Jennifer Donnelly

The vast multi-generational epic that began with The Tea Rose and continued with The Winter Rose now reaches its dramatic conclusion in The Wild Rose. London, 1914. World War I is looming on the horizon, women are fighting for the right to vote, and global explorers are pushing the limits of endurance at the Poles and in the deserts. Into this volatile time, Jennifer Donnelly places her vivid and memorable characters: - Willa Alden, a passionate mountain climber who lost her leg while climbing Kilimanjaro with Seamus Finnegan, and who will never forgive him for saving her life. - Seamus Finnegan, a polar explorer who tries to forget Willa as he marries a beautiful young woman back home in England. - Max von Brandt, a handsome sophisticate who courts high society women, but who has a secret agenda as a German spy; - and many others.

Sixteen-year-old Mattie Gokey has big dreams but little hope of seeing them come true. Desperate for money, she takes a job at the Glenmore, where hotel guest Grace Brown entrusts her with the task of burning a secret bundle of letters. But when Grace's drowned body is fished from the lake, Mattie discovers that the letters could reveal the grim truth behind a murder.Set in 1906 against the backdrop of the murder that inspired Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy, Jennifer Donnelly's astonishing debut novel effortlessly weaves romance, history, and a murder mystery into something moving, and real, and wholly original.Includes a reader's guide and an interview with the author.

Serafina, daughter of Isabella, Queen of Miromara, has been raised with the expectation - and burden - that she will someday become ruler of the oldest civilization of the merfolk. On the eve of the Dokimí ceremony, which will determine if she is worthy of the crown, Sera is haunted by a strange dream that foretells the return of an ancient evil. But her nightmare is forgotten the next day as she diligently practices her songspell; eagerly anticipates a reunion with her best friend, Neela; and anxiously worries about Mahdi, the crown prince of Matali, and whether his feelings toward her and their future betrothal have changed. Most of all, she worries about not living up to her mother's hopes. The Dokimí proceeds, a dazzling display of majesty and might, until a shocking turn of events interrupts it: an assassin's arrow wounds Isabella. The realm falls into chaos, and Serafina's darkest premonitions are confirmed. Now she and Neela must embark on a quest to find the assassin's master and prevent a war between the mer nations. Their search will lead them to other mermaid heriones scattered across the six seas. Together they will form an unbreakable bond of sisterhood as they uncover a conspiracy that threatens their world's very existence.

Isabelle should be blissfully happy – she’s about to win the handsome prince. Except Isabelle isn’t the beautiful girl who lost the glass slipper and captured the prince’s heart. She’s the ugly stepsister who’s cut off her toes to fit into Cinderella’s shoe ... which is now filling with blood. When the prince discovers Isabelle’s deception, she is turned away in shame. It’s no more than she deserves: she is a plain girl in a world that values beauty; a feisty girl in a world that wants her to be pliant. Isabelle has tried to fit in. To live up to her mother’s expectations. To be like her stepsister. To be sweet. To be pretty. One by one, she has cut away pieces of herself in order to survive a world that doesn’t appreciate a girl like her. And that has made her mean, jealous, and hollow. Until she gets a chance to alter her destiny and prove what ugly stepsisters have always known: it takes more than heartache to break a girl.

Smart, bookish Belle, a captive in the Beast’s castle, has become accustomed to her new home and has befriended its inhabitants. When she comes upon Nevermore, an enchanted book unlike anything else she has seen in the castle, Belle finds herself pulled into its pages and transported to a world of glamour and intrigue. The adventures Belle has always imagined, the dreams she was forced to give up when she became a prisoner, seem within reach again. The charming and mysterious characters Belle meets within the pages of Nevermore offer her glamorous conversation, a life of dazzling Parisian luxury, and even a reunion she never thought possible. Here Belle can have everything she has ever wished for. But what about her friends in the Beast’s castle? Can Belle trust her new companions inside the pages of Nevermore? Is Nevermore’s world even real? Belle must uncover the truth about the book, before she loses herself in it forever.

Once upon a time, a girl named Sophie rode into the forest with the queen's huntsman. Her lips were the color of ripe cherries, her skin as soft as new-fallen snow, her hair as dark as midnight. When they stopped to rest, the huntsman pulled out his knife . . . and took Sophie's heart.It shouldn't have come as a surprise. Sophie had heard the rumors, the whispers. They said she was too kind and foolish to rule -- a waste of a princess. A disaster of a future queen. And Sophie believed them. She believed everything she'd heard about herself, the poisonous words people use to keep girls like Sophie from becoming too powerful, too strong . . . With the help of seven mysterious strangers, Sophie manages to survive. But when she realizes that the jealous queen might not be to blame, Sophie must find the courage to face an even more terrifying enemy, proving that even the darkest magic can't extinguish the fire burning inside every girl, and that kindness is the ultimate form of strength.

