Лучшие книги Адель Паркс

Раз-два-три. Попробуй решить уравнение из трёх переменных. Раз- Ли Флетчер, счастливая жена и любящая мачеха, пропала без вести в понедельник. Два - Кэй Янсенн, жена богатого бизнесмена, пропадает в среду, как в воздухе растворяется. Три - детектив Клементс без сна лежит в кровати, пытаясь понять, что связывало женщин из абсолютно разных миров. Ни одного тела. Две жертвы. Один ответ. Но какой?

Автор бестселлеров Адель Паркс возвращается с захватывающей историей о дружбе, предательстве и обратной стороне богатства. У каждой компании есть своя особенная традиция. Например, Лекси, Джейк и их друзья покупают одинаковые лотерейные билеты уже пятнадцать лет. Годы дружбы и ужинов с коктейлями на заднем дворе - все смеялись, когда билеты в очередной раз проигрывали. Сначала происходит ссора, первая за пятнадцать лет. Всплывают старые секреты. Потом Лекси и Джейк внезапно выигрывают огромную сумму в лотерею. И злополучные шесть цифр меняют жизнь героев навсегда. Всегда ли удача ведёт к добру?

Несколько лет назад ослепительная и удачливая Люси, подруга младшей сестры, увела у Роуз мужа, красавца Питера. Однако в жизни обеих женщин нет гармонии. Роуз ревнует и слишком рано поставила на себе крест, хотя остается по-своему привлекательной. Люси не может найти себя в роли жены и матери, к тому же страдает от комплекса "второй жены". Ей кажется, что Питер охладел и к ней. Ситуацию переворачивает корпоративная вечеринка. Наконец-то Роуз может взять реванш - у нее есть доказательства, что Люси не верна мужу. Теперь жизнь героинь переполнена страхом разоблачения, мстительным торжеством, раскаянием, сочувствием и новыми надеждами на счастье.

Белла, Адель и Лаура - подруги. Они всегда делили меж собой радости и печали, а еще - дамские секреты. Но однажды их уютный дружеский мирок оказался на грани распада. Лаура по уши влюбилась в красавчика Стиви, который очаровал Адель и насторожил Беллу. Белла сразу поняла: прежние испытания ничто по сравнению с тем, что готовит им милашка Стиви...

Она - красива, честолюбива, беспощадна и очень одинока. Он - красив, мягок, порядочен и прекрасно ее понимает. Она - продюсер на телевидении, изобретает телепрограмму, хит сезона, в которой участников жестоко мешают с грязью. Он - лесовод, к ее программе питает глубочайшее презрение. Оба - жертвы ее продюсерской изобретательности. Что может получиться из этой гремучей смеси? Правильно - вечная любовь.

Роман Адели Паркc "Секс с экс", динамичная и забавная история любви двух совершенно непохожих людей.

Переводчик: О. Яровая

Элизабет мечтает о большой и крепкой семье. Казалось бы что в этом необычного? Да всего лишь один нюанс - ее муж непременно должен быть из солнечной Италии, символа вечного рая. Но, добившись исполнения девичьих грез, Элизабет вскоре понимает, что мечты нужно принимать с поправкой на реальность, и либо она смириться с жизнью, в которой мало солнца и любви, либо в конце концов взбунтуется…

How do you know when you've met the one you're meant to be with?
Neil and Nat are a match made in heaven. They hate marmite and the opera. They love smelly cheese and the missionary position. And they both absolutely do not want children.
At least that's what Nat thought. But now Neil seems to have softened to the prospect of dirty nappies and sleepless nights, and he's practically begging her for a baby. Nat, however, has no intention of swapping her high-flying career for a life of endless self-sacrifice. As the cracks start to show, Nat wonders if Neil really is the man of her dreams. Or is it possible that someone from her past could actually be 'the one'?
Nat's little black book, filled with the names and addresses of previous lovers, could hold the answers she's looking for. Or it could be a one-way ticket to all kinds of trouble. And is the perfect match too much to ask for?

Мечта Ферн - романтичная свадьба - едва ли осуществима, потому что Адам не принц из сказки, да и предложение он делать не торопится. НО чудо все-таки возможно. Случайная встреча со Скотти Тейлором - самой сексуальной поп-звездой Великобритании - зажигает в жизни Ферн фейерверк. Между ними вспыхивает настоящая, невероятная любовь! И когда Скотти делает Ферн предложение перед толпой поклонников на стадионе Уэмбли. В ответ - да, да, да! Новоиспеченную Золушку ждет пышная свадьба и роскошное будущее. Непонятно только, почему ей порой так хочется вернуться в свою прежнюю жизнь...

