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La vida, a menudo, se divierte y, escondido en una palabra, una sonrisa, un billete de metro o el pliegue de una cortina, nos entrega un diamante capaz de colmar todas nuestras expectativas. Para Joséphine el diamante podría ser la propuesta de su editor de que escriba una nueva novela, las llamadas de Philippe a las que no contesta o la incondicional amistad de su amiga Shirley. ¿Será Joséphine el diamante de Philippe? ¿Y cuál es el que persigue Shirley?

Libby Cooper hasn’t celebrated Christmas since the night her parents died in a terrible accident. She wants to forget that the season of goodwill even exists; but her grandmother has other ideas. It’s time for Libby to start living her life just as her parents would have wanted her to do. First stop New York! What better way to immerse herself in the celebrations, than working in her great aunt’s Christmas shop, just a few blocks from Central Park? Making new friends in the Big Apple is the easy bit, but leaving the past behind proves much harder than Libby imagined.

A BBC Radio collection of dramatisations and readings of Maeve Binchy’s sparkling stories Irish writer Maeve Binchy was one the best-loved and most successful authors of her time. Her bestselling books sold over 40 million copies worldwide, and were translated into 37 languages. This...

Robert Moore ist kein einfacher Mann. Der Architekt zieht es vor, allein in New York zu leben. Nachdem seine Haushälterin auch die Segel streicht, steht er kurz vor Weihnachten ganz alleine da und muss sich um alles selbst kümmern, selbst um seine Post. Als Robert an einem Briefkasten Abigail Olsen kennenlernt ist er nicht begeistert. Denn Abigail ist 7 Jahre alt und Robert mag keine Kinder. Durch einen Zufall fällt ihm Abigails Brief an den Weihnachtsmann in die Hände. Was er darin liest, lässt ihn nicht kalt, denn Abigail hat nur einen Wunsch – einen Job für Kate, Abigails Mutter.

A clever and complex woman builds an ice cream empire after immigrating from Russia in this stunning novel of power, Prohibition, and performance set against the backdrop of early 20th-century America. In 1913, little Malka Treynovsky flees Russia with her family. Bedazzled by tales of gold and...

In the sequel to Payback is a Mutha, old scores are settled and before long, new tensions arise. Still recovering from the suicide of her best friend, Shan now pregnant by a married man is forced to make major decisions in her life. Ready to leave the fast life behind, Shan believes a move to...

The hood's favorite power couple moves to LA and finds big money -- and major temptation -- in the fourth book of Wahida Clark's thrilling series perfect for fans of Love & Hip Hop. Tasha and Trae, the hood's favorite couple, are still together following the events of Thug Matrimony. Even with...

One young woman’s summer of infinite possibility takes a turn she never saw coming in “this 1980s coming-of-age tale [that’s] chillingly compelling. Get ready to be transported.”—People (Best Books of the Month) “I haven’t felt this kind of excitement reading a story set in the...

"What Hilary Mantel did for Thomas Cromwell and Paula McLain for Hadley Hemingway . . . Moehringer does for bank robber Willie Sutton" in this fascinating biographical novel of America's most successful bank robber (Newsday). Willie Sutton was born in the Irish slums of Brooklyn in 1901, and he...

Carl Weber takes readers back to church in his latest drama-filled novel, the much-anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestseller, The Choir Director. It's been three years since Aaron Mackie succeeded in helping his friend and mentor, Bishop T.K. Wilson, dig his ministry out of financial...