Resultados para "Maddie" en Literatura y ficción

Victoria diede un ultimo saluto alla sua camera da letto e prese in mano il suo inseparabile diario prima di affrettarsi a scendere al piano di sotto, dove lo zio la stava aspettando. “È ora di andare”, le disse dolcemente. Lei annuì e fece un gesto alle due giovani donne, Sarah e Joanna, che aspettavano in silenzio davanti all'ingresso. “Va bene. Fai presto, però”, le disse lo zio che, zoppicando, raggiunse il maggiordomo per dargli le ultime disposizioni sulla chiusura della villa.

Phronsie Linnelle was conceived at Woodstock in a serendipitous liaison between a free-spirited hippie and a farmer’s son and was born with magical wonder flickering in her DNA and rationality knit into her bones. All her life she’s been torn between the two. But now that she’s been betrayed by both love and the mother she once idolized, her rational side is winning. So when her best friend from childhood proposes that they give up on romance and marry each other, Phronsie agrees.

Marnie MacGraw and Patrick Delaney have been in love for a few years now, enough to realize that they are imperfectly perfect together. Still, there are some things that maybe need a little attention. Marnie’s ebullient; he’s brooding. She thrives on change; he prefers stability. She sees marriage and parenthood in their future, but he can’t see beyond the shadow of an earlier tragedy. Then an eight-year-old surprise from Patrick’s past shows up on their doorstep, cartwheeling into their lives and spinning things in all directions.

After too many dates, thirtysomething Mimi Perkins is still single, unmoored, and longing for love. So when Ren Yardley—a handsome, divorced fellow drama teacher and single father—falls in love with her and proposes, she’s sure this is at last the good news her psychic predicted. Soon after proposing, Ren receives the devastating news that his ex-wife has been in a debilitating car accident, prompting him to temporarily move back into his former home to care for her and his daughters.

Ça vous est déjà arrivé de vouloir quelque chose vraiment très fort et de succomber, tout en sachant que vous allez sûrement encore souffrir ? Non ? Eh bien, vous êtes plus raisonnable que moi. Je m'explique : À 27 ans, je reprends tout juste ma vie en main après une relation amoureuse désastreuse. Institutrice en attente de titularisation, mon bonheur est tout ce qui compte et je sais que je suis sur la bonne voie. J'exerce le job de mes rêves, j'ai des amies en or, un toit au-dessus de ma tête et je suis l'esclave d'un chat despote. Je coche toutes les cases, non ?

All she wanted was a lovely family Christmas with perfect turkey and luxury crackers. Instead, daughter Sara announces she’s getting divorced...and where is the fizz? And son, John and perfect wife Vanessa announce they are leaving for New York… and are the vegetables organic? And not one of them has made her a cup of tea! So Joy decides she’s going to leave them all to it and head to France to visit her younger sister Isobel - a break from it all is just what she needs!

The unimaginable hits the home of Maddie Corman. She’s left wondering, now what? Maddie candidly shares her deeply personal story of growth and healing through turmoil that could have easily destroyed her marriage and family. Maddie explains what happens when her husband’s long kept secret is revealed.

Ezra's been slinging pizzas since the day Loveless Pizza opened its doors, doing pretty much whatever he wants with permission from the absentee owner. Lacey's the owner's niece...or rather, she's just become the new owner. And she's got a few changes in mind. Friction burns hotter than a wood-fired oven while these two navigate holiday parties and a hundred twenty doughs per day. Will a kiss under the mistletoe change everything?

Newly divorced from overbearing husband Malcom and with only reruns of Bergerac and an irascible black cat called Ivan for company, Meg decides it’s time to add a little colour back into her life. So when she spots a flyer for a local art class at the Lower Begley community centre, she grabs a brush — despite her only painting experience being a half-hearted coat of magnolia in the downstairs loo.

At the ripe (and fabulous) age of 64, Joanna Dawson finds herself feeling ever so slightly... meh. Her husband, Greg, has run off with a TBT (thin, blonde, trollop, obviously), her kids have flown the nest, and her social calendar is emptier than her wine rack. As Jo's 65th birthday looms, she's left wondering: Is this it? Enter Susie, her best friend, with an offer Jo can’t quite refuse: an all-expenses-paid trip to Italy to honour their late friend Ellen. Jo's not sure she wants to go all the way to Italy, but with nothing else to do and if only to make Susie happy, she agrees.

In epoca vittoriana, tra i paesaggi mozzafiato della Cornovaglia, si intrecciano le vite di un uomo e una donna. Il destino li porta a incontrarsi e a costruire, giorno dopo giorno, un rapporto unico e intenso, non convenzionale. Emily, una delle prime infermiere della storia, reduce dalla guerra di Crimea, trova lavoro nella dimora di Lord Trevor Mersey, un affascinante capitano di vascello vedovo. La sua nuova mansione: prendersi cura di Dorothy, la figlia perennemente malata di Lord Mersey.

