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Brought to you by Penguin. The heartwarming new winter saga of friendship and resilience from the author of The Bomb Girls Autumn, 1942 As winter approaches, for the women at the Bell Works Factory it’s business as usual. When German refugee Ella arrives, she is met with distrust, but can she...

Nick and Delaney each think they've planned the perfect romantic getaway – a mystery holiday designed by a travel matchmaking service. But when the itineraries go astray, Nick walks into a hotel suite that's already occupied – just not by his fiancée. Two frantic phone calls later, Nick and Delaney discover the truth: their partners are together in Reykjavík and they're stuck sharing a room in one of the most romantic places on earth. As they scramble to fix the mix-up, fate steps in and they start to wonder if the wrong holiday might just be the right one after all.

Hope is a beautiful 'trad wife' social media star with a beefcake husband, six cute kids and millions of followers of their picture-perfect life. When they employ English content creator Melissa to promote their brand she has no idea what she has signed up for. Behind the veneer of domestic bliss lies a nightmare - and she will be lucky to escape with her life. A twisty, darkly comic thriller perfect for fans of Bella Mackie and Julie Cohen.

Emmeline Ashworth has never known real want. As the grocer’s daughter, she has warm meals, a solid roof, and a father who dotes on her. She’s always understood she is luckier than most, but nothing prepares her for the day a half-starved young woman runs into the shop, desperate for help. The girl – Lily - is bruised and ragged from the slums that sprawl at the edge of town and opens Emmie’s eyes to the harsh realities of life for some in Wakefield.

It's never too late for the adventure of a lifetime, even if you can't remember why you started. The Unforgettable Mailman is a heartwarming story about intergenerational friendship and the power of human connection, perfect for fans of Fredrik Backman and Virginia Evans' The Correspondent. 1966...

Callie Renfew didn’t go looking for trouble, but now it’s at her door there’s no way she’s backing down. It’s been a year since Callie last saw her useless husband Gavin and although everyone else thinks he’s dead, Callie has an uneasy feeling that her husband is still alive and waiting to make his final vengeful move… Until then, Callie plans to get on with her life and pushes forward with a new business scheme with her new millionaire business partner, enigmatic Spaniard Carlos Martinez.

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.

“A propulsive, powerful novel about first love and regret.” – Min Jin Lee, author of Pachinko “I gulped this down - convinced, fascinated, and moved by every page.” –Emma Donoghue, author of Room Long after he drifts out of reach, a woman is haunted by the troubled boy who befriended...

When single mum Lou moves from the chaos of Dublin to a forgotten seaside cottage in Dingle, she hopes for a calmer life for her son, Jack – a place where he can grow up surrounded by the warmth of a small community. But village life isn't without its challenges. The cottage needs work and Lou needs a job, but at least Jack quickly makes friends – including Bo, the spirited daughter of Aidan, the head chef of the restaurant where Lou eventually finds work. Aidan is serious, skilled, and a little distant, yet there's something about him Lou is drawn to.

Two best friends. One apartment. Zero chance of this going to plan. Austin and Sydney have been best friends since he moved into her shoebox apartment in New York City over a decade ago. Now in their early thirties and living with their long-term partners, their lives are finally on track...

Ocean's Eleven meets the Golden Girls when an all-female group of chaotic, elderly thieves come out of retirement for one last heist against a young Crypto-loving DudeBro-type... while trying to repair their fractured friendship along the way. For fans of Deanna Raybourn's Killers of a Certain...

Ky, Mick, Liz, and Rosie are still getting money—but somebody keeps sending them the bill. From broken relationships to problems they didn’t start, the cost of winning keeps climbing. Old grudges resurface, enemies lurk in the shadows, and the past refuses to let them breathe. Nobody wants to see them succeed, but they’ve never needed permission. Tested, targeted, and underestimated, they’re about to prove why they always survive… and always win.

How do you outrun the family curse? What if you can't? Fresh out of grad school in Michigan, on the brink of despair, directionless, David worries his parents. They don't know what to do for him, they don't know how to heal him. His doctor suggests that he needs to gain some perspective, get to...

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Jason Schuyler is one of Anita Blake's best friends and favourite werewolves, with benefits. J.J. is his lady love, an old flame from childhood who dances at one of the top ballet companies in New York. Neither of them wants to be monogamous, so what could go wrong? J.J. is enthusiastically bisexual. She plans to keep sleeping with women, because Jason can't meet that need, just like she can't meet Jason's need for rough sex and bondage. With some encouragement from a few other lovers in Anita's life she reluctantly agrees, and J.J.

