Gwen has a destiny to fulfill, but no one will tell her what it is. She's only recently learned that she is the Ruby, the final member of the time-traveling Circle of Twelve, and since then nothing has been going right. She suspects the founder of the Circle, Count Saint-German, is up to something nefarious, but nobody will believe her. And she's just learned that her charming time-traveling partner, Gideon, has probably been using her all along. Emerald Green is the stunning conclusion to Kerstin Gier's Ruby Red Trilogy, picking up where Sapphire Blue left off, reaching new heights of intrigue and romance as Gwen finally uncovers the secrets of the time-traveling society and learns her fate.
Ethan Brown is a gentleman rancher - a lawyer who is as comfortable amongst his books as he is at ease in the company of cowboys. Engaged to the daughter of the wealthiest landowner in the county, he is within reach of the life he has worked so hard to achieve. Annette Zeldin enters Ethan's life when she returns from Europe to settle her mother's estate. A concert violinist, she feels every inch the outsider and clings to her young daughter, her lifeline. The time Annette spends with Ethan in his office offers her moments of comfort and communion, and before long, both must acknowledge the passion growing between them. Annette and Ethan begin a clandestine affair that promises (or threatens) to change their lives - but it is soon to be torn apart by tragedy...
Viktor Larenz has withdrawn to an isolated island in order to deal with the disappearance of his daughter. His seclusion is interrupted when he is visited by an author who suffers from a form of schizophrenia which means all her characters become real to her - and, in her last novel, she wrote about a girl who vanishes without trace.
Julie is al jong weduwe geworden en is bang om opnieuw door de liefde gekwetst te worden. Toch begint ze langzaam te vallen voor de charmante Richard. Hij voelt zich duidelijk tot haar aangetrokken, maar Julies gevoelens voor haar beste vriend Mike zorgen voor twijfel. Hij is het tegenovergestelde van Richard: grappig, trouw, en absoluut niet charmant. Beide mannen hebben wel iets en alle twee zouden ze Julie gelukkiger kunnen maken dan ze in jaren is geweest. Maar dan zet een op het eerste gezicht onschuldige beslissing een reeks fatale gebeurtenissen in gang. Julie moet vechten voor haar leven als jaloezie omslaat in dodelijke hartstocht.
When confronted by raging fires or deadly accidents, volunteer fireman Taylor McAden feels compelled to take terrifying risks; but there is one leap of faith Taylor can't bring himself to make: He can't fall in love. BookPage calls Nicholas Sparks, "a modern master of fateful love stories," and his phenomenal bestsellers- The Notebook, Message in a Bottle, and A Walk to Remember- have made him one of America's most beloved storytellers. Here, in his newest work, Sparks tells a story about making the greatest commitment of all...loving someone forever. The Rescue When confronted by raging fires or deadly accidents, volunteer fireman Taylor McAden feels compelled to take terrifying risks - risks no one else in the department would ever take - 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, as soon as the relationship starts to become truly intimate. Then, one day, a raging, record-breaking storm hits his small Southern town. Denise Holton, a young single mother, is driving through it when her car skids off the road. With her is her four-year-old son, Kyle, a boy with severe learning disabilities and for whom she has sacrificed everything. Unconscious and bleeding, she-but not Kyle-will be found by Taylor McAden. And when she wakes, the chilling truth becomes clear to both of them: Kyle is gone. During the search for Kyle, the connection, the lifeline, 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. That it will lead him to the possibility of his own rescue from a life lived without love. That it will require him to open doors to his past that were slammed shut by pain. That it will dare him to live life to the fullest by daring to love. In The Rescue Nicholas Sparks weaves his inimitable spell, immersing us in the passions and the surprising complexities of modern relationships-and in doing so, teaching us something about our own.
In January 2003 Nicholas Sparks and his brother Micah set off on a three-week trip around the world. An adventure by any measure, this trip was especially meaningful as it marked another milestone in the life journey of two brothers who, by their early thirties, were the only surviving members of their family. As Nicholas and Micah travel the globe, from the Taj Mahal to Machu Picchu, the story of their family slowly unfolds. Just before Nicholas' marriage he and Micah lost their mother in a horseriding accident; a week short of Nicholas's triumphant debut as a novelist with THE NOTEBOOK, the brothers lost their father to a car crash, and just a few short years later they were forced to say goodbye to their sister who died of brain cancer at the young age of 36. Against the backdrop of the main wonders of the world the brothers come together to heal the wounds of this tragic legacy and maintain their determination to live life to its fullest.
Aaah! Waarom is niemand in haar familie normaal?! Gek wordt de zestienjarige Gwen soms van haar strenge oma lady Arista, haar bemoeizuchtige tante Glenda en vooral haar arrogante nichtje Charlotte. Maar boven alles van de vele geheimen in haar eigenaardige familie… Alles wordt anders als ze op een dag plotseling terechtkomt in het Londen van honderd jaar geleden. Wanneer ze gelukkig ook weer snel naar haar eigen tijd terugspringt, wordt duidelijk dat zijzelf het allergrootste geheim van de familie is. Gwendolyn komt terecht in een wereld van tijdreizen, prachtige kostuums, een geheim genootschap, een machtige graaf en vooral ook… de knappe Gideon. En ze komt erachter dat het niet handig is om dwars door alle eeuwen heen ook nog verliefd te worden…
Het leven van Miles Ryan lijkt te eindigen op de dag dat zijn vrouw dodelijk verongelukt. Maar Miles moet voor Jonah zorgen, zijn negenjarige zoon, en zijn plicht vervullen als sheriff in het stadje New Bern in North Carolina. Jonah krijgt problemen op school en zo ontmoet Miles Sarah Andrews, de aantrekkelijke schooljuf van Jonah. Misschien komt het door haar eigen emotionele wonden dat Sarah de pijn herkent in de ogen van vader en zoon. Langzaam groeit er een band en voor het eerst sinds jaren kan Miles weer lachen. Tot hun liefde zwaar op de proef wordt gesteld door het schokkende geheim dat Sarah met zich meedraagt.
Sixteen years after Robert Kincaid and Francesca Johnson have agreed that their swift, passionate and deep love affair must end, they are still thinking of each other. Robert has never married, but continued his nomadic life as a photographer. He feels it is time to re-visit Roseman Bridge just to lay to rest his lingering love - not to SEE her as he doesn't wish to disturb the life she chose when she decided to stay with her husband and children. Francesca's husband has recently died and the children long left home. She takes her daily walk to Roseman and sees the back of a Landrover leaving - her heart stops for a second as she FEELS it was Robert. But he's gone. Meanwhile, teenager Carlisle feels it is time he looked for his biological father. His mother has never made a secret of the fact he was the result of a one-night stand. From the few details he has he tracks down Robert and introduces himself. Startled, but quite happy to have been a father, they have a few days to get to know each other - before Robert dies of a heart attack. Francesca receives a letter informing her of his death...
