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Learned By Heart: A Novel
Par Emma Donoghue. 2023
A heartbreakingly gorgeous novel based on the true story of two girls who fall secretly, deeply and dangerously in love…
at boarding school in nineteenth century York, from the bestselling author of Room and The Wonder Drawing on years of investigation and Anne Lister’s five-million-word secret journal, Learned by Heart is the long-buried love story of Eliza Raine, an orphan heiress banished from India to England at age six, and Anne Lister, a brilliant, troublesome tomboy, who meet at the Manor School for Young Ladies in York in 1805 when they are both fourteen.Emotionally intense, psychologically compelling and deeply researched, Learned by Heart is an extraordinary work of fiction by one of the world’s greatest storytellers. Full of passion and heartbreak, the tangled lives of Anne Lister and Eliza Raine form a love story for the ages.Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop
Par Jenny Colgan. 2023
Wrap up warm and watch the snowflakes fall, the Christmas bookshop welcomes you home... PRAISE FOR JENNY COLGAN An evocative,…
sweet treat' Jojo Moyes 'Gorgeous, glorious, uplifting' Marian Keyes 'A cracker - the must-read this festive season' Sun 'Irresistible' Jill Mansell 'Just lovely' Katie Fforde 'Naturally funny, warm-hearted' Lisa Jewell 'A gobble-it-all-up-in-one-sitting kind of book' Mike Gayle _______________ The brand new feel-good Christmas novel from Sunday Times top ten bestselling author, Jenny Colgan. Carmen is at a loose end. Her gorgeous bookshop is the filming site of a cheesy Christmas movie, she's been ousted from her sister's house, and the love of her life has just flown thousands of miles away. It's threatening to be a very unjolly Christmas indeed!But when the elderly owner of the shop comes to Carmen with a Christmas wish that threatens to never come true, Carmen knows she must buckle down to get the funds to save not only his trip, but the shop itself. While fending off a shady tatt-selling businessman, Carmen discovers wonders to the shop she could have never imagined, and opens a labyrinth of bookish backrooms for the customers to get lost in.With her deadline looming, it might take more than a fresh coat of paint to solve Carmen's problems. But with the help of their neighbours, her nieces and nephew, and a very distractingly cute male nanny, Carmen might just pull her greatest magic trick yet... ____________________Why readers ADORE Jenny Colgan 'Jenny Colgan has a way of writing that makes me melt inside' 'Her books are so good I want to start over as soon as I have finished' 'There's something so engaging about her characters and plots' 'Her books are like a big, warm blanket' 'Her stories are just so fabulous' 'She brings her settings and characters so vividly to life' 'The woman is just magic'A Deal With The Devil
Par Elizabeth O'Roark. 2022
A temp assistant and the British boss she loves to hate . . . The Devils series is a sexy…
blend of spice, romance and grumpy men. Prepare to laugh, swoon and cry . . . perfect for fans of Christina Lauren and Emma Chase. He might not be the devil, but working under him for six weeks is my idea of hell.Hayes Flynn is an arrogant jerk known best for his scotch habit and the way he spreads his British "charm" all over Hollywood, never with the same woman twice.He's the last person I want to work for, except he has a face I can't look away from, and the longer we're together, the harder he is to hate. Because under that smug exterior is a heart he doesn't want to show-one that was badly broken a decade earlier.A part of me wants to fix it for him before I leave...but can I do it without breaking my own in the process?The Paris Affair: The brand-new romantic wartime saga from the nation’s favourite entertainer
Par Anton Du Beke. 2023
In the city of love, a stranger will change everything. Paris, 1926. A young dancer Ray Cohen arrives from London…
to compete at the Exhibition Paris. He is led astray by Hugo, a charismatic dancer born of the streets, who introduces him to the city's nightlife and a beautiful stranger called Hannah Lindt. His life is forever changed. London, 1941. With the heroic Raymond de Guise away fighting in North Africa, his beloved wife Nancy must balance her new position - as Head of Housekeeping at the Buckingham Hotel - with her duties as a new mother to their child. As the war rages on, someone from Raymond's past arrives at Nancy's doorstep, asking for help. As dark secrets rise to the surface, everything Raymond loves comes under threat. Will tragedy strike?The Paris Affair: The brand-new romantic wartime saga from the nation’s favourite entertainer
