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Liame Noone was many things to many people. To the public, he was an exacting, self-made hotel magnate fleeing his past. To his three ex-wives, he was a loving albeit distant family man who kept his finances flush and his families carefully separated. To Nora, he was a father who often loved her from afar—notably, a cliffside cottage perched on the California coast where he fell to his death.

She’s a small-town schoolteacher, he’s a hotshot creative director. Together, it’s hate at first sight. Sophie Taylor has a secret and Joe Walsh is the last person she'd tell. He’s devilishly handsome, incredibly hot – and far too sure of himself. But Sophie needs his help. Because she's not just hiding something small. She is Este Cox, the mysterious romance author the entire world is desperate to unmask. When a trip to the countryside means sharing a cottage with only one bed, it’s a short step to sharing a whole lot more besides… Can Sophie trust Joe with the truth – and be herself?

Brooke wants. She isn’t in need, but there are things she wants. A sense of purpose, for instance. She wants to make a difference in the world, to impress her mother along the way, to spend time with friends and secure her independence. Her job assisting an octogenarian billionaire in his quest to give away a vast fortune could help her achieve many of these goals. It may inspire new desires as well: proximity to wealth turns out to be nothing less than transformative. What is money, really, but a kind of belief?

After coming together following their father's stroke, the Wingate women have found second-chance romance, faced trials and tribulations, and built wonderful lives on Amelia Island. Their father is fully recovered and healthy, their businesses are flourishing, and the whole family is bursting with love and laughter.

Despite their strained relationship, when Gia Rossi’s sister, Margot, begs her to come home to Wakefield, Iowa, to help with their ailing mother, Gia knows she has no choice. After her rebellious and at-times-tumultuous teen years, Gia left town with little reason to look back. But she knows Margot’s borne the brunt of their mother’s care and now it’s Gia’s turn to help, even if it means opening old wounds.

Two couples in two separate but similar times-set against a backdrop of political disappointment and intellectual controversy-face the challenges of marriage, fidelity, and pregnancy. Lauren Elkin's Scaffolding is about the way our homes hold communal memories of all their inhabitants and their stories; about the bonds we create, and the difficulty of ever fully severing them; about the ways people we've loved live on in us.

My twin brother is the person I’m closest to. But now he frightens me. We both have the same white-blond hair and clear blue eyes. All our lives people have stared at us. So we had to be there for each other. Bryce tried to protect me from our dad. But when he died, I thought I was finally safe. After the funeral, Bryce takes me aside: “Since Dad’s passing . . . well, it’s been going on for a few years now. I’ve been keeping a huge secret from you.”

Just like the whole town of Starr’s Fall, thinks Laurie Ellis – as she and her beloved dog Max head to collect the store keys. Maybe she has seen better days, too, but she’s certainly ready for a new start—and to leave her past behind. Still Laurie wonders whether she made a terrible mistake in coming to lovable but shabby Starr’s Fall. Will she even find customers for her pet store and bakery, never mind a community to welcome and accept her?

Bournville is a rich and poignant new novel from the bestselling, Costa award-winning author of Middle England. It is the story of a woman, of a nation's love affair with chocolate, of Britain itself.

Danielle Kohan es una joven y ambiciosa abogada que está consiguiendo todo lo que se ha propuesto en la vida y tiene muy claro dónde va a estar dentro de cinco años: casada con su novio David y socia de un importante bufete. Sin embargo, la misma noche en la que uno de los más prestigiosos despachos de abogados la contrata y en la que su novio le propone matrimonio, Dannie se ve en un loft de Brooklyn besando a un tal Aaron, un hombre al que ni siquiera conoce. Unos días más tarde, Bella, su mejor amiga, le presenta a su nuevo novio, que resulta ser nada más y nada menos que Aaron.

A girl and her mother have been on the run for sixteen years, from the monster they left in their kitchen with a knife in his throat and the police who want to make them pay for his death. Home is now a van with four flat tires in a junkyard by the edge of the Brisbane River. The girl has no name, because names are dangerous when you're on the run. But she has a dream.

Nova's father always said, “You’re raising me as much as I am you.” Growing up above his small bar, with the sounds of music and laughter below, Nova learned the true meaning of love, resilience, and sacrifice. Her father, a struggling musician, poured his heart into raising her, teaching her life's most valuable lessons through his own imperfections and boundless love. Now, as Nova faces life without him, she reflects on the unique childhood that shaped her.

