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Das Buch enthält zwei Erzählungen, in denen jeweils eine listige mutige Großmutter die Hauptrolle spielt. Wer jetzt meint, es ginge um eine sentimentale Beschreibung von Großmutter-Enkel Beziehungen, der wird enttäuscht sein, obwohl unsere Großmütter es an Liebe zu ihren Enkeln nicht fehlen lassen. Der Enkeltrick: Die Witwe Elisabeth (Lisbeth) wird von einem Paar von Betrügern heimgesucht, die versuchen, den Enkeltrick anzuwenden. Elisabeth gelingt es, einen vermeintlichen Polizisten im Keller eizusperren, in dem sie ihn für Wochen gefangen hält. Das führt zu skurrilen Situationen und einem überraschenden Ende. Soscha: Die in Schönheit gereifte Schauspielerin Franziska (Franzi) lebt mit ihrer zugelaufenen Katze Soscha in einer Laubenkolonie, weil sie sich bei den gestiegenen Berliner Mieten keine Wohnung leisten kann. Eines Tages trägt Soscha einen Streifen aus Plastikfolie um den Hals, auf dem nur ein einziges Wort steht: HILFE.

'Utterly addictive'Victoria Selman'Funny, engrossing, and brilliantly written'Claire McGowan‘One of the best books we've read in a long time'BellaSometimes all it takes to bring a family together is the possible end of the world Meet the Altman family. Fifty-something Dan is struggling to cope with a mid-life career change. MBA-educated wife and mother Jen has dealt with life's disappointments by becoming a closet alcoholic. Seventeen-year-old Chloe is obsessing about getting into the right university and her state tennis semifinals. Fourteen-year-old Max is trying to figure out when he can next sneak a puff on his beloved vape and plotting revenge on the school bully. They're a normal family with normal problems. Until, one day, the lights go out. Mobile phones don't work. Lights, laptops, cars, trains – anything that uses electricity – just stops. And what happens next will change everything…Funny and heart-warming, Lights Out in Lincolnwood is the story of one ordinary family and their unexpected adventure of a lifetime‘Thrilling, heartfelt, humorous and wonderfully original. Lights Out in Lincolnwood takes a darkly wry look at just what happens when ordinary meets extraordinary. I loved it'Chris Whitaker‘This is a heartwarming read that we couldn't put down'Closer'A darkly comic and refreshingly unique story'Lisa Hall

'The Night We Met will warm and break your heart in equal measure, and make you laugh out loud and sob quietly. A lovely gem'Heat'Beautifully written, utterly heartbreaking. An epic love story'Paige Toon, author of The Minute I Saw You'I know this gorgeous love story will stay with me for a long time. Amazing'Lorraine Brown, author of UncouplingAs a man holds his wife's fragile hand, he recounts a journey like no other...Daniel and Olivia are destined to be together. At least, Daniel thinks this the night he sees Olivia across a sea of people. As he backpacks through Australia, Daniel and Liv continue to cross paths, yet never speak. Until one night, Liv joins Daniel for a drink. And that night everything changes.Back in London, stuck in a monotonous routine, Daniel finds himself daydreaming of the woman with amber eyes and fiery hair. Armed with only a name he vows to find her, yet with every passing moment, Daniel's hopes begin to disappear. What if it wasn't meant to be?But then fate steps in, and Daniel and Olivia's story can truly begin...This is a tale of serendipity, missed chances and the power of love.Readers LOVE The Night We Met!'A beautifully wrought novel, exhilarating and devastating in equal measure, and filled with passion, warmth and humour''A testament to love''A wonderful, well-written story!''A book about looking back on life, about love and our reactions to it''Zoë Folbigg writes a story like no other. This romantic story leaves you wanting more and looking for your own Daniel''A really beautifully written book which explores the love story between two people spanning years''I loved the characters, the setting and the amazing journey the book took me on'Praise for Zoë Folbigg's The Note:'A laugh-out-loud, tears-in-your-coffee story'OK! magazine'A life-affirming, uplifting reminder that taking a chance can change everything'Woman's Weekly'Maya and James are appealing characters and I love the idea that all you really need is the courage to pursue someone'Daily Mail'Light and romantic... Classic beach reading'Cosmo

It's the summer of 2013 and 15-year-old Ivy Scattergood has traveled with her family to their vacation home in Maine. The Scattergoods are a blended, mixed-race family with old Philadelphia area Quaker roots. Ivy loves the Red Sox, one single music group at a time (this year it's Johnnyswim), helping make dinner every night, and this guy in Maine named Bailey Cooper. Ivy also has no interest in makeup, heels, dresses, and most of the basic assumptions people make about what it means to be a teenage girl — but don't call her a Tomboy, at least to her face. Then her cousin Robert from San Diego (also 15) comes to visit -- as a beautiful, glamorous young woman who has re-named herself Rita Gomez.Thus begins a summer where Ivy's worldview will expand, where she will discover new layers to herself and those around her, and where stepping forward into the unknown will emerge as a bold adventure.Lyrically written and brimming with spirit, OLD MUSIC FOR NEW PEOPLE is a luminous work of fiction.

A Recommended Read from: Entertainment Weekly • Buzzfeed • Good Morning America • USA Today • Harper's Bazaar • Fortune • A.V. Club • The Millions • Lit Hub • International Examiner • Publishers WeeklyWhen her husband suddenly disappears, a young woman must uncover where he went—and who she might be without him—in this striking debut of immigration, identity, and marriage.After another taxing day as the sole female employee at her New York City tech startup, Edwina comes home to find that her husband, Marlin, has packed up a suitcase and left. The only question now is why. Did he give up on their increasingly hopeless quest to secure their green cards and decide to return to Malaysia? Was it the death of his father that sent him into a tailspin? Or has his strange, sudden change in personality finally made Marlin and Edwina strangers to each other?As Edwina searches the city for traces of her husband, she simultaneously sifts through memories of their relationship, hoping to discover the moment when something went wrong. All the while, a coworker is making increasingly uncomfortable advances toward her. And she can't hide the truth about Marlin's disappearance from her overbearing, eccentric mother for much longer. Soon Edwina will have to decide how much she is willing to sacrifice in order to stay in her marriage and in America.Poignant and darkly funny, Edge Case is a searing meditation on intimacy, estrangement, and the fractured nature of identity. In this moving debut, YZ Chin explores the imperfect yet enduring relationships we hold to country and family.“Chin's specificity and wonderfully drawn minor characters add depth and richness…. Not only a subtly provocative depiction of the tech industry, and this country, as tilting ever more off-kilter; but also a realistic portrayal of a woman in crisis.” —Lauren Oyler, The New York Times Book Review

Bewegende Geschichten voller Hoffnung: der Sammelband »Deine Hand in meiner« von Valerie Blumenthal jetzt als eBook bei dotbooks. Auch in der dunkelsten Stunde kann die Liebe einer Mutter wie ein helles Licht erstrahlen … Die Übersetzerin Isabella führt in London ein sorgloses Leben – doch als sie auf den zurückgelassenen Kinderwagen mit der kleinen Hannah stößt, ändert sich ihr Leben auf dramatische Weise … Einen schlimmen Schicksalsschlag muss Liz verkraften – ihr älterer Sohn ist tot, und dies droht zur Zerreißprobe für die gesamte Familie zu werden … Wie weit darf Trauer gehen? Seit Nataschas Vater gestorben ist, rebelliert die 13-jährige mit aller Gewalt gegen ihre Mutter – und als Harriet es dann auch noch wagt, vorsichtig nach einem neuen Glück zu greifen, droht es zum endgültigen Bruch mit ihrer Tochter zu kommen. Aber das ist das Besondere an der Hoffnung: Wir finden sie immer dann, wenn wir kaum noch damit zu rechnen wagen … Jetzt als eBook kaufen und genießen: der gefühlvolle Sammelband »Deine Hand in meiner« von Valerie Blumenthal enthält die Romane »Heute fängt das Morgen an«, »Die Welt in meinen Armen« und »Mit den Augen einer Tochter«. Wer liest, hat mehr vom Leben: dotbooks – der eBook-Verlag.

