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Alice is stifled, bored, and misunderstood. So when she meets wealthy and handsome American, Bennett Van Cleve, she is quickly swept off her feet. Marrying him and moving to America seems like a great adventure - but life as a newlywed in stuffy Baileyville, Kentucky, is not at all what she hoped for. Until, that is, she responds to a call for volunteers to start a travelling library, surprising herself by saying yes, before her husband can say no.

Lou Clark knows a lot of things. She knows she likes working in The Buttered Bun tea shop, and she might not love her boyfriend Patrick. Will Traynor knows his motorcycle accident took away his desire to live, and now everything feels small and joyless. What Will doesn't know is that Lou is about to burst into his world. And neither of them knows they're going to change the other for all time.

Lou Clark knows too many things.... She knows how many miles lie between her new home in New York and her new boyfriend, Sam, in London. She knows her employer is a good man, and she knows his wife is keeping a secret from him. What Lou doesn't know is she's about to meet someone who's going to turn her whole life upside down. Because Josh will remind her so much of a man she used to know that it'll hurt. Lou won't know what to do next, but she knows that whatever she chooses is going to change everything.

The only place Suzanna Peacock finds comfort is her shop, which provides a haven for the misfits in town. But she is forced to confront events of the past and her family that have been haunting her for so long. And she discovers that the key to her happiness may have been in front of her all along....

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of After You by the Jojo Moyes, the stunning sequel to the worldwide phenomenon Me Before You. Jojo Moyes says: "I hadn't planned to write a sequel to Me Before You. But working on the movie script and reading the sheer volume of tweets and emails every day asking what Lou did with her life meant that the characters never left me."

With two jobs and two children, Jess Thomas does her best day after day. But it’s hard on your own. And sometimes you take risks you shouldn’t. Because you have to.... Jess’ gifted, quirky daughter Tanzie is brilliant with numbers, but without a helping hand she’ll never get the chance to shine. And Nicky, Jess’ teenage stepson, can’t fight the bullies alone. Sometimes Jess feels like they’re sinking.... Into their lives comes Ed Nicholls, a man whose life is in chaos, and who is running from a deeply uncertain future.

Merham is a well-ordered 50s seaside town - the kind of town where everyone knows their place (and those who don't are promptly put in it). Lottie Swift is an evacuee who has grown up with the respectable Holden family and loves Merham. The Holden's daughter Celia, however, chafes against the constraints on the town and longs to escape....

Liza McCullen will never escape her past, but the unspoilt beaches and tight-knit community of Silver Bay offer the safety she craves for her young daughter, Hannah...until Mike Dormer arrives, and the peace of Silver Bay is shattered. The mild-mannered Englishman could destroy everything Liza has worked so hard to protect: not only the family business and the bay that harbours her beloved whales but also her conviction that she will never love again.

When journalist Ellie looks through her newspaper's archives for a story, she discovers a letter from 1960, written by a man asking his lover to leave her husband.... In 1960, Jennifer wakes up in hospital after a car accident with no memory. And then, when she returns home, she uncovers a hidden letter, and begins to remember the lover she was willing to risk everything for.

France, 1916. Sophie Lefevre is ordered to serve the German officers who socialise in her hotel. When the new Kommandant sets eyes on Sophie's portrait - painted by her husband Edouard - a dangerous obsession is born. Almost a century later, Sophie's portrait hangs in the home of Liv Halston. A chance encounter reveals the painting's true worth - and its troubled history that is about to resurface and turn Liv's life upside down…

Nell is 26 and has never been to Paris. She's never even been on a romantic weekend away before. Travelling abroad isn't really her thing. But when Nell's boyfriend fails to show up, she has the chance to prove to everyone, including herself, that she can be independent and intrepid. Alone in Paris, Nell finds a version of herself she never knew existed. In this collection of 11 unmissable short stories, Jojo Moyes introduces us to a cast of strong, relatable women in the midst of their everyday lives.

On Coronation night the ex-pat community in Hong Kong gathers for a celebration party, and 21-year-old Joy falls in love at first sight. She is engaged within 24 hours, but will not see her fiancé again for a year. Fifteen years later, when Sabine, her mother and grandmother are brought together, not only a deeply buried family secret is discovered, but also some fundamental truths: about the conflict between love and duty, about women's choices, and about mothers and daughters.

