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For years, rumors of the 'Marsh Girl' have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved.

Welcome to Magnolia Falls … perfect for fans of Elsie Silver, Lucy Score and B.K. Borison! The fifth standalone novel in USA Today bestselling author Laura Pavlov's Magnolia Falls series.

Saylor Woodson is my best friend's little sister, and she's completely off limits. We have a history, a connection – one that no one else knows about. I've kept my distance for years, it was easy when she was away at school. But now she's home, and she's everywhere I turn. And the way that I want her is unexplainable. So, I do everything in my power to keep my distance, because her brother is my best friend. My family. But the pull is too strong. I want to claim her and keep her and make her mine.

Gina Knight is looking forward to the prospect of retirement with her husband of forty-three years. Until, to her surprise, said husband decides he needs to 'find himself' – alone – and disappears to Santa Fe, leaving a Dear John letter in his wake. Now Gina needs a new role in life, not to mention somewhere to live, so she applies for the position of Companion to elderly Dorothy Reed. At eighty-nine, ‘Dot’ needs someone to help her around the house – or at least, her family seems to think so. Her companion’s first role would be to accompany Dot for a week-long extravagant wedding party.

Der zweite Teil der romantischen Ostseeserie um drei Schwestern von Bestsellerautorin Elli C. Carlson. »Die Liebe macht keine Hausbesuche. Du musst ihr schon entgegengehen.« Die Pension Sturmnest, die seit Jahrzehnten im Familienbesitz der Larsens ist, steckt in der Krise, und Anni hat alle Hände voll zu tun, ihr Leben und das ihrer Familie endlich wieder in ruhigere Gewässer zu steuern. Doch Brodershöveds neuester Bewohner, der reiche IT-Investor Sten Ohlsen, macht es ihr nicht gerade leicht, und so scheinen die Tage des alten Familienhotels gezählt.

Der Auftakt der romantischen Serie über die Herzensangelegenheiten dreier Schwestern an der Ostsee von Bestsellerautorin Elli C. Carlson. »Wenn du etwas wirklich liebst, dann lass es los. Nur so kann es für immer dir gehören.« Als die freiheitsliebende Liv ihren Traumjob als Tauchlehrerin verliert, kehrt sie in das idyllische Dorf an der Ostseeküste zurück, in dem sie zusammen mit ihren beiden Schwestern groß geworden ist. Doch in dem kleinen Hotel, das seit Generationen in Familienbesitz ist, hängt der Haussegen reichlich schief. Und daran ist ausgerechnet Jewe schuld, Livs große Jugendliebe.

Brooke Eastham was beautiful, rich, and completely out of my league, but I was okay with that. I knew where I belonged and where my family ranked on the ladder of success. I wasn't looking to disrupt the order, but Cape Cod in the summer held an aura of magic, and every clear image and boundary was blurred by teenage inhibitions. When the fog cleared, we would step back into our rightful places until the magnetic vibrations in our hearts could no longer be ignored, and we would snap back together.

The South Dakota Gold Rush might be long over, but Zo Jones feels like she's hit the mother lode when she and her friends browse an estate sale, where a rare old book about the history of Spirit Canyon is causing quite a commotion. In addition to local stories and secrets, the book may even contain the location of a famous stash of gold-a treasure worth killing for.

Michigan's Upper Peninsula is blessed with a treasure trove of storytellers, poets, and historians, all seeking to capture a sense of Yooper Life from settler's days to the far-flung future. Since 2017, the U.P. Reader has offered a rich collection of their voices that embraces the U.P.'s natural beauty and way of life, along with a few surprises. The sixty-plus short works in this 8th annual volume take listeners on U.P. road and boat trips from the Keweenaw to the Soo and from St. Ignace to Escanaba.

Raising a family was always Adam Mills’ dream, although solo parenting and moving back to tiny Garnet Run certainly were not. After a messy breakup, Adam is doing his best to give his young daughter the life she deserves. Even if this means accepting help from their new, reclusive, neighbour to fulfil her Christmas wish.

