Bøker av Nick Alexander

Dawn and Rob were never meant to be together.

She ran away from the truth, but she can't run forever.Seven years after his sister vanished without a trace, Jude is on the road, determined not to return home until he has found her. He wants to reunite his broken family, but more than this he wants to know why Zoe left--what happened when they were kids, on that terrible day when everything fell apart.They'd been enjoying the funfair--grasping a rare moment of happiness following their parents' divorce--when after a ride together, Zoe had stopped speaking to her mother's new partner. Though Mandy believed he was the man she'd waited all her life for, her love for her daughter trumped even that, and soon suspicions of an unthinkable betrayal shattered the family.So finding Zoe would be just the start. If Jude can find her, then what happens next will depend on the story she's been carrying with her all these years. Because when families are destroyed by dark secrets, can the wounds ever truly heal?

Volume 5 in the 50 Reasons series but can be read as an independent novel.Sleight Of Hand finds Mark living in Colombia with Ricardo.But there is more to Colombia than paradisiacal beaches and salsa music, and though Mark believes Ricardo to be his perfect soul mate he is torn between the security of home and the rich tapestry of his Colombian lifestyle. When a friend's mother dies, Mark hopes that attending the funeral will enable him to decide where his future lies but no sooner does Mark set foot in England than bonds of love and obligation from the past begin to envelop him with such force that he wonders not only if his relationship with Ricardo will survive, but if he will ever be able be break free again.In Sleight of Hand, Nick Alexander weaves universal themes of honesty and happiness, desire and obligation into a rich narrative we can all identify with - a narrative that prompts laughter and tears, frequently on the same page."Is it just my imagination, or are Nick Alexander's novels getting darker? They're certainly getting better, and considering the high standard and huge popularity of his first, that's no mean feat. This isn't just a great piece of gay fiction. It's a great book, period." - Paul Burston, author of The Gay Divorcee"Sleight of Hand is novelist Nick Alexander's latest volume following the life of the now beloved character Mark. It is a tender,deeply moving portrait of what it means to be gay in the twenty-first century. Alexander has looked beyond stereotypical representations of sexuality, both gay and straight, to show us the infinite possibilities of what love, family and belonging truly mean. It re-imagines the boundaries of gay fiction and inspires us to re-evaluate our lives. A subtle, deeply moving examination of the ways we can re-imagine our lives." - Alex Hopkins, Out There magazine

The hotly anticipated sequel to Nick Alexander's bestseller The Half-Life of HannahIf finding true love meant giving up everything else, what would you do?When Hannah and Cliff's fifteen-year marriage falls apart, it seems almost impossible to start again. While Hannah tries to reconcile the warring factions of her heart, torn between a pre-teen son and a romantic love half a world away, Cliff struggles to face up to issues he has suppressed since adolescence in the hope of finding happiness in a confusing world.Amid the turmoil of separation, and with their son, Luke, caught in the crossfire, both Hannah and Cliff face the challenge of rebuilding their lives. To make the other halves of their lives count, they will need courage and determination. To build new relationships, they will need to dare to love again.Other Halves beautifully maps the break-up of a couple, with all the tough choices and heartache it entails, but above all it is a touching story of self-discovery, finding new love and beginning life afresh.

When Hannah succeeds in convincing husband Cliff to rent a villa in the south of France for a summer vacation, she's expecting little more than a pleasant few weeks with her family. When a phone call at the villa announces the imminent arrival of a ghost from her past, the ambiance is transformed into a raging sea of jealousy.