Jo Montfort is beautiful and rich, and soon—like all the girls in her class—she’ll graduate from finishing school and be married off to a wealthy bachelor. Which is the last thing she wants. Jo secretly dreams of becoming a writer—a newspaper reporter like the trailblazing Nellie Bly. Wild aspirations aside, Jo’s life seems perfect until tragedy strikes: her father is found dead. Charles Montfort accidentally shot himself while cleaning his revolver. One of New York City’s wealthiest men, he owned a newspaper and was partner in a massive shipping firm, and Jo knows he was far too smart to clean a loaded gun. The more Jo uncovers about her father’s death, the more her suspicions grow. There are too many secrets. And they all seem to be buried in plain sight. Then she meets Eddie—a young, brash, infuriatingly handsome reporter at her father’s newspaper—and it becomes all too clear how much she stands to lose if she keeps searching for the truth. Only now it might be too late to stop. The past never stays buried forever. Life is dirtier than Jo Montfort could ever have imagined, and the truth is the dirtiest part of all.

From New York Times bestselling, award-winning author Jennifer Donnelly comes a revolutionary, gender-swapped retelling of Beauty and the Beast that will forever change how you think about beauty, power, and what it really means to follow your heart. What makes a girl "beastly?" Is it having too much ambition? Being too proud? Taking up too much space? Or is it just wanting something, anything , too badly? That's the problem Arabella faces when she makes her debut in society. Her parents want her to be sweet and compliant so she can marry well, but try as she might, Arabella can't extinguish the fire burning inside her -- the source of her deepest wishes, her wildest dreams. When an attempt to suppress her emotions tragically backfires, a mysterious figure punishes Arabella with a curse, dooming her and everyone she cares about, trapping them in the castle. As the years pass, Arabella abandons hope. The curse is her fault -- after all, there's nothing more "beastly" than a girl who expresses her anger -- and the only way to break it is to find a boy who loves her for her true a cruel task for a girl who's been told she's impossible to love. When a handsome thief named Beau makes his way into the castle, the captive servants are thrilled, convinced he is the one to break the curse. But Beau -- spooked by the castle's strange and forbidding ladies-in-waiting, and by the malevolent presence that stalks its corridors at night -- only wants to escape. He learned long ago that love is only an illusion. If Beau and Arabella have any hope of breaking the curse, they must learn to trust their wounded hearts, and realize that the cruelest prisons of all are the ones we build for ourselves.

Once a lost and confused princess, Serafina is now a confident leader of the Black Fin Resistance (BFR). While she works on sabotaging her enemy and enlisting allies for battle, her friends face challenges of their own. Ling is in the hold of Rafe Mfeme's giant trawler, on her way to a prison camp. Becca meets up with Astrid and learns why the Ondalinian mermaid is always so angry: she is hiding a shameful secret. Ava can't return home, because death riders await her arrival. And it is getting more and more difficult for Mahdi, Serafina's betrothed, to keep up the ruse that he is in love with Lucia Volerno. If Lucia's parents become suspicious, his life--and all of Sera's hopes--will be extinguished. Political intrigue, dangerous liaisons, and spine-tingling suspense swirl like a maelstrom in this penultimate book in the WaterFire saga

At the end of Dark Tide, Book 3 in the Waterfire Saga, Astrid leaves her mermaid friends to confront her ancestor, Orfeo, the evil force behind the rise of the monster Abbadon. Orfeo possesses one of the six talismans that the merls need in order to keep the monster locked up forever. But without the ability to songcast, how will Astrid be able to defeat the most powerful mage in history? Meanwhile, Serafina and her Black Fins train goblin troops for battle against her uncle Vallerio's death riders. Will Sera ever see her beloved home--and her beloved Mahdi--again, or will the Volneros take over the mer realms while Orfeo takes on the gods themselves? Nothing less than the fate of the underwater world is at stake in this breathtaking finale.

