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Isla de Man, 1938. En un rincón remoto del mar de Irlanda, donde el viento arrastra ecos de guerra y las carreteras se enredan entre acantilados y secretos, Mila Kovac, una joven piloto española, llega para participar en unas pruebas automovilísticas. Ha dejado atrás la muerte de su marido, el célebre Anton Behra, y un pasado lleno de heridas aún abiertas. En torno al circuito se reúnen los grandes pilotos del momento, hombres y también mujeres.

Running for your life is never easy. Doing it at age 16, after losing your family, your friends, and your home, with three-quarters of a priceless emerald parure sewn into the sleeves of a battered old Army greatcoat and your beloved city in flames behind you, is harder still. Why did I do it? Because I had no choice. The Red Army was knocking at Dresden’s door, and the Jewish family hiding in our cellars had been marked for transportation to the camps.

When Sarah McCready finds her boyfriend in bed with another woman on the same day she loses her job, she goes home to Boston to start again. Nothing changed in her old neighborhood, except the creepy house next to hers. Someone reclusive and mysterious is renovating it. Too bad he isn't the friendly type. After decades of endless war, Cillian Darragh is tired of bloodshed. Determined to re-integrate into the Morrigan Brotherhood, he means to let go of his hatred and master his bloodlust. Fixing up the family home seems like a good start.

Annie Petit has finally earned her teaching certificate, but it took two years longer than expected. With the Great Depression in full swing, Annie knows she has little chance of finding a teaching position. She answers an advertisement for the position of governess and discovers five children in need of a mother. Every day she spends with them, she grows to love them more. Dr. Coren Winslow lost his wife in childbirth. Now he has become domineering and overprotective, refusing to chance losing anyone else.

Boston, 1984. A party Jim Garraty never wanted to attend. A girl who didn’t look away. A night stitched together by mixtapes, quiet courage, and the ache of choosing to stay. Jim isn’t chasing romance—he’s just trying to outrun the noise. But when Kelly Moore enters the room with her drink, her Rachmaninoff references, and her uncanny ability to see without pressing, everything shifts. Over cassette tapes and Heineken beer, conversations deepen, touch becomes language, and for the first time, intimacy feels less like performance and more like breath.

Film location manager Claire Montgomery never imagined that Starlight Creek's timeless beauty would capture both her professional ambition and her heart. Battling in an industry still dominated by men, she faces her toughest challenge yet: securing access to a historically significant art deco theatre. It's fiercely protected by its reclusive owner Hattie Fitzpatrick and her enigmatic great-nephew Luke Jackson.

Alice Linford arrives at a grand Victorian house in Belsize Park – a home that isn't hers, but that brings her heartbreakingly close to the man she still loves. Once, she was Mrs Thomas Linford. Now, she is a companion to Mrs Violet Osborne, a stranger whose house stands only streets from her past. Determined to reclaim her happiness and the love she once lost, Alice must navigate a tangled web of secrets, betrayals, and lingering family tensions. Every choice carries risk, and the shadow of the past threatens to undo everything she holds dear.

Ein verschollen geglaubter Ring und ein norwegisches Wappen enthüllen ein dramatisches Geheimnis, das die Geschichte einer ganzen Familie neu schreibt ... Band 7 der SPIEGEL-Bestseller-Saga Die verlorenen Töchter von Soraya Lane: gefühlvoll, herzzerreißend und zum Träumen schön! Norwegen, 1951: »Du musst wissen, wie sehr ich dich liebe, Amalie. Ich wollte nie, dass uns etwas trennt, und ich werde tun, was immer nötig ist, um zu dir und unserem Baby zurückzukehren.

Chicago 1993. Elizabeth e Jack sono arrivati nella grande metropoli a vent'anni, due origini molto diverse, ma lo stesso obiettivo di costruirsi una vita. Elizabeth studia psicologia, Jack è fotografo. Una sera, a un concerto, Jack si fa coraggio e avvicina Elizabeth invitandola a bere qualcosa. Il periodo dell'università vissuto insieme è esaltante, ma a distanza di vent'anni, dopo il matrimonio, dopo un figlio, cosa resta?

