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Ein Schloss am Meer. Drei Schwestern. Drei Entscheidungen. Wenn ein Sturm aufzieht … Niemals wollte Ebba zurück in ihre Heimat Ostfriesland. Nach dem Unfalltod ihrer Eltern hat es sie und ihre beiden Schwestern in alle Winde verstreut. Doch dann erben sie von ihrem Großvater ein altes Wasserschloss. Einzige Bedingung: Sie müssen dort für drei Monate zusammenleben. Als Ebba bei der Testamentseröffnung unerwartet ihrer Jugendliebe Cord gegenübersteht, stürmen lange verdrängte Gefühle auf sie ein. Wenn der Wind sich dreht …

Ein Kindheitsversprechen. Ein Familiengeheimnis. Und eine unmögliche Liebe in den goldenen Jahren Italiens. Zwei Kinder im Garten einer Mailänder Villa: Piero, der strahlende Sohn eines Automobilunternehmers. Und Valeria, die talentierte Tochter der Hausangestellten. Sie versprechen sich, Freunde fürs Leben zu werden. Verbunden durch ein altes Familiengeheimnis erleben sie eine Jugend in den goldenen Jahren Italiens, zwischen Dolce Vita und kultureller Revolution.

Ich bin Hanna und von daheim weggelaufen, als meine Mutter starb. Damals war ich fünfzehn und trieb mich zwei Jahre lang auf Münchens Straßen herum. Meine Freundin hat mich vor den Männern gewarnt, doch ich glaubte ihr nicht und habe alles falsch gemacht. Erst durch ein Unglück finde ich zurück zur Familie und erfahre ein schreckliches Familiengeheimnis.

In Tokyo, the son works as an English tutor, drinking his nights away with friends at a gay bar. He's entangled in a sexual relationship with a married man, and while he has built a chosen family in Japan, he is estranged from his family in America, particularly his mother, whose preference for the son's troubled homophobic brother pushed him to leave home. Then, in the weeks leading up to Christmas, ten years since they've last seen each other, the mother arrives uninvited on his doorstep.

Cabe Calaway would sooner swallow a porcupine than tussle with Jovie St. John. Jovie is stubborn, aloof, and darn right rude to him most of the time. He knows all that about her, and he steers clear of her whenever possible. Even though owning the ranch next to his family ranch makes that hard sometimes. What he doesn’t know is why she asked him to dance at the barn raising event his brothers had held. It was totally out of character. Cabe has known Jovie all of his life, and she’s always been reserved and unapproachable, even as a child.

Becca Fletcher heeft altijd een hekel gehad aan kerst, maar dit jaar ontkomt ze er niet aan. Haar zus Laura heeft haar namelijk uitgenodigd om de feestdagen met haar gezin in het Duincafé door te brengen. Wat Becca niet weet, is dat het Duincafé een heel bijzondere plek is. Een plek waar gebroken harten kunnen helen, nieuwe liefdes ontstaan en waar kerstwonderen echt gebeuren, zelfs bij Becca.

Wanneer de New Yorkse architect Tate Donovan aankomt in Cape Cod om het zomerhuis van zijn beste vriend te ontwerpen, hoopt hij een nieuwe start te maken. Tate is altijd een man geweest van de harde cijfers, van voldongen feiten en controle, maar het verlies van zijn geliefde zus Sylvia heeft hem aan het wankelen gebracht. Als Tate zijn intrek neemt in een historische bed-and-breakfast ontmoet hij Wren, een prachtige jonge vrouw die hem sterk aan zijn vrijgevochten zus doet denken.

Gdy pewnego dnia dostają zaproszenie na potańcówkę w klubie seniora, decydują się z niego skorzystać i wreszcie zrobić coś dla siebie. Krótko potem przyjaciółki wyruszają w szaloną podróż. Przy dźwiękach muzyki flamenco, na tle bajecznych zabytków Andaluzji oraz na słonecznych plażach Costa del Sol rozpętują mrożącą krew w żyłach i nieco gorszącą aferę.

