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Sybil and Blake Gregory have established a predictable, well-ordered Manhattan life - she as a cutting-edge design authority and museum consultant, he in high tech investments - raising their teenagers, Andrew and Caroline, and six-year-old Charlie. But everything changes when Blake is offered a dream job he can't resist as CEO of a start-up in San Francisco. He accepts it without consulting his wife and buys a magnificent, irresistibly underpriced historic Pacific Heights mansion as their new home.

Ava Thompson has at long last surrendered to her true love, Jasper White, and this time, there’s no going back. They’re both determined to forget their rocky past and focus on their promise to be together forever. However, with Ava living in New York and Jasper in LA, their future is held in the balance on where to call home. So what’s the compromise? Ava doesn’t want to leave, and Jasper doesn’t want to stay. They’ve reached an impasse in their relationship, and Ava soon realizes that for them to be together, one of them will have to give up their dreams for good.

Ava Thompson left her one true love, Jasper White, to unearth her destiny. It was the only way for Ava to grow into the woman she’s always wanted to become. Sadly, that destiny has led her back to the place that broke her…Singapore. And more importantly, it has led her back to the man who broke her…Harper. Ava is no longer the scared, lost girl she once was. She is stronger and determined to accomplish her dreams in order to find happiness. Hopefully, at the end of it all, she will return into the loving arms of Jasper White.

Singapore has stolen a piece of Ava Thompson. It took one life shattering moment for her to realize her ex-boyfriend is not the man she believed him to be. Returning home to Los Angeles was never going to be easy for Ava, as her heart has been shattered to smithereens and she’s convinced it’ll never heal. Or, so she thought. Enter Jasper White. Unbeknown to Ava, he will change her life forever. The attraction is instantaneous, which troubles Ava, who has sworn off men indefinitely.

Gondolin, beautiful but undiscoverable, is central to the enmity of two of the greatest powers in the world. Morgoth of the uttermost evil seeks in vain to discover the marvellously hidden city of his Elven enemies, while the gods in Valinor refuse to support Ulmo Lord of Waters' designs to protect it. Into this world comes Tuor, cousin of Túrin, and guided unseen by Ulmo he sets out on the fearful journey to Gondolin to warn them of their coming doom.

La saga historique best-seller en Allemagne enfin publiée en France. Allemagne, 1888. À la mort subite de leur père, Robert, Karl et Georg, ses trois fils, héritent de l'entreprise familiale d'importation de café. Mais l'entreprise est au bord de la faillite. Pour sauver leur fortune et ses proches, Robert, le fils cadet, accepte de quitter l'Allemagne et de s'installer au Cameroun dans une plantation de cacao, le nouveau produit à la mode qu'il compte bien exporter, tandis que ses deux frères s'installent à Hambourg et Vienne.

Hamburg, 1968. Ein Riss geht durch Deutschland, die neue Generation befindet sich im Konflikt mit der alten. Auch Ulrike Casparius, eine angehende Journalistin, sympathisiert mit der Studentenbewegung und rebelliert gegen ihre Eltern. Ihre sensible Schwester Sabine sucht verzweifelt nach Anerkennung und findet sie in einer Gruppe Hippies und Hausbesetzer, denen sie sich anschließt.

Pats Ehefrau Mary schenkt zur großen Freude Pats einem gesunden Jungen das Leben. Mary kann sich jedoch mit ihrer Mutterrolle nicht anfreunden. Als sie nicht imstande ist, das Baby zu stillen, treibt Pat eine außergewöhnliche Amme auf. Die Ehe von Pat und Mary bröckelt zusehends, von der einstigen Liebe ist nichts mehr vorhanden. Mary trauert ihrem Traum nach, ein eigenes Restaurant zu eröffnen, das Landleben empfindet sie als öde und leer. Pat hat nur eines im Kopf, ein Bier zu brauen, das seinen Erwartungen entspricht.

It is 1962 and 18-year-old Jenny is finally able to train for her dream job as a nanny. The residential training is tough—Matron takes no prisoners but Jenny bonds with her two roommates, Bernice and Rita, and loves helping the children. Finally, Jenny gets her first nanny job, heading for the bright lights of London at the dawn of the Swinging Sixties. Suddenly she is thrust into the lifestyle of the rich at a household in the affluent West End, working for a family whose busy lifestyle means that their child is neglected.

