for Labor Day weekend 2023, this time without Mallory...

Times move on for the Adams family in South London, and as business prospers, there are new worries to deal with. A young woman arrives who is intent on ruining Sammy Adams' winter fashion show, and Sammy must deal with her unwelcome attention. Boots has to find a solution when one of his female employees tells him about a sinister visitor, but he doesn't realise that his family are being observed.

Tildas Tage sind strikt durchgetaktet: studieren, an der Supermarktkasse sitzen, sich um ihre kleine Schwester Ida kümmern – und an schlechten Tagen auch um die Mutter. Zu dritt wohnen sie im traurigsten Haus der Fröhlichstraße in einer Kleinstadt, die Tilda hasst. Ihre Freunde sind längst weg, leben in Amsterdam oder Berlin, nur Tilda ist geblieben. Denn irgendjemand muss für Ida da sein, Geld verdienen, die Verantwortung tragen. Nennenswerte Väter gibt es keine, die Mutter ist alkoholabhängig.

Excitement is running high in the Adams family. Mr Finch, after a long career in secret government work, is to be knighted - which means that Chinese Lady will become a real 'Lady'! What with having to find a new outfit suitable for the occasion, and worrying about whether she'll have to curtsey to the king, the redoubtable matriarch of the Adams family scarcely knows if she's coming or going.

Although best known for creating the spirited Anne Shirley, L. M. Montgomery had a thriving writing career that included several novels and more than 500 poems and stories. This collection brings together rare pieces originally published between 1900 and 1939 that haven’t been in print since their initial periodicals.

A weekend trip, a sexy billionaire, and my fragile heart. Chance Easton shields me when my dress rips off during an elevator ride. It’s heated in the garden between us later. I think it’s over until... He offers me a PA job and tells his brother I’m his girlfriend. I don’t refuse either. Three weeks couldn’t hurt. Then I discover he’s mega-rich and his family runs the entire Island. I’m growing attached to my fake boyfriend who is also my boss. He is dark, handsome, and ripped. But I’m in worse trouble than I could have imagined. Someone’s stalking me and they carry a gun.

At age 55, Meg's life is too filled with loss for her to remember what magic feels like. All she has left is a yard brimming with plants that are wilting in the scorching Iowa summer - and a bone-deep feeling that she's through with living. Meg has something else too: a bottle of mysterious pills, given to her years ago by an empathetic doctor. He promised that they would offer her dying mother a quick, painless end in exactly 20 days. Though her mother never needed them, Meg does. But a strange thing happens after Meg swallows the little green pearls....

Anne Marie Roche wants to find happiness again. At 38, her life's not what she'd expected - she's childless, a recent widow, alone. She owns a successful bookstore on Seattle's Blossom Street, but despite her accomplishments, there's a feeling of emptiness. On Valentine's Day, Anne Marie and several other widows get together to celebrate...what? Hope, possibility, the future. They each begin a list of 20 wishes....

Guri väntar tålmodigt på att Sturla ska komma tillbaka. När hon hör fotsteg blir hon först glad, men inser snabbt att det inte är han som kommit. Samtidigt fortsätter Emilie att söka efter sin far i Amerika. Sagan om Emilie är en släktkrönika fylld av hemligheter och kärleksintriger. Vi följer den vackra torpardottern Emilie i norska Trøndelag på 1880-talet, ett samhälle med stora klyftor mellan rika och fattiga.

Time has started to move faster, with three years having passed in the blink of an eye. Jamie has used the time well, managing a gut renovation on a Victorian charmer just a block away. Ryan’s been chipping away at her dissertation. Not exactly the path she thought she’d be on, but she’s finally come to accept that she’s a happier person when she lets life happen. But even a laid-back Ryan is not a Ryan without plans, and she’s been nipping at Jamie’s heels on a routine basis, certain now is the time to start their family.

Anthony grew up without any knowledge of his father. Only when his mother dies does he unlock the secrets she kept for 20 years. Each discovery leads him closer to the people who knew his father best. Including the man who killed him.

Mitten in einem Schneesturm kommen Petra und ihre elfjährige Nichte Charlie in Nyponviken an, einem kleinen Dorf im südschwedischen Schonen. Ihr Leben in Stockholm haben sie hinter sich gelassen. Nach dem Tod von Petras Schwester, Charlies Mutter, brauchen sie dringend einen Neuanfang. In dem Ort gibt es einen Hof mit kleiner Gärtnerei, wo sie hoffen, Zuflucht zu finden. Viveca, die Eigentümerin, empfängt die beiden mit offenen Armen und bietet Petra eine Stelle an.

A thousand eyes were watching me. Nobody in the room was talking, and the only sound was a muffled cough from the darkness in the back of the auditorium. Why wasn’t everyone whispering to their neighbors? Shouldn’t they be playing on their cell phones or even sleeping—like normal teenagers? I quickly thought back to high school when I was sitting where they were today. I couldn’t tell you the name of one person that came to speak, nor could I recall one subject matter that he or she would have even talked about.

Charlie Smith, a 15-year old negro sharecropper, fascinated by his grandfather’s long-lost dream of playing golf befriends a young talented and Nationally ranked junior golfer. They both end up learning that their lives share similar interests despite their socioeconomic differences. A tragic turn of events happened that allowed the young sharecropper to display hidden talents that resurrected hopeful dreams and united a deprived county that had been left desolate due to hurricanes and drought.

Gdy umiera dziesięcioletnia Toszka płacze nad nią cała Dolina. W rocznicę śmierci córki Biegan Kapusta przychodzi do kościoła św. Marcina i jest świadkiem niezwykłej sceny. Na ołtarzu leżą kości jego dziecka, nad którymi nachyla się Roksana z Dębowca. Parę dni później na drzewie zawisa Biegan.

Rose och Mark är ett ovanligt lyckligt gift par och idyllen är fullständig. Han har en framgångsrik firma och hon trivs i rollen som hemmafru. De har två underbara barn och en fin villa utanför stan. Men en dag slås idyllen brutalt i sönder... Faith Baldwin (1893-1978) var en amerikansk författare som skrev cirka 100 romaner inom romance och skönlitteratur. Böckerna handlar ofta om kvinnor och deras kamp med att både ha familj och karriär.

"The perfect summer read" (Booklist) from New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand: an intense tale of love and loyalty set against the backdrop of endless summer island life. With rumors of infidelity straining Greg and Tess MacAvoy's marriage, the couple head out on their sailboat...

Krótko po ślubie Matylda zapada na ciężką chorobę. Lekarza rozkładają ręce, nikt nie jest w stanie powiedzieć, co dolega kobiecie i jej nienarodzonemu dziecku. W końcu do wszystkich dociera, że Matylda została otruta. Mateusz pragnie zemsty.

Można odnieść wrażenie, że swoim okrucieństwem Marcin z Lipowej dorównuje Ostaszowi. Małżeństwo Dorotki nie układa się, nie może jednak odejść od męża. Musi trwać przy mężczyźnie, skoro została mu poślubiona - bez względu na wszystko. Tymczasem prawdziwą miłością Marcina jest wciąż Anna de Berg. O czym doskonale wie pani Roksana.