Marcel Rouwé Livres

Sunday Times bestselling author's brand new thriller about one woman's quest to reclaim her life What turns someone into a monster? Are they born that way, or is it a choice? I suppose it can be either or both Morgan Albright dreams of owning her own bar one day but she's bartending for now - working hard, saving money. Life is hectic but she loves sharing a house with her best friend, Nina, and she is even finding time to date for the first time in what feels like forever. When a seemingly random attack turns Morgan's life upside down, she must leave the city to return to her family home. She hopes that moving back to a small town where she can feel safe will help her to put the horror of that day behind her but, as Morgan soon discovers, sometimes your past just doesn't want to let you go...

In the rugged Black Hills of South Dakota, a childhood friendship matures into an adult passion when something ... or someone ... threatens Lil Chance and her dream to open a wildlife refuge. The heartless killing of Lil's beloved cougar and recollections of an unsolved murder catapult New York investigator Coop Sullivan into action to keep Lil safe

Shelby Foxworth lost her husband. Then she lost her illusions …   The man who took her from Tennessee to an exclusive Philadelphia suburb left her in crippling debt. He was an adulterer and a liar, and when Shelby tracks down his safe-deposit box, she finds multiple IDs. The man she loved wasn’t just dead. He never really existed.   Shelby takes her three-year-old daughter and heads south to seek comfort in her hometown, where she meets someone new: Griff Lott, a successful contractor. But her husband had secrets she has yet to discover. Even in this small town, surrounded by loved ones, danger is closer than she knows—and threatens Griff, as well. And an attempted murder is only the beginning …

Rachel Jenner is walking in a Bristol park with her eight-year-old son, Ben, when he asks if he can run ahead. It’s an ordinary request on an ordinary Sunday afternoon, and Rachel has no reason to worry—until Ben vanishes. Police are called, search parties go out, and Rachel, already insecure after her recent divorce, feels herself coming undone. As hours and then days pass without a sign of Ben, everyone who knew him is called into question, from Rachel’s newly married ex-husband to her mother-of-the-year sister. Inevitably, media attention focuses on Rachel too, and the public’s attitude toward her begins to shift from sympathy to suspicion. As she desperately pieces together the threadbare clues, Rachel realizes that the greatest dangers may lie not in the anonymous strangers of every parent’s nightmares, but behind the familiar smiles of those she trusts the most. Where is Ben? The clock is ticking...

Nine years after escaping the violence in Cameroon, Vanessa Michael Munroe, the daughter of American missionaries, agrees to help Houston oilman Richard Burbank find his adopted daughter, who vanished four years ago while visiting west central Africa.

Emily Robertson mag niet klagen. Ze woont in een gerestaureerde boerderij in Toscane, met drie schattige kinderen en een succesvolle en liefhebbende man een mooier leven kan ze zich niet wensen. Maar wanneer haar man haar per sms dumpt, zit ze met de handen in het haar. Hoe moet ze zich redden, ver weg van de grote stad, zonder man, zonder geld, met een incompleet woordenboek Italiaans en een psychotische schoonmaakster? Terwijl Emily probeert haar leven weer op de rails te krijgen, zorgen haar kinderen voor nog meer complicaties. Haar oudste dochter is hopeloos verliefd op de locale casanova, haar middelste dochter lijdt aan een gevaarlijk ondergewicht en haar liefste jongste is eigenlijk een kreng. Het enige lichtpuntje lijken haar dorpsgenoten uit Monte Albano te zijn. Tot Emily's verrassing en opluchting wordt ze al snel opgenomen in het dorpse leven. En dat is vele malen ingewikkelder dan ze ooit had kunnen denken...

In the vein of Victoria Hislop and Julia Gregson, this engrossing and poignant debut conjures up a Cretan village peopled with vivid characters, a wealth of fascinating historical detail, and amazing storiesa shocking story of heroic resistance and cruel betrayal that has been little covered in novels of WWII.