Showing results for "For Valerie" in Literature & Fiction

This perfect house on a quiet street was supposed to be my sanctuary, a place to recover. But everything changed the moment I saw that woman in the charity shop. She triggered something dark, buried deep within my memory… Now I've started forgetting small things, like locking the front door. And bigger things, like remembering to pick my little girl up from nursery. I feel terrified every time I pass through a particular spot in our living room. And sometimes, when I'm alone, I'm sure I can hear a baby crying… I think the woman knows what happened to me.

When Veronica said "I do" to Sebastian Sinclair, Duke of Edgefield, she thought all her dreams had come true. He was dashing and doting, and she absolutely adored him—until he betrayed her trust, shattering their marriage, and her heart, into a million tiny bits. She hasn't seen her husband in the two years since, and she'd just as soon make it twenty. But when she learns that her beloved grandfather's dying wish is for her and Sebastian to attend the family's Christmastide celebration, she swallows her pride and asks him a favor: to pretend they're the happy couple they once were.

Back home after a mission trip, nurse and EMT Sara Southerland learns that her cousin’s death might not have been an accident - and now someone wants her dead. The only person she can trust is longtime crush and fire captain Adam Kane. With a stalker on their tail, Adam will do whatever it takes to protect the woman he’s realizing he can’t live without.

Violette Toussaint est garde-cimetière dans une petite ville de Bourgogne. Les gens de passage et les habitués viennent se réchauffer dans sa loge où rires et larmes se mélangent au café qu'elle leur offre. Son quotidien est rythmé par leurs confidences. Un jour, parce qu'un homme et une femme ont décidé de reposer ensemble dans son carré de terre, tout bascule. Des liens qui unissent vivants et morts sont exhumés, et certaines âmes que l'on croyait noires se révèlent lumineuses.

Femme de carrière débordée, Madeline a du mal à surmonter le deuil de son grand-oncle, cet homme qui l’a jadis accueillie chez lui, à Dunvegan, une petite ville reculée d’Écosse. Et voilà qu’à sa grande surprise, elle hérite de sa maison située beaucoup trop loin de sa réalité pour qu’elle pense une seule seconde à la garder.

No livro da vida de Justine, desde a infância, todos os capítulos parecem iguais. Aos 21 anos, ela mora em um pequeno vilarejo da Borgonha com os avós e o primo, Jules, desde que os pais de ambos morreram em um acidente de carro. Em meio ao marasmo, três coisas trazem luz para seu cotidiano: as peripécias de Jules, que está mais para um irmão; as noites de sábado que passa dançando na boate; e seu emprego como auxiliar de enfermagem na Hortênsias, uma casa de repouso onde grande parte dos seus turnos é dedicada a ouvir os relatos dos idosos que vivem ali.

En écoutant les cassettes léguées par sa tante, Agnès découvre une autre facette, surprenante, de Colette. Ces secrets de famille mèneront Agnès à renouer les fils de sa propre vie, rompus après son divorce.

Twin sisters Ellie and Tia were torn apart the day their parents died. Ellie was given the picture-perfect life—marriage, a home, security. Tia was cast aside, growing up in the shadows, unwanted, unloved, and never quite belonging. Now, after years apart, fate brings them together again. Ellie is desperate to believe this is a chance to rebuild their bond. To finally have the sister she always longed for. But Tia hasn’t come back to play happy families. She knows the secret Ellie is hiding— a secret that could shatter her perfect marriage and destroy everything she’s built.

Eight years ago, Ava and Joseph had the perfect future planned—he would go to veterinary school, she would embark on a career with an exclusive modeling agency, and they’d eventually get married and have three dogs and four children. But then a terrible accident changed everything. Unwilling to believe they could still have a future, she made Joseph promise to leave and live out their dreams without her. Joseph has never broken a promise to Ava...until now. Before he made that stupid promise to leave, they’d made each other another promise—one of forever. 

Justine, vingt et un ans, vit chez ses grands-parents avec son cousin Jules depuis la mort de leurs parents respectifs dans un accident. Justine est aide-soignante aux Hortensias, une maison de retraite, et aime par-dessus tout les personnes âgées. Notamment Hélène, centenaire, qui a toujours rêvé d'apprendre à lire. Les deux femmes se lient d'amitié, s'écoutent, se révèlent l'une à l'autre.

