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Blitzlichtgewitter, Glamour und eine unverhoffte Liebe. London, 1950: Die Hotelerbin Violet Mason macht sich große Sorgen. Das Savoy steht vor dem Ruin, denn seitdem ringsum neue Luxushotels aus dem Boden sprießen, bleiben ihr die Gäste aus. Als man sie zum Verkauf zwingen will, zieht Violet alle Register und arrangiert ein Medienspektakel - Weltstars inklusive. Doch kann das Comeback der einstigen Hollywood-Diva Greta Garbo das Savoy noch retten? Violet ahnt nicht, dass der Mann, der sie hinters Licht führen will, mittlerweile ein ganz anderes Interesse an ihr hegt.

Growing up in the Black Country under Mrs Thatcher's iron grip, Jamie dreams of a life in a magical metropolis, rubbing shoulders with the mythical creatures from Smash Hits. Despite the quirky characters in his hometown and his mother's witty one-liners, Jamie's heart is set on something greater. Follow him through secondary school, teenage turmoil, and art school, where he falls in love with Billy and the allure of the big city.

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 - December 21, 1940) was an American novelist, essayist, short story writer and screenwriter. He was best known for his novels depicting the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age a term he popularized. BOOK 3: Frau Kaethe Gregorovius overtook her husband on the path of their villa. 'How was Nicole?' she asked mildly; but she spoke out of breath, giving away the fact that she had held the question in her mind during her run. Franz looked at her in surprise.

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 - December 21, 1940) was an American novelist, essayist, short story writer and screenwriter. BOOK 1: Lately it has become a summer resort of notable and fashionable people; a decade ago it was almost deserted after its English clientele went north in April. Now, many bungalows cluster near it, but when this story begins only the cupolas of a dozen old villas rotted like water lilies among the massed pines between Gausse's Hôtel des Étrangers and Cannes, five miles away.

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 - December 21, 1940) was an American novelist, essayist, short story writer and screenwriter. He was best known for his novels depicting the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age a term he popularized. BOOK 2: In the spring of 1917, when Doctor Richard Diver first arrived in Zurich, he was twenty-six years old, a fine age for a man, indeed the very acme of bachelorhood. Even in war-time days, it was a fine age for Dick, who was already too valuable, too much of a capital investment to be shot off in a gun.

1953 bezaubert die Krönungszeremonie von Elizabeth II. die Menschen vor den Fernsehbildschirmen. Das neue Medium bietet einen Blick in die große weite Welt, wie es ihn nie zuvor gegeben hat. Auch die siebzehnjährige Eva Vordemfelde ist begeistert von der jungen Königin, von der frischen Brise einer neuen Zeit und der Aussicht auf ein aufregendes, unabhängiges Leben. Ihrem Vater passen diese Ambitionen überhaupt nicht.

Narvik, 1940. After Laila awakens to the sight of warships in the fjord, it isn't long before she turns resistor to the brutal Nazi regime. She is horrified when local girls begin affairs with enemy soldiers, yet against her own principles, she finds herself falling in love with German soldier, Josef. Josef is not like the others. He becomes involved in helping her and the locals with resistance activities, risking his life on more than one occasion.

From the bestselling author of Daughter of the Reich, an historical drama set in London about a bookshop involved in an espionage network. ""An utterly atmospheric and completely compelling read!” —Julia Kelly, international bestselling author of The Lost English Girl Two courageous women...

Mabelle von Haynbach ist aufgeregt: Ihr erster großer Auftritt als Mannequin in Paris steht bevor. Beflügelt von ihrem Erfolg, möchte sie auch ihr Privatleben neu ordnen. Sie will endlich ihre Großeltern kennenlernen und den wahren Grund für die tiefe Kluft zwischen den Familien ihrer Eltern erfahren. Auf Schloss Haynbach wird Mabelle zunächst freundlich aufgenommen. Doch als der sympathische Handwerker Claus ihr Herz erobert, droht erneut eine Liebe über Standesgrenzen hinweg für Zwist auf dem Schloss zu sorgen. Und dann wirft auch noch ein tragischer Unfall Schatten auf das junge Glück.