Two teens go missing from an elite Boston boarding school—days later one is dead. Told through multiple points of view, this dark unfolding of explosive family secrets offers surprising twists—perfect for fans of Megan Abbott and Celeste Ng “A sensitive examination of a dysfunctional family and a full-of-secrets community that claims to be seeking the truth.”—The New York Times On a chilly fall evening at the prestigious Performing Arts High School of Boston, best friends Tali Carrington and June Danforth disappear after an audition. They're last seen in grainy surveillance footage walking away from the school. Tali is found two days later in a town south of Boston, disoriented and traumatized by the ocean's edge, while June is pronounced dead at the scene. Tali's mother, Nell, is so bent on protecting her daughter that she ignores rumors of her husband's involvement and enlists the help of Cynthia Rawlins, a reunification therapist with personal insight into the riptide that hides below the surface of every unsuspecting family. Meanwhile, Detective Fitz Jameson uncovers a criminal undertow involving the high school's overachieving students, and finally sees an opportunity for personal redemption from a secret that's haunted him for years.As Nell, Cynthia, and Fitz confront their own contributions to the scandals that beleaguer them, their lives turn out to be more deeply intertwined than they'd ever imagined. In the end, they must decide what lengths they're willing to go to protect the people they love while also saving themselves.

Untrennbar verbunden in Liebe und Schmerz: Der berührende Schicksalsroman »Wo deine Küsse mich finden« von Anita Burgh jetzt als eBook bei dotbooks. Wie lange kannst du vor deiner Vergangenheit davonlaufen? Kitty Lawrence scheint alles zu haben, was sie sich wünschen kann: eine Karriere als umjubelte Opernsängerin, ein Leben im Luxus und einen Mann, um den sie viele Frauen beneiden würden. Und doch gibt es da diese Wunde in Kittys Seele, die niemals verheilen kann: Warum hat ihre Mutter immer nur ihre Schwester Lana gefördert, die an diesen großen Erwartungen zu zerbrechen drohte … und warum hat auch der charmante Slim immer nur Lana gesehen, statt Kittys zarte Gefühle zu erwidern? Als Kitty nach vielen Jahren des Schweigens die Nachricht erhält, dass ihre Mutter schwer erkrankt ist, eilt sie an ihr Krankenbett – und begreift, dass es Zeit ist, sich den Schatten der Vergangenheit zu stellen. Aber wird es ihr gelingen, Lana zu finden, die spurlos verschwunden ist … und ihr eigenes Glück? Jetzt als eBook kaufen und genießen: Der gefühlvolle Schicksalsroman »Wo deine Küsse mich finden« von Anita Burgh. Wer liest, hat mehr vom Leben: dotbooks – der eBook-Verlag.

'Beautifully written and both heartbreaking and heartwarming'Jessica Redland Needing an escape, Dora swapped city living for life as a shepherdess on her grandad's Yorkshire farm. More than a decade later Dora is still there, now farming the fifty acres and caring for the one hundred rare sheep by herself. She never hears the call of the city, but instead relishes the peace and simplicity of life on the Moors.When Dora's glamorous but quarrelsome sister Cass, her teenage nephew Thor and his handsome tutor Nat, turn up for an unexpected and unreasonably long stay, life on the farm is thrown into chaos. Cass brings with her unwelcome memories from the past, and of someone who once stole Dora's heart.Dora takes refuge in the comforting routine of the farm, the sheep never allowing her too much time to dwell. But, as the seasons change, the snow starts to melt, and as lambs begin to fill the fields, Dora can't keep hiding in the hills. Because even though she's trying, Dora can't run away from a love that never really let her go…Let Jane Lovering whisk you away to the beauty and serenity of the Yorkshire Moors, far away from the noise of the city. Just right for fans of Emma Burstall, Holly Martin and Kate Forster.Praise for Jane Lovering:'A funny, warm-hearted read, filled with characters you'll love'Matt Dunn‘Jane Lovering has that ability to choose exactly the right words and images to make you laugh, with a wonderful touch of the ridiculous, then moving seamlessly to a scene of such poignancy that it catches your breath'⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader Review‘It is very difficult to explain just how wonderful this book is. The power of her words and her descriptive prowess to put it bluntly is amazing… the emotional impact it has had on me will be long lasting'⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader Review‘Fall in love with reading all over again with this cracking tale from Jane Lovering. An excellent reminder, if one is needed, of the absolute pleasure of losing yourself in a good book'⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader ReviewPlease note that Home on a Yorkshire Farm was previously published as Home on Folly Farm.

From author and filmmaker Sandi Tan, director of the acclaimed documentary Shirkers, comes a novel about a neighborhood of immigrants, seekers, lovers, and lurkers. The residents of Santa Claus Lane do their best to stay out of each other's way, but desire, fury and mischief too often propel these suburban neighbors to collide. Precocious Korean American sisters Mira and Rosemary find their world rocked by a suicide, and they must fight to keep their home; a charismatic and creepy drama teacher grooms his students; a sardonic gay horror novelist finds that aging is more terrifying than any monster; and a white hippie mom and her adopted Vietnamese daughter realize that their anger binds them rather than pushes them apart. Lurkers is an homage to the rangy beauty of Los Angeles and the surprising power that we have to change the lives of those around us.

Everything can change in a heartbeat …The pulse-pounding new thriller from the bestselling author of You Don't Know MeLainey's friend Ellis is missing. And she's not the only one.It's been six months since the first case of a sudden epidemic—when a healthy baby wouldn't take a breath at birth—and the country has been thrown into turmoil. The government has passed sweeping new laws to monitor all citizens. And several young pregnant women have vanished without trace.As a midwife, Lainey's mum, Emma, is determined to be there for those who need her. But when seventeen-year-old Lainey finds herself in trouble, this dangerous new world becomes very real. The one person who might help is Emma's estranged mother, but reaching out to her will put them all in jeopardy …The Hush is a new breed of thriller, an unflinching look at a society close to tipping point and a story for our times, highlighting the power of female friendship through a dynamic group of women determined to triumph against the odds.

After losing her job as a grant writer for a local wildlife rehabilitation sanctuary, Cat has to come to terms with the fact that moving back to Wisconsin hasn't been exactly what she was hoping for in terms of her career. But if she hadn't moved home, fate wouldn't have intervened in her love life and brought her face-to-face with Damon, the man who helped her find her own sensuality during their epic love-making sessions in the northern woods. Though losing her job rocked her confidence, she feels safe in the knowledge that Damon promised to love her and build a life with her, even though she can't have children. But can he keep that promise?As the sequel to Canoodling Up North, Canoodling Out West follows Damon as he battles demons from his past and struggles with his own mental health while he wrestles with the paradox of who can he live with and who must he sacrifice to live without? It also follows Cat who finds that she has a serious health crisis which will definitely impact her relationship with Damon. And when she has just about given up on finding her dream job, the opportunity of a life-time is offered to her, in Montana, 1,300 miles away from Damon and from her family. Will Cat leave Wisconsin and a chance at a life with Damon?Set in rural Wisconsin, Canoodling Out West continues the love story of equine acupuncture veterinarian, Damon McGuire, and the love of his life, Catrina “Cat” Carneri, as they are hit with complex challenges that will force them to come to terms with their true, authentic selves and face their worst fears.

Three generations of dads, playing traditional roles in each other's lives, arrive simultaneously at significant crossroads. The decisions they make and the actions they take will directly – and eternally – affect each other.After a life of hard work and raising children, Robert is enjoying his well-deserved retirement when he discovers that he has an illness he might not be able to beat. At 19, Jonah is sprinting across the threshold of adulthood when he learns, stunningly, that he's going to become a father. And Oliver – Robert's son and Jonah's dad – has entered middle age and is paying its demanding price. While reconciling the time and effort it has taken him to reach an unfulfilling career and an even less satisfying marriage, he realizes that it's imperative that he keep it all together for the two men who mean everything to him.When different perspectives lead to misunderstandings that remain unspoken – sometimes for years – it takes great strength and even more love to travel beyond the resentment.Dad: A Novel chronicles the sacred legacy of fatherhood.

