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Saga Bez pożegnania – klasyczna polska saga rodzinna – powraca w nowym wydaniu. Kontynuacja dziejów Zofii i Kasi. Bohaterki przedostają się wraz z Armią Andersa do Afryki. Historia przedstawiona z perspektywy córki, Kasi, w zajmujący sposób opisuje codzienne życie Polaków w Ugandzie, fascynującą Afrykę i tęsknotę za ojczyzną. Książka, napisana w 1969 roku jako pierwszy tom Sagi, podbiła serca wielu pokoleń Czytelniczek i Czytelników.

Saga Bez pożegnania – klasyczna polska saga rodzinna – powraca w nowym wydaniu. Pierwszy tom historii Zofii i jej córki Kasi. Młoda matka wraz z małą córeczką zostają wywiezione z Baranowicz na Syberię. Czas próby udaje im się przetrwać dzięki niezwykłemu hartowi ducha matki, przychylnym ludziom, których spotykają na swej drodze, i dzięki sile matczynej miłości, która nawet w takiej gehennie jest w stanie zapewnić dziecku poczucie bezpieczeństwa i szczęśliwe dzieciństwo.

Saga Bez pożegnania – klasyczna polska saga rodzinna – powraca w nowym wydaniu. Kontynuacja historii Zofii i jej córki Kasi. Akcja rozgrywa się w Polsce na przełomie lat 50. i 60., w pierwszych latach PRL-u. Opowieść przywołuje klimat epoki wraz z jej absurdami. Kasia odbywa podróż na Daleki Wschód z zespołem Mazowsze, a dramatyczne zdarzenia w życiu osobistym wywracają jej świat do góry nogami.

Saga Bez pożegnania – klasyczna polska saga rodzinna – powraca w nowym wydaniu. Dalsze losy Zofii i Kasi – wymarzony powrót do powojennej Polski. Tam jednak matkę i córkę czeka brutalne spotkanie z komunistyczną rzeczywistością. Rodzina osiedla się w Zamościu i wbrew wszelkim trudnościom stara się budować nowe życie. Niesie ono wiele niespodzianek, niekoniecznie przyjemnych.

Coronation Close survives the brutal Bristol Blitz but with rationing, call up papers and new rules and regulations everyone’s lives are changed forever. Resident do-gooder PC Percy Routledge's obsession with rules being upheld finds him spying and reporting fellow neighbours on the slightest infraction whilst his poor brow-beaten wife, Margaret can only watch on in shameful silence. It’s whispered that one day he’ll get his comeuppance…

Radiosa, innocente, la più pura tra le sacerdotesse di Atena. La bellezza di Medusa va ben oltre quella dei semplici mortali. Per questo, quando lo sguardo colmo di lussuria del dio Poseidone cade su di lei, l’unico luogo in cui spera di trovare rifugio è il sacro tempio della protettrice dei greci. Ma nessuno può sfuggire a un dio. E la divina Atena, signora delle arti e della guerra, non avrà pietà per colei che ha profanato la sua casa. Poco importa che Medusa, violata nel corpo e nello spirito contro la propria volontà, implori il suo perdono.

September 1942. Esme Donaldson is still grieving the devastating loss of her husband, Anthony, when she’s forced out of her dream job by wartime budget cuts. Left with few options, Esme faces an uncertain future – until a chance encounter sends her to Redcliffe Manor, a grand estate deep in the Somerset countryside, and an unexpected role as the manor’s librarian. As Esme settles in, she discovers the house is no ordinary country estate. The grounds have been requisitioned by an American military hospital, while the house is sheltering a displaced girls’ boarding school.

La primera parte de la historia se enfoca en el desarrollo de Jacinta Y Juanito Santa Cruz. Sus familias acordarían un matrimonio entre ambos para consolidar y fortalecer su propia economía sin correr riesgos. Jacinta al presenciar la falta de interés y el rechazo de Santa Cruz ante el acuerdo de sus familias, se obsesiona con su pasado y se enzarza entre las sobras del mismo, que giran alrededor de un hijo abandonado, hijo que podrían significar más dudas que respuestas.

The main character is born in 1894. The book contains her memoir, so the action goes back and forth in time, including Emmeline's childhood, through World War One and World War Two and up to "present day," which is 1968-1969.

A powerful new saga, in the grand tradition of Katie Flynn, Dilly Court and Josephine Cox, of one woman's quest for happiness after a bitter tragedy, filled with romance, drama and triumph in adversity.When terrible tragedy strikes at the local colliery, the residents of Fairley Terrace's 10 houses suffer more than one loss, and for Maggie Donovan the word turns upside down. Turning for comfort to the one man she can trust, she finds a sudden and undeniable passion instead.

