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Léa de Lonval, une courtisane de près de cinquante ans, est la maîtresse de Fred Peloux, surnommé Chéri. À mesure qu’elle constate le manque de conviction croissant de son jeune amant, Léa ressent, avec autant émerveillement que d’amertume, les effets d’une passion qui sera la dernière. Pourtant, il suffira à Chéri d’épouser la jeune Edmée pour comprendre que la rupture avec Léa n’irait pas sans regrets.

1. Mai 1953, Konstanz am Bodensee: Renina ist vierundzwanzig, Martin Heideggers jüngste Assistentin und wagt den Sprung in die Selbstständigkeit. Sie gründet die erste Frauenzeitschrift Deutschlands. In Zeiten beängstigender politischer Restauration will sie sich mit ihrer "Lady" für ein neues Rollenverständnis der Frau einsetzen. Die Zeichen stehen gut, wäre da nicht Fred, den sie aus einer Laune heraus geheiratet hat. Der Doktor der Atomphysik, Neffe von Marlene Dietrich, hat sie in gefährliche sexuelle Abhängigkeiten verstrickt.

Begleiten Sie die Familie Laverne durch die schicksalhaften Jahre ab 1945: Der historische Roman "Schicksalskinder" ist der 3. Teil der großen Familiensaga "Die Chronik der Familie Laverne" um einen eleganten Kurort an der französischen Grenze. Bad Lichtenberg im Mai 1945. Für Luise Laverne ist jeder Tag ein Tanz auf dem Drahtseil.

1944: Bologna, Italy, and the streets are crawling with German soldiers. Nineteen-year-old Leila Venturi is shocked into joining the Resistance after her beloved best friend Rebecca, the daughter of a prominent Jewish businessman, is ruthlessly deported to a concentration camp. 1981: Exchange student Rhiannon Hughes arrives in Bologna and meets Leila, her landlady. Soon, Rhiannon finds herself being drawn into a web of intrigue. Leila’s nephew seems to be interested in a far-right group, but how is the nefarious leader connected to Leila?

Hamou Badi is born in a mountain village with the magical signs of the zouhry on his hands. In Morocco, the zouhry is a figure of legend, a child of both humans and djinns, capable of finding all manner of treasure: lost objects, hidden water. But instead, Hamou finds a body. This unsolved murder instils in Hamou a deep desire for order and justice: he trains as an officer of the law, working for the French in Casablanca. But the city is trapped in the turmoil of the nationalist uprising, and soon he will be forced to choose between all he knows and all he loves...

Zwei Frauen. Zwei Schicksale. Ein Land in Aufruhr. Lucía hat im beschaulichen Cadaqués Heimat, Familie und Berufung gefunden. Aber die Fehde zwischen Carmencita und ihr erreicht schließlich einen Höhepunkt, der Lucías Glück ins Wanken bringen könnte. Am anderen Ende Spaniens, in Bilbao, sucht währenddessen eine junge Frau nach ihren Wurzeln und gerät dabei an die falschen Freunde – aber nur dank dieser fatalen Begegnung, die sie ihr Leben lang bereuen wird, trifft sie auf ihre große Liebe. Wird sie irgendwann auch ihre Eltern finden?

The Somme, 1916. James Falconer, once a barrow boy on a London market, stands in the trenches, awaiting the command to go over the top. Away from his business empire in London, he is simply a soldier, war the great leveller. But, unlike his men, and unknown to them, deep down, Falconer doesn’t care if he lives or dies. When a face from the past offers James the chance to repair his fractured relationship with his estranged daughter, Leonie, he must decide if he can hold different things dear – and make space in his life for love.

Das Finale der bewegenden Mütter-Trilogie. Bad Oeynhausen 1983: Die 23-jährige Romy arbeitet in einer Diskothek. Sie ist schon früh zu Hause ausgezogen, weil sie sich mit ihrer Mutter Hanne nie gut verstanden hat. Nach außen wirkt sie stark und selbstbewusst, doch im Innersten ist sie sehr verletzlich. Als sie die Hochzeit mit ihrer großen Liebe Falco vorbereitet, stolpert sie in den Familienpapieren über einen Namen, den sie nicht kennt, und es reißt ihr den Boden unter den Füßen weg. Romy macht sich auf die Suche nach der Wahrheit, ohne ihrer Mutter Hanne davon zu erzählen.

