Josie Silver

A young chef stumbles on a secret family recipe that might lead her to the love—and life—she’s been looking for in this stunning novel. When Iris decides to move to New York to restart her life, she realizes she underestimated how big the Big Apple really is—all the nostalgic movies set in New York she’d watched with her mom while eating their special secret-recipe gelato didn’t quite do it justice.  But Bobby, Iris’s best friend, isn’t about to let her hide away. He drags her to a famous autumn street fair in Little Italy, and as they walk through the food stalls, a little family-run gelateria catches her eye—could it be the same shop that’s in an old photo of her mother’s? Curious, Iris returns the next day and meets the handsome Gio, who tells her that the shop is in danger of closing. His uncle, sole keeper of their family’s gelato recipe, is in a coma, so they can’t make more. When Iris samples the last remaining batch, she realizes that their gelato and her gelato are one and the same. But how can she tell them she knows their secret recipe when she’s not sure why Gio’s uncle gave it to her mother in the first place? Iris offers her services as a chef to help them re-create the flavor and finds herself falling for Gio and his family. But when Gio’s uncle finally wakes up, all of the secrets Iris has been keeping threaten to ruin the new life—and new love—she’s been building all winter long.

A plucky medium, her fame-chasing ex, and an infuriatingly handsome skeptic reporter make for a complicated love triangle—and that's before the ghosts get involved. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of One Day in December comes the first novel in a ghost-hunting series full of romance and humor.In the leafy, charming town of Chapelwick, the Bittersweet family has been a fixture on High Street for as long as anyone can remember. Their rambling black-and-white building houses all three generations of ghost-sensitive Bittersweet women and their business, Blithe Spirits.On her twenty-seventh birthday, Melody Bittersweet converts the disused back storeroom into her office and opens her own business. Unlike the rest of her family, she’s not taking down messages from ghosts—she’s taking them out. Soon, the Girls’ Ghostbusting Agency takes on its first a grand old house that won’t sell because a trio of incumbent ghost brothers raise merry hell whenever prospective owners arrive to view it.It soon becomes clear that there’s a whole heap of unfinished business between the Scarborough brothers—including murder—and Melody isn’t the only one trying to unravel the mystery. Leo Dark, her rakish ex and business rival, is also on the case, along with the TV crew that trails him.To make matters worse, the sarcastic and skeptical (and annoyingly good-looking) local reporter Fletcher Gunn has his nose in the story as well. Sniffing out a way to publicly discredit the Bittersweets is his favorite assignment—and has absolutely nothing to do with his inability to resist Melody.With her business on the line, it’s up to Melody to work out the brothers' issues, but can she protect her own very susceptible heart from Fletcher’s charm? Does she even want to?

Een dag in december van Josie Silver is een onvergetelijk liefdesverhaal voor de liefhebbers van de boeken van Jojo Moyes en Nicholas Sparks. Laurie is er zeker van dat liefde op het eerste gezicht niet bestaat. Het leven is geen romantische film, toch? Maar dan, op een besneeuwde decemberdag, ziet ze vanuit de bus een jongen bij de halte van wie ze vóélt dat hij de ware is. Hun ogen ontmoeten elkaar, er is een magisch moment... en dan rijdt de bus door. Ze denkt dat ze de jongen nooit meer tegen het lijf zal lopen. Maar een jaar later stelt haar beste vriendin Sarah haar tijdens kerst voor aan de nieuwe liefde van haar leven. En dat is… de jongen van de bushalte. Vastbesloten om hem te laten gaan, gaat Laurie verder met haar leven, maar wat als het lot andere plannen heeft? 'Het equivalent van Love Actually, maar dan in boekvorm.’ The Bookseller

Wenn dir die Liebe deines Lebens begegnet...Wirst du sie erkennen? London. An einem kalten Winterabend sitzt Laurie im Bus, als sie einen jungen Mann an der Haltestelle bemerkt, der in ein Buch vertieft ist. Er schaut auf, und für einen wunderschönen Moment treffen sich ihre Blicke. Aber Lauries Bus fährt weiter, noch bevor er einsteigen kann. Trotzdem kann sie den Bus Boy nicht mehr vergessen. Erst ein Jahr später begegnen Jack und Laurie sich endlich wieder. Doch der Zufall, der sie zusammenführt, macht ihre Liebe fast unmöglich …

Laurie är inte särskilt romantisk och har aldrig trott på kärlek vid första ögonkastet. Men allt förändras en snöig decemberdag när hon tittar ut genom ett bussfönster. Och får syn på honom. För en kort stund står tiden still. Tills bussen åker iväg och ögonblicket är över. Laurie går vidare med sitt liv, men mannen dröjer kvar i hennes tankar. Ett år senare, på en julfest, presenterar Lauries bästa vän Sarah henne för sin nya pojkvän, Jack O'Mara. Laurie känner genast igen honom. Från att tidigare ha varit närmast oskiljaktiga börjar Laurie dra sig undan Sarah i ett försök att dölja sina känslor. Sarah är dock fast besluten att allt ska vara som förut och att de alla tre ska bli bästa vänner. Men hur slutar man vara förälskad? Och kommer Jack ihåg henne?

