Jessa Hastings

Koľko trhlín unesie rodina, kým sa úplne rozpadne? Georgia sa už roky vyhýba svojej zámožnej, úzkoprsej rodine z Južnej Karolíny. Keď jej otec náhle zomrie, musí sa vrátiť domov. Do prostredia plného starých rán, nevypovedaných krívd a ľudí, ktorých kedysi milovala, no dnes im sotva rozumie. Po boku svojho brata Olivera, jediného človeka, pri ktorom môže byť sama sebou, sa Georgia snaží ustáť napäté rodinné stretnutie, ktoré rozvíri staré drámy aj nečakané odhalenia. A potom spozná Sama – Oliverovho sponzora z Anonymných alkoholikov. Preskočí medzi nimi iskra, no city sú nebezpečne zložité. Aká-taká rodinná rovnováha sa definitívne naruší, keď sa pri čítaní otcovho závetu odhalí šokujúce zistenie: časť dedičstva má získať úplne neznámy človek. Georgia, ktorá sa živí čítaním reči tela a odhaľovaním klamstiev, sa spolu s Oliverom a Samom vydáva na cestu, aby vypátrali pravdu o otcovej minulosti – a o tom, kým vlastne bol. Čo závet spojil je emotívny román o rodine s poškodenými základmi, o tajomstvách, ktoré dokážu zmeniť minulosť, aj o láske, ktorá prichádza v nesprávnom čase.

Koľko trhlín unesie rodina, kým sa úplne rozpadne? Georgia sa už roky vyhýba svojej zámožnej, úzkoprsej rodine z Južnej Karolíny. Keď jej otec náhle zomrie, musí sa vrátiť domov. Do prostredia plného starých rán, nevypovedaných krívd a ľudí, ktorých kedysi milovala, no dnes im sotva rozumie. Po boku svojho brata Olivera, jediného človeka, pri ktorom môže byť sama sebou, sa Georgia snaží ustáť napäté rodinné stretnutie, ktoré rozvíri staré drámy aj nečakané odhalenia. A potom spozná Sama – Oliverovho sponzora z Anonymných alkoholikov. Preskočí medzi nimi iskra, no city sú nebezpečne zamotané. Aká-taká rodinná rovnováha sa definitívne naruší, keď sa pri čítaní otcovho závetu odhalí šokujúce zistenie: časť dedičstva má získať úplne neznámy človek. Georgia, ktorá sa živí čítaním reči tela a odhaľovaním klamstiev, sa spolu s Oliverom a Samom vydáva na cestu, aby vypátrali pravdu o otcovej minulosti – a o tom, kým vlastne bol. Čo závet spojil je emotívny román o rodine s nalomenými základmi, o tajomstvách, ktoré dokážu zmeniť minulosť, aj o láske, ktorá prichádza v nesprávnom čase.

London-based Georgia Carter has long been estranged from her wealthy, conservative South Carolina family. Until she gets the text: dad's dead. As Georgia returns for the funeral, she is reunited with her favourite brother, Oliver - and meets his AA sponsor, Sam. Georgia and Sam are instantly drawn together, but Georgia can't help noticing how her brother looks at Sam, and the last thing she wants is to hurt her only real family. Tensions rise when their father's will reveals an inheritance to a mysterious stranger. To find out who - and more importantly, why - Georgia, Oliver and Sam set off on a road trip to uncover the truth about their father's life. As secrets - both old and new - threaten to push the Carters beyond breaking point, there are only so many cracks a damaged family can take before it shatters.

NĚKTERÁ ROZHODNUTÍ BOLÍ. A NĚKTERÁ SE DAJÍ VYPLATIT JEN KRVÍ… Daisy Haitesová si celý život přála jediné: normální život. Osud pro ni ale měl jiné plány. Od chvíle, kdy byli její rodiče zavražděni, ji vychovával starší bratr Julian – a jakožto obávaný šéf londýnského podsvětí ji nikdy nespustil z dohledu. S takovým bratrem jednoduchý život zkrátka neexistuje. A nic se nezjednoduší ani ve chvíli, kdy se Daisy zamiluje do nádherného, emocionálně nedostupného Christiana Hemmese. Jenže Christianův život je taky zamotaný: stále ho pronásledují city k přítelkyni jeho nejlepšího kamaráda. A právě v tu chvíli se do Londýna vrací Romeo – láska z Daisyina dětství, která nikdy úplně nevyhasla. Jak se vztahy mezi nimi začínají komplikovat, musí Daisy, Christian i Julian čelit pravdě: v tomhle světě má všechno svou cenu.

