Showing results for "Chance" in Women's Fiction

What do a runaway bride, a free spirit, and a corporate exec have in common? Besides all being down on their luck, Lainie, Jodi, and Becky are Lizzie Cornell's granddaughters. Upon inheriting their grandmother's home and family bait shop, the three cousins return to Catfish, Texas, grieving Lizzie's passing and hoping to find the fresh start they all need.

Newly widowed Shelby Wright has left the Portland suburbs for a new life on Washington’s San Juan Island to fulfill her late husband’s dying wish. Running the shuttered Captain Merrick Inn, where they’d honeymooned twenty years before, is also a chance for Shelby to prove she can go it solo. Miles from home and her young adult son, Shelby is ready to finally acknowledge to herself that she is gay. But becoming the person she’s hidden away for so long isn’t going to be easy.

Just when Grace Walker finally achieves the stable, happy life she's always dreamed of, a dangerous character from her past resurfaces and her life spins out of control. The freefall begins when Johnny accidentally uncovers Grace's lies about his past, and their bond suffers a near-fatal blow. At that moment, the kidnapper who got away with abducting Johnny as a baby resurfaces and lures him into her trap.

Vita's gift shop would do better if she ran it as a business, not as somewhere to daydream. But she's not one to tell herself off: she leaves that to Tim, her ex. Active, outdoorsy Oliver runs his trees-surgery business as calmly as his home - but his love life is intensely private. When Vita and Oliver's paths cross at a pear tree, there's a chance of something blossoming. As spring turns to summer, both Vita and Oliver are given second chances. Bu will they take them - or walk away?

When tragedy strikes, four friends reunite in this life-affirming tale from the New York Times bestselling author of Falling and Sister Stardust. In school, Tom, Holly, Saffron, Paul, and Olivia were the best of friends. Twenty years later, they’re barely more than strangers. But when Tom dies...

Ein Neuanfang – das ist alles, was ich will, als ich in das entzückende französische Dorf Val d'Issey ziehe. Bis ich am ersten Abend auf meinen neuen Mitbewohner treffe. Der Mann, dem ich in der Highschool das Herz gebrochen habe. Dabei habe ich mir geschworen, die Finger von Männern zu lassen. Zu tief sitzt der Schmerz, dass ich vor dem Altar stehen gelassen wurde. Doch Luca ist nicht nur attraktiv, charmant und lustig, er lässt auch nicht locker und versucht die Schutzmauer, die ich um mein Herz gebaut habe, Stein für Stein einzureißen.

An utterly heartwrenching story about love, loss and second chances that will break your heart and put it back together again. You’d do anything to protect the ones you love When Zoe Henry’s best friend Lou dies suddenly, her world shatters. But she must set aside her grief as she’s named...

Nachdem sie drei Kinder erfolgreich allein großgezogen hat, lebt Madison Allen als Fotografin in New York. Ein Unfall, bei dem sie einen gebrochenen Knöchel davonträgt, veranlasst sie zu einem Neustart. Angetrieben von Erinnerungen und alten Fotos, der erzwungenen Arbeitspause und einem schlimmen Streit mit ihrer Tochter macht sich Madison auf eine Reise in die Vergangenheit. Ein Roadtrip quer durchs Land führt sie zu drei Männern, die sie einmal geliebt hat und beinahe geheiratet hätte.

Sometimes what you think you want and what you actually want turn out to be different things . . . In New York Times bestselling author Courtney Walsh's latest uplifting women's fiction, one woman discovers what it means to create a life that fits. Perfect for fans of Denise Hunter and Emma St...

Tara, Katherine and Fintan have been best friends since they were teenagers. Now in their early thirties, they've been living it up in London for 10 years. But what have they to show for a decade of hedonism? Sure, Tara's got a boyfriend - but only because she's terrified of spending five minutes alone. Katherine, on the other hand, has a neatness fetish that won't let anyone too close to mess up her life. And Fintan? Well, he has everything. Until he learns that without your health, you've got nothing....

Twenty years of marriage. Twenty years of ignored red flags. And one very smug ex-girlfriend. He seemed perfect at first. Don’t they always? I fell fast, and I fell hard. So when I discovered his secret double life, suddenly all those years of feeling paranoid made sense. I had two options...

Her first year away is turning out to be nearly perfect, but one weekend of giving in to heated passion will change everything Eighteen-year-old Harper has grown up under the thumb of her career marine father. Ready to live life her own way and to experience things she's only ever heard of from...

Shane Parker und ich kommen aus unterschiedlichen Welten. Schon als Kind wollte ich mein eigenes Restaurant führen. Shanes Familie gehört nicht nur "Parker Properties", eines der größten Immobilienunternehmen in Boston, sondern sie sind auch der wichtigste Auftraggeber meiner Mom. Dem Hünen mit dem sexy Lächeln Lebewohl zu sagen, war alles andere als leicht. Nie hätte ich gedacht, dass ich nach zehn Jahren für ihn arbeiten würde. In Texas. In seiner Bar. Als seine Köchin.

Working for my ex-boyfriend? Sure. But falling for him again? That's a deal breaker. Dancing around my office in my bra isn't exactly the way I'd have chosen to run into my ex for the first time in 12 years, but what can I say? Wes Lake has always had a knack for showing up at the most inopportune times. Unfortunately, he also has a knack for leaving. That's why I've made every effort to put him out of my head - and my heart. But this time, he needs my help.

New country, new swimsuit, new start? If only it were that easy…Debs never planned on spending midlife dodging her ex-husband and his new (younger, thinner) girlfriend. But ever since Dishonest Dave ran off with Perfect Penny from three doors down, she’s been hiding—from life, from fun, and definitely from swimsuits. Now, a long-planned reunion on Portugal’s sun-soaked coast might be just what she needs to start over.Reuniting with old friends means cocktails by the pool, belly laughs, and maybe—just maybe—flirting with the outrageously handsome landscape gardener, Eduardo.

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A heart-warming story about how a letter with surprising news changes everything - from the author of the beloved Found in a Bookshop 'Compelling, eye-opening and heart-stirring, this book is unputdownable' Katie Fforde 'A warm and moving read with the healing power of books at its heart' Kate...

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