JEAN STONE

Intriga y romances imposibles en un auténtico melodrama poblado de peripecias imprevistas.

Una famosa abogada, una dama de la alta sociedad sureña y una célebre actriz sólo tienen en común la infelicidad de sus vidas. Acuden a un centro de reposo para mujeres, con la intención de reflexionar y retomar las riendas de sus respectivos destinos. Pero para conseguirlo han de recuperar el verdadero amor.

Treinta años después, Jessica recibe un extraño mensaje de una hija que ella creía muerta. A partir de ese momento, inicia una búsqueda desesperada que le llevará por misterios, venganzas y pasiones. La conmovedora continuacion de Pecado de Inocencia.

Cuatro chicas son obligadas por sus padres a pasar sus embarazos indeseados en una residencia lejos de su vida cotidiana y amistades, para evitar el escándalo. Pero no lograrán evitar que veinte años despues intenten recuperar a sus hijos...

They say true love is priceless, but is it worth fifty million dollars? With Second Chances, their wedding planning business, starting to take off, four best friends must decide whether theyll take some second chances of their own. Free-spirited Lily finds herself forced to choose between her sure-thing inheritance and a chance at true love; the no-longer-predictable Elaine surprises everyoneincluding herselfwhen romance comes calling from her past; Sarah, the uncompromisingly unconventional artist, finds herself contemplating the most unexpected choice of all; and the always-clear-eyed Jo suddenly finds herself second-guessing her own second chance at happily-ever-after. The choice for each of them is I do or I dont, and the decision will change their lives.Breakups, makeups, and romance at every turnlife always offers up its best surprises to those who leave themselves open to the possibility of second chances.

Can love, romance, and marriage really be better the second time around? Thats what four best friends are about to find out in Jean Stones sexy, smart, and poignantly funny new novel about saying I do all over again.Its an idea just crazy enough to worka wedding-planning business tailored for second weddings run by four single best friends whove loved, whove lost, and who are ready to start again. A successful Boston publicist, Jo Lyons has returned to West Hope after a devastating breakup left her career and her heart broken. Now shell try to pick up the pieces among the three women she knows best. Lily, the fun-loving, free-spirited eternal optimist. Sarah, the strong-willed unconventional artist. Elaine, the would-be domestic diva. Its Elaines upcoming second marriage that will be the inspiration and test model for their new business, Second Chances. For Jo it just may be an unexpected second chance of a different, far more romantic kind, but only if shes willing to give loveand lifeanother try.

Thanks to a high-profile wedding extravaganza for a media mogul, the wedding-planning business created by four longtime friends is really taking off. Not surprisingly, each of the friends is handling success in her own special wayand one is about to get her very own, very special second chance. . . .The irony of being a never-married wedding planner isnt lost on forty-three-year-old Sarah. But that doesnt mean the free-spirited single mom hasnt known loveand, most recently, heartbreak. And while the butter- cream sweetness of wedding rituals strikes her as somewhat silly, work is a welcome distractionas are her friends-turned-colleagues: pragmatic Elaine, dramatic Lily, and newly in love Jo. Yet Sarah is about to get even more distracted by a visitor from her past, one who holds the key to a mystery that has shadowed her life. But to face the truth, shell need a little help from her friendsold and new.

In this poignant, exhilarating novel, three enormously successful career women face their regrets, rewrite their wrongs, and take one last shot at a happy birthday. Abigail is a star, a Martha Stewart type with a weekly TV show and millions of loyal fans. Maddie is a brilliant photographer who shoots for a hip magazine. And Kris is a bestselling author whose taut thrillers fly off the shelves. As girls, they celebrated birthdays together, sharing laughter and tears and hopes for the future. Then they lost touch. Now, on the brink of turning fifty, Abigail reaches out to reconnect. Once again, Abigail, Maddie, and Kris will spend time together to toast their birthdays. But this year, theyre all too aware of the childhood dreams that never came true. One of them carries a dark, tormenting secret; another is obsessed with the man she loved and lost; a third will give anything to start over. Haunted by the passage of time, all three will go to any length to make sure their wishes come true. Includes a special message from the editor, as well as excerpts from these Loveswept titles: Mistletoe and Magic, Claimed, and After the Kiss.