A crime committed in desperation is brought to light generations later, in this emotional saga of family love, loyalty, and lies . . . When Honey McCarthy is given a box containing trinkets left to her by her beloved great-aunty Beryl, she has no idea that hidden inside is a confession to a terrible crime dating back to a cold December night in 1940, when German bombs rained down on Manchester. Beryl has been the guardian of this dark secret for twenty years. Now it is Honey's responsibility, and she has a difficult choice to make.

Janet Coombe longs for adventure and the freedom of the sea. She feels herself pulled fast under its spell, but in her heart she knows she must sacrifice her dreams; she is a woman, and her place is in the home. So she married Thomas, a boat-builder, and her restless spirit is passed down through her son, and on to his descendants.

When Georgia removes her autistic son, Dylan, from a prestigious Edinburgh school, she seeks refuge in her family’s ancestral home on the sunlit shores of the Greek island of Corfu. Among the olive trees and cicadas, she discovers her late mother’s diary—an intimate glimpse into a marriage shaped by love, betrayal, and tragedy. The diary’s revelations challenge everything Georgia thought she knew about her parents—and herself.

It’s 1913 when Mina, the young and carefree daughter of a Jewish merchant, roams into a forest on the edge of the Baltic Sea looking for mushrooms. Instead, she encounters a gang of unruly, charismatic Bolsheviks—an adventure that will become the stuff of familial lore for generations to come. Intending to save her from further corruption, and in an act that forever changes the trajectory of their family’s life, Mina and her eldest brother, Jossel, board a ship to England.

Italie, années 1940. Telles de vaillantes fourmis, des générations de femmes sillonnent le " sentier des citrons ", en transportant ces fruits sur leur dos de la montagne jusqu'à la mer, le long de la côte amalfitaine. Parmi elles, des soeurs jumelles que tout oppose. Rachele, attachée à sa terre et aux traditions. Nannina, idéaliste dans l'âme, qui ne rêve que d'aventure et d'évasion. Quatre-vingts ans plus tard, Ninfa et sa petite soeur Alelì se lancent sur les traces de leur grand-mère disparue et de ces femmes du passé.

Coleman Hill is the exhilarating story of two American families whose fates become intertwined in the wake of the Great Migration. Braiding fact and fiction, it is a remarkable, character-rich tour de force exploring the ties that bind three generations.

На смену миру богов пришел мир людей. И хотя боги остались только в легендах и мифах, они все еще способны чему-то научить — и от чего-то предостеречь. В священном храме Аполлона греки от имени своих городов и царств поклялись стоять, как один, в мире и войне. Настало время прийти герою. Тому, кто понимает: чтобы выиграть войну, необходимо сначала выиграть мир.

In Hitler’s Germany, loyalty is demanded and dissent is deadly. But for a young German girl named Waltraud, nothing is more devastating than the day the Nazis steal away her father and force him to fight on the front lines. Even as their reign of terror spreads, she convinces herself that war will never touch her quiet village. But when bombs start falling and innocent people disappear, she’s confronted with a stark reality… she might be next. That’s because Waltraud has a secret. She’s been quietly resisting all along, and now she’s hiding someone in the barn.

Everyone loves Johanna Bell

Главный герой книги — Джордж Эмберсон, последний отпрыск могущественного рода, эгоистичный, избалованный юноша, готовый принести в жертву своей гордости чувства самых близких людей. Почтенный мир элегантных особняков, конных экипажей и богатых землевладельцев уходит в прошлое, уступая место многоквартирным домам, машинам и ушлым дельцам.

Bath, 1852. As a girl, Nancy Bloom would go to Bath's Theatre Royal, sit on the hard wooden benches and stare in awe at the actresses playing men as much as the women dressed in finery. His lie and betrayal led to her ruin. Francis Carlyle is a theatre manager, a man with big dreams, who has finally shed the skin of his secret past as a foundling and is now rich, successful and in need of a new female star. Nancy vowed never to trust a man again. Francis will do anything to make her his star. As they engage in a battle of wits and wills, can either survive with their hearts intact?