Joshilyn Jackson

Backseat Saints : Ro Grandee takes her husband's punches like a lady. But Ro wasn't always this way. Underneath her pastel skirts and hidden bruises lies Rose Mae Lolley, teenaged spitfire, Alabama heartbreaker, and a crack shot with a pistol. Rose Mae is resurrected when a gypsy's tarot cards foretell that her handsome husband is going to kill her--unless she kills him first.

Laurel, ama de casa y artista, que desde la muerte de su tío ve fantasmas, se despierta viendo el fantasma de Molly, una amiga de su hija. Al seguirlo encuentra el cadáver de ésta flotando en su piscina. Esto despierta muchas sospechas en ella, desconfia de su hija, de sus vecinos, de la prima que tienen de invitada. Al notar que sus nervios no aguantan pide ayuda a su marido, informatico, un hombre retraido, quien llama a la madre de Laurel para que le haga compañia.

Vor ihrem Studium in Chicago hat Arlene Fleet Gott drei Dinge versprochen: Sie wird keinen Sex mehr haben, sie wird nicht mehr lügen, und sie wird niemals mehr in ihre Heimatstadt in Alabama zurückkehren. Alles, was sie im Gegenzug dafür erwartet, ist ein Wunder: dass die Leiche von Jim Beverly nie gefunden wird. Jetzt, zehn Jahre später, hat Gott den Deal gebrochen. Ein wunderbar frischer Debütroman, eine tragikomische Geschichte von Freundschaft, Liebe und Betrug. »Pflichtlektüre.« New York Post01Joshilyn Jackson, in den Südstaaten der USA geboren, arbeitete einige Jahre als Schauspielerin am Theater, bevor sie in Chicago englische Literatur studierte. Sie veröffentlichte Kurzgeschichten, Theaterstücke und Romane. Joshilyn Jackson lebt mit ihrer Familie in der Nähe von Atlanta.

Una abogada ferozmente independiente, experta en divorcios, descubre la importancia de la familia y de los vínculos personales cuando recibe un enigmático mensaje de su madre, con la que no se habla desde hace años, en esta novela ingeniosa y agridulce, obra de la autora superventas deHay dioses en AlabamaySomeone Elses Love Story. Una historia de profundas resonancias sentimentales acerca de la perdurabilidad del amor y del poder de la narracion para conformar y transformar nuestras vidas.Nacida en Alabama, Paula Vauss llevo durante sus primeros diez años de vida una existencia itinerante junto a su madre, Kai, una joven de espiritu rebelde que mezclaba en sus cuentos la mitologia hindu con la tradicion oral sureña para reinventar, a lo largo de su periplo, la historia de ambas. Todo eso, sin embargo (incluido el nombre que recibio al nacer, Kali Jai), cambio drasticamente cuando Paula conto su propia historia: un relato que condujo a Kai a prision y a Paula a un hogar de acogida. Separadas, roto el intenso vinculo que las unia, ambas seguirian guardando celosamente sus secretos.Mucho despues, convertida en una implacable y prospera abogada matrimonialista afincada en Atlanta, Paula seguia pagando la deuda karmica que habia contraido con Kai, a la que no veia desde hacia quince a...

Nonny Frett understands the meanings of rock and hard place. Shes got two men: her husband is easing out the back door and her best friend is laying siege to her heart in her front yard. She has a job that holds her in the city, and shes addicted to a little girl stuck deep in the country. And she has two families: the Fretts, who stole her and raised her right, and Crabtrees, who lost her and cant forget theyve been done wrong. Now in Between, Georgia, population 90, a random act of violence is about to set the torch to a thirty-year-old stash of highly flammable secret. This might be just what the town needs, if only Nonny wasnt sitting in the middle of it

Cuando Arlene Fleet se marchó a estudiar a Chicago, le hizo tres promesas a Dios. Nunca más volvería a mentir, nunca más mantendría relaciones sexuales fuera del matrimonio, y nunca más regresaría a su pueblo, Possett, Alabama. Lo unico que Dios tenia que hacer a cambio era encargarse de que no se descubriese el cadaver de Jim Beverly, el famoso quarterback del instituto.Una extraordinaria primera novela que se inscribe en la mas autentica tradicion sureña, consolidada por autores como Faulkner o McCullers.Culpabilidad y discriminacion racial se unen a la amistad, el amor y la traicion como temas dominantes en una narracion que dara mucho que hablar.

