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Brought to you by Penguin. Sarah Stratford is a wedding planner hiding a rather inconvenient truth - she doesn't believe in love. Or not for herself, anyway. But as the confetti flutters away on the June breeze of yet another successful wedding she somehow finds herself agreeing to organise two...

Can you ever forget your first love? Liberty Evans hasn’t.She has a beautiful daughter, a successful career as an actress, and she’s married to one of Hollywood’s most powerful directors. But behind the glamour, things are not what they seem. Her daughter Brooke is turning into a spoiled...

The addictive and emotive new novel from Katie Marsh, author of My Everything and A Life Without You. Perfect for fans of Jojo Moyes, Lisa Jewell and Lucy Dillon. 'I lived over half my life before I met you both, and I hope with all my heart to live many years more. You two are the reason why. Always, always the reason why.' Abi Cooper is living her happy ending. She's in remission and is ready to make the most of her second chance. But during Abi's illness, her family has fallen apart.

Die heimatlose Erzählerin verlässt New York, um am Internationalen Gerichtshof als Dolmetscherin zu arbeiten. Als sie Adriaan kennenlernt, scheint Den Haag zur Antwort ihrer Sehnsüchte zu werden. Doch dann verschwindet er zu seiner Noch-Ehefrau und hinterlässt nichts als Fragen. Fragen, die sich zu einem existenziellen Abgrund auftun, als sie für einen angeklagten westafrikanischen Kriegsverbrecher dolmetschen muss und zweifelt: Was ist kalkulierte Lüge, was Wahrheit? Glauben nur noch die Naiven an Gerechtigkeit? Wer kann über wen richten? Wer legt unsere Weltordnung fest?

Angie is eighteen years old, and, with the help of a mini skirt, a pair of false eyelashes and a tube of pale pink lipstick, has made herself into a beauty. She's living in London in the Swinging Sixties, and knows she's in the best city in the world at the best possible time. She's got that...

LOOK AT ME is a superb coming-of-age novel and an unsettlling yet entertaining exploration of grief. 'A sharp-eyed novel about grief, family and understanding' Woman & Home Magazine Lizzy's mother died two years ago, leaving a family bereft by her absence and a house still filled with her things...

There are some people you can’t imagine life without. What, at the end of it all, is really important? Liv and her friends can’t imagine a life different from now: freedom, lifelong friendships, and dreams that are still within their reach. Then, Liv dies. For those left behind – Mia...

The beach is quiet at night. The moon shines, the tide falls back, and a woman stands, waiting, watching for those who come to the shore only to walk into the sea. Nancy has lived on the coast for more years than she can remember. A famous actress in her younger days, she has since retreated from the world. Now her only aim is to persuade those who come to her beach to end their lives to go back to dry land, and try, once more, to live. But each time gets harder, and Nancy begins to fear she is no longer strong enough to save the lives of the desperate and hopeless.