Colleen Oakley

Mia Graydon's life looks picket-fence perfect; she has the house, the husband, and dreams of starting a family. Their relocation to small-town Pennsylvania comes with the usual challenges--finding a new job, new friends, new furniture--but the move is nothing the couple can't handle. That is, until Mia finally meets the stranger she has been dreaming about for a decade. And here's the catch: He's been dreaming of her, too. Now Mia must navigate the tangled web that fate has spun her and, with the help of the man of her dreams, go in search of answers. When diving into both of their pasts begins to unravel life in the present, Mia emerges with a single question: What if?

You Were There Too

“This is the hopeful book we all need right now. I loved it!”—Emily Giffin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Lies That Bind An Emily Giffin Book Club pick! A Southern Living Best Beach Read * A PopSugar Best Book of May * An Us Weekly Summer Beach Staple * A Frolic Under-the-Radar Book of May * An OK Magazine Best Summer Beach Read * An EW.com Best Book of Spring * A Country Living Can't Miss Beach Read * A LibraryReads Pick for May Sometimes all you need is one person to really see you. Piper Parrish's life on Frick Island—a tiny, remote town smack in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay—is nearly perfect. Well, aside from one pesky detail: Her darling husband, Tom, is dead. When Tom's crab boat capsized and his body wasn't recovered, Piper, rocked to the core, did a most peculiar thing: carried on as if her husband was not only still alive, but right there beside her, cooking him breakfast, walking him to the docks each morning, meeting him for their standard Friday night dinner date at the One-Eyed Crab. And what were the townspeople to do but go along with their beloved widowed Piper? Anders Caldwell’s career is not going well. A young ambitious journalist, he’d rather hoped he’d be a national award-winning podcaster by now, rather than writing fluff pieces for a small town newspaper. But when he gets an assignment to travel to the remote Frick Island and cover their boring annual Cake Walk fundraiser, he stumbles upon a much more fascinating tale: an entire town pretending to see and interact with a man who does not actually exist. Determined it’s the career-making story he’s been needing for his podcast, Anders returns to the island to begin covert research and spend more time with the enigmatic Piper—but he has no idea out of all the lives he’s about to upend, it’s his that will change the most. USA Today bestselling author Colleen Oakley delivers an unforgettable love story about an eccentric community, a grieving widow, and an outsider who slowly learns that sometimes faith is more important than the facts.

The Invisible Husband of Frick Island

A 28-year-old recluse with a unique allergy to physical contact with other people is forced to reenter the world after her mother's death, finding friendship with a 10-year-old troubled boy and love with his adoptive father.

A Novel

Close Enough to Touch

"A wildly entertaining road trip novel featuring a college dropout and an eighty-four-year-old woman off on the adventure of their lives, full of tremendous heart, wit, and wisdom from the USA Today bestselling author of The Invisible Husband of Frick Island Twenty-three-year-old Tanner Quimby needs a place to live. Preferably one where she can continue sitting around in sweatpants and playing video games nineteen hours a day. Since she has no credit or money to speak of, her options are limited, so when an opportunity to work as a live-in caregiver for an elderly woman falls into her lap, she takes it. One slip on the rug. That's all it took for Louise Wilt's daughter to demand that Louise have a full-time nanny living with her. Never mind that she can still walk fine, finish her daily crossword puzzle, and pour the two fingers of vodka she drinks every afternoon. Tanner wants nothing to do with the uptight old woman until she starts to notice things-weird things. Like, why does Louise keep her garden shed locked up tighter than a prison? And why is the local news fixated on an international jewelry thief that looks eerily like Louise? This is the (mostly) true story of a not-to-be-underestimated elderly woman who may have perpetuated one of the biggest jewelry heists in American history and an aimless young woman who-if they can outrun the mistakes of their past-might just have the greatest adventure of their lives"--

The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise

"A heartfelt novel in the bestselling tradition of P.S. I Love You about a young woman in Georgia with stage four breast cancer who undertakes a mission to find a "replacement wife" for her husband before she passes away" --

