Mary Ellen Taylor Livres

From the bestselling author of Honeysuckle Season comes a sweeping saga that interweaves the past and present in an epic tapestry of love, war, and loss. As a hospice nurse, Zara Mitchell has already seen more death than most people will experience in a lifetime. So when her older sister asks her to help care for their ailing grandmother, Zara agrees--despite strained family relationships. Though pale and tired, Nonna has lost none of her sharp mind. She's fixated on finding something long forgotten, and she immediately puts Zara to work cleaning out the attic. Unexpectedly, amid the tedium of sifting through knickknacks and heirlooms, Zara also reconnects with a man she's attracted to but whose complicated past makes romance seem impossible. But then Zara finds what Nonna was looking for: a wooden chest, an emerald broach, a leather-bound journal. As she immerses herself in stories of heroism and loss set against the backdrop of war-torn Italy in 1943, Zara finds answers to questions she didn't know she had. And they change everything she thinks she knows about love, regret, and seizing the day.

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From The Brighter the Light author Mary Ellen Taylor comes the emotional story of a mother and daughter learning to endure life's twists and turns as they grieve a loss and face an uncertain future. When artist Dani Peterson learns she's slowly losing her vision, she becomes unmoored. Her ex-husband died only months before, leaving Dani and her preteen daughter grief stricken. Suddenly, the life Dani built for her family on the Outer Banks feels like a painful reminder of all they've lost. On a whim, Dani sells her waterfront home and buys an old farm inland near the Virginia state line. But Dani's daughter recoils at the sudden, drastic change. The Outer Banks' sun-swept beaches, pink dawns, and savage storms are all she's ever known. But Dani is resolute, and the pair move to Virginia to embark on a challenging renovation. That summer, their efforts to turn a run-down silo into an art studio bring forth new friends, new loves, and new challenges. As mother and daughter navigate the fiercest storm of their lives, they learn that instead of waiting for the skies to clear, they can withstand the wind and rain, so long as they do it together.

From the bestselling author of Honeysuckle Season comes an evocative dual-timeline novel detailing one woman's journey to discover the hidden stories of her family's seaside resort. When a shipwreck surfaces, old secrets are sure to follow. Or so goes the lore in Ivy Neale's hometown of Nags Head, North Carolina. When Ivy inherits her family's beachfront cottage upon her grandmother's death, she knows returning to Nags Head means facing the best friend and the boyfriend who betrayed her years ago. But then a winter gale uncovers the shipwreck of local legend--and Ivy soon begins to stumble across more skeletons in the closet than just her own. Amid the cottage's clutter are clues from her grandmother's past at the enchanting seaside resort her family once owned. One fateful summer in 1950, the arrival of a dazzling singer shook the staff and guests alike--and not everyone made it to fall. As Ivy contends with broken relationships and a burgeoning romance in the present, the past threatens to sweep her away. But as she uncovers the strength of her grandmother and the women who came before her, she realizes she is like the legendary shipwreck: the sands may shift around her, but she has found her home here by the sea.

From the author of The Brighter the Light comes the moving story about one woman's reason for leaving home and the love that brings her back. When Olympia leaves her small Virginia town, she doesn't expect to look back, much less ever come home. But after a year on the road, her sister's engagement pulls Olympia into everything she left behind: her family, her husband, and the grief she's been trying to forget. She's determined to stay a few days, maybe a week--just enough time to visit gravestones and sign off on the divorce her husband, Spencer, asked for. But he's reeling from their shared loss, as well as complications with his aging parents, leaving his heart just as fragile as Olympia's. The more time they spend in each other's orbit, the less sure they are they'll be able to walk away for good. As family secrets come to light and family bonds stretch to the breaking point, Olympia must decide where she's going next and where she belongs. She's used to coping with life's complications alone, but maybe the best way to heal is together.

Ein bewegender Roman über drei willensstarke Frauen, ein altes Herrenhaus und ein ganzes Jahrhundert voller Mut, Verrat und Leidenschaft. Die junge, mutige Lucy Kincaid macht sich auf den Weg nach Cape Hudson, einem Küstenort in Virginia, um dort die Asche ihrer Mutter zu bestatten. Hier erbt sie ein altes Haus von einer Frau, deren Namen sie nie zuvor gehört hat. Lucy hofft, dass das geheimnisvolle Erbe das Rätsel um die Vergangenheit ihrer Mutter lösen kann. Während Lucy in die Geschichte des Hauses eintaucht und den dunklen Geheimnissen der früheren Besitzerin auf die Spur kommt, erscheint ein ebenso gutaussehender wie undurchschaubarer Fremder, der Anspruch auf das Anwesen erhebt. Kann die freiheitsliebende Lucy zulassen, dass sie in Cape Hudson das findet, was sie nie hatte: ein Zuhause?

