Sara Caraffini Boeken

When his grandfather Jim Courtney dies, and the mysterious Captain Marston calls into the fort, Rob's passion is ignited and he stows away on Marston's ship as it sails to England. Even the family is divided, with Theo's oldest son Cal an ardent American patriot, while Theo himself feels a strong tie to his mother country, England.

Ryder Courtney wil een zilvermijn exploiteren in Afrika maar sabotage en tegenwerking van plaatselijke stamhoofden maken het hem bijna onmogelijk.

Occhi vispi e sguardo furbo, Bertie ama la sua cuccia calda e le coccole. A poche settimane dal Natale, scopre che il suo padrone non può più prendersi cura di lui e si sente perso. Fortunatamente, il piccolo Sam Green lo sceglie come compagno di giochi, e Bertie spera di trovare una nuova casa e l'affetto che gli manca. Tuttavia, una volta trasferito dai Green, il suo fiuto lo avverte che qualcosa non va. Sam si sente solo e crede che la mancanza della madre sia colpa sua. Ha bisogno di tutto l'affetto possibile, ma il padre, severo e distratto dal lavoro, non riesce a darglielo. Quando Sam, frustrato dai rimproveri, scappa di casa, Bertie decide di intervenire. Non può permettere che incomprensioni separino una famiglia, specialmente durante il Natale, un momento di gioia e unità. Bertie è convinto che non esistano problemi insormontabili e che ci sia sempre una soluzione. Vuole insegnarlo a Sam, trasformando questa esperienza in un regalo per lui e la sua famiglia. E chissà, forse anche loro hanno in serbo una sorpresa per il nuovo amico di casa.

Als lid van de vooraanstaande Courtney-familie weet Leon als geen ander hoe familiekapitaal kan worden verkregen én verloren. Als hij na de dood van zijn vrouw bovendien alleen de zorg voor zijn dochter Saffron moet dragen, is hij vastberaden haar een zorgeloze toekomst te geven. Maar het dagelijks leven in Kenia is allesbehalve rooskleurig. Geweld, gevaar en intriges liggen op de loer. In een poging haar veiligheid zeker te stellen, stuurt Leon zijn dochter naar Engeland. Maar als de Tweede Wereldoorlog daar uitbreekt, moeten Leon en Saffron vechten voor hun veiligheid. Zullen zij de verschrikkelijke oorlog overleven? Of vallen vader en dochter ten prooi aan de onheilspellende samenzweringen die in het geheim tegen hen beraamd worden?

A delightful new novel from the author of "Lost Dogs and Lonely Hearts."Juliet's hiding from her feelings about the recent loss of Ben, the love of her life. If it weren't for having to walk Ben's loyal dog, Minton, she'd never leave their half-finished house. Then her mother asks her to take her elderly lab, Coco, along. One dog leads to another, and soon Juliet's the unofficial town pet-sitter. And when she takes on a lonely spaniel, and gets to know its attractive owner, she realizes that her emotions aren't as easy to handle as her canine charges...

Siamo a Venezia, alla fine del Duecento. Teresa Fiolaro, una donna che ha sempre desiderato un figlio, raccoglie un trovatello. Il bambino si chiamerà Paolo. Quando cresce, i suoi genitori adottivi, Teresa e suo marito Marco, vetraio a Murano, si accorgono che, pur essendo miope, il piccolo Paolo ha un talento straordinario, una vista per altri versi acutissima: riesce a distinguere un pezzo di vetro da una pietra preziosa grazie alle sfumature di tono e colore. Quando il pittore Simone Martini verrà a sapere delle doti del ragazzo, deciderà di inviarlo alla ricerca del colore perfetto, l'azzurro oltremare. Sarà un lungo viaggio, fino ai confini del mondo, dalla Persia all'Afghanistan alla Cina.

When story-lover Anna takes over Longhampton's bookshop, it's her dream come true. And not just because it gets her away from her three rowdy stepchildren and their hyperactive Dalmatian. Unpacking boxes filled with childhood classics, Anna can't shake the feeling that maybe her own fairytale ending isn't all that she'd hoped for.

But Connie once again finds herself at the mercy of vicious men, whose appetite for war and glory lead her to the frontlines of the French battlefield in North America. As the siblings find their destinies converging once more, they realise that the vengeance and redemption they both desperately seek could cost them their lives .