Par Anton Du Beke. 2023
In the city of love, a stranger will change everything. Paris, 1926. A young dancer Ray Cohen arrives from London…
to compete at the Exhibition Paris. He is led astray by Hugo, a charismatic dancer born of the streets, who introduces him to the city's nightlife and a beautiful stranger called Hannah Lindt. His life is forever changed. London, 1941. With the heroic Raymond de Guise away fighting in North Africa, his beloved wife Nancy must balance her new position - as Head of Housekeeping at the Buckingham Hotel - with her duties as a new mother to their child. As the war rages on, someone from Raymond's past arrives at Nancy's doorstep, asking for help. As dark secrets rise to the surface, everything Raymond loves comes under threat. Will tragedy strike?The Devil Gets His Due
Par Elizabeth O'Roark. 2022
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas . . . right? The Devils series is a sexy blend of spice,…
romance and grumpy men. Prepare to laugh, swoon and cry . . . perfect for fans of Christina Lauren and Emma Chase. ___ Some people marry the enemy in Vegas . . . Keeley managed to get knocked up by him too.Keeley: Last January, I drunk-married my nemesis-hot, oversized geek Graham Tate. With no memory of how it came about, there was only one solution: run off before he woke up and pretend it didn't happen. It would have worked perfectly if I hadn't wound up pregnant.Graham is the opposite of everything I want in a man-practical, disciplined, frugal-but living with him until the baby arrives has me wondering if, perhaps, I've been wanting the wrong things all along. And if that drunk version of me last January might have been onto something.Graham: I never planned to have kids, and I certainly wouldn't have planned on one with Keeley Connolly-a woman who does not believe in savings accounts or personal safety and thinks Lucky Charms is a health food because of the non-marshmallow bits.A woman who also didn't think twice about marrying me in Vegas and ditching me hours later.I can't wait to put this behind me and return to my careful, chaos-free life in New York. But the more time I spend with Keeley, the more I'm remembering the things that led me to marry her in the first place...and wondering if I can live without them when this ends.The Devil You Know
Par Elizabeth O'Roark. 2022
A little fraternising with the enemy never hurt anybody . . . The Devils series is a sexy blend of…
spice, romance and grumpy men. Prepare to laugh, swoon and cry . . . perfect for fans of Christina Lauren and The Hating Game. ___It's all fun and games until your work nemesis tells you to beg.There's a devil on my shoulder, and every Monday morning she announces herself. She's this delicious flame in my chest, a flurry of whispered suggestions in my ear. Suggestions I ignore...because every single one of them is about Ben Tate.Ben-Stealer of Clients, Evicter of Homeless Women, Nemesis. Sitting across from me every damn Monday with his lovely, smug smile and his too-perfect teeth, the living symbol of everything I hate.It's been my policy to avoid him, but when a case comes into the firm-one that could change his career and mine-I make an exception. It means weekends and evenings by his side. It means enduring his smirk and his smart mouth and never taking the bait.Until the night Ben says, "Beg" . . . And that devil on my shoulder decides to make a few demands of her own.The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Par Elizabeth O'Roark. 2022
Sand, sea and stuck . . . with your ex-boyfriend's grumpy brother in paradise. The Devils series is a sexy…
blend of spice, romance and grumpy men. Prepare to laugh, swoon and cry . . . perfect for fans of Christina Lauren and Emma Chase. ---You don't really know a guy until you've vacationed with him ...When Drew Wilson's ex-boyfriend Joel "Six" Bailey asks her to go on his family trip to Hawaii with him just as her life is falling apart, she decides it's the perfect time to give him another chance.The hitch? The Bailey family includes Six's rude older brother, Joshua-a hot-nerd doctor who has hated Drew since the moment they met and once suggested she'd steal the family silver.Drew is determined to win the Baileys over and give this thing with Six a fair shot...but Joshua is making that difficult. Not simply because he is in her way at every turn, but because-as one tropical adventure leads to the next-she's beginning to wonder if obnoxious, odious Joshua might be theEl príncipe: Un cuento de La Selección (Historias de La Selección #Volumen 1.)
