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March 1940. Bradford mill girl Molly Clough can hardly believe it when she successfully auditions for ENSA, the organisation that entertains the troops. Despite the much-mocked ENSA's reputation as 'Every Night Something Awful', singing on stage feels like a dream come true for Molly. But as she tours with her troupe, the Forces Follies, life proves to be far from the glamorous showbusiness world Molly had imagined.

1937. Shy but determined Tilly Truscott leaves her Hampshire home to train as a nurse at the Royal County Hospital on the Isle of Wight, where she finds an unexpected friend in vivacious Fliss Marcheson. She also catches the eye of handsome Dr Jonathan Burrows. Meanwhile, Tilly's beloved nephew Ronnie begins an apprenticeship at a local aeronautical company, but dreams of becoming a pilot.

Bridget O'Byrne thought she was building the future with her brilliant business partner and cutting-edge AI technology. Eighteen months later, she's trapped in Sydney, financially ruined, and under the controlling influence of Antony Saar. Back on the family property she once dismissed as old-fashioned, Bridget struggles to rebuild her life. Her path to recovery takes an unexpected turn when she reconnects with Danny Walsh, a quietly competent stockman who was her closest friend in primary school.

He only offered her passage to Alaska. But they end up fighting for something bigger along the way... Maggie McDougal is determined to save her family’s land after her parents’ sudden deaths. And if that means leaving the sandy shores of Lake Michigan and traveling across the country to Washington Territory in search of her brother so he can claim the land, then so be it. Anything is better than watching the land she loves fall into her uncle’s greedy, conniving hands. The trouble is, when the ship that her brother works on arrives in Bellingham, her brother isn’t on it.

Dr. Quinn meets Bridgerton in this new series from USA Today bestselling author Naomi Rawlings. Jonas Redding never wants to be a lawman again. He’s spent a decade as a US Marshal, wearing a tin star on his chest and chasing dangerous criminals across the great state of Texas. But when a case goes wrong, Jonas finds himself standing over two tombstones—his mother’s and his fiancée’s. Resolved to protect his sister from meeting the same fate, Jonas cuts off all communication with her, changes his name, and heads north to the vast, untamed Alaskan wilderness.

Lily Mae Dodge flees Wyoming by night to find her mother, who sent her west on an orphan train ten years ago. After she's arrested in Chicago, help comes from a man with a rare vision impairment whom she only just met on a train. Francis Basnett is a roustabout for the famous Hagenbeck-Wallace circus, where he helps Lily gain employment. Their friendship grows into more, and it seems Lily is closer than ever to finding her mother. . .until the night a rogue troop train slams into the stalled circus train, killing dozens and splintering hope.

Der Auftakt zur bewegenden »Das Erbe von Sommerfeld«-Reihe über eine verhängnisvolle Familienfehde, eine mutige, junge Frau und die Kraft der Liebe von Kindle-#1-Bestsellerautorin Margit Steinborn. Zwei Liebende aus verfeindeten Familien auf der Suche nach der Wahrheit. Sommerfeld, 1913: Seit Jahren lastet ein Schatten auf Gut Traubnitz. Der Tod des elfjährigen Arthur hat zwei Familien entzweit. Um der Bevormundung ihres Vaters zu entkommen, willigt Helena neun Jahre später in eine Verlobung mit dem charmanten Unternehmersohn Albin Westphal ein.

Von Bild-#1-Bestsellerautorin Ada Caine: Die junge Hanna muss sich in ihrer Doppelrolle als Gouvernante und Komtess behaupten. Die verarmte Komtess Hanna begleitet die einflussreiche Gräfin Valeria als Gouvernante ihrer lebhaften Enkelin Antonia nach Heiligendamm. Dort besteht Gräfin Valeria darauf, dass Hanna sich wie ihr Schützling kleidet, sodass diese zwischen ihrer Rolle als Gouvernante und ihrer adeligen Herkunft hin- und hergerissen wird.