Damaged and beautiful, they were the generation who lost so much and became 'spare brides'. The richly compelling and emotional new novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Adele Parks is the powerful story of four extraordinary women left to pick up the pieces of their lives, in the scarred, glamorous and endlessly fascinating post-First World War era. New Year's Eve, 1920. The Great War is over and it's a new decade of glamorous promise. But a generation of men and women who survived the extreme trauma and tragedy will never be the same. With countless men lost, it seems that only wealth and beauty will secure a husband from the few who returned, but lonely Beatrice has neither attribute. Ava has both, although she sees marriage as a restrictive cage after the freedom war allowed. Sarah paid the war's ultimate price: her husband's life. Lydia should be grateful that her own husband's desk job kept him safe, but she sees only his cowardice. A chance encounter for one of these women with a striking yet haunted officer changes everything. In a world altered beyond recognition, where not all scars are visible, this damaged and beautiful group must grasp any happiness they can find - whatever the cost.

Adele Parks one of the most-loved and biggest-selling women's fiction writers in the UK. She has sold over 2 million books in Great Britain and her work has been translated into 25 different languages.
She has published twelve novels in the past twelve years, all of which have been London Times Top Ten Bestsellers.
Adele was born in the North East of England, in 1969. She enjoyed a traditional 1970's childhood, watching too much TV and eating convenience food because nobody minded if kids did that in those days. Since graduating from university, where she studied English Language and Literature, she worked in advertising and as a management consultant. In 2010 Adele was proud to be awarded an honorary doctorate of Letters from Teesside University.

Daisy and Simon's marriage is great, isn't it?

After years together, the arrival of longed-for daughter Millie sealed everything in place. A happy little family of three.

And so what if Simon drinks a bit too much sometimes – Daisy's used to it, she knows he's letting off steam. Until one night at a party things spiral horribly out of control. And that happy little family of three will never be the same again.

In Lies Lies Lies Sunday Times bestseller Adele Parks explores the darkest corners of a relationship in freefall in a mesmerising tale of marriage and secrets.

From bestselling author Adele Parks comes a touching story about the ups and downs of love, marriage and family. Published as part of the Quick Reads series. Lisa is forty-two, divorced and a mum of three. For the past year, she has been going out with Mark, who is five years younger than her. Lisa really likes him but she worries that one day he will leave - just like her ex-husband did. On top of everything else, Lisa feels really tired and moody, and has put on weight. She thinks it's the menopause - but could there be another reason for how she's feeling? Lisa's life is about to change in a big way but does she want Mark by her side? Does he even want to be there? With the help of her family and friends, Lisa starts to believe that a second chance of love and happiness might just be possible...

The Evergreen sisters are united in envy of each other's love life. Martha and Michael have the perfect home, perfect family and the perfect life until one day, he leaves her. Eliza and Greg rent a one-bedroom flat where they make music and lots of love. Until one day, she leaves him.

Now the Evergreen sisters are united by separation and suddenly they are free to pursue the relationships and life styles they think they always wanted.

Eliza wants the ideal husband and fast. Sensible discourse and dinner parties with a man who doesn't buy groceries at the garage. Martha wants fun and lots of it. Great sex and high excitement courtesy of Jack-the-unpredictable-lad.

So, when both women find exactly what they're looking for, everybody's happy...aren't they? Or does chasing the perfect love only get more complicated when you're wearing another woman's shoes?

One Last Secret … would you kill to keep it? One last client A week at a beautiful French chateau should be an easy final job for Dora. She's smart, stunning and discreet. She only needs to convince the other guests that she's Daniel's girlfriend. One last chance One final, luxurious week and she can leave the dangerous, difficult escort world, because Dora has fallen in love and is ready to embrace a better future. One last secret But as the guests assemble, it becomes terrifyingly apparent that putting her past behind her is impossible. And one last secret could cost Dora everything, including her life… From the Sunday Times…

‘I invited her in… and she took everything’
A gripping story of friendship and betrayal from the Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author, Adele Parks…
When Mel hears from a long-lost friend in need of help, she doesn’t hesitate to invite her to stay. Mel and Abi were best friends back in the day, sharing the highs and lows of student life, until Mel’s unplanned pregnancy made her drop out of her studies.
Now, seventeen years later, Mel and Abi’s lives couldn’t be more different. Mel is happily married, having raised her son on her own before meeting her husband, Ben. Now they share gorgeous girls and have a chaotic but happy family home, with three children.
Abi, meanwhile, followed her lover to LA for a glamorous life of parties, celebrity and indulgence. Everything was perfect, until she discovered her partner had been cheating on her. Seventeen years wasted, and nothing to show for it. So what Abi needs now is a true friend to lean on, to share her grief over a glass of wine, and to have some time to heal. And what better place than Mel’s house, with her lovely kids, and supportive husband…
This dark, unsettling tale of the reunion of long-lost friends is thoroughly gripping exploration of wanting what you can’t have, jealousy and revenge from Sunday Times Number One bestseller Adele Parks.

