Books by Rosamunde Pilcher

Om at møde den familie, man hele livet har længtes efter, men som viser sig ikke at leve op til ens forventninger.Rebecca Bayliss lever et ensomt og stilfærdigt liv i London, da hun en dag bliver kaldt til sin mors dødsleje. Sin far har Rebecca aldrig kendt, og moderen og hun er gradvist gledet fra hinanden.Men i de sidste timer sammen med sin mor hører Rebecca for første gang om den familie, hun ikke anede, hun havde: bedstefaren i Cornwall, tanten, som hendes mor ikke kunne fordrage, broderen, der døde under krigen.Det bliver Rebeccas ubehagelige pligt at rejse til Cornwall og fortælle om sin mors død til mennesker, der i sin tid slog hånden af hende. Og der ramler hun lige ned i en familieintrige, som hun godt kunne have undværet.

The phenomenal, heartwarming bestseller by the much-loved Rosamunde Pilcher.Artist's daughter Penelope Keeling can look back on a full and varied life: a Bohemian childhood in London and Cornwall, an unhappy wartime marriage, and the one man she truly loved. She has brought up three children - and learned to accept them as they are.Yet she is far too energetic and independent to settle sweetly into pensioned-off old-age. And when she discovers that her most treasured possession, her father's painting, The Shell Seekers, is now worth a small fortune, it is Penelope who must make the decisions that will determine whether her family can continue to survive as a family, or be split apart.

The brilliant bestseller by the much-loved Rosamunde Pilcher.As spring comes to Scotland and the hills burst into life, a dance is planned for September. The invitations summon home the group of people Violet Aird has cared for most in her long life.The oldest, strongest and wisest of them all, she sees Alexa, her vulnerable granddaughter, find love for the first time, while the decision to send her little grandson away to school is driving parents Edmund and Virginia even further apart. Far from them all is Pandora, the glamorous, exciting girl who ran away twenty years before. All will converge on Scotland this September, bringing their stories with them.

A beautiful novel by the much-loved Rosamunde Pilcher.Elfrida Phipps loves her new life in her pretty Hampshire village. She has a tiny cottage, her faithful dog Horace and the friendship of the neighbouring Blundells - particularly Oscar - to ensure that her days include companionship as well as independence. But an unforeseen tragedy upsets Elfrida's tranquillity: Oscar's wife and daughter are killed in a terrible car crash and he finds himself homeless when his stepchildren claim their dead mother's inheritance. Oscar and Elfrida take refuge in a rambling house in Scotland which becomes a magnet for various waifs and strays who converge upon it, including an unhappy teenage girl. It could be a recipe for disaster. But somehow the Christmas season weaves its magical spell and for Elfrida and Oscar, in the evening of their lives, the winter solstice brings love and solace.

Underholdning og romantik serveret i dygtig engelsk indpakning, - Alt for damerneDen unge troskyldige Victoria bliver pludselig revet ud af sin trygge dagligdag som ekspedient i London: Hendes gamle kæreste, Oliver, tropper op med sin moderløse 2-årige søn.Sammen tager de op til et skotsk landsted, hvor Oliver har en forfatterkollega for at finde tilbage til hinanden. Her møder de tilfældigvis John, en ung rig amerikaner og arving til landstedet, og med ét ændres alting.

En pragtfuld kærlighedsroman fra Rosamunde Pilchers elskede Cornwall.Laura er Alec Haverstocks kone nummer to og altid opmærksom på dette faktum. Det var ikke fordi, Alecs første ægteskab var synderlig lykkeligt, men det hænger alligevel som en sky over dem, og de taler aldrig om det barn, der måtte rejse med moderen til USA, og som han helt har mistet kontakten med.En sommer må Laura tage på rekreation hos Alecs familie i Cornwall, mens han selv holder ferie sammen med de venner, han altid har holdt ferie med. Det bliver et vendepunkt. Cornwall er et paradis: blændende sol, indtagende og varme mennesker, et glitrende blåt hav.I Cornwall finder Laura en ro, som hun ikke har haft før. Men der er en slange i paradiset, og det lille samfund kommer i oprør, da ondskabsfulde, anonyme breve begynder at dumpe ind ad brevsprækken. Et af dem kan blive en 