Laurie er temmelig sikker på at kjærlighet ved første blikk ikke forekommer i virkeligheten. Det er bare på film slikt skjer, ikke sant? Men så, gjennom en duggete bussrute en snøfylt desemberdag, ser hun mannen hun instinktivt skjønner er "Den ene". Øynene deres møtes og det oppstår et øyeblikk av ren magi før bussen hennes kjører ut fra holdeplassen igjen. Laurie tror ikke hun noen sinne vil se mannen igjen. Men på julefesten deres året etter, blir hun presentert for bestevenninnens nye kjæreste. Og der står han, selvfølgelig, mannen hun så fra bussen. Jack. Laurie er bestemt på at det ikke kan bli de to. Men hva om skjebnen har andre planer? Hva om en dag i desember faktisk kom til å endre alt? En dag i desember er den hjertevarmende og intenst rørende kjærlighetshistorien du har ventet på og ønsker å forsvinne inn i for alltid. Josie Silver er en uforbederlig romantiker og er stolt over det! Hun møtte sin fremtidige ektemann da hun tråkket på foten hans på 21-årsdagen hans. Hun bor sammen med ham, deres to barn og en katt i en liten by i Midlands-regionen i Storbritannia.

Laurie je sigurna da ljubav na prvi pogled postoji samo u filmovima. A onda, jednoga dana u prosincu, kroz zamagljen prozor autobusa ugleda muškarca za kojeg odmah pomisli da je onaj pravi. Pogledi im se susreću, trenutak je čaroban… i autobus krene sa stanice. Laurie je sigurna da će ga ponovno sresti i traži ga pogledom na autobusnim stanicama i u londonskim barovima. Ali ne pronalazi ga, barem ne onda kad bi trebala. Godinu nakon tog nezaboravnog susreta, na božićnoj zabavi Lauriena najbolja prijateljica Sarah uzbuđeno joj predstavi svog novog dečka. A on je Jack - muškarac sa stanice. Takve je Laurie sreće. Sljedećih deset godina života Laurie, Sare i Jacka pun je boli, prijateljstva, propuštenih prilika, pogrešno odabranih puteva. Ali život za nas uvijek ima i neke svoje skrivene planove…

An up-and-coming ghostbuster and her motley crew tackle a devilish high-wire act, aided (or more often, interrupted) by her rakish ex and the sarcastic reporter she can't seem to shake—from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Crazy Spooky Love.Maplemead Castle is crawling with ghosts, and the new owners need them gone. When Melody Bittersweet and the Girls’ Ghostbusting Agency arrive on scene, they quickly identify the main troublemaker swinging from the chandeliers. A century ago, stunning trapeze artist Britannia Lovell plunged to her death in the castle's grand ballroom, and has continued to haunt it ever since. But did she really just fall, or was there something more to her demise?Forced to work with Leo Dark, her scoundrel ex, and the infuriating, irresistible reporter Fletcher Gunn, Melody’s investigative powers are under the strain of a heart pulled in two directions. She needs her team in top form, but her best friend Marina’s cake pipeline goes AWOL, her assistant Artie’s distracted by a giant sausage roll, and the pug Lestat is scared witless by a lion. Melody has her work cut out for her.Somewhere, hidden in the castle, is a heart-breaking secret, but what will it take to find it? And is there a chance it could set Britannia free, or is she doomed to repeat her last fateful act forever?

Et si vous pouviez revivre votre plus belle histoire d'amour ? Lydia et Freddie. Dix ans d'un amour fou que Lydia croyait indestructible, avant qu'un terrible accident de voiture ne lui arrache l'homme de sa vie. Le cœur en miettes, Lydia se laisse sombrer. Jusqu'au soir où un véritable miracle la sort de sa torpeur : après avoir pris un somnifère, elle se réveille au côté de Freddie, bien vivant. Alors, Lydia se met à vivre pour ses nuits, pour profiter de cette seconde chance dans un monde artificiel où elle vole les instants magiques qui auraient dû être les siens. Mais jongler entre deux réalités a un prix et Lydia s'éloigne chaque jour un peu plus du monde des vivants. Pourtant, dans le monde réel où elle apprend à vivre sans Freddie, tout est encore possible. À condition qu'elle décide d'y rester...

