Annemarie Verbeek Knihy

Co to je za rodinu bez věrného, dobře vychovaného klidného psa? Labrador Marley má však k takovému psímu hrdinovi daleko. Když si ho John s Jenny přivedou domů, nestačí se divit. Kde je ten mírný, inteligentní a přizpůsobivý pejsek, kterého slibovaly kynologické příručky? Už první jízda autem se promění v malé dobrodružství a překvapení pokračují: Kdo to roztahal po bytě celou roli toaletního papíru? Kam se poděly ubrousky, papírové kapesníky, účtenky, korkové zátky, svorky na papír a šachové figurky? Proč má židle najednou jen tři nohy? Marley kosí ocasem sklenice a zarámované fotografie, ohryzává nábytek, vyhrabává květiny na zahradě, leze do odpadkového koše, skáče na lidi a loudí u stolu, hraje si na potápěče v misce s vodou, škrtí se na vodítku, čmuchá, funí, slintá a očurává kdeco a kdekoho. A navíc roste jako z vody. Přesto na něj John s Jenny nedají dopustit a s velkou láskou i pochopením líčí Marleyho veselé kousky i dojemné chvíle z jeho stáří a nemoci.

Charizmatická, životom skúšaná Cordelia postupne odhaľuje vnučke Sophii útrapy mladučkej slúžky Rose, ktorú osud pred vyše stopäťdesiatimi rokmi zavial z Anglicka na druhý koniec sveta, kde sa z nej po prekonaní nesmiernych ťažkostí stala bohatá majiteľka vinohradov a zakladateľka rozvetvenej, prosperujúcej dynastie. Návrat do minulosti pomáha Cordelii vysvetliť vnučke, prečo treba za každú cenu zachovať odkaz predkov a ponechať si ohrozený rodinný podnik. Ibaže Sophia musí vyriešiť nielen záchranu Žakarandových viníc, ale aj tajničku vlastného ľúbostného života...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “[Kristin] Hannah is superb at delving into her main characters’ psyches and delineating nuances of feeling.”—The Washington Post Book World Years of trying unsuccessfully to conceive a child have broken more than Angie DeSaria’s heart. Following a painful divorce, she moves back to her small Pacific Northwest hometown and takes over management of her family’s restaurant. In West End, where life rises and falls like the tides, Angie’s fortunes will drastically change yet again when she meets and befriends a troubled young woman. Angie hires Lauren Ribido because she sees something special in the seventeen-year-old. They quickly form a deep bond, and when Lauren is abandoned by her mother, Angie offers the girl a place to stay. But nothing could have prepared Angie for the far-reaching repercussions of this act of kindness. Together, these two women—one who longs for a child and the other who longs for a mother’s love—will be tested in ways that neither could have imagined. “Enormously entertaining . . . Hannah has a nice ear for dialogue and a knack for getting the reader inside the characters’ heads.”—The Seattle Times

Po tridsiatich rokoch manželstva je Wilson Lewis, zať Allie a Noaha Calhounovcov, nútený priznať si, že z jeho vzťahu s manželkou Jane už vypršalo romantické čaro. Zúfalo sa snaží získať späť srdce svojej ženy, no musí nájsť spôsob, ako docieliť, aby sa doňho opäť zamilovala. Napriek žiarivému príkladu manželstva Allie a Noaha je Wilson muž, ktorý len ťažko vyjadruje svoje pocity. Ako úspešný advokát sa dokázal postarať o rodinu, no teraz, keď sa blíži svadba jeho dcéry, zisťuje, že sa s Jane odcudzili, a bojí sa, že manželka ho už nemiluje. Wilsonova láska k Jane sa však rokmi prehĺbila a zintenzívnila. Na ceste k znovuzískaniu srdca zbožňovanej ženy mu pomáhajú aj Noahove spomienky na svoj päťdesiat rokov trvajúci ľúbostný príbeh.

Synnovea sa dostane do nebezpečenstva, ale plukovník Rycroft jej zachráni život. Jeho vášnivé dvorenie zneužije na vlastné ciele. Zvodkyňa však zistí, že zmyselnosť tohto muža je najväčším rizikom a zároveň najvítanejšou zmenou v jej živote...

The second book in the Pleasures Trilogy - '...a steamy, satisfying romantic romp' - People Magazine

There are few things Jeremy Marsh was sure he'd never do: he'd never leave New York City; never give his heart away again after barely surviving one failed marriage; and most of all, never become a parent. Now, Jeremy is living in the tiny town of Boone Creek, North Carolina, married to Lexie Darnell, the love of his life, and anticipating the birth of their daughter. But just as his life seems to be settling into a blissful pattern, an unsettling and mysterious message re-opens old wounds and sets off a chain of events that will forever change the course of this young couple's marriage . . .

If you like Sophie Kinsella, you'll love Cocktails for Three. Madeleine Wickham, who writes the internationally bestselling Shopaholic series as Sophie Kinsella, has penned an irresistibly dishy and entertaining novel about three savvy young women and the secrets they share over monthly drinks. At the first of every month, when the office has reached its pinnacle of hysteria, Maggie, Roxanne, and Candice meet at London's swankiest bar for an evening of cocktails and gossip. Here, they chat about what's new at The Londoner, the glossy fashion magazine where they all work, and everything else that's going on in their lives. Or almost everything. Beneath the girl talk and the laughter, each of the three has a secret. And when a chance encounter at the cocktail bar sets in motion an extraordinary chain of events, each one will find their biggest secret revealed...

A solid middle-class girl from Middle America, Jamie Whitfield isn't "one of them" but she lives in the wealthiest section of Manhattan. And she has most everything they have--a big new apartment, full-time help with her three children, as well as her very own detached Master of the Universe attorney husband. What she doesn't have is a full-time father figure for their struggling nine-year-old son, Dylan. Enter the manny. At first the idea of paying a man to provide a role model for Dylan sounds too crazy to be true, but one look at Peter Bailey is enough to convince Jamie that the idea may not be quite so insane after all. Peter reminds her of everything she once was, still misses, and underneath all the high-society glitz, still is. But will the new manny in her life put the ground back beneath her feet, or sweep her off them?--From publisher description.

Becca Reinhart's life is work, work, work. The youngest ever partner of Davis Capital, her job is her life and she has no intention of being sidetracked from it, especially not by all those, including her Jewish mother, who think that just because she is 31 she should be settling down. When Edward Kirkland isn't at his racquet club, attending charity dinners or gala concerts, he's being pursued by countless women who consider him to be the most eligible bachelor in town. But he has no desire to commit either, and his two dogs are his only constant companions. Two more incompatible people you couldn't hope to meet, but when Becca and Edward become joint guardians to a four-year-child called Emily, their lives collide with a bang ...