Melissa Wiesner

One disastrous year. One magical wish. One chance to change the past. Sadie Thatcher's life has fallen apart in spectacular fashion. In one fell swoop, she managed to lose her job, her apartment, and her boyfriend--all thanks to her big mouth. So when a fortune teller offers her one wish, Sadie jumps at the chance to redo her awful year. Deep down, she doesn't believe magic will fix her life, but taking a leap of faith, Sadie makes her wish, opens her eyes, and . . . nothing has changed. And then, in perhaps her dumbest move yet, she kisses her brother's best friend, Jacob. When Sadie wakes up the next morning, she's in her former apartment with her former boyfriend, and her former boss is expecting her at work. Checking the date, she realizes it's January 1 . . . of last year. As Sadie navigates her second-chance year, she begins to see the red flags she missed in her relationship and in her career. Plus, she keeps running into Jacob, and she can't stop thinking about their kiss . . . the one he has no idea ever happened. Suddenly, Sadie begins to wonder if her only mistake was wishing for a second chance.

The Second Chance Year

An absolutely unforgettable and heart-shattering romance, perfect for fans of Colleen Hoover, Lucy Score and Carley Fortune, that asks: does keeping secrets destroy true love? Anna works two jobs to get herself through college and never, ever talks about her family. It's easier to keep her distance from everyone until she can finally leave her old life behind. That is, until chance throws her together with Gabe... Gabe is top of the class, in a fancy fraternity, and has a big, perfect, warm-hearted family. He is everything Anna is not. Their connection is undeniable. His silver-blue eyes pierce right through her, and he makes her laugh in ways she never thought possible. But Anna would do anything to stop Gabe from discovering her darkest secret, and the real reason she goes home every night to a cold, silent apartment... When Gabe and his family get close to the truth, Anna runs, vowing to never see them again. But forever is a long time... Years later. Tragedy brings Anna back to the town she grew up in-a place she escaped a decade ago. When Gabe wraps his strong arms around her, it's like finally finding home. But when the truth comes out after all these years, will both their worlds come crashing down? Gabe is the one person Anna trusts most: but what if he has secrets, too? And how much pain can two hearts endure, before they are torn apart forever? It All Comes Back to You will make you laugh, cry with both joy and pain, and hold your loved ones tight. Read what everyone's saying about It All Comes Back to You: "This book ripped my heart out and put it back together!... Easily the best book of the year... Such an emotional, inspiring rollercoaster... I could not put it down... I seriously wish the book wasn't over because I'm not ready to leave." Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "A heart-shattering story... I absolutely loved her character and the amount of resilience she had... Keep your tissues close for this one. Easily one of the best books I've read this year." Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Absolutely stunning!... Took my emotions on a rollercoaster ride, it was both heart-warming and heart-breaking... An unputdownable read." Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Beautiful... I adore this author... This book was absolutely fabulous! It had everything, heartbreak, laughter, spice... It was pretty perfect." @sabireads1984, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

A Totally Emotional and Gripping Page-turner

It All Comes Back to You

I grip my husband's hand tight. The doctor is frowning. "Mr and Mrs Marcello... I'm so sorry." She tells us there's been a terrible mistake. Our last embryo-our last chance-was accidentally given to someone else. The child we made four years ago calls another woman "Mommy." Quinn cries silent tears as she folds a tiny knitted cardigan, bought in a moment of hope, and packs it away. All she's ever wanted is to be a mother. Although her husband James brings her comfort, the knowledge they have no embryos left, and that their child is out there being raised by another family, is tearing them both apart. When the lawyers tell them there's a chance to get custody, James is unsure. But Quinn knows she has to take it: if only to look her little girl in the eyes, just once. Meeting Emily and the woman who raised her, Quinn's heart cracks wide open. Emily looks just like Quinn, right down to her curly hair. And when the little girl flings her arms around Quinn's waist, she can't shake the feeling this is where Emily is meant to be. As the two families reckon with an unimaginable decision, a secret from James' past surfaces... one that forces Quinn to question everything she thought she wanted. But how will they decide what's right for the little girl they all love so dearly? And where does Emily truly belong? An absolutely unputdownable, heart-wrenching read about two families torn apart by one terrible mistake. Anyone who loves Jodi Picoult's My Sister's Keeper, Diane Chamberlain and Catherine Ryan Hyde won't be able to put this down. ﻿﻿Read what everyone's saying about Melissa Wiesner: "I just couldn't put it down... had my heart broken into pieces and put back together in every chapter." Nicki's Book Blog, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Wow! Wow! Wow! What an absolutely mind-spinning, beautiful story this was!... perfection... Stunning, absolutely stunning!" NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "This book has just made my day... amazing... Oh goshh!... Trust me, you'll fall in love with every character... worth my tears... Highly recommended!!" Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Absolutely amazing... will keep you up all night to finish. I felt so pulled into this story from the very first page... hits all the emotions... one to be remembered." Page Turners, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "I read this book in 24 hours... I loved the authors writing style... just devoured this book... outstanding." @bookdreamer_51800 "Loved... one of my favorite books I've read so far this year. I would give it fifty gold stars if I could." Meanderings and Muses, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

