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Chief of Police Ed Kapenash is about to retire. Blond Sharon is going through a divorce. But when a 22-million-dollar summer home is purchased by the mysterious Richardsons—how did they make their money, exactly?—Ed, Sharon, and everyone in the community are swept up in high drama. The Richardsons throw lavish parties, flirt with multiple locals, flaunt their wealth with not one but two yachts, and raise impossible hopes of everyone they meet. When their house burns to the ground and their most essential employee goes missing, the entire island is up in arms.

Aos 14 anos, Tully Hart era linda, alegre e popular. O que ninguém imaginava era o sofrimento que ela vivia: nunca conhecera o pai, e a mãe, viciada em drogas, costumava desaparecer por longos períodos. Mas sua vida se transformou quando ela se mudou para a alameda dos Vaga-lumes e conheceu Kate Mularkey. A garota era inteligente, compreensiva e tão amorosa que logo fez Tully se sentir parte de sua família.

Five years after they thought they’d said goodbye forever, a group of sorority sisters find themselves back at the University of Alabama for Rush Week. Some return to rekindle their friendships, and others to keep long silent secrets from being exhumed. Unbeknownst to them at the time, the infamous “Spill Book” they wrote confessions in as a trust (hazing) exercise over the years was placed into a time capsule—now it’s been stolen, and the anonymous thief is threatening to expose them all on Bid Day.

Una lluviosa tarde de domingo, poco después de haber enviudado, Laura Palfrey llega al Claremont para iniciar una nueva vida. En el hotel la esperan cuatro huéspedes permanentes, días ordenados en torno a las rutinas de las comidas y los programas de televisión. Solo modifica el tedio la visita esporádica de algunos familiares. Pero nadie va a ver a Laura. Cuando de pronto conoce en la calle a Ludo, un joven a quien desvela el deseo de ser escritor, juntos elaboran un plan para compensar la soledad a la que la tienen sometida.

Теодор не сталкивался в жизни с тяжелыми проблемами, не терзался душевными муками, не был на месте тех, кого сам же изо дня в день смешивает с грязью. И ему абсолютно плевать на наказания, назначаемые директором школы, пока его не заставляют выйти на сцену вместе с неудачниками из театрального кружка. Вот только единственное, о чем он может думать, — это то, что ему придется провести бок о бок с Кристофером Андерсоном ближайший месяц. С тем самым Кристофером, которого он усиленно избегал целый год. И который пусть и ненамеренно, но все же нашел способ до него добраться.

Een standalone roman van Corina Bomann, voor de liefhebbers van haar eerdere boeken als De stormroos en De jasmijnzussen, maar ook van succesvolle series als De vrouwen van de Leeuwenhof. Kim stapt blind in de eerste de beste trein die voorbijkomt. Ze heeft geen idee waar ze naartoe gaat, ze wil alleen maar weg. Ze heeft net de liefde van haar leven verloren en weet niet hoe ze verder moet. Ze komt terecht in een klein havenstadje aan de kust van Cornwall, waar ze op de kliffen lange tijd naar de zee staart, in de hoop een uitweg te zien uit het diepe verdriet dat haar heeft overmeesterd.

After a difficult five years, at age forty-three, Nina Morgan Clarke’s time has finally arrived. With an ex-husband relocated across the country, her father bouncing back after the loss of his beloved wife, and her daughter, Xandra, thriving at boarding school, Nina is stepping into her dream job as a trifecta: a first-generation, Black female head of the storied Royal-Hawkins School. To mark the moment, Nina and her best friend, Marisol, take a long-overdue girls’ trip to celebrate the second half of Nina’s life—which is shaping up to be the best part of her life.

Bonnie has been running from her tragic past for far too long. Now, years after the events that changed her life for ever, the time has come to face it. Her search for answers takes her to the idyllic town of Hamblin. Alice’s perfect life is slipping through her fingers. Drowning in debt, she struggles on, working long days alongside her daughter Laura, ever more desperate to hold on to what little remains. Laura had her future as an artist snatched from her when she had to return home to care for her father. When their worlds collide, Laura and Bonnie form an instant bond.

All her life, Annie has played it nice and safe. After being unceremoniously dumped by her longtime boyfriend, Annie seeks a fresh start. She accepts a teaching position that moves her from Manhattan to a small village upstate. She’s stunned by how perfect and picturesque the town is. The people are all friendly and warm. Her new apartment is dreamy too, minus the oddly persistent spider infestation. Then Annie meets Sophie. Beautiful, charming, magnetic Sophie, who takes a special interest in Annie, who wants to be her friend.

