From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sparks comes a tender story of hope and joy, of sacrifice and forgiveness-a moving reminder that love is possible at any age, at any time, and often comes when we least expect it. At forty-five, Adrienne Willis must rethink her entire life when her husband abandons her for a younger woman. Reeling with heartache and in search of a respite, she flees to the small coastal town of Rodanthe, North Carolina, to tend to a friend's inn for the weekend. But when a major storm starts moving in, it appears that Adrienne's perfect getaway will be ruined-until a guest named Paul Flanner arrives. At fifty-four, Paul has just sold his medical practice and come to Rodanthe to escape his own shattered past. Now, with the storm closing in, two wounded people will turn to each other for comfort-and in one weekend set in motion feelings that will resonate throughout the rest of their lives.

With The Notebook, A Walk to Remember, and his other beloved novels, #1 New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sparks has given voice to our deepest beliefs about the power of love. Now he brings us the long-awaited follow-up to The Notebook-a story of an ordinary man who goes to extraordinary lengths to win back the love of his life... After thirty years, Wilson Lewis is forced to face a painful truth: the romance has gone out of his marriage. His wife, Jane, has fallen out of love with him, and it is entirely his fault. Despite the shining example of his in-laws, Noah and Allie Calhoun, and their fifty-year love affair (originally recounted in The Notebook), Wilson himself is a man unable to express his true feelings. He has spent too little time at home and too much at the office, leaving the responsibility of raising their children to Jane. Now his daughter is about to marry, and his wife is thinking about leaving him. But if Wilson is sure of anything, it is this: His love for Jane has only grown over the years, and he will do everything he can to save their marriage. With the memories of Noah and Allie's inspiring life together as his guide, he vows to find a way to make his wife fall in love with him...all over again. In this powerfully moving tale of love lost, rediscovered, and renewed, Nicholas Sparks once again brings readers his unique insight into the only emotion that ultimately really matters.

Julie Barenson's young husband left her two unexpected gifts before he died-a Great Dane puppy named Singer and the promise that he would always be watching over her. Now, four years have passed. Still living in the small town of Swansboro, North Carolina, twenty-nine-year-old Julie is emotionally ready to make a commitment to someone again. But who? Should it be Richard Franklin, the handsome, sophisticated engineer who treats her like a queen? Or Mike Harris, the down-to-earth nice guy who was her husband's best friend? Choosing one of them should bring her more happiness than she's had in years. Instead, Julie is soon fighting for her life in a nightmare spawned by a chilling deception and jealousy so poisonous that it has become a murderous desire...

Julie Barenson's young husband left her two unexpected gifts before he died-a Great Dane puppy named Singer and the promise that he would always be watching over her. Now, four years have passed. Still living in the small town of Swansboro, North Carolina, twenty-nine-year-old Julie is emotionally ready to make a commitment to someone again. But who? Should it be Richard Franklin, the handsome, sophisticated engineer who treats her like a queen? Or Mike Harris, the down-to-earth nice guy who was her husband's best friend? Choosing one of them should bring her more happiness than she's had in years. Instead, Julie is soon fighting for her life in a nightmare spawned by a chilling deception and jealousy so poisonous that it has become a murderous desire...

Nessun matrimonio è perfetto. Ma Wilson Lewis ha sotto gli occhi l'eccezione che conferma la regola: il suocero Noah Calhoun, la cui struggente storia d'amore è stata narrata in 'Le pagine della nostra vita'. Ora, arrivato alla mezza età e messo di fronte alla prospettiva delle nozze della figlia, Wilson riflette sul proprio rapporto con la moglie Jane. Così scopre che lei è infelice, e la colpa è tutta sua. Adesso lei gli sembra all'improvviso lontana, forse irraggiungibile. Non gli rimane che ricorrere alla saggezza di Noah per riconquistare Jane e ritrovare la suggestione dei primi tempi. Un romanzo che mostra come il corteggiamento sia un'opportunità costante per vivere l'incanto di quella 'straordinaria normalità' che è l'amore.

Adrienne Willis is forty-five and has been divorced for three years, abandoned by her husband for a younger woman. The trials of raising her teenage children and caring for her sick father have worn her down, but at the request of a friend and in hopes of a respite, she's gone to the coastal village of Rodanthe in North Carolina's outer banks to tend the local inn for the weekend.
With a major storm brewing, the time away doesn't look promising…until a guest named Paul Flanner arrives.

