Josephine Moon Bücher

Wenn einem das Leben Kakaobohnen gibt, sollte man Schokolade daraus machen ... Christmas Livingstone glaubt fest an zehn Regeln für ein glückliches Leben. Eine lautet: Mit etwas Schokolade kann eigentlich alles nur besser werden. Das beweist Christmas jeden Tag mit den Köstlichkeiten, die sie in ihrer „Schokoladenapotheke“ verkauft und denen viele sogar Heilkräfte zuschreiben. Regel Nr. 1 der jungen Frau – keine romantischen Beziehungen! – ist da schon schwerer umzusetzen. Christmas hat nämlich nicht mit Lincoln van Luc gerechnet, einem Botaniker und Weltenbummler mit strahlenden blauen Augen, einer bezaubernden Großmutter und einem treuen Findlings-Hund ...

A deliciously complex novel of families, food, adversity, hope and love for readers of Jenny Colgan, Abby Clements, Cathy Kelly and Cathy Bramley

Award-winning jam maker Aggie is determined to take her Barossa Valley cafe to new heights. She has put the pain of unsuccessful IVF treatments and a broken relationship behind her, and is focused on the many wonderful possibilities life still holds in store. When an invitation to travel across Australia on the Ghan for her mother's seventieth birthday comes her way, she is at first apprehensive. But the trip offers a precious opportunity to spend some quality time with both her disgruntled mother, Valeria, and her distant daughter, Holly, as well as her meddling great-aunt, Myrtle. The four generations of the family, all single women, will be reunited at last. As the iconic train chugs its way beneath majestic desert skies, Aggie's difficult past resurfaces, her business comes under threat, and long-held family rifts reignite. To complicate things further, she's distracted by the attentions of a handsome younger man on his own search for meaning in some of the country's most remote and magical places. By the bestselling author of The Cake Maker's Wish, this is a sweet and soulful story about women being there for each other through the stickiest situations. It celebrates the joys and sorrows of life, and reveals the essential ingredients of the true recipe for happiness.

Kate Fullerton, talented tea designer and now co-owner of The Tea Chest, could never have imagined that she'd be flying from Brisbane to London, risking her young family's future, to save the business she loves from the woman who wants to shut it down. Meanwhile, Leila Morton has just lost her job; and if Elizabeth Clancy had known today was the day she would appear on the nightly news, she might at least have put on some clothes. Both need to start again. When Kate's, Leila's and Elizabeth's paths unexpectedly cross, they throw themselves into realising Kate's magical vision of London's branch of the newest and most delectable tea shop, The Tea Chest. But every time success is within their grasp, increasing tensions damage their trust in each other.

Josephine Moon's third absorbing novel, The Beekeeper's Secretintriguingly blends her trademark warmth and sensitivity with darker themes of guilt and grief.