She could lose the perfect life... if she tells the truth. At the school gates in Wimbledon Village, Faiza fits in. It took a few years and a brand new wardrobe, but now the snobbish mothers who mistook her for the nanny treat her as one of their own.But the perfect life costs money. When her husband Tom loses his job, Faiza realises she'll have to reveal her biggest secret: she's spent her family's entire life savings.Unless she doesn't... It only takes a second to lie to Tom. Now Faiza has six weeks to find £75,000 or risk losing the family she has worked so hard to protect.Readers and reviewers are loving Would I Lie to You?'Warm, intelligent [...] and keeps up the tension right till the end'Sophie Kinsella'A properly indulgent page turner'Adele Parks, Platinum'A fresh take on domestic dynamics and moral dilemma... Great for book clubs'Clare Mackintosh'Convincing and compelling'Stacey Halls'I couldn't put it down... Tense and funny'Claire Douglas'I was immediately hooked'Lizzie Damilola Blackburn'Wise and warm... A page turner'Woman & Home'A breathtaking, tense ride'Jesse Sutanto'I just fell into it and couldn't stop'Sarah Pearse'A refreshing new voice in commercial fiction'Cosmopolitan'Intelligent and original'Lesley Kara'So warm, funny, sad and brilliantly written'Laura Marshall'Not just entertaining, but intelligent and original too [...] and the resourceful Faiza will steal your heart'Lesley Kara'A warm, funny, compelling, escapist read'Debbie Howells'Tense, funny, poignant and very clever'Claire Douglas

'Propulsive.... Good books sometimes cut to the bone, and this one feels like a scythe.'—The New York Times Book Review'This wise, brilliant novel is so special, so overflowing with honesty and love—about motherhood, sisterhood, what it's like to be a woman—that every paragraph feels like an epiphany. Hanna Halperin knows the fierce love that can exist especially among broken things. Something Wild moved me deeply.'—Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author of UntamedA searing novel about the love and contradictions of sisterhood, the intoxicating desires of adolescence, and the traumas that trap mothers and daughters in cycles of violenceOne weekend, sisters Tanya and Nessa Bloom pause their respective adult lives and travel to the Boston suburbs to help their mother pack up and move out of their childhood home. For the first time since they were teenagers sharing a bunk bed over a decade ago, they find themselves in the place where long-kept secrets were born, where jealousy, comfort, anger, forgiveness, and repulsion coexist with the fiercest love and loyalty. What they don't expect is for their visit to expose a new, horrifying truth: their mother, Lorraine, is in a violent relationship. As Tanya urges Lorraine to get a restraining order, Nessa struggles to reconcile her fondness for their stepfather with his capacity for brutality. Their differing responses to the abuse bring up the sisters'shared secret—a traumatic, unspoken experience from their adolescence has shaped their lives, their sense of selves, and their relationship with each other and the men in their life. In the midst of this family crisis, they have no choice but to reckon with the past and face each other in the present, in the hope that there's a way out of the violence so deeply ingrained in the Bloom family.Told in alternating perspectives that deftly interweave past and present, Something Wild is a magnetic, unflinching portrait of the bond between sisters, as well as a psychologically acute exploration of the legacy of divorce, the ways trauma reverberates over generations, and how it might be possible to overcome the past.

WINNER OF THE PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE • LONGLISTED FOR THE STORY PRIZE • The breathtaking debut of an important new voice—centered on a constellation of Korean American families“To encounter these achingly truthful, beautiful stories of newcomer Americans is like gazing up at the starry vault of a perfect night sky; it's immediately dazzling and impressive, and yet the closer and deeper you look, the more you appreciate the sheer countless brilliance.” —Chang-rae Lee, author of My Year Abroad A long-married couple is forced to confront their friend's painful past when a church revival comes to a nearby town... A woman in an arranged marriage struggles to connect with the son she hid from her husband for years... A well-meaning sister unwittingly reunites an abuser with his victims. Through an indelible array of lives, Yoon Choi explores where first and second generations either clash or find common ground, where meaning falls in the cracks between languages, where relationships bend under the weight of tenderness and disappointment, where displacement turns to heartbreak. Skinship is suffused with a profound understanding of humanity and offers a searing look at who the people we love truly are.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Named a Best Book of 2021 by Newsweek, the San Francisco Chronicle, The Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times “A glorious book—an assured novel that's gorgeously told.” —The New York Times Book Review “An incredibly moving epic about an unforgettable family.” —CBS Sunday Morning “[An] absorbing novel…I felt both grateful to have known these people and bereft at the prospect of leaving them behind.” —The Washington Post A stunning novel about love, work, and marriage that asks how far one family and one community will go to protect their future.Colleen and Rich Gundersen are raising their young son, Chub, on the rugged California coast. It's 1977, and life in this Pacific Northwest logging town isn't what it used to be. For generations, the community has lived and breathed timber; now that way of life is threatened. Colleen is an amateur midwife. Rich is a tree-topper. It's a dangerous job that requires him to scale trees hundreds of feet tall—a job that both his father and grandfather died doing. Colleen and Rich want a better life for their son—and they take steps to assure their future. Rich secretly spends their savings on a swath of ancient redwoods. But when Colleen, grieving the loss of a recent pregnancy and desperate to have a second child, challenges the logging company's use of the herbicides she believes are responsible for the many miscarriages in the community, Colleen and Rich find themselves on opposite sides of a budding conflict. As tensions in the town rise, they threaten the very thing the Gundersens are trying to protect: their family. Told in prose as clear as a spring-fed creek, Damnation Spring is an intimate, compassionate portrait of a family whose bonds are tested and a community clinging to a vanishing way of life. An extraordinary story of the transcendent, enduring power of love—between husband and wife, mother and child, and longtime neighbors. An essential novel for our times.

WINNER of the LEE SMITH NOVEL PRIZE “This sun-and-salt-kissed coming-of-age story reads like a wry, honest chat with a close friend.” —Jaclyn Fulwood, Shelf Awareness Evie Austin, native of Hatteras Island, North Carolina and baddest girl on the planet, has not lived her life in a straight line. There have been several detours—career snafus, bad romantic choices, a loved but unplanned child—not to mention her ill-advised lifelong obsession with boxer Mike Tyson. Evie is not plucky, but when life's changes smash over her like the rough surf of the local shoreline, she muddles through—until that moment of loss and longing when muddling will no longer suffice. This is the story of what the baddest girl on the planet must find in herself when a bag of pastries, a new lover, or quick trip to Vegas won't fix anything, and when something more than casual haplessness is required. The Baddest Girl on the Planet is inventive, sharp, witty, and poignant. Readers will want to jump in and advise this baddest girl on the planet—or at least just give her a shake or a hug—at every fascinating turn.

Seit Taryn Landry bei einem Highschool-Amoklauf ihre kleine Schwester verlor, tut sie alles, damit sich eine solche Tragödie nicht wiederholt. Denn was niemand weiß: Es war ihre Schuld. Shaw Miller kennt das Gefühl von Schuld nur zu gut, denn der Amokläufer war sein Bruder. Um dem Gerede zu entgehen, änderte er seinen Namen, sein Aussehen und begann ein neues Leben. Dann kreuzen sich ausgerechnet Taryns und Shaws Wege erneut. Und sie merken, dass sie mehr verbindet, als sie je gedacht hätten...

