Island Women

Paradijsvogels is het beste boek van Nathalie Pagie tot nu toe! De eigenzinnige journaliste Tara Linders vertrekt naar Aruba voor een commerciële reportage over jonge succesvolle carrièrejagers. Maar als ze een Vlaams meisje ontmoet dat in nood verkeert, stuit ze op een compleet ander verhaal. Met hulp van haar collega Diego Martinez gaat Tara op onderzoek uit en ontdekt ze dat het eiland ook duistere kanten heeft. Samen trekken ze een grotere beerput open dan ze ooit voor mogelijk hadden gehouden: het luxe eilandleven blijkt niet meer dan een zeepbel.

Dogleg Island Police Chief Aggie Malone has spent years searching for the identity of her birth father. Now, thanks to a home DNA test, she has a lead...but it’s taking her in a direction she never could have imagined, and desperately does not want to go. Because the evidence suggests that Aggie could be the daughter of the infamous Angelo, head of the deadly Ghost Syndicate crime empire. Matters become more complicated when Aggie’s canine partner, Flash, discovers an abandoned child on the beach.

"Drei Schwestern" nennt man die Häuserzeile auf Blackberry Island, und spontan kauft die junge Kinderärztin Andi das letzte Häuschen. Nach einer schweren Enttäuschung braucht sie dringend ein Heim für Herz und Seele. Dieses "Heim" findet sie nicht nur im Haus, sondern vor allem bei ihren beiden neuen Nachbarinnen Deanna und Boston. Die zwei Frauen zeigen Andi: Wenn die Straße des Lebens holprig ist, braucht man dringend Freundinnen! Besonders, wenn eine unerwartete Liebe alles durcheinander zu bringen droht.

During the past year, Emily Walker has been thrilled to watch each of her sisters fall in love one after the other. Having stepped into her late mother's shoes nearly two decades ago, Emily has always put her family first. A family that also includes Michael Bennet. Tall, strong and good with his hands, he moved in as a teenager after the tragic death of his parents. But while the rest of her sisters look at Michael like a brother, Emily has always had to fight against seeing him as something more.

Paige Walker loves her life on Walker Island - teaching dance classes, spending time with her family, and enjoying the beauty all around her. The last thing she's interested in is the spotlight. One fiery brush with that a few years back was more than enough for her! Still, sometimes she can't help but secretly long for more than her quiet life on Walker Island...

Come for a visit to Walker Island where you'll find stunning Pacific Northwest ocean views, men too intriguing to resist...and five beautiful, close-knit sisters who are each about to find their one true love. After four years on the Seattle mainland, when Hanna Walker returns to Walker Island to make a documentary about the infamous Walker-Peterson feud from the early 1950s, she's shocked to realize that passions still run high. Especially when it comes to Joel Peterson, the one man who is totally off-limits…but that she's never been able to stop dreaming about.

As dawn breaks on the Canary Islands, a fisherman discovers a woman lying dead on the rocks nearby, her body arranged like a piece of art. To solve the case, Chief Inspector Diego Quintana gets unexpected help from Swedish journalist Sara Moberg, who runs the Scandinavian newspaper on the island, as well as from handsome former investigator Kristian Wede. But not even that can stop the killer from striking again.

Maggie McCrae knew her granddaughters were not ready for the legacy she must leave them. The house, the grounds, and everything that went with that would now be theirs. She vowed she would do all she could to protect them and hopefully, give them the time they needed to fulfill their destinies. Gabriella and Moira must learn to trust themselves and each other as they discover the true magic of Burrows Bay.

After receiving an unexpected gift following her college graduation, aspiring journalist Adele Plank returns to the Pacific Northwest’s beautiful and isolated sea and shores landscape of the San Juan Islands, where she soon finds herself immersed in the shocking mystery of a young woman’s brutal murder. The deathly discovery rocks the island community, stirring doubts about their new sheriff and turning old friends into new rivals. Adele must determine who she can trust and who she cannot, even as a mysterious stranger provides her a critical clue.