Freiburg im Jahr 1912: Der Freiburger Klavierbauer Richard Martin wird als Übersetzer für die Nichte seines Chefs eingesetzt. Nur widerwillig nimmt er sich der jungen Irin Norah an, die sein Leben gehörig durcheinanderwirbelt. Ein gutes Jahr später darf er einen lukrativen Auftrag ausführen: Er soll für die Firma Welte & Söhne ein selbstspielendes Piano auf der Titanic einbauen.

For readers of The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, The Paris Library and The Paris Bookseller, a story of love, betrayal and sacrifice. In wartime Paris, a woman is entrusted with saving the Mona Lisa during the Nazi occupation - until her first love walks back into her life now wearing the...

The gripping new Second World War novel from Sunday Times Top Ten bestselling author of While We're Apart. After the death of her parents in a bombing raid, Mary Jones discovers a secret in the pages of father’s diaries. Her search for the truth brings her to Cliffehaven on the south coast...

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP FIVE, MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR - be swept away by the Deverill Chronicles. It is 1939 and peace has flourished since the Great War ended. But much has changed for the Deverill family and now a new generation is waiting in the wings. Martha Wallace came to Dublin...

West Cork, Ireland, 1900. The year marks the start of a new century, and the birth of three very different women: Kitty Deverill, the flame-haired Anglo-Irish daughter of the castle, Bridie Doyle, the daughter of the Irish cook and Celia Deverill, Kitty's flamboyant English cousin. Together they...

As WWII rolls across Europe, Kitty boards a ship set for England. Money is what she really needs right now, especially with tiny baby Billy back in Dublin. In Lancashire, Kitty settles into the hard work and soon makes new friends, playing in the Bomb Girls Swing Band by night. Life seems to be...

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...

Alice Pendelbury believes everything in her life is pretty much in order - from her good friends to her burgeoning career. But even Alice has to admit it’s been an odd week. Not only has her belligerent neighbor, Mr. Daldry, suddenly become a surprisingly agreeable confidant, but he’s encouraging her to take seriously the fortune-teller who told her that only by traveling to Turkey can Alice meet the most important person in her life. What’s more, the peculiarly insistent Mr. Daldry has even agreed to finance Alice’s trip - one that against all reason seems to be predestined.

A long-buried crime. A marriage built on lies. Could the truth be a second chance? England, 1902. More than a decade has passed since a wrongful accusation sent a young man to the gallows, an injustice that shattered the lives of those left behind—including Theodora Hallewell and Toby...

En esta obra su protagonista, Armand, vive con su amante Jeanne, una mujer mayor que él y en buena posición económica. Sin embargo, tras reencontrarse con su viejo amigo Lucien, después de una larga separación, se enamora de su hermana Marguerite. De repente Armand siente una extraña atracción por los viejos tiempos de su amistad con Lucien, cuando ambos vivían en la pobreza y él se hallaba muy lejos de la vida burguesa que ahora comparte con su amante.

Prada: eine Frau, ein Traum und der Beginn einer Legende. Italien 1913: Schneiderin Sofia reist aus einem Bergdorf nach Mailand. Ihr Traum: Mode kreieren. Sie findet Arbeit in dem unscheinbaren Lederwarengeschäft „Fratelli Prada", betrieben von den Brüdern Mario und Martino. Dank Sofias außergewöhnlichen Entwürfen macht sich der Betrieb bald einen Namen in ganz Italien. Und Sofia und Mario kommen sich näher. Die junge Frau könnte nicht glücklicher sein. Doch dann wird klar, dass Mario nicht ehrlich zu ihr war. Und Sofias Traum von Mode und Liebe rückt in weite Ferne.

Australian writer Emma Callander has been recruited to complete the final historical mystery in a series by celebrated author Iris Blackburn. It’s 1964, and Iris’s memory is fading. She’s certain that only Emma can do justice to her novel about a murder on the Isle of Skye. When Emma ventures to Scotland for research, she discovers it isn’t fiction at all, but rather a true crime unsolved for more than fifty years.