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Depuis près de 18 ans, Lara Spencer coule des jours paisibles dans une petite maison résidentielle à Scarborough avec sa fille Eliza et Bruce, leur grincheux chat noir. Les mouettes dans le ciel, la vue sur mer depuis la fenêtre de la salle de bains, le son de la musique à plein volume dans la chambre de sa fille sont des constantes rassurantes de leur vie ensemble. Mais les changements qui se profilent viennent bouleverser cette routine bien rodée.
Sur le point de quitter le cocon familial pour l'université, Eliza veut rencontrer son père, un homme que Lara a rencontré à New York... Avec pour seuls indices un nom et une adresse trouvée sur les réseaux sociaux, les deux femmes se lancent dans un voyage qui les emmènera de Cambridge à New York, à la recherche de ce père mystérieux qui ignore tout de l'existence de sa fille. -
La villa des petits bonheurs
Lucy Diamond
- Charleston
- Litterature Generale
- 12 Avril 2023
- 9782368129777
Trois étages, un magnifique bow-window, une vue à couper le souffle : dans la jolie ville côtière de Brighton, SeaView House est une maison comme les autres dans un quartier où s'alignent les bâtiments style Régence. Mais ce qui fait la singularité de cette charmante et quelque peu surprenante villa, ce sont les résidents de passage qui semblent y échouer avec la marée.
Comme Rosa, Charlotte et Georgie. Chacune a sa propre raison de refaire sa vie sur le bord de mer, et pourtant, elles vont créer dans cette ancienne bâtisse des liens qui bouleverseront tous leurs plans. -
Après une période estivale chargée dans son petit café des Cornouailles, Evie Flynn accueille la période de Noël avec impatience.
Soirées au coin du feu, vin chaud aux épices, gâteaux et gourmandises... elle est déterminée à faire de sa saison préférée un moment romantique avec Ed, son petit ami. Mais au café du bonheur, rien ne se passe jamais comme prévu, et bientôt Evie ne sait plus où donner de la tête entre la tempête de neige qui paralyse tout Carrawen Bay, l'arrivée d'invités surprise et d'anciennes rivalités familiales qui refont surface. Ce Noël verra-t-il tous ses voeux se réaliser ?
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Evie Flynn a toujours été le mouton noir de sa famille si parfaite : une rêveuse, vagabonde dans l'âme, contrairement à ses soeurs aînées. Elle s'est d'abord imaginée actrice, puis photographe et chanteuse, mais sans grand succès.
Lassée de ces échecs, elle s'est construit une vie raisonnable : entre un travail qu'elle déteste et un fiancé très terre à terre (pour ne pas dire ennuyeux), elle regarde sa vie défiler sous ses yeux jusqu'au décès de sa tante préférée dans un accident de voiture. Jo lègue à sa nièce le petit café qu'elle tient sur le port de Carrawen Bay. Déterminée à prendre son destin en main, Evie n'hésite pas longtemps avant de tout plaquer pour partir découvrir les Cornouailles et l'héritage qui lui est offert, sans se douter des rencontres qui vont bouleverser son destin...
« Une lecture joyeuse qui donne vie à des personnages crédibles et attachants. » Daily Mail
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Les plus beaux jours de nos vies
Lucy Diamond
- Charleston
- Litterature Generale
- 24 Janvier 2024
- 9782385290719
LE JOUR OÙ TOUT A BASCULÉ.
Le jour où Leni McKenzie, 35 ans, meurt dans un accident de vélo, c'est la vie de toute sa famille qui bascule.
Sa petite soeur d'abord, Alice, dont elle était si proche, qui ne sait plus où elle en est. Après avoir quitté son petit ami et son travail, elle veut découvrir ce que faisait Leni les semaines avant sa mort et qui est le mystérieux Josh noté sur son agenda.
De son côté Will, le petit frère d'Alice et de Leni, choisit de prendre la fuite et part en Thaïlande. Sur une plage paradisiaque où il vend des lunettes de soleil et des tongs aux touristes, il tente d'oublier son chagrin et sa culpabilité car il est persuadé d'être responsable de la mort de Leni.
Quant à leur mère, Belinda, elle trouve du réconfort chez une voyante qui affirme être en communication avec Leni. Son compagnon, Ray, a beau lui dire qu'il s'agit d'une arnaque, elle ne veut rien entendre. D'autant qu'avant son décès Leni avait fait resurgir un vieux secret de Belinda...
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Tailleur strict, coiffure sophistiquée et talons vertigineux, Polly ne vit que pour son travail dans une grande compagnie financière de la City de Londres. Un poste pour lequel elle a tout sacrifié pendant quinze ans. Aussi, quand elle est brutalement licenciée, c'est son univers qui s'effondre.
