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Eine gefühlvolle Reise in Irlands Vergangenheit und zwei starke Frauen, die nach ihren Träumen greifen – von #1-Kindle-Bestsellerautorin Josephine Cantrell Ein verträumtes Herrenhaus und die Suche nach den eigenen Wurzeln Gámor Island 1921: Der irische Unabhängigkeitskrieg klingt gerade ab, als die siebzehnjährige Mabel auf die einsame Atlantikinsel gebracht wird. Sie steht am Hafen und klammert sich an ihrem Koffer fest. Niemand wird je erfahren, woher sie kommt und wer sie ist, denn sie hüllt sich in Schweigen. Nur wenn sie schläft, hört man sie von dem Leben träumen, das sie verloren hat.

Montana Walker isn't thrilled when her new assignment is covering TV's hottest new dating show. She begrudgingly travels to the chosen bachelor's cattle station in the remote outback, wondering what woman in her right mind would want to fall for an ex-bull rider? She should know, because the bull rider in question is the very same man who broke her eighteen-year-old heart. Not that she thinks he'll remember her. She was just another fleeting fancy, she's sure.

After unexpectedly coming home to find a “Dear John” letter from his girlfriend, Daniel feels the calling for a fresh start—packing all his belongings in the car and taking a road trip out west hoping to rediscover what is essential to life. When his car breaks down in the mountains of Wyoming, he walks for several miles in search of assistance. After stopping at the first home he passes, he meets an old hunting guide and dog trainer named Kurt, who generously welcomes him in and offers to let him stay until the mechanic shop reopens after the weekend.

When Edie Gardner's life in New York comes crumbling down, her grandmother Adele "Punk" Cheramie urges her to return to Bayou du Chêne, a tiny hamlet in coastal Mississippi where Edie spent many happy summers growing up. Punk and her three closest friends introduce Edie to the Trove, a fascinating gallery and antique shop that seems to have appeared out of nowhere.

Nestled between the smoky, rolling peaks of Southern Appalachia lies the town of Brevard, North Carolina. When Chris Avery's family moves to Brevard in the early 1970s, Chris quickly becomes immersed in a world untouched by the mire of life outside the mountains.

Der Herbst hält Einzug in Skagen und vertreibt die letzten Sommergäste. Helle Jespers, Leiterin der örtlichen Polizeistation, sehnt sich nach mehr Zeit und weniger Trubel. Doch die Ruhe währt nur kurz, denn in der Nähe der beliebten Wanderdüne Rabjerg Mile wird die Leiche einer jungen Frau gefunden. Laut Obduktion stammt sie offenbar aus dem südostasiatischen Raum. Doch niemand scheint sie zu vermissen.

1894, Echuca, Victoria: Tess Hawthorn is a woman on the run from her abusive husband. All she has to do is get on the riverboat Victor and she will be free. But with tensions at an all-time high between unionist shearers and Scabs, Tess isn't the only person trying to board a boat under the cover of night. When a brawl erupts between the union and non-union men, Tess is mistaken as a fellow Scab and in the chaos pulled aboard the PS Rodney - the same boat heading up the Darling River that her husband was bound for.

It is a June morning in Milan when Sandro abandons his flat, his job and the increasingly unfulfilled promises of a stiflingly hostile city to return to his hometown of Rimini, on the Adriatic coast. His mother, Caterina, has been dead for a few years, but his father - headstrong, taciturn Nando - soldiers on in the same house of Sandro's youth. The two men could not be more different - Nando a former railway worker, Sandro a young professional in advertising - but they have one thing in common: their passion for winning.

Jim Provenzano's sixth novel, "Now I'm Here," is set in the small town of Serene, Ohio, in the 1970s and 80s. Two boys from different families Joshua, with his stable middle-class home in town, and David, raised by his alcoholic and abusive father on their isolated farm - discover, then lose, then find each other again. Thirty years later, as the town's history is slowly erased by fading memories and encroaching suburbia, their childhood friend, Eric Gottlund, tells the tale of their quiet heroism with poignancy and a sharp eye for detail.

After thirty years, fourteen books, and countless thrills, award-winning author Gerry Boyle writes the exciting and bittersweet final chapter for his signature character Jack McMorrow in the gritty novel, Hard Line. In the dynamic, whipsaw finale, Boyle takes listeners on a wild ride with everyone’s favorite investigative reporter—a ride that leaves no one unscathed. Filled with action ripped from current events and nods to old characters and past stories, Hard Line builds with breathtaking pace to a dramatic stand-off between the forces of violent chaos and law and order.

