Books by Renee Carlino

Booklist, Top 10 Women's Fiction of 2016 Goodreads Best Romance of August Redbook.com's ';20 Books by Women You Must ReadThis Fall' Popsugar's ';21 Fiction Reads to Add to Your Fall Reading List' Bustle's ';11 New Romance Books Perfect for Summer Beach Reading' Brit+Co's ';16 Must-Read Adult Books Out in August' Sunset magazine's ';Bookmark this: Your ultimate summer reading list' From USA TODAY bestselling author Rene Carlino (Before We Were Strangers), a warm and witty novel about a struggling writer who must come to grips with her past, present, and future after she discovers that she's the inspiration for a pseudonymously published bestselling novel.When a bestselling debut novel from mysterious author J. Colby becomes the literary event of the year, Emiline reads it reluctantly. As an adjunct writing instructor at UC San Diego with her own stalled literary career and a bumpy long-term relationship, Emiline isnt thrilled to celebrate the accomplishments of a young and gifted writer. Yet from the very first page, Emiline is entranced by the story of Emerson and Jackson, two childhood best friends who fall in love and dream of a better life beyond the long dirt road that winds through their impoverished town in rural Ohio. Thats because the novel is patterned on Emilines own dark and desperate childhood, which means that J. Colby must be Jase: the best friend and first love she hasnt seen in over a decade. Far from being flattered that he wrote the novel from her perspective, Emiline is furious that he co-opted her painful past and took some dramatic creative liberties with the ending. The only way she can put her mind at ease is to find and confront J. Colby, but is she prepared to learn the truth behind the fiction?

From the USA TODAY bestselling author of Sweet Thing and Nowhere But Here comes a love story about a Craigslist missed connection post that gives two people a second chance at love fifteen years after they were separated in New York City.To the Green-eyed Lovebird: We met fifteen years ago, almost to the day, when I moved my stuff into the NYU dorm room next to yours at Senior House. You called us fast friends. I like to think it was more. We lived on nothing but the excitement of finding ourselves through music (you were obsessed with Jeff Buckley), photography (I couldnt stop taking pictures of you), hanging out in Washington Square Park, and all the weird things we did to make money. I learned more about myself that year than any other. Yet, somehow, it all fell apart. We lost touch the summer after graduation when I went to South America to work for National Geographic. When I came back, you were gone. A part of me still wonders if I pushed you too hard after the wedding I didnt see you again until a month ago. It was a Wednesday. You were rocking back on your heels, balancing on that thick yellow line that runs along the subway platform, waiting for the F train. I didnt know it was you until it was too late, and then you were gone. Again. You said my name; I saw it on your lips. I tried to will the train to stop, just so I could say hello. After seeing you, all of the youthful feelings and memories came flooding back to me, and now Ive spent the better part of a month wondering what your life is like. I might be totally out of my mind, but would you like to get a drink with me and catch up on the last decade and a half? M

Hvordan ville du reagere, hvis du opdagede, at den bog, du sad med i hænderne, handlede om dig? Da forfatterspiren Emiline slår op på første side i årets mest omtalte roman, springer hendes hjerte et slag over. Bogen er skrevet af en hidtil ukendt forfatter ved navn J. Colby og fortæller historien om pigen Em, der vokser op under trange kår langt ude på landet i Ohio. Hun forelsker sig i nabodrengen Jax, og sammen drømmer de om et bedre liv, langt væk fra den hverdag med svigt og vold, hvor kun venskabet og kærligheden til hinanden holder dem oppe. Emiline er i chok, for hun indser, at forfatteren bag det mystiske pseudonym må være Jason Colbertson – hendes barndomsven og første, store kærlighed, som hun ikke har set, siden han forsvandt sporløst for mere end ti år siden. Hvorfor har hun ikke hørt fra ham i alle disse år? Og hvorfor har han udgivet hendes private historie uden at spørge om lov? Selvom Emiline har besluttet sig for at lægge sin traumatiske opvækst bag sig, tvinger bogen hende til at se tilbage på alt det, hun var igennem som barn – og til at opsøge den mand, der knuste hendes hjerte. Men er hun parat til at konfrontere sine dæmoner? En hjertevarm roman om at måtte se fortiden i øjnene for at være i stand til at tage livtag med fremtiden. ”En gribende roman. Jeg læste den i ét stræk.” COLLEEN HOOVER, FORFATTER ”Svær at slippe igen.” LIBRARY JOURNAL "Utrolig velskrevet feel good-roman … Skal nok få både smil og tårer frem hos læseren.” SØNDAG om ’Vi som elskede’

Vi som elskede er en gribende fortælling om tabt kærlighed og nye chancer. Matt og Grace møder hinanden på New York University, hvor de bor på samme kollegie. I en tåge af fester, for sene nætter og for få penge finder de hinanden og forelsker sig. Han fotograferer hende, og hun spiller cello for ham. De er uadskillelige. Indtil Matt får en praktikplads på National Geographic og rejser til Sydamerika. Da han kommer hjem igen, er Grace væk. Femten år senere mødes de igen ved et tilfælde: Hun står på perronen i undergrunden, og han befinder sig i det tog, der netop er ved at forlade stationen. Matt, som altid har spekuleret på, hvad der blev af Grace, efterlyser hende via en annonce på Craigslist – og da de mødes igen, står det klart: Selvom et helt liv er gået, er det, som om tiden har stået stille. ”Vanvittigt god.” – Colleen Hoover, forfatter til Forbandede kærlighed og Det ender med os ”En af de mest romantiske, inderlige og overvældende bøger, jeg nogensinde har læst.” – Book Baristas ”Den her bog slog mig fuldkommen omkuld. Jeg var tryllebundet af den rørende fortælling og de skarpe karakterer.” – The Romance Reviews