Noveller der vil fortrylle enhver, der har læst og elsket Konkyliesamlerne og September.Det store soveværelse var smukt. Alt var holdt i sart blåt og hvidt, i satin og musselin. Det var køligt og friskt, og fra vinduerne var der udsigt over dalen. Men uanset skønheden virkede alting forkert på den fjortenårige Emily, for efter hendes mors død var det nu blevet hendes stedmors soveværelse.Pludselig en dag ligger stedmoren, Stephanie, hjælpeløs på sengen. En baby er på vej, og Emily er nødt til at tage affære, eftersom hendes far er ude på forretningsrejse...Det blå værelse er en af de dejlige noveller i denne bog.

... storladne idylliske naturskildringer - især fra Cornwall, som Pilcher kender ud og ind. (Lolland-Falsters Folketidende)Virginia Keile har en hemmelig drøm om en ny chance for at erobre den høje, smukke landmands hjerte; ham hun mødte - og mistede - en sommer i Cornwall for længe siden.Den 27-årige Virginia har lært en masse om livet; om at gifte sig med en mand, hun ikke elskede, om et ensomt ægteskab, der endte med hendes mands pludselige og voldsomme død, og om næsten at miste sine børn til sin forhadte svigermor.Men nu er hun vendt tilbage til det smukke Cornwall, hvor hun har lejet en hytte ved havet til sig selv og sine børn.Måske kan hun nu fylde det tomme hus med kærlighed?

Disse noveller indeholder alle de ingredienser, som Rosamunde Pilchers mange læsere elsker hende for.Præcist, vittigt, eftertænksomt og nænsomt fortæller Rosamunde Pilcher i denne novellesamling om almindelige menneskers hverdag.Med sin fine sans for de smukke eller usædvanlige situationer, der vil være i et ethvert menneskes liv, situationer der måske bliver afgørende for resten af livet, tegner hun nogle herlige og sympatiske portrætter.

Bogen er velskrevet, og den har de komponenter, der gør den til en spændende hyggebog, skrev Jydske Vestkysten.Tvillingepigerne Rose og Flora bliver skilt fra hinanden kort efter fødslen. Den ene rejser med moderen til Amerika, den anden bliver hos sin far i Cornwall. Ingen af dem kender til den andens eksistens.En dag mødes de tilfældigt, og det sætter en handling i gang, som i hvert fald den ene godt kunne have undværet. De bytter roller, og Flora rejser til Skotland for midlertidigt at indtage Roses plads som Antonys forlovede. Hun modtages med åbne arme af en stor og hjertevarm familie, men med tiden får det op for Flora, at man kan ligne hinanden til forveksling og alligevel være helt forskellige.

Efter mange års ophold i USA vender Jane hjem til det rolige skotske landsted, Elvie, hvor hun tilbragte sin dejlige barndom.Minderne fra Elvie har altid været forbundet med den elegante Sinclair, som hun altid har drømt om at gifte sig med. Men nu, da hun er vendt hjem, opdager hun, at Sinclair er blevet en helt anden mand. Hans charmerende væremåde virker falsk, som om den tjener et bestemt formål, og Jane kan ikke længere stole på ham.

En klassisk historie, som Rosamunde Pilcher med sin velskrevne, varme og maleriske pen fortæller mesterligt, - Alt for DamerneBen Litton er en genial maler, men en dårlig far.Datteren Emma sendes om 14-årig uden videre på kostskole i Schweiz, hvorefter faderen fuldstændig glemmer hendes eksistens.Emma tvinges til at blive en selvstændig kvinde før tiden, men hun er følelsesmæssigt dybt frustreret. Da faderen slår sig ned i Cornwall, beslutter Emma derfor at slutte sig til ham og forsøge at få det familieliv, hun altid har savnet.

