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Nueva York, 1936. La pequeña casa de comidas El Capitán arranca su andadura en la calle Catorce, uno de los enclaves de la colonia española que por entonces reside en la ciudad. La muerte accidental de su dueño, el tarambana Emilio Arenas, obliga a sus indomables hijas veinteañeras a tomar...

In July 1944, Arielle von Auspeck arrives at the glamorous Hotel Ritz in occupied Paris. Half-French, half-German, she is happy to be back in France, where she her husband, Gregor, a retired colonel, will join her soon from Germany. Arielle and Gregor have thus far been able to hide their...

It is 1941 and Captain Antonio Corelli, a young Italian officer, is posted to the Greek island of Cephallonia as part of the occupying forces. At first he is ostracised by the locals, but as a conscientious but far from fanatical soldier, whose main aim is to have a peaceful war, he proves in...

The first of a funny, fast-paced, Regency-set duet from Julia Quinn, the bestselling author of the global phenomenon Bridgerton When Caroline Trent is kidnapped by Blake Ravenscroft, she doesn't even try to elude this dangerously handsome agent of the crown. After all, she's been running from...

Cara is a devoted mother to two little girls. She loves her hectic life, but she looks forward to a relaxing weekend alone while her husband, Michael, takes the kids on a camping trip. But their dream trip turns into a nightmare when their daughters are taken, deep in the forest. 

Le diable au corps est les confidences d'un jeune homme qui retrace sa rencontre amoureuse alors qu'il était adolescent, avec une jeune fille tout juste mariée à un soldat parti au front. Le contexte de la première guerre mondiale est abordé avec cynisme et détachement : c'est avant tout...

Questo romanzo parla d'amore e di guerra, di verità nascoste e coincidenze che forse tali non sono. Ma anche di cibo, di vini eccellenti e di un posto bellissimo come la Borgogna. Due storie che si intrecciano a settant'anni di distanza l'una dall'altra: quella di Tristan Dubois, giovane scrittore parigino che si rifugia in un piccolo paese nel cuore della Côte d'Or in cerca dell'ispirazione perduta e per riconciliarsi con il ricordo di Isabelle, che lo ha lasciato quattro mesi prima, ma che continua ad amare.

An Amazon Charts, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post bestseller. In an unforgettable love story, a woman’s impossible journey through the ages could change everything… Anne Gallagher grew up enchanted by her grandfather’s stories of Ireland. Heartbroken at his death, she travels to...

Wild whispers abound the Yorkshire Moors where someone means trouble… Penrith, Yorkshire Dales 1901 Tor Hardy has prospered in Cornwall but remains tied to the Pennines and the troubled mine at Penrith Scar. When a strike erupts, he returns to help his friend Jonathan Crossley, only to uncover...

Can we ever truly return to the life we once knew? Set in the years following the First World War, The Last of Chéri is Colette's poignant sequel to Chéri, exploring the lingering effects of love, memory and a world forever changed. Chéri, once the charming and carefree darling of Parisian society, returns from the war to find that the glamour and certainty of his former life have faded.

Bloomsbury presents Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, read. by Allison Hiroto. * The million-copy bestseller* * National Book Award finalist * * An instant New York Times Bestseller and one of their 10 Best Books of 2017 * * Selected for Emma Watson's Our Shared Shelf book club * 'This is a captivating...

From the bestselling author of The Dressmaker’s Gift comes an unforgettable story of wartime courage, enduring love, and a decades-long search for the truth... In 1943, Philly Delaney would do anything to help win the war. As one of the brave "Attagirls" ferrying military aircraft across...

From the superb Jeffrey Archer, The Prodigal Daughter is the magnificent story of love and politics. It is the enthralling sequel to the global phenomenon Kane and Abel, described by The Times as a 'classic novel of modern literature'. Hers was the ultimate ambition . . . The titanic battle...

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.

Meet Orlando: a young nobleman in Elizabethan England, poet, lover, adventurer—and, after a transformational sleep, a woman. Spanning over 300 years of British history, Orlando bends the rules of time, gender, and narrative as its protagonist navigates shifting societies, identities, and expectations, all while seeking something elusive: the truth of the self. Playful, profound, and radically ahead of its time, Virginia Woolf's groundbreaking novel is part love letter, part satire, and part meditation on the fluid nature of existence.

France, 1916. Sophie Lefevre is ordered to serve the German officers who socialise in her hotel. When the new Kommandant sets eyes on Sophie's portrait - painted by her husband Edouard - a dangerous obsession is born. Almost a century later, Sophie's portrait hangs in the home of Liv Halston. A...

Uma pedra raríssima está desaparecida há mais de setenta anos. Apenas uma mulher pode solucionar esse mistério. Georgia nunca foi dada a luxos e se sente perdida ao ganhar uma caixinha de madeira com uma safira rosa. Ela foi deixada para sua avó na Hope’s House, um lar para mães solteiras. Como essa joia está conectada aos segredos de sua família? Determinada a não reviver o passado, ela ignora a safira. Mas, quando descobre que a pedra era parte de uma tiara inestimável da antiga família real italiana, Georgia se sente atraída pelo mistério.

She noticed the way they came to him. The way they come to no one else. She knew what all the world knows — they cannot talk. Then she caught one speaking to him. === Not sure yet? Read the fully annotated Chapter 1 free at scarletsailsbooks.com. Then download the One True Love (otl) companion...

A lost child: On the eve of the first world war, a little girl is found abandoned on a ship to Australia. A mysterious woman called the Authoress had promised to look after her – but the Authoress has disappeared without a trace. A terrible secret: On the night of her 21st birthday, Nell O'Connor learns a secret that will change her life forever. Decades later, she embarks upon a search for the truth that leads her to the windswept Cornish coast and the strange and beautiful Blackhurst Manor, once owned by the aristocratic Mountrachet family.

Die Rolle der Scarlett O'Hara ist ihr Traum, doch ist Ruhm wichtiger als die Liebe? Vivien Leigh ist Feuer und Flamme, als sie Margaret Mitchells Roman "Vom Winde verweht" liest. Wie gern würde sie die mutige Südstaatenschönheit Scarlett O'Hara in der Verfilmung spielen, aber kann sie als Britin den Produzenten von sich überzeugen? Für die Rolle und ihre Liebe zu Laurence Olivier setzt Vivien alles auf eine Karte: Sie lässt Familie und Freunde hinter sich und geht mit ihrem Geliebten in die USA.