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Poor, mad, puzzled Farmer George is in his final decline and an Age is dying with him. He is to be succeeded by his perverse, erratic, deluded elder son, who believes still in the Divine Right of Kings, not appreciating that any respectable god would turn his face away from him. The country is in turmoil, everything changing since the long wars ended. Only the Land seems still to be the same. Major Nathaniel Perry, Lord Palfrey, believes even the fields of old Dorset must succumb to modernity. His tenantry seems to disagree. The scene is set for a long, slow dispute.

Her husband vanishes. The truth lies buried in wartime London. The day after their wedding in Dominica, LeJeune sails to England to build a home for them. When Essie receives only a single letter from him, she must leave her Caribbean home and travel across the ocean to post-WWII London, determined to uncover what really happened. In Stepney, the people who knew him—his army friend and the woman who first captured his heart—hold pieces of the truth. As Essie digs deeper, secrets from his wartime past begin to unravel, threatening everything she believed about love, loyalty, and herself.

In an unknown land, surrounded by strangers, Astra struggles to adjust as she is thrust into a new life. She is determined to bury her feelings of hurt and grief in order to protect The Clan. The task is made difficult by the presence of Todd, who she knows betrayed her and her teammates. She fears what will happen if he should ever make the existence of her people known. At first, it appears that The People of the Brimming Lake have nothing in common with The Clan. However, underneath the surface, Astra finds that the core of who they are is not so different from her own people.

This based-on-real-events novel tells the story of the family that possibly inspired The Godfather—except this story doesn't begin with a small robbery in New York. Instead, The Descendant begins with a big, blooming love in the tiny town of Lucca Sicula, Sicily. Told through the lives of the strong Italian women who fought against impossible odds, this historically inspired narrative introduces a whole cast of fascinating characters.

Two years after the death of her husband, Lori Carlton agrees to swap homes for the summer with her best friend, Carrie Ware, hoping to reconnect with herself in the peaceful retreat of Pelican Bay, a quiet stretch of Nantucket where time seems to slow.

Germany, 1940. Roxy ducked behind the rusted train carriage in the darkness. She’d walked all night alone. She just needed to make it across the railyard and onto the final carriage of the train slowly pulling into the station ahead. Then she’d be safe. At least for a little while… Cared for by her aunt and extended family since losing her parents as a little girl, Roxy Popa has always felt like an outsider. She hates to follow the strict rules her family hold her to.

Irland, 1859. Keara Michaels will ihre Mutter und ihre kleinen Schwestern nicht mit dem gewalttätigen Vater in Irland zurücklassen, doch das Schicksal schickt sie erst nach Lancashire und dann schwanger und mittellos nach Australien. Auch Mark Gibson wandert nach Australien aus. Dort angekommen, arbeitet er als Goldsucher. Ein gefährliches Unterfangen, das er fast nicht überlebt. Als er sein Glück gefunden zu haben scheint, stirbt seine junge Frau im Kindbett und Mark zieht mit einem gebrochenem Herzen und einem Säugling nach Westaustralien.

After my ex stole from me and took off, I swore off anything that even looked like a relationship. I survived by devoting myself to the ranch and my family, keeping my head down, and accepting some of us just aren’t meant for happily ever afters. Until a spitfire undercover agent shatters everything I believed by introducing me to a little girl who’s supposedly mine. Now, my world centers around keeping the child safe from the danger in her past and keeping my hands off the sexy agent who is guaranteed to do what all the women in my life have done before her—leave.

When Jessica Steele's husband left, Jess and her youngest daughter, Glory, fled to the old beach house in Driftwood Key, planning to drown their sorrows in the delicious saltwater air and the rippling hush of the ocean. But now Jess has reunited with the foster family that never left her thoughts, including the boy who had a special place in her heart–a boy who has grown into a kind but complicated man. And she has finally learned the shocking truth about why her husband left her.