Pire, la voilà bientôt obligée de renoncer à son luxueux appartement avec vue sur la Tamise et de trouver refuge chez sa soeur à Elderchurch, ce petit village au fin fond du Hampshire où elles ont grandi.
Cela fait des années que Clare et elle n'ont plus rien en commun. Entre incompréhensions et secrets enfouis, la cohabitation s'annonce mouvementée. Mais n'est-ce pas l'occasion rêvée de se libérer de vingt ans de non-dits pour prendre un nouveau départ ?
« Une lecture pétillante, un rayon de soleil qui illuminera vos journées les plus grises. » Christel, de @les__miscellanees_de_cookie -
''No one does real life like Lucy Diamond'' Veronica Henry
There''s nowhere quite like Paris, as journalist and single mum Jess Bright knows all too well. She''s never forgotten the love, friendship and freedom she enjoyed there in her twenties. So when she''s offered a ghost-writing job in the city one summer, she leaps at the chance.
Her subject is the iconic artist Adelaide Fox, whose personal life has always been steeped in scandal and intrigue. Now approaching eighty, she''s ready to tell her side of the story - and serve up some scalding-hot revenge in the process.
Amidst an often stormy working relationship, Jess and Adelaide must face up to their pasts. As passionate affairs, terrible betrayals and life-changing secrets surface, there may be more surprises in store than either of them dared imagine . . .
Set in the city of love, with two unforgettable protagonists, I Remember Paris is a gloriously life-affirming novel about second chances, unlikely friendships and finding your way back to yourself.
READERS LOVE LUCY DIAMOND
''I love all of Lucy''s books'' 5* reader review
''Lucy writes with such warmth and sympathy'' 5* reader review
''Pure escapism'' 5* reader review
''So uplifting'' 5* reader review
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Summer With My Sister is a fascinating tale of family secrets and hidden rivalries by bestselling author Lucy Diamond.
Polly has always been the high-flyer of the family, with the glamorous city lifestyle to match.
Clare is a single mum with two children, struggling to make ends meet in a ramshackle cottage. The two sisters are poles apart and barely on speaking terms.
But then Polly''s fortunes change unexpectedly and her world comes crashing down. Left penniless and with nowhere else to go, she''s forced back to the village where she and Clare grew up, and the sisters find themselves living together for the first time in years. With an old flame reappearing for Polly, a blossoming new career for Clare and a long-buried family secret in the mix, sparks are sure to fly. Unless the two women have more in common than they first thought?
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Il n'y a pas plus opposées qu'elles. Polly, citadine jusqu'au bout des ongles, femme d'affaire ambitieuse à qui tout réussit. Sa soeur Clare, divorcée, deux enfants à charge, reine du système D qui n'a jamais quitté son village. Mais le destin a décidé de les rassembler...
Quand elle perd son emploi, Polly se voit contrainte, à son grand désespoir, de s'installer à la campagne, chez Clare. Elles qui n'ont pas vécu ensemble depuis des lustres et qui se parlent à peine, les voilà obligées de cohabiter !
Si les débuts sont bien difficiles, un projet va les fédérer : la fabrication de produits bio pour le bain, une idée de Clare qui amuse beaucoup Polly. Et si les soeurs avaient plus en commun qu'elles ne le pensaient ?
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B>Treasure every moment. Life can change in a heartbeat./b>b>'A new Lucy Diamond book is one of the happiest highlights of my calendar' Katie Fforde, bestselling author of A Country Escape/b>It's a beautiful day in Manchester and four friends are meeting for a birthday lunch. But then they witness a shocking accident just metres away which acts as a catalyst for each of them. For Laura, it's a wake-up call to heed the ticking of her biological clock. Sensible Jo finds herself throwing caution to the wind in a new relationship. Eve, who has been trying to ignore the worrying lump in her breast, feels helpless and out of control. And happy-go-lucky India is drawn to one of the victims of the accident, causing long-buried secrets to rise to the surface.On a Beautiful Day is a novel about the startling and unexpected turns life can take. It's about luck - good and bad - and about finding bravery and resilience when your world is in turmoil. Above all, it's about friendship, togetherness and hope.Praise for Lucy Diamond:br>'A hugely satisfying read' Heatbr>'Full of emotion and insight - it really makes you think' Katie Fforde, bestselling author of A Summer at Seabr>'Warm, witty and wise' Daily Mailb>On a Beautiful Day is an uplifting and inspiring novel from bestselling author Lucy Diamond /b>
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B>An Almost Perfect Holiday is a warm and witty story of friendship, family and hope by the Sunday Times bestseller Lucy Diamond, author of The Beach Cafe and Summer at Shell Cottage./b>'A delight from first page through to last' - Milly JohnsonThe holidays are here, and down in Cornwall Lorna's cottages are fully booked. The sun loungers are lined up beside the swimming pool, the sky is blue and a new set of arrivals are on their way . . .Em's planned the perfect break with her teenagers plus her new boyfriend, George . . . but now his difficult six-year-old is coming too. Will their romance survive the realities of parenthood?Maggie's hoping a seaside holiday will bring her and her daughter closer together, but when her ex makes a surprise reappearance, it changes everything. Can she trust the man who broke her heart?Olivia has escaped the domestic grind, only for the past to catch up with her. Maybe the time has come to confess all - if she can find the courage . . .Meanwhile, the teenagers are running wild and love is in the air. With friendship, heartache and secrets in the mix, will this holiday turn out to be a scorcher - or simply too hot to handle?
