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From the international bestselling author of The Drowning Woman, a psychological thriller about a couple rocked by infidelity who moves to a villa in Spain’s Costa Brava to rebuild their relationship, only to welcome a pair of visitors who have no intention of leaving. Sydney Lowe’s life in...

When Tess Angel receives a solicitor's letter inviting her to claim her inheritance - the Villa Sirena, perched on a clifftop in Sicily - she is stunned. Her only link to the island is through her mother, Flavia, who left Sicily during World War II and cut all contact with her family. Initially resistant to Tess going back to her roots, Flavia realises the secrets from her past are about to be revealed and decides to try to explain her actions.

Imagine that there are American MIAs who chose to remain missing after the Vietnam War. Imagine that there is a family in which four generations of strong, alluring women have shared a mysterious connection to an outlandish figure from Japanese folklore. Imagine just those things (don’t even...

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘The Amalfi coast setting, the handsome grumpy Italian, this book has it all!!’ Lia Bathurst had always dreamed of escaping to the white sandy beaches and turquoise blue seas of the Amalfi coast – but that dream hadn’t included meeting her real father. A father she had...

Two weeks at a stunning villa, in the South of France, was supposed to heal the rifts in this fractured family. Flaky croissants and rich, black coffee every morning before long days by the sparkling pool. Balmy candlelit dinners, once the kids have gone to bed. But Nora is shaking, as she gathers her family around the large, oak table on the terrace, at the front of the villa. Her two daughters eye her suspiciously as she tops up her wine and clears her throat to speak. But when she opens her mouth, the secret Nora came here to tell won’t come out....

Raffaella Moretti, by far the most beautiful girl in the southern Italian town of Triento, is about to marry the only boy she has ever loved. It seems that nothing but happiness lies in store for her. Yet, just one year later, she is a widow, and has taken a job as housekeeper in the Villa Rosa, working for a young American. As Raffaella struggles to recapture her lost happiness she starts looking for ways to help those around her to do the same.

Grace and Claire have formed a close friendship over their love of reading. After many years and many books that provided armchair adventures, the time has come for them to go somewhere instead of only dreaming of someday. Traveling to Venice, Florence, and Bellagio, the Suitcase Sisters find themselves immersed in the magnificent works of art, scrumptious gelato flavors, and endless pasta variations of Italy. And they discover a vulnerability to disclose their struggles in ways they never did at home.

‘A deliciously addictive thriller’ – T.M. Logan, author of The Holiday An exclusive island plays host to a reality show like no other. Cutthroat, twisting and unputdownable, The Villa is a killer beach read from bestselling author Ruth Kelly. A villa in paradise . . . It’s destined to be...

Villa Dolce Vita, a rambling stone house on the Amalfi Coast, sits high above the Gulf of Naples amidst dappled lemon groves and the fragrant, tumbling bougainvillea. Kim, Colette and Annie all came to the villa in need of escape and in the process forged an unlikely friendship. Now, years later, Kim has transformed the crumbling house into a luxury retreat and has invited her friends back for the summer to celebrate. But as friendships are rekindled under the Italian sun, secrets buried in the past will come to light, and not everyone is happy that the three friends are reuniting....

Don't miss Helen Cooper's next twisty, thrilling read - available to pre-order now! A holiday to Italy with my husband and his family should be a dream trip. Spending two weeks in the scorching sun, relaxing by the pool, sipping on local wine... Two weeks of trying to hide what I've done. When I...

Bienvenue dans les Pouilles, à Villa Gloria. Une maison d'hôtes pas comme les autres. À Villa Gloria, Iris et sa mère, qui a donné son nom à sa maison, veillent à ce que chaque client se sente comme chez lui. En cette semaine d'avril, les nouveaux venus promettent un cru d'exception. Gregorio est le roi des râleurs. Rien ne trouve grâce à ses yeux. Valentina et sa filleule, Bianca, ont l'air un peu cabossées – surtout la petite, légèrement obsessionnelle. Doria et Edoardo forment un couple très discret. À se demander ce qu'ils ont à cacher.

Tras los intensos momentos vividos a su llegada al Véneto italiano el año anterior, Angela está exultante: Vittorio es un maravilloso compañero y su sueño de salvar de la quiebra la Villa de la Seda se ha hecho realidad. Sin embargo, dos hechos parecen querer empañar su felicidad: por una parte, una nueva y misteriosa fábrica, que amenaza con convertirse en una gran amenaza económica. Y, sobre todo, el mayor problema de Angela lo hallará en la madre de Vittorio, quien parece preferir como nuera a Tiziana, la atractiva arquitecta y amiga de juventud de su hijo.

Lyon, 1894. Silvius, fils d'un éleveur de cocons de mûrier ardéchois, réussit à pénétrer dans le milieu fermé des riches soyeux de Lyon, en épousant la belle Roxane. Hélas, elle se désintéresse vite de lui.

Augsburgo, 1920. El estado de ánimo en la villa es optimista respecto al futuro. Paul Melzer ha regresado del frente y toma las riendas de la fábrica decidido a que el negocio familiar recupere su antiguo esplendor. Las cosas van bien incluso para su hermana Elizabeth, que regresa a casa ilusionada con un nuevo amor.

Therese, Rosa og Aurora bor i en ældre villa med deres mor og bedstemor. Overfor ligger et tomt hus, som de kalder spøgelseshuset. En dag flytter 2 jævnaldrende drenge ind med deres far og bedstefar.

Villa Bohème is a Puerto Rican motel where, in the words of one of the "strays" who have assembled there, the people are biding their time. They drink, they play darts, they wait on the beach for something to happen. This washed-up place is run by a washed-up lawyer with one remaining client, and into it steps Tito, the lawyer's son, 14 years old, smart and surly, fleeing his mother and her annoying boyfriend.

Dolce Vita und Mord am Mittelmeer! Die Blumen-Riviera mit ihren palmengesäumten Stränden, dem tiefblauen Meer und der farbenprächtigen Architektur wird von einem spektakulären Mord erschüttert: Im Garten der Villa von Alfred Nobel wird der leblose Körper eines stadtbekannten Rechtsanwalts gefunden—mit einer Stange Dynamit im Mund. Der neue Chef der Kripo, Commissario Tomas Gallo, nimmt die Ermittlungen auf. Schnell wird ihm klar, dass sich zwischen den malerischen Hügeln im Hinterland und den vibrierenden Küstenorten der Riviera ein Fall ungeahnten Ausmaßes entspinnt.

¿Es amor el querer poseer de forma absoluta al ser amado?LA BELLEZA INÚTIL - ¡ Quien va a creer que es amujer ha tenido siete hijos !- Pues los ha tenido, sí señor, en once años. Cuando llegó a los treinta, cerró su período de producción, para entrar en el de exhibición, cuyo final no se adivina todavía. -¡Pobres mujeres!-¿Por qué las compadeces?-¿Por qué? Ponte a pensar un poco, amigo mío. ¡Once años de preñez para una mujer como ésa! ¡Qué infierno!