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Isola di Cipro, 1974. Nella piccola Kyrenia, tutti conoscono Koki. Quando l'esercito turco invade la cittadina cipriota, per molti è la fine della vita come la conoscevano, ma per qualcuno è l'occasione per ricominciare a vivere. Per Koki significa affrontare le donne che l'hanno emarginata e trovare il coraggio di dire loro la verità sull'uomo turco che andandosene le ha rubato il cuore.

Após a morte dos pais, Adelina tem que usar todos os métodos ao seu alcance para conseguir o controle da sua herança. Enquanto isso, Elias trabalha para salvar as finanças da família. Alagoas do início do século XX serve de cenário para a história desses dois jovens que juntos tentam se reerguer selando um enlace que mudará a vida deles para sempre.

Es el verano de 1936, y la isla de Creta brilla bajo el sol y el mar Egeo. Allí, en sus playas, dos jóvenes descubrirán el amor. Eleni ha viajado a Creta toda su vida. Viene de Inglaterra a pasar los soleados veranos con su abuelo en su idílica villa junto al mar. Cuando llega en 1936, cree que las largas y calurosas semanas que se avecinan serán como muchas otras. Pero ese año también llega a la isla un joven alemán llamado Otto. Y así comienza un verano de romance: el mar, el sol, el tomillo fresco, la alegría y la música deberían durar para siempre.

Ben Shattuck ist eine literarische Entdeckung – ein Wortmagier, der die Rätsel der menschlichen Seele erkundet. Die Geschichte einer geheimen Liebe, die einen Sommer lang währt – und die ein Leben lang als die »eigentliche Liebe« nachklingt: Im Schatten des Ersten Weltkriegs lernen sich Lionel und David, zwei Musikstudenten, in einer verrauchten Bar im ländlichen Maine kennen und werden Freunde. Nach dem Krieg wandern sie im Sommer durch die Wälder New Englands, um Volkslieder zu sammeln, die sie auf Wachszylinder aufnehmen. Aus unerklärlichen Gründen bricht der Kontakt ab.

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.

Naomi is upset to find a nasty, anonymous letter land on her doorstep. Who could’ve sent something like this? Naomi, Bert and the Churchwood bookshop organising team are determined to figure out who it is sending her these poison pen letters. Because it must be someone they know… Ruby is preparing for her wedding to Kenny. But for some reason, she can’t figure out why she isn’t excited. Can she get to the root of her feelings and enjoy her special day?

After the death of her mother, whom she had spent her life caring for, Ruth Latham is lucky to find work as a typist at the Potteries Tramway Company in Stoke. While conscription forces more men to leave for the battlefields, Ruth finds herself growing closer to shy, but kind, mechanic, Stan Bristow. . . even if their courtship makes her enemies in the office. But the Great War causes scars at home and abroad and when trouble comes to The Potteries, tearing families apart and causing heartache for her greatest friends, Ruth must play her part in the difficult times ahead.

When Kerensa is sent by her father’s auction house to catalogue a neglected house overlooking the sea in Newlyn, Cornwall, it’s a welcome escape. Once the home of two female artists, Harbour House is a treasure trove, but one painting in particular catches Kerensa’s eye – a hypnotically sensual portrait of a beautiful young woman which dominates the hallway.

Will Bailey, a struggling musician busking in a tube station, falls for Emily, the quirky art student who passes by every morning. By 1997, Will’s performing on the pyramid stage at Glastonbury, and Emily has her own gallery show. The pair share a magical summer, touring across Europe and America with Will's band – caught up in their love, both for each other and their art. But within two years, Will is dead.

The moment Pixie Tate steps inside the opulent Aldershoff Hotel in Manhattan, one of the last relics of New York's Gilded Age, she senses instantly that its elegant walls hide a dark secret. Pixie knows that she must use her unique gift to travel back in time in order to discover the mysteries of the past, and as she slips back over a hundred years, she's shocked to find herself in the midst of one of the most famous events in history. As the stars twinkle overhead, Pixie realises that time is running out.

September 1942. Esme Donaldson is still grieving the devastating loss of her husband, Anthony, when she’s forced out of her dream job by wartime budget cuts. Left with few options, Esme faces an uncertain future – until a chance encounter sends her to Redcliffe Manor, a grand estate deep in the Somerset countryside, and an unexpected role as the manor’s librarian. As Esme settles in, she discovers the house is no ordinary country estate. The grounds have been requisitioned by an American military hospital, while the house is sheltering a displaced girls’ boarding school.

Set in Liverpool at the outset of WW2, this is a gritty, heartfelt story of new love and hope in times of hardship. From the acclaimed author of Angel of Liverpool, Eliza Morton. A wartime secret . . . Betsy Drew has one thing on her mind – the hope that Alvis Dooley might someday glance in...

Die junge Luise kommt aus Heidelberg ins geschäftige Berlin. Sie will im Pestalozzi-Fröbel-Haus eine Ausbildung zur Kindergärtnerin beginnen. Durch Zufall macht sie die Bekanntschaft des warmherzigen Bernhard. Die beiden sind voneinander fasziniert und verlieben sich Hals über Kopf. Aber hat ihre Liebe überhaupt eine Chance? Denn Bernhard und seine Familie sind Juden. Die Wirren der Weimarer Republik und das Erstarken der Nationalsozialisten werfen zusätzliche Schatten auf eine gemeinsame Zukunft.

Bletchley Park, 1942. When teacher Hana Phillips is unexpectedly recruited to Bletchley Park she's determined to do her bit for the war effort. A talented linguist, she's soon put to work cracking Japanese naval codes and her newfound talents make her confidence soar, even as her work puts pressure on her already fracturing marriage. Then Hana is tasked with a secret mission. There is a mole in her team, sharing secrets with the enemy, and Hana must search them out.

Six previous missions had been overwhelmingly successful. They always relied on each other to get out alive, Lex was thinking as he and his four-man SEAL team lay hidden in the wet jungle grass. Their mission was to destroy the North Vietnamese encampment with explosives and to eliminate the officers. When their mission goes terribly wrong, the team is separated, and Mack is killed. While recuperating in the hospital, Lex is more interested in reuniting with his lost love, Leah.

As an island nurse during WW2, Annie Reid dreams of reclaiming her family’s stolen inheritance and providing a future for her son, born out of wedlock. Her close friend, Magnus, offers her marriage and a secure future. Her heart, however, belongs to her first love, Alexander Garcia, who left years ago to fight in his native Spain.

As their dreams of the war ending look like they might finally come true, the girls of London's Foyles bookshop allow themselves to look forward to a brighter future. But their hopes may be shattered when news of a terrible flu that is gripping the world reaches London, and the girls realise they are not out of danger yet. Meanwhile, they have their own challenges to face when Alice discovers her father has been living a double life; Victoria's beloved husband Ted struggles to adjust to life after the trenches; and the secret Molly has been keeping finally comes to light.

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.

In the heart of rural Yorkshire at the turn of the 20th century, 28-year-old Mary runs her farm while trapped in a loveless marriage. Her world is upended by the arrival of David Rossitur, a charismatic young socialist who challenges her beliefs and tries to unionise the farmers. As Mary grapples with her attraction to David’s fiery idealism, the novel explores the simmering tensions between tradition and progress in a small farming community.

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.