Emily Barr

Love story and un love story intertwine in the brand new thriller romance from the globally bestseller author of The One Memory of Flora Banks Emily Barr Venice 2024Hazel is on a spontaneous holiday with her stepbrother Enzo and best friend Phoebe They have just helped Hazel escape her increasingly destructive relationship with her older boyfriend and have come away to celebrate her being her again In the dreamy Italian sunshine Hazel is managing to relax to stop looking over her shoulder in case Freddie has followed her here But there s a girl she keeps seeing in the city A girl with beautiful eyes And whenever Hazel sees her and their eyes meet something strange seems to happen de ja vu at first and then even stranger things that make her wonder if she s really in Venice at all England 2022Hazel goes to see an up and coming local band with Enzo and some friends She locks eyes with the lead singer Freddie during a song and he finds her afterwards and slips her his number She s not even 16 He is ten years older She knows it s stupid She didn t even think it was boys she was into Things with Freddie start wonderfully flowers dates he even writes a song about her It s everything a girl could dream of Until it s absolutely not

A bold new story for fans of We Were Liars intertwining past and present love and loss from the bestselling author of The One Memory of Flora Banks A sun splashed Cornish thriller with a dark heart ideal for YA fans of E Lockhart Guardian ONE HOT SUMMER FIRST LOVE AND SO MANY BURIED SECRETS Senara has never been in love before She s not done anything exciting before Always the sidekick Until the summer that changes everything Cliff House is closed off for most of the year until its rich Londoner owners come down to Cornwall for the summer This year despite herself Senara finds herself pulled into this world of wealth and ease sunbathing and beautiful people She even finds herself falling in love for the first time But Cliff House and its owners are hiding things They ve been hiding things for too long and now despite all their efforts their secrets are coming out Secrets that involve Senara s friends and her family in a way she could never have imagined An intoxicating mix of mystery suspense and first love The Daily Mirror A perfect holiday page turner The Sunday Express This is another young adult novel that will have younger readers transfixed The Metro A slow burn summer novel packed with intrigue Culture

The wonderful first novel from the critically acclaimed author of THE SISTERHOOD and THE LIFE YOU WANT

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Maggie moves to Brighton after splitting up with her long-term boyfriend, and, unable to find a job, starts work as a lapdancer. Failing to make any new friends, she writes letters compulsively, and the highlight of her day is the sound of the morning post being delivered. Maggie gradually becomes obsessed with the married couple, Libby and David, living next door. Libby has given up work after having a baby, and is finding life as a full-time mother very difficult. Just as she persuades David that she should return to work, he is asked to take a sabbatical from his management-consultant job. He''s always longed to travel, and convinces Libby that they should spend six months in Cuba, learning Spanish. Maggie, deciding she too wants to travel, follows them to Havana, where the horrors of her past ndash; in particular her young sister''s violent death ndash; begin to haunt her. And as Maggie starts to break down, she tries to take over Libby''s life...

Evie Silverman is performing the prelude to Bach''s Cello Suite Number One in G major at the London Palladium when she decides to leave her husband. Jack can''t understand why, but perhaps moving into a flat with the doll-like Megan and being single for a while will help her come to terms with the events of fifteen years ago. Only then the letters begin to arrive...

What would you do when you hear the news that humans have done such damage to the earth that there might only be a limited amount of safe air left - a year's worth at most?You'd work through your bucket list, heal rifts, do everything you've never been brave enough to do before?Olivia is struggling to do any of this. What it is she truly wants to do? Who do she wants to be?Then out of the blue comes contact from a long-lost cousin Olivia didn't even know existed. Natasha is everything Olivia wants to be and more.And as the girls meet up for a long, hot last summer, Olivia finds Natasha's ease and self-confidence having an effect on her.But Natasha definitely isn't everything she first appears to be . . .I walked home. I kept hearing footsteps behind me, but every time I turned around, no one was there.

An emotional love story with a thrilling twist from the globally bestselling author of The One Memory of Flora Banks.Ariel's accidental meeting with a handsome stranger called Joe is completely perfect; they have a connection like she's never known before. They exchange numbers and agree to meet when he is back from a trip to France. But when Ariel messages him, the number Joe gave her is disconnected. He's ghosted her. She assumes she will never see him again.Except she does. Again and again.Ariel returns to the place she and Joe met, and is stunned to find him there, not in France as he said he'd be, and behaving as if he has no idea who she is.It turns out that their first meeting has been life-changing for them both, actually it's even more than that for Joe. But what do you do when - with every day that passes - you're literally growing apart from the best person you've ever known...?

Lara Finch vive una mentira. Todo el mundo asume que es feliz en Cornualles, al lado del tranquilo Sam, pero en realidad está desencantada, por lo que acepta sin dudar un trabajo en Londres, ya que representa pasar cinco dias fuera de su casa. Durante sus viajes semanales conoce a Guy, con quien inicia un romance secreto. Un viernes, de regreso a Cornualles, Lara desaparece sin dejar rastro, y la Policia sospecha que ha sido asesinada y que han arrojado su cuerpo desde el tren. Iris, una amiga de Lara, no esta convencida de que esta sea la verdad y empieza a investigar por su cuenta. Pronto descubrira algunos hechos mas que sorprendentes en el pasado de Lara, lo que supone el principio de un viaje que la llevara mas lejos de lo que nunca habia pensado.

Lara Finch lleva una vida aparentemente feliz junto a su marido en Cornualles. Cuando le surge una interesante oportunidad profesional en Londres, que implicará tomar el tren nocturno a la capital dos veces por semana, no se lo piensa dos veces. En su nueva rutina, entabla una relacion de amistad con otro viajero habitual, Guy. Hasta que este aparece asesinado y Lara se esfuma sin dejar rastro. Iris, una amiga de Lara, no cree la version oficial de la Policia y decide investigar por su cuenta. Pronto descubrira unos hechos del pasado de su amiga que la obligaran a emprender un viaje que la llevara mas lejos de lo que nunca hubiera imaginado.

