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Essex 1941. Unhappy with life at home with her privileged family, Hannah Austen-Bagshaw runs away to join the Land Girls Army, carrying with her a dark and terrible secret. Life on the farm is tough, but when Hannah meets handsome working-class flight lieutenant Jack, they form an immediate friendship. But unbeknownst to Jack, Hannah is sheltering a young German pilot who has crash landed in a nearby field. Torn between her duty and her humanity, Hannah knows she risks being arrested as a traitor, but she cannot see the young pilot suffer.

Maria Borchardt steht vor den Trümmern ihres Lebens – und trotzdem findet sie die Kraft für einen Neuanfang, der ihr letztlich mehr beschert, als sie je für möglich gehalten hätte... Maria Borchardt ist nicht mehr dieselbe Frau seit diesem schrecklichen Weihnachten 1976. Seit die Polizei an der Tür der Villa Borchardt geklingelt und der Staatsanwalt ihr den Durchsuchungsbeschluss präsentiert hatte. Seit sie erfahren hatte, dass ihr Mann Hanns Borchardt in betrügerische Machenschaften verwickelt war.

Maria Borchardt steht vor den Trümmern ihres Lebens – und trotzdem findet sie die Kraft für einen Neuanfang, der ihr letztlich mehr beschert, als sie je für möglich gehalten hätte... Maria Borchardt ist nicht mehr dieselbe Frau seit diesem schrecklichen Weihnachten 1976. Seit die Polizei an der Tür der Villa Borchardt geklingelt und der Staatsanwalt ihr den Durchsuchungsbeschluss präsentiert hatte. Seit sie erfahren hatte, dass ihr Mann Hanns Borchardt in betrügerische Machenschaften verwickelt war. Aber jetzt ist keine Zeit, sich selbst zu bemitleiden.

Poachers and dealmakers, the Griffiths family have always managed to scrape by on the edge of the law. As rationing finally draws to an end, the tight-knit community finds itself coming to terms with a new world in which social boundaries are being eroded and opportunities are growing for all. Heartache remains a constant though, with Caroline Griffiths trapped in a sham marriage to Barry Martin, and Rhiannon Lewis still mourning their broken engagement.

Edward Jenkins dreams of opening a sports shop in the Welsh town of Pendragon Island. Then his ambitions become a possibility through his and his sister Margaret's inheritance, but Margaret has plans of her own. Can Edward stand up to her for the very first time? Rhiannon and Charlie Bevan want to start a family, but her father Lewis is living with them, refusing to accept the happiness of their marriage. If only they could find a way to reunite him with her mother Dora, they could finally have the home they've dreamed of.

When Maisie Vasey leaves her husband and brings her daughter to live on Pendragon Island, she causes unrest within more than one family. Underneath the happy surface of this Welsh seaside town, relationships can seem fragile and easily destroyed. When Maisie comes to work for Edward Jenkins at Montague Court, he soon makes his intentions clear, but she has very different ideas about where their friendship is heading. Lewis and his fiery wife Dora continue to row with each other, even though they both know that love still binds them together.

June, 1941. When Bobby Bancroft arrived in Silverdale to take a job as a reporter on The Tyke magazine, the sleepy Yorkshire Dales village felt like a little pocket of a past long gone. But war finally seems to have come to Silverdale. The villagers face new hardships when shortages and rationing begin to bite, young men become scarce as more are called up, and Bobby finds herself juggling her job on the magazine with a new role as an ARP warden. Even her surly editor Reg and his wife are doing their bit, agreeing to take two evacuees from London into their home.

Martha Owen has not had an easy start in life. Her abusive father dominates the family and she has lost her only friend after a painful falling-out. When her father's reliance on the bottle, and his increasingly violent temper, causes more turmoil for Martha, her mother and her three siblings, as well as World War One causing more strain on the home front, her prospects look bleak. With no money or qualifications to speak of, starting a job at the Potteries feels like a lifeline, but Martha finds herself wanting more than the production line job she works on.

Petticoats, Wirtschaftswunder und die große Liebe – eine starke Frau auf der Suche nach dem Glück. Hamburg, Anfang der 60er Jahre: Die junge Klara Paulsen hat ihre Stelle als Bildredakteurin bei der Frauenzeitschrift "Claire" aufgegeben, um eine noch viel aufregendere Aufgabe zu übernehmen: Chefreporterin bei einer neu gegründeten Zeitschrift für Musik und Mode. Es ist die Zeit von Rock’n’Roll und Minirock, die ganze Stadt vibriert. Und niemand hat ein besseres Gespür für die prickelndsten Ereignisse als Klara und ihre Freundinnen.

