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The classic tale of an Australian girl who marries into the English aristocracy at a time of great change to the traditional order November 1910, and seventeen-year-old Lucinda is looking forward to being making her debut in Melbourne society. Beautiful and wealthy, she is set to make a...

Brought to you by Penguin. The war to end all wars has come to an end and Nell Tanner is overjoyed to have her father home. But the harsh reality of post-war Britain soon leaves her dreams of a brighter future in tatters. And when her best friend, Alfie, is posted miles away from home, Nell’s...

After giving birth to her daughter, Kate O'Connor finds herself back in Poor House Lane with some momentous decisions to make. Faced with the opportunity to move out of the slums, she invests her unexpected fortune in a new shoe factory to challenge Eliot Tyson's monopoly over the workforce, regardless of whether or not he is the father of her children...

Warsaw, 1939. The Nazi invasion shatters the city, as Nazi banners rise, hunger gnaws, and walls create a ghetto. SS patrols prowl and trains stand ready for “resettlement” camps of Treblinka. Granted access to the ghetto as a “public health specialist,” Irena Sendler steps through the gates with forged papers and begins with the smallest, most dangerous act: smuggling children out and away from certain death. With help from a group of rebels, Jewish residents, and her lover, Irena builds a pipeline under the occupier’s nose, using any means necessary, including the city’s sewers.

Drawn out of her reclusive life and into Cal's illicit underworld, Fern discovers a side of herself she's never known, proving she is much more than just a pawn. She and Cal realize what it is to love someone they shouldn't—and it comes with violent consequences. With Cal's scheme falling apart, and a crucial choice set before them, Fern will come to know what she's capable of, scars and all.

Lily Fairfax is drowning in grief and mourning the man she once loved when she finds herself tangled in a web of danger. She has no choice but to lean on a hired hand she barely knows for protection, though she vows she won't open her heart to love again.

When three young Black men enlist in the US Army hoping to serve their country with honor, their lives are forever changed. When Pearl Harbor is attacked in 1941, Cora’s brother, Benny, rushes to enlist against the wishes of Cora and their mother. Able to pass as white due to his pale skin and light eyes, Benny reports for duty only to realize he’s been mistakenly enlisted as a white man in a racially segregated military.

Great Plumstead is buzzing with news that the American GIs have arrived on the nearby aerodrome. However, when a serious accident forces Thea to step back from her work, she must focus her full attention on Rookery House. There is an impossible amount to get done - and a new arrival to accommodate. Will she manage to keep things afloat? Prue is as busy as ever, finding homes for evacuees while worrying about her sons, Jack and Edwin, who are involved in key Allied battles overseas...

The 1960s are beating a fresh pulse of political and cultural upheaval through Sydney. For sheltered convent schoolgirl Poppy Flannery such changes seem irrelevant. But it doesn't stop her from longing to join in, especially if it means spending time with the popular boy she secretly loves, Ben Williamson. So when a dream escape to Surfers Paradise arrives, Poppy and her twin sister Rosemary seize it and find themselves in the midst of the swinging 60s at last.

Sorcha Donovan n'a jamais quitté son village natal sur la côte sauvage du comté de Cork. Mais lorsqu'elle tombe amoureuse de Con Daly — un musicien aussi séduisant que passionné — et qu'il lui demande de tout quitter pour partir à Londres, Sorcha suit son cœur sans hésiter. Hélas leurs rêves se heurtent vite à la réalité. L'argent manque, les problèmes et les désillusions s'accumulent… jusqu'à ce que Con décroche enfin la gloire.

Pommern, 1886: Die junge Adelige Charlotte liebt das Abenteuer, ihre wilde Stute und das raue Land ihrer Heimat. Ihre Liebe zu Pferden führt sie immer wieder in die Ställe von Gut Rosenthal, wo sie auf den Stallmeister Johann trifft. Mit ihm erlebt sie eine Freundschaft und Verbundenheit, die sie von ihrem eigenen Ehemann nicht kennt. Cida muss einfach herausfinden, ob ihre Schwester noch lebt. Pommern, 1939: Als jüngstes von drei Kindern ist Hannah behütet auf dem Gestüt ihrer Eltern aufgewachsen.

