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Geneva Ashcroft Hayes's marriage to a newspaper mogul might have been arranged, but the New York socialite is devastated when her husband's plane crashes a few short months after their nuptials. When the authorities suspect murder, Geneva sets out on a wild mission to find his killer-and to prove it wasn't her!

The Great War is over, and the inhabitants of Raumsey Island struggle to regain their livelihood. Seventeen-year-old Annie Reid is a spirited, ambitious girl, determined not to end up a herring gutter or go into service. Annie befriends a young schoolteacher, Alexander Garcia, who promises to help her further her education but, after tragedy strikes, Annie pursues a nursing career amidst the political complexity of Glasgow.

Het zesde deel van de decennia en continenten omspannende Clifton-serie. Wie er eenmaal aan begint raakt verslaafd en wil zo snel mogelijk verder lezen! Tegen de achtergrond van wereldoorlogen, politieke schandalen en maatschappelijke onrust proberen opeenvolgende generaties van 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.

Eindelijk! Het langverwachte laatste deel van de Clifton-serie. Tegen de achtergrond van wereldoorlogen, politieke schandalen en maatschappelijke onrust proberen opeenvolgende generaties van 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.

For Squadron Leader Alex Everton dogfights in his Spitfire have become his way of life. He knows every time he goes up in the air, he might not make it home again, but he’ll keep fighting anyway. The boys in blue seem to be winning the Battle of Britain, but during a raid over Dieppe the Luftwaffe gain the upper hand and Alex’s spitfire is shot down. Alex expects to either drown in the water beneath him or be incarcerated in a German prisoner of war camp. Instead, he becomes an evader, dodging the enemy as he tries to get back home to Blighty.

Ein verpasster Kuss, zwei verlorene Jahrzehnte, eine Liebe, die nie zu erlöschen scheint. Die gefühlvolle und ergreifende Liebesroman-Reihe über Willem und Sophie geht weiter. Eine wunderschöne und tiefgründige Geschichte aus der Feder der Bestseller-Autorin Emilia Flynn. "Strangers Now" ist die fesselnde Geschichte von Sophie und Willem, zwei Seelen, die sich trotz aller Widrigkeiten nicht loslassen können. Fast zwanzig Jahre zuvor haben sie sich ihre Gefühle gestanden, doch das Schicksal und ihre eigene Mutlosigkeit stehen einer gemeinsamen Zukunft im Weg.

Der Roman "Das Flüstern des Lebens" von Bestseller-Autorin Katharina Fuchs erzählt die wahre Geschichte einer späten großen Liebe. Isabelle erfährt erst nach dem Tod ihrer Tante Corinna von ihrem unerwarteten Erbe - einer Kaffeeplantage in Tansania. Noch ahnt sie nicht, dass dieses Vermächtnis mehr als ein Stück Land und ein altes Farmhaus birgt, nämlich ihre zweite Chance auf ein neues, erfülltes Leben. Mitten in der atemberaubenden Natur führt das Schicksal Isabelle eines Tages mit Frank zusammen, dem Piloten einer Propellermaschine, die auf der Sandpiste ihrer Plantage landet.

America, prima metà del Novecento. Tra strade infiammate dagli operai in rivolta e l'eco della Rivoluzione russa che promette la libertà dall'oppressione del capitalismo, Gina e Harry rincorrono il loro amore, che sembra non avere futuro. Troppo diversi i loro mondi, troppo lontane le loro aspettative: lei, immigrata dalla Sicilia quando era ancora una ragazzina, è tutta concretezza e istinto; lui, rampollo di una facoltosa famiglia con cui ha tagliato i ponti, è un sognatore infervorato dall'utopia comunista.

Monte Carlo, 1982. The odds of a man like Marco de Noli falling for a girl like me were a million to one. He's old money, a classic European jet set, a master of the universe. When we met, I was a shy girl from Oklahoma, pretty enough but nowhere near his league. One year later, after he stands me up on our first anniversary, I have to face facts. Our marriage was a mistake. My in-laws think I'm a gold digger, Marco lives at the office, and nights of passion aren't enough. There's nothing keeping me in Monte Carlo.

The long, hot summer bakes the sleepy, Southern town of Orchard Hill. Billy Ray Davenport, an aspiring physician and only son of an indomitable traveling minister, is a young man with a plan that starts with working in a small-town doctor’s office before he begins medical school in the fall. But he never bargained for Lizzie Quinlan—a complex, kindred spirit who is beautiful and compassionate, yet scorned by the townsfolk. With her quirky wisdom and a spine of steel hidden beneath an effortless sensuality, Lizzie is about to change Billy Ray’s life—and his heart—forever.

