Showing results by publisher "Saga Egmont" in Small Town & Rural

Gordon and Maxine's dreams of a blissful life of gardening, pub lunches and quiet retirement in the charming market town of Little Woodford are ruined when three very demanding members of their family come home. First up is daughter Abi and her unassuming partner Marcus. Abi is determined to move back to Little Woodford and only the perfect house will do. What could be better than parking with Mum and Dad, while she drives local estate agents and builders mad? Then comes Judith, Maxine's high-flying sister. A crisis has driven her, sobbing, to Little Woodford.

Carrie Dashwood fled Dorset ten years ago when her best friend Megan stole her love, local heart-throb Tom. Now she’s back to help run her aunt Ruby’s flower stall in idyllic Shipley. Trying to persuade herself that her feelings for Tom are in the past, Carrie plans to avoid him and Megan completely. But it’s not to be, because Ruby’s Blooms are arranging the flowers for Megan and Tom’s wedding.

Der Übergang von der Kindheit zur Jugend im Ruhrgebiet der 1960er Jahre: Der zwölfjährige Julian Collien bleibt mit seinem Vater in den Sommerferien zu Hause, da das Geld nur für die Mutter und Schwester reicht, die an die norddeutsche Küste fahren. Die Zeit vergeht schleppend. Nachts, wenn der Vater im Schichtdienst arbeitet, muss Julian mit dem zudringlichen Hausbesitzer zurechtkommen. Und er entdeckt seine ersten eigenen erotischen Gefühle für das Nachbarsmädchen, auf das jedoch auch sein Vater ein Auge geworfen hat.

Evie Stuart is playing it safe. She lives on her family’s remote farm in the Scottish Highlands and never ventures beyond the local village of Lockton. She’s learned that bad things happen when she’s impulsive, and she’s determined not to get burned again. Callum Ryder is the opposite of what Evie wants in her ordered world. Six foot two of reckless energy with twinkling eyes and a dangerously charming smile, he’s a thrill-seeking American firefighter with no idea how to slow down. Callum enters Lockton like a whirlwind, fleeing his problems in New York City in search of the truth about his Scottish family.

Get ready to solve yet another fun mystery alongside Sophie Sayers! When a dead body is found in the school’s lost property over the summer holidays, it’s up to Sophie Sayers to get to the bottom of it – or face the threat of closure. But when the body disappears and the police refuse to investigate, a complex web of deceit causes trembles throughout the village.

Tess and Simon Sparrow may have a few more grey hairs than they used to, but that doesn’t stop them from being swept up in a whirlwind romance and starting over. Swapping their city lives for an escape to the Cornish countryside, they fall in love with a crumbling hotel and impulsively buy it to renovate as their forever home. But soon the newlyweds have had their first fight (and their second and third...) and building costs are spiralling out of control. Their families think they’re mad and Tess is starting to agree – she just wants to escape back to civilisation.

Comforted by the gentle hum of the beehives at the bottom of the garden, Grace drains the last of her tea and walks slowly back towards the little hillside house she adores. Her marriage is over, but is it too late to start her life again? Beekeeper Grace thought throwing out her cheating husband would be the hardest thing she ever did. But when she opens the door to a property developer one morning, it’s clear that keeping her beautiful home and garden – her only sanctuary throughout her miserable marriage – will be the greatest challenge of all.

Sophie Henderson loves her job at Carter's Cider in the picturesque Somerset village of Little Somerby, but with summer dawning before yet another picking and pressing season, and her boss David showing no signs of wanting to hang up his cider jug, perhaps it is time to move on. She's all set to hand in her notice when Alex Fraser, an intern from Vancouver, comes to Little Somerby to learn everything he can about the cider business. With Sophie as his mentor, attraction between them starts to grow alongside the apples.

Ein überraschender Anruf vom Campingplatz auf Sylt: Paula soll den alten Bulli der Mutter entfernen, der dort seit Jahren vor sich hinrostet. Auf der Insel freundet sie sich mit dem Kioskbesitzer Manni an, der einen kleinen Imbiss am Rand der Dünen betreibt. Und als Manni gesundheitlich ausfällt, bietet sich Paula kurzerhand als seine Vertretung an. Sie dekoriert den Laden etwas um und verzaubert mit den Rezepten ihrer Mutter schon bald die ersten Gäste. Paula hat Verständnis, aber aufgeben will sie diesen idyllischen Ort nicht.

Escape to the Highland Coral Beach - where broken hearts can be healed. Beatrice Halliday needs a break from life. Booking a trip to the Highlands on a whim, Beatrice hopes learning Gaelic in a beautiful Scottish village might help heal her grief after losing her baby, her husband and her much-loved job in the space of months. But Port Willow Bay isn't exactly as the website promised. Instead of learning a new language, she's booked in to learn the ancient skill of willow weaving, her hotel room is Princess and the Pea themed (with a stack of mattresses for her bed!) and worse still, her tutor is Atholl Fergusson, the grumpy landlord of the hotel where Beatrice is staying.

