Sa maison de famille, sur une plage du New Jersey, était un lieu de liberté et d'innocence pour Julie Bauer, jusqu'à cette nuit d'été tragique où sa soeur Isabel fut assassinée à l'âge de 17 ans. Plus de quarante ans se sont écoulés, la découverte d'une lettre au fond d'un tiroir la fait replonger dans son passé et remonter à la source du drame.

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L'enfant des bois

Her family's cottage was a place of innocence for Julie Bauer - until her sister was murdered.

 It's been many years since that August night, but Julie's memories of Izzy's death still haunt her. Now someone from her past is asking questions about what really happened. About Julie's own complicity. About a devastating secret her mother kept from them all.

 Julie must gather the courage to revisit her past and untangle the complex emotions that led to one unspeakable act of violence on the bay at midnight.

 Praise for Diane Chamberlain 

 'Fans of Jodi Picoult will delight in this finely tuned family drama, with beautifully drawn characters and a string of twists that will keep you guessing right up to the end.' - Stylist

 'A marvellously gifted author. Every book she writes is a gem' - Literary Times

 'Essential reading for Jodi Picoult fans'

 Daily Mail

 'So full of unexpected twists you'll find yourself wanting to finish it in one sitting. Fans of Jodi Picoult's style will love how Diane Chamberlain writes.' - Candis

The Bay at Midnight

Eight-year-old Sophie Donohue just wanted to be like every other little girl. Which is why her mother, Janine, reluctantly agreed to let her go on the weekend camping trip with her Brownie troop. But when Janine arrives to pick up Sophie after the trip, her daughter is not among the others. Somehow, along the forested route from West Virginia, Sophie has disappeared.Sophie is no ordinary 8 year old. She suffers from a rare disease, and Janine has recently enrolled her in an experimental treatment as a last effort to save her life - despite the vehement objections of her ex-husband, Joe, who believes conventional medicine is the only route to take. The only person to support Janine in her decision is Lucas Trowell, someone familiar with the herbs used in the treatment. Lucas has been encouraging Janine to keep Sophie in the program, and, indeed, the little girl has been showing remarkable improvement. All her mother's instincts tell Janine that Sophie is alive, but time is running out. Without her treatment, it's only a matter of days before Sophie's illness will claim her life. As Janine, Joe and Lucas embark on a desperate search to find Sophie, envy and suspicion grow between the two men, casting doubts on each other's true motives for helping Janine.Deep in the forest, another drama unfolds. Sophie has found refuge in a remote cabin inhabited by a woman who wants nothing to do with the little girl. She's desperate to help her own daughter, who has been wrongly imprisoned for murder and who, after escaping, is on her way to join her mother. Sophie's arrival puts in jeopardy her daughter's future, but the mysterious woman is as determined to save her daughter as Janine is to save Sophie.Only one of them can succeed.

L'enfant Des Bois

Your future is within your grasp.

 How far are you willing to go? Your adopted child is in an orphanage. Only you can save her. But you need money, a lot of money, money you just don't have. Gina Higgins is on a desperate journey across the country.

 To save her daughter she must find the Kiss River lighthouse that holds the answers she so urgently needs. But the lighthouse has been destroyed and now her only hope is to uncover the secrets hidden within an old diary, a Second World War love story that has the power to change her life forever.

 Praise for Diane Chamberlain 

 'Fans of Jodi Picoult will delight in this finely tuned family drama, with beautifully drawn characters and a string of twists that will keep you guessing right up to the end.' - Stylist

 'A marvellously gifted author. Every book she writes is a gem' - Literary Times

 'Essential reading for Jodi Picoult fans'

 Daily Mail

 'So full of unexpected twists you'll find yourself wanting to finish it in one sitting. Fans of Jodi Picoult's style will love how Diane Chamberlain writes.' - Candis

Kiss River

The author of Brass Ring and Fire and Rain delivers an edge-of-your-seat story filled with secrets, surprises, and psychological suspense. Returning to the small Pennsylvania Dutch town of Reflection, Rachel Huber must confront the tragedy that caused her to leave twenty years before."One of the premier writers of contemporary fiction." -- "Romantic Times" Diane Chamberlain's background as a psychotherapist and clinical social worker is evident in her psychologically complex characters.Will appeal to fans of the novels of Anne Rivers Siddons, Barbara Delinsky, and Rosamunde Pilcher.

Désirs Secrets

été 1977, caroline du nord.
 en se promenant sur la plage, daria cato, onze ans, découvre avec stupéfaction un nouveau-né couvert de sang, lâchement abandonné... vingt-deux ans plus tard, le nourrisson, adopté par la famille cato, est devenu une charmante jeune femme prénommée shelly. malgré de graves séquelles dues à sa naissance, elle éprouve néanmoins le besoin vital de retrouver sa vraie mère. pour cela, shelly fait appel à rory taylor, ancien voisin et ami d'enfance, aujourd'hui présentateur vedette d'une émission dédiée à la recherche des personnes disparues.
 très vite, l'enquête agit comme un détonateur. notamment chez daria qui, en plus d'être secrètement amoureuse du beau rory, croit être la seule à connaître la vérité. mais la réalité, véritable ouragan, va se révéler autrement plus dérangeante...

L'enfant de l'ete

Les falaises de carmel

Secrets at the Beach House was first published in 1989 by Diane Chamberlain as Private Relations, this updated edition contains an added epilogue joining the characters 25 years later to complete this enduring tale of love and friendship. Welcome to the Chapel House, an old oceanfront mansion where a group of close friends share their hopes and dreams .

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