Par Kiera Cass. 2013
La víspera de su cumpleaños, Maxon se da cuenta de que La Selección, que le parecía tan estimulante, es ahora…
muy intimidante. Cuando se confiesa con su amiga de toda la vida, Daphne, la princesa francesa, queda sorprendido por su respuesta: ella lleva mucho tiempo enamorada de él y lo que de verdad le gustaría es poder optar a ganarse el corazón del príncipe, algo que el proceso de la Selección hace imposible.La agria discusión con Daphne y las acusaciones que esta le hace provocan que Maxon se plantee algunas cuestiones: ¿Será verdad que tenía el amor al alcance de la mano y no se dio cuenta? ¿Y si no tiene la capacidad de sentir una emoción tan profunda? Sin embargo, la noche antes de que la competición empiece de verdad conocerá a America Singer. Le pilla desprevenido la antipatía que la chica parece sentir por él y se toma a broma lo brutalmente sincera que es, pero eso no hace más que aumentar su curiosidad por ella.The Way It Works (Rapid Reads)
Par William Kowalski. 2010
Walter Davis is young, handsome, intelligent, dynamic, personable and homeless. The product of a bi-racial marriage but abandoned by his…
father as a young child, he prides himself on three things: his drive to succeed, his fine clothes and never having been late for anything in his life. Walter is also homeless. The medical expenses that came with his mother's brief and unsuccessful battle against cancer have left him destitute. Still, ever the optimist, Walter believes that if he lives in his car for a few months, he will have the time he needs to find a good job in the business world and turn his life around. His situation gets more complicated when he finds himself attracted to a girl he meets at the mailing center where he keeps a post box. But trying to impress a girl when you have no fixed address proves difficult, and when he's caught in a lie, she shuns his company. Walter's struggles grow when his car is impounded and he can't afford to pay the fine. Only resilience, ingenuity and his drive to succeed can bring Walter back from the brink of despair.Quicksand: A Thrilling Novel of Western Romantic Suspense (The Champions #3)
Par Janet Dailey. 2022
&“Sizzles with suspense and sexual tension…Dailey keeps the pages flying with action and attraction.&” –Publishers Weekly The rugged, exciting new…
story from the New York Times bestselling author tells the tale of an Arizona family ranch in trouble, as the Champion sisters fight to keep their legacy bull-rearing operation strong, going head-to-head —and heart to heart—with some of the toughest men on the rodeo circuit. Tess Champion knows better than to trust Brock Tolman, the rancher who once swindled her late father in a land deal. But with the Alamo Canyon Ranch in foreclosure, Tess is forced to accept Brock&’s offer of a partnership. Brock claims he only wants to breed the Champion bloodline into his own herd. In exchange, he offers Tess one of his own young bulls. Soon enough, Quicksand is the rising star of the rodeo circuit, which only proves Tess is better at picking bulls than she is men. Because she&’s way too tempted to surrender to her attraction to Brock, despite her certainty he&’s only out to steal her family ranch . . . It&’s not until the tycoon&’s private plane crashes in the wilderness, stranding him with Tess, that the truth of their relationship will come out. The Champion family&’s future is on the line, but it&’s Tess&’s heart that will take the hit if she&’s fallen for the wrong man . . .The One You Really Want: the perfect heart-warming festive read from the bestselling author
Par Jill Mansell. 2004
The perfect Christmas gift could be closer than you think . . . THE ONE YOU REALLY WANT is a…
festive, heartwarming novel from bestselling author Jill MansellNancy can't quite believe it when her Christmas present from her husband is . . . a lawnmower. She's seen a receipt from a classy jeweller's. So who's got the diamonds?Carmen gave up on romance when she lost her adored husband. She's ready to meet someone new - but choosing the right someone won't be easy. Mia's just met her father's new girlfriend: the potential stepmother-from-hell. She's determined to play Cupid and find him a better option - but when did that ever turn out well?Christmas is a time of joy and celebration, but surprises are always around the corner . . . PRE-ORDER Jill Mansell's unputdownable new novel, THE WEDDING OF THE YEAR!Readers love The One You Really Want:'Clever and delightful tale - I was totally enchanted throughout. The writing was humorous, involving, heart squeezing, emotive, and full of witty banter' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'A gentle meander through the spark of romantic chemistry' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'Jill Mansell is the master of taking a simple story and enriching it with an intricate cast of characters. She's witty and the dialogue is crisp and believable, things move along with the right mix of humour and thoughtfulness' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐Las mujeres de Las Carolinas
Par Concepción Revuelta. 2023
