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Jane Holland

    Jane Holland je poetka a prozaička, ktorej dielo sa vyznačuje rozsiahlym záberom a hlbokým vhľadom do ľudskej psychiky. Jej próza často skúma zložité vzťahy a etické dilemy s dôrazom na detailné vykreslenie postáv a pútavý štýl. V jej poézii sa odráža lyričnosť a introspektívny pohľad na svet, čo z nej robí všestrannú autorku s jedinečným hlasom. Hollandová obohacuje literárnu krajinu svojím rozmanitým a podnetným dielom.

    The Manor House
    Lock the Door
    Girl Number One
    Dokáže mu uvěřit? / Perla v Karibiku
    • Dokáže mu uvěřit? / Perla v Karibiku

      • 320 stránok
      • 12 hodin čítania

      Dokáže mu uvěřit? Sabrinu čeká nejtěžší zkouška – má se provdat za muže svých snů, za Rafaela! Za svou jedinou lásku, od níž ji odděluje propast času a dávných křivd. Jenže když ho odmítne, přijde o to, na čem jí nejvíce záleží! Kvůli Sabrině je Rafael ochoten ukončit svůj boj s minulostí, se vším, na co by chtěl zapomenout. Ale Sabrina ho donutí myslet na jiné věci! Perla v Karibiku Marisa tušila, že románek s uhrančivým Řekem na karibském ostrově nemá žádnou naději, ale že ji Athan tak krutě odvrhne kvůli jejím rodičům, nečekala. Už když se Athan rozhodl, že musí Marisu svést, věděl, že toho bude litovat. I přes to, jak to bude krásné. Ale zbývalo mu něco jiného, když se rozhodl zachránit ty, kteří jsou mu nejbližší? Sestru a matku. Jenže netušil, jak tím bude sám trpět!

      Dokáže mu uvěřit? / Perla v Karibiku
    • Girl Number One

      • 368 stránok
      • 13 hodin čítania
      3,9(17)Ohodnotiť

      A young woman, out jogging in the woods, finds a body. Eleanor Blackwood discovers a woman's body in the same spot in the woods where her mother was strangled eighteen years previously. But before the police can get there, the body vanishes. Is Eleanor's disturbed mind playing tricks on her again, or has her mother's killer resurfaced? And what does the number on the dead woman's forehead signify?

      Girl Number One
    • Meghan Smith has always been a protective mother. Her baby son, Harry, has a life-threatening condition and is never far from her sight. But on the evening of her wedding anniversary, as she and her husband celebrate in the garden with friends, Harry disappears from his cot without a trace. In an instant, the perfect life she always longed for is in tatters, her family exposed to interrogation and accusation in the glare of media attention. But none of it gets Meghan answers--or brings back her son. As her life unravels and suspicion takes hold of her sanity, Meghan begins to question everything she once took for granted. Can she trust her husband? Can she trust her friends? Can she even trust herself?

      Lock the Door
    • 'Had me right from the first line!' FIVE STARS 'Totally Gripping!' FIVE STARS 'Loved it' FIVE STARS 1963. When Eleanor meets famous young poet, Lyndon Chance, he offers a way to flee her abusive father. In return, she must pretend to be Lyndon's wife. He takes her home to a Tudor manor on the Camel Estuary in Cornwall, where she finds herself in the middle of a feud between Lyndon and his twin brother, Oliver. It's soon clear that the old house hides many dark secrets. But could they be a threat to Eleanor? Now. Taylor has come to idyllic Cornwall to research for her Master's thesis, combining her love for conservation with a personal interest in Chance's poetry. Haunted by her own tragic past, Taylor finds Chance's notoriety fascinating. If only the poet's grandson, Julius, wasn't so determined to thwart her attempts to uncover his family secrets. As Eleanor realises she's out of her depth at Estuary House, drawn to Lyndon like a moth to a flame, Taylor and Julius must fight their own attraction - but could shadows from the past tear them all apart? A stunning and richly evocative timeslip, perfect for fans of Lucinda Riley, Santa Montefiore and Kate Morton.

      The Manor House