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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Rosamunde Pilcher, Winter Solstice (the basis for the TV movie) is the story of five unforgettable characters, lonely and haunted strangers who find love and loyalty as a reborn family of friends during the Christmas holidays.

Set against the backdrop of an elegant Cornwall mansion before World War II and a vast continent-spanning canvas during the turbulent war years, this captivating story tells of an extraordinary young woman's coming of age, coming to grips with love and sadness, and in every sense of the term, coming home.... In 1935, Judith Dunbar is left behind at a British boarding school when her mother and baby sister go off to join her father in Singapore.

"A strong cast of five narrators rewinds time and transports listeners to sparkling seascapes and the English countryside." - AudioFile Magazine Celebrate life's journeys with the beloved author whose stories of life and love touched the world. A Place Like Home is a spellbinding collection of...

At the end of a long and useful life, Penelope Keeling's prized possession is The Shell Seekers, painted by her father, and symbolizing her unconventional life, from bohemian childhood to wartime romance. When her grown children learn their grandfather's work is now worth a fortune, each has an idea as to what Penelope should do. But as she recalls the passions, tragedies, and secrets of her life, she knows there is only one answer...and it lies in her heart.

Wird Virginia erneut lieben können? Virginia Keiles unglückliche Ehe endet mit dem Tod ihres Mannes. Die junge Witwe kehrt zum erstenmal nach Jahren an ihren Heimatort in Cornwall zurück, um dort den Sommer zu verbringen: In einem abgeschiedenen Haus am Meer will sie mit ihren beiden Kindern endlich Ruhe finden. Doch damit ist es vorbei, als sie ihrer Jugendliebe Eustace Philips wiederbegegnet.

A woman’s discovery of a family she never knew she had uncovers even deeper mysteries in The Day of the Storm from #1 New York Times bestselling author Rosamunde Pilcher. On the last day ofher mother’s life, Rebecca learns she has a family in Cornwall, and sets out to find the grandfather...

En esta magnífica colección de relatos, Rosamunde Pilcher explora con extraordinaria sensibilidad y talento las diversas facetas del alma humana. Una joven a punto de contraer matrimonio recibe unos consejos sorprendentes de su abuela; un niño pequeño se ve obligado a asumir las responsabilidades del cabeza de familia; un marido joven intenta revivir las experiencias de soltero... Historias de pequeños dramas domésticos; relatos de amor e infortunio, de felicidad y desesperación.

Caroline travels to Scotland, hoping to make contact with a brother she hasn’t seen for years, and return in time for her wedding to the man her strong-willed stepmother thought so suitable. Then a sudden snow strands her in an isolated house with a young man recovering from tragedy. Both are on the brink of terrible mistakes, but perhaps they can save each other.

It seemed such an innocent deception. All Flora Waring had to do was play the part of Rose, her long-lost twin, for one weekend and meet the family of Rose’s fiancé. But when Flora is introduced to the Armstrong family, she realizes that she has inherited the secret scandal Rose created five years before...and left wounds that turn the man Flora loves against her.

In Another View, there are only two men in Emma's life - her father, a remote artist in Cornwall who left her in boarding school and saw her every few years, and Christo, who had been her stepbrother for a few months, and now wants to get to know her. But until Emma can understand what she means to them, there will never be room for love.

A place you will never forget. Rosamunde Pilcher's Scotland...where the fields flourish with greenery, the bills bloom with purple, and the lochs glitter with the bright blue of the sky. A time you will never forget. September...when the heather is in full flower, the first chill of autumn cools the air, and the countryside stirs with the hunt, balls, dinner parties, and dance. Rosamunde Pilcher's September...a story of homecomings and heartbreaks, friendships, betrayals, forgiveness, and love.

Laura er Alec Haverstocks kone nummer to og altid opmærksom på dette faktum. Det var ikke fordi, Alecs første ægteskab var synderlig lykkeligt, men det hænger alligevel som en sky over dem, og de taler aldrig om det barn, der måtte rejse med moderen til USA, og som han helt har mistet kontakten med.

Præcist, vittigt, eftertænksomt og nænsomt fortæller Rosamunde Pilcher i denne novellesamling om almindelige menneskers hverdag. Med sin fine sans for de smukke eller usædvanlige situationer, der vil være i et ethvert menneskes liv, situationer der måske bliver afgørende for resten af livet, tegner hun nogle herlige og sympatiske portrætter.

Det store soveværelse var smukt. Alt var holdt i sart blåt og hvidt, i satin og musselin. Det var køligt og friskt, og fra vinduerne var der udsigt over dalen. Men uanset skønheden virkede alting forkert på den fjortenårige Emily, for efter hendes mors død var det nu blevet hendes stedmors soveværelse. Pludselig en dag ligger stedmoren, Stephanie, hjælpeløs på sengen. En baby er på vej, og Emily er nødt til at tage affære, eftersom hendes far er ude på forretningsrejse... Det blå værelse er en af de dejlige noveller i denne bog.

Virginia Keile har en hemmelig drøm om en ny chance for at erobre den høje, smukke landmands hjerte; ham hun mødte - og mistede - en sommer i Cornwall for længe siden. Den 27-årige Virginia har lært en masse om livet; om at gifte sig med en mand, hun ikke elskede, om et ensomt ægteskab, der endte med hendes mands pludselige og voldsomme død, og om næsten at miste sine børn til sin forhadte svigermor. Men nu er hun vendt tilbage til det smukke Cornwall, hvor hun har lejet en hytte ved havet til sig selv og sine børn. Måske kan hun nu fylde det tomme hus med kærlighed.

Flowers in the Rain & Other Stories collects sixteen of #1 New York Times bestselling author Rosamunde Pilcher’s romantic tales set across Britain from the Scottish countryside to the city of London. Rosamunde Pilcher... She makes you laugh... She makes you cry... She takes you to a world of...

In #1 New York Times bestselling author Rosamunde Pilcher’s Wild Mountain Thyme, a woman learns to forgive her ex—and herself—when she joins him on a journey where she’ll discover love is always a possibility. Oliver Dobbs was a writer first, and a man second. To him other people were...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Rosamunde Pilcher invites listeners to share the full spectrum of life’s moods and emotions through the thirteen stories gathered here in her very first collection of short fiction. From a child’s first knowledge of death, through city and country, to an...

Celebrate life's journeys with the beloved author whose stories of life and love have touched the world. Return to the sun-drenched settings of The Shell Seekers and the rich emotion of Coming Home, as Rosamunde Pilcher takes listeners on an unforgettable journey of the heart. The Carousel tracks the emergence of a young woman from a relationship that has become too tame and predictable to the excitement of a new life brimming with possibilities and the thrilling promise of love.

Whenever Selina asked about her late father, the grandmother who raised her changed the subject. The chance discovery of a photograph gave Selina hope that he was still alive and sent her searching for him on a small Spanish island. In this lush paradise, Selina found George Dyer, a writer who would help her solve the mystery of her past...and might hold the key to her future.