Miracles happen where you least expect them.No one captures the tides of a womans heart quite like Jean Stone. Set on New Englands celebrated Marthas Vineyard, this novel brings together three courageous women whose struggles reveal startling truths and ultimately change their lives. The women begin as strangers: Rita has a past that cannot stay hidden for long; Katie, the vibrant rock star, must choose between saving her own life and the life of her unborn child; Hannah, a selfless housewife, finds herself abandoned by her friends just when she needs them most; and Faye, the wealthy executive, thinks shes already survived the greatest fight of her life. Before the summer ends, these women will form a lasting bondin a season when old hurts are finally healed, love is rekindled, and life begins anew.

Four best friends, one risky business, and a chance to say I do one more time. . . With their fledgling business Second Chances facing its first big break, four best friends turned wedding consultants face second chancesand challengesof their own. For always-practical, always-predictable Elaine, its a time for a total makeover . . . but is the new dream-her really her? For Lily, the free-spirited, free-spending sprite, it was the chance to find the one thing missing from her life that not even money could buy. And while Sarah, the self-reliant artist, faces a crisis that proves just how much she needs her friends, ex-publicist Jo is tantalizingly closer to true love than she can ever possibly imagine. Ex-husbands, computer dating, teenage kidsthe worlds much different than when they first said I do, but one things the same: theyre all hoping their second chance will be a charm.

There are some places you must return to.In the bestselling tradition of Barbara Delinsky, Jean Stone weaves an enthralling, emotionally charged novel of friendship and betrayal, forgiveness and love. Jill McPhearson leads a charmed lifewith a hugely successful TV show, two beautiful children, and a fiance who just happens to be her sexy prime-time co-host. Just when all Jills dreams seem to be coming true, her past beckons her back to her childhood home on Marthas Vineyard and to a life she wants only to forget. But returning to the island will also give this savvy reporter her biggest breakthe chance to go after the story of a lifetime: her own. For a dark family secret is about to be revealed, one that could help Jill face painful memories or destroy everything shes hoped to become.

Jean Stone, the bestselling author of Off Season, weaves the extraordinary story of three cousins bound forever by the family fortune they shareand the family secrets they dont dare reveal....Mary Beth, Nikki, and Gabrielle have little in common except the vast Atkinson fortune they inherited. Growing up amidst the splendor of Manhattan town houses and summers on Marthas Vineyard, theyve all learned the hard way that money can buy everythingexcept happiness. Marked by a summer tragedy theyve all tried to forget, each woman has struggled to find her own way to cope with the secrets of her past.Now Mary Beth is a pillar of the New York social scene, buying designer clothing and priceless jewels that even she cannot afford. Nikki searches for peace on the Vineyard, pouring her inheritance into endless charity work. And Gabrielle hoards her money in a Swiss bank account, safe from the husband who knows nothing of her wealth. But when their trusted executor disappears with their money, the cousins come together once again to find him. For each woman, regaining her fortune has a different meaningand will come at a different price. And in the end theyll learn that no ones secrets can stay hidden forevernot even the truth of what really happened that terrible day so many summers ago....

Jean Stone is a gifted writer of romantic tales that capture the unique feel of New England while introducing characters who live in readers hearts forever. Her latest novel is her most moving work to date, the story of a woman who gave up everything she had for the man she loved -- but must now find the strength to stand by him during his darkest hour....Once Jill McPhearson had a life any woman would envy: a successful career as a television anchorwoman and a handsome fiance. But she gave up everything to start anew in her childhood home of Marthas Vineyard. For Jill, carving out a new, lower-profile career on the island is a struggle. But falling in love -- and then marrying -- local carpenter Ben Niles feels natural and seamless. It feels right. Steady, rugged Ben...the man who makes Jill feel she has it all -- or at least all she really needs. But when Ben is accused of a shocking crime, Jills world turns upside down -- and everything she thought she knew is called into question. The small-town island life Jill loves is suddenly unbearable, as Ben and Jill try to hide their terrible secret from everyone they love. And now Jill must ask herself: how do you recapture a life that may never have existed in the first place?

