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Olivia Brodie is a devoted parlour maid serving the Broadbent family at Hawthorn Manor and spending precious time with her father and brothers at the family forge. But everything changes the day Spencer Middleton, the Broadbents' charming and enigmatic grandson, arrives. Sparks fly between Olivia and the army officer. Their connection is undeniable - but so too are the rigid boundaries of class and propriety. When Spencer departs, promising to return, Olivia dares to dream of a future that defies society's expectations. However, tragedy strikes Olivia's family, devastating her.

Eine junge Frau zwischen der Aufklärung eines Mordes, dem Aufbau eines Hotels und der großen Liebe. Der neue Roman von SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin Caren Benedikt. Ein Teil von mir wünscht sich, er wäre nicht wiedergekommen. Ein anderer kann kaum erwarten, ihn wieder in meine Arme zu schließen. Usedom, 1904: Nach den furchtbaren Ereignissen auf dem Frühlingsball im Ahlbecker Hof heuern Helene und Sophie von Höveln einen Privatdetektiv an, der die mysteriösen Ereignisse auf Usedom aufklären soll.

Après le phénomène Les Sept sœurs, découvrez le nouveau roman inédit de Lucinda Riley : des landes sauvages irlandaises aux soirées glamour du Swinging London, l'histoire inoubliable d'un amour perdu.

Frank and Chrissy meet a few days into '70. When Chrissy picks him up hitchhiking on the side of the road, all blond hair and oversized sunglasses, it's love at first sight. Years later, as their shared dream of recreating a mid-century masterpiece in Britain threatens to overwhelm them, Frank will often think back to the start.

She's descended from vampire royalty, gifted with a power she should not possess. He's a werewolf and former Supernatural Intelligence Agent, charged with protecting her at all costs. Neither anticipated they would have to marry in order to ensure her protection.

Anna heeft troost en liefde gevonden in een woonwagenkamp, maar nadat nazipartijlid Ulf zijn zinnen op haar heeft gezet is ze ook hier niet veilig. In Ravensbrück nemen de overlevingskansen met de minuut af wanneer Moriah, de beste vriendin van Bernie, verstrikt raakt in Dagna's dodelijke plannen. Elica wordt door de maatschappij verstoten vanwege het veelzeggende litteken op haar gezicht en worstelt met de gevolgen van haar egoïstische keuzes. Anna, Bernie en Elica sluiten een verbond om voor altijd vriendinnen te blijven. Maar zal hun vriendschap de verschrikkingen van de oorlog doorstaan?

Marta Ribas tenía un futuro prometedor cuando conoció a Antonio, pero una lealtad mal entendida trastocará sus vidas. Cuando Antonio cae enfermo, Marta se ve obligada a ponerse a trabajar, exponiéndose a las murmuraciones del vecindario y a la indignación del esposo, humillado en su hombría. Pero a Marta se le presenta una inesperada oportunidad que le permitirá salvar su propia supervivencia y la de su hija, y encontrar, por fin, su lugar en el mundo.

Will Darling is all right. His business is doing well, and so is his illicit relationship with Kim Secretan - disgraced aristocrat, ex-spy, amateur book-dealer. It's starting to feel like he's got his life under control.

Anna Cavanaugh is a restless young widow and brilliant French teacher at an all-girls school in Washington, DC. Everything changes when she’s recruited into the Office of Strategic Services by family friend and legendary WWI hero Major General William Donovan. Donovan has faith in her - and in all his “glorious amateurs” who are becoming Anna’s fast friends: Maggie, Anna’s down-to-earth mentor; Irene, who’s struggling to find support from her husband for her clandestine life; and Julia, a cheerful OSS liaison.

A shooting party at the Earl of Witton’s remote country house is a high treat for champion shot Patricia Merton - until unexpected guests turn the social atmosphere dangerously sour. That’s not Pat’s biggest problem. She’s visiting her old friend, the Earl’s heir Jimmy Yoxall - but she wants to spend a lot more time with Jimmy’s fiancée. The irrepressible Miss Fenella Carruth, with her laughing eyes and lush curves, is the most glorious woman Pat’s ever met, and it quickly becomes impossible to remember why she needs to stay at arm’s length.