... den engelske forfatter har som altid en historie at fortælle, og igen får hun både personer og miljø til at leve for læserens indre blik -Lolland-Falsters FolketidendeFor første gang i sit liv aner Selina Bruce ikke, hvad morgendagen vil bringe - så organiseret, så tjekket, har hendes liv indtil da formet sig. Som en streg slået efter en lineal. Ikke at hun er ked af sit liv, slet ikke, der er bare ikke så mange lyspunkter at se frem til. Så hvad får hende til impulsivt at rejse til en lille spansk ø, efterladende en mildest talt forundret - og fortørnet - forlovet kort før brylluppet? Det må være noget ganske særligt - en far, hun aldrig har kendt, for eksempel, og som hun altid har troet var død. Da hun kommer til øen, møder hun den mystiske George Dyer, som bestemt ikke tager imod hende med åbne arme, men som har nøglen både til Selinas fortid og til hendes hjerte.

VEJEN HJEM er en pragtfuld kærlighedsroman fuldt på højde med Rosamunde Pilchers allerstørste succes, KONKYLIESAMLERNE.Judith Dunbar er en ung pige, som aldrig har kendt til et trygt og varmt familieliv. Faderen arbejdede i Østen, og som fjortenårig blev Judith sendt på kostskole i England, mens moderen og den yngre søster fulgte faderen i hans job, først på Ceylon og senere i Singapore. Det er ikke et ulykkeligt liv, men det er en gang imellem ensomt. En dag inviterer en ny veninde, Loveday Carey-Lewis, imidlertid Judith med hjem på weekend, og det bliver et vendepunkt. Lovedays hjem,Nancherrow, et stateligt hjem i Cornwall med den smukkeste beliggenhed, bliver også Judiths hjem, og Lovedays hjertevarme familie tager imod Judith med åbne arme.Men krigen trækker op i horisonten, og snart er de lykkelige dage i Cornwall blot et minde. For Judith bliver krigen, ligesom for så mange andre, fem lange år fyldt med gru og bekymring for familiens skæbne i Singapore, og vejen hjem er brolagt med tab.

A phenomenal, heartwarming tale by the much-loved Rosamunde Pilcher.Laura, newly married and ever conscious she may be living in the shadow of her husband Alec's first wife, decides to take a holiday with his family in Cornwall. Through the long hot summer days she is slowly charmed by the beautiful old house and the people she learns to know and love. In time her uneasy spirit is soothed by the sparkling, brilliant sea, and her restless heart finally calmed.But is this new-found tranquillity too good to be true? For with the arrival of an anonymous letter, one accusing her of having an affair, Laura's world is thrown into turmoil . . .

An absorbing new collection of stories from multi-million copy, international bestselling author Rosamunde Pilcher

Presents the story of Penelope Keeling and her family and the passion and heartbreak that have held them together for three generations. It is a story of love, courage and determination, and a painting which threatens to tear the Keeling family apart.

An emotive and timeless collection of short stories by the much-loved Rosamunde Pilcher.Through thick mist and a cold east wind, Lavinia returns to Scotland. Up at the big house Mrs Farquhar is dying. Seeing Lachlan again, Lavinia remembers her childhood holidays there: swimming in the loch, the picnics, bottle-feeding the lambs down at the farm and the evenings when they danced reels. Most of all, she remembers Mrs Farquhar's grandson Rory.In the house, as the old lady lies serene and beautiful in the bed she has slept in since coming home to Lachlan as a bride, Lavinia meets Rory once again.Flowers in the Rain is one of sixteen stories, each giving another magical glimpse into Rosamunde Pilcher's world. The world in which most would prefer to live all the time.