There is a small town in Oregon called Middle Falls. When people die there, one of three things happens to them: They pass on to what is next. They are recycled to an earlier point in their life. They become spirits who are tethered to the spot where they died. This is the story of a tethered spirit.

"Дворянское гнездо" Ивана Тургенева — социально-бытовой роман, в котором автор дает широкую картину жизни русского дворянства. Множественные семейные интриги, любовь и разбитые надежды главных героев составляют идейную основу произведения. Перу автора принадлежат и другие известные произведения, такие как "Ася", "Отцы и дети", "Дворянское гнездо", "Бирюк", "Накануне", "Муму", "Пожар на море", "Постоялый двор", "Часы", "Три портрета", "Странная история", "Свидание" и т. д.

Spontaniczność to słowo, które nie istnieje w słowniku Ingi. Dziewczyna zmaga się z perfekcjonizmem oraz nadmierną potrzebą kontroli, a w jej poukładanym życiu nie ma miejsca na nieprzewidziane sytuacje. Mimo że od dziecka pracuje w Jodłowym Zagajniku – pensjonacie położonym w Beskidzie Żywieckim, którym zarządza jej mama, swoją przyszłość wiąże z prawem. Planuje przeprowadzić się do Krakowa, lecz obawia się reakcji apodyktycznej Anety. Kobieta oczekuje, że córka poświęci się pracy w rodzinnej posiadłości, rezygnując z własnych marzeń.

Cowboy Levi Granger is his own man. He’s proud of his ranch, and he’s proud of the siblings he brought up after the devastating loss of their parents. The only thing he’s not proud of is the way the Sullivan family took advantage of him when he was struggling the most. So when pretty Quinn Sullivan comes looking to access his land for a business venture, the kick of attraction is as shocking as it is unwelcome!

As kids, Amelia and Kylee were found unharmed in their upstairs bedroom the night their teenage cousin Grace, who was babysitting them, vanished from the farmhouse in Beaumont, Missouri, leaving blood all over the kitchen. Scrappy and driven, Grace, the first in their family to go to college instead of getting married and working at the meatpacking plant, had been on the verge of escaping their dead-end town. Her disappearance is a warning to any local girl who dared hope for better.

In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighbourhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared ambitions and sorrows.

Scarlett Fontaine is a true Hollywood legend—a singer, actress, and beloved fashion icon. But Scarlett dies tragically at just thirty-six years old, leaving behind no children. Or so the story goes… Gwen Hollingsworth is the curator at a museum dedicated to Scarlett’s life. She’s also sole heir to Scarlett’s fortune as a descendant of the star. But all is not well in Gwen’s world. She’s dealing with a messy marital separation and is struggling to move forward.

Celebrating its 75th anniversary, John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men remains one of America's most widely read and beloved novels. Here is Steinbeck’s dramatic adaptation of his novel-as-play, which received the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play in 1937-1938 and has featured a number of actors who have played the iconic roles of George and Lennie on stage and film, including James Earl Jones, John Malkovich and Gary Sinise.

Wanted: Midwife/nurse practitioner in Virgin River, population 600. Make a difference against a backdrop of towering California redwoods and crystal clear rivers. Rent-free cabin included. When the recently widowed Melinda Monroe sees this ad, she quickly decides that the remote mountain town of Virgin River might be the perfect place to escape her heartache and to reenergize the nursing career she loves. But her high hopes are dashed within an hour of arriving - the cabin is a dump, the roads are treacherous, and the local doctor wants nothing to do with her.

A small girl is sent to live with foster parents on a farm in rural Ireland, without knowing when she will return home. In the strangers' house, she finds a warmth and affection she has not known before and slowly begins to blossom in their care. And then a secret is revealed, and suddenly, she realises how fragile her idyll is.