NĚKTERÁ ROZHODNUTÍ SE DAJÍ ZAPLATIT JEN KRVÍ… Daisy Haitesová si celý život přála jediné: normální život. Osud pro ni měl ale jiné plány. Od chvíle, kdy byli jejich rodiče zavražděni, ji vychovával starší bratr Julian – a jakožto obávaný šéf londýnského podsvětí ji nikdy nespustí z dohledu. S takovým bratrem jednoduchý život zkrátka neexistuje. Aby toho nebylo málo, Daisy se navíc zamiluje do nádherného, emocionálně nedostupného Christiana Hemmese. Jenže Christianův život také není jednoduchý: stále je zamilovaný do přítelkyně svého nejlepšího kamaráda, Magnolie Parksové. A právě v téhle chvíli se do Londýna vrací Romeo – láska z Daisina dětství, která nikdy úplně nevyhasla. Jak se vztahy mezi nimi začínají komplikovat, musí Daisy, Christian a nakonec i Julian čelit nezpochybnitelné pravdě: V tomhle světě má všechno svou cenu. A některé věci se dají zaplatit jen krví. Ve vášnivé romanci Když tě ztrácím se hraje o city stejně tvrdě jako o moc. Láska je tu největším rizikem… a také jedinou šancí na přežití.

KOLIK OPRAVDOVÝCH LÁSEK V ŽIVOTĚ NAJDEME? BJ Ballentinovi bylo šest, když potkal dívku svých snů. Od té chvíle se od ní nevzdálil na krok. Vyrostli spolu bok po boku a znají se lépe než kdokoliv jiný. Magnolia Parksová a BJ Ballentine jsou si souzeni a nikdo o tom nikdy nepochyboval – dokud BJ Magnolii nezradil. Od té chvíle se jejich cesty kříží a vzdalují, jako by hráli hru, v níž nelze vyhrát. On hledá útěchu v cizích náručích, ona střídá vztahy, aby mu dokázala, že už jí na něm nezáleží. Jenže čím víc se snaží jeden druhému ublížit, tím silněji je to k sobě táhne. V přepychovém světě večírků a neustálé pozornosti médií zjišťují, že je spojuje láska, kterou nedokážou ani prožívat, ani opustit. Magnolia a BJ tak musí nakonec čelit hrozivé otázce, které se dlouho vyhýbali: Kolik opravdových lásek člověk v životě potká? Vášnivá romance o mladé generaci londýnské smetánky, kde nechybí nezkrotná láska, přátelství na život a na smrt ani pořádně zamotané vztahy.

PATŘÍ JEDEN K DRUHÉMU. A VŠICHNI TO VĚDÍ... Londýnská smetánka, okouzlující večírky, toxické vztahy a láska, která nikdy skutečně neodezní. Magnolia Parks a BJ Ballentine byli kdysi nerozlučná dvojice, jejich vztah se však proměnil ve složitou hru plnou vášně, zrady a vzájemné závislosti. Přestože si lámou srdce znovu a znovu, nemohou se od sebe odtrhnout. Jak dlouho lze milovat někoho, kdo vám ubližuje? S tebou i bez tebe je strhující romance ve stylu Gossip Girl, která vás pohltí svou silou emocí a nezapomenutelnými postavami.

She wasn''t supposed to meet someone like him.He wasn''t supposed to be her undoing.It''s 1995, Joah Harrigan is the brash, enigmatic frontman of the biggest band in the world, and Ysolde is the iconic face of a generation. She''s who people write their songs about-the kind of girl who could ruin a man.He doesn''t fall, and she doesn''t chase. But from the moment they meet, it''s headfirst, reckless, and inevitable.Too much, too fast, too consuming.Loving Ysolde makes Joah feel alive, but it also makes him feel trapped. Her star burns just as bright as his, and he doesn''t know how to be with someone he can''t control. The more he wants her, the more he resents her for it.But fame is corrosive, and so is love. Neither Ysolde nor Joah were built to survive both, because some loves don''t end-they can''t-so they just destroy you.READERS CAN''T GET ENOUGH OF JESSA HASTINGS:''TikTok made me do it, 1000% lived up to the hype.'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ''Ridiculously addictive ... My heart broke a million times'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''These characters are insufferable, selfish, and beyond toxic. I love them with my entire heart.'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ''Never have I felt more emotions reading a single book before. The angst and pure rollercoaster of emotions was real!'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

She wasn't supposed to meet someone like him. He wasn't supposed to be her undoing. It's 1995, Joah Harrigan is the brash, enigmatic frontman of the biggest band in the world, and Ysolde is the iconic face of a generation. She's who people write their songs about-the kind of girl who could ruin a man. He doesn't fall, and she doesn't chase. But from the moment they meet, it's headfirst, reckless, and inevitable. Too much, too fast, too consuming. Loving Ysolde makes Joah feel alive, but it also makes him feel trapped. Her star burns just as bright as his, and he doesn't know how to be with someone he can't control. The more he wants her, the more he resents her for it. But fame is corrosive, and so is love. Neither Ysolde nor Joah were built to survive both, because some loves don't end-they can't-so they just destroy you.