A powerful saga in the Families of Fairley Terrace series, filled with romance, tragedy, drama, secrets and triumph in adversity from the author of All The Dark Secrets. When Annie Day at number four, Fairley Terrace, loses her beloved husband in a tragic mining disaster, she cannot afford the luxury of grief. For now she must find a way to support herself and her two young daughters, Kitty and Lucy, and marriage to widower Algernon Pierce seems to be the answers to Annie's prayers.

For Mary Callaghan, marriage has brought heartaches and disappointment. But with it have come joys, the greatest of which are her daughters. And what Mary wants most in the world for her girls is what she never had - a husband who will offer the security her own hard-drinking, free-spending, brash-talking Jack denied her. But when Daisy confesses she's pregnant, Mary knows the future looks grim, for the father's rough, pleasure-loving Sam O'Grady. As Nell watches her sister sink into bitter poverty, she begins to wonder if she could ever allow herself to fall in love, when her own mother and sister are suffering so much.

In love and war, who can you trust? Hampshire, 1944. Her face still bearing the scars from the explosion at the factory, Rita Brown is nonetheless back on her feet. She's caught the eye of local wide boy Blackie Bristow, who's sweeping her around the country in a life of shady glamour. But there's a war on, and life is not all fun and games. Some of the local men are taking advantage of the topsy-turvy world to break more than just hearts, and standing up to them comes with its own costs.

1883, San Antonio. John Ives, the privileged son of a powerful tycoon, is sent to oversee his family’s ventures in the brutal swamps of Tampico, Mexico. But a fateful return to Texas instead sets him on a collision course with Stella Moore, a fiercely independent schoolteacher searching for her missing sister, and Peter Olenbush, a reckless ally with his own secrets.

Tras la muerte de su hermana mayor y compañera de vida, Ágara abandona, desolada, el hogar de la familia en el madrileño barrio de Chamberí para refugiarse en Uxoa, el caserío heredado en el valle de Baztán, en Navarra. Allí va recuperando la calma perdida, al mismo tiempo se despierta en ella la necesidad de bucear en sus orígenes, para así saber cómo Uxoa, la preciada reliquia familiar, llegó a ellos. Poco a poco, los brumosos prados y las piedras ancestrales la atrapan, también sus misterios, y comienza una delicada investigación entre los vecinos, la parroquia y la abadía de Arizcun.

Elsbeth Comyn guarda dos secretos que piensa llevarse a la tumba. Desde los doce años vive a medias y nada parece importarle. Considerada por los suyos como una mujer egoísta, caprichosa y rebelde, la hija mayor de Henson Comyn no está dispuesta a casarse, jamás. Obligada a acompañar a su padre a una reunión ideada por el rey Guillermo para intentar acabar con la amenaza de una guerra entre los clanes del norte, Elsbeth se encontrará de nuevo con su pasado, deberá hacer frente a sus propios fantasmas e intentará huir de Kam Gordon, el único hombre capaz de hacerla sentir viva.

Olympic medalist and X-game sensation Alex Spearman thinks he’s perfect. He’s not. I know his kind. Rich, famous, and emotionally unavailable. Well... He’s perfect enough to hook up with on the weekend of his sister’s wedding. His sister is my best friend. This is a disaster in the making. Did I mention he’s also hot, sexy and funny? How can I resist? After a steamy weekend, I agree. We have chemistry.

Dolly Tomkins has always known what it is to live hand to mouth. In the mean streets of a Salford struggling under the mantle of the Great Depression, the only one making a decent living is the talleyman. Though Nifty Jack has a money bag where his heart should be, Dolly’s mam is in hock up to her ears and in dire need of assistance. But when Jack offers to wipe the slate clean, Dolly just can’t bring herself to trust him. Instead, she takes him on at his own game and in the process endangers everything she holds most dear as a revelation about the past rocks the very foundations of her world.

With no husband and two small children to care for, survival is Mary's only concern. She needs money . . . and can't be too choosy about the job. Mr. Wetherby doesn't need any more workers for his expanding business, but as a favor to an old acquaintance, he'll make an exception . . . for Mary. He wants her. She needs him. Can they build the foundations of a happy life together? Or will a web of lies and deceit be their undoing?

In 1860s England, it's a man's world and women aren't expected . . . or allowed . . . to upset the status quo. Living with her domineering uncle, Harriet is desperate to break free. Could the charming young man who has come to stay with them be her way out? Or will he be just like the rest? Happy to keep her in her place . . . Not prepared to sit around while her dreams die, Harriet risks everything to stand her ground. But she underestimates how far some will go to silence her.