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Norway, 1940. Liv has lived a quiet life on her family farm, dreaming of a happy life after the war is finally over. But all of her dreams vanish when the Nazi soldiers arrive in her village and a senior officer see something special in her... something that Hitler and the high command in Berlin is desperate to have at any cost. England, 1968. Agnes, although made orphan from the war, has grown up happy in the quiet wealth of the English countryside, raised by her adoring grandfather to be a perfect lady.

Cassandra Zerek is a true innocent in a wild and dangerous place—but her indomitable spirit and gentle soul make her stronger than anyone suspects. The owner of a Colorado mining empire, Luke Taggart's wealth and position can buy him anything, yet he has grown bored with a life of saloons, gambling, and loose women. Nothing soothes his restless inner yearning—until he spies Cassandra, as fresh and pure as a spring morning, and vows he will possess her.

Jack Barlow has a dream. For generations his family have been in service at Trenwith Estate. If he can survive the ravages of war, he’ll return home to build his own mechanic business and become master of his own destiny. Louise Saint-Claire is battling against the odds to run her family farmhouse in German occupied France after her abusive husband is taken prisoner by the Germans. She is determined to survive this brutal and bloody war. But fate throws Jack and Louise together when she finds the wounded British soldier and she decides to risk everything to keep him safe

After becoming pregnant out of wedlock, only to find out her betrothed was already married, Kathy feared for her future. Her mother agreed to pass off baby Dennis as her own, treating Kathy as his older sister instead. Then a chance meeting with Alisdair, a handsome RAF airman, changes everything. They grow close quickly, but when Kathy believes Alisdair has discovered her secret, she runs away from heartbreak by joining the Auxiliary Territorial Service.

When German forces invade the Channel Islands and the citizens of Jersey are cut off from the rest of the UK, the islands’ residents bond together to resist the enemy. East London native Helen Bowman was never meant to be here, but when she found herself alone and pregnant her beloved aunt’s home in Jersey was the only place she could go. But now, as the enemy start rounding up anyone not born on the island to be sent to a camp on the continent, Helen is forced to rely on the kindness of strangers, like her new friend Peggy Hamel, to keep herself and her son hidden.

Summer 1999: Twentysomething Sawyer is striving to make it in New York. Between her assistant job in publishing, her secret dreams of becoming a writer, and her upcoming wedding to her college boyfriend, her is plate full. Only one problem: She is facing an incredibly lonely summer as her fiancé has been spending longer and longer hours at work...with an all-too-close female colleague, Kendra. When Kendra's boyfriend, Nick, invites Sawyer to meet up and compare notes about their suspicions, the meeting goes awry.

Die Fortsetzung der Familiensaga um eine große Liebe zur Zeit des Ersten Weltkriegs von Kindle-#1-Bestsellerautorin Margit Steinborn. Du hast mich gefunden, doch schon beginnt der Sommer, lange Schatten zu werfen... Berlin, 1914. Isa und Henning träumen von einer gemeinsamen Zukunft, doch die Wirklichkeit schiebt sich unbarmherzig zwischen sie. Die gesellschaftlichen Schranken der Kaiserzeit prägen das Leben in der Hauptstadt und der Krieg fordert erste Opfer. Aus Pflichtgefühl verlobt die Arbeitertochter Isa sich mit ihrem Freund Viktor.

London 1903. Der Vater der jungen Spanierin Isabel hat mit dem Import von Rosinen aus der Heimat ein Vermögen gemacht. An ihrem einundzwanzigsten Geburtstag eröffnet er ihr, dass sie Rafael heiraten soll, den Sohn eines Rosinenbarons, den sie schon seit ihrer Kindheit verabscheut. Auf sich allein gestellt, kann Isabel sich das Studium an der Londoner Kunstakademie nicht leisten. Sie hat keine andere Wahl, als ihren Traum zu begraben und an Bord des Schiffes zu gehen, das sie zurück nach Dénia bringen wird.

Mitreißend, fesselnd und schonungslos authentisch... ein von Zeitzeugenberichten inspirierter Roman über eine unmögliche Liebe und den Mut zu Menschlichkeit in unmenschlichen Zeiten. Bis heute verkörpert die Berliner Luftbrücke eines der dramatischsten und gewagtesten historischen Ereignisse der Nachkriegszeit, positionierte Ost gegen West, und zementierte den Kalten Krieg gegen Sowjetrussland. Ohne die Hilfe der amerikanischen und britischen Alliierten wären zwei Millionen Berliner dem diktatorischen Regime Stalins in die Hände gefallen, und die Zukunft Europas wäre vielleicht ganz anders verlaufen.