A dutiful lady's maid, Miss Madeline Atwater knows precisely what her future holds: countless nights of dressing her mistress in silk gowns, pinning her hair in elegant curls, and selecting the perfect pair of slippers before sending her off to the ball. But Madeline harbors a secret dream. Just once, she'd like to be the one who attends the grand party—and tonight could be her chance. All she needs to do is borrow her mistress's cast-off dress and sneak downstairs during the Twelfth Night Ball . . .

Violette Toussaint is the caretaker at a cemetery in a small town in Bourgogne. Casual mourners, regular visitors, and sundry colleagues - gravediggers, groundskeepers, and a priest - visit her to warm themselves in her lodge, where laughter, companionship, and occasional tears mix with the coffee she offers them. Her life is lived to the rhythms of their funny, moving confidences. But her routine is disrupted by the arrival of the local police chief, who insists on scattering the ashes of his recently deceased mother on the gravesite of a complete stranger.

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Agnès no da crédito cuando la policía le pide que identifique el cuerpo de su tía Colette, que acaba de fallecer. No es posible, lleva muerta tres años; sus restos reposan en el cementerio de Gueugnon. Sin embargo, ahí está: es ella. Entonces, ¿quién yace en su tumba, tras la lápida con su nombre? ¿Y por qué Colette hizo creer a todos durante tres años que estaba muerta? Gracias a viejos amigos, testimonios inesperados y una misteriosa maleta llena de casetes, Agnès comienza a desenredar secretos y a reconstruir la historia de una familia, la suya.

Fiona Carlton has never needed a man to make her life complete. Until she meets charming, handsome, and sophisticated Rick. She is consumed, first by lust, then by a love for him that overwhelms her. The only problem? Rick already has a wife. But a little detail like that isn't going to stand in Fiona's way… Rick's wife, Lydia, however, is not a woman to be trifled with. She's sacrificed everything for her husband, been the perfect stay-at-home wife and mother, raised two beautiful children, built a happy home full of memories.

Adrien, Étienne e Nina se conhecem na escola aos dez anos, em 1986, e rapidamente se tornam inseparáveis. Eles passam o dia juntos nadando na piscina, trocando confidências e prometendo que um dia sairão do interior da França e se mudarão para Paris, onde viverão de música. Trinta anos depois de se conhecerem, Adrien, Étienne e Nina se tornaram estranhos uns para os outros. A amizade que eles juraram que seria eterna não existe mais, porém, um acontecimento inesperado pode trazer à tona segredos enterrados há muito tempo.

Sie geht das Wagnis ein. Lady Gemma Brooks befindet sich noch in ihrer unbeholfenen Phase, als eine boshafte junge Frau sie auffordert, den unerreichbaren Duke of Grovemont um einen Tanz zu bitten. Gemma stimmt zu, nicht um ihrer selbst willen, sondern um die anderen Mauerblümchen vor bösartigem Klatsch und Tratsch zu schützen. Doch was als harmlose Mutprobe beginnt, entwickelt sich bald zu einem Skandal, und Gemma sieht sich gezwungen, völlig unerwartet einen Mann zu heiraten, den sie kaum kennt.

Successful Misty is happy living with her perfect boyfriend until he tells her he is leaving. Elegant Gwen is excited about the new man in her life until she discovers he's been lying to her. Angry Babs has the love of her life lured away, first by Misty then by Gwen, and she wants revenge. Long-suffering Dee is a wife who takes her wandering husband back every single time. When the lives of these four women collide, the results are deadly.

After suffering injuries while rescuing her niece in a devastating fire, high school principal Renata Santos has convinced herself that love is something she'll never experience again. Her self-esteem and self-image in tatters, she buries herself in her work.

In 1938, while tensions in Europe are reaching a boiling point, four young women with big ambitions enter secretarial school in San Francisco. Motivated to attain the financial stability that eluded their parents, they go to battle for their futures. Moira, of Scottish descent, dreams of being an actress. Ann yearns for the education her Jewish immigrant parents provided for her brother, but not for her. Japanese American Wanda experiences firsthand the racial injustices running rampant in the United States.