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London, 1951. Nanette Blitz und John König lernen sich auf einer Party kennen. Sie, zutiefst traumatisiert als einzige Überlebende ihrer Familie. Er, ebenfalls Vollwaise, das Ticket für die Überfahrt nach Brasilien bereits in der Tasche. Die Begegnung ist ein Moment des Glücks und der Nähe, den beide nicht mehr für möglich gehalten haben. Fast zwei Jahre schreiben sie sich Briefe, bis Nanette sich entschließt, John nach São Paulo zu folgen. Es ist ein Buch über wiedererlangte Hoffnung und Lebensfreude und eine außergewöhnliche Liebe.

Nueva York, 1953. Liv Joyner y Oscar Hancock compiten por el proyecto de la remodelación interior del hotel Edén de Manhattan. Un proyecto que a Liv la consolidaría como decoradora y por el que Hancock estaría dispuesto a hacer cualquier cosa. Cuando la dueña del hotel, Heidy Brinicombe, se decide por el de su más odiado competidor, sin siquiera haber tenido ocasión de presentar sus ideas, Liv comienza a sospechar que Hancock consigue los clientes más interesantes con malas artes, así que decide contratar a Jack Bradley, un detective privado, para que lo investigue.

Durante la primavera de 1921, Helen McKerrigan-Montero viaja a Nueva York para acompañar a su hermana Laura, a punto de dar a luz. Debido a una absurda confusión, se convierte en el objetivo de una banda de gángsters de los bajos fondos. Para su sorpresa, el responsable de su protección es alguien a quien no ha podido olvidar.

Una lluviosa tarde de domingo, poco después de haber enviudado, Laura Palfrey llega al Claremont para iniciar una nueva vida. En el hotel la esperan cuatro huéspedes permanentes, días ordenados en torno a las rutinas de las comidas y los programas de televisión. Solo modifica el tedio la visita esporádica de algunos familiares. Pero nadie va a ver a Laura. Cuando de pronto conoce en la calle a Ludo, un joven a quien desvela el deseo de ser escritor, juntos elaboran un plan para compensar la soledad a la que la tienen sometida.

Five years after leading a strike at the sewing factory, newly pregnant Ellen is rushed off her feet at the Clydebank Clothing exchange, the heart of the community. Ellen is missing her husband James who is away with the Royal Navy, and worried about how to make ends meet. She desperately wants to confide in her best friend Sadie. However, Sadie is hiding a heart-breaking secret of her own which places strain on their friendship.

Scotland, 1940: Isla Donaghue is just sixteen when her mother dies, and her idyllic life comes to an abrupt end. Unable to cope, Isla’s father sends her to the poorhouse when he joins the merchant navy. Horrified at the harsh conditions of the poorhouse, Isla is determined to escape. Enlisting the help of her newfound friends Meg and Sophie, she devises a plan to flee to Liverpool.

Do you think you have life figured out, as Ethan and Alice did? They believed they had their futures planned until reality got in the way. But little did they know that fate had something else in store for them. Sailing to Saint-Pierre Martinique in 1902, Ethan and Alice's paths finally cross, and their lives are forever changed. The lush tropical setting of Saint-Pierre becomes the backdrop for an incredible adventure filled with beauty, mystery, deceit, romance, and danger.

After a family tragedy and a broken engagement dramatically alter her circumstances, Lady Elizabeth Ingham seeks employment by training to be a nanny. Known only as Lizzie, she secures a post at Alstone-in-the-Dale Manor to care for a four-year-old boy, Charlie, who badly needs her kindness and understanding. When Lizzie arrives at the manor, she is appalled at Charlie’s condition. He is a little wild thing; his hair is a tangled mass of ringlets, and he does not speak but screams and kicks most of the time. The family and staff are at their wits’ end and no one expects Lizzie to stay.

