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Instant New York Times Bestseller! The Mother-Daughter Book Club is Susan and James Patterson's new novel, the follow-up to Things I Wish I Told My Mother—the New York Times bestselling, book club favorite praised novel. “An entertaining book ... As friends talk books, hopes, dreams … and...

Friends let you down, romances don’t last and the only person you can rely on is yourself. Hilda believes this, so why is she still feeling so lonely… Then life throws Hilda a curveball – an unexpected inheritance, a trip to Ireland and a huge but crumbling stately home that might just one day be hers to keep. Still stuck in her ways, Hilda is determined to tackle Mayfield Manor alone, but renovating a mansion single-handed might be beyond even her.

Jude Gray is delighted to hear that her friend Kerry is setting up a wellness retreat with her new boyfriend. But the appearance of charismatic keynote speaker Inigo Sage sets Jude's instincts on edge. When a fatal accident shatters the peace, the weekend of relaxation descends into anything but tranquility. And Jude learns that Inigo's connections to many of those at the retreat go back decades, and their shared secrets have been deeply buried. As tensions flare and old resentments bubble to the surface, can Jude find the truth before someone else gets hurt?

A cold, dark night on a quiet New York street. Four shadowy figures huddle in a doorway fumbling with the lock. Behind them, a mundane existence of dead-end jobs, mounting debt, and disappointing relationships. Before them, on the other side of the door, freedom. The freedom to leave their lives behind. The freedom to start over. The freedom to finally shape the lives they want from the hands they were dealt.

Flavius Maximus has declared himself emperor and crossed into Gaul. The civil war with Gratian has been short, and the rightful ruler of the West lies in an early grave. Now two men face off across an empire. Theodosius in the east, his armies large but reliant on mercenaries. Maximus in the west, his forces small, but battle hardened and loyal to a fault. In the middle of the chaos, at the heart of a dying world, two old friends march at the heads of opposing forces.

Brought to you by Penguin. Who was Gertrude Stein? Avant-garde American poet and art collector who made her home in Paris, godmother of modernism, queer icon, friend to Picasso and Hemingway, self-declared genius — a writer who has baffled readers and critics for a century. And why does she...

Rita quiere escribir una novela. O quizá quiere dejar de mentir cuando dice que lo está haciendo. Han pasado ocho años desde que descubrió su vocación en Atlanta, rodeada de una familia peculiar, y desde entonces encadena trabajos precarios y bocadillos de fuet y vive con la sensación constante de no pertenecer a ninguna parte.

Brought to you by Penguin. What if you met your soulmate one minute too late? Ten years ago, four strangers were thrown together in the same flat at university. This chance arrangement will change their lives forever. For Aurora, the first in her family to go to uni, it opens whole new worlds...

Brought to you by Penguin. A magnificent work of shadow-play and a meditation on desire, metamorphosis and mortality. Flora is visiting home in Mexico when the family dog leaps up and bites her hand. She winds up in hospital where she undergoes several surgeries under anaesthesia and meets...

Three dramas by Barry Hines and an abridged reading of his classic Kes (A Kestrel for a Knave) Yorkshire-born author Barry Hines is renowned for his 1968 novel A Kestrel for a Knave (later turned into Ken Loach’s award-winning film Kes) and for scripting the BAFTA-winning BBC TV film Threads...

Raised in a conservative Christian home in the East Coast of Canada, Mag is urged to preserve her purity at all costs. Desperate to secure her place in heaven, she rejects the hyper-sexual youth culture of her small town—until she falls for a magnetic, sophisticated girl while attending a program designed to usher young people into Evangelical Missionary work. Spiraling into shame and regret, Mag breaks away from the Church and launches herself into the world of sex for hire, attempting to shed her repressive past and become an anti-virgin—the antithesis of who she was raised to be.