Georgina fell in love
with Hugh Williams the first
moment she saw him.
She was eighteen. He was out of her league. So she reinvented
herself and now, at thirty-two, she has him. The fact that he got
married and had two kids in the meantime is not important.
At least, all this is what George has always believed. Until
something happens, so momentous, so life-changing, that even her
rock-solid faith in Hugh is challenged. Surely, she thinks, a
baby will bring them close together?
Larger Than Life is a funny, moving and truthful account of
how a relationship copes when the unexpected happens.
Something larger than just the two of you.
After all, what is bigger than the biggest love of your life?

An unmissable thriller that readers are calling ‘the best book ever’ from the Sunday Times Number One bestselling author of Both Of You…
Lost. Missing. Murdered?
And both her husbands are suspects…
Kylie Gillingham’s disappearance has gripped the nation: the woman with a shocking secret – married to two men at the same time – is missing, presumed dead. And both her husbands are suspects.
DC Clements knows the dark side of human nature and that love can make people do treacherous things; you can’t presume anything when it comes to crimes of the heart. While Kylie’s two husbands remain prime suspects, her sons won’t accept that she is dead. Until a body is found, this scandalous and sad case remains wide open.
Stacie Jones lives a quiet life in a small village, nursed by her father as she recovers from illness, shielded from any disquieting news of the outside world. But their reclusive life is about to be shattered.
How are these families linked, and can any of them ever rebuild their lives in the wake of tragedy?

1914. Vivian, a young, impassioned debutante is hurried into a pedestrian marriage to cover a scandal. War breaks out on her wedding day - domestically and across Europe. Quick to escape the disappointment of matrimony, her traditionalist husband immediately enlists and Vivian has no alternative than to take up the management and running of his estate - after all, everyone is required to do their bit. Even pretty, inadequately-educated young wives.
Howard, a brilliant young playwright rushes to the front to see for himself the best and the worst of humanity; he cannot imagine what the horror might be. In March 1916, when conscription becomes law, it is no longer enough for him to report on the War, it's a legal requirement that he joins the ranks. Howard refuses, becoming one of the most notorious conscientious objectors of the time. Disarmingly handsome, famous, articulate and informed, he's a threat to the government. Narrowly escaping a death sentence by agreeing to take essential work on Vivian's farm, it's only then Howard understands what is worth fighting for.

Adele Parks' Playing Away is founded on that well-worn adage: the grass is always greener. Connie and Luke have been married a year and they're both ecstatically happy. Or are they? The reader quickly realises that Connie isn't short for Constancy. Away on a business trip, her loins irrepressibly draw her to the devilishly attractive John Harding and she rushes headlong into a heated affair. Connie soon becomes Con-Artist as she deceives her decent but dull husband. While her lover woos her with evenings at out-of-the-way, grubby pubs and with late-night calls and faxes, after pub closing-time, declaring his longing for her, Connie begins to confuse lust with fate and deludes herself he could be the one.

In Playing Away, the author has entered dangerous, forbidden territory by writing from the perspective of the adulteress--a traditionally unsympathetic character. However, Adele Parks has succeeded in making the reader despise the character's actions, without rejecting Connie, who is attractive, candid and exhilarating. So many novels these days focus on finding Mr Right, it is refreshing to come across one that looks beyond the wedding and proceeds to undermine the traditional stereotype--only men are tempted to stray. A scorching, subversive debut novel, this novel has all the ingredients of a successful modern romance but with a healthy dose of reality. Формат: 13 см х 19,5 см.

When all you can see is what they want you to see... Can you ever trust someone you meet online?
Anna and Zoe are twins. Identical in appearance, utterly different in personality, they share a bond so close that nothing - or no one - can rip them apart.
Until Anna meets charismatic Nick.
Anna is trusting, romantic and hopeful; she thinks Nick is perfect.
Zoe is daring, dangerous and extreme; she thinks Nick is a liar.
Zoe has seen Anna betrayed by men before. She'll stop at nothing to discover if Nick is as good as he seems.
The problem is, lies may hurt. But honesty can kill.