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Ein Neuanfang auf Island, eine Liebe auf Umwegen und ein großes Geheimnis von #1-Kindle-Bestsellerautorin Karin Lindberg. Sommer 2018: Von einem Tag auf den anderen kann Hannah Leopold ihren Traumberuf als Violinistin nicht mehr ausüben. Nach ihrer Scheidung nimmt sie sich ein Jahr Auszeit und reist nach Island. Auf dem Dachboden des kleinen Küstenhauses, in dem sie dort wohnt, findet sie Zeichnungen mit einer Küstenseeschwalbe darauf, die sie tief berühren, weil sie sie an die Kunstwerke ihrer Mutter erinnern.

It’s World War II, and Smith sisters Briar and Ginny are faced with the impossible task of holding their failing family farm together as the US army arrives on their island. In an attempt for normalcy, the sisters start a book club that quickly grows in numbers and becomes a lifeline for the women who remain on the island. That is, until a German soldier's arrival casts shadows of doubt and danger. Who can they really trust in their tight-knit community?

Once the most charming rake in London, John Aubin lost everything when he overheard a powerful earl’s fraudulent dealings. Branded a liar and cast out of society, he now lives under an assumed name, working in the very orphanage the earl owns. But Aubin’s purpose isn’t charity—it’s revenge. Sober and focused for the first time in his life, he plans to expose the earl’s corruption and reclaim his good name. Nothing will stand in his way—until he meets her.

Edward Marquand knew he was playing with fire, but he just didn't care. The heart wants what the heart wants, and for Eddie, that was Sally, his father's light-skinned slave. Sally and Edward enjoyed a passionate, lustful love affair, but each knew how dangerous their dalliance was... especially his identical twin brother, John.

Auftakt der fesselnden und herzergreifenden Familiensaga am Amazonas. Eine Dilogie über eine verbotene Liebe, die Macht der Familie und die Wunder, an die wir immer glauben sollten. 1896: Taya wächst in einem der Lager des preußischen Kautschukbarons Heinrich Lorenz am Amazonas auf. Ihr Bruder und ihr Vater gehören zu den vielen Indigenen, die auf den Plantagen arbeiten müssen. Eine Begegnung mit Heinrichs Ehefrau führt zu Tayas Anstellung im luxuriösen Anwesen des Barons. Sie soll als Zofe angelernt werden und trifft bald auf die beiden Söhne des Hauses: Karl und Paul Lorenz.

La casualidad es capaz de unir a las almas más dispares en el momento menos propicio para ello. La vida de Gabriella siempre estuvo marcada por las decisiones de los demás, quienes obraron a su antojo, haciéndola caer en un abismo de desgracia y sufrimiento. Cuando solo era una niña, fue vendida por su propio abuelo a un hombre desaprensivo y malvado; cinco años después, quiere deshacerse de ella del mismo modo. Pero hay algo que solo sabe ella misma: un secreto, un sueño que la alienta a combatir los envites de la vida y que la ayuda a sobrevivir.

Nada podría cambiarlo para bien. Excepto, quizás, ella. Seductor como un pecado mortal, Lucien Wrenn, el duque de Luhst, puede tentar a cualquier mujer para que acuda a su cama. Pero la hermana pequeña de su mejor amigo, la marisabidilla y científica lady Chastity Perrin, es el fruto prohibido. Y Lucien se ha pasado la vida entera anhelando probarla. Chastity siempre ha amado a Lucien, pero el niño atento que siempre quiso creció para convertirse en un canalla descuidado.

Zwischen Pferderennen und Debütantinnenbällen trifft ein Lord auf seine Jugendliebe. Flammen, die er längst verloschen glaubte, werden neu entfacht. Belinda Dudley hat ihre unglückliche erste Liebe nie vergessen. Eine Vernunftehe hat sie neun Jahre lang von dem Mann ferngehalten, der ihr Herz gebrochen hat. Als sie frisch verwitwet ihre junge Nichte in die Londoner Gesellschaft einführen soll, kann sie ein erneutes Aufeinandertreffen nicht verhindern. Was soll nach so langer Zeit schon passieren? Baron Quentin Trent ist einer der begehrtesten Lords der Londoner Damenwelt.

Eine junge Gouvernante, ein Schloss mit einem dunklen Geheimnis und eine Liebe, die nicht sein darf. Tamara Easterbrook ist Gouvernante und wollte schon immer in einem Schloss arbeiten. Ihr Wunsch geht in Erfüllung, als sie zu den Asbridges kommt. Sie verliebt sich in das Gemälde des verstorbenen ältesten Sohns der Familie, das sie jeden Tag sieht. Aber niemand redet über die Umstände seines Todes. Plötzlich geschehen mysteriöse Ereignisse. Die Bewohner schieben es auf den Geist des alten Earls, der angeblich im Schloss spuke. Doch Tamara glaubt nicht an Geister.

