Julie Cohen Books

From the bestselling author of Richard and Judy Book Club pick Dear Thing, and Where Love Lies, a heartbreaking and uplifting read for anyone who's ever run away - and found their way back home... Liza Haven couldn't wait to escape the small village where she grew up with her perfect identical twin sister, Lee. Her life in LA as a stunt woman is reckless, fast and free - and that's just the way she likes it. But when a near-fatal mistake drives her home, she finds Lee gone and everyone in the village mistaking her for her twin sister. Liza has to deal with her ailing mother, the family ice cream business, and Lee's dangerously attractive boyfriend. Liza's always been the bad twin, but as she struggles to keep up the masquerade and puzzle out where her sister has gone, she realises it's not so simple. She's spent her whole life getting away with it - is it finally time to face up to who she really is and where she really belongs?

After years of watching her best friends Ben and Claire try for a baby, Romily offered to give them the one thing they most wanted. But Romily wasn't prepared for the overwhelming feelings that have taken hold of her and which threaten to ruin her friendship with Ben and Claire âe" and even destroy their marriage. Now there are three friends, two mothers and only one baby, and an impossible decision to make . . .

From the bestselling author of Richard and Judy Book Club pick Dear Thing, and Where Love Lies, a heartbreaking and life-affirming story about facing up to your past and finding out what - and who - you really want... Alice Woodstock has her life under control. She's successful and she's happy - as long as she continues to ignore the hurt from her past. But when said past walks back into her life in the shape of Leo - the man she married too young, ran away to Paris with and who ultimately broke her heart - Alice is desperate for an escape route. She finds the perfect thing - a new job as a tour guide in a Regency stately home. But as she immerses herself in acting out the stories of the house, Alice begins to see parallels with her own life, forcing her to confront her feelings about what she wants and, finally, live in the real world.

'I stayed up late, gripped. An unusual, moving read. I LOVED it!' Marian Keyes 'Haunting, tender and true - this story cast a spell on me' Kirsty Logan 'This haunting story about the power of love will give you the shivers' Best 'Wonderfully written and evocative' Woman & Home ---- A moving and gripping story about three extraordinary women from the Richard & Judy recommended bestselling author Julie Cohen. Viola has an impossible talent. Her photographs seem to capture things invisible to the eye - only a leap of faith could mean they are real. Until one day a woman arrives in Viola's life and sees the truth - about her pictures, and about Viola. Henriette is a celebrated spirit medium, carrying nothing but her secrets with her as she travels the country. The moment she meets Viola, a dangerous connection is sparked - but Victorian society is no place for reckless women. Meanwhile, across the world, invisible threads join Viola and Henriette to another woman who lives in secrecy, hiding her dangerous act of rebellion in plain sight. Faith. Courage. Love. What will they risk for freedom? --- Driven by passionate, courageous female characters, SPIRITED is your next unforgettable read!

"Can you imagine keeping a secret so devastating, you couldn't even tell the people you love? Honor's secret threatens to rob her of the independence she's guarded ferociously for eighty years. Jo's secret could smash apart the 'normal' family life she's fought so hard to build. Lydia's could bring her love - or the loss of everything that matters to her. Grandmother, mother and daughter - three women whose lives are falling apart. But one summer's day, a single dramatic moment will force their secrets into the open. Can they save each other from falling? Readers of Jojo Moyes, Liane Moriarty and Lisa Jewell will love this surprising, moving story."

A truly out-of-this-world romance from LBD star Julie Cohen I, Philomena Desdemona Brown, do solemnly swear to forsake all romantic relationships... It's not like the vow, made by Fil and her three nerdy male best friends, seemed much of a big deal at the time. Frankly, Fil wouldn't know romance if it hit her in the face, and with her real love being her artist job at Girl from Mars, the comic whose heroine has never had a love interest, she doesn't exactly mind being relationship-free anyway. Until her world is rocked to its core when one of her long-standing quartet and Girl from Mars herself both unexpectedly fall in love. Is it time to give in to temptation and finally fall in love?

'I stayed up late, gripped. I loved it' MARIAN KEYES on SpiritedA love that can't be stopped.A secret that will change everything...Marriages end with a whisper, not a bang. Not an argument, which is after all about passion, waves crashing on a shore, but with the small pockets of coldness that an argument creates. It's like islands. They don't sink like Atlantis. They wear away, little by little, until all you've got left is a single rock and a light. A warning to safer travellers to stay away.The last time Vee left the shores of Unity Island, she thought she'd left forever. But this summer, she's returning with her charming husband, Mike.Vee's unexpected arrival, this time as one of the wealthy 'summer people', sets the small island community alight with gossip. What's more, her childhood best friend, Sterling, is furious that she's come back - Vee abandoned him when he needed her most.And then Vee meets Rachel, Sterling's wife, and a spark is ignited within her that she can't extinguish. And as summer turns to autumn, long-buried secrets emerge that will cause a storm greater than any of them could ever have imagined.But when autumn comes, who will sail away with the tide and who will choose to stay behind on the island...?

