Casa editrice: Arachne Press
London 1988: Agata grew up in post-war Prague and believes that her mother was the only member of her family to survive the Holocaust. But not everyone died. Agata's search for her 'lost' family, set against the background of revolutions in Eastern Europe, threatens to tear apart not only the family she already has, but her own identity.
It's British versus American in this engaging battle of wits! British private investigator, Thomas Kincaid, thinks he's seen it all . . . until a gorgeous, soaking-wet American shows up and demands he help her find a stolen family heirloom. Having had his heart crushed once before by a beautiful woman, Kincaid has no intention of tempting fate a second time. But Joanna Thorncroft isn't about to take no for an answer. Joanna has to find her mother's ring and discover the secrets it contains. Secrets that have brought her all the way across the Atlantic and onto the doorstep of a sinfully handsome detective. While falling in love is the furthest thing from her mind, fiercely independent Joanna can't help but find herself drawn to Kincaid . . . and the blazing passion that soon threatens to consume them. But when the scandalous truth about the ring's history is unveiled, it changes both the past and the present. If Joanna and Kincaid want a future together, they must risk everything to get it . . . including their hearts. Contains mature themes.Mostra libro
When Becca’s husband dies in the freak blizzard that September, she brings her remaining livestock and two girls to town to live. Her hand is forced by Pastor Collins to reply to a potential intended, Haden Jarrod, but before he arrives, she falls for her sister’s intended, Charlie T. Cairn. Charlie arrives in Last Chance, Nebraska, prepared to marry Linda Applebee, but finds her sister, Becca Collingsworth, much more enjoyable to be around. When the woman who left him at an altar in Pennsylvania shows up begging for him to reconsider, things get really complicated. Can these two work things out? Will Becca trust Charlie even though his previous fiancée is in town? How can Charlie convince her that she is truly his destiny when it looks like she’s his third choice? Will Pastor Collins send Becca back to Wisconsin? Or will Becca give everything up and marry her friend, the livery owner?Mostra libro
a figure bearing an unmistakable resemblance to Pierre himself. He was astonished and bewildered by what he saw. Suddenly, the book emitted an otherworldly luminescence, casting an eerie glow upon the room. Overwhelmed by fear, Katherine retreated from the scene, her voice piercing the air with a desperate cry for help.Mostra libro
Anna Klein is faced with tough choices about her future. Her plum job working as a translator for Captain Henry Cooper, one of the American Monuments Men, means she has a house and an income, as well as hands-on access to some of the world’s most precious art. But her life is falling apart on all fronts: her family is displaced, the boy in her care is being sought by authorities, and she must resolve to finally end her marriage. When she realizes that someone has tampered with two important paintings taken from a Jewish collector—paintings she was charged with safeguarding—Anna is determined to solve the crime. But without hard evidence and no motive, she can prove nothing and as State Department big wigs threaten to shut down the Monument Men’s operation, she and her boss are under special scrutiny. As all signs begin to point to an inconvenient suspect in the crime, she has to play it by the book to keep her job and return the art to its rightful owner, if she can find him.Mostra libro
PRE-ORDER the brand-new hilarious bookish rom-com from the queen of escapist romance! Perfect for fans of Laurie Gilmore and Jo Thomas. *** Introvert and self-described whodunnit enthusiast Viviane has never much believed in living life outside of the pages of a book. But when her interfering mother insists that Viviane needs some friends who aren’t fictional, she decides to head into the beautiful bustling streets of Porto in search of her community. What better place to start than by reading her favourite mystery in the corner of a little-known café? But when one, then two, and then outrageously six other people decide to join her silent book club Viviane realises that she is firmly out of her depth. There’s Thomas, a middle-aged man hiding his love for romance novels, Lucinda, a chic sixty-something with a penchant for Christie, and then there’s Tiago, the hot alpha male of every romance novelist’s dreams. But when one of these newfound friends disappears from the book club without a word, will the community come together to find their fellow lost soul, and will Viviane find love along the way…?READERS ADORE REBECCA RAISIN'S COZY, ESCAPIST, BOOKISH NOVELS: 'I would love to find a bookshop like this. I would never want to leave!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Reading a book by Rebecca Raisin is like being enveloped in a warm hug … what's not to like? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'This book will give you all of the feels and then some' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'An absolutely fabulous read that I couldn't put down … I can't recommend it enough' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A delightful story full of laughs and mischief' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A must have read for this summer' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Mostra libro
A child waits for the tooth fairy; a mother spends a night watching a recording of the previous night; two women face the ghosts that haunted their grandmothers. The nights in these ten stories are thick and substantial, ambiguous and alluring. Eerie, magical, hushed and surprisingly alive, this anthology shows the night as a place where connections are made and daylit lives can be changed.Mostra libro
