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Callie Perry is a successful family photographer living in upstate New York. She adores her two daughters, has great friends, and actually doesn't mind that her workaholic husband gets home at 9 p.m. every night-that is, when he's not traveling six months out of the year.

From the number one bestselling author of Tempting Fate and The Accidental Husband comes Jane Green's stunning new novel about a shattered marriage and a devastating betrayal A perfect stranger wants her perfect life. Grace Chapman has the perfect life, living comfortably with her husband, bestselling author Ted, in a picture-perfect farmhouse on the Hudson River in New York State. Then Ted advertises for a new assistant, and Beth walks into their lives. Organized, passionate and eager to learn, Beth quickly makes herself indispensable to Ted and his family. But Grace soon begins to feel side-lined in her home - and her marriage - by this ambitious younger woman. Is Grace just paranoid, as her husband tells her, or is there more to Beth than first thought?

Jane Green, author of the best-sellers Second Chance and Straight Talking, examines love, friendships and their limits in her moving and entertaining novel Girl Friday.Since her divorce a year ago, Kit Hargrove feels she has finally got her life back on track. Gone is the lonely Wall Street widow she used to be, and in her place is a happier, more fulfilled woman, with a new job she loves - working for uberfamous novelist Robert McClore - a small but cosy new home with her children, and the beginnings of a tentative friendship with her ex husband. She even has time for yoga classes with her new best friend Tracy. The only thing missing is a man. And when Tracy introduces her to Steve - charming, romantic and attentive - Kit wonders if he could be the final piece of the jigsaw.But Kit doesn''t know that Tracy is hiding a secret, one that could destroy their friendship, her happiness with Steve, even her new life. Torn between suspicion and love, Kit doesn''t know which way to turn. For there are some betrayals that a friendship can''t survive...

Apasionante y poderosa novela sobre el encuentro del coraje necesario para afrontar la forma de vida que deseas. Una vez que sumergidos en esta historia sobre un alcohólico en recuperación, que debe enfrentarse a su propio pasado oscuro y reparar el daño, estaras enganchado

Grace and Ted Chapman are widely regarded as the perfect couple. Ted is a successful novelist and Grace, his wife of twenty years, is beautiful, carefree, and a wonderful homemaker. But what no one sees are Teds rages, his mood swings, and the precarious house of cards that their lifestyle is built upon. When Teds longtime assistant and mainstay leaves, his world begins to crumble, and Grace, with dark secrets in her past, is most vulnerable. She finds herself in need of help but with no one to turn tountil Teds new assistant, Beth, comes to the rescue. Young and competent, Beth possesses the calm efficiency to weather the storms that threaten to engulf the Chapman household. Soon, though, its clear to Grace that Beth might be too good to be true. This new interloper might be the biggest threat of all―one that could cost Grace her marriage, her reputation, her sanityand her own life.

Grace and Ted Chapman are widely regarded as the perfect couple. Ted is a successful novelist and Grace, his wife of twenty years, is beautiful, carefree, and a wonderful homemaker. But what no one sees are Teds rages, his mood swings, and the precarious house of cards that their lifestyle is built upon. When Teds longtime assistant and mainstay leaves, his world begins to crumble, and Grace, with dark secrets in her past, is most vulnerable. She finds herself in need of help but with no one to turn tountil Teds new assistant, Beth, comes to the rescue. Young and competent, Beth possesses the calm efficiency to weather the storms that threaten to engulf the Chapman household. Soon, though, its clear to Grace that Beth might be too good to be true. This new interloper might be the biggest threat of allone that could cost Grace her marriage, her reputation, her sanityand her own life.

Jemima Jones is overweight. About seven stone overweight. Treated like a slave by her thin and bitchy flatmates, lorded over at the Kilburn Herald by the beautiful Geraldine (less talented, but better paid), her only consolation is food. What with that and her passion for her charming, sexy colleague Ben, she knows her life needs changing.

Everyone in Callies family is busy her sister is a free-spirited Manhattan chef, her best friend Lila is coping with vitriol of her new mans ex-wife, and her parents have rich though separate lives. But when Callie discovers breast cancer she thought shed beaten has returned, they all find that their lives shift to focus on caring for Callie.

Maggie and Sylvie are perfect strangers: two very different women, living very different lives on opposite coasts. But they share more in common than they could ever imagine. Both women think their lives are seamlessly secure, but they couldnt be more wrong...

Holly Macintosh is sitting round her kitchen table with her oldest friends - friends she hasnt seen since school - now reunited by an unexpected tragedy and catching up on the past 20 years. On the surface, they are all successful and happy. But scratch a little deeper after that extra glass of wine and its not quite so straightforward.

