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At the beginning of Virginia Woolf's fantastical and satirical 1928 novel, Orlando is a young nobleman in Elizabethan, England. At the age of 30, Orlando awakens to have found he's now a woman. Moving through the following centuries, the novel stretches over 300 years, during which time Orlando meets several key figures of English literary history.

Following her son's overdose, Claudia C. Castillo has studied multiple healing techniques and tools, has been certified as a Life Coach and Mindfulness Facilitator, and has searched exhaustively, from Nepal to Patagonia, to find the best holistic methods to help overcome all types of addictions.

For fans of Philippa Gregory and Allison Pataki, Butterfly Games is Kelly Scarborough’s debut biographical historical fiction novel about a young Swedish countess whose youthful love affair with the heir to her country’s throne has profound personal and political repercussions. In some games, winning means losing everything that matters. In the opulent world of the Swedish royal court, Jacquette Gyldenstolpe walks a dangerous tightrope between romance and political intrigue.

After being punished for her brother's treachery, Natalie knows the only way to secure her future is to become a queen. And that means marrying the only available crown prince. While she’s never met Prince Leo, she doesn’t doubt herself—after all, she’s already helped bring down a despotic ruler. How hard could it be to catch a single prince? When her royal traveling companion suggests they switch places before meeting Leo, it seems the perfect opportunity to catch the prince’s attention. If she arrives in Lanover as a princess already, it will only be one small step to become one for real.

Bestselling author and historian Natalie Livingstone tells the story of the Nuremberg trials in a new way: through the eyes of the women who were there on the ground. In November 1945, the eyes of the world turned to Nuremberg. Humanity was seeking not only the truth about Nazi crimes but also a...

When peddler John Durbeyfield learns that he may be a descendant of a noble family, he sends his oldest child, Tess, to “claim kin.” Blindly ushered into harm’s way, the strong-willed yet untinctured peasant girl is not prepared for the blighted course her life will take. Nor for those whose destructive desires will determine her fate, and force Tess to make only the most desperate of choices. From her tragic loss of innocence through betrayal and revenge, Tess’s struggle for survival challenged the era’s mores and the cruel indifference shown women in Victorian society.

Princess Rose loves her kingdom and her family which is why she’s always been a dutiful and obedient princess. But sometimes she wonders if it’s possible to be too dutiful—where does the princess end and Rose the person begin? Her family want her to make a marriage alliance with the handsome Crown Prince Leo of Lanover, but asking her heart to fall in love on command is too much. She’s willing to visit Lanover, but she’s determined to avoid Prince Leo whatever it takes—even if it means swapping places with the commoner girl sharing her carriage.

Halloween steht vor der Tür. In Leonies Schule soll eine große Party steigen. Zwei Pferde werden aus Dr. Hamiltons Stall gestohlen und maskierte Reiter versetzen Green Valley in Angst und Schrecken. Leonie macht sich auf die Suche nach den Dieben.

Die elfjährige Leonie ist entsetzt. Da wird ihrem Vater doch tatsächlich eine Stelle als Tierarzt in der berühmten „Green Valley"-Pferde-Ranch angeboten. Doch leider befindet sich diese weit weg – in Kalifornien. Leonie bleibt nichts anderes übrig: Gemeinsam mit der Familie verlässt sie ihre vertraute Umgebung und beginnt ein neues Leben in Amerika. Doch schon bald lernt sie neue Freunde kennen. Und deren Hilfe kann sie gut gebrauchen. Denn in den Stallungen der Ranch macht sich ein Unbekannter zu schaffen … Der Unbekannte im Stall ist der Beginn der erfolgreichen „Leonie"-Serie.

Rachel lives a quiet life in the peaceful countryside, content with her perfect man and her lovely dog. But when she stumbles upon a body in the woods one day, all that shatters. She knows what she has to do: run. Don’t get accused of murder. But when this victim is identified as her boyfriend’s estranged wife, Rachel realises she’s already the prime suspect. With mounting evidence against her, Rachel’s only hope is to keep her past well hidden.

