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Emilie kan knappt tro sina ögon när hon ser vem som går mot skolbyggnaden. Ola återvänder till Trøndelag som en välbärgad herre med en resväska full av presenter, och Birte är särskilt glad över sin. Men Ola längtar redan tillbaka till Amerika – och till Emilie…

Trots svårigheterna ger polislöjtnant Andersen inte upp jakten på kvinnorna som troligen tog Emilies pengar. Kommer de att hållas ansvariga för vad de har gjort? Odd vill expandera sin verksamhet i Minnesota och beger sig till Denver för att sälja både de två obebyggda fastigheterna och verksamheten där. Men kan han förmå sig att sälja verksamheten mot chef Howards starka vilja?

Brides of Bold Street is filled with beautiful, brand-new ivory gowns. But dressmaker Sabrina loves it when brides-to-be wear vintage, family heirloom dresses. Seeing wedding day photographs of future mothers and grandmothers beaming—as if knowing the happiness they feel will be passed down to their daughters—is a bittersweet reminder of the mother she's never known.

Lissabon 1961: Als ihr kleiner Bruder stirbt, ändert sich für die junge Amália alles. Ihr Vater verlässt die Familie über Nacht und ihre Mutter wird krank. Doch Amália nimmt ihr Leben in die Hand, in der Hoffnung, dass sie Armut und Krankheit hinter sich lassen kann. Bei ihrem Job im Café lernt sie den charismatischen Marcelo kennen, der mit seinem Freund João politisch aktiv ist. Zwischen Amália und Marcelo entstehen tiefe Gefühle, doch für ihn zählt vor allem der Widerstand. Als das autoritäre Regime die Studentenunruhen brutal niederschlägt, spürt auch Amália die Sehnsucht nach Freiheit.

Chloe Sinclair is desperate to find her sister who vanished under mysterious circumstances. Retracing her footsteps the day of her disappearance, she finds nothing but dead ends. Until she makes her way to an antique store in the heart of Edinburgh with an eccentric shopkeeper who gives her a strange looking stone and a cryptic message. When the man she thought she loved attacks her to take the stone for himself, it transports her back in time to medieval Scotland, dropping her in the middle of dangerous territory.

Cornwall, heute: Nach einem beruflichen Rückschlag flieht Samantha zu ihrer Tante nach Cornwall. Dort findet sie auf dem Dachboden einen geheimnisvollen Verlobungsring, der sie zu einem Rätsel aus der Vergangenheit führt. Maxwell Trevenian, der arrogante Erbe des altehrwürdigen Familienanwesens, versucht ihre Nachforschungen zu verhindern. Zwischen den rauen Klippen und dem endlosen Meer begegnet sie dem eigensinnigen Fischer Lowen, der ihr Cornwall von einer ganz anderen Seite zeigt. Doch je tiefer sie in die Vergangenheit eindringt, desto brisanter werden die Geheimnisse, die sie aufdeckt.

What begins as a practical arrangement slowly transforms. Amid the snow-capped peaks and harsh beauty of the frontier, Ivy finds not just purpose, but belonging. Yet shadows from her past aren't finished with her. When a violent man comes calling—claiming Ivy as payment for her brother's betrayal—she and Cormac must stand together or risk losing everything.

Gerrit van Draak, the fifth Duke of Dulverton, might not love his orderly, boring life, but at least it is one he can manage. And then she comes along. Lady Kathryn Bellamy not only tears down the walls Gerrit has spent decades carefully constructing, she also shatters the bedrock of his existence in the process.

Gage Edmonds plans to use his engineering degree to blaze new roads in the Southern frontier—but first, he must follow in the footsteps of his war hero father and prove he's worthy of their family name. His assignment to the Georgia Mounted Militia puts him between gold-hungry settlers and Cherokees soon to be forced from their homes. The local miller's captivating daughter, Anna Walker, makes him question everything he thought he wanted.

Devin Aincourt, Earl of Ravenscar, makes no apologies for who he is—a drinker, a womanizer, a gambler. Having been cast aside by his disapproving father years before, Dev is content to live out his cursed life in this hedonistic manner. Until his mother asks him to make a bold move to restore the family name and fortune: marry a rich American heiress.

To escape her strait-laced overbearing sister, Birdie Stauffer auditions for the all-female Versatile Quintet, Chautauqua circuit's opening act. Through this train-traveling roadshow she experiences the tumultuous 1920s, a modern era of shocking flappers and smuggled whiskey, with the camaraderie of newfound friends. Her exceptional gift of concert whistling entertains more than songbirds as she gains national notoriety and she's soon entangled in two romantic relationships—one with a dapper circuit manager, the other her fellow pianist.

Eight years ago, Lieutenant Luke Ripton made a hasty wartime marriage-in-name-only to protect a young girl from a forced union and left her protected in a remote mountain convent. Now, Luke is Lord Ripton, but he has been unable to obtain an annullment. Which leaves him no choice but to collect a wife he doesn’t want.

Wyoming Territory, 1879. Corbet Harlow believes in the law above all else. As the local marshal, he's been trying to rid his territory of criminals for his entire career. But when he takes young Jodee McQue into custody, he is rendered helpless by the beauty and spunk of this pretty outlaw.

Cora Bennett doesn’t believe for a minute that the woman promising to move her through time is anything but a quack, or possibly only trying to sell her something. But Cora has read enough time-travel romances to have some pretty great expectations about her own storyline, once the promise becomes reality. And when she meets the bold and breathtaking Lucas Thain, she’s even more excited. True, he’s moody and unapproachable, pretty frightening for his sometimes seething fury, but Cora’s not deterred. She’s not leaving the 14th century until she knows at least one kiss from him.

When Mrs. Bennet passes away, Mr. Bennet is left with the responsibility of raising four young children alone. Without delay, he promptly seeks the aid of Mrs. Blackwall, a nearby lady of gentle birth but modest means, to assume the role of governess. With her assistance, the Bennet daughters grow into fine young ladies that any father would be proud of. Year after year, Mr. Bennet grew more dependent on the calm companionship of Mrs. Blackwall, until a sudden realization hit him: he was deeply in love with her. The couple wedded and the new Mrs. Bennet fit seamlessly into the family.

"Devotees of rich historical fiction and contemporary social discourse alike will be enthralled.” —Booklist, starred review From bestselling author Louise Fein comes a new historical novel set in a world of banned books and censorship, in which an encrypted manuscript unleashes a chain of...

Lorsque les expériences de Lady Celeste Pembroke déclenchent un scandale, le duc de Wynthorne, d’une impeccables constance, lui offre son observatoire pour sauver sa réputation et prouver une audacieuse découverte. Les spectres observés à la nuit tombée se transforment en instants volés et en un amour digne d’être risqué devant la Royal Society.

Major Elijah Young never met his father, the Duke of Bradford, who believed his young wife betrayed him and gave birth to twins sired by another man. Now, two deaths have changed the trajectory of Elijah’s life—and he is the new duke. Elijah vows never to wed and father children, wanting the ducal line to end with him.

Eight titled peers who never expected to become dukes do just that—and are attracted to females whom Polite Society does not believe worthy of the title duchess, due to their desires to be more than typical ladies of the ton. But these sudden dukes choose to forge their own paths with the remarkable women who are already doing just that—and the resulting love proves that trusting one’s heart is always the right choice.

Crystal Adams never expected to return to the world she left behind. A world of grandeur, secrets, and unspoken rules. When she reconnects with David Becker, the boy who was once her friend, now a man scarred by war and haunted by loss, she is drawn into a story of memory, resilience, and unexpected love.