Dan è uno sceneggiatore televisivo frustrato ma di successo che è finalmente diventato papà. Jada è un piccolo criminale di quartiere che ha appena avuto il suo sesto figlio. I due conducono esistenze agli antipodi. Eppure, dal loro incontro fortuito in ospedale in una livida mattina di Glasgow nasce un legame. Quando Dan si troverà a fare i conti con una tragedia che spezza un uomo, sarà proprio Jada a tendergli una mano. A modo suo, con un sacco di droga e alcol, ma anche senza giudicare. E chissà che, aiutando Dan, Jada non finisca per salvare sé stesso.

Eight months after his wife Jacqueline died in a tragic car accident, Michelin starred chef and proprietor of Villa Celestia Guy Lyon's life has been in freefall. Consumed by grief and plagued by questions as to why she was in a taxi that fateful day, the doors to Villa Celestia have remained closed. When a good friend, Sandy Thoreau, asks to rent the villa on the French Riviera for a fortnight to hold a women's writers retreat after being let down, Guy reluctantly agrees. All the women at the retreat are looking forward to being inspired.

One summer storm. One split second. Two lives changed forever. Ellie Harker doesn't believe in fate, only hard work and keeping her heart safe. Rhys Davies used to believe in love, until heartbreak left him focused on his little girl. When lightning strikes them both, an unexplainable connection sparks between two strangers.

When Dorothy Linford defies her father to marry Franz Hartmann, a former German internee, she’s cast out from the Linford family and forced to build a new life in Germany. For a time, happiness thrives – until the 1930s bring fear and suspicion that threaten to tear their world apart. Across the Channel, Dorothy’s sister Nellie and cousin Louisa face struggles of their own as the Linford family fractures under the weight of old secrets. Separated by distance but bound by love, the sisters must cling to hope – even as the shadow of war darkens their lives forever.

The ending is never the end. Autumn sweeps into Merivelle, carrying both celebration and change. Bear Bailey is in his final season, with Mary lovingly by his side—determined to keep life steady for the wonderful dog who’s given her so much. When the Posadas return home after a long absence, unexpected trouble from their past soon follows. Ever watchful, Bear is determined that his remaining task is to help Mary’s first friends in Merivelle finally find peace as a family.

Matilda, Anna, Linnea ed Evelina, amiche sin dall'infanzia, hanno un appuntamento fisso: ogni anno trascorrono un fine settimana su un'isola del Mar Baltico per bere birra, ballare in riva al mare e scrollarsi di dosso il peso delle aspettative. Fin dall'adolescenza, Tessa Nilsson è ossessionata da un caso di cronaca nera: quattro amiche scomparse misteriosamente durante una gita su un'isola. Tessa è sicura che sia la stessa isola della tragedia di dieci anni prima, e non ha intenzione di lasciarsi sfuggire quest'occasione. Ma si troverà a vivere un incubo.

Auf dem Apfelhof stehen zwei große Veränderungen an: In einem neuen Tiny House können Familien künftig direkt auf der Alpakawiese übernachten. Außerdem bietet Frida Malkurse an – wenn nur die Alpakas auch mal stillhalten würden und nicht ständig Unsinn im Kopf hätten – genau wie der kleine Hundewelpe. Währenddessen haben Lena und Mike beschlossen, einfach nur Freunde zu sein. Das passt Emma, Lisa und Miri gar nicht – also schmieden sie einen Plan und überreden die beiden zu einem Ausflug an die Nordsee. Ob sich Lena und Mike bei einem Strandfest endlich näherkommen?

When Swindon comes under attack in late 1940, the women of the Great Western Railway Works find themselves on the frontline of war, battling for Britain. Working long gruelling shifts, watching for enemy aircraft from the factory roofs, and sleeping in crowded air raid shelters.

In einer idyllischen Kleinstadt, umgeben von glitzernden Seen und endlosen Feldern, erleben Britta, Pia und Martin eine Jugend voller Abenteuer und kindlicher Träume. Doch ein verhängnisvoller Sommer reißt die enge Freundschaft der drei auseinander. Zwei Jahrzehnte später ist die verlorene Zeit zwischen ihnen zu einem fremden Land geworden. Inmitten von Schmerz und Vergebung müssen Britta, Pia und Martin entscheiden, ob ihre Freundschaft stark genug ist, um die Schatten der Vergangenheit zu überwinden.