Two people. Ten chances. One unforgettable love story. Laurie is pretty sure love at first sight doesn't exist anywhere but the movies. But then, through a misted-up bus window one snowy December day, she sees a man who she knows instantly is the one. Their eyes meet, there's a moment of pure magic... and then her bus drives away. Certain they're fated to find each other again, Laurie spends a year scanning every bus stop and cafe in London for him. But she doesn't find him, not when it matters anyway. Instead they "reunite" at a Christmas party, when her best friend Sarah giddily introduces her new boyfriend to Laurie. It's Jack, the man from the bus. It would be. What follows for Laurie, Sarah and Jack is ten years of friendship, heartbreak, missed opportunities, roads not taken, and destinies reconsidered. One Day in December is a joyous, heartwarming and immensely moving love story to escape into and a reminder that fate takes inexplicable turns along the route to happiness. Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780525574682.

Spending her thirtieth birthday alone is the last thing that dating columnist Cleo wanted, but she is going on a self-coupling quasi-sabbatical--at the insistence of her boss--in the name of re-energizing herself and adding a new perspective to her column. The remote Irish island she's booked is a far cry from London, but at least it's a chance to hunker down in a luxury cabin and indulge in some quiet, solitary self-care while she figures out her next steps in her love life and her career. Mac is also looking forward to some time to himself. With his life in Boston deteriorating in ways he can't bring himself to acknowledge, his soul searching has brought him to the same Irish island in search of his roots and some clarity. Unfortunately, a mix-up with the bookings means both solitude seekers have reserved the same one-bedroom hideaway on exactly the same dates. Instantly at odds with each other, Cleo and Mac don't know how they're going to manage until the next weekly ferry arrives. But as the days go by, they no longer seem to mind each other's company quite as much as they thought they would... Written with Josie Silver's signature warmth, charm and insights into the human heart, One Night on the Island explores the meaning of home, the joys of escape and how the things we think we want are never the things we really need.

Co zrobiłabyś, mogąc jeszcze raz przeżyć swoją wielką miłość...? Lydia i Freddie. Freddie i Lydia. Wszędzie razem od niemal dekady, za chwilę się pobiorą. Lecz w dwudzieste siódme urodziny Lydii, Freddie ginie w tragicznym wypadku. I nagle dzieje się coś nieprawdopodobnego. Lydia dostaje jeszcze jedną szansę - może przeżyć swoją miłość z Freddiem ponownie. Ale w jej nowym życiu pojawił się ktoś, kto chce, aby to z nim została... Cudownie romantyczna historia miłosna skłania i do śmiechu, i do płaczu oraz przypomina, jak wspaniale jest kochać i być kochanym.

Sometimes pretending to be someone else helps you figure out who you really are . . . Freshly divorced and in need of a job – Kate Elliot’s life needs a rewrite. So when she unearths an old letter from her ex-talent agent, Jojo Francisco – she takes it as a sign from the universe to brush off her old acting skills and become someone else entirely. Meanwhile, Charlie Francisco is back from LA, leaving his dumpster fire of a life behind. He may be well over his head in filling the shoes of his late eccentric father but he is determined to prove he can, and he might just have the job for to pose as the author for a novel that the real writer wants nothing to do with. It’s not quite the glamourous gig she was hoping for, but he’s looking for a nobody and she needs cash fast.When Kate and Charlie meet they’re all friction and sparks, but they have one thing in common – they’re determined to play their parts. But as the summer heat ups and the lies get bigger and bigger, can they stick to their lines or will they go off-script?