The Robyn Harding Collection features three bestsellers from Robyn Harding, the queen of domestic suspense! For fans of Liane Moriarty, Gillian Flynn and Celeste Ng.The Party Jeff and Kim Sanders plan on throwing a sixteenth birthday party for their daughter, Hannah – a good girl with excellent grades and nice friends. Rather than an extravagant affair, they invite four girls over for pizza, movies and a sleepover. But things go drastically wrong, and Hannah's party quickly turns into the stuff of nightmares. After a tragic accident occurs, Jeff and Kim's life begins to unravel. In the ugly aftermath, friends become enemies, dark secrets are exposed, and the truth about Hannah is revealed.Her Pretty Face Frances Metcalfe thought that the day her son got accepted into the elite Forrester Academy would be the day she started living her life. Insecure and lonely, she is desperate to fit into Forrester's world. But after a disturbing incident at the school leads the other children and their families to ostracise the Metcalfes, she feels more alone than ever before. Until she meets Kate Randolph. Kate is everything Frances is not: beautiful, wealthy, powerful and confident. As the two bond over their disdain of the Forrester snobs and the fierce love they have for their sons, a startling secret threatens to tear them apart... because one of these women is not who she seems. Her real name is Amber Kunik. And she's a murderer.The Arrangement Natalie, an art student in New York City, is struggling to pay her bills when a friend makes a suggestion: why not find a sugar daddy – a wealthy, older man who will pay her for dates, and a monthly allowance. All that's required is to look pretty. Gabe, a handsome finance attorney, seems like the perfect candidate and within a month they are madly in love. At least, Nat is – Gabe already has a family, who he has no intention of leaving. Their supposedly mutually beneficial arrangement devolves into a nightmare of deception, obsession and, when a body is found near Gabe's Upper East Side apartment, murder.

•The Top 5 Bestseller•Bestseller Lucy Coleman is back in the Cotswolds for the wedding we've all been waiting for. If you loved Lucy Coleman's bestselling Christmas at Lock-Keeper's Cottage, don't miss this!Imogen Tolliman and Gray Adams can't wait to get married after getting engaged the previous year, when they were stranded by snow in a blizzard. Now they are busy planning their wedding, but when the date slips six months because Gray is working on a huge film project, it seems like fate that after their snowy start, they will end up getting married at Christmas. The couple are living in Immi's grandfather's picturesque lock-keeper's cottage at the Aysbury marina in the Cotswolds, which they are renovating to become their forever family home. As well as building work, full-time jobs and wedding planning, Immi is in charge of raising money to build a children's playground, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of The Santa Ahoy Cruises – her grandfather Tollie's life work. With Gray working abroad, Immi is left to cope with everything alone. When a terrible betrayal is uncovered, the whole community of Aysbury is left reeling and Immi is left wondering if there will be a wedding after all…Let Lucy Coleman transport you away to an unforgettable Cotswolds Christmas full of romance and laughter, friendship and family and much-loved festive traditions. Have you read the prequel? Don't miss Lucy Coleman's bestselling festive hit Christmas at Lock Keeper's Cottage!Perfect for all fans of Trisha Ashley, Holly Martin and Sue Moorcroft. What authors and readers say about Lucy Coleman:'A festive and heartfelt story of love and hope - beautifully told.'Sandy Barker‘Wonderfully escapist, romantic and heart-warming, Lucy Coleman's stories are the perfect tonic when life is a little grey.'Holly Martin‘Plenty of twists and turns and past secrets to keep you turning the pages. Curl up with a hot chocolate and lose yourself in this festive feast.'Amazon reviewer‘A warm and emotional story that will really warm your heart.'Amazon reviewer‘I love Lucy Coleman's books. She always delivers such real characters, and her stories keep you turning the pages non-stop, but what I love best is the way she whisks you off into another world.'Amazon reviewer

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In Danielle Steel's gripping novel, a reclusive woman opens up her home to her neighbors in the wake of a devastating earthquake, setting off events that reveal secrets, break relationships apart, and bring strangers together to forge powerful new bonds.Meredith White was one of Hollywood's most recognizable faces. But a personal tragedy cut her acting career short and alienated her from her family. For the last fifteen years, Meredith has been living alone in San Francisco with two trusted caretakers. Then, on a muggy late summer day, a massive earthquake strikes Northern California, plunging the Bay Area into chaos. Without a moment's hesitation, Meredith invites her stunned and shaken neighbors into her mostly undamaged home as the recovery begins.These people did not even realize that movie star Meredith White was living on their street. Now, they are sharing her mansion, as well as their most closely kept secrets. Without the walls and privacy of their own homes, one by one, new relationships are forged. For every neighbor there is a story, from the doctor whose wife and children fear him, to the beautiful young woman dating a dishonorable man, to the aspiring writer caring for a famous blind musician.In the heart of the crisis, Meredith finds herself venturing back into the world. And thanks to the suspicions and the dogged detective work of a disaster relief volunteer, a former military officer named Charles, a shocking truth about her own world is exposed. Suddenly Meredith sees her isolation, her estranged family, and even her acting career in a whole new light.Filled with powerful human dramas, Neighbors is a penetrating look at how our world can be upended in a moment. In a novel of unforgettable characters and stunning twists, acts of love and courage become the most powerful forces of all.

The 10th Winner of the 2019 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, Awarded by Barbara Kingsolver “What a read this is, right from its startling opening scene. But even more than plot, it's the richly layered details that drive home a lightning bolt of empathy. To read At the Edge of the Haight is to live inside the everyday terror and longings of a world that most of us manage not to see, even if we walk past it on sidewalks every day. At a time when more Americans than ever find themselves at the edge of homelessness, this book couldn't be more timely.”—Barbara Kingsolver, author of Unsheltered and The Poisonwood Bible Maddy Donaldo, homeless at twenty, lives with her dog and makeshift family in the hidden spaces of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. She thinks she knows how to survive and whom to trust until she accidentally witnesses the murder of a young man. Her world is upended as she has to face not only the killer but also the police and then the victim's parents, who desperately want Maddy to tell them about the life their son led after he left home. And in a desire to save her since they could not save their own son, they are determined to have Maddy reunite with her own lost family. But what makes a family? Is it the people who raised you if they don't have the skills to look after you? Is it the foster parents whose generosity only lasts until things become more difficult? Or is it the family that Maddy has met in the park, young people who also have nowhere else to go? Told with sensitivity and tenderness and set against the backdrop of a radically changing city, At the Edge of the Haight is narrated by a young girl just beginning to understand herself. The result is a powerful debut that, much like previous Bellwether winners The Leavers, by Lisa Ko, or Heidi Durrow's The Girl Who Fell from the Sky, grapples with one of the most urgent issues of our day.

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD AND THE STORY PRIZEAward-winning author Elizabeth McCracken is an undisputed virtuoso of the short story, and this new collection features her most vibrant and heartrending work to dateIn these stories, the mysterious bonds of family are tested, transformed, fractured, and fortified. A recent widower and his adult son ferry to a craggy Scottish island in search of puffins. An actress who plays a children's game-show villainess ushers in the New Year with her deadbeat half brother. A mother, pining for her children, feasts on loaves of challah to fill the void. A new couple navigates a tightrope walk toward love. And on a trip to a Texas water park with their son, two fathers each confront a personal fear. With sentences that crackle and spark and showcase her trademark wit, McCracken traces how our closely held desires—for intimacy, atonement, comfort—bloom and wither against the indifferent passing of time. Her characters embark on journeys that leave them indelibly changed—and so do her readers. The Souvenir Museum showcases the talents of one of our finest contemporary writers as she tenderly takes the pulse of our collective and individual lives.

From the bestselling author of Rush comes a redemptive story of a young mother at war on two fronts. From bestselling author Kim Wozencraft comes the story of a young mother at war on two fronts: first as a soldier in Afghanistan and then upon her return to rural Granite County, New York, where one terrible mistake threatens her family and her sanity. Erin Hill enlists in the Army Reserve in an act of desperation. She and her husband have both lost their jobs and their marriage is disintegrating. Assured that the odds of deployment are extremely low, Erin now finds herself on an Army base in the middle of a combat zone, where it's sometimes hard to tell who the enemy is—especially when a respected sergeant turns predator. When Erin returns stateside and reunites with her family, her battle for survival truly begins. Flooded with traumatic memories, with no prospects for jobs or treatment for PTSD, her husband involved with a new woman, Erin falls into the bottle head-first. After a nearly fatal night of despair, she is swept up into a vast and indifferent bureaucracy that threatens to take her children from her—forever. Neglect is a profound story of mother love.

