"A true story of the woods, of the fae, and of the heart. Deep and green and wonderful.”—Naomi Novik There is a Wild Man who lives in the deep quiet of Greenhollow, and he listens to the wood. Tobias, tethered to the forest, does not dwell on his past life, but he lives a perfectly unremarkable existence with his cottage, his cat, and his dryads. When Greenhollow Hall acquires a handsome, intensely curious new owner in Henry Silver, everything changes. Old secrets better left buried are dug up, and Tobias is forced to reckon with his troubled past—both the green magic of the woods, and the dar... continue
O poveste autentica despre doi tineri care se iubesc in contratimp, iar pentru ca nu sint in stare sa-si acordeze sentimentele, distanta pare sa le fie potrivnica. Un roman de dragoste ale carui nevroze par sa se intinda peste orasul de provincie in care se petrec atit de putine lucruri. Un oras-capcana din care putini reusesc sa scape si sa-si urmeze dorurile de duca. Tineri debusolati care incearca sa-si croiasca un drum in viata, fara sa-si anuleze devenirea spirituala. Un roman sudat din stari febrile si cautari interioare, care se construieste din praf si ura, dar care se transforma trept... continue
Be brave. Just for sixty seconds. Twenty breaths. One night changed them both forever. Their lives shattered, beyond repair, with jagged edges and pieces askew. Now, Everly has a chance to make things right. To bring healing to the place where everything fell apart. But it means facing the family her father almost destroyed, and the boy with the dark eyes-now grown-who still haunts her dreams. Just one breath away from having your life ripped out from under you. The last thing Hayes wants is another reminder of all the ways he failed sixteen years ago. When Everly drives back into Wolf Gap, hi... continue
Romanul "Te voi revedea" continua, intr-un stil amuzant si tandru, scenariul din "Si daca e adevarat...", prilejuindu-ne o noua intalnire cu Lauren si Arthur, protagonistii acestei frumoase povesti de dragoste ce trece dincolo de moarte.
„Pentru cititorii francezi, Marc Levy întruchipează un destin de basm: ajuns târziu la literatură, acest autor pe cât de discret, pe atât de melancolic s-a impus încă din momentul în care primul său manuscris a încăput pe mâna editorului, scenariul corespunzător fiind imediat cumpărat... continue
It's the accident season, the same time every year. Bones break, skin tears, bruises bloom. The accident season has been part of seventeen-year-old Cara's life for as long as she can remember. Towards the end of October, foreshadowed by the deaths of many relatives before them, Cara's family becomes inexplicably accident-prone. They banish knives to locked drawers, cover sharp table edges with padding, switch off electrical items - but injuries follow wherever they go, and the accident season becomes an ever-growing obsession and fear. But why are they so cursed? And how can they break free?
Engaged to marry socialite May Welland, Newland Archer meets Countess Ellen Olenska, a woman unbound by convention and surrounded by scandal, and is forced to decide between happiness and the social code that has ruled his life.
The first book in the Art of Hearing Heartbeats series, this is a passionate love story, a haunting fable, and an enchanting mystery set in Burma. When a successful New York lawyer suddenly disappears without a trace, neither his wife nor his daughter Julia has any idea where he might be…until they find a love letter he wrote many years ago, to a Burmese woman they have never heard of. Intent on solving the mystery and coming to terms with her father’s past, Julia decides to travel to the village where the woman lived. There she uncovers a tale of unimaginable hardship, resilience, and passion... continue
This is the exquisitely tender story of love that beats desperately against the taboos of Oriental tradition. With great sensitivity, Gibran describes his passion as a youth for Selma Karamy, the girl of Beirut who first unfolded to him the secrets of love. But it is a love that is doomed by a social convention which forces Selma into marriage with another man. Portraying the happiness and infinite sorrow of his relationship with Selma, Gibran at the same time probes the spiritual meaning of human existence with profound compassion.