Böcker av Lisa Edward

Life had always been good to me, and I made sure to keep it that way. My mom had given me the only tool I'd need to succeed-manipulation. Add to that the fact I was beautiful, confident, and rich, and I was on my way to having it all. My name is Annabelle, and I was the stereotypical head cheerleader, dating the star quarterback. The school was mine, and I couldn't wait to be crowned prom queen. One night, my world changed forever. All I believed my future would hold was ripped from my grasp in a ball of flames. I lost my identity, my boyfriend, and my friends. Suddenly, I was the monster nobody wanted around. A scarf hid my true identity, and I was left staring at the beast in the mirror. My appearance now matched the ugliness I once had inside, but I'd do everything I could to prove I still had some beauty buried deep within.Sometimes, you have to lose who you are to become who you were meant to be.

According to the Oxford Dictionary, the definition of dance [da: ns] is "to move rhythmically to music, typically following a set sequence of steps." Technically, that's true, but dance is so much more. What the dictionary doesn't mention is that the movement comes from within you, from the very depths of your soul, that place that holds all your hopes and fears, all your loves and losses. Dance is a form of expression, of all the emotions that make us who we are.Jasmine Wilkinson: I've finally made it ... only six years later than expected. New York promises to be the experience of a lifetime, and if I'm lucky enough, a chance to dance on Broadway and fulfill a lifelong desire. After graduating from Boston Conservatory, I'd intended to meet the love of my life, Baxter Sampson, in the city that never sleeps, and share the rest of my life with him. But sometimes dreams don't go as planned, and we have to make new ones. I know Bax would have made it big; he was such a phenomenal dancer. I wish I could have been there to see it happen, but I can't wait to catch a Broadway show and see his name in lights. Maybe he'll still remember me.Baxter Sampson: Eight years in New York have all but stolen my dreams from me. After years of auditioning for every contemporary ballet production in New York, I had to admit defeat. I wasn't good enough to make it on Broadway. I wasn't good enough for Jasmine, the only girl I've ever loved, to keep her promise and meet me here after she graduated six years ago. So my plans changed-they had to. But when there's an inexplicable force driving you to perform, you have to catch the spotlight wherever you can, even if it's in the last place you expected to find it. My life had always revolved around Jaz and dance, my two true passions. I've already lost one-I can't lose the other.

For one aspiring writer, the Hamptons is the perfect place to start over and rediscover her creative spark, but she doesn't expect to find a second chance at love with the mysterious man who lives next door, in this gripping emotional read by the author of The Songbird Trilogy.After giving up my dream of becoming a writer in favor of a marriage that was destined to fail, I'd been given a second chance. A chance to discover if after seven years, free-spirited Evie Rivers still lay beneath the surface.For eight weeks, it would be just me, my laptop, and the wintry Hamptons landscape. No distractions, no interruptions. At least, that was the plan. Until he came along.Adam Walker. He was a smart, sexy Englishman hell bent on helping me find what I had lost: myself. He laughed easily and found the good in every situation, but I couldn't help wondering what sadness lay behind the smile that slipped when he let his guard down.Suddenly, though eight weeks doesn't feel like long enough, maybe eight weeks can be all it takes to change your life forever.