Family Drama

When Loretta Ashton dies suddenly, her family is shattered. As a devoted wife and mother, Loretta was their rock—a woman admired by the entire community. But at her funeral, an unexpected guest turns their grief into confusion. A stranger claiming to be Loretta’s sister takes a seat with the family, only to vanish before anyone can confront her. The problem? Loretta was an only child.

Ophelia Dahl has just buried her beloved father when she finds among his personal effects a blindsiding document. The mother Ophelia thought died thirty years ago isn’t dead after all—she abandoned her. But how could she, and where is she now? With some neighborly help, Ophelia’s going to find out. Beau Augustin is an acclaimed author and Ophelia’s childhood bestie turned teenage nemesis, still chafing after all these years.

After ten hectic years in Seoul, burned-out expat Radley Asher is promised a change—working the fall season at an apple farm in idyllic Fox Isle, Maine. Hoping for solitude, Radley is instead welcomed by the effusive Clark family as one of their own. A loner like Radley finds it almost disarming. But what’s not to like? Beau and Livia are doting parents, and their three children are absolute delights. Still, Radley prefers to keep her distance and just watch the lives of the Clarks unfold from her window.

Geschichten aus der Mama-Welt: Deine 10 Minuten am Tag nur für dich selbst!"Ich lache. Ja, sie können wirklich goldig sein. Die süßen, kleinen Biester." (S. 116) Wird dir als Mama auch manchmal alles zu viel? Kenne ich! Zwischen Windeln, Wäschebergen und der endlosen To-do-Liste fühlen wir uns alleingelassen und können einfach nicht mehr. Doch dieses Mama-Buch zeigt dir: Du bist nicht allein! Du wirst dich wiederfinden in den herzerwärmenden Kurzgeschichten und ehrlichen Real-Life-Anekdoten. Was sie dir geben?

Einsatz in den Alpen. Der letzte Teil der mitreißenen Trilogie! Eigentlich ist es zu schön, um wahr zu sein. Lena feiert ihren Geburtstag. Mit Ben. In einer winzigen, verborgenen Hütte inmitten einer zauberhaften Winterlandschaft. Eine besseres Geschenk hätte Ben der Bergwachtsleiterin nicht machen können! Da zerstört ein Notruf die Idylle. Ein Gleitschirmflieger ist in eine Seilbahn gekracht. Er muss geborgen, die Passagiere aus den Gondeln befreit werden. Die Evakuierung verläuft nach Plan.

Reverend Sabre Winfrey, Jr., shepherd of the Seven Seals Missionary Baptist Church, believes in God, his own privilege, and enterprise. He owns the barbershop and the radio station, and generally keeps an iron hand on every aspect of society in Dominion, Mississippi. He and his wife, Priscilla, have five boys; the youngest, Emanuel, is called Wonderboy—no one sings prettier, runs as fast, or turns as many heads. But Wonderboy, his father, and all the structures in place that keep them on top are not as righteous as they seem to be.

If you've ever lain awake at night wondering what might be around the corner of your child's adolescence, this book is for you! After more than thirty-eight years of working with more than 2,500 years, Mark Gregston, founder of heartlight, a Christian residential counseling center, introduces Tough Guys and Drama Queens—a must-listen "how-to" book for parents of pre-teens and teens with time-tested, biblical techniques to guide you through these unavoidably challenging years.

Max führt ein exzessives, schillerndes Leben als erfolgreicher Fotograf in New York - bis er einen Anruf von seiner Schwester erhält. Sein Zwillingsbruder Nikolas hat einen Doppelmord innerhalb der Familie begangen. Die Suche nach dem Motiv führt Max zurück in sein Heimatdorf im Ruhrgebiet. Dort trifft er nicht nur auf seine entfremdete Familie, sondern auch auf eine unsagbare Vergangenheit. Die Wahrheit, die jahrzehntelang verschwiegen wurde, bringt Max nun ans Licht: Kleine Jungen wurden von erwachsenen Frauen missbraucht.

The Billionaire’s Passion is a one night stand stepbrother romance with plenty of heat, a guaranteed HEA and no Cliffhangers!

