Charles Martin

Abbie und Chris sind ein ungleiches Paar und doch so glücklich wie zu Beginn: Chris kommt von ganz unten, Abbie aus einer mächtigen Südstaaten-Dynastie. Aber nach Jahren unbeschwerter Ehe schlägt das Schicksal zu und bei Abbie wird Krebs diagnostiziert. Der Rat der Ärzte lautet, auf das Ende zu warten. Doch Abbie hat eine Liste mit Wünschen erstellt, und die möchte sie sich erfüllen. Zehn eigentlich recht gewöhnliche Dinge, wie am Strand Wein zu trinken oder so sehr zu lachen, dass es weh tut. Der größte dieser Wünsche ist, im Kanu den ganzen St. Mary's River im Süden der USA hinabzufahren. Kurzentschlossen packt Chris die Rucksäcke und heimlich brechen sie auf. Von Abbies Vater und bald auch den Medien und der Polizei verfolgt, rudern sie den Fluss hinunter. Es wird die Reise ihres Lebens, das sie in all seiner Schönheit und Bitterkeit noch einmal auskosten. Und sie wissen: Wo der Fluss endet, beginnt die Ewigkeit.

Doss y Abbie quizás nunca deberían haberse conocido y aún menos enamorado. Abbie, hija única de un poderoso senador, debía aspirar a alguien mejor que Doss, un chico criado en una caravana, y sin un futuro muy prometedor. Y sin embargo se casaron deprisa y en secreto. Tras catorce años de matrimonio, Abbie y Doss estan llegando al fnal de su camino. Abbie sufre una enfermedad terminal, y Doss decide luchar a su lado hasta el fnal. Juntos emprenden un ultimo viaje rio abajo, un viejo sueño de su epoca de noviazgo. Con ellos llevan la lista de los diez ultmos deseos de Abbie. Donde acaba el rio es una emotiva novela en la que el amor trasciende a las difcultades mas extremas y embarca al lector en un intenso viaje impulsado por la entrega, el amor y una union capaz de trascender a todo.

En una noche de tormenta, dos extraños esperan su vuelo en el aeropuerto de Salt Lake City. Ashley Knox, una joven y guapa periodista, atareada con los últimos preparativos de su boda, y Ben Payne, un prestigioso cirujano cuya agenda le obliga a estar en su ciudad al dia siguiente. Cuando el vuelo es cancelado, Ben decide alquilar una avioneta y ofrece a Ashley la posibilidad de compartirla. Pero lo imprevisto sucede: la avioneta se estrella en las montañas y el piloto muere. Los dias se convierten en semanas y Ben y Ashley luchan por su supervivencia. Lo que no imaginan, si logran resistir, es como esta experiencia cambiara sus vidas para siempre.El autor de Donde acaba el rio, comparado por la critica estadounidense con Nicholas Sparks y Robert James Waller, nos vuelve a ofrecer una novela tan profunda como emocionante, en la que el amor y la, esperanza son los verdaderos protagonistas.

As a result of his hard exterior and lonely tendencies, Tyler Steele finds himself a single father alone in the world - until a stranger and her daughter show up and change his life. Third generation Texas Ranger Tyler Steele is the last of a dying breed-- a modern day cowboy hero living in a world that doesnt quite understand his powerful sense of right and wrong and instinct to defend those who cant defend themselves. Despite his strong moral compass, Ty has trouble seeing his greatest weakness. His hard outer shell, the one essential to his work, made him incapable of forging the emotional connection his wife Andie so desperately needed.Now retired, rasing their son Brodie on his own, and at risk of losing his ranch, Ty does not know how to rebuild from the rubble of his life. The answer comes in the form of Samantha and her daughter Hope, on the run from a seemingly inescapable situation. They are in danger, desperate, and alone. Though they are strangers, Ty knows he can help-- protecting the innocent is what he does best. As his relationship with Sam and Hope unfolds, Ty realizes he must confront his true weaknesses if he wants to become the man he needs to be.

Nobody fights forever, so I prepared myself for two battles. The first was fighting alongside her.Weve done that.As well as two can.But, as the years have ticked by, Ive seen a second front coming - and its the tougher of the two. Abbie might still be swinging but she was beat. To be honest, I think she was still in the ring fighting, simply for me. Lately, the thing that had been keeping me up nights was wondering what would happen if I told her that she could let her guard down - that she could stop fighting. What if she was just waiting on me?Chris Michaels and Abbie Colman should never have met let alone fallen in love. As the only child of South Carolinas most senior senator, Abbies father had wanted better for her than Chris, who grew up in a trailer park next to the St Marys river. Abbie and Chris had married quickly and secretly, returning to face her parents objections that havent faded even after over fourteen years of marriage.But now Abbie and Chris are coming to the end of the road. Diagnosed with breast cancer four years before, Abbies case is now terminal and theyve run out of options. Rather than letting Abbie spend her final days in a cold, sterile hospital room, Chris packs their bags and steals away with her in the middle of the night. They carry with them Abbies wish list - ten things she wants to do before she dies. The wishes are simple, normal; because after four years of non-stop invasive medical treatments, normal is a fleeting memory. Along with taking a final trip with Chris on the river that holds so many memories for them both, Abbie wants to dance with her husband, drink wine on a beach, laugh until it hurts. But as they head for rivers end, racing against weather and time, Abbies father, the press and the police are determined to find them and bring Abbie home...

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Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d’un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d’origine.

Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d’un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d’origine.