Faded photographs of a glamorous couple in postwar Europe. Old letters hinting of tragic loss. And a breathtaking array of magnificent jewelry, spectacular stones in exquisite settings. These are the contents of a safe-deposit box long abandoned in a New York City bank. If no heir can be identified, the jewelry will be auctioned. But who was the woman who left such a fortune and no will?

December 1943. In the years before the rise of Hitler, the Gerber family’s summer cottage was filled with laughter. Now, as deep drifts of snow blanket the Black Forest, German dissenter Franka Gerber is alone and hopeless. Fervor and brutality have swept through her homeland, taking away both her father and her brother and leaving her with no reason to live.

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 las riendas del negocio mientras en los tribunales se resuelve el cobro de una prometedora indemnización.

London, 1945. The capital is still reeling from the war. Fourteen-year-old Nathaniel and his older sister Rachel are abandoned by their parents who leave the country on business, and are left in the dubious care of a mysterious figure named The Moth. Nathaniel is introduced to The Moth’s band of criminal misfits and is caught up in a series of teenage misadventures, from smuggling greyhounds for illegal dog racing to lovers’ trysts in abandoned buildings at night. But is this eccentric crew really what and who they claim to be? And most importantly, what happened to Nathaniel’s mother?

Джон Форсайт вернулся в Англию. После нескольких лет, проведенных в Америке, он рад возвращению домой и с нетерпением ждет, когда сможет представить семье свою прелестную невесту. Когда Флер Форсайт, ныне Флер Монт, узнает о его приезде, она испытывает противоречивые чувства. И все же решается встретиться с Джоном - поболтать о том о сем, как старые добрые друзья.

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.

Singapore, 1941: Singapore City lights up with explosions as the first Japanese bombs rain down. Until now, the war has seemed a distant threat for Issey and her friends, drinking and dancing at Raffles. But with the Japanese invasion looming, Issey knows she must leave. Mysterious, handsome Alex Cartwright has sworn he will see her to safety. Cornwall, 2025: Nursing a broken heart, Lamorna flees her life in Singapore, returning to Trelenna, her Cornish family home. With ambitious plans to save and finance the crumbling house, her sister Zennor needs Lamorna’s help.

Algunas victorias no se cuentan en medallas, sino en cicatrices. La División OpenMind, formada por los mejores agentes psíquicos del MI6, afronta su misión más peligrosa: recuperar las reliquias sagradas que los nazis pretenden usar para alterar el destino de la guerra. Tras los sucesos en España, el grupo se ve obligado a dividirse en dos misiones simultáneas: una en Roma, ciudad asediada por los aliados y defendida con fiereza por alemanes e italianos, y otra en París, aún bajo el puño de hierro del nazismo, donde cada rincón puede ser una emboscada y cada decisión, una sentencia de muerte.

No grande jogo do destino, Mimo recebeu as cartas erradas. Nascido na pobreza, é colocado cedo como aprendiz de um escultor bruto e sem talento. Ele, no entanto, possui um gênio nas mãos. Quase todos os anjos abençoaram Viola Orsini. Herdeira de uma família prestigiosa, sua infância transcorreu à sombra de um palácio em Gênova. Dotada de rara inteligência, ela se recusa a aceitar passivamente o papel social que lhe foi reservado. Os caminhos de ambos nunca deveriam ter se cruzado. À primeira vista, reconhecem-se como gêmeos cósmicos e juram nunca se separar.

Lucie est une journaliste mariée à la vie bien réglée, lorsqu'elle croise un homme qui lui fait oublier ses principes et ses méfiances. Basculer dans la dissimulation amoureuse déclenche en elle un vertige et la ramène au destin de sa mère. Et surtout au terrible secret de sa naissance qui fait de Lucie, elle-même, un mensonge.