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Nadia gets the 7.30 train every morning without fail. Well, except if she oversleeps or wakes up at her friend Emma’s after too much wine. Daniel really does get the 7.30 train every morning, which is easy because he hasn’t been able to sleep properly since his dad died. One morning, Nadia’s eye catches sight of a post in the daily paper: To the cute girl with the coffee stains on her dress. I’m the guy who’s always standing near the doors.... Drink sometime? So begins a not-quite-romance of near misses, true love and the power of the written word.

Penny Bridge has always been unlucky in love. So she can’t believe it when she meets a remarkable new man. Followed by another. And then another. And all of them want to date her.

When the day finally comes for Annie to marry Alexander, the last thing she expects is to be left standing at the altar. She was so sure he was Mr Right. Now, she has no idea how she could have got it so wrong. After a chance meeting with Patrick, an old friend who reminds her of who she used to be, Annie takes a vow of her own: she’ll say yes to every opportunity that comes her way from now on. Could a spontaneous trip with Patrick be the way to mend Annie’s heart? She’s about to find out as she embarks on her honeymoon - with a man who’s not her husband.

As she touches down in Italy, Izzy couldn’t be more excited. She’s needed a reason to let her hair down, and she knows that the wedding of the year in a lavish Tuscan castle will be just the ticket. On the morning of his best friend’s wedding, everything is going wrong for Sam. And when he finally reaches the hotel and unzips his luggage, his day goes from bad to worse. Izzy has a case full of men’s shirts and chinos. Sam has a case full of make-up palettes and bikinis. Could a fateful meeting to switch their bags back be the start of something special?

Ruby’s leaving London. She’s not running away from her ex per se, but an exciting opportunity in a new city has landed at the perfect time. Nic is moving to London. After a bad break-up, he’s excited to see where big-city life could take him. When a chance meeting throws the pair of them together for just one night, it’s clear that this could be the start of something special. But there’s one problem: she’s leaving, and he’s just arriving. So, after tonight, they’ll never see each other again . . . will they?

Flo Greenberg: highly strung. Over-achiever. And desperate for a relaxing Greek holiday with her family. Jamie Kramer: her brother's best friend. Pain in the arse. And somehow on Flo’s relaxing Greek holiday too… With two surprise weeks of sharing meals, boat trips and sun-loungers, Flo must endure the company of this irksomely chiselled Lothario. But after what happened last year, she’s determined not to let him get the better of her.

When Evie and Duke meet on set, it’s a frosty encounter. In fact, the only thing icier than their interactions is the snow that coats the Bavarian streets they are filming on. But after images of them arguing leak to the press and put the movie in jeopardy, they are left with no choice but to fake date until the cameras stop rolling. As the pair start to put their differences aside, gradually, somewhere along the Romantic Road, their feelings begin to thaw. But can sparks ever really fly in a snowstorm?

Discover the surprising art of reconnecting with your inner child in order to make your adult life that little bit simpler. You can own your own home and want to build a blanket fort on a bad day. Hell! On a good day, too. Give yourself permission to seek praise, ask for help, and have something soft snuggled against your face because you're sad. You can pay your bills on time and still exclaim out loud when something is really f--king cool, run a business and wear cat-covered thermals under your suit.

Becca Calloway is a hopeless romantic. She's also achingly single—and the first person to admit she could use a little help. When Becca convinces her friends to join her in performing a manifestation ritual, she declares to whoever might be in charge of such things that a year from now, she will be married to her one true love. Five minutes later, Becca receives a text from her ex. Surely this is a sign that she and Mike are meant to be. Or perhaps it's reminder from the universe that Becca will never move forward if she keeps looking back.

The Life Diet is Laura Jane Williams' brilliantly funny, painfully honest and inspiringly insightful philosophy of what it means to curate your life in order to fill your time, thoughts and relationships with inspiration, motivation, and love - by getting rid of everything else. A manifesto designed to help you establish boundaries, take control, and only let into your life what you truly value, written and narrated by a woman who chooses to do exactly that every happy, contented day of her life.

A survive-and-thrive memoir from blogger and social media influencer Laura Jane Williams. When the man Laura Jane Williams thought she'd wed dumped her and married her friend, she was devastated. Empty. Drinking too much, sleeping around, and moving from place to place in a refusal to put down roots, she tried to fill the void - the gaping hole - that heartbreak had left behind. She wanted control. To grab life by the balls. To live boldly. But she rapidly learned it wasn't that simple.