New York Times bestselling author Charles Martins breathtaking novel of love and redemption.Charlie Finn had to grow up fast, living alone by age sixteen. Highly intelligent, he earned a life-changing scholarship to Harvard, where he learned how to survive and thrive on the outskirts of privileged society. That skill served him well in the cutthroat business world, as it does in more lucrative but dangerous ventures he now operates off the coast of Miami. Charlie tries to separate relationships from work. But when his choices produce devastating consequences, he sets out to right wrongs, traveling to Central America where he will meet those who have paid for his actions, including a woman and her young daughter. Will their fated encounter present Charlie with a way to seek the redemption he thought was impossible -- and free his heart to love one woman as he never knew he could?

Now a film starring Idris Elba and Kate WinsletWhat if your life depended on a stranger?On a stormy winter night, two strangers wait for a flight at the Salt Lake City airport. Ashley Knox is an attractive, successful writer, who is flying East for her wedding. Dr Ben Payne has just wrapped up a medical conference and is also eager to return home. When the last outgoing flight is cancelled because of a storm, Ben charters a small plane that can fly around the weather front. And when the pilot says the single engine prop plane can fit one more passenger, Ben offers the seat to Ashley. Then the unthinkable happens and the plane crashes into the High Uintas Wilderness. Ben, who has broken ribs, and Ashley, who suffers a terrible leg fracture, along with the pilots dog, are faced with a battle to survive. How will they make it out of the wilderness and if they do, will they ever be the same again?

A priest changes the lives of an actress running from her past and a man hiding from his future in this heartfelt novel about loss and redemption. When someone wants to be lost, a home tucked among the Ten Thousand Islands off the Florida coast is a good place to live. Take a couple decent boats and a deep knowledge of fishing, and Sunday can get by without ever having to talk to another soul. Its a nice enough existence, until the one person who ties Sunday to the world of the living asks him for help. Father Steady Capri knows quite a bit about helping others. But he is afraid Katie Quinns problems may be beyond his abilities. Katie is a world-famous actress with an all too familiar story. Fame seems to have driven her to self-destruct. Steady knows the true cause of her desire to end her life is buried too deeply for him to reach. But there is one person who still may be able to save her from herself: Sunday. He will show her an alternate escape, a way to write a new life, but Katie still must confront her past before she can find peace. Ultimately, Sunday will need to leave his secluded home and sacrifice the serenity hes found to help her.

Twelve years ago Matthew "the Rocket" Rising had it all. Married to his high school sweetheart and one of the winningest quarterbacks in the history of college football, he was the number one NFL draft pick. But on the night of the draft, he plummeted from the pinnacle of esteem. Falsely accused of a heinous crime with irrefutable evidence, it seemed in an instant all was lost -- his reputation, his career, his freedom, and most devastatingly, the love of his life. Having served his sentence and never played a down of professional football, Matthew leaves prison with one goal -- to find his wife, Audrey, whom no one has seen since the trial. He returns to an unwelcoming reception from his Gardi, Georgia, hometown to learn that Audrey has taken shelter from the media with the nuns at a Catholic school. There she has discovered a young man with the talent to achieve the football career Matthew should have had. All he needs is the right coach. Although helping the boy means Matthew violates the conditions of his release and -- if discovered -- reincarceration for life, hell take the chance with hope of winning back Audreys love.

Now a major motion picture starring Kate Winslet and Idris Elba. An atmospheric, suspenseful and gripping story of two people finding love while fighting to survive. When a blizzard strands them in Salt Lake City, two strangers agree to charter a plane together, hoping to return home; Ben Payne is a gifted surgeon returning from a conference, and Ashley Knox, a magazine writer, is en route to her wedding. But when unthinkable tragedy strikes, the pair find themselves stranded in Utahs most remote wilderness in the dead of winter, badly injured and miles from civilization. Without food or shelter, and only Bens mountain climbing gear to protect themselves, Ashley and Bens chances for survival look bleak, but their reliance on each other sparks an immediate connection, which soon evolves into something more. Days in the mountains become weeks, as their hope for rescue dwindles. How will they make it out of the wilderness and if they do, how will this experience change them forever? Heart-wrenching and unputdownable, The Mountain Between Us will reaffirm your belief in the power of love to sustain us.

"It alternated between hilarious and chillingand at odd moments I found it comforting, too. I think growing up in a faith tradition that repressed questioning and critical thinking made some of us more comfortable with questions that answers, and art is always a good place to work that out." Kristen, Goodreads Book 2 of 3After being exiled from Gods campground, Edward and the rest of campers must find their place in the Wilderness where factions struggle to control the fate of the Island. The End of the World isnt the End of the Story. Sixty-three souls plucked from Heaven are thrust into an experimental new universe. Haunted by the dark memories of their past lives on Earth and forced to live in an isolated community, a small group bands together to strike out into the new world and uncover the secrets of the Island. This is the second of three novels about Edward and the rest of the exiles trapped in a beta test conducted by their despondent god.

This is a book about heartbreak.Following my divorce, I considered writing about my rough reentry into the dating world. I wrote a bunch of science fiction stories instead. But in these tales of a Martian invasion, an interstellar world-destroyer, and an artificial god in a bottle, youll still sense the smoke trails of lost loves and the aching whimper of a poorly guarded heart. No matter how hard Ive tried to hide it, you will still see my life in this book. Perhaps, in these extended metaphors, youll see me even clearer.

Called "cult classic of our generation" by the Tulsa World, two journalists explore an end-of-the-world cult formed around a charismatic, troubled rock musician who leads his followers deep into the woods east of Norman, Oklahoma. A mysterious series of events leaves 250 people dead and 4,238 people missing with no official explanation emerging from months of investigation.

All-encompassing answers to why normal people have abnormal sex.Four fictional stories of couples intertwined in a vast network of non-monogyny known as "The Lifestyle" which is discretely tucked beneath the buckle of the American Bible Belt. "Deviants" explores the struggles, scars and yearning of a secret culture thriving in the midst of a hotbed of social conservatism.