An Absolutely Gripping and Heartbreaking Page-turner

Our Stolen Child

Not Noah. Not my husband. But there he is, unconscious in the hospital bed. Our daughter sobs into my shoulder. We love him so much. What if he never wakes up? And who is the little girl beside him, gazing up at us with big, tear-filled brown eyes? Eyes that look just like my husband's... Our family of three is perfect. Just me, Noah and our teenage daughter Maya. The day the police knock at our door, telling us about the car accident, is the worst day of my life. My heart shatters, but what they say next almost makes it stop beating: Noah was in the car with another woman who died at the scene. Her two-year-old girl, Luna, miraculously survived. With Noah fighting for his life, I'm desperate for the truth: and when I search his desk, I find checks made out to Luna's mother. Did my loving, loyal husband have a secret family all along? Despite my own terrible pain, at the hospital I can't help but comfort this poor child as she cries for her mommy. With nowhere else for Luna to go, I find myself opening our home. Seeing Maya hold Luna's hand and giggle as they chase butterflies in the garden, it's almost like my daughter has a sister... I have an impossible choice. Do I tell Maya the truth about her father? If Noah wakes up, will even more secrets come out about who he really is? And can I forgive him enough to give this sweet, innocent girl a home... or will my husband's betrayal tear us all apart? Fans of Jodi Picoult's My Sister's Keeper, Kate Hewitt and Diane Chamberlain will adore this absolutely unputdownable read about how the people we love most can hide the darkest secrets. Read what everyone's saying about Melissa Wiesner: "Wow, wow, wow!!!!! This book was perfect in every way. What an emotional roller-coaster ride... Make sure you have a box of Kleenex by your side at all times otherwise you will be flooded by your own tears. This one touched me in so many ways. It pulled on heart strings that I didn't even know I had." Blue Moon Blogger, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

A Totally Heartbreaking and Gripping Page-turner

His Secret Daughter

You can run from your past, but your secrets will always follow… Growing up, Tegan’s big brother Jamie did whatever he could to protect her from their troubled parents. But now he’s sick, and Tegan knows his only hope of recovery is taking him far away from the family secrets that still haunt them both. She packs her bags and begins searching for a safe place for them to go. Trusting other people has only ever lead to pain, but down to her last dollar, Tegan shares a ride with fellow traveler Jack. Just like her, he won’t talk about his home: and as the miles fly by, the unlikely pair grow close. Arriving in a remote town in the mountains where no one knows her name, Tegan starts to breathe easy. She’ll bring Jamie here, and they’ll finally start over. But then she notices the photos and newspaper clippings in the trunk of Jack’s car. Who is the woman in every frame? And why does she look so familiar…? Tegan knows the only way to protect herself, and keep her dark family history locked away, is to discover more about the woman in Jack’s photos. But when she does, will the truth help her and Jamie build a new life, or will it tear them apart forever? An absolutely heartbreaking and powerful novel about the lies we tell ourselves, how far we’d go to protect the ones we love, and what it means to be lost. Perfect for fans of Kerry Fisher, Diane Chamberlain, and Kerry Lonsdale. Readers love The Girl in the Picture: “I absolutely fell in love… Utterly unputdownable, it will have you hooked from the first page. Wow!… definitely on another level! I cannot recommend this book enough to anyone that enjoys a gripping read!” NetGalley reviewer “So amazingly heart-warming… wonderful… bittersweet and often heart-wrenching moments… I could not put it down :)” Goodreads reviewer “WoW! WoW! WoW! What an absolutely mind-spinning, beautiful story this was!… perfection… Stunning, absolutely stunning!” NetGalley reviewer Read what everyone’s saying about Melissa Wiesner: “A rollercoaster of emotions… heartbreaking… I was absolutely captivated and absorbed throughout… a beautiful page-turner… I was addicted to this gorgeous novel… will take your breath away.” bookworm86 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Stunning. Wow… This was one I struggled to put down until it was finished! Excellent read!” @read.athon2021 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Really captures your heart… A wonderfully written, emotional read that had me well and truly hooked from beginning to end. I adored this story.” Victoriawilkswrites “I read this book in 24 hours… just devoured this book… outstanding.” @bookdreamer51800 “A stirring and emotional tale… poignant and captivating… so beautifully layered… will linger in readers’ hearts long after the last page is turned… heart-wrenching yet ultimately uplifting tale… engrossing… as hard to put down as it is to forget.” Bookish Jottings ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “This book stole my heart… would get six stars if I could award them… made me cry… a beautifully written story… absolute masterpiece of a book.” FabulousKerry “I just loved this book!… just fantastic… This book has every emotion possible! Loved it.” @oh.happy.reading ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Loved… one of my favorite books I've read so far this year. I would give it fifty gold stars if I could.” Meanderings and Muses ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “A beautiful emotional story… Highly recommended.” Jo Lambert ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