'For those who couldn't stop reading about Lori Loughlin and Operation Varsity Blues, this suspenseful thriller about the lines moms are willing to cross to get their kids into college is for you.'—Refinery29'Book Club Winner.'—Real Simple, Book Club Selection'A thriller for the post-college-admission-scandal age.'—PopSugarNamed a Most Anticipated Book of 2021 by Parade Magazine, Newsweek, POPSUGAR, Refinery29, Brit + Co, and more!Three women, three daughters, and a promise that they'll each get what they deserve...College admissions season at Seattle's Elliott Bay Academy is marked by glowing acceptances from top-tier institutions and students as impressive as their parents are ambitious. But when Stanford alerts the school it's allotting only one spot to EBA for their incoming class, three mothers discover the competition is more cutthroat than they could have imagined.Tech giant Alicia turns to her fortune and status to fight for her reluctant daughter's place at the top. Kelly, a Stanford alum, leverages her PTA influence and insider knowledge to bulldoze the path for her high-strung daughter. And Maren makes three: single, broke, and ill-equipped to battle the elite school community aligning to bring her superstar down.That's when, days before applications are due, one of the girls suffers a near-fatal accident, one that doesn't appear to be an accident at all.As the community spirals out of control, three women will have to decide what lines they're willing to cross to secure their daughters'futures…and keep buried the secrets that threaten to destroy far more than just college dreams.The perfect book club read with a suspense bite, Girls with Bright Futures combines the college admissions scandal with the edge of Big Little Lies, the snark of Class Mom, and the schadenfreude of watching the elite implode.

From the NUMBER ONE bestseller Louise DouglasHaving escaped to the south coast of Sicily to recover from a broken heart, Sarah is immediately drawn to charming and mysterious Alex. He too is looking for a fresh start after the end of his marriage, and Sarah can't resist Alex's offer of a new life together.But when Sarah joins Alex in a tiny Somerset village, something doesn't add up. Alex's beautiful wife Genevieve was adored by all who knew her. And by all accounts, she and Alex had a successful marriage complete with a gorgeous son, Jamie. Why would Genevieve walk out on her perfect life? And why has no one heard from her since she did so?Genevieve's family and friends think that Alex knows more about her disappearance than he's letting on. But Sarah's fallen in love and just knows Alex couldn't have anything to hide. Or could he?The unmissable Richard & Judy pick from the bestselling author ofThe House by the Sea. Perfect for fans of Barbara O'Neal, Lucinda Riley and Rachel Hore.Praise for Louise Douglas'Louise Douglas achieves the impossible and gets better with every book.'Milly Johnson'A brilliantly written, gripping, clever, compelling story, that I struggled to put down. The vivid descriptions, the evocative plot and the intrigue that Louise created, which had me constantly asking questions, made it a highly enjoyable, absolute treasure of a read.'Kim Nash on The Scarlet Dress'Another stunning read from the exceptionally talented Louise Douglas! I love the way in which Louise creates such an atmospheric mystery, building the intrigue and suspense brick by brick. Her writing is always beautiful and multi-layered, her characters warm and relatable and the intriguing nature of the mystery makes this unputdownable.'Nicola Cornick on The Scarlet Dress'A tender, heart-breaking, page-turning read'Rachel Hore on The House by the Sea'The perfect combination of page-turning thriller and deeply emotional family story. Superb'Nicola Cornick on The House by the Sea‘Kept me guessing until the last few pages and the explosive ending took my breath away.'C.L. Taylor, author of The Accident on Your Beautiful Lies‘Beautifully written, chillingly atmospheric and utterly compelling, The Secret by the Lake is Louise Douglas at her brilliant best'Tammy Cohen, author of The Broken‘A master of her craft, Louise Douglas ratchets up the tension in this haunting and exquisitely written tale of buried secrets and past tragedy.'Amanda Jennings, author of Sworn Secret‘A clammy, atmospheric and suspenseful novel, it builds in tension all the way through to the startling final pages.'Sunday Express, S Magazine'A chilling, unputdownable new novel from the bestselling author of The House By The Sea.'A brilliantly written, gripping, clever, compelling story, that I struggled to put down.'

With exclusive travel photos and a special letter from the Author, only available for e-readers.From the author of The Longest Ride and The Return comes a novel about the enduring legacy of first love, and the decisions that haunt us forever. 1996 was the year that changed everything for Maggie Dawes. Sent away at sixteen to live with an aunt she barely knew in Ocracoke, a remote village on North Carolina's Outer Banks, she could think only of the friends and family she left behind... until she met Bryce Trickett, one of the few teenagers on the island. Handsome, genuine, and newly admitted to West Point, Bryce showed her how much there was to love about the wind-swept beach town—and introduced her to photography, a passion that would define the rest of her life.By 2019, Maggie is a renowned travel photographer. She splits her time between running a successful gallery in New York and photographing remote locations around the world. But this year she is unexpectedly grounded over Christmas, struggling to come to terms with a sobering medical diagnosis. Increasingly dependent on a young assistant, she finds herself becoming close to him.As they count down the last days of the season together, she begins to tell him the story of another Christmas, decades earlier—and the love that set her on a course she never could have imagined.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Named a Notable Work of Fiction by The Washington Post From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Summer comes another “ideal beach read, full of secrets and complicated female friendships” (Cosmopolitan).Daisy Shoemaker can't sleep. With a thriving cooking business, full schedule of volunteer work, and a beautiful home in the Philadelphia suburbs, she should be content. But her teenage daughter can be a handful, her husband can be distant, her work can feel trivial, and she has lots of acquaintances, but no real friends. Still, Daisy knows she's got it good. So why is she up all night? While Daisy tries to identify the root of her dissatisfaction, she's also receiving misdirected emails meant for a woman named Diana Starling, whose email address is just one punctuation mark away from her own. While Daisy's driving carpools, Diana is chairing meetings. While Daisy's making dinner, Diana's making plans to reorganize corporations. Diana's glamorous, sophisticated, single-lady life is miles away from Daisy's simpler existence. When an apology leads to an invitation, the two women meet and become friends. But, as they get closer, we learn that their connection was not completely accidental. Who IS this other woman, and what does she want with Daisy? From the manicured Main Line of Philadelphia to the wild landscape of the Outer Cape, written with Jennifer Weiner's signature wit and sharp observations, That Summer is a “compelling, nuanced novel” (Maureen Corrigan, The Washington Post) about surviving our pasts, confronting our futures, and the sustaining bonds of friendship.

In this moving love story, three friends find out what it really means to save someone.“A heart-stopping, heart-wrenching, and heartwarming story that kept me reading well into the night.”—Clare Pooley, New York Times bestselling author of The Authenticity ProjectKerry Smith is going to save lives—and so is her best friend, Tim Palmer. After years of working toward medical school, they are about to take their entrance exams. But on the eve of the new millennium, a classmate goes into cardiac arrest, changing everything.For nearly eighteen minutes, rising soccer star Joel Greenaway is dead. For nearly eighteen minutes, Kerry performs CPR on her longtime crush. And for nearly eighteen minutes, Tim is too shocked to help. Though they don't yet know it, those eighteen minutes will change the next eighteen years of their lives.Because, as it turns out, saving a life doesn't always guarantee a happy ending.With his soccer career cut short, Joel lashes out and breaks Kerry's heart by ending their burgeoning relationship with a cruelty that derails her future, while Tim struggles to reconcile his dream of becoming a doctor with the reality of failing to act. As each struggles to move on from the events of that fateful New Year's Eve, their lives can't seem to stop colliding year after year. Ensnared by their shared histories and her big heart, Kerry soon finds herself picking up the pieces after both broken men. But when Kerry is the one who needs saving, will anyone be there for her?As Kerry, Tim, and Joel discover what it means to love, to forgive, and to find your calling, How to Save a Life shows us that there is more than one way to save a life—and more than one path to finding meaning in your own.