Cuando Arlene Fleet se marchó a estudiar a Chicago, le hizo tres promesas a Dios. Nunca más volvería a mentir, nunca más mantendría relaciones sexuales fuera del matrimonio y nunca más regresaría a su pueblo, Possett, Alabama. Lo unico que Dios tenia que hacer a cambio era encargarse de que no se descubriese el cadaver de Jim Beverly, el famoso quaterback del instituto.

There are gods in Alabama. I know because I killed one.When Lena Fleet goes to college, she makes three promises to God: she will stop sleeping with every boy she meets; she will never tell another lie; and she will never, ever go back to her hometown in Alabama. All she wants from God in return is that He makes sure the body is never found . . .But ten years later, it looks like Gods going back on His deal. Lenas high school archenemy appears on her doorstep, looking for the golden haired football god who disappeared during their senior year. To make matters worse, her African American boyfriend has issued her with an ultimatum - introduce him to her lily-white family or hes gone.While she would rather burn in a fire than let him meet her steel magnolia Aunt Florence, her half-mad Mama, her sweet-as-pie cousin Clarice and the rest of her eccentric and racist family, Lena realises it is time to go home to Alabama and confront the past once and for all.As she digs through guilt and deception, she discovers how far she will go for love and a chance at redemption.*************Praise for GODS IN ALABAMA:A plucky heroine with a sense of humour, a gripping tale and a mysterious dead body that needs explanation. [Jackson] takes the reader on a wild ride of despair, hope and redemption that no reader is likely to ever forget. What a storyteller! - Adriana Trigiani, author of Lucia, LuciaA startling page turner. This is a beautifully crafted, sassy novel, where nothing is quite as it seems. The way the final pieces of the jigsaw slot together . . . should surprise even the most jaded of readers - GlamourThis winning novel is the kind that readers crave: you cant stop turning the pages, but you wish it would never end - Christina Schwarz, author of Drowning RuthI couldnt put this book down. From the first chapter, the plot leaps forward and it doesnt stop twisting and turning until the last page - Melanie Sumner, author of The School of Beauty

It was an accident . . . wasnt it?Laurel Hawthorne has worked hard to create a good life for her family, determined not to raise her daughter in the subdued, secretive household that she herself grew up in. And everything is just fine until the night she is awoken by a ghost in her bedroom: the ghost of 14-year-old neighbour Molly, whose body is now floating, face-down and lifeless in Laurels swimming pool.The whole town thinks it was an accident, but Laurel knows in her bones that there is something more sinister afoot. And thats when her perfect world begins to crumble. With the help of her eccentric sister, Laurel sets off on a mission to investigate what really happened to the girl who stopped swimming.But along the way she starts to uncover the truth about her family, and just what did happen in the woods all those years ago on a day she has managed to blank out - until now . . .***************Praise for THE GIRL WHO STOPPED SWIMMING:Joshilyn Jackson has done it again . . . her skilful unravelling of family secrets and betrayal left me breathless. You must read this book! - Sara Gruen, New York Times bestselling author of Water for ElephantsA ghost story, family psychodrama, and murder mystery all in one. A wild, smartly calibrated achievement - Entertainment WeeklyA great tale [that] builds to an exciting and violent ending - one that surprises and yet seems to fit. - USA TodayJackson matches effortless storytelling with a keen eye for character and heart-stopping circumstances - Publishers Weekly