Bell tuner Jory Tremayne has never been more certain of anything than his love for Miss Anna Pepper, despite her fancy dresses and insensible footwear. But when he offered his heart five years ago, she ran off with it and left him alone beneath a midnight moon. Now, he’s finally resolved to stop mourning her loss and find a lass who will take him and his fish-scented dog. Miss Anna Pepper has left a trail of jilted suitors behind her, but she’s never forgotten Jory Tremayne.

With Lord Blakely off on a mission to recover the Waverly heiress, and the Duke of Hawkhurst on his honeymoon, only Emmett and Lord Cortland are left to man the Home Office, which makes it difficult when both are sent on missions of their own. The Earl of Billingswood, Lord Cortland’s uncle, offers help where he can but is not actually employed there. They need someone else they can trust to head up the office while they are away. Mrs. Penelope Smythe uses her position as headmistress at the St. Joseph’s convent school as a front for her work.

She's loved since she was a girl and this is her last chance to convince him they belong together. He's a hardened knight who resents being asked to escort his liege's widowed sister-in-law to the nunnery. Brant of Tournay and Rosalind of Bamburgh finally admit what they mean to each other in this only one horse, roadtrip romance. He's determined to resist her. Until he isn't.

"Find Ginger's shoes." Nancy says those three words to her daughter on the day before she dies. And with those words a bloodless mystery begins, one which contains a treasure left by a famous actress/dancer from the nineteen thirties, a love triangle with a twist, the deathbed wish, and a path to uncover secrets about a family that will change Nancy's daughter's life forever. Ginger's Shoes is set by Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey—a beautiful body of water with a fascinating history.

Spinster, sweet Spinster... Isabella Lambert is a nice person. She is biddable, polite, soft-spoken, and eager to please. She also happens to be a spinster, and one of the writers of the infamous Spinster Chronicles, where she is less polite, more outspoken, and may not please anyone. Izzy also has a secret that only one person knows, and that one person may hold the key to its success. Sebastian Morton finds Izzy Lambert fascinating. She is the perfect mentor for his younger sister as well as a capable and charming friend for him.

Laura ha cambiado de empleo y ahora trabaja en un periódico de los grandes. Por eso no es nada fácil que su jefe acepte que se marche unos días a Escocia para la boda de Julia. Un extraño sueño desata una cadena de acontecimientos que harán que su vida cambie para siempre. El destino tiene preparado algo muy especial para ella.

Isabella Whitaker, condesa de Kylemore, ha jurado proteger a su familia a cualquier precio, una promesa hecha a su moribundo abuelo, el duque de Badersfield. Pero su destino da un giro inesperado cuando se cruza con Caleb Walpole, un hombre hecho a sí mismo, despreciado por la alta sociedad, y conocido por su salvaje reputación. Acuciada por los problemas, Isabella está dispuesta a sacrificarlo todo, incluso a entregarse a Caleb, a pesar de su oscuro pasado.

Euphemia Templeton can't wait to put the London season behind her forever, but before she can retire to the country in blessed obscurity, she has one final promise to keep. She must find a proper match for Lady Harriett Fairmont, who is embarking on her second season. Matchmaking is easy for a lady with Phee's skills, but when Harriett's elder brother James, the arrogant, infuriating, and far too handsome Earl of Fairmont accompanies his sister to London, she soon has cause to regret her promise.

Texas Ranger Matt Taggert has good reason to believe that Ellie-May Blackwell’s late husband was responsible for a stagecoach holdup. He’s here to see justice done…and find the fortune the thief stashed away in the process. Shaken by her encounter, Ellie-May vows to protect her late husband’s reputation at all costs. Having grown up an outlaw’s daughter, she’ll do anything to save her children from the kind of life she led.

In the fall of 1910, a violent patriarch with many enemies is murdered, freeing his long-suffering wife and four misfit children. Can a secret matchmaking plan find love for the eccentric members of the Tutheridge family?

Devastated after both my fiancée and best friend betrayed me, I traveled to a distant isle in the Pacific Northwest, clinging to a job as an artist's assistant to escape my broken heart. Little did I know that I would find something else entirely when I met Briggs Tutheridge. His kindness and sensitivity were not at all what I expected. Still, his reputation was well-known and notorious, with bevies of admirers who wanted nothing more than a brief affair. That wasn't me. I was a wallflower destined to live in the shadows, and no amount of wishing could change that.