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Shaky is a sharp, soulful, and surprisingly romantic comedy about Nicole, a 30-year-old drummer whose wild-child lifestyle screeches to a halt after a shocking Young-Onset Parkinson’s diagnosis. Her plan? Keep partying, keep drumming, and pretend nothing’s changed. But when she crashes back into her childhood home—complete with her no-nonsense mom and painfully put-together younger sister—Nicole’s carefully constructed denial starts to unravel. As old tensions flare and new romantic sparks fly, she’s forced to confront the one thing she’s been avoiding: her future.

Wenn ein Ausflug nach Schottland plötzlich für die Ewigkeit ist... Der romantische Auftakt der Reihe "Ein Schloss in den Highlands". Carolina glaubt nicht mehr an die große Liebe. Sie hat in der Vergangenheit zu viele Enttäuschungen erlebt und hat außerdem am Scheitern ihrer langjährigen Beziehung zu knabbern. Gezwungen neu anzufangen, kehrt sie der Heimat den Rücken und nimmt das Angebot ihrer Freundin Sina an, bei ihrer Agentur Wedding Dreams anzufangen. Und schon sitzt sie im Flugzeug in Richtung Highlands, um dort eine Hochzeit zu planen!

'Seriously wise, seriously wonderful, seriously comic - your life will be richer for it' Katherine Heiny Guido and Vicent - third cousins and best friends - spend their time lolling around and wondering who they will marry. Then, one wet Sunday afternoon in a museum, Gudio meets Holly. Precise...

1944 - The Isle of Wight: 16 year-old Constance’s life on the island is sheltered until the death of her brother, brings the reality of war crashing down around her. He leaves behind his pregnant widow, Ginny. When Constance meets a handsome Canadian airforce man, she’s eager to escape her grief and be swept up by first love. It’s a love which has ramifications she could never envisage. Present day: When young British backpacker, Isabel Stark happens across a car accident on a lonely stretch of road in the South Island of New Zealand her life changes forever.

Tiffany, Tyrisha, and Mezzie all have one thing in common: putting up with men who don't deserve them. Tiffany decides enough is enough and flees to Miami to start a new life with her daughter. While she thought she was escaping her problems back in New York, she's faced with a whole new set of...

Near the rugged Australian coastline beaten by the winds of the wild, great Southern Ocean sits a forgotten stationmaster's cottage holding secrets of a tragic love story. These are secrets Christie Ryan knows nothing about when she unexpectedly inherits her estranged grandmother's cottage in the small seaside town of River's End. There, Christie finds love letters that have remained unopened for close to 50 years.

Four friends - Lena, who is engaged to a basketball superstar; Denise, who is hoping that she will be the first in her family to graduate college; Freedom, who lives up to her name; and Carmen, who needs to work on her self-esteem - lean on each other during their days at Freedom University.

Literature, love, and second chances collide in this beautifully crafted collection from award-winning author Katherine Reay. With heartfelt characters, classic literary nods, and evocative settings--from cozy Seattle kitchens to windswept English moors and sun-drenched Italian vineyards--these...

In this “decadent” thriller, a Hollywood heartthrob and his ex-wife shoot a blockbuster film on an isolated island–soon finding themselves trapped with each other’s long-buried secrets and lies (Emily Henry, NYT bestselling author of Book Lovers). ​ Summer is heating up, and some of...

Jane easily falls in love with Duncan: he's charming, good-natured and handsome. He has also slept with nearly every woman in Boyne City, Michigan. Jane sees Duncan's old girlfriends everywhere - at restaurants, at the grocery store, even three towns away. While she may be able to come to terms with dating the world's most prolific seducer of women, she wishes she didn't have to share him quite so widely.

Sophie a sauté dans le premier train pour Rouen avec, pour seul bagage, son chien Sherlock. Elle s’est enfuie. Ce jour-là, son amant avait oublié de l’enfermer à double tour…

Los Sheridan preparan una fiesta. Y Laura, la hija menor, se entera que ha muerto un vecino, un carretero apellidado Scott, y da por hecho que su madre anulará la fiesta por respeto al duelo. «¿Suspender la fiesta en el jardín? Laura, guapita, no digas ridiculeces. Nadie espera que la suspendamos. No seas extravagante». Es la respuesta que obtiene. Ante lo que Mansfield escribe: «Aquello sí que era grotesco». Esa estupefacción y este cuento definen extraordinariamente a una de las autoras más transgresoras y modernas de la literatura anglosajona.

A new mother must adjust to a life she never asked for in this spirited novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Bodyguard and The Rom-Commers “Charming . . . cleverly told and uncommonly appealing.”—People Sometimes the worst thing that can happen is exactly what you’ve...

Congo, 1964. Australienne de vingt-cinq ans, Anna Emerson retourne sur sa terre natale du Congo, pour se rendre au chevet de son père mourant, Karl, qu'elle n'a pas vu depuis dix-huit ans. Les retrouvailles sont brèves et, au lendemain de sa mort, un nouveau choc attend la jeune femme : Karl n'est pas son père biologique.

La novela continúa con la vida de las y los protagonistas de Los ojos amarillos de los cocodrilos: Joséphine y Zoé se han instalado en un buen barrio de París gracias al éxito de la novela que finalmente ha reivindicado su verdadera autora. Horténse se ha ido a estudiar moda a Londres y ve frecuentemente a Gary, el hijo de Shirley, quien también ha decidido vivir una temporada en Inglaterra.

Joséphine Cortés es una mujer fracasada: su marido la ha abandonado, su hija mayor no la respeta, nadie valora su trabajo como experta en historia medieval y, además, ha vivido siempre bajo la sombra dominante del éxito de su hermana, la bella y rica Iris. Pero Joséphine tiene algo que Iris no posee: sensibilidad, bondad y otras muchas cosas de las que ni ella misma es consciente.

Bath, 1821. Rachel Crofton escapes her unhappy employment as a governess by marrying a self-made businessman. But her new life soon takes an unexpected turn. Reclusive Jonathan Alleyn is a man tormented by the disappearance of his childhood sweetheart, Alice. Starling, foundling child and now...

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?

It is the 1970s in LA, and Jacaranda Leven - child of sun and surf - is swept into the dazzling cultural milieu of the beautiful people. Floating on a cloud of drink, drugs and men, she finds herself adrift, before her talent for writing, and a determined literary agent, set her on a course for...

When they were children, Erica Calcott and her sister, Beth, spent their summer holidays at Storton Manor. Now, following the death of their grandmother, they have returned to the grand, imposing house in Wiltshire, England. Unable to stem the tide of childhood memories that arise as she sorts...