Serafina, Neela, Ling, Ava, Becca, and Astrid, six mermaids from realms scattered throughout the seas and freshwaters, were summoned by the leader of the river witches to learn an incredible truth: the mermaids are direct descendants of the Six Who Ruled—powerful mages who once governed the lost empire of Atlantis. The ancient evil that destroyed Atlantis is stirring again, and only the mermaids can defeat it. To do so, they need to find magical talismans that belonged to the Six. Serafina believes her talisman was buried with an old shipwreck. While researching its location, she is almost discovered by a death rider patrol led by someone familiar. . . . The pain of seeing him turned traitor is devastating. Neela travels to Matali to warn her parents of the grave threat facing their world. But they find her story outlandish; a sign that she needs to be confined to her chamber for rest and recovery. She escapes and travels to Kandina, where her talisman is in the possession of fearsome razormouth dragons. As they hunt for their talismans, both Serafina and Neela find reserves of courage and cunning they didn't know they possessed. They face down danger and death, only to endure a game-changing betrayal, as shocking as a rogue wave.

ROMPE EL ESPEJO ENCANTADO. APLASTA LA MANZANA ENVENENADA. BUSCA TU PROPIO CAMINO. Érase una vez una muchacha llamada Sophie que entró en el Bosque Oscuro junto con el cazador de la reina. Sus labios eran del color de las cerezas maduras. Su piel, suave como la nieve. Su pelo, oscuro como la medianoche. Cuando se detuvieron a descansar, el cazador sacó su cuchillo y... le arrancó el corazón. Gracias a siete misteriosos desconocidos, Sophie logra sobrevivir y descubre que la brutal reina quizá no sea la responsable del ataque. Aunque se había creído los rumores envenenados que decían que era demasiado ingenua para gobernar, ahora debe demostrar que ni siquiera la magia más oscura puede vencer a un espíritu valiente.

Kan man unnslippe sin egen skjebne? Perfekt, magisk underholdning for Netflix-generasjonen! Noen får ikke leve lykkelig i alle sine dager, og Isabelles skjebne er å være den stygge, onde stesøsteren. Hun som pinte og plaget den uskyldsrene og vakre, hun som nå foraktes av hele landsbyen. Men det fantes en tid da Isabelle var en annen. Kan hun finne tilbake til den hun en gang var? Chance og Fate inngår et veddemål om Isabelle. Vil hun forbli bitter for alltid, eller kan hun oppleve kjærlighet og tilgivelse? Jennifer Donnelly er en amerikansk YA-forfatter med en rekke prisbelønte bøker bak seg. Hun er mest kjent for New York Times-bestselgeren A Northern Light, som Time Magazine har kåret til en av de beste ungdomsbøkene gjennom tidene.

Bestselling and award-winning author Jennifer Donnelly continues her Rose Petals series – novella-length stories set within the world of her beloved Tea Rose saga. It’s the summer of 1900 in London’s gritty East End. The ruthless, complicated gangster Sid Malone rules the streets of Whitechapel with an iron fist, but cannot rule his own heart. A forbidden love for India Selwyn Jones, an idealistic young doctor, torments Sid. He’s certain the violence of his underworld life will only lead to tragedy for a soul whose kindness and decency are like nothing he’s ever known. When India’s new hospital is robbed in a stealthy nighttime raid, Sid’s worst fears are confirmed. Convinced a powerful rival is closing in, he distances himself from India to keep her safe. But what he doesn’t see is that the one who needs saving might just be himself. Where Roses Fall is set between parts one and two of The Winter Rose, the second book of The Tea Rose saga. Praise for The Rose Saga The Tea Rose "Steeped in melodrama, revenge and a maddeningly star-crossed romance, The Tea Rose is a fine yarn ... Bottom Guilty pleasure." People Magazine The Winter Rose "The Winter Rose confirms Donnelly's place among the elite writers of epic historical fiction. Lyrical and captivating, The Winter Rose is an astounding work that will speak to your heart." The Strand Bookstore, New York City The Wild Rose "Enjoy the 600-plus pages of romance, harrowing exploits, cinematic backdrops, cliffhangers, and plot twists." Publisher's Weekly

