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Siamo a metà degli anni '70, anni resi difficili dalle crisi energetiche-petrolifere, dal flagello dell'inflazione e, soprattutto in Italia, dal problema degli attentati terroristici e della lotta armata: gli anni di piombo e la strategia della tensione. La vita, invece, soprattutto nelle città provinciali e nei paesi, scorre lenta come sempre. Federico in un pomeriggio inoltrato di giugno conosce e si innamora di Aurora, ma l'estate scorre via senza che i due ragazzi si frequentino per davvero. La paura di amare si impadronisce dell'adolescente Aurora.

Verliert euch in einer großen Saga vor der atemberaubenden Kulisse des amerikanischen Westens. Folgt einer jungen Frau, die das Geheimnis ihrer Vergangenheit ergründet, und erlebt eine Liebe, die alle Zeiten überdauert. Texas, 1836: Während eines Überfalls auf Fort Parker wird die elfjährige Cynthia von Indianern entführt und in eines ihrer Dörfer verschleppt. Sie muss lernen, unter ihren Todfeinden zu leben. Doch was mit Hass und Abscheu beginnt, endet in tiefer Verbundenheit. Aus Cynthia wird Naduah, aus einem verängstigten Mädchen eine stolze, willensstarke Frau.

Escocia, año 1702. Elizabeth Lindsay, hija de un médico inglés y una curandera escocesa, queda desamparada tras sus muertes. Su infancia cambiará por completo al acabar trabajando de mozo de cuadra en una posada escocesa. Soportará una vida miserable de abusos y maltratos hasta que un día se cruzará en su camino un gran señor que le propone ser la curandera de su clan. Emprende un duro viaje para salir de aquella miseria que la rodea y siente que tiene una nueva oportunidad de ser feliz.

Kindle Boxed Set: Full Series of all three of the Clavering Chronicles Clean Regency Romance Novels. Books included: A Fall from Grace, Philippa Holds Court, and The Sport of Matchmaking.

At Prebbles Flying Circus, the daring Eliza Gray captivates audiences with her breathtaking feats on horseback. Yet beyond the applause, she harbours a longing to find the family she lost as a child and discover who she truly is. Fate, however, takes an unexpected turn when Eliza is unceremoniously knocked down by a curricle driven recklessly by Raven, Earl Purfoy. Dazed but intrigued, she cannot help but notice Purfoy’s commanding presence.

Mrs Mary Williams, a colonel's widow, arrives at Silchester Court with Miss Elizabeth Freemantle, who has been brought up as her sister. But Beth is actually the Duke of Silchester's cousin and he is her guardian. When the duke is called away to his estates in the North, Lord Aubrey, the duke's youngest brother, finds himself designated to oversee the London debut of both his sister, Lady Giselle, and his lively cousin, Beth. Mary is only four years older than Aubrey, but she is more worldly and well-travelled and worries that he might lead Beth astray.

Cairan MacDonald hat bei einem Massaker auf der Isle of Eigg alles, was ihm lieb und teuer ist, verloren, außer sein Leben. Einzig und allein der Gedanke an Rache ermöglicht es ihm, sein Dasein zu fristen. Um diese zu bekommen, lässt er sich auf einen Handel mit der Feenkönigin Morgane ein. Doch aus dem Feenreich entkommt man nicht so leicht. Schließlich aber bekommt er doch noch eine Chance. Um Morganes Reich zu entfliehen, soll er es denjenigen mit gleicher Münze heimzahlen, denen er sein Schicksal zu verdanken hat.

Echoes of Forbidden Harmony is a gripping historical fiction novel by David Guthrie that transports listeners to 1938 Berlin, amidst the rise of Nazi Germany. The story follows Lieutenant Hans Belkin, a young and ambitious officer in the Wehrmacht, as he navigates the treacherous political landscape and the horrors of war.

Abschluss der spannenden und romantischen Familiensaga. Die Dilogie ist bildgewaltig geschrieben, fängt den mystischen Zauber des Amazonas ein und verstrickt die Hörerschaft in große Gefühle, die sie noch lange begleiten werden. Happy End garantiert! 1896: Ein Fluch scheint sich auf die Familie Lorenz gelegt zu haben. Zuerst bricht Brasiliens Kautschukmonopol binnen weniger Monate und dann wird Karl angegriffen. Der Baron muss sich entscheiden, ob er seine Ländereien verkauft oder ob er bleibt, obwohl viele Europäer das Gebiet bereits verlassen. Dazu spaltet die Sorge um Karl die Familie.