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On paper, Sadie's got it all - the partner, the children, the house. But in real life, that doesn't feel quite enough. Sadie can't help harking back to the time when she was a career woman by day and a party animal by night. And what happened to feeling like a sex kitten, anyway? The only sleepless nights she's getting now are due to the baby. Maybe a little reinvention is the answer . . . Sadie can't resist creating a fictitious online identity for herself as a hot TV producer. It's only a bit of harmless fun . . . until truth and fantasy become dangerously tangled. It isn't long before she's wondering if the exciting alter ego she has dreamed up really is the kind of person she wants to be after all . . .Wry, funny and with a wonderful twist in the tale, Lucy Diamond's debut novel Any Way You Want Me is an enchanting story of infidelity, motherhood and friends reunited.
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The Promise is a unforgettable story about finding love, hope and joy in even the darkest moments, by the Sunday Times bestseller Lucy Diamond, author of The Secrets of Happiness . When faced with the sudden death of his brother, Dan''s mission is clear. He puts together a project to help pick up the pieces and support his grieving sister-in-law Zoe, plus her young children. This is Dan''s promise - to ensure his family''s happiness, and to try and live up to the man his brother was. But tying up loose ends brings a shocking secret to light, and calls into question everything Dan knew about his older brother. With more than just his promise on the line, Dan is faced with an ultimatum: Should he tell the truth and risk his family''s fragile happiness, or will his brother''s secrets end up becoming his own? Real readers love The Promise : ''I cried and laughed'' ''It was a beautifully written book from start to finish. Each night I couldn''t wait to read the next chapter.'' ''I literally cannot put it down.''
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B>Warm and witty, no one writes about love, family and friendship like Lucy Diamond, the Sunday Times bestelling author /b>b>of/b> b>The Secrets of Happiness and On a Beautiful Day/b>b>. The perfect read for fans of Katie Fforde and Jill Mansell./b> br>b>/b>br>b>'A new Lucy Diamond book is one of the happiest highlights of my calendar' /b>-b> Katie Fforde, bestselling author of A Country Escape/b>br>b>/b>br>b>'Multi-layered, compelling and beautifully written' - Daily Express/b> When Frankie stumbles upon an unopened letter from her late mother, she's delighted to have one last message from her . . . until she reads the contents and discovers the truth about her birth. Brimming with questions, she travels to York to seek further answers from the Mortimer family, but her appearance sends shockwaves through them all. Meanwhile, Robyn Mortimer has problems of her own. Her husband has become distant, and she begins to wonder exactly what he's keeping hidden. Dare she find out more? As for Bunny, she fell head over heels in love when she first arrived in town, but now it seems her past is catching up with her. She can't help wondering if her relationship will survive when everyone discovers who she really is - and what she did. As secrets tumble out and loyalties are tested, the Mortimers have to face up to some difficult decisions. With love, betrayal and dramatic revelations in the mix, this is one summer they'll never forget.Praise for Lucy Diamond: 'A hugely satisfying read' - Heatbr> 'Warm, witty and wise' - Daily Mail
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The House of New Beginnings is a moving and uplifting novel from bestselling author Lucy Diamond.br>br>One life-changing summer . . . In an elegant Regency house near the Brighton seafront, three tenants have more in common than they know . . . A shocking revelation has led Rosa to start over as a sous chef. The work is gruelling but it's a distraction . . . until she comes up against the stroppy teenager next door who challenges her lifestyle choices. What if Rosa's passion for food could lead her to more interesting places?Having followed her childhood sweetheart down south, Georgie is busily carving out a new career in journalism. Throwing herself into the city's delights is fun, but before she knows it she's sliding headlong into all kinds of trouble . . . Nursing a devastating loss, Charlotte just wants to keep her head down. But Margot, the glamorous older lady on the top floor, has other ideas. Like it or not, Charlotte must confront the outside world, and the possibilities it still holds. As the women find each other, hope surfaces, friendships blossom and a whole new chapter unfolds for them all.
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THE HOUSE OF NEW BEGINNINGS ; ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN...