What does family mean? Margot yearns for a baby to replace the one she has lost. But with two small boys, an ex-wife in the wings and his dashing cousin hovering, Patrick craves emotional and financial security. To what lengths will Margot and Patrick go to fulfil their desires? And when happiness is in reach, will the past stretch out and snatch it from their grasp? Trust explores the uncomfortable truths and the lies of omission that lurk beneath the surface of every human relationship.

Growing up in Montana, siblings Raymond and Barbara Lansdale held their chaotic world together through their shared childhood fantasy of The Long Ago: a distant place where happiness and tranquility reigned, far from the dysfunction at home. But imagination only goes so far. To escape his painful past, Ray joins the army and finds a career that gives him a sense of purpose and the promise of adventure.

Un hallazgo inesperado en la biblioteca de Mauricio Rosencof fue el impulso creativo de esta novela, cuyas raíces llegan hasta los orígenes de la peripecia de una familia judía que desembarca en Uruguay huyendo del Holocausto. Un libro cuyo proceso de escritura descubrió para el propio autor aspectos reveladores de la historia de su familia. El viaje de don Isaac en tren, para ir a charlar con su hijo preso, es el símbolo de otro viaje, más profundo y complejo, que une los destinos de diferentes generaciones en su lucha contra la injusticia y el desarraigo.

Maud is a talented garden historian and devoted mom to daughters Ella and Louise. Motivated to reignite her career and escape her troubled marriage, she accepts a summer job restoring the garden of a lush, 19th century estate in the Hudson Valley. Reveling in her work and temporary independence, Maud relishes her days in the sun. While waiting for her daughters to join her at the end of their school year, she strikes up a friendship with a coworker, archeologist Gabriel Crews.

Viva has always found ways to manage her mother’s impulsive, eccentric, and addictive personality. She’s had to—for her entire life, it has always been Viva and Charlotte against the world. After accidentally discovering an innate ability for dance, Viva chases her new passion with the same fervor with which her mother chases the bottle.

The Child in Time opens with a harrowing event. Stephen Lewis,a successful author of children's books, takes his three-year-old daughter on a routine Saturday morning trip to the supermarket. While waiting in line, his attention is distracted and his daughter is kidnapped. Just like that. From...

Trudy has betrayed her husband, John. She's still in the marital home – a dilapidated, priceless London townhouse – but not with John. Instead, she's with his brother, the profoundly banal Claude, and the two of them have a plan. But there is a witness to their plot: the inquisitive...

In the relentless summer heat, four abruptly orphaned children retreat into a shadowy, isolated world, and find their own strange and unsettling ways of fending for themselves...

Zahra Starling and her younger half sister, Aurora, have nothing in common. Not their childhoods or their personalities. And certainly not their outlooks. After a terrible loss, Zahra prefers the solitude of her LA kitchen to people, especially family. Bubbly Aurora, a rising Hollywood starlet, has everything she’s ever dreamed of, except a relationship with her sister. Then comes a plea from their dying father, who wants both daughters by his side. He has a secret to share that’s been a long time coming.

Born to a French mother and American father, graceful Dahlia de Beaumont has been sole owner and CEO of the venerable family perfume business based in Paris since her early twenties, following the death of her parents. For twenty-five years, after losing her young skier husband in an avalanche, her life has centered on running Lambert Perfumes and being a devoted single mother to her four now-adult children: indecisive Charles, volatile Alexa, kind-hearted business visionary Delphine, and dreamy artist Emma.

Tras once años de ausencia, el protagonista de El río vuelve a los escenarios de su niñez. El pueblo por el que correteó durante varios veranos ya no existe. Ha sido cubierto por las aguas del pantano y solo emerge, como inquietante aparición, cuando baja el nivel con el calor de agosto...

For social worker Mallory Ward, working with at-risk youth is a calling. But when one of her clients is tragically killed, she finds herself at a crossroads. Despite long-held resentments toward her distant mother, Mallory retreats to her childhood home on the Rhode Island coast to contemplate her future. Instead, she’s confronted by her past, not only in the renewed tensions with her mother but in the unexpected appearance of a familiar face—and the wrenching losses that drove her away a decade ago.