The laugh-out-loud, TOP 100 bestseller!Tess Simpson needs a break!No one appreciates her at home. No one appreciates her at work. And now her dog has died. She's had enough!Maybe what she really needs is a break from hopeless husband, Dave, the ungrateful ‘kidults'and the lacklustre job.River Romero needs a break!She's had success in the past, but screenwriting is a tough career in a tough town and her next script has got to fly or River's dream career is over.The swap!Everything about River's L.A. life sounds exciting to Tess, from the condo with a pool, to the Hollywood glitz.Everything about Tess's English country life sounds so calming to River, from the wisteria over the front door to the peaceful bedroom.Both women want their lives to change, but real life isn't like the movies.And what if getting away from it all isn't all it's cracked up to be?A laugh-out-loud, emotional read, perfect for fans of Fiona Gibson, Tracy Bloom and Sophie Ranald!Praise for Carmen Reid:‘Escapist summer reading at its best'Jill Mansell'Sexy, fun and flirtatious. Reading Carmen Reid is the most fun you can have with the lights on!'Katie Fforde'A satisfying slice of escapism and more heartwarming than an expensive round of retail therapy'Daily Mail'A perfect holiday read!'⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader Review'It's a great story. Couldn't put it down'⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader Review

A Guatemalan-American writer returns to the Boston suburb of his youth in this American Book Award–winning novel “full of rebellious comedy and vitality” (New Yorker).A 2022 Pulitzer Prize FinalistIn Monkey Boy, Francisco Goldman's “brilliantly constructed auto-fiction” (NPR), we meet Francisco Goldberg, a middle-aged writer grappling with the challenges of family and love, legacies of violence and war, and growing up as the son of immigrants.Having fled Mexico after his journalism provokes the wrong people, Goldberg's attempt to start fresh in New York. But even as he finds himself falling in love, he is drawn away yet again—back to his childhood home in the white, working-class suburbs of Boston.Frankie is beckoned there by a high school girlfriend who witnessed his youthful humiliations, and by his ailing mother, Yolanda, whose intermittent lucidity unearths forgotten pockets of the past. His brief trip is haunted by memories of his recently deceased father, the Guatemalan woman who helped raise him, and the high school bullies who called him “monkey boy.”

From MILLION COPY BESTSELLING author of Five French Hens and The Old Girls'Network comes a story of two sisters in their golden years embarking on the holiday of a lifetime, to find love, friendship and new adventures.Molly's seventieth birthday comes as a shock. The woman in the mirror looks every day of those seventy years, but inside Molly feels she still has so much more living left to do. Widowed and living alone with her cat, Molly fears she is slipping into a cliché of old age.When Molly's sister Nell appears on her doorstep, distraught that her husband of more than forty years, Phil, has left her for a younger lover, the women decide to seize the day. By the morning, flights are booked, bags are packed, and they're off to Spain.The sun, the sea, the new friends and the freedom are just the tonic for broken hearts and flagging souls. But even Spain isn't enough to revive Molly's spirit so she decides to head off for a solo journey to continue to chase the sun and to chase happiness. Will she find what she's looking for in a new country, or will she discover that true contentment can't be found on a map? But it might just be found in a new flame...Judy Leigh is back, with her trademark spirit of joie de vivre, fun, warmth and timeless lessons in how to live. Perfect for fans of Debbie Macomber and Robyn Carr.Praise for Judy Leigh:‘Brilliantly funny, emotional and uplifting'Miranda Dickinson'Lovely... a book that assures that life is far from over at seventy'Cathy Hopkins'Brimming with warmth, humour and a love of life… a wonderful escapade'Fiona Gibson'Judy's done it again. Every woman over a certain age should read this wonderful book'Jennifer Bohnet'Judy Leigh's uplifting novels about elderly characters are so inspiring and really remind us of the fact that age really is just a number'⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader Review

THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER - AS RECOMMENDED BY DEBBIE MACOMBER!'Sea, sunshine, romance and fabulous characters; Maddie's light touch and sense of fun will lift your spirits!'Bestselling author Judy LeighSophia Gregory has lost her sparkle...Recently single and about to turn sixty, Sophia doesn't recognise the old woman staring back at her in the mirror. How has life passed her by? A quiet holiday in beautiful Rhodes is the perfect chance for her to find herself. Until she meets the Old Ducks!Juliette, Kim and Anita are three friends who are determined not to grow old gracefully! Bold and brash, they are Sophia's worst nightmare, until they make her an honorary member of The Old Ducks'Club! Now dancing and drinking till dawn Sophia starts to shake off her stuffy old life and start living again!And when she meets her gorgeous Greek neighbour, Theo, she thinks that maybe, if she's just a little braver, she can learn to love again too...It's never too late to teach an Old Duck new tricks!A laugh out loud and uplifting story about the importance of friendship and always, always having fun!Perfect for fans of Judy Leigh and Dee MacdonaldWhat readers are saying about The Old Ducks'Club...'Sea, sunshine, romance and fabulous characters; Maddie's light touch and sense of fun will lift your spirits!'Bestselling author Judy Leigh'A new lease of life under the Greek sun. As fresh and delicious as chilled retsina!'Sunday Times Bestselling author Phillipa Ashley.'For a book that's as cheering and restorative as a long lunch with your very best friend, Maddie Please is the author you need to know!'Bestselling author Chris Manby'Genuine and life-affirming…a wonderful, lighthearted novel about how it is never too late to find happiness.'Bestselling author Kitty Wilson'A heart-warming story filled with friendship and fun. It's official - I want to be an Old Duck!'Bestselling author Maisie Thomas

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK • From the bestselling author of The Devil Wears Prada and When Life Gives You Lululemons comes a highly entertaining, sharply observed novel about sisters, their perfect lives... and their perfect lies.“Goes down like an ice-cold guilty pleasure on a hot beach-reading day.”—USA TodayA seat at the anchor desk of the most-watched morning show. Recognized by millions across the country, thanks in part to her flawless blond highlights and Botox-smoothed skin. An adoring husband and a Princeton-bound daughter. Peyton is that woman. She has it all. Until... Skye, her sister, is a stay-at-home mom living in a glitzy suburb of New York. She has degrees from all the right schools and can helicopter-parent with the best of them. But Skye is different from the rest. She's looking for something real and dreams of a life beyond the PTA and pickup. Until... Max, Peyton's bright and quirky seventeen-year-old daughter, is poised to kiss her fancy private school goodbye and head off to pursue her dreams in film. She's waited her entire life for this opportunity. Until... One little lie. That's all it takes. For the illusions to crack. For resentments to surface. Suddenly the grass doesn't look so green. And they're left wondering: will they have what it takes to survive the truth?

BOOK RIOT'S BEST BOOKS OF 2021 “This is a novel of great empathy, about connections and coming-of-age, built families and self-acceptance. It contains heartbreak and redemption, and a plucky, irresistible protagonist…[A] propulsive, empathetic novel.” —Shelf AwarenessLittle River, New York, 1994: April Sawicki is living in a motorless motorhome that her father won in a poker game. Failing out of school, picking up shifts at a local diner, she's left fending for herself in a town where she's never quite felt at home. When she “borrows” her neighbor's car to perform at an open mic night, she realizes her life could be much bigger than where she came from. After a fight with her dad, April packs her stuff and leaves for good, setting off on a journey to find a life that's all hers. Driving without a chosen destination, she stops to rest in Ithaca. Her only plan is to survive, but as she looks for work, she finds a kindred sense of belonging at Cafe Decadence, the local coffee shop. Still, somehow, it doesn't make sense to her that life could be this easy. The more she falls in love with her friends in Ithaca, the more she can't shake the feeling that she'll hurt them the way she's been hurt. As April moves through the world, meeting people who feel like home, she chronicles her life in the songs she writes and discovers that where she came from doesn't dictate who she has to be. This lyrical, luminous tale “is both a profound love letter to creative resilience and a reminder that sometimes even tragedy can be a kind of blessing” (Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author).

