Историята на Ан Болейн и нейната трагична съдба, резултат на болни амбиции и прекалена самоувереност, е добре позната. Но има още една Болейн, останала завинаги в сянка. В Другата Болейн кралицата на историческия роман Филипа Грегъри ни представя всичко, случило се в двора на Хенри VIII през погледа на Мери, по-малката сестра на Ан. Мери Болейн привлича първа погледа на капризния млад монарх. Едва четиринайсетгодишна, тя преживява своя звезден миг като фаворитка на Хенри VIII сред великолепието на ренесансови дворци, блясъка и интригите на кралския двор, за да разбере много скоро, че не е нищо повече от пионка в ... |
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От автора на бестселъра "Ловецът на хвърчила" - книгата, която развълнува целия свят и вдъхнови Марк Форстър за филма, който очакваме в България през април. "Хиляда сияйни слънца" е на първо място в класациите на "Пъблишърс Уийкли" за най-продаваните романи през 2007 г.! Драматичен и вдъхновяващ разказ за съдбата на две жени, събрани под общ покрив от опустошителната война в Афганистан и измамата на един деспотичен мъж. Мариам и Лайла са от два свята, от различни поколения и култури. Тяхната среща поражда омраза помежду им, но животът ги превръща в приятелки и съюзници, разделени от смъртта. ... |
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Една жена търси всичко из Италия, Индия и Индонезия. ... Елизабет Гилбърт е млада омъжена жена, която не е щастлива от семейния си живот. След мъчителен развод и бурна любовна връзка тя е съсипана и объркана, но и свободна както никога преди. Лиз се отправя на едногодишно пътешествие в търсене на щастието и равновесието в живота си. Най-напред прекарва четири месеца в Рим, където учи италиански с помощта на красиви братя близнаци, въздържа се от романтична обвързаност (въпреки близнаците) и напълнява с десет килограма. След това прекарва четири месеца в ашрам в Индия, където установява, че за да постигнеш просветление, ... |
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Attraction at first sight can be messy... When Tate Collins finds airline pilot Miles Archer passed out in front of her apartment door, it is definitely not love at first sight. They wouldn't even go so far as to consider themselves friends. But what they do have is an undeniable mutual attraction. He doesn't want love and she doesn't have time for a relationship, but their chemistry cannot be ignored. Once their desires are out in the open, they realize they have the perfect set-up, as long as Tate can stick to two rules: Never ask about the past and don't expect a future. Tate is determined that she ... |
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Couldn't get enough of The Fine Print? Fall in love with the next book in Lauren Asher's hot and sexy Dreamland Billionaires series... Declan. I'm destined to become the next CEO of my family's media empire. The only problem? My grandfather's inheritance clause. Fulfilling his dying wish of getting married and having an heir seemed impossible until my assistant volunteered for the job. Our marriage was supposed to be the perfect solution to my biggest problem. But the more we act in love for the public, the more unsure I feel about our contract. Caring about Iris was never part of the deal. ... |
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Rowan: I'm in the business of creating fairy tales. Theme parks. Production companies. Five-star hotels. Everything could be all mine if I renovated Dreamland. My initial idea of hiring Zahra was good in theory, but then I kissed her. Things spiraled out of control once I texted her using an alias. By the time I realized where I went wrong, it was too late. People like me don't get happy endings. Not when we're destined to ruin them. Zahra: After submitting a drunk proposal criticizing Dreamland's most expensive ride, I should have been fired. Instead, Rowan Kane offered me a dream job. The catch? I had ... |
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The sequel to the book Binding 13. ... Can their love survive the greatest test? Following a devastating injury that has left him sidelined and stripped of his beloved number 13 jersey, Johnny Kavanagh is struggling to hold onto his dreams. Lost, insecure, and desperately seeking comfort, he sets his sights on unravelling the mystery of the girl with the midnight-blue eyes, who haunts his every waking hour. Keeping secrets has never been a problem for Shannon Lynch. The life she was born into demands nothing less. She knows that demons and evil men don't just exist in fairytales. They exist in her world, too. ... |
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The sequel to the book Keeping 13. ... She is the only light in his darkness. He's a boy who's lost. She's girl who might just be the home he's never had. The second born son in a broken marriage, Joey Lynch has spent a lifetime picking up the pieces of a family unravelling. When his older brother Darren skips town, twelve-year-old Joey finds himself thrown into the role of protector to his younger siblings and mother. Plagued by self-loathing, and furious with the world, he grapples with teenage life and his unwavering sense of duty to his family, while balancing precariously close to a life of ... |
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The sequel to the book Saving 6. ... Can her love bring him back from the edge? I'm saving you, six. With his world unravelling around him, and pressure rising at home, Joey Lynch's life has never been in more turmoil. Desperate to prove himself worthy of the only person he's ever put his trust in, Joey fights to stay away from a world that threatens to destroy everything. But with the odds stacking against him by the day, can he keep his head above water? Unwilling to give up on the boy she loves, Aoife Molloy fights to save her best friend from the edge of self-destruction. Drowning in a world she ... |
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The sequel to the book Redeeming 6. ... In a life of storms, the sun only shines with her. She's the quintessential sunshine girl. He's the lovable class clown. But storm clouds are rolling in, and this Tommen boy is about to get serious. Tommen's cheeky lad, Gerard Gibsie Gibson, is a comedian at heart, but underneath his happy-go-lucky-nature lurks a broken boy, tortured by the events of his past. Using humour to cope with his demons, Gibsie hides everything from the world. Only one person knows who he truly is on the inside. His friend's little sister. His Claire-bear. Enveloped in sunshine, Claire ... |
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The sequel to the book Taming 7. ... A love that couldn't be broken, except by the truth. A love that couldn't be broken, except by the truth. Lizzie Young has always felt she was too much everything. Diagnosed with bipolar disorder at a young age, she's never fit in with her family, her friends, her community. Lizzie wants to be accepted and understood, but with few people in her corner, she's carried her burdens and her trauma on her own. But when she meets a kind boy on the school bus, things start to look bright for the first time in her life. Hugh Biggs has an old soul and the wisdom of someone far ... |
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Daphne always loved the way her fiancé Peter told their story. How they met (on a blustery day), fell in love (over an errant hat), and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. He really was good at telling it... right up until the moment he realized he was actually in love with his childhood best friend Petra. Which is how Daphne begins her new story: Stranded in beautiful Waning Bay, Michigan, without friends or family but with a dream job as a children's librarian (that barely pays the bills), and proposing to be roommates with the only person who could possibly understand her ... |