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1908: The Lowcountry of South Carolina is at the cusp of change. Mayfield, the grand estate held for generations by the Rivers family, is the treasured home of young Eliza. Free spirited, she refuses to be confined by societal norms. Instead, Eliza revels in exploring the golden fields and sparkling ponds of Mayfield, observing wildlife, and riding horses. But her halcyon days are cut short by the Great War, coastal storms, and unexpected challenges to Mayfield.

Drawing strength from their ancestor, Aisha, a slave born free on the west coast of Africa, four Black women will do whatever is necessary to succeed—and will do even more to protect their daughters. Aisha’s granddaughter, Dinah, a plantation slave, fends off the advances of the master’s son and vows to prevent the same mistreatment of her daughter, Sarah. During the Harlem Renaissance, Augusta, an aspiring teacher, falls in love for the first time. Her mother, Julia, is determined to prevent her from getting hurt.

Strangers Jo, Adelaide and Kye are the least likely people to find themselves across the threshold of a bookshop. But as their midnight book club shows them that a single book can change everything, all three realise that their own stories can be rewritten.

Emma lost her husband at thirty-six, and life without him feels impossible. A Hawaiian inheritance might be her chance to start over . . . but the Kealoha place is a mess. The roof leaks, the goats keep escaping, and the jungle is overtaking the orchard. It's more than she can manage on her own. Lani spent years trapped in a marriage that went from bad to worse. Finally, she summoned her courage and moved home to Hawai'i. Now she's starting over with her four year old in tow.

Sara Schönflies, a young Jewish woman from a line of gifted tailors and seamstresses, finds her world shattered by the rise of the Nazi regime. When Sara and her sisters are transferred to the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, their talent becomes a lifeline. Their survival hinges on sewing beautiful dresses for the wives of SS officers and Nazi dignitaries. Amidst the horrors and suffering, Sara's determination, her sisters' unwavering courage, unyielding defiance, and the unexpected friendship with a member of the Sonderkommando become beacons of hope.

At twenty-five, Ruby Nevins has already endured more than most. But after two years of battling cancer, she’s warily determined to move forward. Researching a new project about a French actress, she soon uncovers an old diary that will change her life forever… Cécile, the “it” girl of early 1940s French cinema, vanished from Nazi-occupied Paris in 1942. Sylvia Rousseau, Cécile’s dressmaker and confidante, left that same year. Working to piece together the truth behind Cécile’s disappearance and Sylvia’s extraordinary life, Ruby recognizes the women as kindred spirits.

The second book in the bestselling dark dystopian fantasy series from hugely popular dark romance author Nicci Harris, where Dahlia, a young woman raised as a “lace girl,” meant to soothe the brutal men who go to war, but when her best friend dies giving birth, she finds herself on the run with a baby that belongs to the regime, and her only hope the brutal, seven-foot Lagos.

De kom från öar är första delen i trilogin om Dagmar och Holger, tre romaner som formar berättelsen om en familj men också om det svenska folkhemmet, från små kustsamhällen till nybyggda höghus i industristaden. Det är en varm och stämningsfull berättelse med ovanligt levande karaktärer.

Augsburgo, 1930. Marie e Paul Melzer enfim conseguiram superar a crise que quase acabou com seu amor. O casamento está mais sólido do que nunca e foi coroado pela chegada do terceiro filho deles, Kurti, agora com 4 anos. Elisabeth, casada pela segunda vez e mãe de três filhos, também deixou para trás os dias de angústia e solidão. Na ausência de Marie, que tem se dedicado integralmente a seu ateliê de moda, ela realizou o antigo desejo de se tornar um pilar na mansão.

The Silk Road expands across the world through its agents and is creating a new dynasty. A clandestine organisation called the Syndicate with roots deep in the Hans Clan in China with tentacles behind the seats of power and politics becomes ingrained in the lives of ordinary people. Unsuspectingly they are pulled into the geopolitical fight between two super powers. Karma like a grain of sand becomes infused and is marinated by the warm succulent juices of the clam like Syndicate. Quan Wu’s weakness for beauty and brilliance blinds him as Karma becomes the prized pearl. However, she has ...