Things are heating up in the Black Hamptons, an affluent vacation community of African Americans nestled in Long Island, New York. The families are facing trials and tribulations both individually and collectively, and everyone has a lot at stake. The Brittons are shocked by the return of Moses, the patriarch of the family. While he's eager to reunite with his wife and sons, it may be difficult, especially since his wife, Carolyn, has found comfort in the arms of another man.

When Marcie Mosse receives news that her grandmother is sick, she rushes back to her childhood village in the remote Scottish Highlands. Despite the tragic circumstances, returning to her family’s ancestral home, a once grand and now crumbling farmhouse overlooking a crystal-clear loch, feels like a long-awaited homecoming. Reconnecting with childhood friends, Marcie is flooded with memories of her life before moving to the city. Then, during a windswept horseback ride along the edge of the loch, she bumps into Ruaridh Balfour.

Gregorio Bajocchi è un uomo di successo: esperto di finanza, avvocato, possiede la Conventina, un’azienda agricola di oltre mille ettari adagiata sulle colline tra Po e Appennino. La tenuta appartiene alla sua famiglia da sempre ma quando Gregorio l’ha ereditata, dopo la morte prematura di entrambi i genitori, aveva solo diciassette anni. A quel tempo, erano stati i contadini, lì da generazioni, a prendersi cura della proprietà consentendo all’azienda di prosperare e a Gregorio di studiare. Ormai adulto e in grado di occuparsi della Conventina, Gregorio sposa Cora, che conosce fin da ragazzo.

En los pueblos pequeños nunca pasa nada: la gente no cierra sus puertas cuando se va a dormir; nadie teme caminar por la calle de noche. Por eso Maja, cuando el Mercedes negro viene a por ella, se monta en él sin dudarlo. Ciertas cosas que en las grandes ciudades se olvidaron ya hace años permanecen vivas en los pueblos pequeños: supersticiones, secretos, leyendas..., y la vieja historia sobre un coche negro que aparece de la nada y se lleva a la gente de las calles.

Daisy Lindberg and Lily Boyle traded a colorful past for a fresh start as seamstresses in Autrie, Texas, and their aim to spark a women’s rights movement is raising eyebrows among the town’s dumbfounded men. But among the ladies? Tired of being treated like possessions, they have two words: Amen, sister! Beulah, a sassy shop owner as formidable as a cannon shot, is on board. So is Alma, a timid preacher’s wife who hit her breaking point. Before long, a courageous female posse has a liberating petition of demands.

Der alte Max hat alle Zeit. Draußen vor dem Fenster legt sich der Schnee wie eine Decke über das Dorf. Da dringt das Läuten des Totenglöckchens durch die Stille. Es schlägt für den Schorsch, der viel mehr war als nur ein Freund, ein Leben lang. So macht sich Max am Abend auf zur Totenwacht, wo die Alten zusammenkommen, um des Verstorbenen zu gedenken und sich zu erinnern. Eine ganze Nacht erzählen sie von den Freuden bei der Ernte, von Abenden in der Wirtsstube, vom kleinen Glück. Und vom Schorsch. Aber auch von der Enge im Dorf und dem eisigen Schweigen.

Taylor is given all she's ever wanted when her family is complete, but will it be enough to put them as a priority and stop putting her career first? Meanwhile, a woman held in captivity grapples with a moral dilemma of her own. Trapped between the desire to reclaim her freedom and the urge to save another, she must summon the courage to make a choice that will shape not only her destiny but also the lives of those she holds dear.

Ambientada en una zona rural, se centra en las vivencias de una familia desolada por la muerte de Angélica, una de las hijas. La madre no ha podido superar la desaparición de la joven y ello afecta al día a día del resto de los hijos y del Abuelo. Un día aparece por la casa una Peregrina que lo cambiará todo.

Melinda expects to spend January lounging by her farmhouse's fireplace, paging through the seed catalogs' promises of spring. After all, the slower pace of rural life was one of the reasons she'd left the city behind. Instead, she must face her fears when the worst of winter's threats arrive at her door. Braving blizzards to care for her animals, thawing her acreage's water lines, and anxiously watching over the pregnant sheep in her barn fill her shorter days and longer nights. She trudges on because Horace's offer stands firm: He'll sell her the farm in the spring if she still wants to stay.

A finales de los años ochenta una familia homomarental se muda con una niña y un niño (hermanos mellizos) a un pueblo recóndito de no más de treinta habitantes intentado esconderse del estigma social que provoca la enfermedad de una de las madres que es portadora del VIH.