Perfect novella for a cold winter day by the much-loved Rosamunde Pilcher.At her dying mother's bedside, Rebecca Bayliss is shattered to learn of a family she never knew existed. Determined to find them, Rebecca journeys to Boscarva, a beautiful mansion in Cornwall, to meet a family torn by passion and greed. From her grandfather Grenville Bayliss, who is hiding an explosive secret, to a handsome cousin, whose kisses are dangerously seductive . . . to sensual craftsman Joss Gardner, whose past hints of intrigue, Rebecca becomes entangled in a family mystery . . . and unravelling it holds the key to her future and her heart.

A heartwarming story by the much-loved Rosamunde Pilcher.Virginia Keile has a secret dream. To have a second chance at loving the tall, handsome Cornish farmer she met - and foolishly lost - the heady summer she was a debutante. Life has taught Virginia a great deal in twenty-seven years - about wedding a titled bachelor picked out by her mother, about a lonely marriage that ended in her husband's accidental death, and about nearly losing her children to her husband's mother and bossy Nanny. Now she has come back to picturesque Cornwall to rent a battered seaside cottage. For herself and for the children. And to discover if this time she can fill an empty house with love.

A charming story by the much-loved Rosamunde Pilcher.Sitting on a California beach at summer's end, Jane Marsh thinks back to her childhood at the estate called Elvie in a remote corner of Scotland. She remembers not only the heather-covered hills and the lonesome loch, but her grandmother . . . and, of course, Sinclair. She has secretly dreamed of marrying rakishly handsome Sinclair and settling at Elvie forever. Then an urgent visit from her grandmother's lawyer becomes the catalyst for her return to Scotland . . . Where waiting for her is passion, not gentle love, and the chilling realisation that she may be ready to wed the wrong man.

A brilliant, timeless novel by the much-loved Rosamunde Pilcher.Emma Litton can't get on with her life until she finds out just what place she has in her father's heart. She'd been at school in Europe since she was fourteen, then found a job in Paris, always wondering what her famous artist father was doing in Japan or America or at their cottage in Cornwall. Even after she meets Robert Morrow, the handsome gallery owner, and rediscovers her step-brother, Christo, she still feels compelled to probe into the truth about her past. But Emma might learn too late that it is the truth about herself she has to find and that letting go is the first step to keeping love.

Sweet Mediterranean escapism by the much-loved Rosamunde Pilcher.Selina Bruce has impulsively left behind her lawyer fianc in London and flown alone to a tiny island off the Spanish coast. She is searching for the father she has never known, but what she finds is an unexpected truth about herself and the man she plans to marry. For exotic San Antonio offers Selina more than the penetrating brilliance of the noonday sun. It offers the mysterious George Dyer, who holds the key not only to her past . . . but to her heart.

A brilliant, timeless collection of short stories by the much-loved Rosamunde Pilcher.The big bedroom was lovely: all pale blue and white, satin and muslin, cool and airy, the windows looking out over the garden to the creek. But to fourteen-year-old Emily, beautiful though it was, it was all wrong. Her stepmother's bedroom now: everything changed since her own mother had died.And stretched out on the bed: Stephanie, very white and pained. The new baby on its way, a month early. All of a sudden, with her father away on business, Emily had to take charge, keep calm, ring for the doctor and the ambulance. The time for looking back had gone.The Blue Bedroom is just one of Rosamunde Pilcher's magical collection of stories. Stories that will enchant everyone who has read and loved The Shell Seekers.

A heartwarming novel by the much-loved Rosamunde Pilcher.Born in Colombo, Judith Dunbar spends her teenage years at boarding school, while her beloved mother and younger sister live abroad with her father.When her new friend Loveday Carey-Lewis invites Judith home for the weekend to Nancherrow, the Carey-Lewises' beautiful estate on the Cornish coast, it is love at first sight.She falls in love too with the generous Carey-Lewises themselves. With their generosity and kindness, Judith grows from naive girl to confident young woman, basking in the warm affection of a surrogate family whose flame burns brightly. But it is a flame soon to be extinguished in the gathering storm of war. And Judith herself has far to travel before at last . . . coming home.