Investmentbankerin Tess lebt für ihren Job. Doch als eine Gesundheitskrise ihrer Karriere ein jähes Ende setzt, muss Tess erkennen, dass andere Dinge wichtiger sind. Sie braucht dringend einen neuen Plan für ihr Leben! Um den zu finden, tauscht sie das Businesskostüm gegen Trekkingschuhe und beschließt, den wild-romantischen Pennine Way abzuwandern. Als Tess einer verletzten Mitwanderin begegnet, ruft sie die Bergwacht und trifft dabei auf den attraktiven Gregg. Während Großstadtpflanze Tess versucht, Frans Farm vor dem Verkauf zu retten, beginnt es zwischen ihr und Gregg zu knistern.

Sloane Parker führt ein unscheinbares Leben als Bibliothekarin in einer verschlafenen Kleinstadt. Um Licht in sein tristes Leben zu bringen, gründet Sloane einen Buchclub. Nach und nach stoßen weitere Menschen dazu, die in den Büchern und in der Gemeinschaft Trost und Freude finden. Denn jeder trägt ein besonderes Buch im Herzen – und die Kraft der Geschichten kann selbst die einsamsten Seelen zusammenführen.

One crumbling cottage. One broken heart. A chance to start over? When Annie returns to Thorndale, a village in the English countryside where she spent much of her childhood, she’s looking for a new start. All she wants to do is fix up the cottage her godmother left her, and fix up her broken heart. When she clashes with local hero, Jon, Annie can't help but wonder if coming back to Thorndale was a mistake. The village has clearly changed, and the last thing she needs is more drama.

Hazel has never felt normal. Struggling with OCD and anxiety, she isolates herself from others and sticks to rigid routines in order to cope with everyday life. But when she forms an unlikely friendship with Virginia, a church minister, Hazel begins to venture outside her comfort zone. Having rebuilt her own life after a traumatic loss, Virginia has become the backbone of her community, caring for those in need and mentoring disadvantaged young people. Yet a shocking accusation threatens to unravel everything she has worked for.

What if we're all just searching for something? Anna Stewart is lost. After barely surviving a car accident as a teenager, Anna is scared of settling. Flitting between jobs, boyfriends and homes whenever she gets bored, she has no idea what the future holds. Then her brother Brodie, minister of Glendale, suggests she moves to the beautiful Scottish village, lining up a housekeeper job for her at Glendale Hall. Out of options, Anna agrees to take the job just for the summer.

Sparks and tempers fly when Ben comes to stay in Daisy’s holiday cottage. Daisy likes routine. She goes to work, makes dinner for her son, then loses herself for an hour or two in her sewing. She’s not looking for change, until Ben crashes - literally - into her life. Ben is training for a triathlon, working himself to the limit in an attempt to forget a recent trauma. Daisy wants to help, but even as they draw closer with every week that passes, he pushes her away whenever things threaten to get serious.

For love to grow, Flora will have to first dig up the past. At a hen party on the remote Scottish island of Alana, Flora is dared to ask a handsome stranger to be her plus-one for the wedding. When the gorgeous Mac accepts her invite, she assumes he's joking and thinks nothing more of it... Until he turns up at the church on the wedding day. But Mac has an agenda. He wants to hire her skills as a garden historian to restore the gardens at Róisín House, his home back on Alana.

She wanted an adventure. What she found was so much more... When Adira Summers ditches her barrister job for a camper van, she's aiming for adventure, not a breakdown in the sleepy hamlet of Lilacwell. But fate has other plans, as she collides with Jasper - the dashing stranger tied to The Laurels, a fading family estate. In a village blooming with secrets and charm, Adira's heart wrestles with wanderlust and the unexpected allure of staying put. Meanwhile, Jasper's crossroads between life in Dubai and the pull of home - and a budding romance - promise to rewrite their destinies.

Una nuova carrellata di irresistibili avventure di don Camillo e Peppone, la coppia di amici/nemici più famosi della narrativa italiana, immortalati al cinema da Fernandel e Gino Cervi. Da una parte c'è don Camillo, un prete di un paesino emiliano. Alto e ben piazzato, appassionato di caccia, don Camillo tende a risolvere pragmaticamente e fisicamente questioni ingarbugliate. Dall’altra c’è Peppone, il sindaco comunista del paese, amico d’infanzia di don Camillo e compagno di scorribande giovanili ma ideologicamente l'opposto di don Camillo.

Will they find their happy-ever-after in Lilacwell?Eva needs a change. After a tragic miscarriage and breaking up with her unsupportive boyfriend, she is desperate for a new start somewhere peaceful, where she can focus on her pottery.In The Cobbled Courtyard of Lilacwell, she meets the mysterious Fitz, a carpenter who similarly escaped to the tiny village a few years ago.But can you ever really run away from your past? Eva and Fitz – two wounded souls – will need to help each other heal to find love and happiness once more.A charming cosy romance for fans of Holly Martin and Suzanne Snow.