The New York Times bestselling author of The Beach House, Jemima J, and Summer Secrets presents a novel about the pleasure and meaning of finding a home—and family—where you least expect them... When Emma Montague left the strict confines of upper-crust British life for New York, she felt sure it would make her happy. Away from her parents and expectations, she felt liberated, throwing herself into Manhattan life replete with a high-paying job, a gorgeous apartment, and a string of successful boyfriends. But the cutthroat world of finance and relentless pursuit of more began to take its toll. This wasn't the life she wanted either. On the move again, Emma settles in the picturesque waterfront town of Westport, Connecticut, a world apart from both England and Manhattan. It is here that she begins to confront what it is she really wants from her life. With no job, and knowing only one person in town, she channels her passion for creating beautiful spaces into remaking the dilapidated cottage she rents from Dominic, a local handyman who lives next door with his six-year-old son. Unlike any man Emma has ever known, Dominic is confident, grounded, and committed to being present for his son whose mother fled shortly after he was born. They become friends, and slowly much more, as Emma finds herself feeling at home in a way she never has before. But just as they start to imagine a life together as a family, fate intervenes in the most shocking of ways. For the first time, Emma has to stay and fight for what she loves, for the truth she has discovered about herself, or risk losing it all. In a novel of changing seasons, shifting lives, and selfless love, a story unfolds—of one woman's far-reaching journey to discover who she is truly meant to be…

Falling is an astonishingly tender love story from the internationally bestselling author, Jane Green.Eight years ago, Emma Montague left behind the strict confines of her upper-crust English life - and rather dull boyfriend - and moved to New York City, where she immediately found success in the world of finance. But her soulless, cut-throat, all-consuming job has only led to another life she didn''t want. Answering an online ad, Emma finds a tiny beach cottage to rent in the small town of Westport, Connecticut. It needs work - lots of work. But it''s the perfect project to satisfy Emma''s passion for interior design and gardening, if her new landlord, Dominic, is agreeable to the small changes she yearns to make. To Emma, Dominic is also something of a fixer-upper. A local handyman with a six-year-old son, he''s a world away from the men she should be interested in, but he''s comfortable in his own skin, confident, quiet and kind. Slowly, over a shared garden, time spent with his son and late-night conversations, Emma finds herself falling for Dominic.

From the outside, Vicky Townsley would appear to have it all. Features Director of the hugely successful Poise! magazine, she lives alone in London, is single and seriously successful. But shed give it all up in a heartbeat for marriage, children, and a house in the country. Amber Winslow on the other hand, has exactly what Vicky Townsley wants.

Del Sunday Times reconocido autor de SUMMER SECRETS llega una novela sobre la búsqueda de una casa - y familia - donde menos se lo espera

Ellie and Dan are living proof that opposites attract. He always follows instructions and she throws the manual away. He loves sports whereas Ellie's allergic to any form of exercise. Ellie doesn't have a mother. And Dan does - a mother who wants to take over EVERYTHING. At first Ellie is thrilled to have Linda as her adopted mother and to be a part of the close, loving Cooper family. But when she and Dan decide to get married and wedding plans progress, she starts to wonder: is it normal for Linda and Dan to speak on the phone twice a day? How on earth do they come to be having a reception with Chilean bloody seabass and humongous bloody white ribbons tied everywhere when all she wanted was a quiet registry office? In fact, is she marrying Dan OR HIS MOTHER? And Ellie's problems have just begun. When she discovers she's pregnant she realises that Linda's only been rehearsing for the real takeover. She seems to want to live her life through Ellie and in the words of the immortal Princess Diana, there are three of them in the marriage.

#Qu# sucede cuando una chica algo insegura cae bajo el influjo de un tipo atractivo, encantador, exitoso... y tremendamente arrogante? Alice es una chica guapa, inteligente, con talento, pero, como muchas chicas guapas e inteligentes, es demasiado modesta. Por eso, cuando Joe se fija en ella no se lo puede creer. Joe es perfecto. Lo tiene todo. Es atractivo, encantador, rico, exitoso (un poco cre#do pero... #qu# esperabais?). Joe es su sue#o. Y Alice se convierte en la esposa que Joe quiere. Adelgaza (#ojo, nunca ha sido gorda!), se viste, se peina y se calza en las tiendas m#s fashion. Pero #es esto realmente lo que Alice hab#a so#ado? #Y qu# pasa con Joe? #De verdad es tan deseable? Cuando Alice empiece a despertarse..., el hechizo dejar# de funcionar.

Una obra deliciosa, irónica, divertidísima y muy realista sobre las supuestas parejas perfectas. Alice, además de muy guapa, es inteligente, y quizá por ello es demasiado modesta, no cree lo que suficiente en si misma. Desde la adolescencia ha estado enamorada de Joe, al que hace tiempo no ve y que en la actualidad es un hombre muy guapo, un alto ejecutivo al que las cosas le van viento en popa. Cuando se produce el reencuentro y surge la relacion, Alice aun se enamora mas si cabe, se siente literalmente embrujada por Joe. Sin embargo, Joe, que resulta ser un mujeriego empedernido, pretende que Alice este a su altura, quiere convertirla en una mujer ideal a quien poder exhibir. Naturalmente, Emily, que es la mejor amiga de Alice y una chica autentica que pasa de las modas y tiene un novio formal, no esta de acuero don la actitud del triunfador Joe...

Alice knows she should be happy. After all she has a handsome husband, a beautiful house and membership to all the most exclusive clubs in London. So what if the rumours about her husband's skirt-chasing are becoming harder to ignore? When Joe's indiscretions force a transfer to New York, Alice hopes it might be a fresh start. And when they find a beautiful old house in Connecticut Alice is overjoyed. For a while she and Joe seem as happy as newlyweds. But then the late nights and unexplained absences start again. What should Alice do? Stay and fight for him? Or leave with her head held high?