Ben Church non ha mai avuto una vita fuori dall'ordinario. Abitudini semplici, giornate prevedibili e sogni mai portati a termine hanno sempre definito la sua esistenza. Ora, però, sente che deve provare a realizzare i suoi desideri prima che sia troppo tardi. Il tempo è tutto ciò che gli resta, e ogni secondo conta. Vita Ambrose, invece, pensava di avere una vita perfetta, piena di feste sfarzose, abiti eleganti e divertimento. Ma sotto questa facciata scintillante nasconde un vuoto profondo: il dolore delle perdite che ha subito le ha spezzato il cuore, lasciandola disillusa e sola. Quando i loro destini si incrociano per caso tra le affollate strade di Londra, Ben e Vita iniziano insieme un viaggio dolcissimo e intenso. Bastano pochi istanti per farli innamorare perdutamente, ma il tempo scorre, minacciando di separarli appena si sono incontrati. Riusciranno a trovare un modo per amarsi per sempre, superando le avversità e il ticchettio inesorabile del tempo?

THE SUMMER OF IMPOSSIBLE THING - COLEMAN ROWAN - Random UK

For fans of Jojo Moyes’s Me Before You comes a fiercely heartwarming novel about mothers and daughters, husbands and wives. The Day We Met asks: Can you love someone you don’t remember falling in love with?

A gorgeous husband, two beautiful children, a job she loves—Claire’s got it all. And then some. But lately, her mother hovers more than a helicopter, her husband Greg seems like a stranger, and her kids are like characters in a movie. Three-year-old Esther’s growing up in the blink of an eye, and twenty-year-old Caitlin, with her jet-black hair and clothes to match, looks like she’s about to join the Clash—and appears to be hiding something. Most concerning however is the fact that Claire is losing her memory, including that of the day she met Greg.

When Claire meets a handsome stranger on a rainy day, she starts to wonder if Greg still belongs in her life. She knows she should love him, but she can’t always remember why. When Greg gives her a blank book, Claire starts to fill its pages with unshared memories and keepsakes, jotting down beginnings and endings and everything in between. The book becomes the story of Claire—her passions, her sorrows, her joys, her adventures in a life that refuses to surrender to a fate worse than death: disappearing.

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FIRST YOU LOSE YOUR WAY. THEN YOU FIND YOURSELF.

When Rose Pritchard flees her abusive husband in the middle of the night, there’s only one place she can think of going. Millthwaite is a remote village deep in the Lake District, hundreds of miles from her unhappy home. It’s also Rose’s only link to Frasier McCleod. They met just once, long ago, but his kindness sparked a connection that has sustained her ever since.

Rose checks in to a local B&B with her young daughter, earning the scrutiny of the nosy landlady and the attention of her charming musician son. After the tumult of Rose’s marriage, the beauty of the surrounding countryside restores her hope. Here she will seize a chance to reconnect with her estranged father, to watch her anxious daughter grow in confidence, and to discover whether she’s been chasing a foolish fantasy in loving a man she hardly knows or following her heart’s call.

Candid, moving, and unflinchingly honest, this is a powerful story of heartache and new beginnings, friendship and family. Rowan Coleman’s touching and ultimately triumphant novel is a reminder that it’s not what you leave behind that defines you but what you’re running toward.

Ellen Woods trascorre le sue giornate immersa tra le pagine dei romanzi d'amore. Ma la realtà per lei è molto poco rosea: ha avuto la sua occasione per essere felice quando ha sposato l'amato Nick, ma, dopo quindici anni, la tragica e prematura morte del marito l'ha lasciata con un figlio adolescente e una montagna di debiti. Sull'orlo della bancarotta, Ellen rischia di perdere persino la bella casa vittoriana che è diventata il suo rifugio. All'orizzonte si profila una sola, drastica soluzione: cedere alle insistenze della sorella Hannah e affittare alcune camere della dimora. Entrano così nella sua vita l'eccentrica scrittrice Allegra; Sabine, in trasferta da Berlino e fresca di separazione dal marito infedele; e Matt, giornalista emergente, appassionato di riviste per soli uomini. Tutti hanno problemi e questioni irrisolte, ma grazie a loro Ellen scoprirà che fuori dalle rassicuranti mura domestiche c'è un mondo di opportunità. Ora che ha aperto la porta, troverà il coraggio di uscire per imparare di nuovo a vivere e ad amare?

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU STOP HIDING—AND START LIVING?

Willow Briars only has to glance at her identical twin sister, Holly—slim, happy, married with two beautiful children—to see how her life might have turned out differently. The divorced Willow, who works at a London talent agency, has all the outward trappings of success, yet her dissatisfaction is growing along with her dress size. Add in a long-term, fruitless crush on her friend Daniel, and Willow has started to feel invisible.

Then she buys a mysterious pair of vintage shoes that make her feel sexy, daring, more confident. Since she's also babysitting a disgraced starlet and caring for the ex-stepdaughter who just landed on her doorstep, her life is suddenly full. Willow must reevaluate everything she once believed about love, heartache, and her own worth. But can she learn how to stop running from her past and embrace whatever her future may hold?