Rose arriva a Heartgrove Manor, un elegante palazzo dove inizia a lavorare come educatrice della piccola Madelyn, figlia del duca e della duchessa. Qui si trova coinvolta in un triangolo amoroso tra i due figli del duca: Albert, il primogenito gentile, e Joseph, il secondogenito carismatico. Mentre i sentimenti di Rose crescono, anche la tensione tra i fratelli aumenta. Rose è combattuta tra i suoi desideri e le aspettative sociali, costretta a scegliere tra i due. Il suo destino si intreccerà per sempre con quello dei fratelli in una storia di amore e passione.

“You know what people really need? Somebody who will listen hard and then find a way to tell them, ‘It’s not all your fault. It’s going to work out fine. Don’t give up.’” So advice columnist ‘Dear Lily’ Brown deeply believes. But Lily could write a letter to herself, asking what to do about an ex-husband who still wants her dating advice, how to redecorate the family home she’s kept exactly the same since her parents died tragically young, how to move on with her strangely becalmed life...and what to do when your wild-child estranged sister storms back into town.

Newly orphaned, recently divorced, and semiadrift, Nina Popkin is on a search for her birth mother. She's spent her life looking into strangers' faces, fantasizing they're related to her, and now, at thirty-five, she's ready for answers. Meanwhile, the last thing Lindy McIntyre wants is someone like Nina bursting into her life, announcing that they're sisters and campaigning to track down their mother. She's too busy with her successful salon, three children, beautiful home, and...oh yes, some pesky little anxiety attacks.

Un amore che sfida il tempo, un segreto nascosto sotto strati di colore. Tra i vicoli di Firenze e nelle ville nobiliari di Fiesole, due storie d'amore, separate da oltre un secolo, si intrecciano grazie a un enigmatico dipinto. Nel 1887, Clelia, una giovane duchessa intrappolata in un matrimonio di convenienza, trova un rifugio inaspettato in Alberto, un uomo affascinante e tormentato dal desiderio di fuggire verso un destino sconosciuto. La loro passione proibita è destinata a lasciare un segno indelebile, nascosto sotto i colori di una tela misteriosa.

Il party aziendale di fine anno sembra la perfetta occasione per una piccola tresca da ufficio… ma attenzione, l’amore è in agguato! Chiara ha ventotto anni, lavora per la CryptoMiners36 ed è single. Tra tutti i suoi colleghi nerd, non saprebbe dire quale sia il più irrecuperabile. Fa eccezione il fondatore dell'azienda, John Di Natale, giunto da poco a Milano. Giorno dopo giorno, per Chiara sarà sempre più difficile resistere al fascino di Mister Natale...Maddi Magrì è una fra le più apprezzate scrittrici italiane di romanzi rosa.

Recently retired, Denny Lambert is finding life just a little bit…well, dull. So when her stepsister Juliette announces she’s getting married – again! – and invites Denny on a hen do with the Old Ducks, Denny really can’t say no. Denny knows something about the Old Ducks and their wild exploits, but she’s just glad to be somewhere hot and sunny and away from her grey life back in the UK. She’s definitely not going to be pulled into any Old Duck mayhem. But when they arrive at their beautiful Mallorcan villa, Denny is in for a shock.

Clover Harrington might be sixty-one, but she’s still bossing it in the corporate world and can still run rings around her younger colleagues. And then she is made redundant…. Devastated and now suddenly the wrong side of sixty Clover doesn’t know what to do with her life or her corporate wardrobe! What does she wear if not red lippy and a power suit?! Rather than offer her any support, her partner, Jack announces he's off on a golfing weekend, leaving Clover completely adrift. Desperate to get away from it all, Clover decides to visit her cousin Zoe in the gorgeous Italian Lakes.

Newly single at sixty, Elin Anderson decides it’s finally time for an adventure of her own. With her marriage to tedious Tom now officially over, Elin plans to visit the family she hasn’t seen in years. First stop: Australia! But going home is harder than Elin thought. Everywhere she turns Elin sees brightness and colour, which only makes her own life seem even more drab and beige. How has she let herself fade away? Determined to have some fun, Elin reluctantly agrees to join The Silver Surfers – a group of seniors who travel the coast, only caring about their next big adventure.

After three marriages and a lot of living, resilient Billie Slate knows exactly what trouble love can bring. Now she’s reinvented herself as the Heartbreak Bunny, an on-call performance artist who can heal anyone who’s been burned by that four-letter word, LOVE, by hopping about and whisking away sad mementos from their past relationships. Call it magic. Call it peculiar. But her bunny costume is as perfect as her breakup mantra: SNAP OUT OF IT.