Tegen de achtergrond van wereldoorlogen, politieke schandalen en maatschappelijke onrust proberen opeenvolgende generaties uit de familie Clifton hun weg te vinden. In een verhaal dat decennia en continenten omspant, laat Jeffrey Archer je meeleven met hun lotgevallen en brengt hij op grandioze wijze een voorbij tijdperk tot leven. In 1957 krijgt Sebastian Clifton een beurs voor Cambridge, en daarmee zet een nieuwe generatie Cliftons de familiesaga voort.

Rose Pepper has kept her wartime past a secret for decades. Forty years ago, she fled communist Prague and left behind the love of her life. Now in her sixties and with two daughters, Rose discovers a bundle of unopened letters sent to her by her lost love. Confronted with the possibility of facing up to her past, she decides it’s finally time to go back to where her story began and uncover the truth that has been buried for so long…

In this steamy romance novel set just as WWI is ending, Ava, a beautiful young woman, and Irish immigrant, initially explores her irresistible and alluring power over men with Alistar, a handsome sailor. Soon Ava learns she is pregnant, but before she can tell Alistar, his ship sets sail. Ava finds herself desperate growing up poor in America as an Irish immigrant during prohibition with little to no support from her family.

Bea Bell has lived in Grenada her whole life... until she meets handsome surveyor Patrick Anderson. The two are quickly swept up in a whirlwind romance that takes them across the crumbling Empire. But not everyone is as accepting of their interracial marriage. And soon they are faced with an impossible decision, one that threatens to tear them apart...

As the formation of Glacier National Park takes Eleanor Briggs and her conservationist father on a journey west to advocate for public lands, her heart carries the weight of a painful past. Since the death of her mother, she has spent her life traveling the country with her father and helping him with his work, but now he’s considering settling down and writing a book—and she’s not sure what that means for her future.

England, 1941. Reunited briefly with her husband-to-be before he returns to fighting, Lily Baker now finds her mundane army office work dreary. But when her boss asks her to keep watch on the happenings at the depot, she quickly suspects a new weapons supplier of fraud. As she trains her sharp eye on the potential cheat, she agrees to help an unmarried colleague with an unexpected pregnancy. But when, without evidence, she is accused of being the one with child, she faces hard decisions.

Santa Montefiore keert terug naar het prachtige Ierland in het zesde, los te lezen boek over de familie Deverill. Cavan Court, 1865, Ballinakelly, Ierland. Eliza Fairfield is niet zoals haar drie oudere zussen, die ervan dromen te trouwen met een van de knappe, welgestelde broers Deverill en het huishouden bestieren op het statige kasteel. Eliza droomt liever weg in haar eigen sprookjeswereld. Maar dan raakt ze verstrikt in een onmogelijke driehoeksverhouding, waarin ook de Deverills een rol spelen. 1925.

Though the century began with such promise, it is 1910 when Mira Dean’s hopes of being a wife and mother are dashed to pieces. Her fiancé dead from tuberculosis, Mira resigns herself to being a spinster schoolteacher—until Gordon Covington shows up. No longer the boy she knew from school, Gordon is now a preacher who is full of surprises. First, he asks Mira to come to Sourwood in Eastern Kentucky to teach at his mission school. Second, he asks her to marry him. Just like that.

Matriarch Kitty Conlon is missing her son Patrick, proud but fearful of the fate of his Spitfire, while spinster Mavis welcomes a new lodger, WAAF Anna Carswell who is delighted by the Weaver Street welcome after a loveless childhood. At number nine, Maggie Stubbs worries nightly as her daughter Lily patrols the streets to protect the neighbours during air raids in her role as ARP Warden, and when an unexploded bomb is discovered at the allotment, danger comes terrifyingly close to Weaver Street.

El último libro de la arrolladora serie histórica de la autora número 1 en ventas del Sunday Times. Marrakech, 1966. En la oscuridad del traqueteante tren nocturno que atraviesa Marruecos, la estudiante Vicky Baudin busca la verdad sobre su misteriosa abuela, que dio a su padre en adopción décadas atrás. Clemence Petier vive en una kasbah en lo alto del Atlas, donde guarda celosamente su pasado. Mientras se prepara para recibir a una nieta desconocida, aparece alguien de su infancia que amenaza su identidad y su libertad.

Wealthy landowner, Hadan Rose, is dying. His daughter, May, rushes to his country estate, Rose Park, with her daughter, Rachel, to nurse him through his final days. In the afternoons, while Hadan sleeps, May tells Rachel about her wartime experiences.