ROMANTIC NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2010. When the abandoned strays from a local dogs' home are matched with brand new owners, it turns out it might not just be the dogs who need rescuing. Rachel's aunt has left her a house, a Border Collie and, despite knowing nothing about dogs, a crowded kennel. But since her life has collapsed she's not sure she can deal with any more lost souls. Zoe's ex-husband has given their children a puppy. The kids are in love, but she's the one stuck training Toffee the impossible Labrador. She's nearly at the end of her tether - until Toffee leads her to a handsome doctor . . . Meanwhile Natalie and Johnny's marriage hasn't been easy since they started trying for a baby. But is a fridge-raiding, sofa-stealing Basset hound like Bertie really the child substitute they're looking for? As the new owners' paths cross on the town's dog-walking circuits, their lives become interwoven. And they - and their dogs - learn some important lessons about loyalty, companionship and unconditional love . . .

Op maandagavond is het restaurant van de jonge kokkin Lilian gesloten, omdat ze dan kooklessen geeft. Lilian is geen gewone kok; ze laat zich bij het koken enkel leiden door haar intuïtie. Haar liefde voor geuren, smaken en materialen is eindeloos: de romige, fluwelige smaak van een avocado, de zoetheid van uien die worden gebakken in boter, de perfecte balans tussen eieren, suiker en bloem in een cakerecept… Onder invloed van Lillians kookkunsten komen er onvermoede emoties los bij haar cursisten. Terwijl ieder ontdekt hoe troostrijk en sensueel voedsel kan zijn, worden er vriendschappen gesloten, verhalen verteld en bloeien er zelfs romances op.

Honderd stukjes van mij (A Hundred Pieces of Me) van Lucy Dillon is een roman voor de fans van Jojo Moyes en Sophie Kinsella. Gina Bellamy's leven is een chaos. Daar staat ze dan, na haar scheiding, in een te kleine flat met te veel dozen vol spullen uit haar oude leven. Ze staat voor de keuze: doormodderen of eens en voor altijd uitvinden wie ze écht is. Het is tijd voor drastische maatregelen: al haar bezittingen de deur uit, alleen de honderd meest belangrijke dingen mogen blijven. Maar welke honderd dingen? Elke brief, elk souvenir, elk díng is een herinnering. Gina moet kiezen wat in haar nieuwe leven past en wat ze los wil laten, want alleen dan ontstaat ruimte voor nieuwe mogelijkheden... 'Bitterzoet en hartverwarmend: dit is het soort boek waardoor je alles uit het leven wil halen.' Aldus Jojo Moyes Lucy Dillon is een Britse bestsellerauteur. Ze is dol op boeken, honden en cake. Haar romans hebben inmiddels meerdere prijzen gewonnen.

In the latest installment of The Vampire Chronicles, Anne Rice summons up dazzling worlds to bring us the story of Armand - eternally young, with the face of a Botticelli angel. Armand, who first appeared in all his dark glory more than twenty years ago in the now-classic Interview with the Vampire, the first of The Vampire Chronicles, the novel that established its author worldwide as a magnificent storyteller and creator of magical realms.Now, we go with Armand across the centuries to the Kiev Rus of his boyhood - a ruined city under Mongol dominion - and to ancient Constantinople, where Tartar raiders sell him into slavery. And in a magnificent palazzo in the Venice of the Renaissance we see him emotionally and intellectually in thrall to the great vampire Marius, who masquerades among humankind as a mysterious, reclusive painter and who will bestow upon Armand the gift of vampiric blood. As the novel races to its climax, moving through scenes of luxury and elegance, of ambush, fire, and devil worship to nineteenth-century Paris and today's New Orleans, we see its eternally vulnerable and romantic hero forced to choose between his twilight immortality and the salvation of his immortal soul.

In this mesmerizing new novel, Anne Rice demonstrates once again her gift for spellbinding storytelling and the creation of myth and magic, as she weaves together two of her most compelling worlds? those of the Vampire Chronicles and the Mayfair witches.

Lestat is back, saviour and demon, presiding over a gothic story of family greed and hatred through generations, a terrifying drama of blood lust and betrayal, possession and matricide. Blackwood Farm with its grand Southern mansion, set among dark cypress swamps in Louisiana, harbours terrible blood-stained secrets and family ghosts. Heir to them all is Quinn Blackwood, young, rash and beautiful, himself a 'bloodhunter' whom Lestat takes under his wing. But Quinn is in thrall not only to the past and his own appetites but, even more dangerously, to a companion spirit, a 'goblin' succubus who could destroy him and others. Only the unearthly power of Lestat combined with the earthly powers of the Mayfair clan could hope to save Quinn from himself and his ghosts, or to rescue the doomed girl Quinn loves from her own mortality. Shocking, savage and richly erotic, this novel with the deceptively gentle title bring us Anne Rice at her most powerfully disturbing. Here are vampires and witches, men and women, demons and a doppelganger, caught up in a maelstrom of death and destruction, blood and fire, cruelty and fate.