At fifty-four, Paul is a successful surgeon but in the previous six months his life has unraveled into something he doesn't recognize. Estranged from his son and recently divorced, he's sold his practice and his home and has journeyed to this isolated coastal town in hopes of closing a painful chapter in his past, completely unaware that his life is about to change forever.

Adrienne and Paul come together as the storm gathers strength over Rodanthe, but what begins between them over the weekend will resonate throughout the rest of their lives, intertwining past and future, love and loss.

Sono ormai passati quattro anni da quando una malattia le ha tolto il marito, e il gelo nell'anima di Julie si sta finalmente sciogliendo. Dopo una giovinezza difficile, grazie a Jim aveva trovato un posto diverso in cui vivere e tanti amici affezionati, che le sono sempre stati vicini. Così, ora lo strazio si è trasformato in un affetto venato di malinconia e nella riconoscenza per un uomo che, in un ultimo gesto d'amore, le ha lasciato due doni inaspettati: un dolcissimo cucciolo di danese e la promessa di vegliare sempre su di lei. Adesso Julie è pronta a credere possibile una nuova felicità, ma chi vorrà al suo fianco?

Tutto finito, chiuse per sempre le porte dell'amore: il vicesceriffo Miles ha detto basta alle emozioni il giorno in cui sua moglie è stata investita in un incidente d'auto, senza che il responsabile sia mai stato trovato. Eppure la vita gli ha riservato un incontro di quelli che capitano una sola volta: quello con il grande amore. E' Sarah, la nuova insegnante di suo figlio Jonah.

Devastated by the death of his wife in a hit-and-run accident, Miles, deputy sheriff of New Bern, North Carolina, discovers new meaning in his life when he meets Sarah Andrews, a woman struggling to rebuild her own life.

Theresa Osborne, giornalista di Boston, divorziata e madre di un ragazzino dodicenne, raccoglie sulla spiaggia, durante una vacanza, una bottiglia contenente una lettera. Garrett, l'uomo che la firma, ha perso la donna amata e le strazianti parole del suo messaggio insinuano in Theresa una sottile curiosità. Profondamente turbata da emozioni che non riesce a frenare, Theresa si avventura, grazie anche a fortunate coincidenze, in una località turistica della costa alla ricerca del protagonista di questo amore infelice.

Tutto finito, chiuse per sempre le porte dell'amore: il vicesceriffo Miles ha detto basta alle emozioni il giorno in cui sua moglie è stata investita in un incidente d'auto, senza che il responsabile sia mai stato trovato. Eppure la vita gli ha riservato un incontro di quelli che capitano una sola volta: quello con il grande amore. E' Sarah, la nuova insegnante di suo figlio Jonah.

Nella piccola cittadina di Beauford, North Carolina, il cinquantasettenne Landon Carter ricorda l'anno in cui la sua vita cambiò per sempre: aveva diciassette anni ed era un adolescente vivace e irrequieto. Lasciato dalla fidanzata del momento pochi giorni prima del ballo della scuola, si riduce a invitare come 'ultima scelta' Jamie, la figlia del pastore, una ragazza assolutamente agli antipodi da lui, piena di candore, ingenuità e tante buone intenzioni. Dopo quella serata, tra i due nasce un'inaspettata e sorprendente amicizia che in breve tempo si trasforma in un sentimento intenso e travolgente, tanto che Landon ha come unico scopo della sua vita realizzare i sogni di Jamie. Ma ai desideri dei due si oppone il destino.

When confronted by raging fires or deadly accidents, volunteer fireman Taylor McAden feels compelled to take terrifying risks to save lives. But there is one leap of faith Taylor can't bring himself to make: he can't fall in love. For all his adult years, Taylor has sought out women who need to be rescued, women he leaves as soon as their crisis is over and the relationship starts to become truly intimate. When a raging storm hits his small Southern town, single mother Denise Holton's car skids off the road. The young mom is with her four-year-old son, Kyle, a boy with severe learning disabilities and for whom she has sacrificed everything. Taylor McAden finds her unconscious and bleeding, but does not find Kyle. When Denise wakes, the chilling truth becomes clear to both of them: Kyle is gone. During the search for Kyle, the connection between Taylor and Denise takes root. Taylor doesn't know that this rescue will be different from all the others, demanding far more than raw physical courage. It will lead him to the possibility of his own rescue from a life lived without love and will require him to open doors to his past that were slammed shut by pain. This rescue will dare him to live life to the fullest by daring to love.

