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When John meets Savannah, he realises he is ready to make some changes. Always the angry rebel at school, he has enlisted in the army, not knowing what else to do with his life. Now he's ready to turn over a new leaf for the woman who has captured his heart. What neither realises is that the events of 9/11 will change everything. John is prompted to reenlist and fulfil what he feels is his duty to his country. But the lovers are young, and their separation is long. Can they survive the distance?

They were teenage sweethearts from opposite sides of the tracks - with a passion that would change their lives for ever. But life would force them apart. Years later, the lines they had drawn between past and present are about to slip.... Called back to their hometown for the funeral of the mentor who once gave them shelter when they needed it most, they are faced with each other once again and forced to confront the paths they chose. Can true love ever rewrite the past?

Die 36-jährige Hope Anderson steht vor schicksalhaften Entscheidungen. Sie ist seit mehreren Jahren mit ihrem Partner zusammen, weiß aber nicht, ob er wirklich die Liebe ihres Lebens ist. Zusätzlich wurde gerade bei ihrem Vater eine schwerwiegende Krankheit diagnostiziert, was schwierige Fragen für ihre eigene Zukunft aufwirft. Kurzentschlossen nimmt Hope eine Woche frei und zieht sich in das idyllische Strandhaus der Familie zurück. Sie will dort Klarheit in ihr Leben bringen, aber dann trifft sie den sympathischen Abenteurer Tru, der alles durcheinanderwirbelt.

Seit knapp 30 Jahren ist Wilson Lewis mit Jane verheiratet. Nach außen ist alles perfekt. Doch als Wilson ihren Hochzeitstag vergisst, ist Janes Enttäuschung so maßlos, dass Wilson beginnt, an seiner Ehe zu zweifeln. Kann Jane ihn überhaupt noch lieben? Wilson sucht Rat bei Janes Vater Noah, dessen einzigartige, fünfzig Jahre währende Liebe zu Allie jedem in ihrer Familie als Vorbild gilt.

Two couples. Two love stories. One epic tale. Ninety-one-year-old Ira Levinson is in trouble. Struggling to stay conscious after a car crash, with his mind fading, an image of his adored - and long-dead - wife, Ruth, appears. Urging him to hang on, she lovingly recounts the joys and sorrows of their life together - how they met, the dark days of WWII and its unrelenting effect on their families.

Trevor Benson não estava planejando voltar para New Bern, uma cidadezinha na Carolina do Norte. Porém, após ouvir as últimas e enigmáticas palavras do avô no leito de morte, ele decide passar um tempo na velha casa que herdou. Decidido a cuidar das colmeias da propriedade, Trevor nem pensa em se apaixonar. Porém, assim que vê Natalie Masterson, sente uma atração impossível de ignorar. Ela parece corresponder, mas se mantém distante, como se escondesse algo.

Duke é um homem simples com uma vida modesta, mas amou alguém de todo o coração e, para ele, isso sempre foi suficiente. Na clínica de repouso em que vive, Duke se dedica a ler poemas para os outros pacientes, mas, para uma senhora que sofre de Alzheimer–e somente para ela–lê um diário especial à espera de que um milagre aconteça. Nele está escrita a emocionante história de Allie Nelson e Noah Calhoun, dois jovens que descobrem o verdadeiro significado da paixão, mas são separados por uma série de obstáculos e mal-entendidos.

Als Noah und Allie sich nach Jahren der Trennung wieder sehen, fühlen sie sich sofort wieder leidenschaftlich zueinander hingezogen. Aber Allie ist mit Lon verlobt, der zu den oberen Zehntausend gehört, während Noah aus kleinen Verhältnissen stammt ... Ein außergewöhnliches Romandebüt über das Leben und die Kraft einer großen Liebe.

In a moment of desolation on a windswept beach, Garrett bottles his words of undying love for a lost woman, and throws them to the sea. My dearest Catherine, I miss you my darling, as I always do, but today is particularly hard because the ocean has been singing to me, and the song is that of our life together.... But the bottle is picked up by Theresa, a mother with a shattered past, who feels unaccountably drawn to this lonely man. Who are this couple? What is their story?

Can you resist the depths of the human heart? It is 1958, and 17-year-old Landon is revelling in his youth: dating girls and even claiming to have been in love. He is a world apart from shy, reclusive Jamie Sullivan, a Baptist's daughter who carries a Bible with her schoolbooks, cares for her widowed father and volunteers at the orphanage. But fate will intervene.

