Diane Chamberlain Livres

Mère de famille responsable, épouse comblée, psychologue compétente, Eve Elliott est l'exemple même de la citoyenne modèle. Pourtant, vingt-sept ans auparavant, alors fragile et influençable, elle a participé à l'enlèvement d'une femme enceinte, qui est morte en donnant naissance à une petite fille. Pour Eve ce drame a marqué un nouveau départ : elle a changé d'identité et décidé d'élever l'enfant. Mais, aujourd'hui, rattrapée par cette histoire, elle se trouve confrontée à un terrible dilemme : révéler la vérité, au risque de tout perdre, ou laisser la justice condamner un homme pour un crime qu'il n'a pas commis...

Sur son lit de mort, Carl Brandon arrache à sa fille Laura une bien étrange promesse : rendre visite à une certaine Sarah Tolley, autrefois infirmière spécialisée en psychiatrie et désormais atteinte de la maladie d'Alzheimer. Ray, le mari de Laura, fortement opposé à cette résolution, se suicide le jour où Laura rend visite à la vieille dame dans sa maison de retraite... Quel est le lien entre Carl Brandon et la mystérieuse Sarah, qui n'a aucun souvenir de lui ? Avant de résoudre cette énigme, Laura doit trouver une solution pour guérir sa fille, Emma, devenue muette après le suicide de Ray, son père adoptif. Aussi reprend-elle contact avec Dylan Geer, le père biologique, séduisant play-boy rencontré le temps d'une soirée six ans auparavant... Peu à peu, Laura découvre de stupéfiants secrets. Découvrira-t-elle aussi le bonheur?

Un soir de Noël, alors qu'un mince tapis de neige recouvre peu à peu la Carline du Nord, une jeune femme grièvement blessée est admise aux urgences de l'hôpital. Le médecin de garde, Olivia Simon, décide de l'opérer. Au cours de l'intervention, Olivia apprend que la blessée n'est autre que la jeune artiste dont son mari, Paul, est follement épris. Malgré ses efforts, Olivia ne parviendra pas à la sauver. Cette mort tragique brise le couple. Paul s'en va. Olivia, elle, ne peut renoncer à comprendre ce qui séduisait tant son mari en Annie. Elle enquête sur la jeune femme, fréquente les endroits où elle allait, interroge ceux qui la connaissaient, fait bientôt tout pour lui ressembler. Un jeu dangereux qui l'entraînera bien plus loin qu'elle n'aurait pu l'imaginer...

From bestselling author Diane Chamberlain comes an irresistible new novel. When Caroline Sears receives the news that her unborn baby girl has a heart defect, she is devastated. It is 1970 and there seems to be little that can be done. But her brother-in-law, a physicist, tells her that perhaps there is. Hunter appeared in their lives just a few years before—and his appearance was as mysterious as his past. With no family, no friends, and a background shrouded in secrets, Hunter embraced the Sears family and never looked back. Now, Hunter is telling her that something can be done about her baby's heart. Something that will shatter every preconceived notion that Caroline has. Something that will require a kind of strength and courage that Caroline never knew existed. Something that will mean a mind-bending leap of faith on Caroline's part. And all for the love of her unborn child. A rich, genre-spanning, breathtaking novel about one mother's quest to save her child, unite her family, and believe in the unbelievable. Diane Chamberlain pushes the boundaries of faith and science to deliver a novel that you will never forget.

North Carolina, 1960. Newlywed Jane Forrester, fresh out of university, has sought what most other women have shunned: a career. But life as a social worker is far from what she expected. Out amongst the rural tobacco fields of Grace County, Jane encounters a world of extreme poverty that is far removed from the middle-class life she has grown up with. But worse is still to come. Working with the Hart family and their 15-year-old daughter Ivy, it s not long before Jane uncovers a shocking secret, and is thrust into a moral dilemma that puts her career on the line, threatens to dissolve her marriage, and ultimately, determines the fate of Ivy and her family forever.

The narrative revolves around Laura Brandon, who fulfills her dying father's wish by visiting Sarah Tolley, an elderly woman with fading memories. As Laura embarks on this seemingly minor task, she uncovers the complexities of Sarah's past and the impact it has on her own life. The story explores themes of memory, familial bonds, and the significance of promises, leading Laura on a journey of discovery that intertwines their lives in unexpected ways.

A powerfully gripping and moving page-turner about a small town which hides a terrible secret from the Sunday Times top ten bestselling author.

A powerfully gripping and moving novel about a small town trying to conceal a terrible secret in its past from the Sunday Times Top Ten bestselling author.

'Fans of Jodi Picoult's style will love how Diane Chamberlain writes' Candis'I love Diane's writing' Cathy Kelly, author of The Year That Changed EverythingThe Stolen Marriage is a compelling novel from Diane Chamberlain, the bestselling author of The Silent Sister, Pretending to Dance and The Midwife's Confession.In 1944, Tess DeMello abruptly ends her engagement to the love of her life, marries a mysterious stranger and moves to Hickory, North Carolina. Tess's new husband, Henry Kraft, is a secretive man who often stays out all night and Tess quickly comes to realize that she is now trapped in a strange and loveless marriage.The people of Hickory love and respect Henry and see Tess as an outsider, treating her with suspicion and disdain. What does everyone know about Henry that she does not?When a polio epidemic strikes the town, taking the lives of some of its children, the townspeople band together to quickly build a polio hospital. Tess, who has a nursing degree, bucks Henry's wishes and begins to work at the hospital. As Henry's actions grow more baffling and alarming by the day, can she untangle her husband's mysterious behaviour and save her own life?