THE FIRST IN A FANTASY ROMANCE SERIES FROM THE AUTHOR OF TIKTOK SENSATION MAGNOLIA PARKS "There is a boy of legend in the tales passed down in my family. He glides on the coat-tails of the sun, rides the wind, and freedom runs through his veins. His heart - so the legend goes - is wild. The boy lived in a faraway land tucked behind a star, where pirates were still true, mermaids didn't hide, and fairies flew through the air like autumn leaves on a windy day. He took my mother there, just like he took my grandmother, and my great-grandmother. Just as he would come for me." * Swept away from her life in London to a place beyond the stars, Wendy's granddaughter Daphne is torn between the boy of legend - Peter Pan, whose fate is irrevocably intertwined with her family's - and Jem Hook, the pirate who has captured her heart against all her better judgement. Filled with hope and heartbreak, beauty and betrayal, dreams and devastating reality, Never asks: Can we ever be free while we're holding on to the past? And what would happen if - just once - we truly let go?

*ORIGINAL COVER COLLECTION EDITION* Book five in the sensational Magnolia Parks Universe series! How many loves do you actually get in a lifetime? Everyone knows by now that Magnolia Parks and BJ Ballentine are in the stars, but is that enough? Magnolia and BJ are reeling from a devastating loss as they try to plan what's been dubbed 'the wedding of the century'. As family tensions mount and their respective pasts begin catching up to them, they finally have to look the truth in the eye: Can they learn to trust and be with one another again, or will they die trying? This edition is part of the original cover collection.

Book five in the sensational Magnolia Parks Universe series! How many loves do you actually get in a lifetime? Everyone knows by now that Magnolia Parks and BJ Ballentine are in the stars, but is that enough? Magnolia and BJ are reeling from a devastating loss as they try to plan what's been dubbed 'the wedding of the century'. As family tensions mount and their respective pasts begin catching up to them, they finally have to look the truth in the eye: Can they learn to trust and be with one another again, or will they die trying?

How many loves do you get in a lifetime? ...And are Magnolia and BJ each other's? It's been nearly a year since everything happened between Magnolia Parks and BJ Ballentine on the steps of the Mandarin Oriental, and it seems like everything since then has changed. Magnolia has a life in New York now and BJ appears to have finally let go and moved on. But when they both wind up back to London and are thrust together once again, they find themselves asking their age-old question: how many loves do you actually get in a lifetime, and most importantly - are they each other's?

Daisy Haites thought she'd left everything about her old life in the past: the crime, her family and the man she loves. But when her safety is threatened once again, she finds herself back under the watchful eyes of her gang-lord brother Julian and her ex-boyfriend Christian, both desperate to keep her safe. Everything gets more complicated when beautiful, broken-hearted socialite Magnolia Parks enters the scene and Julian finds himself entangled with her. Because for Julian, falling in love isn't just unwelcome - it could be deadly for everyone involved...

She is a beautiful, affluent, self-involved and mildly neurotic London socialite. He is Britain's most photographed bad-boy who broke her heart. Magnolia Parks and BJ Ballentine are meant to be, and everyone knows it. She dates other people to keep him at bay; he sleeps with other girls to get back at her for it. But at the end of their every sad endeavour to get over one another, it's still each other they crawl back to. But now their dysfunction is catching up with them, pulling at their seams and fraying the world they've built; a world where neither has ever let the other go completely. As the cracks start to show and secrets begin to surface, Magnolia and BJ are finally forced to face the formidable question they've been avoiding all their lives: How many loves do you really get in a lifetime?

All 20-year-old Daisy Haites has ever wanted is a normal life, but as the heiress to London's most notorious criminal empire, it's just not on the cards for her. Raised by her older brother Julian since their parents were murdered, Daisy has never been able to escape the watchful gaze of her gang-lord brother. But Julian's line of work means that Daisy's life is... complicated. And things don't become any easier when she falls hard for the beautiful and emotionally unavailable Christian Hemmes, who also happens to be one of the few men in London who doesn't answer to Julian. Christian's life is no walk in the park either, since he's in love with his best friend's girlfriend, Magnolia Parks. He's happy enough to use Daisy to throw off the scent of his true affections - until she starts to infiltrate those too. As their romance blossoms into something neither were anticipating, Daisy, Christian, and Julian must come to terms with the fact that in this life everything comes at a price. As their relationships intersect and tangle, they all learn that sometimes life's most worthwhile pursuits can only be paid in blood.