1912. Fifteen-year-old Kate Truscott leaves her small Hampshire village to become a nursemaid to five children she's never met. She's looking forward to a new adventure. Life in town with the wealthy Winton family is different to anything Kate has known before. But she enjoys looking after her charges, becoming firm friends with Clara, the eldest daughter, and noticing that 18-year-old Philip, the eldest son, is so very handsome. But Kate knows that she would be considered an unacceptable match for a wealthy banker's son.

May 1945 – VE Day. After battling against the odds, the three friends are uncertain of their futures. With a new dawn, there are high hopes and boundless dreams. Can the Tobacco Girls unite once more to overcome life’s troubles and find the happiness they so deserve?

Responsible young widow Lydia has to put her grief aside to support her young family. When no one will hire her, she realizes that the only road to security for her and her children is to ignore her broken heart and marry again. Charming and irresponsible Willem has finally discovered a business opportunity he's passionate about, but in order to gain control of his inheritance, he must prove to his father he's ready to take life seriously.

Fans of Kate Quinn and Kristina McMorris will love this gripping historical novel based on the true story of the woman who used her codebreaking skills to bring down Prohibition gangsters and WWII Nazis, and who ultimately helped found the present-day CIA. Grace Smith has never been one to...

‘[A] captivating story, wonderfully fleshed out characters and relationships, and beautiful writing make this a must-read!’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ October 1941: As war rages in the Soviet Union, Nina is devastated as she watches her younger brother being sent off to the front...

‘A rich and gripping war story that hooked me from the first page…I was effortlessly swept into the drama’ USA Today bestseller Andie Newton Divided by war. Reunited by courage. Phoebe is a volunteer nurse at a Base Hospital in Étaples, France, treating men who’ve served on hte Western...

New York, 1915. Elizabeth Arden has been New York’s golden girl since her beauty salon opened its famous red door five years prior. Against all odds, she’s built an empire. Enter Helena Rubinstein: ruthless, revolutionary–and the rival Elizabeth didn’t bargain for. With both women determined to succeed–no matter the personal cost–a battle of beauty is born. And as the stakes increase, so do the methods: poaching employees, planting spies, copying products, hiring ex-husbands. But as each woman climbs higher, so too does what she stands to lose.

As owner of a well-respected national newspaper, Calvin Cabot has the means to indulge his capricious taste for excess—and the power to bring the upper crust of society to its knees. So when a desperate heiress from his past begs for his help, Calvin agrees . . . as long as she promises to stay out of his way. Except, like the newsman, this willful beauty always gets what she wants . . .

High school best friends Rose and Dax each have a secret—they like the other in a way they shouldn't in 1920s Prohibition Era California. After sharing a first kiss, they're forced apart—each sent to a different city to account for their sin. Rose lands in the coastal tourist city of Half Moon Bay in virtual servitude, working for a distant cousin for pennies. Dax has an idyllic existence in San Francisco, living with her married sister. Then the fates change

"Fans of codebreakers, spies, and Cold War dramas will be entrapped by Reay's tale of courage, love, and honor set against the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall." - Booklist Starred Review Bestselling author Katherine Reay returns with an unforgettable tale of the Cold War and a CIA code breaker...

Inspired by real accounts of the Forgotten Blitz bombings, The British Booksellers highlights the courage of those whose lives were forever changed by war—and the stories that bind us in the fight for what matters most. A tenant farmer’s son had no business daring to dream of a future with...

Brought to you by Penguin. Read the heartwarming new novel from the international million-copy bestselling author of The Little Paris Bookshop Nothing says love like a book . . . In a little town in the south of France, a young orphan, Marie-Jeanne, discovers the extraordinary power of books to...

Unsere jüngere Geschichte, dramatische Schicksale – und die zweite große Liebe. Der historische Roman "Der Himmel am nächsten Morgen" erzählt authentisch und wunderbar romantisch von einer Frau, die sich ihr Glück nicht nehmen lässt. Wuppertal, 1945: Kurz vor Kriegsende entgeht die junge Lissi bei einem Bombenangriff nur knapp dem Tod. Zum Glück findet sie bei ihrer Tante und deren zwei Kindern ein neues Zuhause. Die schwere Nachkriegszeit ist geprägt von Hunger, Kälte und Wohnungsnot.

