Showing results by author "Taylor Jenkins Reid"

This is the whole story, right from the beginning: the sun-bleached streets, the grimy bars on the Sunset Strip, knowing Daisy’s moment was coming. Relive the euphoria of success and experience the terror that nothing will ever be as good again. Take the uppers so you can keep on believing, take the downers so you can sleep, eventually. Wonder who you are without the drugs or the music or the fans or the family that prop you up. Make decisions that will forever feel tough. Find beauty where you least expect it.

Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one in the journalism community is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now? Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband, David, has left her, and her career has stagnated.

The correspondence between Carrie Allsop and David Mayer reveals, piece by piece, the painful details of a devastating affair between their spouses. With each commiserating scratch of the pen, they confess their fears and bare their souls. They share the bewilderment over how things went so wrong and come to wonder where to go from here. Told entirely through the letters of two comforting strangers and those of two illicit lovers, Evidence of the Affair explores the complex nature of the heart. And ultimately, for one woman, how liberating it can be when it’s broken.

At the age of 29, Hannah Martin has lived in six different cities and held countless meaningless jobs. On the heels of leaving yet another city, Hannah moves back to Los Angeles and takes up residence in her best friend Gabby's guestroom. Hannah goes out to a bar one night with Gabby and meets up with her high school boyfriend, Ethan. Just after midnight, Gabby asks Hannah if she's ready to go. A moment later, Ethan offers to give her a ride later if she wants to stay. Hannah hesitates....

Elsie Porter is an average 20-something, and yet what happens to her is anything but ordinary. On a rainy New Year's Day, she heads out to pick up a pizza for one. She isn't expecting to see anyone else in the shop, much less the adorable and charming Ben Ross. Their chemistry is instant and electric. Within weeks the two are head over heels in love. By May they've eloped. Only nine days later, Ben is out riding his bike when he is hit by a truck and killed on impact.

When Lauren and Ryan's marriage reaches the breaking point, they come up with an unconventional plan. They decide to take a year off in the hopes of finding a way to fall in love again. One year apart and only one rule: They cannot contact each other. Aside from that, anything goes.

Elfeinhalb Jahre lang waren Lauren und Ryan das perfekte Paar. Doch seit Lauren mit dem Hund häufiger spricht als mit ihrem Mann, kann sie die Wahrheit nicht mehr leugnen: Ihre Ehe steckt in einer tiefen Krise. Ein Jahr Trennung soll die Liebe zurückbringen. Sie vereinbaren nur eine Regel: kein Kontakt. Alles andere ist erlaubt. Unsicher, aber auch aufgeregt stürzt Lauren sich ins Leben... doch wird es sie wieder zu Ryan führen?

Die außergewöhnliche Geschichte einer großen Liebe und einer einzigartigen Freundschaft... Elsie weiß: Ben ist ihre große Liebe, und so sagt sie Ja, als er nur ein halbes Jahr nach ihrer ersten Begegnung um ihre Hand anhält. Doch ihr Glück zerbricht jäh: Neun Tage nach der Hochzeit kommt Ben bei einem Unfall ums Leben. Erschüttert von ihrem Verlust steht Elsie im Krankenhaus Bens Mutter Susan gegenüber - die bisher nichts von der Existenz ihrer Schwiegertochter wusste. Was mit einem Zusammentreffen voller Ablehnung beginnt, entwickelt sich für die zwei ungleichen Frauen zu einer ganz besonderen Freundschaft.