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Christmas sees Pennington’s at its most glorious, thronged with shoppers, its grand staircase and balcony adorned with holly, mistletoe, tinsel and lights. It should be the happiest time, but dramas are simmering beneath the surface. For shop girl Cornelia Culford, a divorce hearing looms, where she could lose custody of her young sons to her overbearing and unfaithful husband. For Stephen Gower, being head of security at Pennington's is the perfect refuge from a tragic past at Scotland Yard.

All alone, following her mother's death, seventeen-year-old Eden Murray returns to her deceased father's fishing village in search of her roots and a future. Eden has worked in the fishing industry since the age of twelve and is soon employed by local businesswoman Euphemia Ross. Much to Euphemia's annoyance, Eden and her son Lewis Ross strike up a friendship. But Euphemia has grander plans for her son and is hostile towards Eden in preventing them ever having a future together.

After tragically losing her husband at sea, Eppie Watt must support herself, her daughter Charlotte and mother-in-law and sets to work packing and selling herring in Portsoy Harbour. When her mother-in-law passes, poor Charlotte is sent home to be cared for by Eppie's family. Eppie is thrilled when offered a housekeeper position to Alexander Geddes, a wealthy widower, businessman and father to headstrong Duncan and cloistered Lydia. But Andrew's mother, old Mrs Geddes is set against Eppie and as her interfering intensifies Alexander is left with no choice but to ask his mother to leave.

Since his appointment as Nomarch of Memphis, by the God-Pharaoh Rameses, Piay has thrown himself into pulling the city back from the brink. The famous white city walls have been rebuilt, the once starving inhabitants fed and every day caravans have arrived from the desert wastes, filled with the many riches looted and hidden by the Hyksos. But when the body of a murdered scribe is found sealed inside the newly constructed city vault - the mark of Anubis, god of death, scrawled next to him in his own blood - panic sweeps the city.

Die Geheimnisse von Engeløya – die erfolgreiche Skandinavien-Saga geht weiter! Norwegen | Insel Engeløya: Im Doktorhaus Breidablikk herrscht große Aufregung! Bera stürzt von ihrem geliebten Pferd Melle und erleidet eine Gehirnerschütterung. Elen und Gabriel wachen besorgt über sie, während Agnete neue Intrigen spinnt. Doch dann geschieht das Unfassbare: Amtsmann Hjalmar Falch taucht auf – und will Melle mitnehmen! Trine Angelsen entführt ihre Hörer*innen in das malerische Dorf Engeløya im norwegischen Vestfjord.

London's East End, 1940: a frightened young woman gives birth to a tiny baby. Clearly alone, she refuses to hold the child: she can’t let herself bond with the baby she must give up. But sometime in the night, a terrifying air raid forces the maternity unit to evacuate, and in the chaos, mother and baby are separated…

Working in service as a cook in a big house, Rose dreams of running her own teashop one day. But her life takes a dark turn, when her family fall prey to an unscrupulous family member and her mother, a milliner, falls into debt. As Rose takes charge of her younger, wilder sister their lives are thrown into turmoil when tragedy strikes. Is Rose’s dream of a better life destined to remain just that, or will her love for her family bring better days?

L. E. Modesitt, Jr. presents Book 25 in the Saga of Recluce series.

With his war veteran father missing and his mother gravely ill, William Carter is struggling to keep his family’s cotton farm afloat during the Great Depression. But a drought has left him with a failing crop and the bank is threatening foreclosure. As his options are waning, William receives a mysterious letter that claims to know his father’s whereabouts. Together with his best friend Ollie, a mortician-in-training, William sets out to find his father and bring him home to set things right.

The next heartwarming instalment in Kate Eastham's Diary of a Country Nurse Series.

