Daphné Bernard Books

A red-hot, suspenseful novel centers on a free-spirited dream researcher and the captivating man who brings her dreams to life. Isabel Wright works at the Belvedere Center for Sleep Research, where she analyzes dreams, having been rescued from a dead-end job by Dr. Martin Belvedere, a pioneer in lucid dreaming. Her work is rewarding yet emotionally taxing, especially when she becomes intrigued by an anonymous subject known only as Client Number Two, whom she secretly refers to as "dream man." Client Number Two is actually Ellis Cutler, a loner employed by a classified government agency interested in lucid dreaming. After Dr. Belvedere's sudden death, Ellis is tasked with contacting Isabel. Traveling to California, he tries to suppress his fantasies and maintain a professional demeanor with the woman he has come to think of as "Tango Dancer." However, their meeting transforms dreams into reality, igniting a waking nightmare. A suspicious hit-and-run incident entangles them in a dangerous web of passion, betrayal, and murder, forcing them to navigate the precarious boundary between dreams and reality.

The hilarious romantic comedy from NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR Sophie Kinsella . . . I loved it' JOJO MOYES'I couldn't put it down.' LOUISE PENTLAND (SprinkleofGlitter)'I almost cried with laughter' DAILY MAIL'Life doesn't get much better than a new Sophie Kinsella novel' RED'Hilarious . . . schovat popis

Chick Lit. Lara has always had an overactive imagination. Now she wonders if she is losing her mind. Normal twenty-something girls just don't get visited by ghosts! But inexplicably, the spirit of Lara's great aunt Sadie - in the form of a bold, demanding Charleston-dancing girl - has appeared to make one last request: Lara must track down a missing necklace Sadie simply can't rest without. Lara's got enough problems of her own. Her start-up company is floundering, her best friend and business partner has run off to Goa, and she's just been dumped by the love of her life. But as Lara spends time with Sadie, life becomes more glamorous and their treasure hunt turns into something intriguing and romantic. Could Sadie's ghost be the answer to Lara's problems and can two girls from different times end up learning something special from each other?

After making a mistake that will ruin any chance of a partnership, workaholic attorney Samantha Sweeting suffers a breakdown, gets on a train, and ends up in the middle of nowhere, where she is mistaken for someone looking for a job and is hired as a housekeeper, but her new employers are unaware that she is an attorney with no housekeeping skills at all. Reprint.

Like mother, like daughter...! Shopaholic Becky Brandon (nee Bloomwood)'s two-year-old is ... spirited. She knows what she wants, whether it's a grown-up Prada handbag or a toy pony (40% off, so a bargain, surely?) When yet another shopping trip turns to mayhem, Becky decides it's time to give Minnie her own pocket money. Is it a bad sign when Minnie goes instantly overdrawn? Minnie isn't the only one in financial crisis. As the Bank of London collapses, people are having to Cut Back. Everyone needs cheering up, so what better way to do it than to throw a fabulous surprise party? A thrifty party, of course. Except economising and keeping a secret have never been Becky's strong points ... Everybody loves Sophie Kinsella: "I almost cried with laughter" Daily Mail "Hilarious . . . you'll laugh and gasp on every page" Jenny Colgan "Properly mood-altering . . . funny, fast and farcical. I loved it" Jojo Moyes "A superb tale. Five stars!" Heat

À trente-cinq ans, Clare Lancaster vient tout juste d'apprendre qu'elle est la fille d'un des plus puissants hommes d'affaires d'Arizona. Et la volonté de son père de l'intégrer à l'empire familial n'est pas du goût de tout le monde... Lorsque l'hostilité latente se transforme en agressions ouvertes, Clare comprend qu'elle fait plus que déranger : on cherche à l'éliminer. Vengeance personnelle ou complot ? Pour quels sombres projets représente-t-elle un danger ? Déterminée à élucider toute cette affaire, elle ne va pouvoir compter que sur son intuition hors du commun pour découvrir la vérité...

When twenty-eight-year-old Lexi Smart wakes up in a London hospital, she's in for a big surprise. Her teeth are perfect. Her body is toned. Her handbag is Vuitton. Having survived a car accident--in a Mercedes no less--Lexi has lost a big chunk of her memory, three years to be exact, and she's about to find out just how much things have changed. Somehow Lexi went from a twenty-five-year-old working girl to a corporate big shot with a sleek new loft, a personal assistant, a carb-free diet, and a set of glamorous new friends. And who is this gorgeous husband--who also happens to be a multimillionaire? With her mind still stuck three years in reverse, Lexi greets this brave new world determined to be the person she...well, seems to be. That is, until an adorably disheveled architect drops the biggest bombshell of all. Suddenly Lexi is scrambling to catch her balance. Her new life, it turns out, comes complete with secrets, schemes, and intrigue. How on earth did all this happen? Will she ever remember? And what will happen when she does?