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After being forced into a brief marriage with an elderly earl, Celia Dorsett is ready to embrace her freedom, and take a lover. A masquerade with the demimonde sounds like the perfect way to find a companion for the evening without revealing her identity. But days after the most perfect evening of her life, she comes to realize her Lord Desire is none other than Christopher Sinclair, Viscount Stormont, her younger brother's best friend. The man who sits with her at the breakfast table nearly every morning making her laugh.

Der Bestseller aus Norwegen: intensiv, figurenreich und von übersprudelnder Energie. Leipzig, im Jahre 1681: Die fünfzehnjährige Anna Voigt steht vor Gericht, sie soll ihr neugeborenes Baby getötet haben. Die Obrigkeit will sie verurteilt sehen, es droht ihr der Tod. Aber sie hat nicht nur einen mächtigen Vater, der sich für sie einsetzt. Es findet sich auch ein Arzt, der etwas spektakulär Neues wagt und ein wissenschaftliches Verfahren entwickelt, das in die Medizingeschichte als "Lungenschwimmprobe" eingehen wird.

Geteiltes Schweigen: Ein ost-westdeutsches Familienschicksal über die heilende Kraft der Wahrheit. Januar 1988. Als Familie Simon-Hauschke Ost-Berlin im Morgengrauen verlässt, liegt mehr als ein Jahr der Ausgrenzung hinter ihnen. Der größte Schlag: Sie dürfen nur zu dritt ausreisen, denn für Sohn Christian gilt der Ausreiseantrag nicht mehr... Viele Jahre nach der Wiedervereinigung kommt es auf einer Familienfeier zum Eklat: Zu viele Geheimnisse und Lügen haben sich in den Jahren der DDR, zur Zeit des Mauerfalls und in der Nachwendezeit angestaut, zu groß ist die Last des Schweigens.

For the townspeople of Poole on the Dorset coast, the war feels like it's right on their doorstep. And with more and more men leaving to fight, one fisherman’s daughter is determined to do whatever she can to help. Peggy volunteers to use her skills on the water to work with the flying boats alongside the RAF based in the harbour. But when she is asked to undertake a special mission, she will have to make a terrible choice – between her duty to her country and her only chance of happiness.

When a master-craftsmen dwarf is fired, he threatens retaliation. The rogues-for-hire known as Riyria are commissioned to find and stop him. Traveling to the paradise resort of Tur Del Fur, the two are granted a lavish allowance that, along with the easy job, promises to turn the trip into a vacation. Everything would have been perfect except that the disgruntled employee’s last name is Berling and the target of his wrath is the legendary towers of Drumindor.

Nurse Gemma Tate is heartbroken when she hears that one of her young charges at the Foundling Hospital has been killed. She knows that police inspector Sebastian Bell will work tirelessly to uncover the truth, but obstructed by the curt matron, he’ll need her help navigating the cloistered world of the orphanage.

Step into the world of early 20th-century Bengal with Rabindranath Tagore’s captivating novel, Aankh Ki Kirkirie (Chokher Bali). This timeless story intricately weaves the personal and emotional struggles of its characters, particularly focusing on Binodini, a young widow navigating the constraints of her era. The novel vividly portrays how the protagonist’s desires and love affairs stir upheavals in the lives of those around her, leading to intense consequences, including dramatic moments of conflict and redemption.

Welcome to Wilde City, 1924—a crane on top of every skyscraper, a party in every club, a romance on every dance floor, a shooting every night, a broken heart on every street corner and a dirty secret behind every window with the curtain drawn. It’s the kinda town that keeps Buck Baxter, private detective, in business. For despite his fondness for a cold gin and a pipe stuffed with cannabis, Buck is the best gumshoe in Wilde City. Why? Because he has rules: never make friends, never make enemies, and never ever fall in love.

Valgono una fortuna, i rifiuti. Sono il nuovo oro. E così, in una gelida mattina di febbraio del 1987, il maresciallo dei carabinieri Giovanni Piconese e il brigadiere Giacomo Zanella si ritrovano al valico di Priabona, nell’Alto Vicentino, a indagare sull’omicidio di un camionista che trasportava rifiuti tossici. Per dipanare un intrigo che assomiglia a un gioco di specchi c’è bisogno della testa fine di Piconese, un Maigret di provincia con la sigaretta al posto della pipa, la medesima attitudine a comprendere l’altrui psicologia e una moglie e quattro figli che lo aspettano a casa.

