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Hollywood director Steve McNaught is drinking heavily and on the brink of a midlife crisis. With guilt over two failed marriages and his role as near-absent father, he buys a one-way ticket to Scotland, hoping to find solace in his grandfather's ancestral home.

When Ellie's good friend Ruth appears on her doorstep, clutching a packet of mysterious old letters, Ellie knows she must help. Ruth has stumbled upon hidden diaries in her attic—diaries written by the person she trusted most in the world. The shocking revelations within turn Ruth's life upside down, making her question everything she thought she knew. Determined to uncover the truth, Ellie and Ruth embark on a journey to right past wrongs. Racing against time, they delve into secrets that could change Ruth's future forever. Will they discover the key to Ruth's second chance at happiness?

Un poblet enmig de les muntanyes. Una família caiguda en desgràcia. Una maledicció. L’Eloi torna a Gadià fet un manat de nervis. Fa dos anys que no trepitja el poble on ha estiuejat des de petit, un lloc ple de tendres records d’infantesa, on l’esperen els seus amics de sempre i la noia de la que està enamorat... el poble que va ser sacsejat per la tragèdia dos estius enrere. No hi ha res que l’Eloi desitgi més que oblidar tot el que va passar i gaudir del retrobament amb els seus amics, però tot això es veu amenaçat quan els terribles fets del passat comencen a tornar-se a repetir.

Nel cuore della Borgogna, tra i vigneti della Côte-d’Or, si cela un’antica abbazia non particolarmente nota al resto del mondo e ormai piuttosto fatiscente: Notre-Dame-de-Bleaumont. Una vecchia torre campanaria che assicura panorami mozzafiato, ma che nessuno si azzarda più a scalare, un giardino di erbe aromatiche dove trovare ristoro e una piccola comunità coesa, anche se un po’ attempata. La pace è assicurata a Bleaumont, ma non si può dire altrettanto dell’avventura: le giornate si susseguono identiche, senza scossoni.

Juliette Anderson needs a change of scenery and a new purpose in life. So, when her parents suggest she move to Orchid City, she doesn't hesitate. What she doesn't need is to catch the attention of the hot-shot hockey player next door. Juliette does not date hockey players, and Mac Sullivan is no exception to her rule. Even if he's insistent on changing her mind…

Ashland, Tennessee was where I planned to start over and become the woman I wanted to be; a woman who was fun and just a little bit reckless. The need to break out of my shell led to one wild night with a man I never planned on seeing again. But when the tattooed stranger showed up unexpectedly at my new job, he made it clear that once wasn't going to be enough for him. As the president of a motorcycle club with a checkered past, Courtland Pope should have scared me, but no matter how hard I tried to stay away, the pull to him was too strong to ignore.

When Penny Wilson moves into the Freeman group home, she doesn't know it will be the best and worst thing ever to happen to her. There, she meets troubled teen Blake Weston. Despite being angry and bitter at the world, he quickly becomes Penny's protector. And their bond becomes one of survival, friendship... and first love. Until he abandons her without warning. Six years later, Penny's life comes full circle when she lands a summer job as a camp counselor working with foster kids. Until she comes face to face with the boy who broke her heart.

Feiern Sie Weihnachten in Lütteby: Der Winter zaubert Träume am Meer von Bestseller-Autorin Gabriella Engelmann ist der 4. Wohlfühlroman um die märchenhaft schöne Kleinstadt an der Nordseeküste. Wenn Schnee die Dächer von Lüttebys Giebelhäuschen ziert, ähnelt der Küstenort an der Nordsee einem nostalgischen Adventskalender. Doch hinter den heimelig leuchtenden Fenstern wartet so manches Geheimnis darauf, gelüftet zu werden: Lina und Jonas sind frischverheiratet, doch Lina sorgt sich um die Verwirklichung ihres Kinderwunsches.

Eine eindringliche Fabel aus Italien, die Alt und Jung, Mensch und Natur miteinander verbindet. Ein alter Mann lebt in einem Haus am Waldrand, mit Blick auf die Stadt. Ihm ist ein Hund zugelaufen, der sich zwar füttern, aber nicht streicheln lässt. Der Mann schließt den Streuner ins Herz, denn er gemahnt ihn an längst vergangene Zeiten, als die Natur noch wild war. Als seine Enkelin Lucilla ihn besucht, erzählt er ihr von Wölfen und Jägern – und davon, wie der Mensch mit der Natur verbunden ist.

