Lesley ist Autorin von acht Romanen, geboren aus einem lebenslangen Traum vom Schreiben. Ihr architektonischer Hintergrund prägt die Präzision und Nachdenklichkeit ihrer Werke. Ihre Erzählungen siedelt sie oft an verschiedenen globalen Orten an, was ihr Leben und ihre Reisen zwischen Johannesburg, Accra und London widerspiegelt. Ihre Romane rufen ein starkes Ortsgefühl hervor und befassen sich gleichzeitig mit tiefgreifenden menschlichen Motivationen.
Die beiden Halbschwestern Amber und Paola hassen sich und sind wild entschlossen, niemals irgendetwas zu teilen – weder Mann noch Tisch und schon gar nicht das Bankkonto ihres vermögenden Vaters. Doch genau wie ihre Mütter vor zwanzig Jahren fordert das Schicksal auch Amber und Paola heraus, sich den Platz an der Seite des Mannes, den sie lieben, zu erobern. Koste es, was es wolle …
Drei Frauen suchen nach Liebe: Laure wird in der Modewelt enttäuscht, Amélie findet Sicherheit bei Schriftsteller Iain und Melanie steht vor der Trennung. Als Schicksal sie vereint, ahnen sie nicht, dass das Glück ihre Leben verändern wird. Junge Frauenunterhaltung mit Herz und Humor.
Als Rianne, Nathalie, Charmaine und Gabrielle sich in London kennen lernen, haben sie nichts gemeinsam. Rianne ist in Südafrika aufgewachsen und kann mit der engen kleinen Welt ihrer Internatskolleginnen nichts anfangen. Doch ihre Erfahrungen mit der ersten großen Liebe führen die vier zusammen. Sie versprechen sich ewige Freundschaft, die nach vielen Jahren auf eine harte Probe gestellt wird.
Die Schönen und das Biest Wahre Freundschaft überwindet alle Hindernisse, da sind sich Caryn, Tory und Nic sicher. Sind sie nicht selbst das beste Beispiel? Ob arm oder reich, ob aus Zimbabwe oder London - seit der Schulzeit halten die Freundinnen zusammen wie Pech und Schwefel. Doch als die schöne Estelle auftaucht, wird alles anders. Denn Estelle hat ein dunkles Geheimnis, und sie lässt jede Einzelne einen hohen Preis dafür bezahlen. Glamourös, sexy, intrigant - ein Roman, der zu Herzen geht und nie wieder aus dem Kopf!
"In a beachfront mansion in Martha's Vineyard, Annick and Rebecca relax, safe in the knowledge that their young children are in the care of life-long friend Tash. But by the end of the afternoon, one of the children will have vanished. Annick, daughter of an actress and an assassinated president, has spent her life running from the truth of her family's wealth. Rebecca has always done the right thing. Perfect daughter. Perfect wife. Perfect mother. She's beginning to wonder if she'll ever get chance to live for herself. And Tash, free from the poverty of her heritage, has the world at her feet. So why is she struggling to keep a grip on her life? This is the story of three very different women across the decades; their pasts, their secrets, and their friendship." Klappentext.
In the perfect family, there's a thin line between love and hate, especially when there's so much to hide... The Keelers are one of those families that seem to have everything. Glamorous, wealthy and privileged, life has always been easy for them, on the outside at least. But even the happiest of families have their secrets. Maddie, the scatty American actress, is swept off her fee by Rafe Keeler. A brilliantly talented surgeon, Rafe is handsome, steady and dependable - everything Maddie has sought in a man. So why does she feel so dangerously adrift? Julia loathed Aaron Keeler on sight when they met at Oxford. She was a working-class girl, he was the privileged posh boy handed everything on a plate. But a lethal attraction has set them on a collision course. Niela has been running all her life. Betrayed and abandoned by her own family, her whirlwind marriage to Josh Keeler has given her a place to call 'home'. But Niela knows how easily the past can come back to ruin your life...
The portfolio is the single most important part of every architectural student's education. This book proides a complete guide to preparing, compiling and presenting this crucial element of the architecture course.The experienced author team gives practical advice for the creation of the portfolio covering issues of size, storage, layout and order. They go on to guide the student through the various forms a portfolio can take: the Electronic Portfolio, the Academic Portfolio and the Professional Portfolio suggesting different approaches and different media to use in order to create the strongest portfolio possible. The team also presents the best examples from international student portfolios to show the reader their recommendations in practice. The book has a companion website where full colour representations of the best examples of portfolio work can be accessed.Also in the Seriously Useful Guides series: * The Dissertation* The Crit* Practical Experience
A light and frothy read, perfect for Downton fans HELENA GUMLEY MASON THE LADY 20170106
Laure -- seventeen, beautiful and already abandoned twice in her young life. Once by the glamorous mother she can barely remember, a woman who brought shame on the St Lazare family name and fled to America; and then again by a handsome soldier who left her pregnant and alone, facing the wrath of her grandmother. Amelie -- caught in a world where she's neither servant or mistress, trapped between the St Lazare family she's always worked for and the simmering hostility of a country on the verge of meltdown. With a past she knows nothing about and no family of her own, she yearns to find a place that can be home. Melanie -- the rock star's daughter who has everything money can buy except the love she craves. A daddy's girl caught in a whirl of damaging relationships, testing those closest to her. In one man, she sees the chance to change her life for ever, but at what price? Three girls in search of a missing piece of their lives; three girls who will change their worlds to find it. In a story that begins in the relentless heat of a Haitian summer and sweeps through the luxury of America's elite to the colourful chaos of East End London, Bitter Chocolate is a glorious tale of the quest for love, marriage and finding a place to belong.
Nothing fazes Lexi Sturgis. She's faced bullets, battles and bitter rivals to chase news stories other reporters would kill for. Living for risk and adventure, she abides by one rule: don't let anyone get too close. Jane Marshall is feeling desperate. Her family is in disarray and her once high-flying TV career is sinking. She needs a big scoop, fast - and it seems Lexi might be the one to help. For dedicated medical student Deena, the horrors of a war-torn Egypt are too shocking to ignore. She travels across the world to offer help, leaving her younger sister shattered with worry. In a journey fraught with danger, secrets and uncertainty, these women are thrown together in an extraordinary struggle. Can they overcome the pains of their pasts and find the courage to trust each other?