A totally gripping and emotional page-turner

The Girl in the Picture

Gabriella Engelmann

Laura Jane Williams

Alicia Zett

Lorenza Gentile

Saskia Louis

Regina Meissner

Anna Husen

Basma Hallak

Nora Lynn

Liebst du große Gefühle? Entspannst du gerne bei romantischen Geschichten mit Happy End? Faszinieren dich bewegende, dramatische Lebensgeschichten? Dann ist diese Leseproben-Sammlung genau das Richtige für dich! Träum dich weg in »Die kleine Werkstatt der geretteten Dinge« von Lorenza Gentile. Als der kleine Antiquitätenladen Neue Welt versteigert werden soll, erwacht der Kampfgeist der 27-jährigen Italienerin Gea: Sie verbindet liebevolle Erinnerungen mit dem Laden, an dessen Waren keine Preisschilder, sondern Geschichten hängen. Um den Laden zu retten, schließt Gea sich mit all den Menschen zusammen, denen sie als Handwerkerin und Nachbarin geholfen hat. Denn die Vergangenheit können sie nicht reparieren – aber sie können die Zukunft gestalten. Svea Nussbaum ist 31 Jahre alt, unglücklich verliebt ... und nicht immer ganz ehrlich. Doch nach einem mehr als peinlichen Silvesterabend hat sie genug. Sie schreibt eine lange Liste an Vorsätzen, die sie dummerweise versehentlich an den CEO der Firma schickt, die sie eigentlich als Kunden gewinnen soll. Doch dann betraut sie der charmante William Grant nicht nur mit der Leitung des Projekts, sondern schickt ihr auch eine eigene Liste an Vorsätzen. Und plötzlich findet sich Svea in der merkwürdigsten Abmachung ihres Lebens wieder – als Protagonistin in Saskia Louis' humorvollem Liebesroman »Ich will dies, das und dich«. In Anna Husens »My Dearest Lovers« trifft Historical Romance auf New Adult. Für die unkonventionelle Lucie Farber aus Lübeck bricht 1860 eine Welt zusammen: Ihre Eltern schicken sie nach England auf das renommierte Heygate-Internat für Mädchen, wo sie sich nicht nur auf ihre Aufgaben als Lady vorbereiten. Schnell gerät Lucie mit ihrer Mitbewohnerin Amabel aneinander, doch dann merkt Lucie, dass sie sich zu ihr hingezogen fühlt, was sie verwirrt. Vor allem, als der attraktive Arthur um sie zu werben beginnt ... Diese und weitere gefühlvolle Geschichten von Autor*innen wie Basma Hallak, Gabriella Engelmann und Laura Jane Williams finden sich in Vorab-Leseproben zu den Sehnsuchts-Titeln von Droemer Knaur, die dir 2024 den Herbst und Winter versüßen werden. Das kostenlose eBook enthält Leseproben zu: Basma Hallak, »Between My Worlds« Gabriella Engelmann, »Der Winter zaubert Träume am Meer« Lorenza Gentile, »Die kleine Werkstatt der geretteten Dinge« Saskia Louis, »Ich will dies, das und dich« Nora Lynn, »Rebellin der Hohen Schule« Melissa Wiesner, »It all comes back to you – Kann die wahre Liebe jede Lüge verzeihen?« Laura Jane Williams, »Vier Wochen im Dezember« Anna Husen, »Die Mädchen des Heygate Internats« Alicia Zett, »Wer, wenn nicht wir« Regina Meißner, »Die Duellantin«

Ausgewählte Leseproben von Gabriella Engelmann, Basma Hallak, Anna Husen u.v.m.