Una abogada ferozmente independiente, experta en divorcios, descubre la importancia de la familia y de los vínculos personales cuando recibe un enigmático mensaje de su madre, con la que no se habla desde hace años. Una historia de profundas resonancias sentimentales acerca de la perdurabilidad del amor y del poder de la narracion para conformar y transformar nuestras vidas.Nacida en Alabama, Paula Vauss llevo durante sus primeros diez años de vida una existencia itinerante junto a su madre, Kai, una joven de espiritu rebelde que mezclaba en sus cuentos la mitologia hindu con la tradicion oral sureña para reinventar, a lo largo de su periplo, la historia de ambas. Todo eso, sin embargo, cambio drasticamente cuando Paula conto su propia historia: un relato que condujo a Kai a prision y a Paula a un hogar de acogida. Separadas, roto el intenso vinculo que las unia, ambas seguirian guardando celosamente sus secretos.Mucho despues, convertida en una implacable y prospera abogada matrimonialista afincada en Atlanta, Paula seguia pagando la deuda karmica que habia contraido con Kai, a la que no veia desde hacia quince años. Hasta el dia en que su madre le devolvio el ultimo cheque que le habia enviado, junto con una nota desconcertante: Me voy de viaje, Kali. Vuelvo a mis origenes. La muerte no es el final. El final seras tu. Volveremos a encontrarnos y habra historias nuevas que contar. Ya sabes como funciona el karma.Poco despues, el secreto mejor guardado de Kai llamo literalmente a la puerta de Paula, dando un vuelco a su vida y transformandola de hija unica en hermana mayor. Ansiosa por encontrar a su madre antes de que fuera demasiado tarde, Paula emprendio un viaje de descubrimiento que la llevo de vuelta al pasado y la obligo a internarse en los rincones mas profundos de su corazon. Con ayuda de Birdwine, su exnovio, esta mujer brillante, especializada en romper familias, tendria que descubrir como recomponer la suya propia.____________Distinto a todos, reune las mejores cualidades narrativas de Joshilyn Jackson. Es autora de seis novelas anteriores con las que ha alcanzado la lista de los libros mas vendidos del New York Times, entre ellas Hay dioses en Alabama. Sus libros han sido traducidos a doce idiomas. Actriz profesional antes de consagrarse a la escritura, Jackson es tambien una reconocida narradora de audiolibros.The Opposite of EveryoneEs una novela tan absorbente, habil e inteligente que resulta tentador leerla de un tiron, hasta el final. Los lectores cuidadosos disfrutaran de los intrincados estratos de la narracion, cuyos hilos argumentales, tanto reales como miticos, se enriquecen y contraponen formando una trama compleja. Jackson se inspira en el folklore rural de Alabama y en la antigua mitologia india y entrelaza impecablemente relatos diversos para crear un crescendo que parece salido de un cuento de Flannery OConnor: sorprendente, ineludible y maravillosamente autentico, en el pleno sentido de la palabra. Me encanto este libro y a ustedes tambien les encantara.Sara Gruen, autora de Agua para elefantes y El agua de la vida

From the New York Times bestselling author of Never Have I Ever comes a chilling story of sisters and revenge.Revenge...Its all relative.Born three minutes apart, Penny and Nix Albright grew up doing everything together, close as only twins can be. But when Nix dies in a tragic accident soon after college, she leaves behind a cryptic voicemail that has Penny guilt-ridden and desperate for justice.Five Years LaterPenny has found new purpose as a rookie cop. Shes working to fulfill Nixs dream of making the world a safer place, but following that dream becomes a nightmare when shes called to her first murder scene. When she sees the victim, she knows him instantly. Its Danny Boweryone of three men shes long blamed for Nixs deathsplayed in a pool of blood outside a posh Atlanta shopping center, almost as if shed wished it so.Stunned, Penny steps away to catch her breath and discovers a blonde in blood-drenched clothes gripping a box cutter. Before Penny can arrest her, the woman reveals that Bowerys murder is part of a larger story that is far from over. A story about sisters. And with that, the killer disappears.Now, Penny will stop at nothing to pursue this dangerous woman and learn why shes avenging Nixs death. The deeper she dives into the mystery, the less clear it becomes who is hunting whom in this captivating page-turner of hidden motives and deadly consequences.

