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Samantha Frayn doesn’t know why Peter Bridges picks her - a nobody with bitten fingernails and a troubled childhood behind her - but she falls quickly. He’s older, charming, likes fine wine and French films, and his beautiful home has real art on its walls. Peter transforms Samantha’s life in an instant. He sees the better version of herself - the one she’s always wanted to be. It’s only normal that there’s a little friction, when she moves in, over domestic matters like where things are kept, or the proper times to eat, sleep, and shower.

For centuries the Wilde women have lived at Foxglove—a cabin hidden deep in the woods, promising to shield them from the horrors and expectations of the outside world. But in every generation, danger lurks. For every Wilde woman who chooses to call Foxglove home, they do so with a warning passed from mother to daughter like a sacred heirloom: Foxglove’s secrets must never be spoken about—especially to men.

His dependency, vodka. Her dependency, him. When Kat Torrington discovers the depth of her husband Eric's secret drinking problem, she finds herself at a crossroads. Married three years with her first child on the way, Kat sees a fork in the road of her life: Should she stay or go? Over the next three years, as the couple faces alcoholism and recovery with equal parts determination and failure, Kat considers her options. Some choices are heart-wrenching, others empowering, but all life- changing. Meanwhile, Kat's dream of a happy- ever-after hangs in the balance.

As single mother Leah struggles to get her children ready one morning, the doorbell rings. Standing on the doorstep of their terraced house in Whitley Bay is a well-dressed stranger, Clio, who feels an emotional tie to the house that she can’t explain.

In the quiet spaces between broken homes and shattered dreams, Marcy fights to survive a world that seems determined to destroy her. Raised in chaos and shaped by abuse, addiction, and betrayal, she navigates a life of trauma with only fragments of hope to cling to. But Marcy is not just a victim—she’s a fighter. Through motherhood, heartbreak, and countless trials, she battles the darkness that threatens to consume her. As secrets unravel and old wounds resurface, Marcy must decide: will she let the shadows break her, or will she rise and break the cycle?

أنا في إنتظارك في هذه الرواية نكتشف تفاصيل الحياة السرية لفريدة الشناوي، حيث تدخل في صراعٍ مع عائلتها. لكن ليس دائمًا من نختارهم بإرادتنا تستمر علاقتنا بهم...

When the cracked harbor bell of Greyhaven rings without wind, the town wakes to something old and listening beneath the tide. The Quiet That Walks: The First Echo begins the Greyhaven saga—a slow-burn supernatural thriller about resonance, memory, and the cost of hearing what should remain unsaid. Archivist Nora Callow captures a recording of the bell’s impossible tone; sound engineer Mara Vale studies its frequency; and choir director June Harlow feels the vibration beneath her own voice.

Entre mujeres es una novela cariñosa, de resonancias múltiples para todo lector, especialmente para toda mujer. La trama, estructurada a la manera de las cajas chinas, gira en torno a dos temas fundamentales: la relación entre madre e hija y entre ellas y sus parejas respectivas. Y más: Celos, definiciones, la independencia de la mujer, la búsqueda de identidad...

Ytan på Stockholms media, och reklamvärld är skinande blank och avundsvärt glamourös, men bakom dess kulisser gömmer sig svek, hat och kriminalitet. Årets första arbetsdag börjar som vanligt för Camilla Segerstedt, som är anställd på en av Stockholms mest ansedda reklambyråer. Barnen görs i ordning och lämnas på dagis, och Camilla gör sig i ordning för jobbet. Men detta ska inte komma att bli som vilken dag som helst. Camilla har ett möte med chefen, eller rättare sagt chefens chef, som ger henne ett erbjudande hon inte kan tacka nej till.

Newly married and settled into her new home in Winchester, Virginia, Leah Brooks eagerly embarks on a promising new life beyond Carson’s Bakery. Her days are soon filled with family and ministry, surrounded by her sister Cynthia’s family and sweetened with the fulfillment of helping her husband William at the little downtown mission, Turning Point Corner. With these new roles come new joys—as Leah embraces one by one the responsibilities of being a wife, aunt, and mother. Life seems all sunshine, despite its trivial challenges.

Nord de la Californie, fin des années 1960. Evie Boyd, quatorze ans, vit seule avec sa mère. Fille unique et mal dans sa peau, elle n'a que Connie, son amie d'enfance. Lorsqu'une dispute les sépare au début de l'été, Evie se tourne vers un groupe de filles dont la liberté, les tenues débraillées et l'atmosphère d'abandon qui les entoure la fascinent. Elle tombe sous la coupe de Suzanne, l'aînée de cette bande, et se laisse entraîner dans le cercle d'une secte et de son leader charismatique, Russell.

Maupassant fue admirador y amigo de Gustave Flaubert al que conoció en 1867. Flaubert lo tomó bajo su protección, le abrió la puerta de algunos periódicos y le presentó a Iván Turgueniev y Émile Zola. El escritor viajó a París tras la derrota francesa en la Guerra Franco-Prusiana de 1870 y trabajó como funcionario en varios ministerios, hasta que publicó en 1880 su primera gran obra, Bola de Sebo. Esta publicación permite a Maupassant adquirir notoriedad en el mundillo literario.