Game of Thrones meets ancient Egypt in this magnificent epic from one of the world’s biggest-selling authors—a novel that conjures the magic, mystery, romance, and bloody intrigue of a fascinating lost world . . . On the gleaming banks of the Nile, the brilliant Taita—slave and advisor to the Pharaoh—finds himself at the center of a vortex of passion, intrigue, and danger. His quest to destroy the Hyksos army and form an alliance with Crete takes him on an epic journey up the Nile, through Arabia and the magical city of Babylon, and across the open seas. With the future of Egypt itself on his shoulders, Taita enters a world where the line between loyalty and betrayal shifts like the desert sands, evil enemies await in the shadows, and death lingers on the edges of darkness. “A thrilling tale . . . as magical as it is enlightening—not just about history, but about the heart of a heroic man.”—James Rollins, New York Times bestselling author of The Bone Labyrinth

De bewoners van het dorpje Fogas in de Franse Pyreneeën zijn helemaal van slag door een schokkende onthulling. Hun 'auberge' is verkocht aan een Engels! echtpaar. Dat wordt een gastronomische ramp want iedereen weet dat de Engelsen niet kunnen koken (met uitzondering van Jamio Le Vert). De heethoofdige burgemeester Serge Papon belegt een spoedberaad om de nieuwe eigenaren Lorna en Paul Webster het leven zuur te maken voordat zij hun eerste pastis hebben geserveerd. Maar niet iedereen is gecharmeerd van de vertragingstactieken van de burgemeester. De dorpsroddel wordt opgeklopt tot astronomische proporties. Ondertussen hebben Lorna en Paul zo hun eigen problemen, waaronder een ernstig lekkend dak, miljoenen muizenkeutels, en hun 'au minimum' beheersing van de Franse taal. Kortom, er moet nog heel veel gebeuren voordat er überhaupt gekookt kan worden en daar is geen woord Frans bij.

Once a fortnight, the nomadic settlement of Madidima, set deep in the dusty Kenyan desert, awaits the arrival of three camels laden down with panniers of books. This is the Camel Bookmobile, a scheme set up to bring books to scattered tribes whose daily life is dominated by drought, famine and disease. Into their world comes an unexpected wealth of literature - from the adventures of Tom Sawyer to strange vegetarian cookbooks and Dr Seuss. Kanika, a young girl who lives with her grandmother, devours every book she can lay her hands on. Her best friend is Scar Boy, a child who was mauled at the age of three by a hyena. They are joined by Matani the village teacher, his alluring wife Jwahir and the drummaker Abayomi, as well as Mr Abasi, the camel driver, who is convinced that one of the camels is possessed by the spirit of his dead mother-in-law. The only condition of The Camel Bookmobile is that every book must be returned or else the visits will cease. Then one day a book is stolen...

Nessuno meglio di Annie conosce la magia di certi ingredienti. Mescolando vaniglia, cioccolato, fragole e zucchero, si possono cambiare vite, far nascere amicizie e colmare vuoti del cuore. Sua madre le ha insegnato questa arte, trasmettendole la ricetta segreta delle cupcakes. Annie ricorda le sere trascorse a cucinare nella grande casa dei St. Claire a San Francisco, dove sua madre lavorava come domestica. Quei dolci sono l'unico legame con la madre, scomparsa prematuramente, e con Julie, la primogenita dei St. Claire, che era come una sorella per lei. Tuttavia, un tradimento ha spezzato la loro amicizia. Anni dopo, Annie ha lottato per affermarsi, ribellandosi alle convenzioni e trasformando la sua passione in carriera. Ora è tornata a San Francisco con il sogno di aprire una pasticceria, e l'unica persona che può aiutarla è Julie, che sta per sposarsi e ha avviato una carriera di successo. Nonostante il passato, decide di aiutarla, sperando di riconciliarsi. Ma una serie di misteriosi incidenti inizia a minacciare il loro progetto. Qualcuno sta cercando di sabotarle, rivelando che i conti con il passato non sono chiusi e che un segreto attende ancora di essere svelato.

A tale of ancient alliances and intrigues, of forbidden love and dangerous secrets

Beyond high iron gates fastened shut with a length of chain, lies the stark, beautiful Trawbawn. Here, haunted by a dark, mysterious past and largely ignored by the villagers of nearby Skibbereen, lives the frail Lydia Beauchamp. But old Ma Beauchamp's private existence is interrupted when a stranger arrives.

Een niet verwerkt jeugdtrauma zet een man aan tot de meest gruwelijke daden om vrouwen voor zich te winnen.

Lilly and Val, friends from childhood, reveal their feelings, secrets, and recipes through a series of letters, until a misunderstanding separates them for years and a death forces them to decide if they want to reconcile.