Caberá a jovem mulher se colocar diante das trapaças da madrasta para impedir que o legado de sua família – e seu futuro – sejam destruídos. A tarefa parece impossível, mas com a ajuda de uma "fada madrinha" nada convencional, um jovem vizinho que pode ser um verdadeiro príncipe encantado e um grandioso baile, a nossa Cinderela pode mostrar que tem a verdadeira mágica em suas mãos.

The Duke of Severn is one of the greatest men in Britain. He's also short, quiet, and unimpressive. And now he's been robbed, after indulging in one rash night with a strange man who stole the heirloom Severn ring from his finger. The Duke has to get it back, and he can't let anyone know how he lost it. So when his cousin bets that he couldn't survive without his privilege and title, the Duke grasps the opportunity to hunt down his ring-incognito.

Bleibt in den Unruhen des Kampfs der Fürsten Raum für das eigene Glück und für Gerechtigkeit? Die Fortsetzung der bewegenden Das Gold der Weiden-Reihe von Martha Sophie Marcus. Summerburg 1179: Um ihren Hof zu retten, heiratet der Pferdezüchter Micha seine Ziehschwester Sibilla. Doch wenig später erklärt der herzogstreue Burgvogt Micha zum Verräter. Schweren Herzens muss er mit seiner Frau den geliebten Hagenhof verlassen, wo er nach dem gewaltsamen Tod seiner Familie Zuflucht fand. Als berittener Krieger schließt Micha sich den Gegnern Herzog Heinrichs des Löwen an.

Zwischen politischen Umbrüchen und persönlichem Glück – die Breitenbachs stehen vor großen Herausforderungen. Ein neuer Band der erfolgreichen Familiensaga von Bestsellerautorin Mina Baites. Berlin, 1910. Politische Konflikte und die rebellierende Arbeiterbewegung stellen Felix Breitenbach vor große Herausforderungen. Der neue Geschäftsleiter von Schuherzeugung Breitenbach & Sohn und seine Schwestern müssen das renommierte Unternehmen den sich verändernden Gesellschaftsnormen anpassen. Doch dann erleidet Isa einen schweren Unfall, der das Leben der ganzen Familie für immer verändert.

Harriet White is no stranger to odd correspondence. Ensconced in the basement of the Baker Street building society, her job is to reply to the mail they receive on behalf of Sherlock Holmes. But while letters to the fictional sleuth may be plentiful, telegrams are rare, and so when she receives one describing the grave situation of celebrated author Philip St John, her interest is piqued. The writer describes St John as being consumed by terror, seeing ghostly apparitions on the fens, and only at ease in the company of his loyal wolfhound.

When Kathleen 'Kick' Kennedy left London four years ago, Europe was facing war and Billy Cavendish, the man she loved, had told her he could never marry her. Now, as London stands a shell of its former self, Kick returns to volunteer with the Red Cross, determined to do what she can for the city that holds a part of her heart, and to reconnect with Billy - despite what London society thinks of her.

When a detested viscount is found murdered by the banks of the Thames and Charlie Hastings becomes the prime suspect, Barnaby and Penelope Adair join forces with Stokes to discover the real story behind the unexpected killing. Charlie Hastings is astonished to find himself accused of murdering Viscount Sedbury. Admittedly, Charlie had two heated altercations with Sedbury in the hours preceding the man’s death, but as Charlie is quick to point out to Stokes—and to Barnaby and Penelope—there are a multitude of others in the ton who will be delighted to learn of Sedbury’s demise.

Marghanita Laski’s novel Little Boy Lost is as enthralling as it is heart-wrenching. A man grapples with questions of emotional responsibility, fatherhood, and memory. Laski describes a much-changed France, struggling to rebuild its morale after the ruin caused by wartime bombing and...

In Dorothy Whipple's High Wages, a determined young woman makes her way in the world against the looming backdrop of World War I. High Wages is more than a tale of savvy entrepreneurship: Jane’s thoughts, feelings, adventures and disappointments in love and friendship are all laid bare. Jane...

Shrouded in scandal and secrets, Arilee Rutledge’s family is as tangled as the thorns surrounding their unwelcoming antebellum mansion. When her brother Davis returns from the Great War, she hopes they will make a new start after a season of devastation. But Davis is haunted by their younger brother’s death and his wife’s committal to the state asylum; while he loses himself in his work, Arilee continues raising his children. Determined to control at least one area of their lives, the siblings hire a former acquaintance to restore their dilapidated home.

In about 1450 AD, an exceedingly prosperous generation of Native Americans, known then as the Anasazi, vanished from their strongholds in the American Southwest--disappeared without so much as a trace. However, the Native Americans of the present day Navajo Nation dispute the theoretical findings of modern day archeologists and anthropologists.