'This big, clever, tender and twisty love story reminded me of One Day & The Time Traveler's Wife' Erin Kelly, author of He Said, She Said **** Robbie and Emily have been together for years, but their love is still fresh and fierce. They have shared a bed, a home, a bond so deep it can't be broken. But there are things they don't share, things best left unsaid. On a morning like any other, Robbie wakes, dresses, writes Emily a letter - and leaves their home for good. There is a secret they've been keeping since the day they met. The sacrifices and choices that have sealed their fates could be exposed, and this is the only way to keep it all hidden... Is this a great love story or a story about great love? Whatever you decide, theirs is a story that will never leave you.

Eleanor Connor, a novelist with a mundane life, experiences an unexpected one-night stand that leaves her pregnant. As she searches for her missing lover to share the news, she enlists her neighbor Hugh's help and starts to realize that the perfect partner might have been right beside her all along.

Even serial killers want a happily-ever-after . . . The darkly funny, ingenious and outrageous thriller debut from Julie Mae Cohen.

Rosie Fox is a liar. A really, really good liar. But when you’re a stage psychic who’s not actually psychic, you have to be. Then one night, while pretending to commune with the dead relatives and pets of her audience, Rosie makes a startling prediction – which tragically comes true. Suddenly she’s trapped in a media frenzy, spearheaded by the impossibly handsome journalist Harry Blake, a man intent on kick-starting his stalled career by exposing Rosie as a fraud. Yet when his interest in her goes from professional to personal, she thinks she can trust him not to blow her cover – but maybe she’s making a huge mistake.

Louise und Louis haben alles gemeinsam, bis auf eines: ihr Geschlecht. Beide wachsen zu willensstarken jungen Menschen heran, verlieben sich, träumen davon, Romane zu schreiben – und verlieren in einer dramatischen Nacht viel zu früh das Vertrauen ins Leben. Dreizehn Jahre später können beide nicht mehr vor der Vergangenheit davonlaufen und kehren in die Heimat zurück. Was denkt und fühlt Louise, was Louis? Wie verlaufen zwei Wege, die mit nur einem Unterschied beginnen? Einfühlsam erkundet Julie Cohen in ihrem vielschichtigen Roman, wie das Geschlecht unser Leben und unsere Identität bestimmt.Wunderschöne Ausstattung – edles Naturpapier, hochwertig mit Goldfolie veredelt

Eine unvergessliche Schwesterngeschichte vom Weglaufen und Nach-Hause-FindenAls Kind konnte Liza Haven es kaum erwarten, ihrem beschaulichen Heimatort Stoneguard zu entfliehen. Lange war sie schon nicht mehr dort – seit jenem schrecklichen Weihnachtsfest, als die Mutter Lizas Schwester Lee zu ihrer Nachfolgerin in der familieneigenen Eiscreme-Manufaktur bestimmte. Als Liza nun nach Jahren in Amerika nach England zurückkehrt, muss sie feststellen, dass ihre scheinbar perfekte Schwester sich aus dem Staub gemacht hat. Unbeabsichtigt schlüpft sie in Lees Rolle und erkennt, dass deren Leben nicht so leicht und sorgenfrei ist, wie sie immer angenommen hatte. Ihren kleinen Heimatort hingegen findet sie gar nicht mehr so übel – Lees festen Freund Will übrigens auch nicht …

Der Duft der LiebeFelicity ist glücklich. Sollte sie zumindest sein, denn sie hat den besten Ehemann der Welt, lebt in einem bezaubernden Cottage, und ihre Kinderbücher sind ein Riesenerfolg. Doch in letzter Zeit kommen immer häufiger Erinnerungen an ihre erste große Liebe Ewan zurück, der ihr vor vielen Jahren das Herz gebrochen hat. Warum verspürt sie plötzlich solche Sehnsucht nach ihm? Felicity kann nicht anders und folgt diesen Gefühlen, die sie selbst nicht versteht. Ist sie dabei, sich zu finden – oder zu verlieren? Fast zu spät erkennt sie, was wirklich mit ihr los ist …

Může vůně vyvolat lásku? Poslední rok strávila Felicity se svým manželem Quinnem, šéfredaktorem lokálních novin, v malém domku na venkově, kde všichni o všech všechno vědí, navíc nedaleko žili i jeho rodiče a sestra. Bylo to na hony vzdálené jejím dosavadním zkušenostem. Celé dětství cestovala po světě s matkou, slavnou malířkou. Ona sama se stala známou autorkou a ilustrátorkou dětských knih. Po matčině smrti ale zůstala úplně sama a setkání s úžasným a vtipným novinářem dalo jejímu životu nový směr. Život na venkově byl tak klidný a předvídatelný. Pak ale ucítila ve vzduchu podivně známou vůni, která jako by přivolala vzpomínky. Ale na co? Vůně se objevovala stále častěji a Felicity si začala uvědomovat, že ji cítí jen ona sama. Když pak na výstavě matčiných děl uviděla portrét své první lásky, její svět se otřásl v základech. Nebyla si už jistá vůbec ničím, ani láskou k manželovi, ani znovu objevenými city spojenými s tajemnou vůní. Která láska je ta pravá? Má se vydat za hlasem srdce a tajemnou vůní? Nebo si s ní jen pohrává její mysl?