Автор: Мэри Элис Монро

Мия Лэндан, узнав об измене мужа, решает уехать из города и временно селится в старой рыбацкой хижине среди гор и лесов Северной Каролины. Разбирая вещи прежних хозяев, Мия находит личный дневник некой Кейт Уотсон. Ее поражают спрятанные среди записей искусные рисунки полевых цветов, рыб и насекомых. Однако ее восторг меркнет,…

У Доры, Карсон и Харпер один отец, но между собой у них мало общего. Женщин объединяют лишь детские воспоминания о ежегодных поездках к Мамме, бабушке, которая живет в старинном доме на острове. Но в этом году у семейной встречи будет новый сценарий. Мамма отмечает восьмидесятилетие и приглашает внучек к себе на лето. Однако им…

Луз Авила живет тихой счастливой жизнью под крылом у бабушки и заботливого жениха. Но за один вечер ее жизнь меняется до неузнаваемости, и теперь Луз вынуждена пересечь в одиночестве страну с севера на юг, чтобы добраться до границы Мексики к важному празднику – Дню поминовения. Она отправляется в путь, но искушение вернуться…

Фэй О’Нил, мать-одиночка с двумя детьми, забыла, что такое мечтать и верить в сказки. Но стоило ей переехать в старинный викторианский особняк, как начали происходить загадочные события. По ночам Фэй мерещатся странные огоньки за окном, а в квартире над ней живет чудаковатая старушка Венди, которая считает себя подругой…

Charlotte Godowski was used to the horrified stares she received from strangers. She’d learned to accept her facial deformity, until one cruel incident compelled her to have the surgery that changed her life forever. Charlotte Godfrey is beautiful beyond compare. In Hollywood, where such beauty is power, her rise is meteoric. Suddenly she has everything she could want: acceptance, a future and a love she believes can see to the true beauty within.Charlotte Godowski and Charlotte Godfrey are two sides of the same woman—a woman who can trust no one with her secret. But when fate forces…

A poignant novel of hope, acceptance, forgiveness and the heartbreaking compromises people make in the name of love.The Blakelys are broken. The family shattered as matriarch Mary June refused to face the truth of her past and a legacy of tragedy. She and her husband Preston have paid the price for years of unspoken emotions – one son is lost forever, another, Morgan, has not been home in over a decade.But now as they could be forced to sell the one thing precious to their disintegrating family – Sweetgrass, home to the Blakely family for eight generations – unless they confront the…

Mary Alice Monroe returns to the captivating and mystical South Carolina Lowcountry, a place of wild beauty and untamed hearts, to tell the moving story of healing, hope and new beginnings…. E.R. nurse Ella Majors has seen all the misery that she can handle. Burned-out and unsure of her next step, she accepts the temporary position as caregiver to Marion Henderson, a frightened five-year-old who suffers from juvenile diabetes.But Ella soon realizes there is more sorrow in the isolated home than the little girl’s illness. Harris Henderson, a single father, seems better able to deal with…

Her husband’s suicide left Nora MacKenzie alone, and his shady Wall Street dealings left the Manhattan socialite penniless.By a miracle she’s held on to their mountainside farm—and she’ll keep holding on, no matter what. The property is Nora’s one chance to wring some dignity out of the sham she’s been living. The Vermont locals think she’s a city girl on a nature kick, but she’s not afraid to get her hands dirty.Nora’s serious about learning the farming business…if she can figure out where to begin. Against the locals’ skepticism, she…

New York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe invites you to meet five remarkable characters as she explores the power of friendship with tenderness, honesty and understanding «Outwardly linked by their monthly book club meetings, five diverse women in suburban Chicago come to realize that they share more than just the books they read as they struggle with a number of life-changing issues and discover the true meaning and power of friendship.»—Library…

They are the Season sisters, bound by blood, driven apart by a tragedy.Now they are about to embark on a bittersweet journey into the unknown-an odyssey of promise and forgiveness, of loss and rediscovery. Jillian, Beatrice and Rose have gathered for the funeral of their younger sister, Meredith. Her death, and the legacy she leaves them, will trigger a cross-country journey in search of a stranger with the power to mend their shattered lives.As the emotions of the past reverberate into the present, Jillian, Beatrice and Rose search for the girls they once were, in hopes of finding what they…

Known for her moving characters and emotional honesty, Mary Alice Monroe brings readers a beautifully rendered story that explores the fragile yet enduring bond between mothers and daughters. Caretta Rutledge thought she’d left her Southern roots and troubled family far behind. But an unusual request from her mother—coming just as her own life is spinning out of control—has Cara heading back to the scenic Lowcountry of her childhood summers.Before long, therhythms of the island open her heart in wonderful ways as she repairs the family beach house, becomes a bona fide «turtle…

Toy Sooner has dealt with enough rough waves in her troubled past. It’s only been through the enduring love of a close-knit group of women on this tiny island that she’s finally started to find her footing. But as new challenges in her career arise for this young single mother, the choices and demons of her past will catch up to her.Soon Toy will learn that, like the steadfast sea turtles she cares for, a mother must find the strength within herself to make it safely to…