Fresh off the boat from Roaring Twenties Paris, Henrietta “Henri” Adams lands in New York in the midst of the Queer Craze that is taking the city by storm. An art critic by day and lady lover by night, she ventures into the clandestine worlds of speakeasies and drag balls, which free her from the tyranny of the gender binary. Fun-loving slummers crash the party, flocking to see queer performers at the Astor Hotel and the Cotton Club. Broadway stars rub elbows with Harlem Renaissance luminaries at the Hamilton Lodge Masquerade Ball. But the revelry can't last forever.

Джейкоб и Наоми сразу полюбили друг друга, и неважно, что он — наследник богатой семьи Хэмптонов, а она — полуграмотная горничная. Наперекор родным Джейкоб женится на Наоми, однако общество во главе с родителями ополчается против молодой пары. И только Блэкберн Гант, изуродованный полиомиелитом смотритель кладбища, хранит верность своему другу и его юной жене.

Un’incantevole storia di tradimenti, segreti e magia. Due ragazze che parlano il linguaggio segreto dei fiori. 1815 – Cornelia ha un segreto che deve rimanere ben custodito, perché nessuno accetterebbe mai la sua capacità di comprendere il linguaggio dei fiori e ascoltarne le voci, in una misteriosa connessione che ha sin da bambina. Il polveroso e cupo accampamento della Grande Armée di Napoleone non è il luogo dove aveva immaginato se stessa quando è fuggita in Francia, lasciandosi alle spalle una vita agiata, ma un passato di dolore.

Irlande, 1925. Sur les vertes collines de West Cork, le château de Deverill a été brûlé par les rebelles. Mais la jeune et nouvellement riche Celia Deverill est déterminée à rendre sa splendeur d’antan à la demeure de ses ancêtres, et ainsi à restaurer le berceau de tous ses souvenirs d’enfance en compagnie de sa cousine Kitty et de leur amie Bridie Doyle.

South London, 1981: Daphne is the only Black girl in her class. All she wants is to keep her head down, preferably in a book. The easiest way to survive is to go unnoticed. Daphne's attempts at invisibility are upended when a boy named Connie Small arrives from Jamaica. Connie is the opposite of small in every way: lanky, outgoing, and unapologetically himself. Daphne tries to keep her distance, but Connie is magnetic, and they form an intense bond.

After Jimmy's shocking departure, Nellie Castle is feeling bereft. And with Rodney being elusive, she's determined to do all she can to help her youngest son Bert get back on his feet following the terrible injuries he sustained in the bombing. Plagued by guilt and nightmares, the last thing Bert wants is to return to the café - being there only makes his guilt over Gladys's death worse. His relationship with nurse Vi is helping somewhat, but when he receives a formal summons to the trial of the woman who tried to kill him, he is plunged back into the depths of despair.

Three gripping historical romance novels, filled with excitement, family secrets, steamy bedroom scenes, and breathtaking love stories.

After the world’s most expensive diamond heist goes wrong, Jack Overton finds himself running from the man who had once been his master - England’s most powerful magistrate of the eighteenth century, Sir Robert Williams. With deep ties to one of the most violent Secret Societies in Europe, the honorable Sir Robert Williams will stop at nothing to catch him.

Mr FD of Derbyshire has been paying a great deal of attention to a certain Miss B. Has one of England’s wealthiest bachelors finally been ensnared? FITZWILLIAM DARCY HAS A SECRET, one that haunts him at every turn. Against his better judgement, he accepts an invitation to a house party in Hertfordshire where he encounters the beautiful Miss Elizabeth Bennet of Longbourn, whose lively spirits prove a welcome distraction from his sorrowful past. Yet his peace is disturbed by threats to his family and to his good name. Elizabeth is unexpectedly implicated, but should he suspect Elizabeth…

Four gripping historical romance novels, filled with mystery, unexpected twists, steamy bedroom scenes, and breathtaking love stories.

Forced to flee America, petty criminal Joey Finnegan finds more trouble than he bargained for in the land of whisky and kilts. Then a strange force hurls him backward in time, dropping him into a castle moat. But a lovely lass fishes him out. Rachel MacTaggart comes from an odd family. And everyone, from her parents to her great-aunts, wants to know who the goateed stranger in a leather coat is. How he got here. Why he came. What he wants.