London, England, 1837: Der Konditormeister Immanuel Supper hat zusammen mit seinem willigen Laufburschen David sein neuestes Törtchen kreiert, ein echtes Meisterwerk der Backkunst. Aber dann werden die Menschen krank, die das Törtchen verzehren, und nicht nur das: Sie werden geradezu Zombies, willenlosen Sklaven eines Voodoo-Beschwörers unbekannter Identität. Emilia und Eric Stewart nehmen sich des Falls an – sie wollen den Beschwörer finden, den Fluch brechen und der Törtchen-Seuche ein Ende bereiten. Der Fluch scheint sich immer weiter auszubreiten und die stillgelegten Zombies im St.

Emily's heart soars as the stone cottage on the cliff comes into view—it is just as she remembered. As she pushes open the weather-beaten door, she wonders if returning to this place will be a chance to start again… Heartbroken and searching for a new beginning, Emily is shocked to learn she has inherited her great-aunt Violet's cottage. She remembers summers spent running through its rose garden, but she hasn't seen her great-aunt in years… So why did she leave her Clifftop Cottage?

Leonies Freundin Tiffy ist verliebt. Und das ausgerechnet in einen Superstar: Timmy de Luca, Sänger der Band „4Voices". Als er vor ihren Augen auf der Bühne umkippt und wenig später aus dem Krankenhaus verschwindet, ist das ein Fall für die drei Freundinnen Leonie, Tiffy und Grace. Wer hat ihn entführt und warum? Wo könnte er bloß sein? Und was steckt dahinter?

The latest case for the MacTavish & Scott Detective Agency starts innocently enough. The two detectives are hired to find out who is blackmailing their client, Joshua Henson. And soon, Finola is excited to be working undercover again. She quickly identifies who knows Joshua's secret - and who is trying to profit from it. But she soon realises that blackmail is only the tip of a deadly iceberg!

A damaged ship, a dying shipmate–can she save them both? Under attack! The flight back to Hyvilma should have been the easy part for the crew of the Majera–until a deadly ambush by pirates sends them reeling through hyperspace. Now getting to the planet in time is the only way Captain Kitra Yilmaz can save her dying friend. But landing at Hyvilma may be impossible: war has broken out on the Frontier.

Tanya Bowe, an ex-investigative journalist, and divorcee, runs a vintage shop in the coastal town of Seacastle. When her old friend, Lexi Burlington-Smythe borrows the office above the shop as a base for the campaign to create a kelp sanctuary off the coast, Tanya is thrilled with the chance to get involved and make some extra money.

Finola's mission is to trace the rightful owner of an ancient Celtic knot locket she's discovered at the Castle Hotel in Aviemore, nestled in the Scottish Highlands. But what appears to be a simple, routine assignment quickly turns into a perilous game of cat and mouse, involving a secret that must be guarded at all costs. Young Scot Finola MacTavish has moved from the picturesque Isle of Skye to Edinburgh to work as a private detective in Anne Scott's agency. Along with computer whiz Lachie, the two lady detectives solve a series of baffling cases.

Local sleuth, Tanya Bowe, attends the long-awaited opening of the Surfusion restaurant. The unexpected arrival of a famous food critic raises the stakes for the owners and increases the buzz of excitement. The evening takes a dark turn when he collapses into his coffee not long after a scathing review goes live on his blog. Surfusion's owners are prime suspects for his murder, but Tanya is convinced of their innocence and vows to clear their names.

Wir schreiben das Jahr 1906. Eine alte Familienfehde zwingt die junge Inga in eine Ehe, die von Hass, Verrat und dunklen Geheimnissen geprägt ist. Sie muss den Bezirksrichter Niels Gaupås heiraten, der fast dreimal so alt ist wie sie. Die Lage verschlimmert sich, als sie sich in den jungen Bauernsohn Martin verliebt.

Inga Svartdal ist gerade mit dem viel älteren Niels verheiratet worden. Sie spürt sofort, dass Gudrun, die erwachsene Tochter aus Niels‘ erster Ehe, nicht die Absicht hat, die Kontrolle über den Familienhof abzugeben. Inga ist gezwungen, sich der böswilligen Stieftochter unterzuordnen. Es dauert nicht lange, bis Niels anfängt, seine vermeintlichen Rechte im Bett einzufordern, was Inga jede Nacht erschaudern lässt. Aber wo ist Niels in den Nächten, in denen er nicht bei ihr ist?