Titia Ram Books

#1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Sandra Brown returns with another gripping thriller

Amanda Travis is a high-powered, 28-year-old lawyer whose greatest likes are spinning classes at her Palm Beach gym and a compliant jury. As for the things she hates, they include nicknames, the color pink, clients who don't follow her advice... and memories. Unfortunately, running from her past becomes a lot harder when one of her ex-husbands calls from her hometown of Toronto with the alarming news that her mother has shot and killed a complete stranger. Now she must return to face her demons--a love that once consumed her and a mother who seems to hold a strange, dark power over everyone she encounters. But Amanda is no longer willing to acquiesce to her mother's fatal whims--no matter what the cost.

Eighteen-year-old Ram Mohammed Thomas is in prison after answering twelve questions correctly on a TV quiz show to win one billion rupees. The producers have arrested him, convinced that he has cheated his way to victory. Twelve extraordinary events in street-kid Ram's life - how he was found in a dustbin by a priest; came to have three names; fooled a professional hitman; even fell in love - give him the crucial answers. In his warm-hearted tale lies all the comedy, tragedy, joy and pathos of modern India.

Annette Herfkens overleefde als enige een vliegtuigramp en bracht acht dagen door in de Vietnamese jungle voordat ze gevonden werd. Na haar bijzondere redding slaagt ze erin om haar leven weer op te bouwen, het verdriet om de dood van haar verloofde een plek te geven, haar carrière te hervatten en de liefde weer te vinden. De voornaamste les die ze in de jungle leerde, blijkt ook van toepassing te zijn in haar verdere, dagelijkse leven: neem de zaken zoals ze zijn en verander alleen datgene wat je daadwerkelijk kunt veranderen. Een mooie maar moeilijke les, waar Annnette mee worstelt als haar zoon gediagnosticeerd wordt met autisme. Na veertien jaar keert Annette terug naar Vietnam om de berg te beklimmen waar de crash heeft plaatsgevonden en antwoorden te krijgen op vragen die al jaren door haar hoofd gaan.

From Jennifer Weiner comes a story of two sisters with nothing in common but a love for shoes learn they are more alike than they thought possible. Meet Rose Feller, a thirty-year-old high-powered attorney with a secret passion for romance novels. She has an exercise regime she's going to start next week, and she dreams of a man who will slide off her glasses, gaze into her eyes, and tell her she's beautiful. She also dreams of getting her fantastically screwed-up, semi-employed little sister to straighten up and fly right. Meet Rose's sister, Maggie. Twenty-eight years old and drop-dead gorgeous. Although her big-screen stardom hasn't progressed past her left hip's appearance in a Will Smith video, Maggie dreams of fame and fortune -- and of getting her big sister on a skin-care regimen. These two women, who claim to have nothing in common but a childhood tragedy, DNA, and the same size feet, are about to learn that they're more alike than they'd ever imagined. Along the way, they'll encounter a diverse cast of characters -- from a stepmother who's into recreational Botox to a disdainful pug with no name. They'll borrow shoes and clothes and boyfriends, and eventually make peace with their most intimate enemies -- each other.

A stunning epic novel of secrets, betrayal and passion, from 1933 to the 1960s 1933. Tessa and Frederica Nicolson enjoy one last idyllic summer at the beautiful Villa Millefiore, overlooking Florence. Four years later, Italy is a distant memory and Tessa is revelling in the glamour and excitement of modelling in London, until a passionate affair with married author Milo Rycroft leads to tragic consequences. Tessa returns to Florence, and, missing her sister desperately, Freddie, too, travels to Italy, where she is swept up in adventure, danger and romance, and makes a chance encounter that will change her life. With the outbreak of World War Two, Tessa and Freddie must fight for their own survival and happiness, while they wonder whether they will ever see each other again...

In 1972, a 16-year-old American living in Amsterdam finds a mysterious book in her diplomat father's library. The book is ancient, blank except for a sinister woodcut of a dragon and the word "Drakulya," but it's the letters tucked inside, dated 1930 and addressed to "My dear and unfortunate successor," that really pique her curiosity. Her widowed father, Paul, reluctantly provides pieces of a chilling story; it seems this ominous little book has a way of forcing itself on its owners, with terrifying results. Paul's former adviser at Oxford, Professor Rossi, became obsessed with researching Dracula and was convinced that he remained alive. When Rossi disappeared, Paul continued his quest with the help of another scholar, Helen, who had her own reasons for seeking the truth. As Paul relates these stories to his daughter, she secretly begins her own research. Kostova builds suspense by revealing the threads of her story as the narrator discovers them: what she's told, what she reads in old letters and, of course, what she discovers directly when the legendary threat of Dracula looms. Along with all the fascinating historical information, there's also a mounting casualty count, and the big showdown amps up the drama by pulling at the heartstrings at the same time it revels in the gruesome. Exotic locales, tantalizing history, a family legacy and a love of the bloodthirsty: it's hard to imagine that readers won't be bitten, too.

Wanneer Claire Barclay hoort dat haar geliefde stiefvader een beroerte heeft gehad, besluiten zij en haar man Art vanuit New York naar Schotland te vliegen om gedurende de zomer voor Leo te zorgen. Leo blijkt niet meer zelfstandig te kunnen wonen, maar weigert zijn vertrouwde huis te verlaten. Art komt met een plan om de woning te verbouwen tot conferentieoord en ernaast een cottage voor Leo te laten bouwen. De situatie wordt gecompliceerd als Claires oude vlam, Jonas Fairwether, de verzorger en vertrouweling van Leo, voorstelt om het huis en het land te veilen. Dan ontdekt Claire dat er een aanvraag is ingediend om een bouwproject te starten op het land van Leo. Ze begint te vermoeden dat Jonas misbruik probeert te maken van de oude man. Maar is dat echt zijn enige motief?

Audrey's family has fallen apart. Her two grown-up daughters, Jess and Lily, are estranged, and her two teenage granddaughters have never been allowed to meet. A secret that echoes back thirty years has splintered the family in two, but is also the one thing keeping them connected. As tensions reach breaking point, the irrevocable choice that one of them made all those years ago is about to surface. After years of secrets and silence, how can one broken family find their way back to each other?

In Bij jou of bij mij? beschrijft Jennifer Weiner hoe liefde, vriendschap en behoefte aan menselijk contact op verschillende manieren mensenlevens kunnen beïnvloeden. Zo ontmoeten we Marlie Davidow, op vrijdagavond alleen thuis met haar baby, die langs het onlinehuwelijksregister van haar ex surft en zich afvraagt wat er was gebeurd als ze met hem was verdergegaan. Weiners personages in Bij jou of bij mij? zijn van vlees en bloed en zoeken hoop, geloof, humor en liefde in de stille hoekjes van het bestaan.