Durante toda su vida adulta, Taylor siempre ha buscado mujeres que necesitan ser rescatadas y a las que él abandona cuando la crisis ha pasado y la relación que con ellas empieza a ponerse seria. Cuando una tormenta feroz llega al pueblo donde vive Taylor, Denise Holton tiene un accidente. Su coche derrapa y se sale de la carretera. La joven viajaba con su hijo de cuatro años, un niño con dificultades de aprendizaje severas y por el que ella lo ha sacrificado todo.

In a moment of desolation on a windswept beach, Garrett bottles his words of undying love for a lost woman, and throws them to the sea.But the bottle is picked up by Theresa, a mother with a shattered past, who feels unaccountably drawn to this lonely man. Who are this couple? What is their story? Beginning a search that will take her to a sunlit coastal town and an unexpected confrontation, it is a tale that resonates with everlasting love and the enduring promise of redemption.

How far can love endure? Noah Calhoun has just returned from World War Two. Attempting to escape the ghosts of battle, he tries to concentrate on restoring an old plantation home to its former glory. And yet he is haunted by images of the beautiful girl he met there 14 years before, a girl who captured his heart like no other. But when these distant memories begin to slide into reality, the passion that had lain still is ignited once more. Though so much is in their way, the miraculous force of their love refuses to fade.

Filha de imigrantes mexicanos, Maria Sanchez é uma advogada inteligente, bonita e bem-sucedida que aprendeu cedo o valor do trabalho duro e de uma rotina regrada. Porém um trauma a faz questionar tudo em que acreditava e voltar para sua cidade natal, a pequena Wilmington. A cidade também é o lugar que Colin Hancock escolheu para se dar uma segunda chance. Apesar de jovem, ele sofreu mais violência e abandono do que a maioria das pessoas. Também cometeu sua parcela de erros e magoou mais gente do que gostaria.

Colin Hancock is giving his second chance his best shot. At 28, he's focused on getting his teaching degree and avoiding all the places and people that proved so destructive in his past. The last thing he's looking for is a serious relationship. But when he crosses paths with Maria Sanchez one rainswept night, his carefully structured life is turned upside down.

Deze Nicholas Sparks-klassieker is nu eindelijk in Nederlandse vertaling verkrijgbaar. Drie jaar na de scheiding van Ronnies ouders vindt haar moeder dat Ronnie en haar broer een zomer bij hun vader moeten doorbrengen. Voorheen een succesvol concertpianist, slijt hun vader nu zijn dagen in Wilmington, een rustig dorpje aan het strand, waar hij zijn tijd steekt in het maken van kunst voor de lokale kerk. Ronnie is nog steeds boos om het vertrek van haar vader. Ze keert zich van hem af en verkent in haar eentje de omgeving.

Adrienne Willis ist in tiefer Sorge um ihre Tochter Amanda. Seit dem Tod ihres Mannes ist Amanda in Trauer gefangen und bringt immer weniger Kraft auf, um für sich und ihre beiden kleinen Söhne zu sorgen. Um ihr Mut zu machen, beschließt Adrienne, Amanda ein Stück ihrer Vergangenheit anzuvertrauen, ein Geheimnis, das sie lange in ihrem Herzen verborgen hatte ...

Das Schweigen des Glücks ist die Geschichte der bedingungslosen Liebe einer allein erziehenden Mutter zu ihrem Sohn - eine Liebe, die so stark ist, dass für andere Menschen kein Platz zu sein scheint. Bis Taylor in das Leben der beiden tritt.

An die große Liebe glaubt Travis nicht. Er hat sich sein Leben bestens eingerichtet: ein guter Job, die besten Freunde, ab und an eine kleine Affäre. Doch dann tritt Gabby Holland in sein Leben, und die Welt des eingefleischten Junggesellen färbt sich rosarot. Bis er vor eine folgenschwere Entscheidung gestellt wird.

The Lucky One werd verfilmd met Zac Efron en Taylor Schilling in de hoofdrollen. 'Zet je tissuebox maar klaar, want tranen gegarandeerd!' Chicklit.nl. Als marinier Logan Thibault tijdens een missie in Irak een foto vindt van een glimlachende jonge vrouw, stopt hij die in zijn zak om hem terug te kunnen geven aan de rechtmatige eigenaar. Maar zolang niemand zich meldt, houdt hij de foto bij zich. Na een tijdje begint het Logan op te vallen dat hij meer geluk heeft dan anders.