An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak

When the boy you lost returns as a man, will love be strong enough to heal what darkness broke? Lotus is an unforgettable romance of trauma, resilience, and a second chance at love that defies all odds.Oliver Lynch vanished one summer night, leaving Sydney Neville with a heart full of grief and questions. For twenty-two years, she's lived with the ache of his absence. Now, he's back-no longer the boy next door, but a man shaped by captivity, trying to piece together a stolen life.Sydney and Oliver share a bond forged in childhood and tested by tragedy. As they confront haunting secrets, buried pain, and the fragile hope of rediscovery, they must find the courage to answer a devastating question: can love truly heal what's been broken?Perfect for fans of:- Romance with emotional and psychological depth- Second chance love stories with childhood bonds- Romantic suspense with complex characters and lyrical prose- A vulnerable, unforgettable hero striving to rebuild his life- A heroine torn between protecting her heart and risking everything for loveLotus blends romantic suspense and a healing love story into a heart-wrenching emotional journey that stays with you long after the last page.

He puts his hand against my chest. "It's still beating," he whispers, his words a soft kiss against my lips. "As long as it's beating, you're okay."When Cora Lawson attends her sister's birthday party, she expects at most a hangover or a walk of shame by the end of it. She doesn't anticipate a stolen wallet, leaving her stranded and dependent on her sister's fiancé, Dean Asher--her archnemesis and perpetual thorn in her side.And she really doesn't anticipate getting knocked out and waking up chained in a madman's basement, Dean in his own shackles beside her.After fifteen years of teasing, insults, and never-ending pranks, the ultimate joke seems to be on them. The two people who always thought they'd end up killing each other must now work together if they want to survive long enough to escape.But Cora and Dean don't know that their abductor has a plan for them. A plan that will alter the course of their relationship, blur the line between hate and love, and shackle them to each other long after they are freed from their chains. They're in this together--no matter what their unexpected bond might cost them.

From the USA Today bestselling author of Still Beating and The Wrong Heart comes a forbidden, slow-burn age gap romance with high angst and plenty of heat.<BR><BR>***<BR><BR>Before he discovered my age, he uncovered my heart.<BR><BR>Bruised, abused and victim to a loveless household, I shimmered with new life the moment he found me drowning my sorrows in a lake beneath the stars.<BR><BR>A chance encounter. An unspoken connection.<BR><BR>I was smitten; he was curious.<BR><BR>But, as everyone knew, fate could be decidedly cruel.<BR><BR>He called me Halley, like the comet.<BR><BR>I called him Reed.<BR><BR>And my best friend?<BR><BR>Well...she called him Dad.<BR><BR>Older is Jennifer Hartmann at her best, promising a compelling forbidden romance with gorgeous prose and an unconventional love story to savour.<BR><BR>Tropes<BR>Age Gap Romance<BR>Forbidden Love<BR>Best Friend's Dad<BR>Taboo<BR>Contemporary Romance

From USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Hartmann comes an all-new, spicy and angsty rockstar romance.<BR><BR>***<BR><BR>I already had a life. A future. A man I'd promised forever to.<BR><BR>But the night I found Chase Rhodes - bleeding, broken, and more lost than I was - everything changed.<BR><BR>I wasn't supposed to let him in. Wasn't supposed to write music with him in secret beneath the moon.<BR><BR>What started as a quiet escape became something unstoppable. Our songs caught fire, and now the whole world knows our names.<BR><BR>Music has a way of pulling the broken together, even when the timing is impossible and the fallout inevitable.<BR><BR>But some hearts don't settle. Some songs were never meant to stay quiet.<BR><BR>Because the night I saved him was only the beginning.<BR><BR>And loving me might be the last risk he'll ever take.<BR><BR>Pieces of the Night is a masterclass in emotional storytelling, with a captivating blend of rockstar romance, a forbidden love triangle, and a slow-burn romance perfect for readers of high-angst, emotionally charged love stories.<BR><BR>Tropes<BR>Rockstar Romance<BR>Slow Burn<BR>Forbidden Romance<BR>Contemporary Romance<BR>Tortured Lead

From the USA Today bestselling author of Still Beating comes an angsty, standalone contemporary romance that offers a grieving widow a second chance at love... or the potential for a broken heart all over again. <BR><BR>Melody's husband is her world - until she loses him to tragedy. But when she has the opportunity to contact the man who received her husband's donated heart, there's no telling if there's hope on the horizon or even more devastation.<BR><BR>***<BR><BR>"We are both two broken souls, fractured in opposite ways.<BR>She loved and lost...<BR>And I was lost before I could ever love at all."<BR><BR>Melody March had her future all planned out, and it was a fairy tale. Then, on her five-year wedding anniversary, her dreams were shattered. Her husband was cruelly ripped away from her, leaving her broken heart behind.<BR><BR>But he left another heart behind, too... his own.<BR><BR>Drowning in grief, Melody reaches out to her husband's heart recipient and seeks solace in a support group for fellow lost souls. She's determined to find the bright, optimistic woman she used to be, and the man with the only remaining piece of her husband - but she doesn't expect what else awaits her.<BR><BR>Enter Parker. Dark, brooding, and emotionally detached, he's Melody's opposite in every way, yet she's inexplicably drawn to him. But as their bond burns brighter, so do the secrets that come to light, challenging everything they thought they knew about love and loss, grief and hope.<BR><BR>Melody already lost her heart once. Now, another heart holds the power to heal her...or destroy her.<BR><BR>The Wrong Heart is an emotional rollercoaster that deftly highlights the devasting lows of loss - lows that nevertheless have the potential for something new to take root.<BR><BR>Tropes<BR>Second Chance Romance<BR>Contemporary Romance<BR>Broken Hero<BR>Sad Books

Are you ready for a heartbreaking forbidden love story that will leave you breathless? A slow-burn, taboo romance about the kind of love that defies rules--and changes everything.From Jennifer Hartmann, author of Still Beating, comes June First--an emotional contemporary romance novel that explores the razor-thin line between protection and passion, loyalty and longing. If you're drawn to forbidden love stories that are as soul-shattering as they are beautiful, this is the book that will stay with you forever.Brant's world was shaped by tragedy. And in that broken world, he found his purpose in June--the one girl he was never meant to love. He's been by her side through every milestone, every joy, every sorrow. But as the years pass, innocent devotion turns into something deeper, something dangerous... something they can't ignore.If you're searching for a romance that will break you, heal you, and remind you why we risk it all for love--look no further.

Manchmal braucht es Dunkelheit, um den schönsten Lichtschimmer erkennen zu können***Mit Farbschnitt in limitierter Erstauflage (Lieferung je nach Verfügbarkeit)***Nachdem er Lucy beinahe für immer verloren hätte, reißen die Wunden vergangener Erinnerungen in Cal endgültig auf. Gefangen in einem Strudel aus Selbsthass und dem Glauben, schuld an der Verfassung seiner ehemals besten Freundin zu sein, flüchtet Cal sich in die betäubende Stille des Alkohols. Einzig dieser kann ihm helfen, die Vorwürfe und Ängste für eine Weile zum Verstummen zu bringen. Währenddessen versucht Lucy, wieder zurück ins Leben zu finden und sehnt sich nach ihrem besten Freund. Denn obwohl sie weiß, dass Cals Finsternis sie mit sich reißen könnte, ist sie bereit, mit all ihrer Helligkeit für sie beide zu kämpfen.