Simons, Paullina 1963-

The bronze horseman : a novel by Paullina Simons( Book )
130 editions published between 1999 and 2018 in 14 languages and held by 1,724 libraries worldwide
"Leningrad 1941: the white nights of summer illuminate a city of fallen grandeur whose beautiful palaces and stately avenues speak of a different age, when Leningrad was known as St Petersburg. Two sisters, Tatiana and Dasha, share the same bed, living in one room with their brother and parents. It is a hard, impoverished life, yet the Metanovs know many who are not as fortunate as they. The family routine is shattered on 22 June 1941 when Hitler invades Russia. For the Metanovs, for Leningrad and for Tatiana, life will never be the same again. On the fateful day, Tatiana meets a brash young officer named Alexander. Tatiana and her family suffer as Hitler's army advances on Leningrad, and the Russian winter closes in. With bombs falling and the city under siege, Tatiana and Alexander are drawn to each other in an impossible love. It is a love that could tear Tatiana's family apart, a love that carries a secret that could mean death for anyone who hears it. Confronted on the one hand by Hitler's unstoppable war machine, and on the other by a Soviet system determined to crush the human spirit, Tatiana and Alexander are pitted against the very tide of history, at a turning point in the century that made the modern world. Mesmerizing from the very first page to the final, breathtaking end, The Bronze Horseman brings alive the story of two indomitable, heroic spirits and their great love that triumphs over the devastation of a country at war."--Taken from author's website

Red leaves by Paullina Simons( Book )
39 editions published between 1996 and 2017 in 7 languages and held by 1,266 libraries worldwide
Shocking mystery from the author of outstanding first novel Tully. Donna Tartt meets Patricia Cornwell. Four students and their relationships lie at the core of this dazzling novel of mystery, murder and suspense, set in a snowbound Ivy League College. Their focal point is brilliant basketball star Christina Kim - apparently happy and stable, but soon revealed to have hidden secrets. When she is found dead in the snow, it falls to local detective Spencer O'Malley, a man who had half fallen in love with her, to investigate the crime. The spotlight falls on her three closest friends - and a story as gothic and intense as a modern-day Wuthering Heights begins to unravel

Tully by Paullina Simons( Book )
51 editions published between 1994 and 2015 in 10 languages and held by 1,243 libraries worldwide
The story of a rebellious girl coping with adolescence. The locale is Topeka, Kansas, and the novel chronicles the girl's efforts to rise above her poverty and her low class origins. A tale of child abuse, incest, abortion and adultery

The summer garden by Paullina Simons( Book )
54 editions published between 2005 and 2014 in 11 languages and held by 1,028 libraries worldwide
Through years of war and devastation, Tatiana and Alexander suffered the worst the twentieth century had to offer. Reunited in America, they now have a son and a strong love. But with the Cold War rising, dark forces at work in their adopted country threaten their lives, their family, and their hard-won peace

Tatiana and Alexander : a novel by Paullina Simons( Book )
80 editions published between 2003 and 2017 in 9 languages and held by 916 libraries worldwide
Tatiana and Dasha Metanov are two sisters sharing a cramped apartment with their brother and parents in Stalin's Russia when Tatiana meets and falls in love with Alexander, "an officer in the Red Army whose self-confidence sets him apart from most Russian men and helps to conceal a mysterious and troubled past."--Jacket

Eleven hours by Paullina Simons( Book )
27 editions published between 1998 and 2015 in 4 languages and held by 820 libraries worldwide
A woman nine months pregnant is abducted from a shopping mall by a man who wants her baby. The novel describes the woman's terror as the spasms begin, the man planning to kill her after she gives birth

The girl in Times Square by Paullina Simons( Book )
39 editions published between 2003 and 2017 in 6 languages and held by 698 libraries worldwide
When her roommate and best friend disappears without a trace, New York college student Lily finds herself drawn to the detective investigating the case, until she finds answers that challenge everything she knows about herself

Road to paradise by Paullina Simons( Book )
17 editions published between 2003 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 452 libraries worldwide
Two young girls, fresh out of high school, take off on a road trip to California. On the way they pick up a young hitchhiker named Candy, and the journey quickly changes character. The three girls, uneasy and unlikely companions, find themselves on America's darkest roads, pursued by fear and betrayal. Slowly they learn that they cannot count on anything but each other. The road to Paradise, a story of intense friendship, fierce loyalty, and love, will take them to the last place they expect to be

Bellagrand by Paullina Simons( Book )
15 editions published between 2013 and 2015 in 4 languages and held by 445 libraries worldwide
"Gina and Harry gave up everything to be together. But they both want different things from their marriage, from life, from each other and from the shifting world around them. Gina, independent, compassionate, and strong, desperately wants a family. Harry, idealistic and fiercely political, wants to create a better world, a better country. At a crossroads and at cross-purposes, they pursue their opposing dreams at great cost to themselves and those near to them. Through years of passion and turmoil they rail, rage, and break each other's hearts, only to come face-to-face with a stark final choice that will forever determine their destiny. Their journey takes them through four decades and two continents, from extreme poverty to great wealth, from the wooden planks of the troubled immigrant town of Lawrence, Massachusetts, to the marble halls and secret doors of a mystical place called Bellagrand."--Page 4 of cover

Lone star by Paullina Simons( Book )
15 editions published between 2015 and 2016 in 4 languages and held by 418 libraries worldwide
Life isn't about the destination, but the journey... Chloe is eager to drink in the sights and sounds of the Old World as she embarks on a European adventure with her closest friends. Buried in the treasures of the fledgling post-Communist world, Chloe finds a charming American vagabond named Johnny, who carries a guitar, an easy smile - and a lifetime of secrets. As she and her unlikely travelling companions traverse the continent, a train trip becomes a treacherous journey into Europe's and Johnny's darkest past - a journey that shatters Chloe's future plans and puts in jeopardy everything she thought she wanted. From Treblinka to Trieste, from Carnikava to Krakow, the lovers and friends crack the facade that sustains their lifelong bonds to expose their truest, deepest desires and discover only one thing that's certain: whether or not they reach their destination, their lives will never be the same