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Holt, Colorado. Dad Lewis, proprietario del negozio di ferramenta e uomo rispettato dalla comunità, affronta la sua ultima estate: la moglie Mary e la figlia Lorraine gli sono amorevolmente vicine. Nella casa accanto viene a vivere una bambina rimasta orfana, e in paese il nuovo reverendo predica con passione e nasconde un segreto. Dalla veranda Dad osserva la sua vita e la cittadina, popolata di ricordi e fantasmi.

In Where You Once Belonged, the bestselling and award-winning novelist of Eventide, Kent Haruf tells of a small-town hero who is dealt an enviable hand--and cheats with all of the cards. Deftly plotted, defiantly honest, Where You Once Belonged sings the song of a wounded prairie community in a...

From the bestselling author of Eventide, The Tie That Binds is a powerfully eloquent tribute to the arduous demands of rural America, and of the tenacity of the human spirit. Colorado, January 1977. Eighty-year-old Edith Goodnough lies in a hospital bed, IV taped to the back of her hand...

One of the most beloved novels in recent years, Plainsong was a best-seller from coast to coast—and now Kent Haruf returns to the High Plains community of Holt, Colorado, with a story of even more masterful authority. When the McPheron brothers see Victoria Roubideaux, the single mother...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Beartown by Fredik Backman, read by John Sackville. Beartown is a small town in a large Swedish forest. For most of the year it is under a thick blanket of snow, experiencing the kind of cold and dark that brings people closer together - or pulls them...

The story of Flem Snopes' ruthless struggle to take over the town of Jefferson, Mississippi, this is the second volume of Faulkner's trilogy about the Snopes family, his symbol for the grasping, destructive element in the post-bellum South.

Il come, il quando e il perché, una novella che analizza le vicende di un abile dongiovanni, Polidori, che tenta di corteggiare in ogni occasione una donna oziosa e romantica, Maria Rinaldi, moglie di un ricco e prestigioso borghese, che sfiora ed evita il tradimento del marito. Rosso Malpelo è un ragazzo selvatico, dai capelli rossi, oggetto di pregiudizi popolari a causa del colore dei suoi capelli, ossessionato dal perduto affetto del padre e mosso da pietà per il compagno storpio - Ranocchio. Il ragazzo lavora in una cava di rena e vive in una condizione di totale isolamento.

Ein Unfall hat die Karriere von Starballerina Tyler abrupt beendet. Um ihre körperlichen und seelischen Wunden zu lecken und herauszufinden, wie sie ohne ihr geliebtes Tanzen weitermachen soll, kehrt sie zu ihrer Familie nach Independence, einer Kleinstadt in Colorado, zurück. Dass ausgerechnet Pat, ihr einziger One-Night-Stand, inzwischen in die Stadt gezogen ist, macht ihr das Leben nicht leichter. Pat hingegen freut sich über das Wiedersehen, ist Tyler ihm doch nie aus dem Kopf gegangen.

Growing up in early 20th-century Illinois, Ruby Drake is a happy child. But one winter's night, her beloved parents perish in an accident - and suddenly Ruby finds herself penniless and nearly alone in the world. Her new path eventually takes her to Harvester, where she is lucky enough to find work on the welcoming Schoonover farm. Kind Emma, forward-thinking Henry, and their hired men - ambitious Dennis and reserved Jake - soon become a second family to the orphaned teenager. 

Brought to you by Penguin. 'The hottest book of the summer' JOSIE SILVER, author of bestselling One Day in December 'The perfect escapist romp' LAURA JANE WILLIAMS, author of Our Stop Binge-watched Normal People and Love is Blind and now looking to escape into another suitably steamy love story?...

Fredrick Backman, «el Dickens de nuestro tiempo» según el Green Valley News, regresa al pueblo de Beartown en esta emocionante, divertida y, a ratos, dramática novela sobre la lealtad y la amistad. Perdido en lo más profundo del bosque, Beartown es un pequeño pueblo de gente que trabaja...

Lily Grantham has always done what she’s been told. The daughter of a senator, she grew up as the good girl of Fawn Hill, and carried that torch right on through to adulthood. Her only wild streak? Bowen Nash. She loved that boy since the day they laid eyes on each other, and it nearly ended them both. A decade later, and Lily still can’t move on, even if Bowen has made it clear he doesn’t love her anymore.

Now in his seventies, Robert Parkin is stunned to find himself the unlikely sex symbol of the village gardening club. Living in happy solitude with his cat Isaac Mewton in the Devon village of Millbrook, entertained by his mischievous chickens and goats, Robert has never figured out the rules of romance. But as the local ladies vie for his company, it soon becomes clear that Robert’s Victoria Sponge cake is the lure, and as his baking prowess grows, so does his confidence. Cheesecakes, meringues, puddings, Robert can do it all, but his real masterpieces are his scones.

