Arabella Pollen Books

Manageress of the Orange Cinema in Shepherd's Bush, Kit lives on the fringe of creative London. Demoralized by her boyfriend and her third screenplay rejection she withdraws into a world of dreams, until faced with the closure of the Orange.

To the south lies Mexico. To the north you can see the flat plains and snow tipped peaks of the Patagonia Mountains . . . and in between is a strange and wild landscape representing a freedom so great that for a long moment, I find it hard to breathe. On the run from her claustrophobic marriage in London, Alice Coleman moves her two small children to the Arizona desert with the intention of renovating an abandoned mining town on the Mexican Border - and there finds an escape and solitude she hadn't thought possible. But in the dusty, alien atmosphere, where it seems that everyone - from Benj min, the town's Mexican caretaker to the laconic cowboy, Duval - has something to hide, Alice is uncertain whom to trust. As winter moves to scorching summer, what seemed idyllic turns deadly as Alice is drawn deeper into an obsessive quest for revenge, until finally she must decide how far she is willing to go to cling on to her freedom and what exactly she will have to sacrifice. Fierce and compelling, Midnight Cactus explores the territory between unrealized dreams and the pull of family. In a blistering climax Alice discovers it is only by risking everything that you learn what is really worth living for.

From the bestselling author of Hunting Unicorns comes Bella Pollen's most compelling and moving story yet . . .

A witty, sophisticated romantic comedy which explores the universal themes of love, loyalty and family - chosen as a Richard & Judy Summer Read.

A memoir for anyone who doesn't quite fit in - and for everyone who chooses not to . . .

Deli Madison rebelliert gegen die strengen Lebensverhältnisse der englischen Gesellschaft und wird zur erfolgreichen Fashiondesignerin Londons. Doch in ihrem Privatleben fehlt ihr der richtige Mann. Nach gescheiterten Beziehungen begegnet sie schließlich Bill, der ihr Leben auf den Kopf stellt.

Marcy Taggartová sa po dvadsiatich piatich rokoch manželstva vydáva do Írska na druhú svadobnú cestu, avšak sama, pretože ju manžel opustil. Jej trápenie sa zhoršuje spomienkou na tragédiu pred dvoma rokmi, keď sa jej dcéra Devon utopila pri osamelej plavbe. Marcy má pocit, že Devon sa možno len stratila. Na výlete v Corku zbadá dievčinu, ktorá sa na Devon podoba, a zúfalá matka sa začne opájať nádejou, že svoju dcéru našla, len musí zistiť, kde sa skrýva. Nicky Fleming, anglický diplomat v Nemecku, zomiera za záhadných okolností. Je koniec 70. rokov a jeho vdova Letty sa pýta, či bol Nicky špiónom. Deti sa snažia vyrovnať so stratou otca a odchádzajú na odľahlý ostrov Hebrid, kde musia nájsť spôsob, ako sa s tragédiou vyrovnať. Alexa Marcusová, sedemnásťročná dcéra miliardára, zažíva skutočný únos a panika ju premáha, keď sa preberie v stiesnenom priestore. Jej otec, Marshal Marcus, hľadá pomoc u súkromného vyšetrovateľa Nicka Hellera, no zdráha sa zdieľať informácie a kontaktovať políciu. V roku 1944 sa vojak Morgan McClain a študentka Liz Stephensová stretnú na tanečnej akcii, kde preskočí iskra. Morgan odchádza na front a dostáva krásne listy od ženy, s ktorou tancoval, no nie je to Liz.