Blake and Lucy were once inseparable - two girls bound by secrets, dares, and the kind of friendship that cuts deeper than blood. Until the day everything shattered. Years later, Blake's life is collapsing, and the only way to fix it is to confront the past she's tried so hard to forget. She forces herself to reach out to Lucy in a letter, a first step toward redemption. But as Blake begins to write, unsettling memories surface. Shadows she thought she'd buried twist into new shapes. And she starts to wonder: What if the strange little girl didn't stay little?

“An intimate story of self-discovery.” —Orhan Pamuk A dreamy debut novel about the summer love that changes two girls at the edge of adulthood. “In the heat and the green haze that seemed to surround us both like a physical presence, I felt intensely awake.” One afternoon at the start...

Huit femmes embarquent pour un road-trip de deux semaines en Islande. Elles n’ont rien en commun, ou presque. Il y a Rose et Lou, le duo mère-fille; Stéphanie, célibataire sans enfant; Sarah et Chloé, les deux jeunes Parisiennes; Delphine, la cinquantenaire casanière; Carole, la prof de yoga, et Nadine, la retraitée renfrognée. Entre écarts générationnels, personnalités et visions de la vie différentes, il n’est pas toujours facile de faire groupe. Pourtant, de cascades en confidences, de marches en révélations, ce voyage pourrait les transformer.

Tucked away on a narrow side street in Tokyo is the Torunka Café, a neighbourhood nook where the passersby are as likely to be local cats as tourists. Three heartwarming reunions unfold at this visit to the Torunka Café. Chiyoko, an elderly woman who has been frequenting the cafe for 20 years, reflects on her long-forgotten memories of her first love; Kota, a childhood friend of the owner's daughter Shizuku, reveals his complicated true feelings held deep within; and Ayako, an aspiring illustrator at a crossroads in her life, embarks on a journey.

Full-cast dramatisations of three acclaimed novels by Elizabeth Taylor – including Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont – plus 17 readings of her short fiction Described by Antonia Fraser as ‘one of the most underrated novelists of the 20th century’, Elizabeth Taylor was much admired for her...

När ditt gamla liv upphör att existera är det dags att bygga ett nytt. Det är försommar på den franska Rivieran när Vivienne Wilson anländer för att delta i en skrivarkurs för kvinnor. På plats i Rivieran för att ta hand om den chockade Vivienne är den nyblivna änka Maxine Zonszain, som försöker hitta livsglädje efter sin mans plötsliga död. I villan bor även Olivia Murray. Livet under sommarsolen i Antibes blir omvälvande för alla tre kvinnorna. Hemligheter delas och vänskapsband knyts.

Amsterdam, 1940: Schoolteacher Aletta knows the war will soon reach her and the Jewish children in her class. When her family hide an injured Allied airman in their home, they must decide: how much will they risk when resistance could prove deadly? Paris, 1940: Since her mother’s death, Chloe has dedicated herself to protecting her brothers. So when the SS accuses Claude of being in the Resistance, she sacrifices herself to save him.

The dazzling, evocative, and tender-hearted story of two women struggling to reconcile the friendship they remember with the reality of their current lives, for fans of Taylor Jenkins Reid, Layne Fargo, and Allison Larkin. Los Angeles, 1987: Dulcie arrives on the Sunset Strip chasing a feeling...

Tucked away on a cobblestone street in enchanting Bologna, Italy, is the only English bookstore in the city. It’s owned by prickly Sandy Cooke, who keeps love, and even romantic fiction, at a distance. Her employee, timid and hopelessly optimistic Moira, dreams of transforming the struggling shop into a vibrant community hub. Against the odds, one Bolognese summer, it becomes a haven for fellow expats at their own crossroads.

Die erfolgreiche Immobilienmaklerin Emily Fischer reist von Berlin in den Küstenort Bournemouth, um dort für ihren Chef die Übernahme eines Immobilienbüros einzuleiten. Am Pier trifft sie auf den attraktiven Cafébesitzer Jonah und auf Suzi, ein kleines Mädchen, das eindeutig vernachlässigt wirkt. Emily weiß, dass ihre Zeit in Bournemouth begrenzt ist.

Brought to you by Penguin. Every witch knows that playing with magic is a risky game... Nyssa Hawthorne is at the top of her game: as a high-flying mage leading a coven, she has everything she’s ever wanted. But her job requires long days, late nights and endless spell-casting - this witch is...

