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Nore Gordon ist eine Frau mit vielen Talenten: Sie spricht mehrere Sprachen, kann in der Menge untertauchen und hat sich als erfolgreiche Weinhändlerin einen Namen gemacht. Als beste Spionin der Krone Lindels bleibt ihre wahre Identität dabei immer ein Geheimnis. Als sie den Auftrag erhält, ein magisches Artefakt zu stehlen, muss sie ausgerechnet mit der einen Person zusammenarbeiten, die die wahre Nore kennt: Caspian, ein gefährlich charmanter Meisterdieb.

Two gods strike a bargain that leads them on a journey with devastating consequences in this lush historical fantasy from New York Times bestselling author Ann Liang. China in the age of brilliance, where gods freely wander the three realms. Amongst them is the cruel and beautiful Death God, who...

Deeply harrowing circumstances force Cecilia Belmonte to leave her impoverished Spanish village and cross the Mediterranean to settle in Oran, a French Algerian city where she knows no one. She carries stolen identity papers, her body and soul burdened with confusion and pain. Laboring on plantations and in laundries and factories, Cecilia navigates devastating twists of fate as she strives to rebuild a life of her own making. What begins as a modest operation of manufacturing soap with two Spanish refugees soon evolves into a flourishing enterprise.

From the bestselling author of The Codebreaker's Daughter comes a powerful and inspiring story of one ordinary woman's astonishing bravery as she is faced with the ultimate choice, and the sacrifices she must make in the name of love and hope. The Secret Nurse of Paris is the second standalone novel in the Sisters of the Resistance collection.

Kieran After my boyfriend cheats, my best friend spirits me away to Reykjavik for a scenic getaway. I think this may be just the escape I need to get over the jerk. What was supposed to be a beautiful boat cruise ends in chaos when I find myself transported to the age of the Vikings. Before I...

Brought to you by Penguin. Discover the emotionally gripping new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling historical fiction and family saga author. Liverpool, 1919. The Great War is over, but Polly Caveney’s nightmare is only just beginning. And when a shocking discovery forces her to flee...

In the gaslit dark, love is never tender. It’s teeth at your throat. Blood on silk. It is the sweetest surrender – and the most exquisite damnation. By day Lady Euphemia Butterworth is a dutiful daughter – corseted, perfumed, and groomed to marry a lecherous duke twice her age. By night...

A Christmas surprise. A scandal in disguise. 1809. Eliza Courtney and Harryo Cavendish lead opposite lives, except for the secret that binds them. Harryo’s life of luxury at Chatsworth House is shaken when pressure mounts on her to marry. A dreadful selection of suitors leaves her convinced...

Brought to you by Penguin. The second book in the Royal Maids series that sees a young woman swap a Welsh mining town for Buckingham Palace! Rosa Edwards is finally settling in her role as a Royal Maid - but are things as rosy as they seem with her new sweetheart? December 1944. Royal Maid Rosa...

As an assistant in a busy London morgue, Leonora Spencer is accustomed to death. But she is astonished when a woman who has been declared dead and delivered to an undertaker is discovered to still be very much alive. Even more revolting is the scheme Leo and Detective Inspector Jasper Reid...

An utterly wild, debauched, romantic, and violent ride inspired by the 18th-century Irish pirate Anne Bonny, reimagined here as Amethyst "Meeks" Connell, one of the most extraordinary outlaws of any age, for readers of George Saunders, Percival Everett, and Maggie O'Farrell. Meeks is a poor...

Brought to you by Penguin. DIVE INTO A DAZZLING WARTIME TALE OF ENDURING LOVE AND HUMAN RESILIENCE THAT WILL LEAVE YOU BREATHLESS 1924, PRAGUE Two worlds collide, until a world at war threatens to tear them apart . . . On her first day at the Viennese Conservatory, gifted pianist and darling of...

Love may demand the ultimate betrayal of loyalty. Agnes Sinclair, daughter to the Earl of Caithness, has been sent to Stirling Castle to make her debut and become one of the queen's ladies in waiting. Traveling with her uncle, John Sinclair, she scarce pays attention to his prattling on about...

"Desperate men have no morals . . ." Léon Lyon: beautiful, beloved, broken. As premier executioner of Reims, he's desired and feared in equal measure, a celebrity of the most dangerous kind, a symbol of justice and good citizenship in the explosive era of the French Revolution. But Léon has a...

Who could resist a wager from London's most popular detective, Sherlock Holmes? Certainly not his scientist neighbor, Elise Hamblin. The challenge: Study the primal nature of men; but not just any man for her study will do. Sherlock has chosen the Earl of March, a man with a scandalous and...

“Feed this directly into my veins.” —Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author From the bestselling author of Hungerstone, an intoxicating and chilling gothic horror novel that reimagines Hamlet with a seductive sapphic twist—and where the only thing more dangerous than a...

USA Today bestselling author Joanna Shupe returns with an angst-filled retelling of Beauty and the Beast, set against the excess and opulence of Gilded Age New York. Love isn’t always a fairy tale. Charming and popular, Orson Grey is the most sought-after bachelor in Manhattan. When Caroline...

Wir schreiben das Jahr 1605. Seit Beatrix auf dem Sterbebett das ewige Leben gewährt wurde, führt sie ein Dasein in den Schatten. Nacht für Nacht wandert sie durch die Gassen Londons und versucht zu vergessen, dass jeder, den sie einst geliebt hat, seit beinahe hundert Jahren tot ist. Dass Liebe für sie nur eines bedeuten kann: Verlust. Bis sie eines Tages Oliver begegnet.

Brought to you by Penguin. If you love Lucinda Riley and Santa Montefiore, don't forget to check out Karen's brand-new escapist winter romance - preorder now! In a grand villa on the shores of Lake Geneva, Dulcie’s grandmother nears the end of her glamourous and eventful life. The days pass...

Prepare to be captivated by an extraordinary new historical two-part series from the acclaimed bestselling author of over fifty novels. In her latest, Dilly weaves a mesmerizing tale that follows the lives of two spirited sisters navigating the tumultuous world of a traveling circus. Set against...