Barbara Davis

A mother and daughter try desperately to reconcile just as a decades-old secret threatens to shatter their relationship forever in this powerful story from the bestselling author of The Echo of Old Books.For social worker Mallory Ward, working with at-risk youth is a calling. But when one of her clients is tragically killed, she finds herself at a crossroads. Despite long-held resentments toward her distant mother, Mallory retreats to her childhood home on the Rhode Island coast to contemplate her future. Instead, she’s confronted by her past, not only in the renewed tensions with her mother but in the unexpected appearance of a familiar face—and the wrenching losses that drove her away a decade ago.Helen Ward’s home is filled with precious keepsakes from her patients, a testament to decades spent caring for the terminally ill. Her work has always come first, though, leaving little time to connect with her daughter. Over the years, the rift between them has become a chasm, so when Mallory appears unannounced, Helen sees it as an opportunity to repair their broken relationship.But hidden among Helen’s mementos are the keys to her past…and a terrible secret that threatens to destroy the fragile new trust between them forever.

A mother and daughter try desperately to reconcile just as a decades-old secret threatens to shatter their relationship forever in this powerful story from the bestselling author of The Echo of Old Books.For social worker Mallory Ward, working with at-risk youth is a calling. But when one of her clients is tragically killed, she finds herself at a crossroads. Despite long-held resentments toward her distant mother, Mallory retreats to her childhood home on the Rhode Island coast to contemplate her future. Instead, she’s confronted by her past, not only in the renewed tensions with her mother but in the unexpected appearance of a familiar face—and the wrenching losses that drove her away a decade ago.Helen Ward’s home is filled with precious keepsakes from her patients, a testament to decades spent caring for the terminally ill. Her work has always come first, though, leaving little time to connect with her daughter. Over the years, the rift between them has become a chasm, so when Mallory appears unannounced, Helen sees it as an opportunity to repair their broken relationship.But hidden among Helen’s mementos are the keys to her past…and a terrible secret that threatens to destroy the fragile new trust between them forever.

CHUVSTVENNAJa I TROGATELNAJa ISTORIJa O SPLETENII SUDEB I CHUDE. VYBOR AMAZON V ZHANRE ISTORICHESKOGO ROMANA. Dolgie gody semja Solin Russel derzhala v Parizhe salon svadebnykh platev, gde tvorilos nastojaschee volshebstvo. Nevestu, nadevshuju plate ot Russel, zhdalo schastlivoe buduschee. No Vtoraja mirovaja vojna perevernula zhizn Solin... Poterjav veru v ljubov, ona sprjatala svoi vospominanija i razbitye mechty v korobku i ostavila zagadochnoe remeslo. Prokhodjat desjatki let. Bostonskaja khudozhnitsa Avrora Grant, chej zhenikh neskolko mesjatsev nazad propal v Afrike, pytaetsja perezhit utratu. Ona mechtaet otkryt khudozhestvennuju galereju, i poiski privodjat ee k vetkhomu zdaniju, gde kogda-to raspolagalsja svadebnyj salon Solin. Obnaruzhiv korobku s pismami i starym svadebnym platem, Avrora ponimaet, chto vse ne sluchajno. Znakomstvo Avrory i Solin stanovitsja nachalom bolshoj istorii, gde est mesto chudu i vere v sebja... Ocharovatelnyj roman o sudbe, vtorykh shansakh i nadezhde, poterjannoj i obretennoj. Ot avtora bestsellera "Poslednjaja iz lunnykh dev". "V knigi Barbary Devis nepremenno vljubjatsja poklonniki Ketrin Rajan Khajd i Ljusindy Rajli". - Booklist "Etot roman darit nadezhdu na to, chto vsekh nas rano ili pozdno zhdet schastlivyj konets. Idealnoe sochetanie romantiki i tajn s vkraplenijami magii. Ne propustite!" - Kerri Enn King "Intrigujuschij roman, gde spletajutsja pechal, radost i zagadki sudby". - Historical Novel Society "Kak i svadebnoe plate, sozdannoe s ljubovju, eta istorija pronizana romantikoj i tajnami, kotorye ocharujut... i zastavjat chitatelej poverit v magiju". - Kristin Nolfi, avtor bestsellerov

A novel about the magical lure of books and summoning the courage to rewrite our stories by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Keeper of Happy Endings and The Last of the Moon Girls. Rare-book dealer Ashlyn Greer’s affinity for books extends beyond the intoxicating scent of old paper, ink, and leather. She can feel the echoes of the books’ previous owners—an emotional fingerprint only she can read. When Ashlyn discovers a pair of beautifully bound volumes that appear to have never been published, her gift quickly becomes an obsession. Not only is each inscribed with a startling incrimination, but the authors, Hemi and Belle, tell conflicting sides of a tragic romance. With no trace of how these mysterious books came into the world, Ashlyn is caught up in a decades-old literary mystery, beckoned by two hearts in ruins, whoever they were, wherever they are. Determined to learn the truth behind the doomed lovers’ tale, she reads on, following a trail of broken promises and seemingly unforgivable betrayals. The more Ashlyn learns about Hemi and Belle, the nearer she comes to bringing closure to their love story—and to the unfinished chapters of her own life.