Parties and weddings, messy hookups and marred friendships, art and love and grief—The Brightness follows the electric, chaotic, everything-can-happen lives of Pella and her best friend, Irma, as they fumble their way out of sleepy, Midwestern Westish College and into a larger world that will...

The acclaimed author of The Art of Fielding returns with a long-awaited, immersive new novel. The Brightness follows the electric, chaotic, everything-can-happen lives of Pella Affenlight and her best friend, Irma, as they fumble their way into a larger world that won't stop changing. At 27...

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Erin Merritt has returned to her scenic hometown of Heart Lake to plan her wedding, but when she repeatedly runs into her childhood crush, she wonders if she's engaged to the wrong man. To make matters worse, all the stress is making her eat, and now she can't fit into her wedding dress. Erin enlists the help of her cooking club—Angela, Megan, and Kizzy—and the Teeny Bikini Diet Club is born. The women make a pact to get slim enough to wear their bikinis to the lake by summertime, a pact that changes their lives forever.

Dramatised readings from the award-winning Jan Carson, plus bonus interview with the author herself Northern Irish writer Jan Carson won the EU Prize for Literature 2019 for her novel The Fire Starters, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2023. Her work has been...

Wie Begegnungen unser Leben verändern. Dieses Buch zeigt die unausweichliche Wahrheit auf, dass alle Leben miteinander verwoben und wir für unsere Handlungen verantwortlich sind, genauso wie für die Freude und das Leid der anderen. Nach dem Überraschungserfolg von 23 Leben kommt nun der 2. Band der außergewöhnlichen Buchreihe.

Friends from different walks of life all share a common thread of living in a broken system, where the rich stay rich and the poor stay poor. After the pandemic, with the cost of living increasing due to inflation, each and every friend finds their existence and mental health being tested.

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.

In the heart of Chicago, recently widowed forty-five-year-old Angie Sortino finds herself at a crossroads. After she discovers that her deceased husband has left her penniless, Angie's spirited niece, Gina, and Gina's best friend, Kim, approach her with the idea of starting a catering company targeting funeral parlors. Angie embarks on this new venture, discovering the challenges of the catering business.

When a group of middle-aged friends accidentally receives a city youth-sports grant, they do what any responsible adults would do—they spend it on go-karts and form a racing team called The Rusty Sprockets. What follows is a chaotic, heartfelt misadventure involving garage politics, spreadsheets taken far too seriously, social-media fame nobody asked for, suspicious municipal auditors, and a rival team that actually knows what they’re doing.

Zwei Freunde, ein Traum – und ein Schicksalsschlag, der alles verändert. Als die beiden Freunde Tobias und Florian eine Vermittlung zwischen Hundeliebhabern gründen, träumen sie von Selbstständigkeit, Investoren und einem sorgenfreien Leben. Vielleicht will Tobias dann sogar in die Familienplanung mit seiner Frau Katharina starten. Doch als er nach einem Unfall ins Koma fällt, steht nicht nur das Unternehmen auf dem Spiel, sondern auch seine Freundschaft zu Florian und seine Ehe.

Alicia deja su ciudad natal para estudiar Filosofía en Madrid, convencida de que allí encontrará compañeros con los que hablar de libros y profesores capaces de cambiarle la vida. Seducida por un grupo de estudiantes tan inteligentes como crueles, pronto descubrirá que el saber no siempre es sinónimo de virtud, pues en las aulas reina la arrogancia, y la brillantez intelectual convive con la precariedad, el cinismo y las miserias cotidianas.

Sie will kein Fangirl sein. Er will keine Beziehung. Und doch zieht es Sarah immer wieder zu Max, dem attraktiven Frontsänger, dessen Charme sie so fasziniert. Sie treffen sich, lachen, streiten, reden über alles und vertrauen sich blind. Ihre Seelen haben sich längst verbunden, das spüren sie. Aber Max hat schwer zu tragen an emotionalen Verletzungen und steckt in alten Mustern fest, während Sarah ihren ganz eigenen romantischen Traum von der Zukunft hat. Eines Abends bricht Max auf der Bühne zusammen und Sarah sitzt an seinem Krankenbett.

Jana Doktor ist fast dreißig, frisch getrennt und vorübergehend wieder bei den Eltern eingezogen. Spontan begeben sich die beiden Frauen auf einen Road-Trip nach Italien, der für Jana ein unerwartetes Erlebnis bereithält: eine Epiphanie? Lakonisch und zugleich warmherzig erzählt Lisa Roy von der Suche nach Sinn und Zugehörigkeit, nach Glauben, Familie, Liebe und Freundschaft in einer zunehmend unübersichtlichen Welt.