England, 1924. Nell Potter pens successful romantic mysteries as the enigmatic Margot Evangeline, but off the page, things aren’t quite so wonderful. Nell, tormented by a terrible ordeal in her past, can’t settle, and her writing is coming less and less easily. When she receives an invitation to Hill House, a stunning Georgian manor deep in the countryside, it feels like a chance to escape her troubles. Hill House is as beautiful as Nell could have ever imagined but, it turns out, not exactly restful. It seems the manor has its own secrets.

The year is 1930, and Cora McCavanagh is posing as a maid at Hollywood magnate Truman Byrd’s legendary estate. She’s closing in on the damning evidence she needs for a high-profile client. An aspiring PI, Cora was trained by her father, a former prison guard at the notorious Pelican Island, where she grew up surrounded by hardened criminals. And that's why she recognizes Jack Yates as soon as he walks through the door. The last time she saw him was on an ill-fated night that changed the course of her life and still haunts her more than a decade later.

Havana, 1939: It’s opening night at the famed Tropicana nightclub. Cuban American college student Natalie Trainer, on vacation from Miami, is watching from the sidelines—as usual. Then comes an invitation to dance from a handsome stranger named Antonio. Normally cautious and reserved, Natalie somehow finds herself saying yes. A tiny thrill of rebellion, of taking a chance, and Natalie’s in heaven. Will her first step into this unfamiliar realm set a new course for her life, or only tonight?

München und Meersburg 1927: Schon seit ihrer Kindheit am idyllischen Bodensee weiß Katharina, dass ihr Herz der Medizin gehört. Nachdem sie den ersehnten Studienplatz in München erhalten hat, widmet sie sich mit Hingabe ganz besonders der Frauenheilkunde. Doch als Frau hat sie es an der Universität nicht leicht und muss gegen konservative Widerstände und unerbittliche Moralvorstellungen ihrer Zeit kämpfen.

Peter Blunden, a New Zealand soldier captured in Crete, jumps from a train and escapes from his Nazi captors. He is taken into a safe house by Mrs. Tasoula, a dressmaker and a member of the Greek resistance movement. She employs several young dressmakers including Thalia Christidou, who wonders why the door to a room off the living room is always locked. This arrangement works well for some time, but the Germans are everywhere and there is mounting concern that the men will be discovered. Thalia sees them by accident, and soon Peter and Thalia become close.

The day Teddy Roosevelt learned McKinley had died and he was now president of the United States, he made up his mind he would cut a canal through the Isthmus of Panama. No small task. The French had tried and failed with more than twenty thousand dead. Roosevelt wasn’t alone in wanting to see a canal. The Wall Street financier, J. P. Morgan, wanted it too, and so did revolutionaries in Panama. Morgan wanted a shorter route for his ships and was willing to secretly finance the insurrection against Colombia, who owned the territory of Panama. Not everyone was wild about America in Panama.

Bestselling historical fiction author Molly Green is back with her most engrossing, heartfelt World War Two saga yet, The Wartime Librarian's Secret! Preorder now! With war raging on, there are battles of the heart to be won… Munich. September, 1938. When twenty-one-year-old Madeleine Hamilton...

Melvin Flack has given up on his dream of becoming an artist until he discovers 14 paintings hidden in a derelict building in the Bronx. To his shock, they're signed by his idol, Claude Monet. And the subject! Is it possible Monet designed Yankee Stadium in 1921? If these paintings are authentic, who gets the 600 million dollars they'll get at auction? And what's in the mysterious journal that Mel finds with the art?

Die Geschichte von Yves Saint-Laurents größter Inspiration – eine Frau, die alles für die Liebe riskiert. Paris, 1968: Als die junge Loulou zu einer Teestunde in illustrer Gesellschaft eingeladen wird, könnte sie sich nichts Langweiligeres vorstellen – und allgemein fällt es der in London geborenen jungen Frau schwer, in Frankreich anzukommen. Endlich hat sie es geschafft, aus dem Schatten ihrer berühmten Mutter herauszutreten, alles in ihr wehrt sich dagegen, sich von ihrem bunten, ausufernden Stil abzuwenden und der hier vorherrschenden kühlen Eleganz anzupassen.

Circumstances have drastically changed young Laura Dawson’s comfortable and sheltered life, and she gratefully accepts what she sees as a lifeline—a job working with Viv Chaseley. Laura moves into Tyneholme and into the unbelievably amazing world of the Chaseleys. Working with Viv gives Laura the confidence she knows she lacks, and it brings new meaning to her previously uninspiring life.

London, 1952: Ausgerechnet bei der Beerdigung von Ines' Großvater, dem Gründer des Musikhauses, kommt es zu einer merkwürdigen Begegnung: Eine fremde Frau behauptet, mit der Familie Albers verwandt zu sein. Ist sie gekommen, um einen Teil des Erbes einzustreichen? Ines muss herausfinden, was an der Geschichte der Unbekannten dran ist. Denn das Musikhaus der Familie ist in so großen finanziellen Schwierigkeiten, dass sie ein Erbe gar nicht auszahlen könnte. Die Spur zu den notwendigen Antworten führt Ines in die Heimatstadt der Familie nach Hamburg.

