Showing results for "Chances" in Women's Fiction

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?

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.

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....

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.

Surrey, England, 1938. After 30 devoted years of marriage, Ellie Endicott is blindsided by her husband’s appeal for divorce. It’s Ellie’s opportunity for change too. The unfaithful cad can have the house. She’s taking the Bentley. Ellie, her housekeeper Mavis, and her elderly friend Dora—each needing escape—impulsively head for parts unknown in the South of France.

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...

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...

Trisha’s bestselling Christmas book will have you hooked from start to finish – the perfect read as those cold winter nights draw in. Christmas has always been a sad time for young widow Holly Brown. So when she's asked to look after a remote house on the Lancashire moors, the opportunity to...

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...

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...

St Aidan: a cosy Cornish village where friendships are made for life and it’s always cocktail hour somewhere… ‘A pure delight…fabulous, fun and unforgettable’ – Debbie Johnson, bestselling author of Summer at the Comfort Food Cafe 'Just like the perfect wedding cake, Cupcakes and...

You're sure to love this wholesome, heartfelt, marriage of convenience romance from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber. Former mercenary Zane Ackerman wants a family. In particular, he wants a child who’ll be his legacy—and his heir. That’s because his upcoming mission...

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.

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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When her husband, Dan Haywood, swaps their family for a younger woman, Sarah tries best to juggle childcare, friendships and a career as a dress designer. It doesn't help that problematic middle-aged men seem to conspire against her. Enter neighbour Robert Maynard, who insists that her new house was promised to him. Shocked, but not immune to his charm, Sarah's second chance may be closer to home than she ever imagined.

You never forget your first love…and I hadn’t. Not her kiss. Not her taste. Not her touch. Every stolen moment we had between us was forbidden. She was off limits, especially to me. I wish I could say I followed my own rules. I didn’t. I couldn’t. I lost her trying to make her mine. Because in the end…she was always my brother’s best friend.

Liz Lewis has tried everything to be what people want. But she’s always been labeled different from everyone else in the world of wilderness expeditions—that is, if anyone notices her at all. Her marriage to popular adventure guide Tobin Renner-Lewis is a sinkhole of toxic positivity where she’s the only one saying no. In a mountain resort town built around excitement, introverted Liz gets…spreadsheets. When she gets mistaken for a server at her own thirtieth birthday party and her last line of communication with Tobin finally snaps, Liz vows to stop playing a minor character in her own life.

Eccentric high fashion meets buttoned-up Madison Avenue in Danielle Steel’s captivating tale of two perfect-for-each-other people from two wildly different worlds. In a fresh, funny look at what happens when a woman who has everything finally meets her match, Danielle Steel proves that, in...

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