As the Great War rages across Europe, twenty-one-year-old Ruby Archer decides to ‘do her bit’ at an East End munitions factory. The work is relentless and deafening, but the camaraderie of the other girls carries her through. As the threat of another Zeppelin attack grows by the day, Ruby cannot ignore the abandoned animals scavenging the local streets. She rescues a stray kitten, Tess, and takes in an injured terrier Mac, but when all the local cats mysteriously disappear, she knows she needs to do more, and with the help of her friends plans to open a weekly animal clinic.

When World War II breaks out, Carrie Anderson sets up a bookstall at her local train station in the hope of providing a sense of escapism for travellers, troops and evacuees. Driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and armed with a colourful array of Penguin paperbacks, Carrie’s business soon booms. And when she gifts a book to a dashing officer, an act of kindness becomes the beginning of Carrie’s very own love story. But as war rages on, and Mike is posted abroad, Carrie’s world is turned upside-down.

Windsor, 1940: War rages, and as bombs rain down across Britain, nowhere is safe: not even a royal palace. Secretly tasked with foiling a suspected plot, Sophie Klein is placed in the Royal Library at Windsor castle, where the princesses reside. But when she learns that Windsor is compromised, Sophie must sacrifice everything she knows to save the future queen of England. Philadelphia, Present day: Digging into her great aunt’s family tree, Lacey Turner comes across a mysterious book bearing the stamp of Windsor Castle’s royal bindery. But how did it come to be in her family’s possession?

The beautiful bastide at Beaulieu-sur-Mer has always been an idyllic retreat for the Challant family, but the summer of 1928 changes everything. One humid, stormy night, a young local boy suffers a fatal accident in the bastide’s grounds – and the suspicious circumstances around his death sets off a chain of whispers in the town on the Riviera. For the Challant children, they have no choice but to move on and leave those terrible events in the past. But through the years of loves and losses, marriages and betrayals, the Challants’ lives will always be tainted by that night.

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. De zestiger jaren zijn voor de families Clifton en Barrington een roerige tijd.

When infamous outlaw Butch Cassidy decides to go straight, he discovers that too many of the powerful men he crossed won’t let bygones be bygones. To have a chance at a new life, he’ll have to become someone else entirely. A brief, fateful encounter with the celebrated singer Jane Touissant on the eve of his escape offers a glimpse of what might have been, but Butch disappears, leaving her behind, until their paths unexpectedly converge again in Paris.

In the search for the truth, the line between fact and fiction is beginning to fall out of focus It is 1903, and Lily Temple is a beautiful silent-film actress who spins fairy tales and plays frivolous roles in front of the cine-camera. But beneath the costumes and stage makeup is a woman with a quick wit, a murky past, and a tantalizing secret. As an underground investigator to the wealthy, Peter Driscoll has been tasked with locating the legendary Briarwood Teardrop, an exquisite sapphire that has been missing for years—and which Lily happens to be wearing beneath her gown.

Der mitreißende Auftakt zur historischen Saga über das Schicksal der Unternehmerfamilie Lemberg im Sudetenland. Von Bestsellerautorin Karin Lindberg. Böhmen 1937: Als die junge Alba Lemberg nach einem Aufenthalt bei Verwandten nach Hause zurückkehrt, währt die Freude über das Wiedersehen nur kurz. Denn schon bald gerät sie mit den Eltern über deren Vorstellung für ihre Zukunft aneinander. Vater Carl will von Albas Plänen, eine Lehre im Betrieb zu absolvieren, nichts wissen. Der Patriarch hat andere Sorgen, er ringt um den Erhalt der Lemberg-Webereien, dazu bereiten ihm Fehler aus der Vergangenheit seelische Qualen.

Set backstage during the out-of-town chaos of Lerner and Loewe’s now-classic 1960 musical, One More Seat at the Round Table portrays the struggles of feisty drama school grad Jane Conroy, who lands a plum Gal Friday job, and Bryce Christmas, a gifted, if insecure, actor on the verge of his big break. When Jane and Bryce fall helplessly in love during Toronto tryouts, their relationship is tested by mistakes they make and endless work woes: Camelot’s four-hour length, poor reviews, the illness of librettist Alan Jay Lerner, and the near-fatal coronary of director Moss Hart who quits.

In the heart of Dressmakers' Alley, Madame Pauline’s sweatshop is rumoured to be a particularly unpleasant place to work. Filled with seamstresses paid a pittance who turn a blind eye to what darker activities are hidden behind locked doors. Young Winnie Brown is keen to prove her value to the Women Movement and secures a job as a seamstress to investigate the whispers of some unsavoury goings on. Her concerns are soon justified when she hears a desperate cry for help.