Lucy plní poslední přání své matky a vrací se do rodného města ve Virginii. Cesta přes celé Státy pro ni znamená šanci na nový, lepší život. Získala totiž nečekané dědictví v podobě nemovitosti jménem Zimní vilka. Není to polorozpadlý domek, jak očekávala, ale velký dům, na němž se podepsal zub času. Sídlo s mnoha zákoutími, která skrývají tajemství, vášně a zrady několika generací. A Lucy doufá, že právě tady by mohla najít odpověď na otázku, kterou matka nikdy nezodpověděla. Kdo je její otec? Dědictví dostane, jen když splní několik podmínek, jinak přijde na řadu další z řady dědiců, charismatický Hank. Je proto odhodlaná udělat cokoliv, aby si dům udržela. Pomáhá jí v tom celé městečko, které si ji rychle oblíbí. Lucy postupem času zjišťuje víc o historii své rodiny, ale hlavně o sobě samé. Během pátrání po svých předcích totiž najde něco, co dosud neměla; domov, rodinu a lásku.

Od autorky bestselleru Sezóna zemolezu prichádza nový sugestívny román s dvoma časovými líniami, ktorý odkrýva skryté tajomstvá rodinného podniku – Prímorského rezortu. Keď more na chvíľu opäť vydá starú stroskotanú loď, na povrch sa spolu s ňou vyplavia aj dávne tajomstvá. Aspoň tak sa to traduje v rodnom meste Ivy Nealovej v Nags Head v Severnej Virgínii. Keď po smrti svojej starej mamy zdedí rodinný domček na pláži, vie, že návrat domov znamená postaviť sa zoči-voči bývalej najlepšej kamarátke a priateľovi, ktorých pred rokmi zradila. Počas vypratávania domčeka začne objavovať v skriniach čoraz viac kostlivcov, no nie všetci sú jej vlastní. Medzi neporiadkom sa nachádzajú aj stopy z minulosti jej starej mamy z očarujúceho Prímorského rezortu, ktoré kedysi vlastnila jej rodina. V jedno osudové leto roku 1950 otrasie personálom aj hosťami príchod oslnivej speváčky, no nie všetci sa dočkajú jesene. Zatiaľ čo Ivy bojuje s narušenými priateľstvami a rodiacim sa vzťahom v prítomnosti, hrozí, že ju minulosť zrazí na kolená. Keď však odhalí silu svojej starej mamy a žien, ktoré prišli pred ňou, uvedomí si, že je ako stroskotanec: piesok sa okolo nej síce môže presúvať a meniť, ale ona si aj napriek tomu nájde pevnú zem pod nohami.

Príbeh od autorky svetových bestsellerov o hlbokej strate, pochovaných rodinných tajomstvách a zarastenom skleníku plnom starých tajomstiev. Libby sa po stroskotanom manželstve a smrti otca vracia do svojho rodného mesta. Chce začať odznova a začína si budovať kariéru ako fotografka. Keď dostane ponuku na fotenie historického sídla Woodmont, neváha. Dokumentuje jeho obnovu a najviac ju zaujme skleník zahalený popínavým zemolezom. Starý skleník a celé panstvo však ukrývajú množstvo temných tajomstiev, záhadnú a bolestnú minulosť, ktorú Libby musí odhaliť, pretože sa sama stáva ich súčasťou. Dokáže odkryť dávno pochované korene minulosti? Zemolez má symbolizovať najmä šťastie. Keďže je to však popínavá rastlina, ktorá s pribúdajúcimi rokmi postupne mohutnie a rozrastá sa, je veľmi ťažké ju vykoreniť. Ak sa chce človek rastliny zbaviť, je to veľmi náročné. Symbolizuje aj oddanosť a večné puto. Aké tajomstvá odhalí Libby v starom skleníku? Nájde nakoniec šťastie? Alebo bude cítiť ešte viac bolesti?