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Eudora Honeysett is done - with all of it. Having seen first-hand what a prolonged illness can create, the 85-year-old has no intention of leaving things to chance. With one call to a clinic in Switzerland she takes her life into her own hands. But then 10-year-old Rose arrives in a riot of colour on her doorstep. Now, as precocious Rose takes Eudora on adventures she’d never imagined, she reflects on the trying times of her past and soon finds herself wondering - is she ready for death when she’s only just experienced what it’s like to truly live?

When Robin finds out she's going on a work trip to Italy she can't wait for a week away in the sunshine, away from the daily grind. So what if there's a client pitch to do while they're there? The thing Robin is most excited about is the chance to show her work crush, James, what she's really like outside of work, and divert his attention from Liz, her work rival. To make things even better, Robin realises that the town they're going to in Italy is the same place that her childhood penpal, Andrea is from.

Stranded in Rome, with all planes grounded due to volcanic ash, Callum gratefully accepts a lift back to London with a friend-of-a-friend who's on her way home after a European road trip in a campervan. But when he meets her, his heart plummets - she's Emma, his ex, The ex, and he can't be stuck in a van with her. When Emma sees Callum again, she's horrified. It's taken so many years to heal her heart - she really doesn't want to spend the next few days in close quarters with him.

Béla erhält einen überraschenden Anruf: Das Haus an der Zederstrasse steht zum Verkauf. Dreißig Jahre ist es her, dass er dort mit Simone, Serdar und Kim in einer WG gewohnt hat. Seither sind sie alle in unterschiedliche Richtungen gegangen. Ist es eine gute Idee, jetzt zu viert das Haus ihrer Aufbruchsjahre zu kaufen?

Katie loves her 6-year-old stepdaughter Maisie with all her heart. The time they spend together, the feel of the little girl's hand in her own, means everything to her, especially after she discovers she and her husband, Liam, can't have children together. But since Maisie's mum died, she's mostly been living with her sister, Liam's adult daughter, Olivia – and the two have become inseparable. The problem is that Olivia hates her stepmother and refuses to accept her as part of their lives.

Singer Jessie Delaney is back home after narrowly escaping the London Blitz with her life. With husband Johnny Randolph serving overseas, Frances Randolph is busy juggling the business, motherhood and keeping West End star Ruby Randolph out of trouble. Young, talented amateur entertainer, Peggy Marshall has been left in the care of her feckless stepmother while her father serves on the dangerous Atlantic convoys. With everyone doing their bit, the Seaside Girls pool their talents to support the community and also their men at war.

Escape to the Cotswolds in this big-hearted, feel-good and life-affirming story of new beginnings, second chances, female friendship and the healing power of books and the communities that form around them. Perfect for fans of Milly Johnson, Maddie Please and Stephanie Butland, Helen reminds us...

To the world, I'm @HappyWife. Online, people only see my picture-perfect home, my handsome husband, Nick, and my beautiful baby, Thomas. They don't see the real Gemma Adams. They don't see my past, the dark secrets I'm hiding in my marriage. They don't see the fear I live in every single day. But I know someone is watching me. And now, they've taken Thomas. I just don't know why.

Three young people from vastly different backgrounds – Armando from Mozambique, Lolita from India and East German national Theo – are drawn together in a small Baltic city in 1989, just as the DDR begins to collapse around them.

»Niemand schreibt so über die Natur wie Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson« Maja Lunde Bestsellerautorin von ›Die Geschichte der Bienen‹ Zwei Frauen, zwei Generationen und die heilsame Kraft von Freundschaft und Natur Nach einem schmerzhaften Verlust kehrt Eva Wist Oslo den Rücken. Die 33-jährige...

Seit fast zehn Jahren haben sich die fünf Frauen nicht mehr gesehen, die zu Schulzeiten beste Freundinnen waren. Ein Brief weckt Erinnerungen an vergangene Zeiten. Spontan beschließen sie, ein paar entspannte Tage miteinander zu verbringen. Zu fünft treten sie eine Kreuzfahrt an, die ganz harmonisch beginnt. Alle sind glücklich, sich wiederzusehen, haben die kleinen Reibereien, die manchmal zwischen ihnen herrschten, über die Jahre vergessen. Täglich nimmt dann allerdings nicht nur die Windstärke zu, sondern auch die Spannungen zwischen den Freundinnen werden größer.

A story of conflicted friendship and its unravelling, told against the background of an ever-present, mind-twisting social media verse. "A truly precious book." — Grazia Maia is 26. Stuck in a dead-end job and a dysfunctional relationship, she's treading water. Gloria, 18, is an influencer...

The riveting, darkly humorous, and deeply strange story of three roommates whose everyday struggle to survive in New York is complicated by the intestine-eating demon who haunts their apartment. Leni was kidnapped and almost sacrificed to the devil as a child, but now she’s perfectly fine...

Who killed Harriet? The unputdownable new thriller from the bestselling author of You Need to Know. Complicated, driven, loving. Manipulative, irresistible, monstrous. Love or hate her, Harriet Osman is impossible to turn down. But someone in her life has finally snapped, leaving her face-down...

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Ein tiefes Zerwürfnis hatte die drei Freundinnen seit Kindertagen über Jahre getrennt. Erst der Tod der Vierten im Bunde, Marie, ein Jahr zuvor hatte sie schließlich wieder zusammengebracht. Jetzt steht das nächste Pfingsttreffen an. Seit ihrem Wiedersehen ist viel passiert: Alexandra hat gerade ihren Job als Verlegerin verloren. Jules Tochter Pia ist ungewollt schwanger. Und Friederike muss sich nun wohl endgültig von ihrem Lebenstraum verabschieden. Doch ihr Treffen im Haus am See setzt Kräfte frei, die ihrer aller Leben in gänzlich unerwartete Richtungen lenken.

Als die ersten Flocken fallen, neigt sich das Jahr in der Freitagsbuchhandlung dem Ende zu – der vierte Roman der Freitagsbuchhandlung von Sawako Natori Der Jahreswechsel rückt immer näher, und der Winter bringt eine so ungewöhnliche Kälte mit sich, dass die vertrauten Abläufe ins Wanken...

Two decades. One love story that’s just getting started . . . When Emmy, a cynical student working at Northumberland’s Barter Books, meets Seb, a dreamer born into privilege, she expects him to be nothing more than a passing stranger. But everything changes when Emmy discovers a bundle of...

Phoebe hat alles hinter sich gelassen – ihren Job, ihre Freunde, ihr altes Leben. Doch dann trifft sie Jack Lawrence wieder, den Mann, der sie versteht wie kein anderer – und der gleichzeitig eine Mauer um sein Herz errichtet hat, die niemand durchdringen kann. Während Jack versucht, den Schatten seiner Vergangenheit zu entkommen und sich ein neues Leben aufzubauen, bricht Phoebe zu einem Roadtrip durch Europa auf. Doch die Gefühle für Jack lassen sie nicht los.

At sixty-four, Brenda Barker's life is anything but over-though someone should tell that to her butcher, who insists on calling her "ma'am" when the other customers are "miss." With her husband gone, her only child moving to Japan, and a literary "expert" telling her she has no business writing, Brenda does what any sensible woman would do: ignores the advice, packs her bags, and heads to a high-stakes writers' conference in the California wine country.