Born and raised in a small village on the Yorkshire moors, Leah Thompson grows more beautiful with each passing day. When she catches the attention of the influential, troubled Delancey family, she knows her life will never be the same again. Years later, Leah takes the modelling world by storm, travelling from Milan to London and New York and living life in the lap of luxury. But her past follows her like a dark shadow, mysteriously intertwined with the tragic tale of two young siblings in Poland during the Second World War.

Joanne and Bernadette Fareown are raised on their family farm in rural Illinois, keenly affected by their parents’ volatile relationship and mounting financial debt, haunted by the cursed history of the women in their family. Largely left to their own devices, the sisters educate themselves on Greek mythology, feminism, and Virginia Woolf, realizing they must find unique ways to cope in these antagonistic conditions, questioning the American Dream as the rest of the country abandons their community in crisis.

Extrarradio se complace en presentar la segunda novela de Margarita Posada, por fin en formato audio. Se trata de una narración franca sobre ese momento de la vida en que los roles de los padres y los hijos se invierten y son estos últimos los que deben hacerse responsables de los primeros. Magdalena, la protagonista, se ve en la obligación de cuidar a su padre, un hombre viejo y vulnerable por cuenta de una enfermedad degenerativa y terminal.

Este relato trata acerca de un hombre llamado Celso Arteaga. En una fiesta de su ciudad había una tradición de hacer un discurso y poder entregar una sardina de metal a la mujer que a cada uno le gustara. Celso hizo el discurso y le entregó la sardina a Cecilia Plá. Cuando se veían no hablaban entre ellos y otro año Celso volvió a entregarle la sardina a Cecilia. Pasaron los años y Celso se casó y tuvo hijos. Volvió a la cuidad con la intención de alquilar una casa, encontrándose por casualidad con Cecilia. Encontró que había estado guardando la sardina y más tarde vio que la estaban enterrando.

El inmenso amor de un hombre por la esposa de su mejor amigo desata situaciones originadas en el más allá. Trata del terreno limítrofe entre la vida y la muerte donde las almas se revelan y llegan a comprender los dos mundos por el puente del amor.

Hun bor i huset ved siden af. Hun kender dine hemmeligheder... ”I må være vores nye naboer!” udbryder mrs. Lowell og vinker fra den anden side af rækværket. Jeg holder min datters hånd i et fast greb og smiler tilbage. Men så snart mrs. Lowell ser min mand, får hun et mærkeligt udtryk i ansigtet. I det øjeblik lover jeg mig selv noget. Vi har endelig et hjem. Min fortid er langt, langt bag os. Og jeg vil gøre alt for, at det forbliver sådan...Jeg plejede at gøre rent i andre menneskers hjem – nu kan jeg slet ikke fatte, at dette hjem faktisk er mit.

En bror bliver sendt væk. En søster bliver tilbage i et kærlighedsløst hjem. En far bliver brutalt myrdet. Ricky og Leonora Bates er bror og søster, bedste venner, allierede i en kærlighedsløs familie. De er begge en konstant skuffelse for deres dominerende far. Han ser sin søns stilfærdige optagethed af at læse bøger som en svaghed og Leonoras iltre intelligens som upassende. Så bliver Ricky sendt på kostskole i Sydafrika for at give ham ”hår på brystet”. Og Leonora er fanget mellem to dysfunktionelle forældre, hun skal klare på egen hånd.

De tror, at jeg er den perfekte barnepige. De kunne ikke tage mere fejl... Nogle mennesker ville være nervøse for at skulle flytte til en fjerntliggende bjerglandsby for at arbejde for en familie, de ikke kender, men mr. og mrs. Mayer tager imod mig med åbne arme. Og det passer mig godt, for det betyder, at de ikke ved, hvorfor jeg egentlig er her. Da jeg ankommer, forbløffes jeg over det flotte familiehjem og Robin og Pauls overdådige livsstil, som jeg selv ikke i min vildeste fantasi ville have råd til. Det er trods alt ikke alles barndom, der er fuld af varm æbletærte, kærlighed og latter eller trygheden ved villa og Volvo.