PREMIADA COMO MEJOR NOVELA POR LA AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONAUTORA DESTACADA POR PEOPLE, USA TODAY, TIME, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY Y THE WALL STREET JOURNALBESTSELLER DE THE NEW YORK TIMESHay secretos que solo el corazon de una mujer puede ocultar.La abuela Birchie es una mujer de otro tiempo que sigue estrictamente las reglas. Pero solo aquellas que ella misma se habia impuesto. El corazon de las mujeres siempre ha sido una fuerza callada, capaz de mucho mas de lo que imaginamos. Eso descubre Leia cuando, tras años de ausencia, regresa a la casa de la infancia. La suya es una familia con raices profundas, todo un referente para la comunidad local desde hace generaciones, aferrada a las tradiciones.Leia sabe que su hermana Rachel, siempre tan convencida de tener la razon y de actuar como es debido, reaccionara con condescendencia ante la noticia que debe darle: esta a punto de convertirse en madre soltera. Aun asi, confia en que su querida abuela Birchie la reciba con los brazos abiertos. Lo que Leia no imagina es que incluso Birchie guarda mas de un secreto en la casa victoriana donde vive junto a su amiga de toda la vida, Wattie.Entre esas paredes, y en las miradas complices de ambas amigas, se esconden verdades enterradas durante decadas. Revelarlas podria cambiarlo todo: el destino de la familia, la imagen que Leia tiene de si misma y del mundo que creia conocer.Te atrapara desde la primera pagina. Publishers WeeklyApasionante. Una emocion sin pausa. Kirkus ReviewsLa lectura ideal para las apasionadas de la ficcion femenina. Library Journal

With empathy, grace, humor, and piercing insight, the author of gods in Alabama pens a powerful, emotionally resonant novel of the South that confronts the truth about privilege, family, and the distinctions between perception and reality---the stories we tell ourselves about our origins and who we really are.Superheroes have always been Leia Birch Briggs weakness. One tequila-soaked night at a comics convention, the usually level-headed graphic novelist is swept off her barstool by a handsome and anonymous Batman. It turns out the caped crusader has left her with more than just a nice, fuzzy memory. Shes having a baby boyan unexpected but not unhappy development in the thirty-eight year-olds life. But before Leia can break the news of her impending single-motherhood (including the fact that her baby is biracial) to her conventional, Southern family, her step-sister Rachels marriage implodes. Worse, she learns her beloved ninety-year-old grandmother, Birchie, is losing her mind, and shes been hiding her dementia with the help of Wattie, her best friend since girlhood.Leia returns to Alabama to put her grandmothers affairs in order, clean out the big Victorian that has been in the Birch family for generations, and tell her family that shes pregnant. Yet just when Leia thinks shes got it all under control, she learns that illness is not the only thing Birchies been hiding. Tucked in the attic is a dangerous secret with roots that reach all the way back to the Civil War. Its exposure threatens the familys freedom and future, and it will change everything about how Leia sees herself and her sister, her son and his missing father, and the world she thinks she knows.

Jackson knows how to grab a reader - and not let goUSA TodayA stolen baby. A lifelong feud. An explosive secret. Nonny Frett understands the meanings of rock and hard place. Shes got two men: her husband easing out the back door and her best friend laying siege to her heart in her front yard. She has a job that holds her in the city, yet shes addicted to a little girl stuck deep in the country. And she has two families: the Fretts, who stole her and raised her right, and the Crabtrees, who lost her and cant forget theyve been done wrong.Now a random act of violence is about to set the torch to a thirty-year-old stash of highly flammable secrets. This might be just what the town needs - if only Nonny wasnt sitting in the middle of it . . .Praise for BETWEEN, GEORGIA:A delight from start to finish - Publishers WeeklyA climactic ending with perfect resolution . . . even the most cynical reader will surely smile as the back cover closes - BooklistEvocative and lovingly crafted - KirkusAn exemplary novel - Bookpage

