Kelsey, která se právě rozvedla, zjišťuje, že její matka, kterou považovala za mrtvou, žije, bydlí jen hodinu od jejího domova a je chovatelkou koní. Kelsey obnoví s matkou vztahy a postupně zjišťuje pozadí temných intrik a rodinných tajemství. Seznámí se přitom se zajímavým mužem a vzniká osudový vztah, ve kterém se jim podaří vyřešit všechny problémy, které je dosud sužovaly.
Román vypráví příběh dávné lásky a zrady básníka Byrona a jeho milenky, jejíž duch nemá klidu a přebývá na starém anglickém sídle. Alison je mladá, bohatá Američanka, která těžce nese smrt svých rodičů a snaží se s nimi spojit na spiritistické seanci. Místo nich jí osloví duch dávné milenky lorda Byrona, který jí žádá o pomoc při hledání Byronových pamětí. Alison se vydá do Anglie, kde zažívá dramatické okamžiky na starém sídle, které chce koupit...
She wanted to save lives. The killer wanted to end hers. The first warning was triggered hundreds of miles away. The second warning exploded only yards from where she and her son stood. Now Kate Denby realizes the frightening truth: She is somebody's target. Danger has arrived in Kate's backyard with a vengeance. And the gifted scientist is awakening to a nightmare world where a ruthless killer is stalking her...where her innocent son is considered expendable...and where the medical research to which she has devoted her life is the same research that could get her killed. Her only hope of protecting her family and making that medical breakthrough is to elude her enemy until she can face him on her own ground, on her own terms—and destroy him.
If fate suddenly made you more beautiful than you ever dreamed possible, would it be the beginning of a fairy tale, or your worst nightmare?The brutal attack should have killed anybody, but Nell Calder did more than survive. She emerged a woman transformed, with an exquisite beauty found only in fairy tales. Nell Calder deserved a happy ending. Instead, her descent into terror has just begun.Her attacker is still on the hunt, determined to finish what he's started. And Nell, protected by a new face, is just as determined to fight back and take her revenge. But to catch her prey, she will have to expose herself—even if it makes her a killer's prime target.
Photographer Jo Ellen Hathaway thought she'd escaped the house called Sanctuary long ago. She'd spent her loneliest years there, after the sudden, unexplained disappearance of her mother. But now someone is sending her pictures; strange, candid close-ups, culminating in the most shocking portrait of all - a photo of her mother, naked, beautiful and dead. Jo decides she must return to face her bitterly estranged family: her father, who has never recovered from the loss of his wife, and her brother and sister. But while her presence stirs up old resentments, Jo finds solace with architect Nathan Delaney - who is also facing his own demons. But while Jo and Nathan look for a way to lay the past to rest, a more sinister presence is watching the Hathaway family with interest. It seems Sanctuary may be the most dangerous place of all...
Encyklopedická příručka určená všem, kdo se zajímají o dějiny druhé světové války. Zachycuje hlavní události v životě a kariéře hlavních protagonistů tohoto válečného konfliktu a podává i charakteristiku jejich klíčových vlastností. Kromě politických představitelů je v knize možno nalézt i většinu generality německé, americké, anglické, sovětské a japonské armády. Doplněno dobovými fotografiemi.Druhé, doplněné vydání.
Che cosa è successo a Maggie Holloway, giovane e avvenente fotografa di successo, per trovarsi sepolta viva in un'antica bara vittoriana? A un party a Manhattan, Maggie incontra per caso Nuala, ex seconda moglie del padre, alla quale era molto legata. Invitata a trascorrere il week-end a Newport, dove l'anziana e ricca signora risiede, all'arrivo scopre che la matrigna è stata assassinata, apparentemente da un ladro introdottosi nell'abitazione. La ragazza allora inizia un'indagine parallela a quella della polizia. Paura ed emozioni si susseguono creando una trama imprevedibile capace di depistare anche il lettore più attento.
The story of a group of young people addicted to drugs told in many different voices, from the addicts themselves to the people around them