La nueva novela de Concepción Revuelta nos traslada al Santander de la Guerra Civil para narrarnos la historia de cuatro…
mujeres que deben afrontar un futuro convulso con fortaleza y valor. 1935: la Segunda República ha traído avances para la situación profesional de las mujeres en todo el país. Pero, en los albores de la Guerra Civil, eso está a punto de cambiar drásticamente. A las puertas del conflicto bélico, cuatro jóvenes de diferente condición y estrato social forjan una amistad en la famosa casa de las Carolinas, en Santander: Gloria y Laura, enfermeras que se sienten impotentesante el dolor físico y la injusticia; Susana, una valiente cocinera que nunca quiso destacar, pero que se verá obligada a ello; y Ana, una estudiante de derecho que ejercerá de periodista para denunciar los atropellos a la clase obrera. La nueva y fascinante novela de Concepción Revuelta nos traslada al Santander de la Guerra Civil para narrarnos lahistoria de cuatro mujeres que deberán afrontar, con entereza y valor, la amenaza de sus aspiraciones y hasta de sus vidas. Las mujeres de las Carolinas es una historiaapasionante de fortaleza, coraje y sacrificio, con uno de los episodios más convulsos de nuestra historia como telón de fondo. Concepción Revuelta (Santander) se asomó al mundo literario con la publicación del cuento infantil Los Pegimun. Unos años más tarde dio el salto a la novela adulta con Aromas de tabaco y mar, que relata la vidade una cigarrera santanderina en los años cincuenta. En 2019 publicó en Plaza & Janés su segunda novela, Te di mi palabra, sobre la historia de las pasiegas empleadas como amasde cría por nobles y burgueses. A esta la siguió Días grises con cielo azul dos años después. Las mujeres de las Carolinas es su tercera novela en Plaza & Janés.Ghostly Game (A GhostWalker Novel #19)
Par Christine Feehan. 2023
It&’s fight or flight in this sultry, suspenseful GhostWalker novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan.Gideon &“Eagle&”…
Carpenter is used to rolling with the punches life has thrown at him. It&’s the only thing that&’s kept him alive. He and his team of GhostWalkers have seen and experienced it all. He does his best to live with all the sins written on his soul. Then he hears the laughter of a woman with the ability to erase—even for a few precious moments—the darkness of his past.Laurel &“Rory&” Chappel has always been a nomad. She&’s accustomed to taking care of herself, despite the physical challenges she lives with. She thinks she&’s too weak to find real love, but that doesn&’t stop her interest in Gideon from turning into a full-on addiction. He&’s all rough edges and danger contrasted with a tenderness that makes her feel safe. Still, after a life spent in motion, she&’s not sure she knows how to stay in one place.Gideon hopes he can persuade Rory to take a chance on him with every electric touch. But soon, life conspires against him, forcing the GhostWalker to risk everything to protect the woman he loves....Una estrella de bandera
Par Emma Maldonado. 2023
Aunque ya no seas una estrella..., siempre hay una última esperanza para brillar. Brisa es una de las celebrities más…
afamadas del mundo de la tele. Sin embargo, está encasillada en un personaje que no la deja avanzar profesionalmente. Los contratos han ido disminuyendo con el tiempo, y las revistas y los cotilleos no la han ayudado nada a mejorar la situación. Por otro lado, Mirco Mancini es la nueva sensación de Hollywood, una estrella incipiente a la que le ha costado llegar donde está. Rodar una película basada en el viejo Oeste será la oportunidad de relanzar la carrera de ella y de convertirse en un erudito de la actuación para el otro.Un beso en Lovelight
Par B. K. Borison. 2021
UNA COMEDIA ROMÁNTICA NAVIDEÑA, RECONFORTANTE Y DIVERTIDA, QUE TRANSPORTARÁ A LAS LECTORAS AL ENCANTO DE UN PUEBLO PEQUEÑO EN LA…
ÉPOCA MÁS MÁGICA DEL AÑO. Para sacar a Lovelight Farms de la ruina, Stella Bloom tendrá que aliarse con su mejor amigo, Luke Peters, y fingir que tienen una relación para ganar un premio que salve su negocio. Hay muchos motivos por los que Lovelight Farms ya no es el paraíso invernal con el que Stella Bloom soñaba: los abetos marchitos, el establo de Papá Noel conquistado por mapaches, mercancías extraviadas, una deuda tremenda... Para intentar salvarlo, Stella se presenta a un concurso. Pero hay un problema: intentando pintar Lovelight como un destino para vacaciones en pareja, Stella dijo que lo llevaba con su novio. Y no tiene. A quien sí tiene es a Luke Peters, su mejor amigo, que de repente se ve con un negocio a su nombre y, de paso, con una relación falsa. No obstante, fingir que está enamorado de Stella le resulta fácil, y puede que el destino le haya hecho el mejor regalo de Navidad posible... Reseñas:«Jamás me he enamorado más fácilmente de una novela. Las palabras de Borison tienen una magia especial».Elena Armas, autora de Farsa de amor a la española «B. K. Borison es una de las mejores nuevas voces de la romántica».Hannah Grace, autora de Romper el hielo «Las novelas de la serie Lovelight son mi lugar feliz».Sarah Adams, autora de Las reglas del juego«B. K. Borison es la reina de los romances reconfortantes».Beth Reekles, autora de Mi primer beso «Pura ternura, friends-to-lovers, magia navideña. Me encantó».Chloe Liese, autora de Tú antes que yo «Un libro tan cálido, dulce y encantador que no querrás dejar de leerlo».BookRiotIt Happened One Christmas