NATIONAL BESTSELLERA finely paced, shrewdly observed, multi-tiered story . . . A thinking (and feeling) readers thriller. Wall Street Journal "Chilling, thought-provoking, and hauntingly written, Mother May I kept me on the edge of my seat with its breathless race against time." Megan Miranda, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl from Widow HillsRecommended by Buzzfeed Parade Country Living Atlanta Journal-Constitution Augusta Chronicle The Nerd Daily She Reads BookBub and more!The New York Times bestselling author of the critically acclaimed Never Have I Ever returns with an even more addictive novel of domestic suspense in which a mother must decide how far she is willing to go to protect her child and the life she lovesan unforgettable tale of power, privilege, lies, revenge, and the choices we make, ones that transform our lives in unforeseen ways.Revenge doesnt wait for permission.Growing up poor in rural Georgia, Bree Cabbat was warned that the world was a dark and scary place. Bree rejected that fearful outlook, and life has proved her right. Having married into a family with wealth, power, and connections, Bree now has all a woman could ever dream of.Until the day she awakens and sees someone peering into her bedroom windowan old gray-haired woman dressed all in black who vanishes as quickly as she appears. It must be a play of the early morning light or the remnant of a waking dream, Bree tells herself, shaking off the bad feeling that overcomes her.Later that day though, she spies the old woman again, in the parking lot of her daughters private school . . . just minutes before Brees infant son, asleep in his car seat only a few feet away, vanishes. It happened so quicklyBree looked away only for a second. There is a note left in his place, warning her that she is being watched; if she wants her baby back, she must not call the police or deviate in any way from the instructions that will follow.The mysterious woman makes contact, and Bree learns she, too, is a mother. Why would another mother do this? What does she want? And why has she targeted Bree? Of course Bree will pay anything, do anything. Its her child.To get her baby back, Bree must complete one smallbut criticaltask. It seems harmless enough, but her action comes with a devastating price. Bree will do whatever it takes to protect her familybut what if the cost tears their world apart?

From the New York Times bestselling author of Never Have I Ever comes the hair-raising story of a mother who moves herself and her daughter across the country to escape a dangerous stalkerbut she cant keep herself and her daughter safe from a monster she cant identifyHIS GAME. HIS RULES. HER LIFE.It started with the lettersFor actress Meribel Mills, disturbing fan mail is part of the price of fame. So when she starts getting creepy letters written in fruit-scented marker shes mostly unfazed. But theres something different about Marker ManHes been in her homeMeribels sheets smell of unfamiliar cologne, and objects are changing places inside her house. While the police insist that stalkers hardly ever escalate to violence, Meribel has played the dead girl one too many times on TV to risk becoming her in real life. She and her daughter move from Los Angeles to Atlanta for a fresh startbut no distance is great enough.Hes watching herYears of being in front of a camera have given Meribel a superpowershe can feel eyes on her, and someone definitely has her in their sights. Could Marker Man have followed her all the way across the country? Suddenly, every man in her life is a suspect and Meribel finds herself in the fight of her life, desperate to protect those she loves as danger closes in from all sides.If he cant have her, no one can.Look for these other pulse-pounding thrillers by New York Times bestselling author Joshilyn Jackson:Mother May INever Have I Ever

PREMIADA COMO MEJOR NOVELA POR LA AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONAUTORA DESTACADA POR PEOPLE, USA TODAY, TIME, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY Y THE WALL STREET JOURNALBESTSELLER DE THE NEW YORK TIMESHay secretos que solo el corazon de una mujer puede ocultar.La abuela Birchie es una mujer de otro tiempo que sigue estrictamente las reglas. Pero solo aquellas que ella misma se habia impuesto. El corazon de las mujeres siempre ha sido una fuerza callada, capaz de mucho mas de lo que imaginamos. Eso descubre Leia cuando, tras años de ausencia, regresa a la casa de la infancia. La suya es una familia con raices profundas, todo un referente para la comunidad local desde hace generaciones, aferrada a las tradiciones.Leia sabe que su hermana Rachel, siempre tan convencida de tener la razon y de actuar como es debido, reaccionara con condescendencia ante la noticia que debe darle: esta a punto de convertirse en madre soltera. Aun asi, confia en que su querida abuela Birchie la reciba con los brazos abiertos. Lo que Leia no imagina es que incluso Birchie guarda mas de un secreto en la casa victoriana donde vive junto a su amiga de toda la vida, Wattie.Entre esas paredes, y en las miradas complices de ambas amigas, se esconden verdades enterradas durante decadas. Revelarlas podria cambiarlo todo: el destino de la familia, la imagen que Leia tiene de si misma y del mundo que creia conocer.Te atrapara desde la primera pagina. Publishers WeeklyApasionante. Una emocion sin pausa. Kirkus ReviewsLa lectura ideal para las apasionadas de la ficcion femenina. Library Journal