A limitless love is an intriguing and suspenseful conclusion to the Truth Trilogy. Never say never as the story takes you down paths in the human brain where love, revenge and forgiveness are weighed in the scales of life. A forty year old secret has come back to haunt and tear at the heart of a God fearing woman, who now must come to terms with a deed she had done. Buried and almost forgotten, the tattered threads of a lie unravel through an act of sheer desperation. Joyce’s deed to save her world at a tender age of seventeen caused another woman to lose her mother. Skylar did not have ...

Three Women must use what they have learned, born with, given or stolen to navigate the complicated circumstances that they find themselves based on the chioces they make. Purpose driven, ambitous and motivated to use ethics and morales they are forced to chose the narrow path to happiness or the wide road to destruction.

Our eyes see what the mirrors reflect, however tainted mirrors only allow what we want to see. Despite all the cautionary signs strewn across the highway, Tatalee Hobson could not see through the fog of her life and chose to see what she thought was the truth. The generational curse to deceive was Nickolas’s blessing that he had received from his Father and from his forefathers, while on the outside he was robust and successful on the inside he was nothing more that the snake that had opened Eve’s eyes in the Garden of Eden. Truth Behind the Mirror is Book 1 in the Truth Trilogy and is ...

We are seduced by the things that we are most desperate to achieve or obtain. Despite the warnings that life provides Jenny Lawrence hurtled towards a relationship with a man she knows very little about. However, she had made an appointment somewhere in the past to be in the very situation she has now found herself. Creston Chin educated with an enviable position in the society must balance in the blind scales his marriage, true love, wealth and power while being entwined in the struggles of the heart and sex .

Die gesamte Douglas-Schwestern-Saga von Bestsellerautorin Charlotte Jacobi jetzt als Hörbuch-Sammelband. 1910: Maria Carsten weiß schon früh, was sie im Leben will. Gemeinsam mit ihrer Schwester Anna ist sie entschlossen, eine Welt der Düfte in Hamburg zu eröffnen. Und auch wenn der Vater das Unterfangen der Schwestern tatkräftig unterstütz, sabotiert die ängstliche Mutter ihre Idee, wo sie nur kann. Doch Maria und Anna finden einen Weg, die erste Douglas-Filiale in Hamburg zu eröffnen. Und damit beginnt das eigentliche Abenteuer.

Two brothers fall out when a family secret is revealed and when the dispute turns to violence one of them ends up in prison. On his release, he digs into his background in the hope of resolving some of the issues which have been troubling him. His research takes him to Ireland, and here he finds, not only the answers he seeks, but a route to a new life free of conflict. This book is the second in The Templederry trilogy. The first is The Learning Curves and the third is The Legacy

Änkan som vägrade döär en underhållande berättelse om tre generationer kvinnor i familjen Mitra, ett smyckeskrin och en släkt på ruinens brant.

I SVÅRMODETS DÖTTRAR skildrar ANNA LAESTADIUS LARSSON med skarp blick och stort inkännande hur bristen på självbestämmande över liv och sexualitet för kvinnorna löper som en blodröd tråd genom vår 1900-talshistoria.

I skuggan av andra världskriget växer Teresa och Angelina upp på landsbygden i det fattiga Puglia. De är så olika som två systrar kan vara, Angelina vacker och rebellisk, Teresa blyg men pålitlig. Det är en vardag präglad av kamp för att överleva och när deras far saknas i kriget har deras mor inget annat val än att bli den mäktige baron Personès älskarinna. Skvallret och skammen som sedan följer familjen ger ringar på vattnet. Angelina är den enda som bortser från det, istället drömmer hon om ett annat liv, ett liv som är långt bort från deras torftiga tillvaro.

1. Jag vakar vid min mans sida medan han svävar mellan liv och död. 2. Jag får hem min man levande från sjukhuset! Men med komplicerade hjärnskador. 3. Vi kämpar för vår kärlek i många år, men till slut går det inte längre. 4. Vi skiljer oss, men jag vet att jag aldrig kommer kunna träffa någon annan. För det värsta man kan göra är att lämna en sjuk människa i sticket.