Par Chantel Guertin. 2023
"It Happened One Christmas is irresistibly Christmassy with all the sparkle of a Hallmark movie. So festive I could almost…
smell the scent of pine through the pages." —Jenny Bayliss, author of Meet Me Under the MistletoeA charming and rollicking holiday rom-com about a big-city film director who must convince the dreamy, yet grumpy, mayor of a small town to give her the permit to shoot her Christmas movie in his idyllic hometown. Perfect for fans of Hallmark holiday movies, and readers of Maggie Knox's All I Want for Christmas and The Hating Game by Sally Thorne.Will her Christmas wish come true?Zoey Andrews lives and breathes Christmas. She loves everything about the season, and after years of directing countless holiday movies, she certainly knows her way around a festive tale. So, when she finally gets the chance to bring her own script to life, she isn't about to let anything, or anyone, stand in her way--not even the stupidly sexy, utterly frustrating plaid-clad tree farmer Benoît Deschamps. Moonlighting as mayor of Chelsea--the cozy Quebec hamlet at the center of Zoey's screenplay--Ben maddeningly refuses to grant her a film permit in his enchanting town.With just four days left before Christmas, Zoey must change Ben's mind, but not before an unscripted ice storm leaves them stranded in the middle of nowhere, with nothing except . . . each other.Will Ben's chilly resolve shatter Zoey's Christmas movie wish? Or will Zoey be able to melt his stubbornness--and maybe even his heart?The One You Really Want: the perfect heart-warming festive read from the bestselling author
Par Jill Mansell. 2004
The perfect Christmas gift could be closer than you think . . . THE ONE YOU REALLY WANT is a…
festive, heartwarming novel from bestselling author Jill MansellNancy can't quite believe it when her Christmas present from her husband is . . . a lawnmower. She's seen a receipt from a classy jeweller's. So who's got the diamonds?Carmen gave up on romance when she lost her adored husband. She's ready to meet someone new - but choosing the right someone won't be easy. Mia's just met her father's new girlfriend: the potential stepmother-from-hell. She's determined to play Cupid and find him a better option - but when did that ever turn out well?Christmas is a time of joy and celebration, but surprises are always around the corner . . . PRE-ORDER Jill Mansell's unputdownable new novel, THE WEDDING OF THE YEAR!Readers love The One You Really Want:'Clever and delightful tale - I was totally enchanted throughout. The writing was humorous, involving, heart squeezing, emotive, and full of witty banter' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'A gentle meander through the spark of romantic chemistry' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'Jill Mansell is the master of taking a simple story and enriching it with an intricate cast of characters. She's witty and the dialogue is crisp and believable, things move along with the right mix of humour and thoughtfulness' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐Black Silk
Par Judith Ivory. 2002
As befitting her name, lovely Submit Channing-Downes was the proper, obedient wife of an aging Marquess--until her husband′s death left…
her penniless and alone...with one final obligation to fulfill. Entrusted with delivering a small black box to its rightful owner, she calls upon Graham Wessit, the notorious Earl of Netham, whose life has been marred by rumor and scandal. But Graham wants nothing to do w/ her gift. Fate however, has entwined these two lives in astonishing ways neither Submit nor Graham could ever imagine.How to Woo a Wallflower (Romancing the Rules #3)
Par Christy Carlyle. 2016
An Unconventional Wallflower…Clarissa Ruthven was born to be a proper lady, but she’s never wanted to live up to the…
expectations her late father set. Determined to use her inheritance to help the less fortunate women of London, she’s devastated to learn that she won’t be inheriting anything until she marries, a fate she has no interest in. Unwilling to let go of her plans, Clary works at Ruthven Publishing for Gabriel Adamson, a man who’s always hated her. She’s always returned the feeling, but as she begins to turn her family’s publishing company upside down, she finds herself unable to forget her handsome boss.Never Follows the Rules…Gabriel Adamson believes in order. He certainly doesn’t believe Clary should be sticking her nose in the publishing company, and she definitely has no business invading his every thought. But Gabe soon finds he can’t resist Clary’s sense of freedom or her passionate kisses and he starts to crave everything she’s willing to give him.Especially When It Comes to Love… When Gabe’s dark past comes back to haunt him, he’ll do anything to make sure that Clary isn’t hurt…even if it means giving up the only woman he’s ever loved.