Sarah Gio Libri

Valentina, who recently went through a difficult divorce process, inherits her mother's bookstore and flat in London. A young woman leaves California for Britain to find out who her mother really was and to fill in the white spots in her memories with answers to painful questions. Valentina falls in love with a cozy shop and an apartment with pastel-colored walls, which she inherited, until she suddenly discovers that the bookstore is about to go bankrupt. Therefore, she decides to do everything possible to save the shop, because only here can you find out why her mother left her. Suddenly, a woman comes across a series of mysterious notes in a book, and this becomes the beginning of a search that will tell her about the past and allow her to learn more about her mother and start a new life, coming to terms with all the grievances and losses.

Caroline wakes up in a Paris hospital with no memory of her past and is surprised to learn that she has been living an uninteresting life in a spacious apartment on the banks of the Seine. Her memory is slowly returning, but she can't shake the feeling that she's in danger. In one of the lockers, Caroline finds a woman's letters from the terrible year 1943. Their author, Celine, is a young widow who lived in Nazi-occupied Paris. In these letters is the story of her difficult life, full of fear of death, the story of the choice Celine once made to save the most precious person in her life. Aware of someone else's pain, will Caroline be able to recover her own memories and realize that she and Celine have more in common than she ever imagined...

Life in bustling New York did not make Ada Santorini happy. Her success at work is overshadowed by a personal tragedy: two years ago, she lost her lover and daughter. Escaping from difficult everyday life, Ada decides to settle in a houseboat on Lake Union in Seattle. There, she suddenly stumbles upon a mysterious chest that hides ancient secrets. Half a century ago, in this very place, young Penny Wentworth experienced great love and suddenly disappeared. Ada solves the mystery of her disappearance with the help of Alex, a photographer who lives in a nearby house. Gradually, the woman learns a story that is strangely intertwined with her own. Will Ada have the courage to love again?

In this warm and at the same time sharp story, the events of the past and the present are skillfully intertwined. The main character Kaylee Crane can not believe in her own happiness: she is a successful journalist and the bride of the perfect guy. However, one meeting with Cade McAllister, the love of her life, suddenly changes everything. Now he is homeless and does not recognize Kaylee, but the woman decides to find out what happened to him, the former head of the record company, and wants to help him settle his life.