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Susanna Weber is the best dress maker in Imperial Vienna. Through skill and hard work, she now owns her own dress shop, looking out over the beautiful Madensky Square. To do so, she has left her past behind, if not without regret, at least resolutely. Looking around her, at her customers and friends, Susanna is aware that she has more than most - but a few small changes cause her to realize just how precarious her situation is.

The war has ended, and Rita Fairweather is waiting for George Bolton, her childhood sweetheart, to return home to Devon. She wants their future to be a continuing reassurance of their past. But George comes back as a man changed by the horrors he has experienced. Unable to settle back into a small-town life, George decides to travel to Argentina. And Rita promises to wait. But George faces irresistible temptation and an agonising choice. As the years pass, Rita keeps her word, but how long should she wait for the love of the life?

Victoria Nolan is on the run. She hightails it out of town on the next stagecoach, changes her name and settles into Lettie's Boarding House temporarily. Once that task has ended she needs to find a new job or leave, but she has come to appreciate Silver City. Samuel Flynn needs a new cook for his ranch and the lovely Tori fits the role. She is not only a good cook and hard worker, but she is so appreciative of life. He is drawn to her naive ways and finds himself seeking her out more often than he should.

Año 1946, Chicago. Tras el fin de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Matthew Perlman, un joven de 28 años, emprende un viaje en tren por un motivo que solo él conoce y que podría cambiar su vida para siempre. Allí conocerá a la señora Watts, la que será su acompañante de viaje esa noche.

Brought to you by Penguin. Soldier. Farmer. Felon. Writer. Father. Lover. One man, many lives. Born in 1799, Cashel Greville Ross experiences myriad lives: joyous and devastating, years of luck and unexpected loss. Moving from County Cork to London, from Waterloo to Zanzibar, Cashel seeks his...

Die erfolgreiche Familiensaga geht weiter! Deutschland, 1959: Gigi flieht vor einer unglücklichen Liebe zu ihrer besten Freundin Mabelle Haynbach. Diese versucht Gigi abzulenken, indem sie sie in die Arbeit im Modehaus einbindet. Als die beiden Frauen Kleider in einem Filmstudio abliefern, begegnet Gigi Leo Fürst. Sie verfällt dem erfolgreichen Schauspieler mit Haut und Haar. Die beiden freunden sich an und verbringen ein paar schöne gemeinsame Stunden. Doch da Leo sie auf Abstand hält, zieht sie sich zurück. Nie wieder möchte sie unglücklich in einen Mann verliebt sein.

Mabelle von Haynbach ist aufgeregt: Ihr erster großer Auftritt als Mannequin in Paris steht bevor. Beflügelt von ihrem Erfolg, möchte sie auch ihr Privatleben neu ordnen. Sie will endlich ihre Großeltern kennenlernen und den wahren Grund für die tiefe Kluft zwischen den Familien ihrer Eltern erfahren. Auf Schloss Haynbach wird Mabelle zunächst freundlich aufgenommen. Doch als der sympathische Handwerker Claus ihr Herz erobert, droht erneut eine Liebe über Standesgrenzen hinweg für Zwist auf dem Schloss zu sorgen. Und dann wirft auch noch ein tragischer Unfall Schatten auf das junge Glück.

For fans of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's, this a witty, elegant fairytale of New York, set in 1938. In a New York City jazz bar on the last night of 1937, watching a quartet because she couldn't afford to see the whole ensemble, there were certain things Katey...

In the bleak days of 1942, Countess Elisabeth von Trecheim, Berlin-born and city-raised, runs her husband’s family estate in isolated Silesia, while her Panzer officer spouse, Hans-George, confronts the horrors of Stalingrad. Meanwhile, Gideon Rokesby, an English mining engineer, is captured by the Germans in North Africa and endures brutal internment, showing determination to escape. As fate links these characters within a chaotic, war-torn world, a dance of survival, loyalty, and forbidden connection unfolds against the looming collapse of the Third Reich.

München, 1945: Claire kehrt kurz nach Kriegsende mit ihren beiden Töchtern Viktoria und Mabelle in die Villa Rabenfels zurück. Das Herrenhaus steht noch, doch die Näherei liegt in Schutt und Asche. Die Familie steht vor dem Nichts: Helmut ist im Krieg gefallen, Richard wird noch vermisst, und die einzige Einnahmequelle ist zerstört. Claire verfällt in eine tiefe Depression, und die ganze Verantwortung liegt nun auf Viktorias Schultern. Da erinnert sich Viktoria an ihr Talent, elegante, außergewöhnliche Kleider zu entwerfen.

In 1930s Berlin, dark days dawn under Hitler's Third Reich. For nineteen-year-old Sophia Alexander, life will never be the same. The daughter of a respected doctor, Sophia has always believed that her destiny is to look after others, and as the persecution of Jewish families begins, she joins a group of dissidents who are committed to helping them to safety.

Brooklyn: the iconic classic. Read by the star of the Oscar and BAFTA-nominated film adaptation, Saoirse Ronan. The classic novel that inspired the major motion picture. The prequel to Colm Tóibín's bestselling novel, Long Island. In a small town in 1950s Ireland Eilis Lacey is one among many...

Grady’s been running his ranch and farm just fine on his own since his daddy died. But when young Jesse Cole blows up on his porch, Grady hesitates before sending him on. There’s something in the way Cole turns to leave that makes Grady want to pull him back in. There are murmurs in town about the kind of boy Cole is. The kinds of things he’s done.

Es una épica historia de amor que se desarrolla durante un episodio casi desconocido de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Aiyi Shao es una joven heredera, propietaria de un club nocturno en Shanghái, internacional y lleno de glamour. Ernest Reismann es un refugiado judío expulsado de Alemania. Ha perdido casi toda esperanza hasta que se cruza con Aiyi, quien lo contrata para tocar el piano en su club, en un escandaloso desafío a las costumbres. Ernest logra un éxito inmediato que hace revivir el club de Aiyi.

From beloved author Martha Waters, a lightly magical, enemies-to-lovers rom-com about the owner of a speakeasy supplying magical drinks and an enforcer of the ban on magic who must team up when potions begin to go awry, proving that chemistry isn’t just for cocktails. In an alternate version...

Heartbroken Nurse Rose Gibb sets sail for South Africa during the Boer War after being rejected by the man she loved for the sake of her pretty half-sister. When things don't work out for Rose, entitled Blair Crawford is charged with escorting her home to the Clydeside town of Sandyford where their relationship is eagerly encouraged. However, Rose is intrigued by her mother's lodger, Magnus MacBride, who is in the process of refloating a tired old inherited paddle steamer.

The Tattooist of Auschwitz is based on the true story of Lale and Gita Sokolov, two Slovakian Jews who survived Auschwitz. When Lale, given the job of tattooing the prisoners, saw Gita waiting in line, it was love at first sight. In that moment he determined to keep them both alive.

Uma história fascinante sobre coragem e emancipação feminina, e sobre dois irmãos inseparáveis destinados a amar a mesma mulher. Anna Allavena, a carteira: a história extraordinária de uma mulher aparentemente comum que se muda do norte da Itália para o sul e se torna a primeira carteira em uma pequena cidade na região de Salento.

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.