Driven by a desire for adventure and escape from day-to-day life, mother, wife, and gallery owner Rose Stephenson departs Spokane, Washington, for a weekend trip to a bed and breakfast on an island in the Pacific Northwest. Soon after arriving at Alder Island, Rose discovers a community of eccentric characters including Henry David James, a beautiful songwriter and dream follower. Through adventure, nature, music, and connection, Rose discovers a part of herself she thought she had lost...a discovery that leads her to ask what she will do with her one wild and precious life.

Artist Zoey Flynn hadn’t planned to spend her favourite holiday on the shores of Jewel Island, but when her fiancé breaks off their engagement before their Christmas Eve wedding, this Cornish paradise is just the distraction she needs. With a cosy cottage to call home for a month and a stall at the island’s famous Christmas market to sell her paintings, Zoey quickly puts her heartbreak behind her. Love is the last thing on her mind. That is until the handsome Kit Lewis crosses her path....

A legendary island steeped in the mystery and wisdom of centuries...A runaway heiress learning to trust life, and love...A mother and daughter, separated for years, searching for a way to face the future together...New York Times best-selling author Luanne Rice tells a powerful story of love, family, and friendship through the lives of two women who reunite at a place where dreams begin - and where they may be fulfilled at last...

After years away, Maura Shaw has returned to Newport, Rhode Island, to teach English at the academy. Behind her lies her life as the perfect Midwestern wife and mother, a life that seemed on the surface to be all she had ever wished for. That illusion vanished in a storm off Mackinac Island in the wake of an accident that engulfed Maura’s husband and her older daughter, Carrie. Now, with her son and younger daughter, she hopes to find a new beginning.

Julias kleine Schwester verlobt sich vor ihr, Silvester verbringt sie allein in einem fremden Haus, und dann brennt auch noch ihr »Traummann zum Selberbacken« an! Ganz klar: Julia braucht einen Neuanfang.

A dark plot in exotic Bimini...wild dolphins used for unthinkable ends. Feisty agent Poppy McVie is willing to risk it all to stop it. When Poppy is sent with her handsome partner Dalton to evaluate why a pod of dolphins in Bimini is behaving strangely, an easy assignment of sun, beaches, and trade winds quickly turns ugly when nothing is as it seems. When she’s told to stand down she suspects the worst, and embarks on a high-stakes operation of her own to get to the bottom of things.

He came to Vegas for business. He didn’t know he was going to add in pleasure, too. I never thought I'd have to rescue Mia from the wrath of her creepy boss. Even worse, Maximo is also my new business partner. Mia's way too gorgeous and smart to be working in a bar for minimum wage, especially when she wants more and deserves better. And once I’ve had her curves in the palms of my hands, I can't help but crave more. She's got something I thirst for, and for once it's not bourbon.

Paulette Ince becomes desperate when Kevin Pool, 18, denies ownership of her pregnancy. She takes matters in her own hands and visits Martha Frederick, a woman who seemingly had connections to a neighborhood abortion clinic and one of the doctors named Dr Small. She sets up an appointment for Paulette to have an abortion. The morning of the abortion, a prolife activist and sanitation worker, Steven Lier, 35, who lost his sister to a tragic abortion performed by Dr. Small, discovers the live discarded fetus in the trash. With his mother, he rushes it along to the local hospital.

Throughout history, women have shared their wisdom through personal stories told to their daughters, granddaughters, and anyone who sought their guidance. Stories of victories and losses, triumphs and struggles, love and hate. Diary of a Small Island Girl: Volume 1-3 Special Edition combines the self-published volumes under the first three books. It also includes some new and updated entries.

For women hitting their 50s, lifestyle changes are of paramount importance, as the female body is more susceptible to hormonal changes compared to men. If you are not losing weight easily through conventional diets, the problem might not be what you are eating but when you are eating. This is where intermittent fasting bridges the gap. It’s basically a method designed to schedule your meals in a way that gets the most nutrients out of your diet, while keeping the empty calories to a minimum.

Come for a visit to Walker Island, where you'll find stunning Pacific Northwest ocean views, men too intriguing to resist... and five beautiful, close-knit sisters who are each about to find their one true love. No Other Love is the second fun, sweet, and emotional contemporary romance in Lucy Kevin's Walker Island series. This will be Morgan Walker & Brian Russell's story.