Before I Go

A Good Morning America Buzz Pick * A Marie Claire Book Club Pick for April * A Reader's Digest Book Club Pick for April * A LibraryReads Pick * One of Southern Living's Most Anticipated 2023 Releases * One of Today's Most Anticipated 2023 Releases An unforgettable pairing of a college dropout and an eighty-four-year-old woman on the run from the law in this story full of tremendous heart, humor, and wit from the USA Today bestselling author of The Invisible Husband of Frick Island. Twenty-one-year-old Tanner Quimby needs a place to live. Preferably one where she can continue sitting around in sweatpants and playing video games nineteen hours a day. Since she has no credit or money to speak of, her options are limited, so when an opportunity to work as a live-in caregiver for an elderly woman falls into her lap, she takes it. One slip on the rug. That’s all it took for Louise Wilt’s daughter to demand that Louise have a full-time nanny living with her. Never mind that she can still walk fine, finish her daily crossword puzzle, and pour the two fingers of vodka she drinks every afternoon. Bottom line: Louise wants a caretaker even less than Tanner wants to be one. The two start off their living arrangement happily ignoring each other until Tanner starts to notice things—weird things. Like, why does Louise keep her garden shed locked up tighter than a prison? And why is the local news fixated on the suspect of one of the biggest jewelry heists in American history who looks eerily like Louise? And why does Louise suddenly appear in her room, with a packed bag at 1 a.m. insisting that they leave town immediately? Thus begins the story of a not-to-be-underestimated elderly woman and an aimless young woman who—if they can outrun the mistakes of their past—might just have the greatest adventure of their lives.

The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise

Jubilee Jenkins hat das Haus seit neun Jahren nicht mehr verlassen. Sie leidet an einer sehr seltenen Krankheit – einer Allergie gegen Menschen. Nach einem beinahe tödlichen Kuss hat sie sich mit ihren zahllosen Büchern zurückgezogen. Als ihre Mutter jedoch überraschend stirbt, muss Jubilee sich wohl oder übel der Außenwelt stellen. Sie findet in der örtlichen Bibliothek nicht nur einen Job, sondern auch eine zweite Heimat und echte Freunde. Und als sie dem charmanten Eric und seinem eigensinnigen Adoptivsohn Aja begegnet, verspürt Jubilee zum ersten Mal wieder den Wunsch, jemandem wirklich nahezukommen. Doch die Berührung eines Menschen kann sie das Leben kosten ...

Roman

Die kuriosen Symptome der Liebe

Si j'ai appris une chose, c'est que l'amour est chaotique. Il ne nous est pas livré dans un joli paquet cadeau. Il ressemble plutôt au cadeau d'un enfant, tout froissé et gribouillé au crayon. Imparfait. Mais toujours un cadeau. Seulement, tous les cadeaux ne sont pas faits pour durer éternellement. Jubilee Jenkins souffre d'un mal extrêmement rare : elle est allergique au contact humain. Après avoir été embrassée par un garçon au lycée, elle se retrouve aux urgences à la suite d'un choc anaphylactique. Dès lors, elle décide de ne plus sortir de chez elle pendant des années. Mais à la mort de sa mère, Jubilee doit affronter le monde et les gens. Un jour, à la bibliothèque, elle fait la connaissance d'Eric Keegan et de son fils adoptif, un petit génie perturbé. Bien qu'Eric ne comprenne pas pourquoi Jubilee le tient à distance, il est sous le charme... De manière inattendue, leur rencontre va permettre à ce trio irrésistible de s'ouvrir à la vie et à l'amour.

La première fois qu'on m'a embrassée, je suis morte

Um romance emocionante sobre vida, morte e amor feito tanto para os leitores que gostam de rir quanto para os que preferem chorar. Na véspera do que esperava ser uma triunfante comemoração de três anos livre do câncer, Daisy sofre um golpe devastador: seu médico lhe diz que a doença está de volta, desta vez ainda mais agressiva. Tendo apenas de quatro a seis meses de vida, ela está apavorada com o que será de seu marido, Jack, quando não estiver mais lá para cuidar dele. Esse medo tira seu sono, até que uma solução lhe vem à mente: ela precisa encontrar outra mulher para ele. Com uma determinação singular, Daisy visita parques, cafeterias e sites de relacionamento à procura do par perfeito para Jack. Mas, à medida que avança em sua busca, ela se vê forçada a decidir o que é mais importante no curto tempo que lhe resta: a felicidade de seu marido ou a sua própria?

