Bøker av Tracey Garvis Graves

New York Times bestselling author of On the Island, Tracey Garvis Graves, presents the compelling, hopelessly romantic novel of unconditional love.Annika Rose is an English major at the University of Illinois. Anxious in social situations where she finds most people's behavior confusing, she'd rather be surrounded by the order and discipline of books or the quiet solitude of playing chess.Jonathan Hoffman joined the chess club and lost his first game-and his heart-to the shy and awkward, yet brilliant and beautiful Annika. He admires her ability to be true to herself, quirks and all, and accepts the challenges involved in pursuing a relationship with her. Jonathan and Annika bring out the best in each other, finding the confidence and courage within themselves to plan a future together. What follows is a tumultuous yet tender love affair that withstands everything except the unforeseen tragedy that forces them apart, shattering their connection and leaving them to navigate their lives alone. Now, a decade later, fate reunites Annika and Jonathan in Chicago. She's living the life she wanted as a librarian. He's a Wall Street whiz, recovering from a divorce and seeking a fresh start. The attraction and strong feelings they once shared are instantly rekindled, but until they confront the fears and anxieties that drove them apart, their second chance will end before it truly begins.

A feel-good, emotional love story with a difference, about an unusual couple separated by tragedy and brought back together by chance.

Thirty-four-year-old Wren Waters believes that if you pay attention, the universe will send youexactly what you need. But her worldview shatters when the universe delivers two life-alteringblows she didn't see coming, and all she wants to do is put the whole heartbreaking mess behindher. No one is more surprised than Wren when she discovers that geocaching-the outdooractivity of using GPS to look for hidden objects-is the only thing getting her out of bed and outof her head. She decides that a weeklong solo quest geocaching in Oregon is exactly what sheneeds to take back control of her life.Enter Marshall Hendricks, a psychologist searching for distraction as he struggles with a life-altering blow of his own. Though Wren initially rebuffs Marshall's attempt at hiker small talk,she's beyond grateful when he rescues her from a horrifying encounter farther down the trail. Inthe interest of safety, Marshall suggests partnering up to look for additional caches. Wren's nolonger quite so trusting of the universe-or men in general-but her inner circle might argue thata smart, charismatic psychologist isn't the worst thing the universe could place in her path.What begins as a platonic road trip gradually blossoms into something deeper, and the moreWren learns about Marshall, the more she wants to know. Now all she can do is hope that theuniverse gets it right this time.

Local police officer Daniel Rush had it all until a tragic accident took away everything he cherished. Then he pulls over Claire Canton. Claire is at a crossroads in her marriage. Downsized during the recession, her husband Chris copes by retreating to a dark place where no one can reach him, not even Claire. She's left feeling she has nowhere to turn. Until she and Daniel run into each other again -- and then it doesn't take long before Claire and Daniel are in way over their heads and skating close to a line that Claire has sworn she'll never cross...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER As romantic as One Day, you won't be able to put down this love story with a twist . . .When thirty-year-old English teacher Anna Emerson is offered a summer job tutoring T.J. Callahan at his family's holiday home in the Maldives, she accepts without hesitation - a tropical island beats the library any day.T.J. has no desire to leave town, not that anyone asked him. He's almost seventeen and if having had cancer wasn't bad enough, he now has to spend his first summer in remission with his family instead of his friends.But while en-route to the Maldives, Anna and T.J. tragedy strikes when the pilot of their seaplane suffers a fatal heart attack and crash-lands in the Indian Ocean. Marooned on an uninhabited island, Anna and T.J. have to work together just to survive. But as the days turn to weeks, months and years, Anna begins to wonder if the biggest challenge of all might be living with a boy who is gradually becoming a man...