There was a time when the world was sweeter....when the women in Beaufort, North Carolina, wore dresses, and the men donned hats.... Every April, when the wind smells of both the sea and lilacs, Landon Carter remembers 1958, his last year at Beaufort High. Landon had dated a girl or two, and even once sworn that he'd been in love. Certainly the last person he thought he'd fall for was Jamie, the shy, almost ethereal daughter of the town's Baptist minister....Jamie, who was destined to show him the depths of the human heart-and the joy and pain of living. The inspiration for this novel came from Nicholas Sparks's sister: her life and her courage. From the internationally bestselling author Nicholas Sparks, comes his most moving story yet....

The bestselling author of Message in a Bottle and The Notebook returns with a deeply moving tale of first love and its transformational powers.

"When I was seventeen, my life changed forever"... So begins Nicholas Sparks' touching tale of Landon Carter, a teenage boy living in the small town of Beaufort, North Carolina in the late 1950s. Landon is a typical teenager who just wants to have a fun senior year before heading off to college. The last thing he anticipated is Jamie Sullivan, the sweet, pious daughter of the town's Baptist minister. But on the evening of Beaufort's annual Christmas pageant, Landon will undergo a change of heart that will forever alter the course of his life. In the months that follow, Landon discovers truths that it takes most people a lifetime to learn- truths about the nature of beauty, the joy of giving, the pain of loss, and, most of all, the transformational power of love.

Nicholas Sparks' most recent novel, Message in a Bottle has nearly 700,000 hardcover copies in print and was on the New York Times hardcover bestseller list for 28 weeks. The Warner paperback edition has over 1.5 million copies in print. In spring 1999, it was released as a major motion picture starring Kevin Costner, Robin Wright Penn and Paul Newman. A New York Times hardcover bestseller for 56 weeks and a paperback bestseller for well over a year, Nicholas Sparks' first novel, The Notebook (1996) has nearly three million hardcover and paperback copies in print combined.


From the Hardcover edition.

A tale of first love set in the 1950s introduces seventeen-year-old Landon, who has never paid much attention to plain Jamie Sullivan, a Baptist minister's daughter, until fate intervenes and Landon learns the true nature of beauty, the joy of giving, and the power of love.

Reluctant to take chances in the world of romance, volunteer firefighter Taylor McAden experiences a dramatic change of heart after a near-fatal automobile accident leads to a fateful encounter with Denise Holden.

Taylor McAden non ha paura. Quante volte si è lanciato tra le fiamme? Quante volte ha rischiato la sua vita per salvarne un'altra? Nella cittadina di Edenton, dove presta servizio come vigile del fuoco volontario, tutti lo sanno. Non tutti sanno, però, che c'è un pericolo che non saprebbe affrontare: innamorarsi. Ma anche il cuore più silenzioso ha una voce e Taylor la sente quando incontra Denise Holden. In una notte di tempesta Taylor presta i primi soccorsi alla donna svenuta e ferita a causa di un incidente stradale e ritrova il suo bambino di quattro anni, Kyle, disperso nella palude. Tra Taylor e Denise nasce una grande amicizia che non tarda a trasformarsi in amore.

Divorced and disillusioned about relationships, Theresa Osborne is jogging when she finds a bottle on the beach. Inside is a letter of love and longing to 'Catherine,' signed simply 'Garrett.' Challenged by the mystery and pulled by emotions she doesn't fully understand, Theresa begins a search for this man that will change her life. What happens to her is unexpected, perhaps miraculous-an encounter that embraces all our hopes for finding someone special, for having a love that is timeless and everlasting.... Nicholas Sparks exquisitely chronicles the human heart. In his first bestselling novel, The Notebook, he created a testament to romantic love that touched readers around the world. Now in this New York Times bestseller, he renews our faith in destiny, in the ability of lovers to find each other no matter where, no matter when...

While jogging along the Cape Cod shore, a thirtysomething single mother struggling to recover from a difficult divorce stumbles upon a half-buried bottle containing a touching love letter that sends her on an uncertain odyssey of self-discovery, renewal,and the possibility of new love