Louisa Clark sitzt fest. Eigentlich wollte sie nur kurz zurück nach England, um neue Ware für ihren Vintage-Mode-Verleih The Bees Knees zu kaufen. Aber plötzlich ist alles anders. Lockdown. Die Welt steht still. Lou hat keine andere Wahl, als die nächsten Wochen bei ihrer liebenswert chaotischen Familie zu verbringen. Dabei macht sie sich große Sorge um ihren Freund Sam, der als Sanitäter in New York arbeitet. Wie so viele andere Mediziner und Pflegekräfte überall auf der Welt bringt er sich täglich in Gefahr, um anderen zu helfen.

Die Konzertgeigerin Isabel Delancey hat ihr erfülltes Leben immer für selbstverständlich genommen. Doch als ihr Mann plötzlich stirbt und sie mit einem Schuldenberg zurücklässt, sind sie und ihre beiden Kinder gezwungen, ihr Haus in London zu verkaufen und aufs Land zu ziehen. Das Anwesen, das Isabel überraschend von einem Großonkel geerbt hat, ist eine Ruine, und schnell sind auch ihre letzten Ersparnisse aufgebraucht. In ihrer Verzweiflung nimmt Isabel die Hilfe ihres Nachbarn Matt an, ohne zu ahnen, dass dieser seine ganz eigenen Interessen verfolgt.

Jojo Moyes internationale bestseller er en både sjov og sørgelig kærlighedsroman. En varm, tankevækkende og livsbekræftende historie, som det er umuligt at lægge fra sig. Lou Clark ved en masse ting. Hun ved, hvor mange skridt der er fra bussen og hjem. Hun ved, at hun elsker sit arbejde på The Buttered Bun, og hun ved, at hun måske ikke elsker sin kæreste Patrick så højt, som hun burde. Hvad Lou Ikke ved, er, at hun lige om lidt mister sit job, og at det bestemt ikke er nemt at få et nyt. Will Traynor ved, at han ikke længere har lyst til at leve.

Efterfølgeren til årtiets sødeste, sjoveste og sørgeligste kærlighedsroman, Mig før dig, der har solgt over 5 millioner eksemplarer på verdensplan. Halvandet år efter at Lou er blevet forladt af Will, kæmper hun stadig for at komme videre i sit liv. Dagene tilbringer hun med at arbejde som servitrice i en trøstesløs lufthavnspub, og nætterne alene i sin triste, halvtomme lejlighed. Lige indtil den sene aften, hvor det ringer på hendes dør.

Fin lille kærlighedsfortælling fra byernes by om to nygifte par, hvis historier på overraskende vis griber ind i hinanden, selvom næsten et helt århundrede skiller dem. Året er 1998. Liv Halston har noget impulsivt giftet sig med arkitekten David, som hun kun har kendt i kort tid. Nu er de taget til Paris på bryllupsrejse, men det er på ingen måde den romantiske tur, som Liv havde glædet sig til. Små halvfems år tidligere er et andet par netop blevet gift i Paris.

Charmerende og hjertevarm miniroman fra bestsellerforfatteren Jojo Moyes, der tager os med på en romantisk weekend til byernes by. Nell er 26 år og har aldrig været i Paris. Hun har heller aldrig været på weekend med sin kæreste. I det hele taget er hun ikke kendt for at være den mest eventyrlystne type, men det er det vist på tide at få lavet om på. Nell arrangerer en romantisk weekend for to i byernes by, men i sidste øjeblik brænder kæresten hende af, og Nell beslutter noget impulsivt at tage af sted på egen hånd.

En af Jojo Moyes' tidlige romaner, der foregår i en lille engelsk badeby, hvor mødet med en ung mand får skæbnesvangre konsekvenser for to hjerteveninders liv og lykke. Der sker ikke meget i den lille søvnige badeby Merham, hvor de to veninder Lottie og Celia vokser op som søstre i 1950'erne. Det er kort sagt et dødkedeligt sted at være næsten voksen, så da en gruppe kunstnertyper indtager byens smukke art deco-hus, Arcadia, tiltrækkes de to piger af det bohemeagtige miljø, som byens spidsborgere har travlt med at sladre om.

Et lille hotel ved Australiens kyst, hvor hvalerne passerer, kæmper for at overleve. 75-årige Kathleen, hendes niece og dennes datter driver stedet, og da en englænder fra et stort byggekonsortium ankommer, får de store problemer.