A novel about the magical lure of books and summoning the courage to rewrite our stories by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Keeper of Happy Endings and The Last of the Moon Girls.Rare-book dealer Ashlyn Greer’s affinity for books extends beyond the intoxicating scent of old paper, ink, and leather. She can feel the echoes of the books’ previous owners—an emotional fingerprint only she can read. When Ashlyn discovers a pair of beautifully bound volumes that appear to have never been published, her gift quickly becomes an obsession. Not only is each inscribed with a startling incrimination, but the authors, Hemi and Belle, tell conflicting sides of a tragic romance.With no trace of how these mysterious books came into the world, Ashlyn is caught up in a decades-old literary mystery, beckoned by two hearts in ruins, whoever they were, wherever they are. Determined to learn the truth behind the doomed lovers’ tale, she reads on, following a trail of broken promises and seemingly unforgivable betrayals. The more Ashlyn learns about Hemi and Belle, the nearer she comes to bringing closure to their love story—and to the unfinished chapters of her own life.

"V knigi Barbary Devis nepremenno vljubjatsja poklonniki Ketrin Rajan Khajd i Ljusindy Rajli". - Booklist "Mnogoslojnaja istorija, polnaja intrigi, romantiki i borby - v pervuju ochered s predubezhdenijami". - Booklist (o romane "Poslednjaja iz Lunnykh dev") Kristin uverena s detstva - nikomu nelzja verit. V etom mire dlja nee ne suschestvuet bezopasnoj gavani. Na kakoe-to vremja ona obrela schaste rjadom s suprugom Stivenom, populjarnym pisatelem. No kogda on popal v avtokatastrofu vmeste s neizvestnoj zhenschinoj, chto stalo v presse sensatsiej, sravnimoj s ego luchshimi romanami, Kristin ponjala - ee vnov predali. Chto za zhenschina byla v mashine so Stivenom, kakaja mezhdu nimi svjaz? I chem mozhet pomoch Kristin staryj prijatel Stivena, zhurnalist Uejd? Kristin otpravljaetsja v malenkij provintsialnyj gorodok, gde kogda-to oni so Stivenom proveli medovyj mesjats, chtoby raz i navsegda reshit dlja sebja, kto ona, chemu ej verit i kto v ee zhizni dostoin zanjat po-nastojaschemu vazhnoe mesto.

Zhitelnitsa Nju-Jorka Lizzi Lun poluchaet banderol so strannoj imennoj knigoj dlja zapisej, a takzhe soobschenie, chto ee babushka, izvestnaja v gorodke Sejlem-Krik travnitsa i tselitelnitsa Alteja Lun, umerla, i prakh ee uzhe razveli po vetru. Poskolku mat Lizzi ischezla v neizvestnom napravlenii esche vosem let nazad, Lizzi stanovitsja edinolichnoj vladelitsej rodovogo imenija s plantatsijami lavandy i tselebnykh trav. Lizzi, vsegda stremivshajasja otorvatsja ot semejnogo nasledija i nekogda uekhavshaja iz goroda, chtoby postroit novuju zhizn, vynuzhdena vernutsja v mesta detstva i vpervye vzjat na sebja otvetstvennost.

”Vi var Roussel-familien, der syede brudekjoler med en helt speciel egenskab; bruden, der bærer en Roussel-kjole på sin bryllupsdag, er garanteret et lykkeligt liv.” Gennem flere generationer har Soline Roussels familie drevet en eksklusiv brudesalon i Paris, hvor de skaber magi med nål og tråd. Men et smerteligt tab under Anden Verdenskrig efterlader Solines verden i ruiner. Hendes tro på kærligheden lider et knæk, og hun gemmer alle sine minder væk i en kasse sammen med sine knuste drømme.Fyrre år senere kæmper gallerieejeren Rory med sit eget tragiske tab. Hun lejer Solines gamle ejendom, hvor hun finder kassen med breve og en gammel brudekjole, der aldrig er blevet brugt. Da Rory leverer minderne tilbage til Soline, opstår et uventet venskab, og de to kvinder opdager, at der er tråde mellem deres liv.Vinder af Holt Medallion 2022 (årets bedste kærlighedsromaner)”Fans af Lucinda Riley vil forelske sig i denne bog.” Booklist”Denne spændende roman er magisk vævet med sorg, overraskelser og lykke, ligesom brudekjolerne i bogen.” Historical Novel Society