Flitterwochen ohne Ehemann. Auf alles war Annie vorbereitet, damit ihre Hochzeit perfekt wird - nur auf eines nicht: dass Alexander sie vorm Traualtar sitzen lässt! Erst eine Begegnung mit ihrem Jugendfreund Patrick zeigt Annie, wie sehr sie sich selbst verändert hatte, um Alexander glücklich zu machen. Kurz entschlossen nimmt sie Patrick mit in die 5-Sterne-Flitterwochen nach Australien, die ohnehin schon bezahlt sind. Natürlich sorgt das romantische Ambiente dafür, dass sie sich näher kommen als geplant.

Selten hat Izzy einen Kurzurlaub so nötig gehabt - und selten hat sie sich so sehr darauf gefreut, denn sie ist zur wohl glamourösesten Hochzeit des Jahres eingeladen, die auf einem Schloss in der Toskana stattfindet. Sams Begeisterung über die Einladung hält sich dagegen in Grenzen, nachdem ihn seine Freundin am Flughafen eiskalt abserviert hat. Prompt verschüttet sein Neffe im Flugzeug auch noch ein Glas Milch über Sam.

Normalerweise nimmt die Londonerin Nadia die 7:30-U-Bahn - es sei denn, sie verschläft oder übernachtet bei ihrer Freundin Emma oder es kommt eben sonst irgendetwas dazwischen. Schließlich ahnt Nadia nicht, dass Daniel jeden Morgen auf sie wartet, seit er sie in einem mit Kaffee bespritzten Kleid gesehen und sich nicht getraut hat, sie anzusprechen. Dann entdeckt Nadia eines Tages eine Anzeige in der Zeitung: "An die hinreißende Frau mit den Kaffee-Flecken auf dem Kleid: Ich bin der Typ, der immer in der Nähe der Tür steht und darauf hofft, dich wiederzusehen. Lust auf einen Drink?"

The Book of Genesis sets out the power of God, the creator, and in doing so opens to door on an endless controversy over its interpretation. Jane Williams' insightful ebook explores how Genesis still has much profound use behind the noise and why it remains one of the most powerful texts ever written.

Acts of the Apostles tells the story of a disparate group of men who, against the odds, came to spearhead an international movement. Jane Williams examines the central messages of Acts and how and why they matter to us. The How to Believe series of books explores the teachings, philosophies, and beliefs of major thinkers and religious texts. In a short, easy-to-access format, leading writers present new understandings of these perennially important ideas.

TouchPoint Press presents Nightmares of Strangers, an anthology of 13 eerie stories that will spark feelings of unease and paranoia with just the right helping of fear to last beyond the night - a devilish deal, the return of the murderous H.H. Holmes, a ghost that isn’t what it seems, and other spine-tingling tales that will make you double-check the locks, look under the bed, and wonder what really made that loud “thump” in the attic.

In dieser Sammlung wird es romantisch. Die sechs Top-Autorinnen Hanna Caspian, Dany Atkins, Lilly Lucas, Laura Jane Williams, Gabriella Engelmann und Iny Lorentz haben mitreißende Kurzromane geschrieben, die das Herz erwärmen, jede auf ihre Weise. Sprecherinnen wie Christina Puciata, Uta Simone und Hannah Baus sorgen mit ihren Lesungen für Frühlingsgefühle zu jeder Jahreszeit. Inhalt: "Das Parfum der Liebe", "Heller als alle Sterne", "Find me in Green Valley", "The Mix-Up", "Inselsommerstürme", "Für das Glück der Freundin".

The Simple Jane flows from the creative little girl who colored with a handful of crayons all at a time, and saw opportunity around every bend, to the teenager who was misunderstood and molded by family and culture to be who they believed she should be, concluding with the young adult who sailed into the sunset by happily ever after. She had followed the path that was "the right way" and had now become a master at pretend.

Nichts wünscht sich die 30-jährige Londonerin Penny Bridge mehr, als Mutter zu werden – vielleicht auch, weil sie ihre eigene Mutter schon früh verloren hat. Doch mit der Liebe hat Penny einfach kein Glück. Das ändert sich auch nicht, als ihr der Zufall gleich mehrmals den Traummann Francesco vor die Nase stellt. Denn kurz darauf muss Penny aus London nach Derbyshire ziehen, um sich um den Pub ihres erkrankten Onkels zu kümmern. Zu ihrer eigenen Überraschung genießt sie es, sich um das Team zu kümmern, zu kochen und den Pub-Besuchern leckere neue Gerichte zu servieren.