When we met at the rodeo, I only knew his first name. Sparks ignited between us, and we spent an unforgettable night together. It's not until the morning after when I recognize his last name do I realize who he is. So I do what any rational woman would and make the walk of shame while he sleeps. It's not like I'll ever see him again or have to explain why I left. But I'm proven wrong when he shows up at my family's ranch as the new farrier.

When their son Arthur mysteriously vanishes in the idyllic village of Kenwood, Emily and Derek are plunged into a heart-pounding race against time to uncover the truth behind his disappearance. As the facade of their once-perfect community crumbles, the couple must navigate a treacherous web of deceit and betrayal, testing the very meaning of family and trust. Discover the chilling secret that will leave you questioning everything you thought you knew about this seemingly peaceful village.

Todos conocen a Deirdre Byrne, la aclamada reina del suspense, pero nadie sabe quién es. Chloe Bennet, escritora y periodista en la revista Ningún misterio a salvo, recibe la propuesta de viajar a Carlingford, Irlanda, y conocer a Deirdre, con la oportunidad de ser quien desvele su identidad y cuente su historia. Pero Deirdre no es como Chloe imaginaba. Es cruel, retorcida, y siente tanta animadversión por el ser humano como los personajes más malvados que plasma en la hoja en blanco.

Victoria Bryant is starting over. After a rage-inducing scandal and the realization that her dreamy fiancé is faker than a faux Fendi purse, she moves her psychology practice and 10-year-old daughter, Rachel, to Mayfair Close, an idyllic Westchester, NY, suburb known for its manicured lawns and excellent schools. The transition is initially seamless; several PTA moms befriend Victoria, her already busy practice booms, and Rachel finds a group of friends. But before anyone can say “helicopter mom,” in walks Lee DeVry.

Return to the close-knit, resilient community of Beartown with this “engrossing page-turner” (Woman’s World) about first loves, second chances, and last goodbyes—from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anxious People and A Man Called Ove. Over the course of two weeks, everything...

The people of Turnbridge, Michigan, see Carly Winters as the respectable-yet painfully single- good girl. None of them knows what she does miles away, where she becomes Desiree, a seductress who lures men into nights of heated passion. Until the day she's introduced to the new cop in town - Jake, one of the men who fulfilled her darkest fantasy. His arrival turns her safe world upside down. Carly's good and bad girl personas clash, and she must decide who she needs to be...

Boone Sinclair is a hard-headed, hard-hearted businessman and rancher. He has it all – except for Keely Welsh. The lovely beauty had always beguiled him…yet he was too experienced for her innocent charm. But when Keely’s life is endangered by forces beyond her control, he has to protect her. Once Keely is under his roof, Boone is the ultimate cowboy – reticent, noble, and blessed with a Texas-size stubbornness! It’s up to Keely to convince him that she’s no longer a girl he can ignore – she’s a woman out to win his heart!

Nothing says welcome home like an irresistibly hot cowboy inviting himself into your shower. I should have kicked him out the second he barged in. He's my brother's best friend, and we're living on a ranch in the same bunkhouse for the next three weeks. It's a disaster waiting to happen.

Every year, Corrie Black ushers in the summer season by opening the campground's pool and hosting a private party for employees and friends. This year is no different—except for the corpse found floating on the surface the next day . . . It turns out that a bunch of graduating high school seniors snuck onto the grounds late that night for a little private party of their own. After arguing with both her current and past boyfriends, Krista Otero never made it home. 

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.

NOW A MAJOR SERIES FROM MGM + Combining the suspense of THE OUTSIDER with the childhood camaraderie in IT, THE INSTITUTE is a powerful new TV series and an epic thriller from the ultimate storyteller. Deep in the woods of Maine, there is a dark state facility where kids, abducted from across the...

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Tel Aviv, 1970. Mati Netaim's life is turned upside down when she loses her parents in a terrible car crash. Reeling from the loss, she arrives at their home in the moshav, prepared to pack up a life full of happy memories. But when she looks inside her mother's drawer, she finds more than happy memories—she finds something that will change her life forever. Inside an innocent-looking envelope, yellowed with age, Mati finds a photograph of a man she does not recognize, holding a baby girl who has Mati's own blue eyes.

It’s 2004, and childhood friends Sami and Lucy are on the edge of adulthood. Lucy knows what she is going to do—she’s going to school and getting out. But Sami, caught in an endless loop with a boy, True, who is from a troubled family, can’t seem to get unstuck.

Maggie Brandt is finishing her third season as a small-scale organic vegetable farmer in rural Colorado when the Great Recession of 2008 hits. After months of unemployment, her husband, Fish, takes a job with an oil and gas company, a decision that rocks Maggie and their fifteen-year-old daughter, Ozzie, both committed environmentalists. As the community organizes against a suspicious outsider who is buying farmland and water rights throughout the county, Ozzie’s activism escalates toward criminal mischief.