Food stylist Sophie Crommelin has a beautiful life. Now that their two boys are grown up, she and her husband Matt—an acclaimed artist—are leaving London for a new start on England's fashionably boho south coast. But the day after the house is sold, a series of shocks leave Sophie reeling—and suddenly she's heading off to Hastings on her own.

Tookie e forțată să privească în interiorul ei pentru a-și înțelege propriul trecut și a-și ispăși greșelile. Condamnarea la integrarea într-o cultură înlocuitoare, care doar se vrea înfloritoare, se plătește scump. Într-o societate dominată de ură și cruzime, personajele din Sentința se regăsesc și supraviețuiesc prin iubire, prietenie, cărți, familie și moștenire culturală. Lupta pentru păstrarea propriei memorii și identități nu e ușoară, însă resentimentele și disperarea fac loc în cele din urmă compasiunii și solidarității.

Second star to the right and straight on until morning...that's one way to get to Neverneverland. The other is through this unique full-cast performance, presented in exciting Radio Theatre style.

'Twas the night before Christmas. Ebenezer Scrooge was alone, when suddenly he heard a ghostly moan. A ghost it was, took him back to the past, then to the present and future days in hope that Scrooge would mend his ways.

It’s been ten years since Alison’s perfect world fell apart. Ten years since her son Sam disappeared while on a family holiday. Lost at sea, they said, his body never found. And even though her brother and sister were supposedly looking after the kids, Alison will always blame herself. Caught in a spiralling web of all-consuming grief where the lines between reality and fantasy blur, Alison refuses to let go. So when her ex-husband seeks to have Sam officially pronounced dead, Alison embarks upon a desperate and harrowing quest to discover what really happened that day on the beach.

Tearaway Viv’s fragile truce with her grandmother is threatened when her flighty mother suddenly shows up from America and expects to pick up where she left off. It’s what Viv’s always dreamed of - but is she ready for the drama Pauline brings with her? Helen finds herself playing surrogate mother to her French niece Katrine, while keeping their family relationship a secret from the rest of the Nightingale staff. However, independent Kat is determined to do things her way. But underneath it all, she is lost. She is in a foreign country, still mourning the loss of her mother.

Three siblings, reunited in their home town, are struggling to deal with the fallout of a car crash that almost killed their father. This, on top of everything else life is throwing at them. A mysterious list of names. Long-buried family secrets. Old, festering wounds. What will happen when everything buried is dragged to the surface?

Meet Noh Inji: thirty years old, five wedding rings and counting, and she’s never once been in love. When Inji takes a job at Wedding & Life, the popular matchmaking service, she never imagines her role will be with NM, their secretive marriage division that rents out “field spouses” for a fixed period to their elite clientele. Just like a real marriage, Inji’s assignments involve a wedding, some sex, and a spot of housework. It’s all tailored exactly to the client’s desires—no legal battles, no fights, no emotional baggage.

Schöne Lügen und grausame Wahrheiten – die Elite tut alles, um an der Spitze zu bleiben... Die Dark Romance-Reihe an der Blackbury Academy geht prickelnd weiter! Elizabeths Herz ist gebrochen. Alles, was sie und Vito zusammen erlebt und geteilt haben, war eine Lüge. Und als ob das nicht genug wäre, scheinen alle um sie herum nur noch mehr Geheimnisse vor ihr zu haben – von ihrer Tante bis hin zu ihren engsten Freunden. Doch Elizabeth denkt nicht daran aufzugeben.

Marlow Fin is as famous for her beauty and success as she is infamous for her past, some of which is a mystery even to her. Is the public ready for the truth? Is she? In 1995, young Isla Baek finds an abandoned six-year-old Marlow in the woods near the Baek family’s lakeside cabin. With little memory of where she came from or how she got there, Marlow is soon adopted by the Baeks into a seemingly idyllic Midwest life as Isla’s enigmatic new sister. But no one is prepared for how unnerving and disruptive Marlow’s presence will be over the years.

Three generations. One summer that will change everything. Jenna has returned to the sunny shores of Lake Summers, tucked under the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York, with her daughter Sophie to care for her aging mother, Sweet. Recently divorced, Jenna finds comfort in lazy afternoons along the water and long nights watching Sweet tell Sophie stories about her long-lost loves. When she meets Sweet’s new next-door neighbor, Troy, she recognizes him instantly as the boy with whom she shared her first kiss.