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1. Mai 1953, Konstanz am Bodensee: Renina ist vierundzwanzig, Martin Heideggers jüngste Assistentin und wagt den Sprung in die Selbstständigkeit. Sie gründet die erste Frauenzeitschrift Deutschlands. In Zeiten beängstigender politischer Restauration will sie sich mit ihrer "Lady" für ein neues Rollenverständnis der Frau einsetzen. Die Zeichen stehen gut, wäre da nicht Fred, den sie aus einer Laune heraus geheiratet hat. Der Doktor der Atomphysik, Neffe von Marlene Dietrich, hat sie in gefährliche sexuelle Abhängigkeiten verstrickt.

Begleiten Sie die Familie Laverne durch die schicksalhaften Jahre ab 1945: Der historische Roman "Schicksalskinder" ist der 3. Teil der großen Familiensaga "Die Chronik der Familie Laverne" um einen eleganten Kurort an der französischen Grenze. Bad Lichtenberg im Mai 1945. Für Luise Laverne ist jeder Tag ein Tanz auf dem Drahtseil.

1944: Bologna, Italy, and the streets are crawling with German soldiers. Nineteen-year-old Leila Venturi is shocked into joining the Resistance after her beloved best friend Rebecca, the daughter of a prominent Jewish businessman, is ruthlessly deported to a concentration camp. 1981: Exchange student Rhiannon Hughes arrives in Bologna and meets Leila, her landlady. Soon, Rhiannon finds herself being drawn into a web of intrigue. Leila’s nephew seems to be interested in a far-right group, but how is the nefarious leader connected to Leila?

Hamou Badi is born in a mountain village with the magical signs of the zouhry on his hands. In Morocco, the zouhry is a figure of legend, a child of both humans and djinns, capable of finding all manner of treasure: lost objects, hidden water. But instead, Hamou finds a body. This unsolved murder instils in Hamou a deep desire for order and justice: he trains as an officer of the law, working for the French in Casablanca. But the city is trapped in the turmoil of the nationalist uprising, and soon he will be forced to choose between all he knows and all he loves...

Zwei Frauen. Zwei Schicksale. Ein Land in Aufruhr. Lucía hat im beschaulichen Cadaqués Heimat, Familie und Berufung gefunden. Aber die Fehde zwischen Carmencita und ihr erreicht schließlich einen Höhepunkt, der Lucías Glück ins Wanken bringen könnte. Am anderen Ende Spaniens, in Bilbao, sucht währenddessen eine junge Frau nach ihren Wurzeln und gerät dabei an die falschen Freunde – aber nur dank dieser fatalen Begegnung, die sie ihr Leben lang bereuen wird, trifft sie auf ihre große Liebe. Wird sie irgendwann auch ihre Eltern finden?

The Somme, 1916. James Falconer, once a barrow boy on a London market, stands in the trenches, awaiting the command to go over the top. Away from his business empire in London, he is simply a soldier, war the great leveller. But, unlike his men, and unknown to them, deep down, Falconer doesn’t care if he lives or dies. When a face from the past offers James the chance to repair his fractured relationship with his estranged daughter, Leonie, he must decide if he can hold different things dear – and make space in his life for love.

Das Finale der bewegenden Mütter-Trilogie. Bad Oeynhausen 1983: Die 23-jährige Romy arbeitet in einer Diskothek. Sie ist schon früh zu Hause ausgezogen, weil sie sich mit ihrer Mutter Hanne nie gut verstanden hat. Nach außen wirkt sie stark und selbstbewusst, doch im Innersten ist sie sehr verletzlich. Als sie die Hochzeit mit ihrer großen Liebe Falco vorbereitet, stolpert sie in den Familienpapieren über einen Namen, den sie nicht kennt, und es reißt ihr den Boden unter den Füßen weg. Romy macht sich auf die Suche nach der Wahrheit, ohne ihrer Mutter Hanne davon zu erzählen.

1912. Fifteen-year-old Kate Truscott leaves her small Hampshire village to become a nursemaid to five children she's never met. She's looking forward to a new adventure. Life in town with the wealthy Winton family is different to anything Kate has known before. But she enjoys looking after her charges, becoming firm friends with Clara, the eldest daughter, and noticing that 18-year-old Philip, the eldest son, is so very handsome. But Kate knows that she would be considered an unacceptable match for a wealthy banker's son.