As late summer fades into fall, Melinda's efforts at her rented farmhouse are starting to bear fruit. She's learned to preserve produce, outsmart some stubborn chickens, and wrangle a flock of spoiled sheep. She revels in the peace she's found in the country, where time is marked by morning-fresh eggs and stunning sunsets. But even in the small town of Prosper, nothing stays the same. One member of the hardware store's coffee group shares a startling announcement, and a trip back to the city makes Melinda realize how deep her roots run in rural Iowa.

Blade Hamilton is the last of his line. He's never even heard of Crossroads, Texas, until he inherits land there. Riding in on his vintage Harley-Davidson, Blade finds a weathered ranch house, an empty prairie and a dark river that cuts a decisive path between the Hamiltons' land and that of their estranged neighbors.

Born and bred on the land, Jordan Windcroft is brave and independent. She's had to be. Her life revolves around running her property almost single-handedly on next to no money, and waiting out her four years of probation—a rap that she took for one of her closest friends for a crime she didn't commit. Thankfully there's an end to her problems in sight. Jordan's probation period is almost up, and if she can just make the cattle sale, there's a chance she can pull herself out of more than ten years of serious debt and keep her precious farm.

Richard and Christine Clay have been married for decades. Their relationship has stood the test of time despite Christine appearing passive while her husband is unmistakably dominant - at times bullying and controlling. Nurse Florence Shaw has seen Christine at the surgery a number of times with minor complaints over the past year, none of which has led to a serious diagnosis. But when Florence hears that the couple appear to have entered into a suicide pact, she is shocked, though not surprised that Richard has survived.

Eine zu Herzen gehende Geschichte um Freundschaft, Liebe und die Kraft der Vergebung von #1-Kindle-Bestsellerautorin Jessica Winter Schon seit der High School ist Seven Swan vor allem für drei Dinge bekannt: sein sexy Lächeln, seinen Charme und sein selbstbewusstes Auftreten. Nur wenige wissen, was wirklich in ihm vorgeht, vor allem, seit seine Schwester vor Jahren spurlos verschwunden ist. Niemand ahnt, dass er seitdem unermüdlich nach ihr sucht. Sich zu verlieben stand für den Coast-Guard-Piloten daher nie auf dem Plan.

Olivia Bingham has bad luck with men. She’s been ghosted more times than she can count, but this Christmas she’s finally met someone really special online: Fraser Douglas, a Scottish chef working at an idyllic hotel in the Highlands. He’s sweet and sensitive, thoughtful and funny – not to mention incredibly good looking. But just when she thinks things couldn’t be going any better, Fraser’s dating profile vanishes, and Olivia fears the worst.

Doctor Frances Brakespeare continues to settle into her new life in rural Somerset at Orchard Cottage Hospital, striving to improve the medical treatments on offer to the community. After successfully establishing a mother and baby clinic, Frances is determined to move with the times and add family planning advice to her roster – but are the residents of Norton Dene ready for such progress or will she face opposition?

As the sun rises over the little Provence village where single mother Adeline has escaped with her little girl Lily, she breathes deeply. This is their new beginning. Here, she can forget the lies her family told her. Here, she can start her story again. Later she opens the door to the town’s tiny bookstore, where she is to work, ready to meet the mysterious owner Monique for the first time. She expected an ordinary bookshop. But this bookstore feels somehow different… magical. Breathing in the smell of books, she feels a jolt of something. It feels like a new chapter beginning.

As far as hidden talents go, Delphinium Hayes is blessed with one of the more unique ones. With the slightest passing whiff, she knows someone's most admirable or weediest characteristic. This peculiar perception never fails to give her an advantage in life--until she meets two men who turn her world upside down.

Audrey Needham, Bay Area interior designer to the rich and pretentious, is already on thin ice with her impossible-to-please boss when her great-aunt Daisy asks for support as her husband descends into Alzheimer’s. Now Audrey is risking the career she worked hard to build as she returns to Charity Falls, Oregon. Her feelings toward the idyllic small town are … complicated. While she has many good memories of her childhood summers there, Charity Falls is also the place her father was killed in a tragic fire at the Sugar Pine Inn thirteen years ago.

Sixteen year old Shelley and her mother move to Honeysuckle cottage in the middle of the countryside, fleeing their fears and anxieties and hoping to put behind them years of suffering at the hands of others. Shelley has endured terrible bullying from the girls who used to be her best friends, and her mother has been left reeling following a divorce from her selfish, demanding husband. For Shelley and her mother are ‘mice’ – timid, nervous and obliging. And for a while, in their cottage-haven, the women flourish.