Bøger af Sarah Wallace

You can't orchestrate true love...can you? Spellmaster Geraldine Hartford has everything she could want - a successful spell shop and close friends and family - but she's still waiting on her own swoon-worthy romance. Her friends think their matchmaking efforts are helping, but it's the tall, handsome stranger in town who immediately catches Gerry's eye. Basil Thorne's life has turned upside down. After his father's death, he's found himself uprooted from Bath to become the head of a family he barely knows. Overwhelmed by responsibilities, not to mention the clamor of Tutting-on-Cress locals wishing to befriend him - only the lovely spellmaster with a twinkling smile seems to soothe Basil's heart.And he's not the only one who's noticed...Soon it seems as though everyone in Gerry and Basil's lives is determined to match them up. But Gerry is waiting for the surefire spark of romance and Basil is waiting until his life settles down. They may be perfect for each other, but it will take some meddling - and a bit of magic - to bring them together. This book is the fifth installment in the series Meddle & Mend. It can be read after Dear Bartleby or as a standalone.

The Pirate Story is about a group of pirate friends on a search for their dream treasure.Legend says the treasure will hold all of the things they love the most. After following several clues and meeting various animals, they finally discover the treasure.

Amara Coleman is not your average seventeen-year-old girl. She gets abused by her own father and watches the death of her mother before her very eyes. She is a broken teenager, her body gets used and abused by random men for money, but it's not by her choice - but by her father's. When she finally decides to run, she bumps into a friendly stranger that offers her a way out. Antonio Romano is the don of the Italian Mafia, with his four sons, he is known as a cold and ruthless soul. Their whole lives changed fifteen years ago when his little princess was taken away from his family. Searching for many years, he still hasn't found her, but he never gives up. Lorenzo Russo was cold towards others but was a completely different man towards the Romano men. They brought him and his brother into their family with open arms. He remembers the small girl that was taken away from them fifteen years ago. He swore he will never stop looking for his angel. What happens when a young woman is brought into the Romano men's home? Will Amara ever be fixed again?

The 21 poems captured in this book reflect moments in the author's life that ignited a spark of amazement, awe, and gratitude for life. Many people live their lives for the "big" things. As humans we tend to strive towards the next goal: a holiday, a summer vacation, a graduation. The big milestones are certainly worth acknowledging, but these poems celebrate the small things along the way. Each poem encourages you, reader, to take time to breathe, to notice, and to indulge in moments that are, all too often, fleeting. Enjoy!

Emma has thousands of freckles, but sometimes she wishes she didn't. When grandma tells her a story from long ago, Emma is enchanted by a shimmering island with mist that dances off the ocean, twinkling stars that speak to you from faraway places, and the amazing realiszation that freckles are more special than she could ever have imagined. A magical story of self-acceptance inspired by Gaelic mythology.

Dear Bartleby, Tutting-on-Cress is so small as to be idyllic. Hate it already.Sent down from Oxford for playing one prank too many, Sebastian Hartford is well aware he's a disappointment to his family. Ordered to stay with two of his older siblings, Seb learns that what appears to be a punishment might actually be the fresh start he didn't know he needed. Perhaps Tutting-on-Cress will give him what he's wanted all along: sense of self, true friendship, his family's approval, and love.This epistolary romance is the fourth installment in Meddle & Mend, a historical fantasy series. It can be read in order or as a stand-alone.

He had never experienced possibilities - and it was a whole new feeling to have them.Pip Standish is in Newgate Prison, a predictable career finale for a London thief. So he is surprised when Lord Finlington, the dashing viscount he attempted to steal from months before, offers to get him out - on the condition that Pip agrees to leave town and start a new career in the country.Soon, Pip finds himself moving to the idyllic Tutting-on-Cress and a life he never thought possible. As he settles in with his new friends, he discovers a well-rounded education not only involves reading and magic, but how to be happy, how to trust others with your heart, and how to let go of pain.But when an attempt to settle an old debt reopens a dangerous wound, Pip will need to apply all of his hard-earned lessons to stop the past swallowing him - and his future - whole.This new adult fantasy is the third book in the Meddle & Mend series. It is a continuation of Pip's story from One Good Turn.

A reformed thief, a magical viscount,And one good deed that will change a life forever.In the underbelly of London, Nell Birks longs to escape the world of poverty and crime. When she rescues a wealthy gentleman from a gang of thieves, Nell is tasked with robbing the powerful spellcaster Viscount Finlington - as recompense for stealing a mark from a notorious crime lord.Confident that learning magic will improve her chances of a better life, Nell leaps at the opportunity to learn magic from the viscount. Soon, she finds herself immersed in a glittering social sphere, full of magic, luxury, and exciting possibilities.Dazzled by her new world, Nell quickly learns that with bigger dreams come bigger disappointments. And when her new friends decide to leave London behind, finding her place becomes more urgent than ever.When disaster strikes, everything Nell thought she knew about her old life is shaken to its core. But if magic is not her key to a better life, she's more lost than when she began. This new adult fantasy is the second book in the Meddle & Mend series. It takes place shortly after Letters to Half Moon Street but can be read as a standalone.

Bob Wallace had a stellar career, retiring as a Deputy Superintendent in NSW Corrective Services. Shortly after, he was diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia. Sarah had the skills to care for her husband, having worked in the UK and Australian health systems but she could not have imagined the nightmare of dealing with the Australian aged care system. Sarah exposes an abusive and broken system, incapable of responding to Bob, or her needs as his carer. The Wallaces were dishonestly tricked into a residentially-based assessment, where Bob was given a drug that acted like 'ICE'. Sarah quickly signed him out. For fourteen months, with love and humour, they managed at home until, needing a break, she was persuaded to put Bob into two-week respite. He would never return home. We follow Sarah and Bob through hospital emergency wards, mental health units and dementia-specific 'homes'. Dismissive, uncaring 'professionals' took control of her husband, restraining him physically and through a cocktail of inappropriate drugs. This left Bob unable to communicate, hastening his death. Sarah's resolution and courage underpin a chronicle of systemic disaster. As she writes, this should never have happened - to anyone.

When shy and bookish Gavin Hartford is sent to London, he is prepared to be very bored and very lonely. But after he accidentally forms an acquaintance with dashing man-about-town Charles Kentworthy, his life is turned completely upside-down. Mr. Kentworthy seems determined to educate Gavin on how to enjoy city life. As Gavin opens up to Mr. Kentworthy-discussing poetry and magic, confessing his fears about marriage, and expanding his social circle to shocking proportions-he finds himself far outside his comfort zone. Will he have the courage to face his own growing feelings for his new friend?This epistolary Regency romance is the first in a historical fantasy series, Meddle & Mend.