New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jennifer Donnelly returns to the unforgettable world of her beloved first novel, The Tea Rose. It’s the summer of 1891, New York City, in the early days of Fiona Finnegan’s marriage to Nicholas Soames. Though their marriage is an unconventional one and the wounds of the past are not fully healed, the two best friends are happy together, consumed with chasing their dreams and building a better life for themselves and their loved ones. When Fiona senses a quiet love blossoming between her widowed uncle, Michael Finnegan, and his neighbor, Mary Munro, she’s thrilled and hopes that MIchael will soon propose to Mary. But one night, at a family supper, a surprise announcement tears these hopes asunder. Will Mary be lost to a determined suitor? Or will Fiona and Nick find a way to unite two souls who belong together but are held apart by grief, pride, and too many words left unspoken? Molly’s Letter is a love letter to family, friends, and the bonds that outlast loss, pain, and sometimes, even life itself. Molly’s Letter is the first in a series of novella-length stories written straight from the heart by Jennifer Donnelly for readers of her Tea Rose saga. Each one is inspired by – and set within – the epic world of The Tea Rose, The Winter Rose, and The Wild Rose. Molly's Letter takes place during the events of The Tea Rose.

An epic tale of secret love and hidden passions. It is 1900 and the dangerous streets of East London are no place for a well-bred woman. But India Selwyn Jones is headstrong: she has trained as one of a new breed, a woman doctor, and is determined to practice where the need is greatest. It is in these grim streets where India meets - and saves the life of - London's most notorious gangster, Sid Malone. Hard, violent, devastatingly attractive, Malone is the opposite of India's cool, aristocratic fiance. Though Malone represents all she despises, India finds herself unwillingly drawn ever closer to him - enticed by his charm, intrigued by his hidden, mysterious past. THE WINTER ROSE brings the beginning of the turbulent twentieth century vividly to life, drawing the reader into its wretched underworld, its privileged society, and the shadowland between the two, where the strict rules of the time blur into secret passions.

Η Τζο Μόντφορτ, όμορφη και πλούσια, σύντομα θα αποφοιτήσει και θα παντρευτεί έναν από τους πιο περιζήτητους και εύπορους εργένηδες της Νέας Υόρκης. Όμως, αυτό είναι το τελευταίο πράγμα που επιθυμεί η Τζο. Το όνειρό της είναι να γίνει δημοσιογράφος σε εφημερίδα. Πέρα από τον αγώνα που πρέπει να δώσει ενάντια στα στερεότυπα και τις απαιτήσεις της κοινωνικής τάξης και της εποχής της, η Τζο καλείται ξαφνικά να αντιμετωπίσει ένα τραγικό γεγονός: ο πατέρας της τραυματίζεται θανάσιμα ενώ καθαρίζει το περίστροφό του. Ο Τσαρλς Μόντφορτ ήταν ένας από τους πλουσιότερους επιχειρηματίες της Νέας Υόρκης, ιδιοκτήτης εφημερίδας, συνέταιρος σε μια από τις μεγαλύτερες ναυτιλιακές εταιρείες και, κυρίως, ένας άντρας υπερβολικά έξυπνος και προσεκτικός για να καθαρίζει ένα όπλο γεμάτο - και η Τζο το ξέρει. Η προσπάθειά της να ανακαλύψει περισσότερα για τον θάνατο του πατέρα της θα την οδηγήσει σε μια δαιδαλώδη έρευνα γεμάτη αγωνία και ανατροπές. Στην πορεία της έρευνάς της, η Τζο θα συναντήσει τον Έντι, έναν νεαρό γοητευτικό δημοσιογράφο που εργάζεται στην εφημερίδα του πατέρα της. Δίπλα στον Έντι, η Τζο θα αναζητήσει την αλήθεια για τον θάνατο του πατέρα της, θα ανακαλύψει έναν νέο κόσμο πέρα από τα όρια της τάξης της, και θα γνωρίσει τον έρωτα. Ώσπου θα συνειδητοποιήσει πόσο ακριβό μπορεί να είναι το τίμημα της αλήθειας και της αγάπης.

BELLE AIME LES LIVRES, elle est intelligente... et prisonnière du château de la Bête. Pourtant, elle s'y sent à présent comme chez elle et s'est liée d'amitié avec les habitants. Quand elle découvre "Nevermore", un livre enchanté, Belle se retrouve aspirée dans un monde de charme et d'intrigue. La vie de Belle entre les pages de "Nevermore" est trépidante. Conversations passionnantes sur fond de luxe parisien avec des personnages pleins de mystère... et même une rencontre qu'elle n'aurait jamais crue possible. Que demander de plus! A "Nevermore", Belle peut avoir tout ce qu'elle a toujours désiré. Mais un doute subsiste : que deviennent ses amis au château de la Bête ? Belle peut-elle vraiment faire confiance à ses nouveaux compagnons ? Ce monde est-il seulement réel ? BELLE DEVRA PERCER LA VERITE A JOUR SI ELLE NE VEUT PAS S'Y PERDRE A JAMAIS.

