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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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…

Sarah's grandfather was a horseman of rare talent - only the exceptional are allowed into France's elite riding academy, Le Cadre Noir. But life took an unexpected turn, and now from a council estate in east London, the Captain hopes to train his granddaughter towards a better life.

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.

Isabel Delancey a considerat mereu că viața bună pe care o duce i se cuvine. Dar când soțul ei moare și o lasă înglodată în datorii, este forțată să-și abandoneze locuința și să se mute, împreună cu cei doi copii, într-un conac dărăpănat de la țară.

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.

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....

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.

Australia, 1946: 650 brides are departing for England to meet the men they married in wartime. But instead of the luxury liner they were expecting, they find themselves aboard an aircraft carrier, alongside a thousand men. On the sun-baked decks, old loves and past promises become distant memories, and tensions are stretched to the limit as brides and husbands change their minds. And for Frances Mackenzie, it soon becomes clear that the journey is more important than the destination....

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.

Franța, 1916: Artistul Édouard Lefèvre pleacă pe front, lăsând-o acasă pe tânăra sa soție, Sophie. Când micul orășel în care femeia s-a născut este ocupat de germani în plin război mondial, portretul lui Sophie pictat de Édouard îi atrage atenția noului Kommandant. În timp ce periculoasa obsesie a ofițerului devine din ce în ce mai puternică, Sophie va risca totul - familia, reputația, viața - în speranța de a-și revedea soțul.

Liza McCullen încearcă să fugă de trecutul ei, dar nu izbutește să-l uite. Și totuși plajele pustii și comunitatea strâns unită din Silver Bay îi oferă libertatea și siguranța pe care și le dorește - dacă nu pentru ea însăși, măcar pentru fiica sa, Hannah. Totul până când Mike Dormer vine ca oaspete în hotelul mătușii sale, iar liniștea micii localități este spulberată. Englezul manierat, cu haine elegante și cu ochi tulburători, ar putea distruge tot ceea ce Liza s-a străduit atât de mult să protejeze.

Australia, 1946. Șase sute cincizeci de mirese pleacă în Anglia pentru a-i întâlni pe bărbații cu care s-au căsătorit în timpul războiului. Dar în locul vasului de croazieră luxos la care se așteptau, se trezesc la bordul unui portavion, alături de o mie de bărbați.

Lou Clark știe o mulțime de lucruri. Știe câți pași sunt de la stația de autobuz până acasă. Știe că îi place să lucreze la ceainăria The Buttered Bun și că s-ar putea să nu fie îndrăgostită de iubitul ei, Patrick. Ceea ce Lou nu știe este că e pe cale să-și piardă locul de muncă și că viața ei rămâne normală doar pentru că e, în esență, previzibilă.

Lou Clark știe o mulțime de lucruri. Știe câți kilometri sunt între noua ei casă din New York și noul ei iubit Sam din Londra. Știe că angajatorul ei e un om bun și că soția lui păstrează un secret față de el. Ceea ce Lou nu știe este că e pe cale să întâlnească pe cineva care îi va da toată viața peste cap. Pentru că Josh îi va reaminti de un bărbat pe care l-a cunoscut cândva, iar asta o va face să sufere. Poate că Lou nu va ști ce să facă în continuare, dar indiferent ce alegere va face, asta îi va schimba cu totul viața.