A young woman must find her way in the world again after years of nursing her ailing mother in this novel by the bestselling author of Once in a Blue Moon I, Gracie, survived... When Mama announced to our family that she had dementia, my brother and sisters insisted they couldn't help. They had their own lives elsewhere, after all. So, I gave up my dreams and spent the next nine years caring for Mama alone, losing her bit by bit, and nearly losing myself in the process. I, Gracie, started over... After Mama finally let go of this world, I let go of that world, too. I left the nightmare of my life with Mama, my family, and West Texas to start over in a new place, far away. It took some doing, but I have a new job, a safe place to live, and even new friends and a man who loves me, broken as I am. But... I, Gracie, am scarred... Until my past is buried like Mama, I keep my man waiting—struggling with what was and not trusting what is or could be. I, Gracie... Am on hold...still trying to let go.Praise for New York Times and USA Today–bestselling author Sharon Sala“Sharon Sala is a consummate storyteller.” —Debbie Macomber, #1 New York Times bestselling author“Sala hooks you from the first page.” —Fresh Fiction

Is blood truly thicker than water? After a desperate search for her birth mother, fashionista Lily Rose is forced to confront her turbulent past. Love has set the tone for most of Lily Rose's young life in Cumberland Falls, high in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky. But her perfect world falls apart when her beloved adopted parents are tragically killed and she is sent to live at Red Rose Farm, in the Bluegrass. Lily starts high school and meets her first love, who introduces the idea of a much bigger world to Lily. This relationship spurs her to pursue the grit and glamour of the New York fashion world and a marriage that will nearly cause her demise. Lily Rose follows Lily as she grows into a New York fashion icon and battles abuse, power struggles, and infertility. In the shadows, we learn about the young woman who gave Lily up and how they will collide. Lily Rose is about love and marriage, infidelity, infertility, and identity. It also calls into questions the old adages blood is thicker than water and nothing is more important than family. Will Lily Rose ever find what she has been searching for? And most importantly, will she be able to stay true to herself in the process?

Arthur Ellis Award-winning author Grand Master Award of Crime Writers of Canada (2018) The “queen of Canadian crime fiction” (Winnipeg Free Press) returns with the 19th installment in the Joanne Kilbourn series that is perfect for readers of Louise Penny, Ruth Rendell, and Peter Robinson. On a Saturday bright with harbingers of spring, Joanne Kilbourn Shreve, her husband, Zack, and their family prepare to celebrate the season. Joanne's life is full, and at 60, she has been given the chance to understand a part of her history that for years was shrouded in secrecy. Living Skies is producing Sisters and Strangers, a six-part TV series about the tangled relationships between the families of Douglas Ellard, the father who raised Joanne, and Desmond Love, her biological father. Joanne is working on the script with Roy Brodnitz, a brilliant writer and friend. The project's future seems assured, but before the script is completed, Brodnitz disappears while scouting locations in northern Saskatchewan. Hours later, he's found — sweat-drenched, clawing at the ground, and muttering gibberish. He dies in a state of mortal terror. Heartsick and perplexed, Joanne resolves to learn what happened in the last hours of Roy's life. What Joanne discovers threatens Brodnitz's legacy, and the decision about whether or not to reveal the truth is hers to make. The Unlocking Season is another deeply satisfying and thought-provoking novel from one of Canada's finest crime writers.

Five families come together for a summer vacation that will change their lives forever in this moving tale of love, loss and hope. The Edwards, the Ames, the Epsteins, the Currans and the Templetons – five families bound together by the decades-old tradition of spending their August vacation at the idyllic Mount Haven Inn in New Hampshire. Despite living separate, disparate lives, the summer ritual of reconnecting remains an important yearly fixture for the families, with the inn and its tranquil surroundings offering a welcome safe haven and respite from their struggles – a place to draw comfort from their shared past and memories. But strained relationships, heartache, loss and devastating secrets all come to a head one climactic summer – a summer that will change their lives forever...

'Tante Dimity Krimis sind wohltuend wie eine heiße Tasse Tee.'(Booklist) TANTE DIMITY UND DAS GEHEIMNISVOLLE ERBE Lori Shepherd ist frisch geschieden und pleite. Da erhält sie die Nachricht von einer Anwaltskanzlei: Sie soll das Erbe ihrer Tante Dimity antreten. Hat es Tante Dimity, die Figur aus den Gutenacht-Geschichten ihrer Kindheit, wirklich gegeben? Zusammen mit dem jungen Anwalt Bill Willis macht sich Lori auf den Weg nach England und findet in dem kleinen Dörfchen Finch Tante Dimitys Cottage, ihr ungewöhnliches Erbe und das größte Abenteuer ihres Lebens. TANTE DIMITY UND DER VERSCHWIEGENE VERDACHT Emma Porter hat die Nase voll: Ihr langjähriger Freund hat sie wegen einer jüngeren Frau verlassen und ihre Mutter und Freundinnen hören nicht auf, sie deswegen zu bemitleiden. Kurzentschlossen macht sie sich auf den Weg nach Südengland, um sich dort die wunderschönen Gärten anzusehen. Emma ahnt nicht, dass die geheimnisvolle Tante Dimity ihre Hände im Spiel hat, als sie ausgerechnet in Penford Hall landet, einem alten Schloss in Cornwall. Dort erwarten sie ein mysteriöses Rätsel um eine Zauberlaterne und andere mörderische Geheimnisse. TANTE DIMITY UND DER UNERHÖRTE SKANDAL Eigentlich könnte Lori Shepherd die glücklichste Frau der Welt sein - sie hat einen wundervollen Mann geheiratet und durch das Erbe von Tante Dimity haben sich ihre Geldsorgen in Luft aufgelöst. Aber leider verbringt Bill mehr Zeit im Büro als Zuhause. Um frischen Wind in ihre Beziehung zu bringen, plant Lori eine romantische Reise. Doch Bill sagt kurzfristig ab und dann verschwindet Loris Schwiegervater auch noch spurlos. Verzweifelt bittet Lori Tante Dimity um Hilfe und stößt bei ihren Ermittlungen auf ein dunkles Familiengeheimnis und einen jahrhundertealten Skandal... Drei Tante-Dimity-Wohlfühlkrimis in einer eBox von beTHRILLED - mörderisch gute Unterhaltung.

A romantic comedy of errors about breaking out, following your dreams, and finding a sense of purpose.How far would you go for love?18-year-old Billy Reed has few qualifications but is desperate to leave home. He's working a dead-end job as a gravedigger, his parent's marriage is falling apart, his Grandad's engaged to a woman half his age, and he's never been kissed. But when Billy meets Eva, an older, mysterious girl from Switzerland, things start to change.Eva is all that Billy isn't: she's passionate about Russian literature, Gary Numan, windfarms and chai tea, and always ready for adventure. She makes Billy want to break out of his comfort zone and live his life to the fullest. But when Eva returns to Switzerland, Billy is heartbroken. He gambles everything for a chance to be with her: scrambling across Europe, hitchhiking with truckers, walking with refugees, and encountering suicidal cows. But the further he goes, the harder it is to be sure what he's chasing—and what he's running from.

Folding and refolding origami frogs, extracting the symmetrical veins from leaves, retreating to an imaginary world in his closet: after Teresa walked out the door one July afternoon in 1994, her son filled the void she left with a series of unusual rituals. Twenty-three years later, he lies in bed, reconstructing the events surrounding his mother's disappearance. Did she actually join the Zapatistas in the jungles of Chiapas, as he was led to believe? He dissects his memories of that fateful summer until a startling discovery shatters his conception of his family's story. Daniel Saldaña París (Among Strange Victims) returns with an emotionally rich anti-coming-of-age novel that wrestles with the inherited privileges and crimes of masculinity.