Winter, 1900. A little boy washes up on the beach of a small fishing village in Scotland, barely alive. He bears an uncanny resemblance to teacher Dorothy's son, lost to the sea many years before. When the village is snowed in, Dorothy agrees to look after the child until he can be returned home. But, as the past rises to meet the present, long-buried secrets in this tight-knit community start to come to light. And Dorothy finds herself thrown together again with the reclusive fisherman Joseph, after years of keeping their distance.

Eine berührende Geschichte über Familie, Verantwortung und die verschlungenen Wege der Liebe vor der malerischen Kulisse der Hafenstadt Triest – von Bestsellerautorin Charlotte Lyne Aber zu Hause ist man nie zwischen Steinen, Balken und hübschem Mobiliar. Zu Hause ist man bei Menschen. Victoria Liebenfels hat in dem Winzer Fabrizio die Liebe ihres Lebens gefunden und ihr Wiener Leben hinter sich gelassen. Mit leidenschaftlichem Engagement führt sie die Pension Hortis in der italienischen Hafenstadt Triest zu neuem Glanz.

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Jane Macrae is a Guardian, a member of the magically gifted families who quietly use their talents to aid humankind. During the darkest days of WWII, Jane's abilities make her invaluable to British military intelligence. But when a powerful instinct sends her home to Scotland, she doesn't expect to be sought out by a wild-eyed Canadian RAF pilot in desperate need of her help.

Una historia real, la búsqueda de los orígenes de la raza aria en España, y la convierte en una emocionante novela de amor y amistad. Un amor prohibido. En octubre de 1940, Heinrich Himmler, uno de los principales líderes nazi, realiza una visita a España. Durante esta visita, una de sus colaboradoras, la bella antropóloga Meike, descubre un obrero rubio de ojos azules, Herminio Cáiser, que podría demostrar la pervivencia en España de una cepa pura de la raza aria.

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Wisconsin, 1931—All widowed mother Marian Ward wants is to provide for her girls. However, she faces the dead of winter with no income and dwindling resources. Then she overhears a nefarious conversation, putting her life and that of her children in immediate danger. Aiming to make amends to the Wards, Gilbert steps in when the threat to Marian escalates. It costs him dearly. Either lose his career or marry her, and be tied to his past until death do them part.

Frahona Aknin es una joven judía-sefardita que sumerge sus narices en una librería cada que puede y sueña con viajar por diferentes lugares para conocer a escritores, pintores y grandes pensadores.

Working in service as a cook in a big house, Rose dreams of running her own teashop one day. But her life takes a dark turn, when her family fall prey to an unscrupulous family member and her mother, a milliner, falls into debt. As Rose takes charge of her younger, wilder sister their lives are thrown into turmoil when tragedy strikes. Is Rose’s dream of a better life destined to remain just that, or will her love for her family bring better days?

Inspiriert von einer wahren Geschichte, zeigt dieser herzzerreißende Roman aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg, dass Liebe Berge versetzen kann und Mut ansteckend ist, selbst in den finstersten Zeiten. Ediths schlimmste Befürchtungen werden wahr, als ihr jüdischer Ehemann Julius in einer letzten großangelegten Aktion in Berlin verhaftet wird. Doch sie kann nicht tatenlos zusehen, wie Julius gen Osten verschleppt wird.

Fifteen-year-old Mercy Faulkner is hit with the hardest blow of her young life when her beloved father is killed in an accident. Now, she must leave all she knows to move with her mother, a hard woman that she feels like she barely knows, to the small mountain town of Wynter, Colorado. Her mother has been offered a job there and a place to live and start over for the two.

Poland, 1942. After witnessing the destruction of her hometown in Warsaw, Anna Kowalski joins the Polish Resistance. She is tasked with smuggling as many children as possible out of the Warsaw Ghetto through the sewers and relocating them to safety. Through her work, Anna meets Johnnie Nowak, an RAF pilot who had managed to escape from a prisoner of war camp. He's not safe in Warsaw, so Anna leads him out of the city to protect him...