Antes de partir

Inte för nära

Jubilee Jenkins hat das Haus seit Jahren nicht verlassen, denn sie leidet an einer seltenen Krankheit – einer Allergie gegen Menschen. Als ein Junge sie an der Highschool küsste, erlitt sie einen anaphylaktischen Schock und wäre beinahe gestorben. Doch mit dem Tod ihrer Mutter muss Jubilee sich der gefürchteten Außenwelt stellen. Sie findet einen Job in der örtlichen Bibliothek und verliert langsam ihre Angst vor den Menschen. Und als sie dem charmanten Eric und seinem eigensinnigen Adoptivsohn begegnet, verspürt Jubilee zum ersten Mal den Wunsch, jemandem wirklich nahezukommen ... Bereits erschienen unter dem Titel "Die kuriosen Symptome der Liebe".

Zeit zu leben

A People and US Weekly Pick “An impressive feat…an immensely entertaining, moving, and believable read” (Atlanta Journal-Constitution), this debut novel in the bestselling tradition of P.S. I Love You revolves around a young woman with breast cancer who undertakes a mission to find a new wife for her husband before she passes away. Twenty-seven-year-old Daisy already beat breast cancer four years ago. How can this be happening to her again? On the eve of what was supposed to be a triumphant “Cancerversary” with her husband Jack to celebrate four years of being cancer-free, Daisy suffers a devastating blow: her doctor tells her that the cancer is back, but this time it’s an aggressive stage four diagnosis. She may have as few as four months left to live. Death is a frightening prospect—but not because she’s afraid for herself. She’s terrified of what will happen to her brilliant but otherwise charmingly helpless husband when she’s no longer there to take care of him. It’s this fear that keeps her up at night, until she stumbles on the solution: she has to find him another wife. With a singular determination, Daisy scouts local parks and coffee shops and online dating sites looking for Jack’s perfect match. But the further she gets on her quest, the more she questions the sanity of her plan. As the thought of her husband with another woman becomes all too real, Daisy’s forced to decide what’s more important in the short amount of time she has left: her husband’s happiness—or her own?

A Book Club Recommendation!

A sweet and sexy collection of colorful tear-out love notes to share. Nothing keeps a relationship fresh like finding irresistible, playful new ways to start something nice and naughty. And this pad full of perforated notes makes it easy to heat up your romance. Just tear one out, present it to your sweetheart (or "hide” it where it’s sure to be found), and watch things get started. The pad has 100 notes...so we guarantee 100 very special occasions!

100 Ways to Get Kisses, Cuddles and Some Really Great Sex

Love Notes

"This is the hopeful book we all need right now. I loved it "--Emily Giffin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Lies That Bind Sometimes all you need is one person to really see you. Piper Parrish's life on Frick Island--a tiny, remote town smack in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay--is nearly perfect. Well, aside from one pesky detail: Her darling husband, Tom, is dead. When Tom's crab boat capsized and his body wasn't recovered, Piper, rocked to the core, did a most peculiar thing: carried on as if her husband was not only still alive, but right there beside her, cooking him breakfast, walking him to the docks each morning, meeting him for their standard Friday night dinner date at the One-Eyed Crab. And what were the townspeople to do but go along with their beloved widowed Piper? Anders Caldwell's career is not going well. A young ambitious journalist, he'd rather hoped he'd be a national award-winning podcaster by now, rather than writing fluff pieces for a small town newspaper. But when he gets an assignment to travel to the remote Frick Island and cover their boring annual Cake Walk fundraiser, he stumbles upon a much more fascinating tale: an entire town pretending to see and interact with a man who does not actually exist. Determined it's the career-making story he's been needing for his podcast, Anders returns to the island to begin covert research and spend more time with the enigmatic Piper--but he has no idea out of all the lives he's about to upend, it's his that will change the most. USA Today bestselling author Colleen Oakley delivers an unforgettable love story about an eccentric community, a grieving widow, and an outsider who slowly learns that sometimes faith is more important than the facts.