Band 2 der Saga um das weltberühmte Kaufhaus KaDeWe. Berlin Mitte der 20er Jahre: In der Stadt tobt das Leben, die Strenge des Kaiserreichs ist passé, und Frauen eröffnen sich nie dagewesene Chancen. Im KaDeWe hat sich die Verkäuferin Rieke Krause zur Abteilungsleiterin emporgearbeitet. Währenddessen macht Judith Bergmann Karriere an der Universität und heiratet einen der neuen Geschäftsführer. Rieke und Judith haben noch viele Pläne. Doch dann ziehen dunkle Wolken am Horizont auf. Die neuen Machthaber versuchen, die jüdischen Eigentümer des KaDeWE aus dem Unternehmen zu drängen.

1917: America's declaration of war against Germany gives Grace Winter, a keen-eyed New York Times investigative reporter, a much sought after opportunity to make her mark on the Western Front, albeit in ways she had never expected. But by 1918 the gruesome reality of trench warfare has set in...

Anna Winter, a young woman unwittingly caught up inside a ring of sophisticated Nazi spies, chooses to flee Germany in 1933, taking her precious doll collection with her as she sets sail for Australia. Soon after her arrival she finds herself in a remote outback town, working as a nanny for the family of Tom O'Hara, owner of the Birdum Hotel. Doubling up as the local bartender and cook, Anna hides her past from the world, until a chance encounter with an eccentric stranger, Alter Mayseh, changes everything.

"Warum, glaubst du, blinken all die Sterne nachts am Himmel? Damit wir danach greifen, Grete. Verstehst du das nicht?" Vier Jahre sind vergangen, seit Augusta diese verheißungsvolle Aussage traf. Inzwischen ist von ihren Träumen nur ein kümmerlicher Rest übrig geblieben. Dennoch kämpft sie verbissen weiter und übermittelt geheime Informationen an die Rote Armee, die längst vor den Toren Berlins steht. Das Ende des Krieges und die Freiheit sind zum Greifen nah.

Die talentierte Bildhauerin Branca stößt im Nachlass ihrer Oma auf ein lange gehütetes Geheimnis: Ihre Urgroßmutter Anna hat ein Tagebuch hinterlassen, in dem sich Hinweise auf etwas Wertvolles in ihrer ehemaligen Heimat finden. Diesen kostbaren Besitz hat Anna in Schlesien vergraben, bevor sie nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg von dort vertrieben wurde. Warum hat sie ihn versteckt? Branca ist fest entschlossen, das Geheimnis aufzudecken und reist in Annas einstige Heimat, ins heutige Polen.

England, 1903. Giles, the Earl of Stainton, has fled from his stifling duties to resume his research in Egypt, leaving behind his wife Kitty, and his infant son. Kitty, still reeling from Giles' sudden departure, struggles to keep spirits high in the castle and establish herself as the true mistress of the house, an impossible task given how many secrets the inhabitants are hiding from her. The Earl's younger sisters, Rachel and Alice, are both pursuing forbidden romances, and his brother Richard begins a new business venture, spurred on by his clandestine lover. 

When Dr. Nadia Harris inherits a London property from an unknown benefactor, her academic research skills take on a forensic precision. She uncovers the tragic details of the real-life love affair between Tassos and Princess Azzah: a love that spanned the decades and had its roots in a war-torn Europe and a Middle East that, though clinging onto tradition, was battling against a painful, imposed identity crisis. Her research provides Tassos Charalampis with a life-changing revelation, while he—now an old man—becomes increasingly eager to share his epic love story with her.

Tim Dwyer and Renee Keller embark on a romantic journey, but their budding relationship is threatened by storms of horror and heartache. Can they ride out the storm, or will their hopes be dashed?

Temporary Bride: Lena Stevens has lived through more than her share of troubles. After losing her mother and father when she was young, Lena learned that every kindness came with obligation. Now a widow with a small child, Lena has lost the one thing she had left: her house. She has no desire to be a burden on her neighbor, even if the man was foolish enough to promise her late husband to watch out for her. But when propriety demands a marriage, Lena makes Anker vow to annul it come spring.

When injured Sawyer Samuels arrives home from the Great War, he encounters Devon Dwyer, the woman who refused his marriage proposal. They still love each other, but can they work through their issues and recapture the love they once shared?

