J P Monninger

Kjærligheten finner deg er en intens roman om den første kjærligheten, lengsel og tap.Amerikanske Heather har planlagt fremtiden sin til minste detalj. Hun har nettopp avsluttet college og skal reise utenlands med to venninner før hun begynner å jobbe. Men så møter hun Jack på et tog i Europa, og alle planene hennes endres. Jack følge en reiserute fra sin bestefars dagbok, og den tar ham til vakre, romantiske storbyer som Wien, Budapest og Paris. Heather slår følge med ham, og snart blomstrer kjærligheten. Jack er en fri fugl og ønsker å reise videre i resten av Europa, og han trygler Heather om å bli med ham videre og gi kjærligheten en sjanse. Heather på sin side forsøker å få ham med seg hjem til USA. Problemet er at Jack har en hemmelighet som kan forandre alt …«Han skriver med alle de fem sansene.» The New York Times Book Review

The Blasket Islands are the heart of Ireland - once populated with some of the most famous Irish writers, they are now abandoned, filled with nothing but wind and silence. Kate Moreton, a PhD student at Dartmouth, is in Ireland to research the history of the Blaskets, not to fall in love. She has a degree to finish and a life back in New Hampshire that she is reluctant to leave. But fall in love she does, with both the wild, windswept landscape and with Ozzie, a Irish-American fisherman with a troubled past who shares her deep, aching love for the land. Together, they begin to build a life on the rocky Irish coast. But when tragedy strikes, leading Kate on a desperate search through Europe, the limits of their love and faith in each other will be tested.

"Romantic and unforgettable." --Nicholas SparksJ.P. Monninger's The Map That Leads to You is a breathtaking novel about love, loss, and the best-laid plans that are meant to be broken. Two strangers take the road less traveled... Heather Mulgrew's world is already mapped out: she is going to travel abroad with her friends after college, come back to a great career in September, and head into a life where not much is left to chance. But that was before an encounter on an overnight train introduces her to Jack, a passionate adventurer who changes the course of her journey and her life. Throwing Heather's careful itinerary to the wind, they follow Jack's grandfather's journal through post-World War II era Europe: Vienna, Budapest, Turkey--exotic places that serve only to heighten their feelings. As September looms, Jack urges Heather to stay with him, to keep traveling, to give in to the romance of their experience; Heather convinces him to return to the United States. Jack has a secret that could change everything. And Heather's world is about to be shaken to the core. One of the New York Post's This Week's Must-Read Books Praise for The Map that Leads to You: "The Map That Leads to You is a gossamer confection, spun sugar at the summer carnival. It's also an inspiriting estival fling, one that, as Heather says of her relationship with Jack, melts any residual winter ice. --The New York Times Book Review Will strike a chord with fans of Nicholas Sparks' sweeping and sentimental tales. --Booklist Readers who love romance novels with a bittersweet twist will cling to every word...Recommended for fans of Kristin Hannah and Nicholas Sparks. --School Library Journal