This heartfelt, uplifting novel is a story of courage, second chances, and learning how a thousand small pleasures—shared laughter, beautiful shoes, an unexpected kiss—can make all the difference in the world.

Ellie Woods trascorre le sue giornate immersa tra le pagine dei romanzi d'amore. Ma la realtà per lei è molto poco rosea: ha avuto la sua occasione per essere felice quando ha sposato l'amato Nick, ma, dopo quindici anni, la tragica e prematura morte del marito l'ha lasciata con un figlio adolescente e una montagna di debiti. Sull'orlo della bancarotta, Ellie rischia di perdere persino la bella casa vittoriana che è diventata il suo rifugio. All'orizzonte si profila una sola, drastica soluzione: cedere alle insistenze della sorella Hannah e affittare alcune camere della dimora. Entrano così nella sua vita l'eccentrica scrittrice Allegra; Sabine, in trasferta da Berlino e fresca di separazione dal marito infedele; e Matt, giornalista emergente, appassionato di riviste per soli uomini. Tutti hanno problemi e questioni irrisolte, ma grazie a loro Ellie scoprirà che fuori dalle rassicuranti mura domestiche c'è un mondo di opportunità. Ora che ha aperto la porta, troverà il coraggio di uscire per imparare di nuovo a vivere e ad amare?

Love is supposed to be the happy ending. Maybe it's only the beginning....

Fashionable Sophie Mills was a corporate manager on a fast track to success. Then, in the space of a heartbeat -- the time it takes for a car to crash -- two little girls, Bella and Izzy, her best friend's daughters, change her life forever. Named as guardian in their father's absence, Sophie discovers that the soft touch of a little girl's hand can be far more precious than a closet full of expensive clothes or an exciting job. And when their father Louis returns, the word 'family' takes on a whole new significance, as Sophie finds herself deeply attracted to this handsome, mysterious man.

Moving to Cornwall to be with Louis and the girls is a deliriously, frighteningly adventurous start to a whole new life for Sophie. When Louis proposes marriage, Bella and Izzy immediately vault into bridesmaid ecstasy, but Sophie is besieged by doubt. Is marrying Louis, who left one wife before, the natural next step...or a scary mistake? Can she honor her promise to the girls to be there always, forever, whatever? When startling news from Louis's past takes them all by surprise, can these individuals brought together by chance and tragedy make the commitment that a family is forever?

From the sensational Rowan Coleman, whose witty and deeply moving novels have won hearts on both sides of the Atlantic, comes a thought-provoking new tale of love, choices, and the true meaning of family.

No longer just her --

-- but her with a baby.

From the acclaimed bestselling author of The Accidental Mother and Another Mother's Life comes a moving novel of how having a child really does change your life...forever.

When a spur-of-the-moment romantic weekend in Venice has an unexpected outcome, Natalie Curzon thinks she's ready to take on single motherhood. But while it's love at first sight between Natalie and baby Freddie, being on leave from the office, alone all day with her baby and her post-pregnancy hormones, makes her feel trapped in some alien body.

Just when she's at her wit's end, a major electrical issue in her London home leads Natalie to a whole new circle of friends. There's handsome, dependable Gary the electrician, and his assistant's young girlfriend Tiffany -- also the mother of a surprise baby. A crazy impulse leads Natalie to invent a husband who's working in Dubai, but when she and Tiffany decide to start a baby group, Natalie finds her lie spiraling out of control. Then Freddie's real father, Jack, unexpectedly reappears, and Natalie realizes just how much there is to win or lose...not just for herself, but her baby as well.

A comedy of errors, a lesson in living, but most of all a story told straight from the heart, Mommy By Mistake is a funny and poignant tale for anyone whose heart has ever lifted at the sight of a baby's smile.

What do you do when you are a child' s last hope?

From bestselling author Rowan Coleman comes a deeply touching tale of a fast-track career woman whose life takes a sharp right turn when motherhood unexpectedly lands in her lap.

Sophie and Carrie were childhood best friends, but in the last few years they've lost touch. While Carrie chose motherhood in a small town, Sophie is powering up the London career track. She's a corporate manager poised for her next promotion. Sure, she doesn't have much time for men, but she has a great shoe collection and a cat who's never going to let her down.

And then Sophie is told that Carrie has died, with nobody left to care for her two daughters, Bella and Izzy, aged six and three. Their father, who left before Carrie's death, is nowhere to be found; their grandmother is moving into assisted living. Sophie once promised Carrie she would take care of her children if the worst ever happened...and now that day has come.

Witty, wise, and filled with genuinely powerful emotion, The Accidental Mother is the heartwarming, heartbreaking story of a woman who is woefully under-equipped to be suddenly thrown into motherhood, but who through the eyes of two little girls learns more about loss, commitment, and true love than she had ever realized existed.