He’s showing me a lot more than he should. The one time I choose to be unpredictable, I find myself practically naked in a dark cabin on a ranch, face-to-face with a smirking man barely wearing a towel. Despite his chiseled body and a wicked smile that makes following the rules feel optional, nothing happens. Why? Because I, Audrey Van, don’t know how to have fun. I came to my friend’s cabin with my whimsy list in hand, determined to fix that. I’ve earned my doctorate and built a career with zero parking tickets and even fewer hangovers. I’ve been so good … and so boring.

Lonely widow Susan Reid, scarred by a childhood accident, makes an impulsive decision to start again in a remote Cornish village. Polherron is picturesque, steeped in myths and ancient traditions—the perfect place to disappear into a quieter life. As Susan settles in, she becomes drawn to a local legend: Edyth Legge, a young woman burned for witchcraft in the sixteenth century. With the village preparing for the Day of the Haegtesse—an annual festival marking the anniversary of Edyth’s death—Susan begins to sense she’s being watched.

Christina has always wanted her movie-perfect meet cute. Surely this would mean he was The One? She is shocked and amazed when one day, she has very own meet-cute - sadly, the guy is most definitely NOT The One. Over the weeks that follow, Christina finds herself encountering meet-cutes...

In 1854, on the lawless western edge of Virginia, Elizabeth Young stands among the throngs and watches as her beloved uncle is hanged for murder. There is more to this spectacle than meets the eye, she can tell, and she vows then and there she’ll get to the bottom, she’ll uncover truths, then she’ll leave these godforsaken mountains. She’ll go where the land is flat, where life is in the open, where dreams have room to roam. But fate has another idea.

Hidden behind small-town charm, dark secrets rise to the surface in this rural-set romance and mystery from bestselling author Mandy Magro. Leaving her family home of Riverstone Ridge, veterinarian Brianna Steele moves to the country town of Sweetwater after buying the local practice. With this...

Bob Dylan once declared that "Sex and politics and murder is the way to go if you want to get people's attention," and readers won't be able to look away from Shadows on Sidewalks, the new erotic thriller from James Grady. James Traven returns home to his small Montana town in autumn 2024 to care for his mother after a devasting fall. He quickly finds himself trapped in a life-threatening web of lies and lust. With the clock ticking, Traven must save the savvy and beautiful Lana LaBuff from almost-certain murder.

A page-turning new rural romance from the bestselling author of The Path Through the Coojong Trees. In the wake of a tragic accident, Indi Jaensch shoulders the weight of generations, determined to keep the family property near Settlers Bridge viable. But drought, debt and ruthless competition...

A summer Christmas in Featherwood Falls—where love heals, hope rises, and nothing goes as planned.

Depuis dix ans, Marie n’a qu’un objectif en tête : s’accomplir dans sa carrière. Le jour de ses trente ans, alors que ses vies professionnelle et amoureuse s’entrechoquent et qu’un message inquiétant la presse de rejoindre sa famille, elle démissionne sur un coup de tête. La jeune...

Set in the heart of the Australian countryside, two gorgeous rural romances from two bestselling Australian authors. Home Sweet Home - Mandy Magro Sienna knows firsthand about being an Aussie battler, but she has her beautiful daughter to keep fighting for. When she connects with a new patient...

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Die heruntergekommene Lone Heart Ranch, die Jubilee Hamilton geerbt hat, ist nach einem Desaster ihre letzte Chance für einen Neuanfang. Ihr Verbündeter dabei ist Charley Collins: ihr neuer Vorarbeiter, Single-Dad und der Einzige, der sie vor dem Ruin retten kann. Trotzdem wächst zwischen ihm und Jubilee täglich die Anziehungskraft. Gegen seinen Willen steuern sie auf eine heiße Affäre zu – und in die nächste Katastrophe in Charleys Leben? Vernachlässigung und Verzweiflung ist alles, was der junge Thatcher Jones kennt.

My best friend's brother—Aspen Springs' fire captain—is now just a window peep away. A few nights ago, my new neighbor was my nameless one-night stand. Suddenly, he's everywhere. And so is the rest of his fire crew. Now I've got three firemen showing off their hoses… Plus a surprise pregnancy that's about to put a kink in things.

A honeymoon couple disappear while canoeing the St. Croix River. With visiting VIPs due in days and quick searches revealing no sign of the missing couple, U.S. Park Service Investigators Doug and Jill Fletcher are dispatched to the scene. The Fletchers quickly determine the honeymooner's disappearance is not an accident and the search becomes more complicated than the simple rescue everyone hoped for. Jill and Doug are caught on the river as thunderstorms loom on the horizon. With lightning crackling around them, their canoeing skills are pushed to the limit.

Cottage on Gooseberry Bay is a heartwarming mystery series about finding answers, fostering hope, and building lasting friendships while embracing the magic of life by the sea and small-town celebrations. In Book 21, Ainsley is left reeling after the sudden death of one of her clients, Teyana Trenton, who came to Gooseberry Bay searching for answers about her biological parents. What initially appears to be a tragic rollover accident—one that also claims the life of the town’s beloved fire chief—soon proves to be something far more sinister.