Acclaimed author Colleen Oakley delivers a heart-wrenching and unforgettable love story about a woman who must choose between the man she loves and the man fate has chosen for her, in a novel that reminds us that the best life is one led by the heart.Mia Graydon's life looks picket-fence perfect; she has the house, her loving husband, and dreams of starting a family. But she has other dreams too--unexplained, recurring ones starring the same man. Still, she doesn't think much of it, until a relocation to small-town Pennsylvania brings her face to face with the stranger she has been dreaming about for years. And this man harbors a jaw-dropping secret of his own--he's been dreaming of her too. Determined to understand, Mia and this not-so-stranger search for answers. But when diving into their pasts begins to unravel her life in the present, Mia emerges with a single question--what if?

Notebook/Journal

La vie de Mia Graydon semble parfaite, tout droit sortie d'un rêve : elle a la maison idéale, un mari parfait et songe à fonder une famille. Mais, la nuit venue, elle fait un tout autre rêve qu'elle ne comprend pas et où apparaît toujours le même homme. Elle n'en fait pas grand cas jusqu'à son déménagement dans une petite ville de Pennsylvanie, où elle tombe nez à nez avec cet inconnu qui la hante depuis des années. Et cet homme lui révèle un secret stupéfiant : lui aussi a beaucoup rêvé d'elle. Résolue à percer ce mystère, Mia part en quête de réponses avec cet inconnu qui n'en est pas vraiment un. Mais alors que leurs incursions dans le passé commencent à affecter sa vie dans le présent, Mia ne se pose plus qu'une seule question : et si... ? Colleen Oakley, autrice saluée par la critique et lauréate du Prix des Lectrices 2019, nous livre une histoire d'amour touchante et inoubliable, celle d'une femme amenée à faire un choix entre l'homme qu'elle aime et celui que le destin lui envoie. Un roman qui nous rappelle qu'il faut toujours écouter son cœur.

La première fois que je t'ai rencontré, c'était en rêve

«Una sorpresa. I fan di Jojo Moyes lo ameranno.» Booklist Può davvero mancarti qualcosa che non hai mai avuto? Jubilee Jenkins non è una bibliotecaria qualsiasi. Ha una rarissima allergia al contatto umano: sfiorare la pelle di qualcun altro potrebbe letteralmente ucciderla. Ma dopo essersi ritirata in completa solitudine per quasi dieci anni, Jubilee decide di affrontare di nuovo il mondo, nonostante i rischi. Armata di guanti, maniche lunghe e della sua fedele bicicletta, finalmente si avventura oltre la porta, verso il proprio futuro. Anche Eric Keegan ha parecchi grattacapi. Ha una figlia che ha smesso di parlargli dopo che il suo matrimonio è naufragato e un figlio adottivo brillante ma problematico, che si esercita nel tentativo di riuscire a usare la telecinesi. Eric si sta sforzando di rimettere in sesto la propria vita e diventare il padre – e l’uomo – che vorrebbe disperatamente essere. Quando incontra casualmente al bancone della biblioteca Jubilee, molto bella ma eccentrica, non desidera altro che poterle stare accanto. Ben presto Jubilee ed Eric si troveranno a vivere qualcosa che sognano, ma che è totalmente fuori dalla loro portata. O forse no? Emozionante come Io prima di te Commovente come La risposta è nelle stelle «Una storia d’amore che diverte e fa battere il cuore.» Publishers Weekly «Una delle storie d’amore più intense e profonde dell’anno.» RealSimple «Colleen Oakley si rivela una maestra nell’intrecciare i fili di questa storia dai personaggi così affascinanti. Soprattutto Jubilee. I lettori faranno il tifo per lei e saranno felici dei suoi trionfi.» Kirkus Reviews Colleen Oakley Vive ad Atlanta e si dedica a tempo pieno alla scrittura. I suoi articoli, saggi e interviste sono stati pubblicati su «New York Times», «Ladies’ Home Journal», «Marie Claire», «Women’s Health », «Redbook», «Parade» e «Martha Stewart Weddings». Prima di pubblicare romanzi, è stata capoeditor di «Women’s Health» e senior editor di «Marie Claire». Confusa e innamorata è il suo primo libro pubblicato con la Newton Compton.

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