London, 1938. Bookseller Gertie Bingham is facing difficult times, having just lost her beloved husband, Harry, and with a lingering sadness at never having been able to have a child of her own. Struggling to face running the bookshop she and Harry opened together, Gertie is preparing to sell up and move away when she is asked if she would be willing to take in a young Jewish refugee from Germany. Gertie is unsure and when sullen teenager Hedy Fischer arrives, Gertie fears she has nothing left to give the troubled girl.

Liverpool 1942. Seventeen-year-old Frankie Franconi falls in love with charismatic British officer Nick Harper as quickly and certainly as the bomb that falls on their shelter. He is impressed by her good looks and intelligence, and the fact that, like him, she speaks fluent Italian. When she insists on staying to help rescue others who have been trapped he realises that she has courage, too. He gives her a business card with a Baker Street address, and suggests she put her skills to good use.

After four years at a university, Delphia Barnes returns home to Emerson Pass as America prepares to join the war. Determined to resist a conventional life of marriage and children, she fights her attraction to her old pal Jack Depaul. However, her heart won’t listen to reason, falling in love anyway.

Harpers is beginning to flourish once more after the end of the war but for Sally Harper the problems continue. Husband Ben is moody, sometimes distant, and she feels he is shutting her out at home and at work, but why? It takes a terrible tragedy to make them realise their love and respect is still true. The ladies and girls who work at Harpers continue to battle with problems in their own lives. Marion is still trying to reach her war-damaged husband and Lilly is battling with her pain and shame. It’s a period of transition for all.

The third installment of Francesca Scanacapra's gripping and emotional Paradiso saga.

When a German pilot crashes over my parents’ farmland, at first I am terrified. Who is this man? And should I help him or have him arrested? But when I look into his eyes for the first time, I feel in my heart that I must do everything I can to save this stranger’s life.

1918. Fleeing from her past, Cathy Carmichael is new to the Sixteen Streets. She has nothing to her name, no plan and nowhere to go. Cathy thinks she's struck gold when she runs into Mrs Sturrocks, an elderly lady who offers her a room at her boarding house. Her son, Noel, might be strange and sulky, but he gives her a job at the Robin Hood pub and before long, Cathy is thriving as the new barmaid. The Sixteen Streets was only meant to be a temporary stop for Cathy...but could it become home instead?

Emotional, atmosphärisch und lebendig erzählt: Eine deutsch-polnische Liebe vor dem Hintergrund des Zweiten Weltkrieges. Westpreußen, 1918: Umgeben von weiten Wiesen, Wäldern und Seen wächst Gerda von Westkamm auf Gut Lapienen auf. In den Sommern ihrer Kindheit träumt sie sich gemeinsam mit ihrem besten Freund Thomas in eine Welt aus Märchen und Geschichten. Zehn Jahre später wird aus der Kinderfreundschaft die große Liebe.

Standing on the platform at Grand Central Depot, Ted Harper is surprised by a fiery kiss from an undeniably gorgeous damsel in distress. He's certain she's a swindler who's only after his money, but he's never met a woman so passionate and sure of herself. Disarmed, he invites her to spend the journey to St. Louis in his private car—perhaps against his better judgment . . .

"Aquella vida que traté de ocultar hoy resuena como un murmullo en mi interior". Un relato que combina un secreto oculto, un amor imposible y un periplo trágico entre guerras. En el Palamós (Girona) de 1995, Marina se reencuentra sesenta años después con un amor de adolescencia, Hans, un nazi que luchó en la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Una devastadora revelación pone a prueba el valor de los protagonistas en el momento más decisivo de sus vidas. Esta es una historia que desafía el poder de la memoria y la fuerza de los sentimientos.

Vier starke Frauen zwischen Wirtschaftswunder und Hippiezeit, zwischen Nylons und Emanzipation, zwischen Liebe und Freundschaft. Hamburg 1957: Auf der Suche nach einer Anstellung als Bürokraft bewirbt sich die 20-jährige Klara Paulsen bei der Frauenzeitschrift "Claire". Ihr Vater ist im Krieg gefallen, und Klara hält sich und ihre Mutter als Aushilfe in einem Fotoatelier über Wasser. Sie möchte endlich einen richtigen Beruf, doch in der Personalabteilung des Verlags winkt man ab. Da kommt ihr das Schicksal zur Hilfe: Niemand ist greifbar, um die Fotos für die nächste Ausgabe zu entwickeln.