Isabelle no es la preciosa muchacha que ha enamorado al príncipe tras perder un zapato de cristal, sino la hermanastra fea que se ha cortado los dedos de los pies para lograr meterlos en el zapato de Cenicienta. Y ese zapato? se está llenando de sangre. Cuando el príncipe descubre el engaño, la rechaza y condena a su familia al desprecio del pueblo. Pero ella cree que se lo tiene merecido: quería ser como Cenicienta y solo ha conseguido ser mala y celosa. Ahora tiene la oportunidad de cambiar su destino y demostrar lo que las hermanastras feas siempre han sabido: ni siquiera un corazón roto basta para someter a una chica. NO TE CONFORMES CON ROMPER EL CUENTO DE HADAS. HAZLO AÑICOS.

Andi tiene un gran talento para la música. Aparte de eso, poco hay que pueda emocionarla. Se culpa por la muerte de su hermano pequeño, una pérdida que su madre tampoco ha superado. Su padre, un prestigioso científico, hace tiempo que volvió a casarse, aunque sigue preocupado por el futuro de Andi. Por eso decide aprovechar un viaje a París para llevarse a su hija: allí podrá desarrollar su proyecto sobre un músico francés del siglo XVIII. Sin embargo, la vida de Andi da un giro tras descubrir el diario de Alexandrine, una muchacha que vivió los turbulentos años de la Francia revolucionaria. Leer su relato equivale a emocionarse con los sueños de una amiga íntima; también a sufrir con sus miedos y desengaños. Con su teatro ambulante, Alexandrine sobrevive en una época de hambre y terror. Su suerte parece cambiar cuando se convierte en la atracción favorita del pequeño Luis Carlos, hijo de Luis xvi y María Antonieta. Pero al niño le aguarda un destino cruel: Andi lo sabe antes de que el diario lo confirme. De hecho, la investigación que su padre está llevando a cabo en París está relacionada con una muestra de ADN de los últimos Borbones franceses. ¿Es una coincidencia o hay más paralelismos entre la vida de Andi y la de Alexandrine? Mientras, en el París del presente, Andi ha conocido a Virgil, un muchacho con quien comparte su amor por la música. Es una pasión que va más allá de lo que se lee en una partitura. Porque hay muchos tipos de tristeza, pero tal vez la cura sea una adecuada combinación de amor y esperanza.

East London, 1888 - a city apart. A place of shadow and light where thieves, whores, and dreamers mingle, where children play in the cobbled streets by day and a killer stalks at night, where bright hopes meet the darkest truths. Here, by the whispering waters of the Thames, Fiona Finnegan, a worker in a tea factory, hopes to own a shop one day, together with her lifelong love, Joe Bristow, a costermonger's son. With nothing but their faith in each other to spur them on, Fiona and Joe struggle, save, and sacrifice to achieve their dreams. But Fiona's life is shattered when the actions of a dark and brutal man take from her nearly everything-and everyone-she holds dear. Fearing her own death, she is forced to flee London for New York. There, her indomitable spirit propels her rise from a modest West Side shop-front to the top of Manhattan's tea trade. But Fiona's old ghosts do not rest quietly, and to silence them, she must venture back to the London of her childhood, where a deadly confrontation with her past becomes the key to her future.

BROOKLYN: Andi Alpers is on the edge. She’s angry at her father for leaving, angry at her mother for not being able to cope, and heartbroken by the loss of her younger brother, Truman. Rage and grief are destroying her. And she’s about to be expelled from Brooklyn Heights’ most prestigious private school when her father intervenes. Now Andi must accompany him to Paris for winter break. PARIS: Alexandrine Paradis lived over two centuries ago. She dreamed of making her mark on the Paris stage, but a fateful encounter with a doomed prince of France cast her in a tragic role she didn’t want—and couldn’t escape. Two girls, two centuries apart. One never knowing the other. But when Andi finds Alexandrine’s diary, she recognizes something in her words and is moved to the point of obsession. There’s comfort and distraction for Andi in the journal’s antique pages—until, on a midnight journey through the catacombs of Paris, Alexandrine’s words transcend paper and time, and the past becomes suddenly, terrifyingly present.