May 1945 – VE Day. After battling against the odds, the three friends are uncertain of their futures. With a new dawn, there are high hopes and boundless dreams. Can the Tobacco Girls unite once more to overcome life’s troubles and find the happiness they so deserve?

Responsible young widow Lydia has to put her grief aside to support her young family. When no one will hire her, she realizes that the only road to security for her and her children is to ignore her broken heart and marry again. Charming and irresponsible Willem has finally discovered a business opportunity he's passionate about, but in order to gain control of his inheritance, he must prove to his father he's ready to take life seriously.

Fans of Kate Quinn and Kristina McMorris will love this gripping historical novel based on the true story of the woman who used her codebreaking skills to bring down Prohibition gangsters and WWII Nazis, and who ultimately helped found the present-day CIA. Grace Smith has never been one to...

‘[A] captivating story, wonderfully fleshed out characters and relationships, and beautiful writing make this a must-read!’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ October 1941: As war rages in the Soviet Union, Nina is devastated as she watches her younger brother being sent off to the front...

Phoebe is a VAD at a Base Hospital in Étaples, France, treating men who’ve served at the Front. Their courage and resilience inspires her, and though she’s meant to keep her distance, Captain Archie Bailey soon captivates her heart. Her younger sister Celia is a nurse at a POW camp on the island of Jersey. These men fight for the forces that bombed her brother and parents, but long hours spent healing them shows her they aren’t the monsters she expected.

New York, 1915. Elizabeth Arden has been New York’s golden girl since her beauty salon opened its famous red door five years prior. Against all odds, she’s built an empire. Enter Helena Rubinstein: ruthless, revolutionary–and the rival Elizabeth didn’t bargain for. With both women determined to succeed–no matter the personal cost–a battle of beauty is born. And as the stakes increase, so do the methods: poaching employees, planting spies, copying products, hiring ex-husbands. But as each woman climbs higher, so too does what she stands to lose.

As owner of a well-respected national newspaper, Calvin Cabot has the means to indulge his capricious taste for excess—and the power to bring the upper crust of society to its knees. So when a desperate heiress from his past begs for his help, Calvin agrees . . . as long as she promises to stay out of his way. Except, like the newsman, this willful beauty always gets what she wants . . .

High school best friends Rose and Dax each have a secret—they like the other in a way they shouldn't in 1920s Prohibition Era California. After sharing a first kiss, they're forced apart—each sent to a different city to account for their sin. Rose lands in the coastal tourist city of Half Moon Bay in virtual servitude, working for a distant cousin for pennies. Dax has an idyllic existence in San Francisco, living with her married sister. Then the fates change

"Fans of codebreakers, spies, and Cold War dramas will be entrapped by Reay's tale of courage, love, and honor set against the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall." - Booklist Starred Review Bestselling author Katherine Reay returns with an unforgettable tale of the Cold War and a CIA code breaker...

Inspired by real accounts of the Forgotten Blitz bombings, The British Booksellers highlights the courage of those whose lives were forever changed by war—and the stories that bind us in the fight for what matters most. A tenant farmer’s son had no business daring to dream of a future with...

Brought to you by Penguin. Read the heartwarming new novel from the international million-copy bestselling author of The Little Paris Bookshop Nothing says love like a book . . . In a little town in the south of France, a young orphan, Marie-Jeanne, discovers the extraordinary power of books to...

Unsere jüngere Geschichte, dramatische Schicksale – und die zweite große Liebe. Der historische Roman "Der Himmel am nächsten Morgen" erzählt authentisch und wunderbar romantisch von einer Frau, die sich ihr Glück nicht nehmen lässt. Wuppertal, 1945: Kurz vor Kriegsende entgeht die junge Lissi bei einem Bombenangriff nur knapp dem Tod. Zum Glück findet sie bei ihrer Tante und deren zwei Kindern ein neues Zuhause. Die schwere Nachkriegszeit ist geprägt von Hunger, Kälte und Wohnungsnot.