In a Seattle sorority in 1936, two university students lost their lives. Seventy years later, the house has become an assisted-living facility, and Lina Zuendel moves in to work as a nurse, but soon discovers the house does not easily let go of its past. Items move on their own, unseen hands shove her, lights go out by themselves, and sounds echo from empty rooms. She tries to ignore the unsettling events and focus on her growing attraction to Ren Schultz, a quiet young man who works in the kitchen.

In this improbably joyous novel about two recovering concentration camp survivors, love is the best medicine. July 1945. Miklos is a twenty-five-year-old Hungarian who has survived the camps and has been brought to Sweden to convalesce. His doctor has just given him a death sentence — his...

With all the narrative power and emotional immediacy that have made her novels acclaimed international bestsellers, Anita Shreve unfolds a richly engaging tale of marriage, money, and troubled times-the story of a pair of young newlyweds who, setting out to build a life together in a derelict...

1942: Saba Tarcan is a talented young singer with big dreams. So when an opportunity arises to entertain the troops in the Middle East, she jumps at the chance, cutting short a burgeoning love affair with a young RAF pilot, Dom. It soon becomes clear that entertaining won’t be Saba’s only mission. It's a move that will jeopardize not only her own safety, but also the love of her life.

From New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller—and “the finest in western romance” (RT Book Reviews)—comes a moving and passionate tale of one single mother’s journey to protect her daughters—and her heart. While fleeing from her ex-husband with her two young daughters...

Following the fortunes of some of the much-loved characters from her bestseller The Journey, Josephine Cox’s powerful new novel spans continents, decades and generations of one family As Barney Davidson watched the liner sail away with his beloved family on board, bound for America, he stood a...

Six years after emerging from a fountain of youth, siblings Bill, Paul, and Annie Carpenter, time travelers from 2022, make their way in 1911. In New York, Bill and wife Cassie finish a year as educators and struggle to start a family, while Annie tries her hand as a society reporter. In Arizona, Paul and Andy Lee, sergeants and brothers-in-law, attempt to keep the Mexican Revolution from spilling across the border. For all, life marches on. Then the soldiers receive new orders, Paul and Annie meet alluring strangers, and the family's fortunes take dramatic turns.

The 1960s are beating a fresh pulse of political and cultural upheaval through Sydney. For sheltered convent schoolgirl Poppy Flannery such changes seem irrelevant. But it doesn't stop her from longing to join in, especially if it means spending time with the popular boy she secretly loves, Ben Williamson. So when a dream escape to Surfers Paradise arrives, Poppy and her twin sister Rosemary seize it and find themselves in the midst of the swinging 60s at last.

1941 - Amid the bombs falling over London’s East End, the residents of West India Dock Road endure wartime with courage, defiance and a good dose of humour. From nights spent sheltering together in the Underground station to sharing gossip, pastimes and meals, they lean on each other as their world is turned upside down.

Bertha Lindberg, eine junge Frau der feinen Stockholmer Gesellschaft, soll endlich standesgemäß heiraten. Doch während ihr Vater nach einem geeigneten Ehemann sucht, träumt sie von einer großen Bühnenkarriere. Als sie an einem Dezemberabend Baptiste begegnet, einem gefeierten Artisten aus Österreich, verliebt sie sich nicht nur in ihn, sondern auch in die schillernde Welt des Zirkus. Denn obwohl Bertha sich für eine moderne Frau hält, lernt sie hier eine Freiheit kennen, die ihre Vorstellung bei Weitem übersteigt.

A secret lies behind every door… The Dordogne, 1936 Amid tangled gardens and crumbling walls, Chateau Rousseau guards its secrets well. Pushing open its faded door, Thirza Caruthers arrives to care for her great-aunt. She's made a promise – unaware of what awaits. As the skies darken above...