Gerade erst haben sich die fünf Freundinnen geschworen, ihr weiteres Leben ohne Männer zu verbringen, da geht Seelchen Susanne beinahe dem schönen Pitter auf den Leim. Doch die Damen durchschauen schnell seine Absichten – und drehen den Spieß einfach um. Ab sofort kann Pitter sich vor gut situierten Damen kaum noch retten… Auch der zweite Band nach »5 alte Schachteln und 'ne Schnapsidee« punktet mit Humor, Lebensweisheit und einer dicken Portion »Frauenpower«. Solltet ihr nicht verpassen – holt ihn euch jetzt!

Dos compañeras de trabajo, Laura y Sara, comparten amistad y lugar de trabajo en Shouganai, una empresa japonesa que ha organizado una peculiar competición interna, donde solo la ganadora conseguirá el ascenso. Para despejarse deciden salir a tomar algo a la terraza de un bar madrileño en una noche aparentemente inofensiva, entre risas, confidencias y bromas sobre rivalidades laborales.

“An extraordinary exploration of friendship that spans the broadest universal themes of love and loyalty to the most intricate, intimate and memorable details of a human life.” —Jill McCorkle An unconventional relationship between women of two different generations becomes something...

The Bromance Book Club meets Elle Kennedy’s Off-Campus series in this opposites-attract college romance following a notorious bad boy trying to reform his womanizing ways and the romance-loving good girl who’s stuck teaching him how to be the perfect book boyfriend. He’s the college bad...

Sometimes the biggest success stories aren’t found in boardrooms or bank accounts, but around a shared cup of coffee. Perfect for fans of Debbie Macomber, RaeAnne Thayne, and Debbie Mason. (This is part of the Big Dune Island series but can be read as a standalone.) Chloe Beckett has always...

Freundschaften auf dem Prüfstand. Die Freundschaft zwischen Pat O‘Brian und Finn Murphy wird auf eine harte Probe gestellt. Ein Mord in Lafayette verursacht heftige Turbulenzen. Pat kann sich dem Geschehen nicht entziehen und wird vor manch schwere Entscheidung gestellt. John beweist, dass die Freundschaft zu Pat und Finn nicht nur ein leeres Wort für ihn ist. Ein Lichtblick für Pat ist das Wiedersehen mit seinem Sohn Sean. Doch wird es ihm gelingen, seine Zuneigung zu gewinnen? Und kann er die Leere, die Britta in seinem Herzen hinterlassen hat, mit einer neue Liebe füllen?

Nach dem Tod ihres Vaters kehrt Alma in ihre Heimatstadt Triest zurück – eine Stadt an der Grenze zwischen Ost und West. Hier begegnet sie Vili wieder, ihrer Jugendliebe, der ihr nun das väterliche Erbe übergeben soll. Zwischen den Erinnerungen an die Habsburger Kaffeehäuser ihrer Großeltern, an endlose Kindheitssommer und die Straße gen Osten, auf der ihr Vater einst immer wieder verschwand, wird Alma mit Fragen nach Herkunft, Liebe und Identität konfrontiert.

Sie und Jan sammelten jeden Sommer Inseln für ihre gemeinsame Landkarte der Liebe. Bis sie unheilbar erkrankte. Ein Jahr nach Rikes Tod wagt sich Jan an die Nordsee – um vorsichtig zu versuchen, ob es auch ohne sie weitergehen kann. Hier, mitten im Watt, scheint die Zeit stehen geblieben zu sein, und Jan spürt eine längst vergessene Ruhe. Dann lernt er Maren kennen, auch sie versucht, ihren düsteren Erinnerungen zu entkommen. In vielen gemeinsamen Stunden am Strand erkennen sie, dass man das Leben jeden Tag aufs Neue beginnen kann.

Il negozio delle idee. Entra per trovare il tuo ingrediente segreto: questa l'insegna sul negozio di Amelia, in cui entra chi cerca ispirazione per un regalo, per conquistare una donna o per realizzare un sogno. Lei trova la soluzione per tutti, tranne che per sé. Non riesce infatti a superare lo shock della pandemia che ha esacerbato in lei la paura dei germi, portandola a una sorta di anestesia affettiva. Il percorso verso la guarigione inizia quando conosce Cesare e salvano due cuccioli.