After five long years of endless warfare, Red Cross nurse Kitty Pattison has seen her share of heartbreak and loss. And now, with her beloved fiancé Dr Michael McCarthy recuperating from a head injury across the ocean in Canada, and her dear friends Trixie and Jo scattered to the four corners of the war effort, it’s harder than ever to battle through the heavy-hearted moments that mark the passing days. But as she tends to the lost and wounded, Kitty finds a resilience of spirit within herself she never thought imaginable

1915. While World War One changes the country, with food becoming scarce and Britain's young men being called up, it is harder than ever to keep the grand Beach Hotel in Littlehampton running smoothly. Waitress Lili Probert has seen her hard work rewarded at the Beach Hotel, but hides heartbreak behind her sunny personality. Her sweetheart, Norman, is missing in action and has been presumed dead, but she cannot give up hope that he may be found. But when she meets injured soldier Rhodri, a fellow Welshman now living near Littlehampton, she fights hard to ignore her growing attraction for him.

In 1953, Dee Danes, an orphan raised by her spiteful cousin, is inexperienced in love and desperately wants to fit in. She takes a job tutoring a little girl at a mansion, secretly fantasizing about romance with the owner, just like her beloved heroine Jane Eyre. The strikingly handsome and wealthy owner of Rothmorton Hall, Hugh Roth, appears to enjoy embarrassing her and Dee worries she's made a terrible mistake. Mystery surrounds the other staff and Hugh, particularly the ex-wife everyone is forbidden to discuss.

Duitsland, 1936. De Joodse Monika Merton, wier echtgenoot al is omgekomen in het concentratiekamp Dachau, is op de vlucht voor de Gestapo. Ze heeft haar woonplaats München verlaten en hoopt in Beieren de Oostenrijkse grens te kunnen oversteken. Onderweg ontmoet ze in de trein dichter Andreas von Cornides, die zich nauwelijks bewust is van het geweld en de misdrijven in Duitsland. Hij leeft, zo lijkt het, in een andere wereld. Ondanks zijn onwetendheid ontwikkelt Monika een zwak voor hem, en hij voor haar. Haar plan om te vluchten verzwijgt ze.

The Weston family have always pinned their hopes for creating a dynasty on their glamorous granddaughters. But Joan and Megan - confident and eligible though they are - regularly set tongues wagging with their outrageous behaviour. Their grandmother Gladys decides she must organise a party to find them suitable husbands - and that's when everything really goes wrong. Meanwhile, fortunes are shifting in Pendragon Island.

Eloise Morris always puts her family first, and she spends her days working hard to support them. Marriage has never been part of her plans, but when Eloise is suddenly faced with the prospect of losing their family farm, she does the unthinkable and accepts an offer of marriage... from a man who is little more than an outlaw.

Depuis que Greta montre des signes de sénilité, Tom découvre chez sa mère une douceur inhabituelle : elle lui raconte son enfance en Prusse orientale, sa fuite vers l’ouest à la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, et son premier grand amour avec un soldat afro-américain. Mais quand elle lui pose des questions sur une sœur dont il n’a jamais entendu parler, Tom se rend compte qu’il ne connaît qu’une infime partie de la vie de celle qui l'a élevé. Avec une tension narrative haletante et une plume tout en émotion, Susanne Abel lève le voile sur le sort des bébés biraciaux nés de l’occupation américaine en Allemagne.

Shy Skip Keller and beautiful Peanut Lennox, helped by some matchmakers, find romance while traveling through the Black Hills. Will the magic of the ancient mountains create an unbreakable bond or will it be torn asunder by anger and mistrust?

Shortly before the Japanese invade, the van Hoorn family throws their famous Sinterklaas party at their tea plantation in West Java. One of their guests, Mattijs, a Dutch pilot, hopes to forge a future in the Dutch East Indies, possibly with the family's daughter Anna, but she is torn between her dreams of Holland and her desire to belong. Meanwhile the housekeeper, Diah, keenly observes the goings-on around the plantation, wondering how much to tell her freedom-fighter brother.

Von der Bestsellerautorin: bewegende Saga in den 1920er- und frühen 1930er-Jahren Mit Honigland startet SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin Hanni Münzer eine fesselnde historische Romanreihe und knüpft damit an ihre großen Erfolgsromane Honigtot und Marlene an! Von einem Gutshof in der Nähe Stettins führt Hanni Münzer ihre Hauptfigur Daisy von Tessendorf nach Paris, London und Berlin – und aus dem naiven jungen Wildfang wird eine mutige Frau im Zentrum der Macht.