In Jean Stones moving novel of what might have been, four very different women with one very powerful thing in common are reunitedwith one another, and with the children they gave up for adoption. Jess has led a charmed life, but now that her beautiful teenage daughter is pregnant, all she can think of is the baby she gave away. Susan lost one child years ago, and now, as a divorced college professor, shes terrified of losing another. P.J. overcame an unwanted pregnancy to become a high-powered art director, but her whirlwind life is halted by an unsettling discovery. Ginny makes an unlikely Hollywood wife, but men, money, and four marriages cant erase the horrors of her pastor satisfy her need for love. Twenty-five years ago, they met in a home for unwed mothers. At the time, all they had to hold on to was one another. Now Jess, Susan, P.J., and Ginny must find the courage to face the past: The date is set for a reunion with the children they have never known. And no matter what happens, their lives will never be the same.Jesss story continues in Jean Stones Tides of the Heart! Includes a special message from the editor, as well as excerpts from these Loveswept titles: Trying to Score, Long Simmering Spring, and Scarlet Lady.

She made a life with one man--but always loved another at...The Summer House.Jean Stone captured readers imaginations with the "graceful prose, vivid imagery and compassionately drawn characters" (Publishers Weekly) of novels like Tides of the Heart and Places by the Sea. Now, in her latest novel, she reveals the public scandals of a family destined for political greatness--and the private secrets of a woman who traded her childhood dreams for a role she was born to play....As a young girl, Liz Adams always knew that her father, Boston power broker Will Adams, had big plans--dreams and schemes that would bring Lizs older brother all the way to the White House. But when fate deals the family a tragic blow, Will is forced to change his picture-perfect plans--and place the familys political future squarely on Lizs shoulders.Two decades later, Liz has married the man her father molded into the perfect presidential candidate. But weeks before the election, tragedy strikes again--and this time Liz cant hide the pain of a life lived by someone elses rules. Seeking refuge at her familys home on Marthas Vineyard, Liz finds only painful memories of the past--and the long-lost love she let slip away. Now, as her familys darkest hour looms, the woman torn between two men will finally discover what her heart has known all along....

Some promises can never be forgotten....The author of the bestselling Birthday Girls and Places by the Sea, Jean Stone is a gifted storyteller in the tradition of Barbara Delinsky. In this deeply enthralling novel of friendship and family, a woman must face the secrets of the past before she can confront the future....I am your baby--the one you gave up. Isnt it time we met?The unsigned letter, postmarked Marthas Vineyard, arrives like a thunderbolt out of the blue, instantly sweeping Jessica Bates back thirty years. It was 1968 when young Jess went to Larchwood Hall, a home for unwed mothers, and gave up her beautiful baby girl for adoption. Jesss past still haunts her--especially since she learned that her daughter died in a tragic childhood accident.But now the letter has raised the fragile hope that there was a terrible mix-up, that Jesss daughter is still alive somewhere. Hoping for answers, Jess makes a determined pilgrimage out to the Vineyard, out to those who know the truth about what really happened to her daughter. There, surrounded by sand and sea and memories of lost love, she must make a choice that will change the course of her life forever....

In this moving novel about the power of second chances, Jean Stone proves that its never too late to go after the one that got away. For every woman, there is a first love. And for Meg, Zoe, and Alissa, that love has never been forgotten. Now these three friends have made a pact. In the next six months, they vow to reconnect with the men who touched their lives so long ago. Meg is blessed with success, yet lives a life without love, haunted by the only man shes ever wanted, a man whos still irresistible . . . and seemingly out of reach. Zoe is a once-prominent film star, desperate for a comeback and scared to discover what has become of her hometown sweetheartthe one person who means more to her than fame. Alissa, the darling of Atlanta society, seems to have it all. Then, in one shocking moment, she finds that her life is a sham and that she left the only man who ever really loved her. Now these women will risk everythingtheir families, their reputations, and their heartsto take a chance on the alluring magic of first love. Includes a special message from the editor, as well as excerpts from these Loveswept titles: The Notorious Lady Anne, Along Came Trouble, and Strictly Business.