A wonderful, emotional roller-coaster from the No1, million copy bestseller Shari Low that keeps you guessing...One day in summer, three lives are about to change forever.After two decades of looking after others, this is the day that Agnetha McMaster is reclaiming her life. It's her turn, her time. But will she have the courage to start again?Ten years ago, Mitchell McMaster divorced Agnetha and married her best friend, Celeste. Now he suspects his second wife is having an affair. This is the day he'll discover if karma has come back to bite him.Thanks to a DNA test, this is the day that Hope McTeer will finally meet her biological father. But will the reunion bring Hope the answers that she's looking for?Three people. Twenty-four hours. A lifetime of secrets to unravel...Perfect for the fans of Jojo Moyes, Beth Moran and Debbie HowellsPraise for Shari Low'I absolutely love Shari's books, funny, honest and heartwarming writing'- Jenny Colgan'Wow! Where have Shari Low books been all my life?'- Reader Review'The perfect summer read!'- - Reader Review'I loved this book so much and truly struggled to put it down at the best of times... it's definitely a must read!'- Reader Review'The events will make you laugh and cry in equal measure. And it's a love story which is not at all predictable.'- - Reader Review'I am really hoping that this will be the start of another trilogy as I do so enjoy Shari Low's writing.'-- Reader Review'I absolutely adored this book, and that's not something I've said for a while.'- Reader Review'It's a brilliant story, that shows that life is not static but is a series of twists, turns and unexpected detours that we have to learn to go with and work out as it goes along, and I loved it.'- Reader Review'This book has everything, love, loss, betrayal, forgiveness and growth.''A story of family, friendship, lost love, betrayals, and hope that will keep you guessing until the very end.'- Reader Review'Well, this is the first time in ages I've stayed up until 2 am reading a book! I just couldn't stop reading until I'd finished it.'- Reader Review'Shari Low really does know how to write an emotional book that evokes all the feels!'- Reader Review'One Day in Summer looks at lost love, betrayal, friendships, grief, siblings, adoption, and finding love. This was a great read, so many events happening simultaneously, a book I didn't want to put down. I recommend this for an uplifting read.'- Reader Review

The last place Angelina Moltisanti ever wants to go is home. She barely escaped life under the roof, and the thumb, of her violent but charismatic father, Jack. Yet home is exactly where she ends up after an SUV plows into her car just weeks after she graduates from college, fracturing her wrist and her hopes to start a career as an artist. Angelina finds herself smothered in a plaster cast, in Jack's obsessive urge to get her a giant accident settlement, in her mother Marie's desperation to have a second chance, and in her own stifled creativity - until she meets Janet, another young artist who inspires her to push herself into making the dynamic, unsettling work that tells the story of her scars, inside and out. But excavating this damage, as relations with her father become increasingly tense, will push Angelina into making a hard choice: will she embrace her father's all-consuming and empowering rage, or find another kind of strength?

Now a major motion picture starring Sarah Fisher! Science raises questions only hope and faith can answer in this instant New York Times bestselling “tale of forgiveness and love” (Woman's World) from Karen Kingsbury. Andi Allen is shaken to the core when she finds out everything she believed about her life was a lie. Her parents had always planned to tell her the truth about her past: that she was adopted as an embryo. But somehow the right moment never happened. Then a total stranger confronts Andi with the truth and tells her something else that rocks her world—Andi had a sister she never knew about. Betrayed, angry, and confused, Andi leaves her new job and fiancé, rejects her family's requests for forgiveness, and moves to Birmingham to find out who she really is. Dawson Gage's life was destroyed when London Quinn, the only girl he ever loved, is killed. In the hospital waiting room, London's mother reveals that London might have had a sibling. When Dawson finds Andi and brings her to Birmingham, the Quinns—her biological parents—welcome her into their lives and hearts. Andi is comforted by the Quinns'love and intrigued by their memories of London, who was so much like her. Is this the family and the life she was really meant to have? Now it will take the love of Dawson Gage to help Andi know who she is...and to help her find her way home in this “emotional, thoughtful tale” (Publishers Weekly). Some of the original characters names and locations in this edition of Someone Like You have been changed to correspond with the film adaptation of the book.

“For fans of Sex and the City and The Nanny Diaries comes this juicy story…that would make even the most meticulously Drybar-ed hair curl.”—Good HousekeepingAs seen in The Washington Post • Good Housekeeping • theSkimm • Good Morning America • ABC News • Book of the Month • Belletrist • OK! Magazine • Betches • Newsweek • Parade • New York Post Best Book of the WeekA dark, witty page-turner about a struggling young musician who takes a job singing for a playgroup of overprivileged babies and their effortlessly cool moms, only to find herself pulled into their glamorous lives and dangerous secrets.... After her former band shot to superstardom without her, Claire reluctantly agrees to a gig as a playgroup musician for wealthy infants on New York's Park Avenue. Claire is surprised to discover that she is smitten with her new employers, a welcoming clique of wellness addicts with impossibly shiny hair, who whirl from juice cleanse to overpriced miracle vitamins to spin class with limitless energy. There is perfect hostess Whitney who is on the brink of social-media stardom and just needs to find a way to keep her flawless life from falling apart. Caustically funny, recent stay-at-home mom Amara who is struggling to embrace her new identity. And old money, veteran mom Gwen who never misses an opportunity to dole out parenting advice. But as Claire grows closer to the stylish women who pay her bills, she uncovers secrets and betrayals that no amount of activated charcoal can fix. Filled with humor and shocking twists, Happy and You Know It is a brilliant take on motherhood – exposing it as yet another way for society to pass judgment on women – while also exploring the baffling magnetism of curated social-media lives that are designed to make us feel unworthy. But, ultimately, this dazzling novel celebrates the unlikely bonds that form, and the power that can be unlocked, when a group of very different women is thrown together when each is at her most vulnerable.

Against the picturesque coastal Maine setting that she evokes so well, bestselling author Holly Chamberlin creates a heartfelt story of family bonds and new beginnings... It came as no surprise to anyone in Yorktide when glamorous Carol Ascher fled the little Maine town for New York City. While Carol found success as an interior designer, her younger sister, Bonnie, stayed behind, embracing marriage and motherhood. She even agreed to take in Carol's teenage daughter during a tumultuous patch. Now both their girls are grown and Bonnie, recently widowed, is anticipating the day she'll retire to Ferndean House, the nineteenth-century family home on the rocky Maine coast. But forty-five years after leaving Yorktide, Carol suddenly announces that she's moving back—into Ferndean. Bonnie is indignant. She's the one who kept the homestead in order and tended to their dying mother. Now Carol expects to simply buy her out? As far as Bonnie is concerned, Ferndean is part of their heritage—not just another of Carol's improvement projects, to be torn apart and remade according to her whim. The entire Ascher family is in flux, uncovering secrets that upend their relationships. Carol's longing to be welcomed home is fueled by a painful truth she's carried for years. It will take an extraordinary summer—in a remarkable place—to lead these women back to each other, buoyed by the tides of friendship and forgiveness.

This is a novel about a down-and-outer and his small daughter and his attempt to provide more for her than she has been given either by him or her mother. Trucks, an aging boxer, breaks his daughter, Claudia, out of a children's home in Wisconsin one night during the dead of winter. She is a winsome, feisty little girl who tries to hold her father to account, and Trucks loves her unconditionally. He gives her used hearing aids to help with her deafness, and they begin hitchhiking to Nevada. Claudia's mother, an addict, has disappeared and is probably dead. Their first ride takes them to Sioux Falls, South Dakota where Trucks teaches Claudia about'need borrowing,'or shoplifting. They have only $30. They meet a number of people on their journey, including June, a woman about Trucks'age who was abandoned by her husband, and Gerald, an older rancher in Montana who offers them a place to stay, an offer Trucks refuses. Trucks is unable to find work, except for boxing—he is trapped in an activity for which he is no longer suited. The damage to his body does not heal, but worsens, fight after fight. And it hurts Claudia to see her father hurt. Depressed and confused, his mind no longer reliable, Trucks steals a car and he and Claudia drive east, delusional and drifting in and out of consciousness, to try to reconnect with June.