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Eine unheilvolle Lüge, eine verbotene Sehnsucht, ein geheimes Verbrechen. England, Greenacres Farm 1961: Während einer Familienfeier am Flussufer beobachtet die junge Laurel, wie ein Fremder das Grundstück betritt und ihre Mutter aufsucht. Kurz darauf ist der idyllische Frieden des Ortes jäh zerstört. Erst fünfzig Jahre später gesteht sich Laurel beim Anblick eines alten Fotos ein, dass sie damals Zeugin eines Verbrechens wurde. Doch was genau geschah an jenem lang zurückliegenden Sommertag?

Ein geheimnisvoller Brief, ein verfallenes Schloss, eine unerfüllte Liebe. Es beginnt mit einem verloren geglaubten Brief. Ein halbes Jahrhundert hat er darauf gewartet, gelesen zu werden. Die Suche nach dem Absender führt die junge Edie nach Millderhurst Castle, wo seit Jahrzehnten die exzentrischen Blythe-Schwestern leben. Als Edie das verfallene Schloss betritt, beginnt sie zu ahnen, dass hinter den alten Mauern der Schlüssel zur rätselhaften Vergangenheit ihrer Mutter liegt.

When Princess Liliana and her twin sister set sail for new lands, Lily hopes to find adventure and romance. But the people of Marin live under the shadow of a curse-one powerful enough to destroy entire kingdoms. To protect them all, Lily and 11 other princesses are forced to participate in a mysterious and secret tournament. Lily spends her nights competing in a magical underground realm and her days unraveling the dangers of this new court. Although she needs the help of the Marinese prince, Lily knows she can't let herself grow too close to him.

One grey dismal day, Janine Marsh was on a trip to northern France to pick up some cheap wine. She returned to England a few hours later having put in an offer on a rundown old barn in the rural Seven Valleys area of Pas de Calais. This was not something she'd expected or planned for. Janine eventually gave up her job in London to move with her husband to live the good life in France. Or so she hoped. While getting to grips with the locals and la vie Française, and renovating her dilapidated new house, a building lacking the comforts of mains drainage, heating, or proper rooms.

On a brisk day in 1970, a daughter arrives at her mother's home to take care of her as she nears the end of her life. 'Home' is the sprawling Italian castle of Roccasinibalda, and Diana's mother is the legendary Caresse Crosby, one half of literature's most scandalous couple in 1920s Paris, widow of Harry Crosby, the American heir, poet and publisher who epitomised the Lost Generation.

Princess Sophia has helped her twin sister Lily save the duchy of Marin. But now Sophie faces an even greater threat when she sets out to free the cursed kingdom of Palinar from its beastly prince. Alone, and with danger on every side, Sophie must navigate a magical castle and its even more mysterious master to discover the secret to breaking the curse. Except the more time she spends with Prince Dominic, the more she starts to question who exactly she's supposed to be saving.

Trystan was once the pampered daughter of a wealthy aristocrat, but since his death, she's considered a social pariah. Trapped by her stepmother's malicious web of lies, Trystan is willing to do just about anything to escape - even play a part in a devious plot to disinherit the kingdom's incompetent heir, Prince Ramsey. But what should have been a simple task proves to have sinister implications. The consequences for Trystan's actions become clear in the midst of the glittering royal masque, where two very different princes compete for the hearts of their people.

Cornwall 1933: Die sechzehnjährige Alice Edevane fiebert dem Mittsommernachtsfest auf dem herrschaftlichen Landgut ihrer Familie entgegen - und ahnt nichts von dem Unglück, das sich ereignen wird. Siebzig Jahre später stößt Sadie auf das alte, verfallene Haus am See. Als sie den Spuren des in jener Nacht scheinbar verschwundenen Jungen nachgeht, gerät sie tief in die Vergangenheit der Familie Edevane, zu einer verbotenen Liebe und tiefer Schuld.

From sex-crazed fiends to cold-eyed professional assassins, only those convicted of the most terrible murders are told they will die behind bars. This audiobook tells the stories of those most depraved killers whose crimes outraged society and demanded the harshest penalty available to a British court.

Farthing Wood is being bulldozed and a drought means the animals no longer have anywhere to live or drink. Fox, Badger, Toad, Tawny Owl, Mole and the other animals band together and leave their ancestral home and set off to move to a far-away nature reserve. Their journey is full of adventure and fraught with disasters: a fire, a storm, a treacherous river crossing and a hunt. The animals must unite in adversity and in doing so they learn about each other’s habits and limitations.

