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The highly awaited new novel from the internationally bestselling author of The German Midwife (also published as A Woman of War). Venice, 1943 The world is at war, and Stella Jilani is leading a double life. By day she works in the lion’s den as a typist for the Reich; by night, she risks her...

1901, Wiltshire. Young Kathleen Keller is being forced into marriage with a man she despises by her cruel father. In an act of desperation, she runs away in a bid for a safer life, although one she might not have otherwise chosen. But when tragedy strikes, Kathleen is left vulnerable and one man threatens the fragile peace she has made for herself.

It is 1910 and life in Wiltshire is far from pleasant for Mattie Willitt and her sisters. Bullied by her stepfather, who attempts to force her into an unwelcome marriage, Mattie decides her only hope for happiness is to run away. With nowhere else to go, Mattie stays with Jacob and the two of them grow close. Their relationship is complicated by Emily Newington, the elderly landowner, who wishes to protect her property from her greedy cousin.

"Married? But you've only known him a year!" "Trevor says that if we get married before he goes for his National Service, then he'll get the Marriage Allowance." "But…!" Married life isn’t what they promised it would be… Romantic young Maureen Matthews has always dreamt of a life beyond...

'Georgina only knew that she envied Josie Ford and her friends. They might be poor, and, as her mother described them, ‘rough’ but Georgina daydreamed of how much happier life must be inside their small terraced houses than her own.' Will she pick true friendship or forbidden love? Josie and...

Alone in the world, will she have the courage to follow her heart? Escape to the world of the Staffordshire Potteries, from the award-winning writer Margaret Kaine. When her loving but strict parents pass away, twenty-one-year-old Megan Creswell is left penniless and alone – except for a...

Can she ever forgive the mother who abandoned her? Escape to the world of the Staffordshire Potteries, from the award-winning writer Margaret Kaine. When young Polly Merton’s beloved grandfather dies, she is forced into sharing a home with the last person she expected: the mother who left her...

Eine berührende Geschichte über zweite Chancen, verborgene Schicksale und den Mut zur großen Liebe. Von Bild-#1-Bestsellerautorin Karin Lindberg. Schottland, heute: Nach einer schmerzhaften Trennung flieht die Tischlerin Lea in die schottischen Highlands, um das altehrwürdige Braemar House zu renovieren.

He thought he was rescuing her from the Comanche. Now the Civil War soldier must prove he isn't the villain she thinks he is. Driven by the looming expectation of becoming a suffocatingly proper lady, Morning Fawn is determined to escape the confines of her uncle’s plantation and return to her...

An ancient city. A perfect stranger. A single word that ruins everything. For the deeply refined Miss Winchelsea, a dream voyage to Rome is supposed to be an escape into art and poetry. Instead, amidst the sun-drenched, cypress-shadowed ruins of the Colosseum, she falls under the spell of a...

An entrancing new novel from bestselling author Jennifer Robson featuring a secret society of time travelers, an Oxford student with extraordinary powers, and the discovery of a lifetime. Oxford, England 1992 Newly arrived at the University of Oxford, graduate student Cora Gallant is thrilled...

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.

A glamorous 1920s romance for classic fiction lovers, IT by Elinor Glyn delivers wit, passion, and the original “It” factor that defined an era. IT by Elinor Glyn: The Original Romance That Defined an EraA timeless tale of passion, secrets, and desire. Dive into IT, the classic novel by Elinor Glyn that captivated readers in the Roaring Twenties and inspired a generation. This unforgettable romance introduces John Gaunt, a powerful self-made millionaire, and Ava Cleveland, a spirited socialite struggling to survive in a world of wealth and deception.

A WWII historical romance of forbidden love, family torn apart by war, and a city on the edge of annihilation, from New York Times bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon, writing as Kinley MacGregor Saving the city may mean destroying the people they love most. Paris, 1944. Amandine Lundy has spent...

An epic tale of courage, love and heroism inspired by the true stories of women working as journalists during the Vietnam War. 1967. Jude Murphy has never taken no for an answer. When the Associated Press refuses to send her to cover Vietnam, she books her own flight to Saigon – typewriter in...

A forgotten mansion. A wartime secret. What lies behind the door of the Cornish house? Cornwall, 1944: As her beloved brother fights the Nazis in Europe, Mary Trewallis works tirelessly on the makeshift hospital wards for injured servicemen that have taken over her family's grand ancestral home...

She had the best of friends and the greatest love. Now she has nothing. Will she have the strength to carry out the fight of her life? Scotland 1914: Aged 14, Mhairi is forced into adulthood. Evicted from her family home in rural Scotland, separated from her parents, she must find her own way in life in the brutal world of itinerant workers. A year later, she moves to Glasgow in search of her family, a home, employment, something. As she fights for survival in a city of strangers, she finds companionship in the most unlikely of places. And then she finds love.

Un intrico amoroso, un anello scagliato, gelosie e incomprensioni: il dramma della famiglia Löwensköld, già al centro dell’Anello rubato, diventa una fiaba d’amore e salvezza.Gli anelli portano spesso con sé maledizioni. È così nei miti e nelle fiabe, è così in Tolkien e nella...

Eine Frau als Dirigent? Undenkbar an der Wiener Oper 1925. Doch die junge Johanna brennt für die Musik. Für ihren Lebenstraum zwängt sie sich in die Verkleidung eines Mannes. Als »Johann« dirigiert sie die Wiener Philharmoniker und feiert mit den glamourösen Stars der Opernwelt große Erfolge.

Das mitreißende Finale der historischen Saga von Bestsellerautorin Sibel Daniel über Widerstand, Verrat und die Kraft der Liebe in den dunkelsten Stunden Europas Stockholm, 1944. Johanna von Fehrsburg versucht, ihrer Tochter Leah im neutralen Schweden ein sicheres Leben zu ermöglichen. An ihrer Seite ist Sven – und mit ihm die Hoffnung auf eine Zukunft fern von Krieg und Angst.