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Thirty years ago, Martin Owenby came to New York City with dreams of becoming a writer. Now his existence revolves around cheap Scotch and weekend flings with equally damaged men. When he learns that his older brother, Leon, has gone missing, he must return to the Owenby farm in Solace Fork, North Carolina, to assist in the search. But that means facing a past filled with regrets, the family that never understood him, the girl whose heart he broke, and the best friend who has faithfully kept the home fires burning.

A body is found on a quiet lane in Exmoor, victim of a hit and run. He has no ID, no wallet, no phone, and - after being dragged along the road - no recognisable face. Meanwhile, fresh from his last case, DCI Craig Gillard is unexpectedly called away to Devon on family business. Gillard is soon embroiled when the car in question is traced to his aunt. As he delves deeper, a dark mystery reveals itself, haunted by family secrets, with repercussions Gillard could never have imagined. The past has never been deadlier.

When a corpse is discovered by a mountain, Lacey McCrae must trade in her Christmas shopping for Victim Services in order to find the killer before they strike again.

When 73-year-old Jen announces that she is going to marry Eddie, a man she met just a few months previously on a beach on Boxing Day, her four best friends from aqua aerobics are flabbergasted. The wedding is booked and, when the groom decides to have a stag trip to Las Vegas, the ladies arrange a hen party to beat all others - a week in the city of love, Paris.

When Lacey's friend is haunted by a nighttime prowler only she can hear, it's up to Lacey to decide if the prowler is imaginary or not - a life-altering decision.

Maeve McKenna is on the verge of a breakdown. Having worked herself into the ground as a sought-after interior designer in London, she’s in desperate need of a vacation. Philomena Duffy is a little lonely. After losing her husband, their crumbling mansion, Willow House, feels awfully empty. With the rugged shores of Ireland calling, Maeve visits her aunt Philomena in Sandy Cove, where she once, as a teenager, kissed a wild, mysterious boy - a kiss she has never been able to forget.

Hannah Russell’s carefully crafted plans for her life have been upended without warning. When her best friend died suddenly, Hannah became guardian to a five-year-old named Noah. With no experience at motherhood, she’s terrified she’s not up to the challenge. She and Noah need time to get to know each other, so she decides to rent a country house with stunning views on a lake in rural Colorado.

Set in 1937 in rural Tennessee, with the construction of a monumental dam serving as background, Watershed delivers a gripping story of characters whose ambitions and yearnings threaten to overflow the banks of their time and place. Nathan, an engineer hiding from his past, and Claire, a housewife, struggle to find their footing in the newly electrified, job-hungry, post-Depression South. As Nathan wrestles with a secret guilt and tangled love, Claire struggles to balance motherhood and a newfound freedom that awakens ambitions and a sexuality she hadn't known she possessed.

Isabelle Cooper's in big, big trouble. Her flower shop? Well, it was just bought by the man she's had a crush on forever. Her new boss, Devon Donovan, is a tall glass of melt-in-your-mouth hotness. The problem? Devon is definitely not interested in love. No ifs, ands, or buds about it. Devon knows Isabelle has been crushing on him since college, but buying her business shouldn't be a problem.

Iniziato nel 1795 e pubblicato nel 1811, Ragione e sentimento di Jane Austen narra le vicende umane e sentimentali delle sorelle Dashwood...

Even if it means exposing an unsettling past, Rowan is determined to get to the bottom of her mother's suicide before the serial killer who's tracking her finds her.

When Selah Ropp returns to Birch Creek, she is a different person than when she left. "I know I haven’t done much listening in the past, Lord", she prays. "But I’m listening now." Her new friend, Cevilla Schlabach, urges her to let go of regrets and allow this to be a fresh start. Cevilla herself, though, hides a secret longing behind her weathered face. Levi Stoll and his family spent a year transforming a large English house into a small inn.

Unfolding on the vast grasslands of the steppes of Kazakhstan before its independence from the USSR, this haunting novel limns the struggles of the world through the eyes of Nasyr, a simple fisherman and village elder, and his resolute son, Kakharman. Both father and son confront the terrible future that is coming to the poisoned Aral Sea.

Charlotte Bishop is out of options in New York City. Fired, broke, and blacklisted by her former boss, she’s forced to return to her hometown of Hope Lake, Pennsylvania, to lick her wounds. Although she’s expecting to find a miserable place with nothing to do, she is pleasantly surprised to discover it is bustling and thriving.

An ailing farmer in rural Iran unearths an extraordinary find: two parsnips, grown together and looking for all the world like entwined lovers. For now, the sublime treasure is his secret. Wrapping it in a silk handkerchief, he nestles it away in a dresser drawer. Day after day, he gazes at their unmistakable rapture, reminded of the long-gone youthful passions he once shared with his wife. So, too, he mourns the inevitable - the eventual decay of the parsnips in love. When he decides to share his discovery with the world, his life and the lives of those around him connect and change.

After fleeing her beloved small town five years ago, Julia Bailey is back to spend Christmas with her family. Returning is hard, but keeping the devastating secret about her late husband is even harder. Her place isn't in Big Sky Country any longer...but the more time she spends with the irresistible Sheriff who saved her once before, and his adorable little daughter, the more Julia starts wishing she could let go of the past and start a new life.

Un romanzo che dà voce a una pagina dimenticata della nostra storia. Una protagonista alla ricerca dell'unica verità che può salvarla. Farò di tutto per mantenere la nostra promessa. Perché non è bastata una vita per dimenticare. Protetta dalle mura di una casa nascosta dal rampicante, Edna aspetta un segno. Da sempre sogna il giorno in cui potrà mantenere la parola data. L'unico a farle compagnia è Emil, un pappagallo dalle grandi ali blu. Non le è mai servito altro. Fino a quando una notizia la costringe a uscire dall'ombra e a mettersi in viaggio.

L'osteria di Borgo Grezzo, paesello della piana vercellese, è uno straordinario punto di ritrovo: qui "convergono come ad un'oasi" viandanti, cacciatori e perditempo in cerca di ristoro. Tra i tavoli colmi di bottiglie, un protagonista di rilievo è Ambrogione, bevitore eccezionale al pari di molti altri avventori. Esagerano nel tracannare vino e gareggiano a chi le spara più grosse. Fino a che una sera gli eventi sfuggono di mano e prendono una piega imprevista.

Montenegro, 1953... La guerra ha terminado y los supervivientes aceptan cualquier trabajo con el fin de alimentar a sus familias. Al principio, la pequeña comunidad formada por los trabajadores de una mina a las afueras, es pacífica y próspera, aunque poco antes de la llegada del dueño, un accidente entierra a 100 mineros. La empresa calla... y oculta el incidente... aunque las almas no descansan... en la mina.Cuando nuestros pecados son enterrados junto con nuestros secretos, y la verdad acecha por las esquinas para devorar lo poco que queda de nuestra alma, nos tendremos que preguntar: ¿Qué sucedió en la mina?

Zbiór zazębiających się epizodów z życia dwóch nierozłącznych przyjaciół - Waldka Paciaji i Mundka Waśki. Każdy z nich ma własne życie i własne kłopoty. Nie przeszkadza im to wspólnie przeżywać przygód i borykać się z problemami świata w świnioryjskiej skali. Tytułowe Świnioryje to zabita dechami wieś, gdzieś na Mazurach. Czas płynie tam wolniej, a ludzie żyją inaczej, przede wszystkim spokojniej. Aczkolwiek nie do końca... Dwaj główni bohaterowie co rusz popadają w jakieś tarapaty i doświadczają różnych perypetii.