Lucy Diamond
- Macmillan
- 14 Janvier 2017
- 9781509834891
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A Baby at the Beach Cafe is an engaging short story follow-up to Lucy Diamond''s bestselling novel The Beach Cafe . Evie loves running her beach cafe in Cornwall but with a baby on the way, she''s been told to put her feet up. Let someone else take over? Not likely. Helen''s come to Cornwall to escape the stress of city living. She hopes a seaside life will be the answer to all her dreams. When she sees a job advertised at the cafe it sounds perfect. But the two women clash and sparks fly. . . and then events take a dramatic turn. Can the pair of them put aside their differences in a crisis?
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B>One Night in Italy is a charming, funny and heartwarming novel from Lucy Diamond, author of The Beach Cafe./b>br>b>/b>br>Is Italian really the language of love? A new class of students hopes to find out . . .Anna's recently been told the father she's never met is Italian. Now she's baking focaccia, whipping up tiramisu and swotting up on her vocabulary, determined to make it to Italy so she can find him in person.Catherine's husband has walked out on her, and she's trying to pick up the pieces of her life. But she'll need courage as well as friends when she discovers his deception runs even deeper than infidelity.Sophie's the teacher of the class, who'd much rather be back in sunny Sorrento. She can't wait to escape the tensions at home and go travelling again. But sometimes life - and love - can surprise you when you least expect it.As the evening class gets underway, friendships form and secrets from Italy begin to emerge. With love affairs blossoming in the most unlikely places, and hard decisions to face, it's going to be a year that Anna, Catherine and Sophie will never forget.
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B>The Beach Cafe is Lucy Diamond's classic bestseller, a story of new beginnings, love and adventure. /b>br>b>/b>br>Evie Flynn has always been the black sheep of her family - a dreamer and a drifter, unlike her over-achieving elder sisters. She's tried making a name for herself as an actress, a photographer and a singer, but nothing has ever worked out. Now she's stuck in temp hell, with a sensible, pension-planning boyfriend. Somehow life seems to be passing her by. Then her beloved aunt Jo dies suddenly in a car crash, leaving Evie an unusual legacy - her precious beach cafe in Cornwall. Determined to make a success of something for the first time in her life, Evie heads off to Cornwall to get the cafe and her life back on track - and gets more than she bargained for, both in work and in love . . .
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B>For better. For worse. Forget him. /b>Over You is a compelling story of friendship pushed to its limits by bestselling author Lucy Diamond. What the fans say: 'Full of friendship, family and how when life throws something at you, you have to fight back!' Emily Josie, Nell and Lisa go back a long way - they were flatmates, soulmates and best mates back in their twenties when life was one long party.Five years later, things are different. Josie is married with kids in deepest suburbia, free-spirit Nell has travelled the world, and Lisa is on the path to career glory (and the salary Premiership). A reunion weekend in London seems a great idea to Josie . . . until she discovers something which will change the course of her life forever.Praise for Lucy Diamond:br>'A hugely satisfying read' Heatbr>'An absolute treat' Katie Fforde, bestselling author of A Summer at Seabr>'Warm, witty and wise' Daily Mail
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The Secrets of Happiness is an extraordinary tale of sisterhood, from Lucy Diamond author of The Beach Cafe.b>The best things in life . . . can be just around the corner/b>Rachel and Becca aren't real sisters, or so they say. They are stepsisters, living far apart, with little in common. Rachel is the successful one: happily married with three children and a big house, plus an impressive career. Artistic Becca, meanwhile, lurches from one dead-end job to another, shares a titchy flat, and has given up on love.The two of them have lost touch, but when Rachel doesn't come home one night, Becca is called in to help. br>Once there, she quickly realizes that her stepsister's life is not so perfect after all: Rachel's handsome husbandbr>has moved out, her children are rebelling, and her glamorous career has taken a nosedive. Worst of all, br>nobody seems to have a clue where she might be.As Becca begins to untangle Rachel's secrets, she is forced to confront some uncomfortable truths about br>her own life, and the future seems uncertain. But sometimes happiness can be found in the most unexpected places . . .
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Summer at Shell Cottage is another delightful summer read from Lucy Diamond, author of the bestselling The Beach Cafe.A seaside holiday at Shell Cottage in Devon has always been the perfect escape for the Tarrant family. Beach fun, barbecues and warm summer evenings with a cocktail or two - who could ask for more?But this year, everything has changed. Following her husband's recent death, Olivia is struggling to pick up the pieces. Then she makes a shocking discovery that turns her world upside down.As a busy mum and GP, Freya's used to having her hands full, but a bad day at work has put her career in jeopardy and now she's really feeling the pressure.Harriet's looking forward to a break with her lovely husband Robert and teenage daughter Molly. But unknown to Harriet, Robert is hiding a secret - and so, for that matter, is Molly . . .