Malachy Bane is running out of time—and chances. Demons stalk the shadows. The Mage Tribunal wants his head. And Cora, the woman who once held his heart, is slipping through his fingers. Now the Realmwalker has returned from death, dragging long-buried secrets and a reckoning soaked in blood and betrayal.

Ambitious event planner Daisy Haywood is torn between a safe and steady engagement to Harvey Harris and her lingering love for Max Galant, the adventurous journalist who left her to pursue this career overseas. Daisy must decide if love is a luxury she can afford or the only thing worth fighting for. Reckless Bridie Haywood returns from London under a cloud of mystery; her plight worsens when her movie star good looks attract the attention of notorious Beamer’s factory boss Henry Beamer who is only after one thing.

Sisters Alice and Annie have always been close but will a man come between them? Annie and Alice love their life working at the Beach Hotel together and each is thrilled to have finally found a sweetheart. Yet the path of true love never did run smooth and they soon find themselves facing conflict and strife. Could love come between them and the bond they share?

'A beautiful, hypnotic, emotional novel. I couldn’t stop turning the pages' CECELIA AHERN *** Can they find each other in every lifetime after…? Claudia is searching for her past. Suffocating in the glamour of Hollywood, A-list star Claudia Baxter is desperate for an escape. But when she...

"Mimi, it's me. Nick," he whispered, his Nazi uniform a mockery of the boy who once promised to protect her. She stared through her tears at eyes she'd never forgotten—now belonging to the enemy. When the Nazis invade Paris, the peaceful world Mimi shares with her beloved grandmother Chloe—is shattered forever. In a single, brutal day, police tear through their neighborhood, ripping Jewish families from their homes and destroying lives built over generations.

“‘But who are we, if we forget everything that came before?’ Roza wonders in The Jilted Countess. This moving story of one woman finding a new life and new love in the aftermath of WWII answers this question, in the process taking on themes of PTSD, communism, and the plight of being an...

Gdańsk, 1929 rok. Trzy życiorysy, jedna wspólna historia. Rita Ziegler – sierota z niemieckiej rodziny – mieszka w domu wujostwa Kostrzewskich w samym sercu polskiej dzielnicy Gdańska. Skromna i dobrze wychowana dziewczyna kocha książki oraz marzy o kursie dziennikarskim. Jej najlepszą przyjaciółką jest kuzynka Aniela, z którą łączy ją siostrzana więź. Pewnego dnia w ich życie wkracza Janek – strażak z powołania, syn polskiego lekarza – który z wzajemnością zakochuje się w Ricie.

Sierpień 1939 r. Janek z powodu polskiego pochodzenia traci stanowisko komendanta straży pożarnej oraz mieszkanie służbowe i wraca z żoną do Gdańska. Wkrótce wraz z innymi Polakami doświadczają niemieckiej brutalności. Bezdomnych przyjaciół pod swój dach w Lipowym Dworze przyjmuje Rita, żona oficera Wehrmachtu, która toczy własną walkę z faszyzmem. Miasto wojny przedstawia osobiste dramaty bohaterów, w które wdziera się wojenny czas. Naznacza on ich życie strachem wobec aresztowań, egzekucji i obozów koncentracyjnych oraz stawia po przeciwnych stronach barykady.

De Elzas, 1871. Nadat Franz' tirannieke vader een vreselijk geheim heeft onthuld aan Irene is ze weggevlucht uit Altenstadt. In alle eenzaamheid brengt ze een zoontje ter wereld en daarna verdient ze noodgedwongen de kost in een textielfabriek in de Palts. Dan leert ze Josef Hartmann kennen: deze charismatische vakbondsman lijkt haar de bescherming te kunnen bieden waarnaar ze zo verlangt. Wanneer hij na een staking in de gevangenis belandt, slaagt Irene er geheel op eigen kracht in uit te groeien tot een empathische voorvrouw in een succesvol naaiatelier.