Twee vrienden zitten op een kleine vissersboot aan de achterkant van de pier waar ze vaak even tot rust kunnen komen. Jonathan is de vrije vogel van de twee. Davy zit gevangen in het beklemmende leven dat door zijn ouders is opgelegd. Ze praten over de toekomst en over elkaars levens tot ze er achter komen dat ze misschien niet alles gedeeld hebben in hun periode van vriendschap.

Mark Ruiz’s life is a structured routine full of well-worn grooves. Board meetings. Dinner with clients. Preparing presentations. Exhaustingly long days strung together over forty-one years of hard work. Retirement is the promise he makes to himself. The item on his list he can’t wait to check off.The problem? Retirement is better in theory than in practice. Three months in he realizes his new phase of life is as stale as the slice of cake they sent him home with on his last day at...

Opposites may attract--but can two very different people find lasting love?A year ago, ex-Delta Force operator Steven Roark left the rigors of combat behind to run fishing charters in Hope Harbor, decompress, and talk some sense into his kid brother. Business is good--but making peace with his past is more challenging than he expected.First-grade teacher Holly Miller leads a low-profile existence, until she's recruited to advocate for a cause that's dear to...

«Caro Pier Paolo, ho in mente una bellissima fotografia di te, solitario come al solito, che cammini, no forse corri, sui dossi di Sabaudia, con il vento che ti fa svolazzare un cappotto leggero sulle gambe. Il volto serio, pensoso, gli occhi accesi. Il tuo corpo esprimeva qualcosa di risoluto e di doloroso. Eri tu, in tutta la tua terribile solitudine e profondità di pensiero. Ecco io ti immagino ora cosí, in corsa sulle dune di un cielo che non ti è piú ostile». Dacia Maraini Pi...

The first collection of stories from the author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and The Porpoise.'Terrifically compelling' GuardianA seaside pier collapses.An expedition to Mars goes terribly wrong.A thirty-stone man is confined to his living room.One woman is abandoned on a tiny island in the middle of the ocean.Another woman is saved from drowning.Two boys ...

USA TODAY bestselling author Colleen Coble delivers another riveting romantic suspense set in Hope Beach. After her heart transplant, Elin Summerall begins having flashbacks . . . of her donor's murder. And the killer will do everything in his power to silence her. Perfect for fans of Terri Blackstock and Dani Pettrey.Elin Summerall was one of the lucky ones. Not only did she get a heart transplant, but the donor was a perfect fit. A miraculously perfect f...

"Delancey Stewart's Without Words had me by the heart from the first chapter.” -Mary, USA Today Happy Ever AfterAfter an accident in the line of duty, firefighter Roberto DeRosa’s life is turned upside down. His career fighting fires is over, and he’s left with an uncertain future and an injury that makes communicating difficult for him. The only time words flow easily is when they’re lyrics and he has a guitar in his hands. Talking to wo...

Trent McNeil was a classic trust-fund kid until he watched a team of firefighters save his family home. From that moment on, he rebelled against the path his parents were determined to keep him on. Now a San Diego firefighter, he knows he'll eventually be expected to take over the family empire. But until that day, his only plan is to have fun and enjoy life.After a childhood of upset and uncertainty, Amy Hodge is going to make something out of herself. She has her future all plann...

It all begins when PI Gulliver Dowd is approached by Ellis Torres, a street kid, on Valentino Pier in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn. Ellis has lost his dog, and after Gulliver helps to find the dog for him, they go their separate ways. So when Ellis is discovered beaten, unconscious and left for dead not far from the pier early the following morning, Gulliver is horrified—and suspicious. He sets out to find the attacker and learn why the boy was targeted. What Gulliver uncovers by way o...

Sylvie Fontaine planned weddings for a living. She was good at it. So good that she didn't notice her own fiancé falling for her assistant until she walked in on them "reviewing seating charts" in a way that definitely wasn't professional.Now she's hiding out on Moontide Island, working a summer gig at the Bellweather Hotel and pretending she's fine. She doesn't need romance. She needs to remember how to be herself without a plus-one.Enter Cormac Calloway—the hotel...

Austin Wells: everyone’s comic relief, the unmotivated baby brother with the occasional bright idea. In other words, nowhere good enough for brilliant, driven, gorgeous Leyla Robinson. He tries to content himself with admiring her from across the barista counter while she works on taking the world by storm.Austin is, Leyla’s sure, just as sweet and funny and attentive and flirty with her as he is with everyone else he serves at Pier Three Coffee. She’s nothing special. To be blunt,...

Alicia Wells never asked for a knight in flour-dusted apron to show up full of ideas for saving her surf-side cafe. She’s quite brilliant at plans, which is how she kept Pier 3 Coffee afloat through plenty of tough times already. She’ll just have to do it again.Mateo James doesn’t want to live for his family bakery, but even more, he doesn’t want his father to die for it. So he’ll do what’s required of him, including throwing himself into community organizing. If it helps his paren...