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Sophie's husband, James, is a loving father, a handsome man, a charismatic and successful public figure. And yet he stands accused of a terrible crime. Sophie is convinced he is innocent and desperate to protect her precious family from the lies that threaten to rip them apart. Kate is the lawyer hired to prosecute the case: an experienced professional who knows that the law is all about winning the argument. And yet Kate seeks the truth at all times. She is certain James is guilty and is determined he will pay for his crimes.

An affair: It can rob a couple of their relationship, their happiness, their very identity. And yet this extremely common human experience is so poorly understood. Adultery has existed since marriage was invented, and so, too, the prohibition against it - in fact it has a tenacity that marriage can only envy. Iconic couples' therapist and best-selling author of Mating in Captivity Esther Perel returns with a groundbreaking and provocative look at infidelity, arguing for a more nuanced and less judgmental conversation about our transgressions.

Some of today's greatest storytellers reveal their choices of the ideal grown-up bedtime story: writers such as Margaret Drabble, Ken Follett, Tessa Hadley, Robert Macfarlane, Patrick Ness, Tony Robinson, and Warsan Shire. Fold away your laptop and shut down your mobile phone. Curl up and crash out with the ultimate bedside book, one you'll return to again and again. Full of laughter and tears, moonlight and magic, Bedtime Stories for Grown-ups joyfully provides the dream way to end the day - and begin the night....

Champagne, 1940. Inès en Michel genieten van hun wittebroodsweken in hun kasteel Maison Chauveau, als de Duitsers Frankrijk binnenvallen. Michel gebruikt zonder aarzelen zijn invloedrijke positie als hoofd van een beroemd champagnehuis om het verzet te helpen. Naarmate de bezetting voortduurt nemen ook de geruchten over het lot van de Joden toe en de Joodse Céline, een van Michels ondergeschikten, neemt een drastische beslissing om haar toekomst veilig te stellen.

Een liefde zo onvergankelijk als de sterren aan de hemel... Hope is de eigenaresse van een bakkerij op Cape Cod. Haar in Frankrijk geboren grootmoeder Rose lijdt aan alzheimer en vraagt haar in een zeldzaam moment van helderheid naar Parijs te gaan om uit te zoeken wat er in de Tweede Wereldoorlog met haar familie is gebeurd. Hope vertrekt naar Frankrijk, en haar zoektocht leidt haar naar zowel een kerk, een synagoge als een moskee; naar een geschiedenis verborgen in de verschrikkingen van de Holocaust, en naar een lang verloren liefde die zijn eigen geheimen met zich meedraagt.

Det er en varm juniaften og sommerferien står for døren. En mand tager i forvejen til sommerhuset i bil med de tre døtre, hans kone skal følge efter med toget næste dag. Hun har noget arbejde, der må gøres færdigt. Men det er ikke halvårsregnskabet, der holder Heidi tilbage i byen. Hun har planlagt en nat med sin hemmelige elsker. Det ene døgn bliver til to. Kapitel for kapitel, næsten minut for minut, krydsklippes mellem Heidi og hendes mand Vegard. På hvert deres sted, i to helt forskellige virkeligheder.

Da Poppy og Serena var to unge piger, havde de hver især et forhold til deres lærer. Da han bliver dræbt, bliver de begge sigtet for mord. Pressen hænger dem ud som kolde mordere og perverse forførerske. Poppy bliver idømt 20 år for modert, mens Serena går fri. 18 år senere da Poppy kommer ud af fængslet har hun kun et ønske og det er at få Serena til at indrømme, at det er hende der har begået mordet.

Da den udstationerede engelske læge dr. Walter Fane opdager at hans hustru er ham utro udtænker han i sin forbitrelse en ganke særlig straf. Hustruen Kitty tvinges til at ledsage ham i hans arbejde i en landsby i det indre af Kina, hvor koleraen hærger.

Der findes en slags hvide sten som er så smukke at man absolut må have dem. Der må helst ikke findes en eneste mørk plet på stenen, og er man rigtigt heldig, er den også rar at have i hånden. Fie havde sådan en sten. Hun havde ikke tænkt sig at give den til nogen. Men så traf hun Hambus, som lovede at male øjne, næse og mund på kirkeklokken, hvis han fik den. Og trække af sted med elefanter, sagde han. Sådanne ting er småsager, når man ved, at man får den hvide sten.