A. J. Pearce Ordre des livres

London, April 1943. A little over a year since she married Captain Charles Mayhew and he went away to war, Emmy Lake is now in charge of “Yours Cheerfully,” the hugely popular advice column in Woman’s Friend magazine. Cheered on by her best friend Bunty, Emmy is dedicated to helping readers face the increasing challenges brought about by over three years of war. The postbags are full and Woman’s Friend is thriving.But Emmy’s world is turned upside down when glamorous socialite, the Honorable Mrs. Cressida Porter, becomes the new publisher of the magazine, and wants to change everything the readers love. Aided by Mrs. Pye, a Paris-obsessed fashion editor with delusions of grandeur, and Small Winston, the grumpiest dog in London, Mrs. Porter fills the pages with expensive clothes and frivolous articles about her friends. Worst of all, she announces that she is cutting the “Yours Cheerfully” column and her vision for the publication’s future seems dire. With the stakes higher than ever, Emmy and her friends must find a way to save the magazine that they love.

C. J. Box, Zmizelá: z luxusního ranče zmizí britská podnikatelka a guvernér zadá revírníkovi úkol celou záležitost prošetřit. Je tu ale něco, co revírník Joe odhalí a co ho zavede do nebezpečí. A. J. Pearceová: Londýn 1940. Mladá Emmeline si nachází práci v novinách. Potýká se s novou prací a situací ve válečném městě, kde se každý den může stát tragédie. Susan Wiggsová, Mezi námi dvěma: Caleb Stolz vychovává dva sirotky po bratrovi. Je dobrý a odhodlaný, ale v amišské komunitě jde život trochu jinak. A po tragédii se protnou svět Calebův a svět mladé lékařky. David Rosenfelt, Dvanáct vánočních psů: advokát Andy Carpenter se ujímá obhajoby Marthy "Pups" Boyerové, obviněné z vraždy nepříjemného souseda. Najevo vycházejí tajemství z minulosti.

London, 1941. Emmeline Lake and her best friend Bunty are trying to stay cheerful despite the Luftwaffe making life thoroughly annoying for everyone. Emmy dreams of becoming a Lady War Correspondent and when she spots a job advertisement in the newspaper she seizes her chance - but after a rather unfortunate misunderstanding, she finds herself typing letters for the formidable Henrietta Bird, the renowned agony aunt of Woman's Friend magazine. Mrs Bird is very clear: letters containing any form of Unpleasantness must go straight into the bin. Emmy finds herself dismissing problems from lovelorn, grief-stricken and morally conflicted readers in favour of those who fear their ankles are unsightly or have trouble untangling lengths of wool. But soon the thought of desperate women going unanswered becomes too much to bear and Emmy decides the only thing for it is to secretly write back ..