Brought to you by Penguin. London, 1939 When tragedy strikes, Libby Andrews is left homeless and destitute, fending for herself on the capital's most dangerous streets. Desperate times call for desperate measures, and Libby is on the cusp of making a decision that could jeopardise her future...

Hamburg, 1930: Für das Jubiläumsfest des Musikhauses ihrer Eltern kehrt Lena zurück nach Hamburg. Als jedoch bei der Feier die Bühne einstürzt, auf der gerade das Orchester spielt, wird Lenas Freund Harry verletzt. Die Rückreise der beiden nach London muss daher vorerst warten. Lena rechnet damit, dass ihre Eltern die Verlängerung des Besuchs freut. Aber zu ihrer Überraschung wollen Theresa und Georg ihre Tochter so schnell wie möglich auf das nächste Schiff setzen. Seit dem tragischen Ereignis bei der Feier benehmen sie sich merkwürdig.

It's 1953. Memories of the war are beginning to fade. Young Queen Elizabeth has just ascended to the throne. Isobel McIntyre is a doctor-in-training at a London teaching hospital. It's not easy being a woman working in medicine. And Isobel carries the additional burden of a shocking secret. One night three years ago, Isobel took the chance to walk into another woman's life. By the time she understood the implications, it was too late to turn back. Now the secret she's been hiding for so long threatens everything.

Multi-million copy bestselling author Victoria Hislop returns with the captivating tale of one woman's quest to come to terms with her family's brutal past. In her irresistible new novel, Sunday Times No 1 bestselling author Victoria Hislop shines a light on the questionable acquisition of...

Read the next book in the heart-warming WW2 historical romance saga series, The Steel Girls In their darkest days, they’ll find the courage to carry on… Summer 1940 The war is raging on but the Steel Girls are fighting their own battles closer to home. After patching things up with Archie...

Während des Zweiten Weltkriegs lernt Annabelle Parker auf der Überfahrt von London nach New York den elfjährigen Edward kennen. Sie versprechen sich eine Freundschaft für immer. Doch am Ankunftstag ist Edward plötzlich spurlos verschwunden und Annabelle am Boden zerstört, denn sie konnten sich nicht einmal mehr voneinander verabschieden.

Ivete Graham has spent her entire life doing what she is told. But when she learns her fiancė is a womanizer, she can’t bring herself to marry him, no matter how much his wealth and connections would benefit her family. After fleeing to her brother’s Montana ranch, she meets Thomas, her brother’s farm hand, and decides a dalliance of her own is exactly what she needs. Only she can’t ignore the feelings he stirs or the way he holds his honor higher than any man she’s known.

Das Finale der bewegenden Familiensaga um eine große Liebe in dunkler Zeit und die heilende Kraft der Vergebung. Von Margit Steinborn, der Autorin des Bestsellers "Ein neuer Himmel". Die Vergangenheit wirft lange Schatten. Doch ihre Liebe ist stärker. Unterfranken, 1933. Während Rainer und Klara auf Gut Benhaim miterleben, wie ihre Kinder beginnen, eigene Wege zu gehen, erscheinen mit dem unaufhaltsamen Aufstieg der Nationalsozialisten dunkle Wolken am Horizont. Schon bald ist ihre Familie mitten im Strudel der Ereignisse.

Eliza Jones and her husband Bryn had a whirlwind romance and married shortly after meeting, but he was soon sent off to fight. In the midst of a Blitz attack on Liverpool, which leaves Eliza with amnesia, she gives birth to their baby son, Alfie. Still struggling with the aftermath of the birth, Eliza is distraught when Alfie is kidnapped from the nursery. As the search for Alfie progresses and the community bands together around Eliza, she is left with more questions than answers. Who would take her baby, and why? A

Подлинное имя автора, скрывающегося за псевдонимом «Курбан Саид», до сих пор вызывает споры. Его знаменитый роман «Али и Нино» был впервые опубликован в 1937 году в Вене. Долгое время книга считалась утраченной, и только в 70-е годы XX века был обнаружен ее английский перевод. Персонажи книги триумфально вернулись на прилавки книжных магазинов, чтобы стать одной из самых известных влюбленных пар XX века. Сегодня роман переведен на тридцать три языка, по нему ставят пьесы, снимают фильмы, а в Баку его героям установили памятник.