The painter Mario Minniti has travelled to Naples to seek out his old friend and former mentor Caravaggio. But on arrival, the great painter is nowhere to be found. In a bid to find him, Mario retraces Caravaggio's last known movements. His search reveals a life lived dangerously. Starring David Tennant as Mario Minniti, with Anton Lesser, Peter Hamilton, Joe Dempsie, Tracy Wiles and Harry Livingstone.

When F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby in the early 1920s, the American Dream was already on the skids. Originally based on the idea that the pursuit of happiness involves not only material success but moral and spiritual growth, the dream had by Fitzgerald's time become increasingly focused on money and pleasure—a phenomenon the high-living writer was only too familiar with.

A su muerte, le siguió un largo período de décadas de olvido de su figura y de su obra; hasta que, en 1977, la Editorial Flammarion reedita sus primeras novelas y dos biografías que recuperan su vida enigmática y, rápidamente, Bove se convierten en un autor de culto, admirado en todo el mundo.

A woman visits a friend who is dying of cancer. Brilliant and stubborn, her friend makes a momentous request. She wishes to end her life on her own terms - and she wants the narrator's help. Stricken, she agrees. 'I promise,' says the friend, 'to make it as much fun as possible.' What follows is an extraordinary tale of a friendship put to the greatest test: to witness, unflinching, its end. It is also a portrait of the way we live now, in a world endlessly troubled by crises and the dramatically changing nature of human relationships in our time.

Dr. Rebecca Matthews is the queen of daytime talk. Her fairy-tale marriage, nine Emmys, and twelve years as the top-ranked show prove there’s nobody better at fixing a broken relationship. But when her ratings slip and her biggest sponsor bolts, the network pressures Becca to spice things up. The suits want their money shot. Making matters worse, Becca uncovers a troubling secret about her husband, Ryan, thrusting her into a crisis that threatens not just her marriage, but her show and career.

Starling Ranch Inn promises to be a tropical paradise, and Sybil can’t wait to escape there, all expenses paid. Well technically the expenses were paid—last year, when she was supposed to go to Hawaii for her honeymoon with her then-fiancé Jamie. But the wedding didn’t go as planned (or at all), and now she’s decided to use those hotel vouchers alone, before they expire.

Fleeing Scotland in the wake of family disgrace, 16-year-old Ida Campbell secures a scholarship at a failing girls' boarding school on a remote part of the south English coast. Despite the eccentricities of her new Headmistress, who warns her of the dangers of the Cold War and the ever-present threat of the bomb, St Anne's seems like a refuge to Ida. But all this is about to change. For a start, her new room-mate is the infamous Louise Adler, potential arsonist and total outcast.

With a leading role on a hit TV show and a relationship with Hollywood's latest heartthrob, Meg Bryan appears to have everything she ever wanted. But underneath the layers of makeup and hairspray, her happiness is as fake as her stage name, Lana Lord. Following a small breakdown at her thirtieth birthday party, she books an impromptu trip where she knows the grass is greener: Ireland. Specifically, the quaint little village where she and her best friend Aimee always dreamt of moving—a dream that fell apart when an accident claimed Aimee’s life a decade ago.

Después de la muerte de su padre y tras caerse de su bicicleta, Doppler decide abandonar su hogar en Oslo, su trabajo, sus hijos y su esposa embarazada, y vivir una vida solitaria en el bosque a las afueras de la ciudad. Se instala en una tienda, mata a un alce para comer, pero luego descubre que tiene un ternero joven, al que adopta, le pone el nombre de Bongo y con él habla sobre el estado del mundo que ha dejado atrás, del consumismo y del mantra del éxito personal.

There is a small fishing village on the Chesapeake Bay called Maiden’s Cove, where food brings people together, bioluminescence lights the sand in the sultry summer months, and myths and legends of mermaids seep into every memory and story.

Hockey prodigy Caleb Mack might be the best defenseman in the NHL, but when it comes to interpersonal relationships, he’s never quite hit his stride. So when his new workout routine leads to an unexpected friendship, he’ll do anything to make sure he doesn’t lose her. Even if it means ignoring the sparks that light up the ring when they spar.