A talent agent hires an actress play the part of "novelist" on a book tour for his agency's publicity-shy client in this delightful rom-com from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Reese's Book Club Pick One Day in DecemberHard-boiled detective series author Hugh Hudson has been at the top of his game for over a decade. But when his luminous wife dies suddenly, he finds himself channeling his grief into writing a beautiful romance novel, an ode to his late love never intended for publication.Until, that is, his long-time editor sneaks a peek at the manuscript and knows it's the unicorn story she's been waiting for. He’s eighteen months late delivering his next detective novel, so she throws him a lifeline—if he lets her publish the love story, she can get him an extension. He eventually agrees to allow publication, but only under a pen name. Who, then, will they send on the summer book tour?Charlie Francisco, a talent rep at Hugh's agency, has an idea. He recruits Kate Elliot, a down-on-her-luck, recently divorced actress to play the role of "author" for all interviews, signings, and appearances. But Kate is not allowed to know who wrote the novel, and sparks fly with Charlie as he acts as intermediary between her and the still-anonymous Hugh, whose counsel she needs for her "performance." Kate's frequent correspondence with Hugh sets him on a path to healing, and her deepening intimacy with Charlie starts to make her believe that, post-divorce, she may yet have a chance at love.But when the book becomes a success beyond their wildest dreams, how will they untangle themselves from their lies...and one another?

Lydia and Freddie. Freddie and Lydia. They'd been together for more than a decade, and Lydia thought their love was indestructible. But she was wrong. On her twenty-eighth birthday, Freddie died in a car accident. So now it's just Lydia, and all she wants to do is hide indoors and sob until her eyes fall out. But Lydia knows that Freddie would want her to try to live fully, happily, even without him. So, enlisting the help of his best friend, Jonah, and her sister, Elle, she takes her first tentative steps into the world, open to life--and perhaps even love--again. But then something inexplicable happens that gives her another chance at her old life with Freddie. A life where none of the tragic events of the past few months have happened. Lydia is pulled again and again across the doorway of her past, living two lives, impossibly, at once. But there's an emotional toll to returning to a world where Freddie, alive, still owns her heart. Because there's someone in her new life, her real life, who wants her to stay. Written with Josie Silver's trademark warmth and wit, The Two Lives of Lydia Bird is a powerful and thrilling love story about the what-ifs that arise at life's crossroads, and what happens when one woman is given a miraculous chance to answer them.

When a double-booking at a remote one-room cabin accidentally throws two solace seekers together, it feels like a cruel twist of fate. But what if it’s fate of a different kind? Spending her 30th birthday alone is not what dating columnist Cleo Wilder wanted, but she plans a solo retreat - at the insistence of her boss - in the name of re-energizing herself and adding a new perspective to her column. The remote Irish island she’s booked is a far cry from London, but at least it’s a chance to hunker down in a luxury cabin and indulge in some self-care while she figures out the next steps in her love life and her career. Mack Sullivan is also looking forward to some time to himself. With his life in Boston deteriorating in ways he can’t bring himself to acknowledge, his soul-searching has brought him to the same Irish island to explore his roots and find some clarity. Unfortunately, a mix-up with the bookings means both have reserved the same one-room hideaway on exactly the same dates. Instantly at odds, Cleo and Mack don’t know how they’re going to manage until the next weekly ferry arrives. But as the days go by, they no longer seem to mind each other’s company quite as much as they thought they would. Written with Josie Silver's signature warmth, charm and insights into the human heart, One Night on the Island explores the meaning of home, the joys of escape and how the things we think we want are never the things we really need.

Laurie no cree en el amor a primera vista. Piensa que una cosa son las películas y otra, la vida real. Sin embargo, un día de diciembre, su mirada se cruza con la de un desconocido a través de la ventanilla empañada de un autobús. Surge la magia y Laurie se enamora perdidamente, pero el autobús arranca y sigue su camino por las calles nevadas de Londres. Está convencida de que es el hombre de su vida, pero no sabe dónde encontrarlo. Un año después, su mejor amiga Sarah le presenta a Jack, su nuevo novio, del que está muy enamorada. Y sí, es él: el chico del autobús. Laurie decide olvidarle, pero ¿y si el destino tiene otros planes?

Laurie est presque sûre que le coup de foudre n'existe que dans les films. Mais un jour de neige en décembre, à travers la vitre embuée d'un bus londonien, elle aperçoit un homme. Leurs regards se croisent... Et le bus redémarre. Certaine qu'ils sont voués à se retrouver, Laurie passe une année à scruter les coins de rue, les arrêts de bus et les cafés. Sans succès. Jusqu'à ce soir de Noël où sa meilleure amie et colocataire lui présente le nouvel homme de sa vie, celui qui l'a convaincue d'abandonner les histoires d'amour éphémères... Jack, l'homme du bus. Dix ans de chassé-croisés, de déchirures, de retrouvailles et d'occasions manquées commencent alors pour Laurie et Jack. Traduit dans trente langues, un roman poignant et lucide sur l'amitié et l'amour, les choix que l'on fait et les rêves que l'on a, qui a fait vibrer près d'un million de lecteurs à Noël dernier.