Die junge Amerikanerin Michele Launders wird ungewollt schwanger und beschließt trotz großer Zweifel, das Baby zur Adoption freizugeben. Sechs Jahre später erfährt sie durchs Fernsehen von einem kleinen Mädchen, das von seinen Adoptiveltern zu Tode misshandelt worden ist. Ihr Entsetzten ist grenzenlos, als sich herausstellt, dass dieses Kind ihre Tochter ist. Der erschütternde Bericht einer Mutter, die das Beste gewollt und dadurch unsägliches Leid erfahren hat.
What Alec needs is another child,' said Phyllis firmly. 'I know,' agreed Laura, 'but I may never be able to have one...' And so Laura, at thirty-seven, undergoes an exploratory operation. To recuperate, she is sent with relatives while her husband - with her blessing - takes his annual fishing holiday in Scotland. But even in as gracious a house as Tremenheere - on the very tip of Cornwall, just minutes from the brilliant, sparkling sea - the prospect of two weeks alone with her husband's people is a very daunting one. For Laura has never really believed that she quite fits in, has never felt truly free of the unseen presence of Alec's first wife and the daughter who never replies to his letters...
When you read a novel by Rosamunde Pilcher you enter a special world where emotions sing from the heart. A world that lovingly captures the ties that bind us to one another-the joys and sorrows, heartbreaks and misunderstandings, and glad, perfect moments when we are in true harmony. A world filled with evocative, engrossing, and above all, enjoyable portraits of people's lives and loves, tenderly laid open for us... It deemed such an innocent deception. All Flora Waring had to do was play the part of Rose, her long-lost twin, for one weekend and meet the family of Rose's fiance. But when Flora is introduced to the Armstrong family, she realizes that she has inherited the secret scandal Rose created five years before...and left wounds that turn the man Flora loves against her.
"Goldy, owner of Goldilocks' Catering, just barely weathered a disastrous spring in which relentless rains and driving snow put a real damper on her business. But now, thanks to her best friend, Marla, the Colorado caterer is suddenly cooking up a storm ... lovingly preparing Crab Quesadillas, Tomato-Brie Pie, and Gold Foil-Wrapped Fudge Bars for her wealthy new client, Prospect Financial Partners."--BOOK JACKET. "The Prospect partners, financial whiz Tony Royce, with whom Marla is having a tempestuous affair, and Albert Lipscomb, who is personally managing Marla's money, have hired Goldy to prepare a sumptuous party to kick off their latest venture: the reopening of the Eurydice Gold Mine. Anxious to take advantage of a golden opportunity, Goldy arrives at the mine site early, loaded down with goodies. Yet just when she thinks she can relax, all hell breaks loose - and the main culprit is Marla."--Jacket
In "Ich glaube, ich fahre in die Highlands" von Margaret Forster steht die Karrierefrau Isobel im Mittelpunkt, die bewusst auf Ehe und Mutterschaft verzichtet. Nach dem tödlichen Unfall ihrer Freundin Rowena und der Hinterlassenschaft ihrer fünfjährigen Tochter Christabel verändert sich Isobels Leben grundlegend.
Emma ist mit ihrem Verlobten Lloyd glücklich, der sich um ihren Sohn kümmert. Doch als Reeve in ihr Leben tritt, wird alles kompliziert. Trotz ihrer Gefühle für Reeve möchte Emma bei Lloyd bleiben, während Reeve um ihre Liebe kämpft. Ein gefühlvoller Liebesroman für Kristin-Hannah-Fans.