An enchanting novel about fate, second chances, and hope, lost and found, by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Last of the Moon Girls.Soline Roussel is well schooled in the business of happy endings. For generations her family has kept an exclusive bridal salon in Paris, where magic is worked with needle and thread. It’s said that the bride who wears a Roussel gown is guaranteed a lifetime of joy. But devastating losses during World War II leave Soline’s world and heart in ruins and her faith in love shaken. She boxes up her memories, stowing them away, along with her broken dreams, determined to forget.Decades later, while coping with her own tragic loss, aspiring gallery owner Rory Grant leases Soline’s old property and discovers a box containing letters and a vintage wedding dress, never worn. When Rory returns the mementos, an unlikely friendship develops, and eerie parallels in Rory’s and Soline’s lives begin to surface. It’s clear that they were destined to meet—and that Rory may hold the key to righting a forty-year wrong and opening the door to shared healing and, perhaps, a little magic.

An Amazon Charts bestseller.A novel of secrets, memory, family, and forgiveness by the bestselling author of When Never Comes.Lizzy Moon never wanted Moon Girl Farm. Eight years ago, she left the land that nine generations of gifted healers had tended, determined to distance herself from the whispers about her family’s strange legacy. But when her beloved grandmother Althea dies, Lizzy must return and face the tragedy still hanging over the farm’s withered lavender fields: the unsolved murders of two young girls, and the cruel accusations that followed Althea to her grave.Lizzy wants nothing more than to sell the farm and return to her life in New York, until she discovers a journal Althea left for her—a Book of Remembrances meant to help Lizzy embrace her own special gifts. When she reconnects with Andrew Greyson, one of the few in town who believed in Althea’s innocence, she resolves to clear her grandmother’s name.But to do so, she’ll have to decide if she can accept her legacy and whether to follow in the footsteps of all the Moon women who came before her.

This book contains some of the dreams and visions and the understanding of them that the Holy Spirit has given me over the years. As you read PARABLES OF LIGHT my prayer is that it blesses and stirs you up to seek out what the Holy Spirit is saying to you in your dreams and vision in these last days. May God bless you on the quest.

This book contains some of the dreams and visions and the understanding of them that the Holy Spirit has given me over the years. As you read PARABLES OF LIGHT my prayer is that it blesses and stirs you up to seek out what the Holy Spirit is saying to you in your dreams and vision in these last days. May God bless you on the quest.

An Amazon Charts most-read and most-sold book.Author Barbara Davis deftly explores an emotionally charged landscape of pain, loss, and despair—and the risk one woman will take in the hope of loving again.As a teenage runaway and child of an addict, Christy-Lynn learned the hard way that no address was permanent, and no promise sacred. For a while, she found a safe haven in her marriage to bestselling crime novelist Stephen Ludlow—until his car skidded into Echo Bay. But Stephen’s wasn’t the only body pulled from the icy waters that night. When details about a mysterious violet-eyed blonde become public, a media circus ensues, and Christy-Lynn runs again.Desperate for answers, she’s shattered to learn that Stephen and his mistress had a child—a little girl named Iris, who now lives in poverty with her ailing great-grandmother. The thought of Iris abandoned to the foster care system—as Christy-Lynn once was—is unbearable. But she’s spent her whole life running—determined never to be hurt again. Will she finally stand still long enough to open herself up to forgiveness and love?

From the author of "Summer at Hideaway Key" comes a sweeping new Southern women s fiction novel about forgiving the past one letter at a time... "The truth lies between the lines..." A year ago, Dovie Larkin s life was shattered when her fiance committed suicide just weeks before their wedding. Now, plagued by guilt, she has become a fixture at the cemetery where William is buried, visiting his grave daily, waiting for answers she knows will never come. Then one day, she sees an old woman whose grief mirrors her own. Fascinated, she watches the woman leave a letter on a nearby grave. Dovie ignores her conscience and reads the letter a mother s plea for forgiveness to her dead daughter and immediately needs to know the rest of the story. As she delves deeper, a collection of letters from the cemetery s lost and found begins to unravel a decades-old mystery involving one of Charleston s wealthiest families. But even as Dovie seeks to answer questions about another woman s past questions filled with deception, betrayal, and heartbreaking loss she starts to discover the keys to love, forgiveness, and finally embracing the future "