La trepidante lucha de una joven por conocer su identidad y liberarse de las ataduras que coartan su personalidad.Bajo la apariencia de una vida normal, Ella Black esconde un rasgo de carácter inquietante: en su interior anida un impulso destructor -al que llama Bella, contraccion de Bad Ella- que se apodera de sus actos y causa estragos en su dia a dia. Sin embargo, esta batalla intima no es su unico secreto: tras verse forzada por sus padres a un precipitado e inexplicable viaje a Brasil, descubrira que su existencia se cimenta sobre un engaño. Disgustada y confundida, Ella se lanza a una busqueda desesperada que la conducira al lugar mas insospechado, las favelas de Rio de Janeiro, con el proposito de desvelar las verdades y mentiras que, como dos fuerzas contrapuestas, iluminan y ensombrecen lo mas hondo de si misma.Un relato trepidante que se desarrolla en escenarios casi cinematograficos y con un ritmo vertiginoso de Emily Barr, autora del aclamado exito de ventas El ultimo recuerdo de Flora Banks.Reseñas: Emily Barr evoca de forma precisa las intensas emociones de la adolescencia: la embriaguez del primer amor, la sensacion de temor ante lo desconocido y la ira frente al engaño de los adultos. [...] Este libro es un digno sucesor de su maravilloso debut, El unico recuerdo de Flora Banks.Daily MailUna dramatica y vibrante busqueda de la identidad.The GuardianEscenario original y trama trepidante, con un toque de novela negra que te encantara.Heat

Todos recordamos nuestro primer beso.A Flora Banks es el único recuerdo que le queda.Desde que la operaron del cerebro a los diez años, Flora Banks sufre un extraño tipo de amnesia: su mente no es capaz de recordar mas alla de un par de horas. Hasta que un dia, la imagen de un beso furtivo con Drake, el exnovio de su mejor amiga, surge de su memoria de forma casi milagrosa, un indicio esperanzador de que su mente podria funcionar con normalidad. Asi que, cuando recibe un correo electronico en el que Drake le propone que se encuentren en Noruega para contemplar el sol de medianoche, Flora se lanza a la aventura sin dudarlo, con la ilusion de volver a ser ella misma. Sin embargo, desde el momento en que llega a las islas Svalbard, todo resulta muy distinto a lo imaginado, y Flora tendra que hacer honor al lema que lleva tatuado en la mano, se valiente, para asumir una verdad nada facil de asimilar.Reseñas: Un thriller psicologico que atrapa al lector, con una esplendida heroina: extravagante, vulnerable y valiente.The BooksellerSencillamente soberbia; a la vez ingeniosa y enternecedora. Flora es un encanto.Irish ExaminerUn libro vertiginoso, apasionante, que deja huella en las emociones del lector.The Guardian

La trepidante lucha de una joven por conocer su identidad y liberarse de las ataduras que coartan su personalidad. Bajo la apariencia de una vida normal, Ella Black esconde un rasgo de carácter inquietante: en su interior anida un impulso destructor -al que llama Bella, contraccion de Bad Ella- que se apodera de sus actos y causa estragos en su dia a dia. Sin embargo, esta batalla intima no es su unico secreto: tras verse forzada por sus padres a un precipitado e inexplicable viaje a Brasil, descubrira que su existencia se cimenta sobre un engaño. Disgustada y confundida, Ella se lanza a una busqueda desesperada que la conducira al lugar mas insospechado, las favelas de Rio de Janeiro, con el proposito de desvelar las verdades y mentiras que, como dos fuerzas contrapuestas, iluminan y ensombrecen lo mas hondo de si misma. Un relato trepidante que se desarrolla en escenarios casi cinematograficos y con un ritmo vertiginoso de Emily Barr, autora del aclamado exito de ventas El ultimo recuerdo de Flora Banks.Reseñas:Emily Barr evoca de forma precisa las intensas emociones de la adolescencia: la embriaguez del primer amor, la sensacion de temor ante lo desconocido y la ira frente al engaño de los adultos. [...] Este libro es un digno sucesor de su maravilloso debut, El unico recuerdo de Flora Banks.Daily Mail Una dramatica y vibrante busqueda de la identidad.The GuardianEscenario original y trama trepidante, con un toque de novela negra que te encantara.Heat

Todos recordamos nuestro primer beso.A Flora Banks es el único recuerdo que le queda. Desde que la operaron del cerebro a los diez años, Flora Banks sufre un extraño tipo de amnesia: su mente no es capaz de recordar mas alla de un par de horas. Hasta que un dia, la imagen de un beso furtivo con Drake, el exnovio de su mejor amiga, surge de su memoria de forma casi milagrosa, un indicio esperanzador de que su mente podria funcionar con normalidad. Asi que, cuando recibe un correo electronico en el que Drake le propone que se encuentren en Noruega para contemplar el sol de medianoche, Flora se lanza a la aventura sin dudarlo, con la ilusion de volver a ser ella misma. Sin embargo, desde el momento en que llega a las islas Svalbard, todo resulta muy distinto a lo imaginado, y Flora tendra que hacer honor al lema que lleva tatuado en la mano, se valiente, para asumir una verdad nada facil de asimilar.Reseñas:Un thriller psicologico que atrapa al lector, con una esplendida heroina: extravagante, vulnerable y valiente.The Bookseller Sencillamente soberbia; a la vez ingeniosa y enternecedora. Flora es un encanto.Irish Examiner Un libro vertiginoso, apasionante, que deja huella en las emociones del lector.The Guardian