Träum dich weg: Sehnsucht bei Knaur #08

As the newspaper clipping falls from the cardboard box Tegan takes in the woman in the picture: her chestnut hair, her eyes full of laughter, the way she nestles against the man beside her. And as she reads the words in the article, Tegan almost stops breathing. Was coming here a terrible mistake? When Tegan's family is torn apart by a terrible tragedy, she runs away in search of somewhere to keep safe from the past that haunts her, and the painful secrets she's never told anyone. Arriving in Copper Canyon, Colorado, where wooden storefronts line the quiet streets and no-one knows her name, Tegan breathes easy for the first time in years. And when she grows close with Jack, another lost soul who won't talk about his home, it seems she's found the perfect companion to explore the mountain landscapes with. But just as Tegan starts to think maybe safety isn't a place, it's a person, she notices the box of photos and newspaper clippings that Jack takes everywhere in the trunk of his car. Who is the woman in every frame? And why does she look so familiar...? Tegan knows the only way to protect herself, and keep her dark family history locked away, is to discover more about the woman in Jack's photos. But when she does, will the truth help her build a new life, or will it send her running once more? An absolutely unforgettable and breathtaking novel about love, loss, and the secrets we're all hiding. Perfect for fans of Kerry Fisher, Diane Chamberlain, and Kerry Lonsdale. Readers love The Girl in the Picture: "Wow! Wow! Wow! What an absolutely mind-spinning, beautiful story this was!... perfection... Stunning, absolutely stunning!" NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "I absolutely fell in love... Utterly unputdownable, it will have you hooked from the first page. Wow!... definitely on another level! I cannot recommend this book enough to anyone that enjoys a gripping read!" NetGalley reviewer "This book has just made my day... amazing... Oh goshh!... pulled into it right away from the first line... Trust me, you'll fall in love with every character... worth my tears... Highly recommended!!" Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "So amazingly heart-warming... wonderful... bittersweet... heart-wrenching... I could not put it down." Goodreads reviewer "This book was so very good! I felt like I had stepped into the story from page one... couldn't wait to find out what happened... perfect romantic book!" Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Read what everyone's saying about Melissa Wiesner: "A rollercoaster of emotions... heartbreaking... I was absolutely captivated and absorbed throughout... a beautiful page-turner... I was addicted to this gorgeous novel... will take your breath away." bookworm86 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

A Totally Gripping and Emotional Page-turner

What if the father you never knew, left behind a heartbreaking secret? June Westwood is devastated by the news the father she never met has died. Now the truth about why Jasper abandoned her as a child will be buried forever. Escaping to the secluded beach house she’s inherited, June hopes to spend time bonding with her two little daughters, away from her hectic job and failing marriage. On the wild shores of the Pacific Northwest, her father’s hideaway leaves June breathless. But it’s his oil paintings decorating every wall that surprise her most. How could someone paint other people so beautifully, but reject those closest to him? And why is every drawer in her father’s workshop locked? June hopes her new neighbor—her father’s apprentice Caleb—will provide the answers. But Caleb won’t talk about the past. Then, hidden in her father’s workshop, June discovers a box of newspaper clippings that reveal the shocking reason why her father left years ago—and uncovers Caleb’s own devastating secret… When her old life comes calling, June has an impossible decision to make. Unsure what’s best for her girls, and if she can trust Caleb, will digging deeper into her father’s dark past heal or destroy her precious family? An absolutely heartbreaking and emotional page-turner about the incredible strength of family bonds, how we can hurt those closest to us, and the healing power of love. Fans of Diane Chamberlain, Kerry Lonsdale and Kerry Fisher will devour this powerful read from award-winning author Melissa Wiesner. Read what everyone’s saying about Her Family Secret: “Stunning. Wow… This was one I struggled to put down until it was finished! Excellent read!” @read.athon2021 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Beautifully written… a rollercoaster of emotions… so heartwarming and heartbreaking at the same time… I was absolutely captivated and absorbed throughout… a beautiful page-turner… I was addicted to this gorgeous novel… will take your breath away.” bookworm86 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “I read this book in 24 hours… I loved the authors writing style… just devoured this book… outstanding.” @bookdreamer_51800 “I just loved this book!… just fantastic… This book has every emotion possible! Loved it.” @oh.happy.reading ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Loved… one of my favorite books I've read so far this year. I would give it fifty gold stars if I could.” Meanderings and Muses ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “A beautiful emotional story… sisterly bonding, romance and second chances set against the beautiful backdrop of America’s Pacific coast… Highly recommended.” Jo Lambert ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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