Someone Elses Love Story is beloved and highly acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Joshilyn Jacksons funny, charming, and poignant novel about science and miracles, secrets and truths, faith and forgiveness; about falling in love, and learning that things arent always what they seemor what we hope they will be.Shandi Pierce is juggling finishing college, raising her delightful three-year-old genius son Nathan, aka Natty Bumppo, and keeping the peace between her eternally warring, long-divorced parents. Shes got enough complications without getting caught in the middle of a stick-up and falling in love with William Ashe, who willingly steps between the robber and her son.Shandi doesnt know that her blond god Thor has his own complications. When he looked down the barrel of that gun he believed it was destiny: Its been one year to the day since a tragic act of physics shattered his world. But William doesnt define destiny the way others do. A brilliant geneticist who believes in facts and numbers, destiny to him is about choice. Now, he and Shandi are about to meet their so-called destinies head on, making choices that will reveal unexpected truths about love, life, and the world they think they know.

From New York Times bestselling novelist Joshilyn Jackson comes an e-original short story that gives a fierce and funny character from Someone Elses Love Story a standalone adventure all her own.Shandi Pierce got pregnant when she was only seventeen years old. She fell for her sondeeply, instantly, completelybut as she sat at the table feeding him, her own mother was sliding eggs and bacon onto her plate, feeding her.Now, four years later, Shandi is still more parented than parent. She lives with her mom, her dad pays her bills, and her best friend, Walcott, acts as her white knight. But Natty is no ordinary kid, and when his savant behavior catches the attention of an obsessive stranger, only Shandi sees the true menace.To protect her son, Shandi must grow upfastand find an answer to the question, how can a girl remake herself into a mother?

A fiercely independent divorce lawyer learns the power of family and connection when she receives a cryptic message from her estranged mother in this bittersweet, witty novel from the nationally bestselling author of Someone Elses Love Story and Gods in Alabamaan emotionally resonant tale about the endurance of love and the power of stories to shape and transform our lives.Born in Alabama, Paula Vauss spent the first decade of her life on the road with her free-spirited young mother, Kai, an itinerant storyteller who blended Hindu mythology with southern oral tradition to re-invent their history as they roved. But everything, including Paulas birth name Kali Jai, changed when she told a story of her ownone that landed Kai in prison and Paula in foster care. Separated, each holding secrets of her own, the intense bond they once shared was fractured.These days, Paula has reincarnated herself as a tough-as-nails divorce attorney with a successful practice in Atlanta. While she hasnt seen Kai in fifteen years, shes still making payments on that Karmic debtuntil the day her last check is returned in the mail, along with a mysterious note: I am going on a journey, Kali. I am going back to my beginning; death is not the end. You will be the end. We will meet again, and there will be new stories. You know how Karma works.Then Kais most treasured secret literally lands on Paulas doorstep, throwing her life into chaos and transforming her from only child to older sister. Desperate to find her mother before its too late, Paula sets off on a journey of discovery that will take her back to the past and into the deepest recesses of her heart. With the help of her ex-lover Birdwine, an intrepid and emotionally volatile private eye who still carries a torch for her, this brilliant woman, an expert at wrecking families, now has to figure out how to put one back togetherher own.The Opposite of Everyone is a story about story itself, how the tales we tell connect us, break us, and define us, and how the endings and beginnings we choose can destroy us . . . and make us whole. Laced with sharp humor and poignant insight, it is beloved New York Times bestselling author Joshilyn Jackson at her very best.