1941. The midst of the Blitz. Bombs are raining down on the city. In one terrifying moment, trainee nurse Pippa Luscombe’s life is turned upside-down when her hospital takes a direct hit. As Pippa comes to terms with the full extent of the tragedy, she must pick up the pieces of her life. But the incident has left lasting scars. She determines to dedicate her life to her nursing career, and forget about finding love of her own. Until one day she discovers she has an unexpected admirer. A patient hands her a piece of paper. A heartfelt note to his butterfly girl.

The Brodricks of Clonmere gain great wealth by harnessing the power of Hungry Hill and extracting the treasure it holds. The Donovans, the original owners of Clonmere Castle, resent the Brodricks' success and consider the great house and its surrounding land theirs by rights. For generations the feud between the families has simmered, always threatening to break into violence . . .

Montana, Christmas 1910: For widowed rancher Lincoln Creed, the holiday serves as a harsh reminder of what a tough year it’s been—and who he’s lost. His ranch has fallen on hard times, and he must find his little daughter Gracie a governess, a lady who can teach and cook—yet won’t set her sights on him.

Jachtfahrten auf dem Mittelmeer, Kurztrips zu den Kanarischen Inseln und den Niagarafällen – die Monets atmen Luxus. Obwohl niemand besser weiß als Hailie, dass es nicht nur darum geht, will sie die Vorzüge ihres neuen Lebens genießen. Doch sie muss auf die harte Tour lernen: Einige Privilegien kommen sie teuer zu stehen ...

Es gibt keinen Weg, der nicht irgendwann nach Hause führt Am Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs wird mitten in Deutschland ein kleiner Junge gefunden, der nichts über sich selbst und seine Herkunft weiß. Sein Alter wird geschätzt, er bekommt den Namen Hartmut und wächst in einem katholischen Kinderheim auf, in dem viel Ordnung und noch mehr Zucht herrscht. Dort lernt er die etwas ältere Kriegswaise Margret kennen, die ihn schon im Heim zu beschützen versucht. Die beiden werden zu einer unverzichtbaren Stütze füreinander und beschließen, sich nie wieder loszulassen.

The library girls are determined to keep their community’s spirits high. With their beloved library damaged by bombing, they’ve found a temporary home in the local school, but they long to return to the place they love. Mavis’s wedding should be a time of joy, but beneath the celebrations, she carries a secret. Determined to stay strong, she refuses to dampen the happiness of those around her.

1979. Behsad, a young communist revolutionary, fights with his friends for a new order after the Shah’s expulsion. He tells of sparking hope, of clandestine political actions, and of how he finds the love of his life in the courageous, intelligent Nahid. 1989. Nahid lives her new life in West Germany with Behsad. With their young children, they spend hour after hour in front of the radio, hoping for news from others who went into hiding after the mullahs came to power.

A lovely full-cast, family-based saga by Catherine Czerkawska. It follows Alison, as she discovers a yacht which belonged to a family of boat makers whose lives were tinged by turbulent love, sorrow and death. She finds the lady the boat was named after and discovers the history of the boat she has fallen in love with, and the family behind its excellent craftmanship.

Norwegen | Insel Engeløya – Haus Breidablikk: Überraschend kehrt Agnete zurück und Gabriel kann sie nicht fortschicken – schließlich sind sie noch verheiratet. Außerdem verhält sie sich allen gegenüber auf einmal viel freundlicher. Das sorgt für Misstrauen und Bera schmiedet einen Plan. Gleichzeitig sucht Marie weiterhin heimlich Gabriels Nähe. Sehnsucht, Spannung und große Gefühle – die beliebte Historienserie aus Norwegen ist ein Muss für alle Fans von Skandinavien, großen Geheimnissen und Familiensagas.

It's 1942 and the Second World War is raging on. Maggie Carpenter led a seemingly quiet life as a teacher in Manchester, but as the fighting intensifies she quits her peaceful existence to do her bit for the war effort. As part of an army of girls working on the canals to deliver essential supplies around the country, Maggie's world is far from comfortable. She has to share a tiny cabin with two strangers, where there's no running water and a questionable lavatory set-up.