Out of the Mouths of Children is a powerful supernatural Christian novel that unfolds where heaven and earth quietly collide. Hannah and Blaze Mercer are not ordinary children. From the moment they are born, unseen forces gather around them—angels appointed, darkness watching, destiny already in motion. Though small and seemingly fragile, the siblings carry a rare spiritual authority, one rooted not in strength or knowledge, but in purity, obedience, and faith untouched by the world.

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…

Tiden för förlossningen närmar sig, och även om Emilie är exalterad är hon också orolig. Kommer allt att gå bra – och hur kommer hennes framtid att se ut som ensamstående mamma? Simon får olycksbådande nyheter om att Jorid har insjuknat i lunginflammation. Det är inte alls säkert att hon kommer att överleva.

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?

Battu par son père alcoolique et harcelé par les jeunes du village, l'adolescent Ahren a du mal à mesurer sa chance lorsqu'il est sélectionné comme apprenti par Falk, le gardien de la forêt, lors de l'examen d'aptitudes annuel. À ses côtés, il apprend à tirer à l'arc et à combattre les sombres créatures jusqu'à ce qu'un événement inattendu se produise à la Cérémonie du printemps : quand Ahren touche la pierre des dieux, elle se met à briller pour la première fois.

La soledad de Sonia y Sunny es la historia fascinante de dos jóvenes cuyos destinos se cruzan y separan a lo largo de continentes y años: una epopeya sobre el amor y la familia, la India y América, la tradición y la modernidad, que marca el regreso a la gran narrativa de Kiran Desai, ganadora del Premio Booker con El legado de la pérdida.

When lightning strikes Amberjack Shores during the worst storm of the season, it leaves more than just a cottage in flames. For the Dalton family and their extended clan, the road to recovery will test bonds old and new. Determined to rebuild what was lost, Tyler discovers a fishing tournament with a prize that could solve their financial troubles. The only catch? He needs a partner, and the only logical choice is Becca—who has never held a fishing rod in her life.

La giovane Juni, in fuga da un marito violento, si rifugia nella casa dei nonni su un'isola norvegese, un luogo ormai quasi disabitato che in lei evoca ricordi felici: è qui che è cresciuta insieme agli amati nonni, che ora non ci sono più. Rovistando tra i loro cimeli, Juni trova una fotografia che ritrae la nonna Tekla da giovane insieme a un uomo che non è il nonno; l'immagine è datata giugno 1945, l'uomo è un soldato e i due hanno tutta l'aria di essere innamorati.

Jenny is thirteen when an epic dust storm rolls into her central California town in December 1977. Bedridden after contracting a life-threatening illness in the storm and suffering a shocking loss, Jenny realizes she will never be cared for by the mother who both neglects and terrifies her or the father who allows it. She relies on her cousin, Heather, who has the loving home Jenny longs for; her beloved great-uncle, Gino, the last link between generations; her best friend, Henry, a free spirit with whom she shares an inexplicable bond; and baseball star, Billy, who becomes her first love.

Over seven decades, from 1940 to 2010, the pieds-noirs Cassars live in an itinerant state—separated in the chaos of World War II, running from a complicated colonial homeland, and, after Algerian independence, without a homeland at all. This Strange Eventful History, told with historical sweep, is above all a family story: of patriarch Gaston and his wife Lucienne, whose myth of perfect love sustains them and stifles their children; of François and Denise, devoted siblings connected by their family's strangeness; of François's union with Barbara; of Chloe, the result of that union.

Oldenburg, 1893: Marleene und ihr Verlobter träumen davon, eine eigene Gärtnerei aufzubauen, in der sie duftenden Flieder und prachtvolle Rhododendren züchten. Als sich ihnen die Gelegenheit bietet, ein Stück Land zu bewirtschaften, können sie ihr Glück kaum fassen. Eine Auszeichnung auf der Hamburger Gartenschau könnte ihnen außerdem die begehrte Auszeichnung als »Hofgärtnerei« einbringen. Doch innerhalb von kürzester Zeit aus dem Nichts eine Gärtnerei aufzubauen verlangt ihnen und ihrer Liebe alles ab – sogar die Hochzeitspläne müssen zu Marleenes Kummer auf Eis gelegt werden.