Novedades

Paradise, Colorado – 1999: Newswoman Christina Phillips stares at the scaffold and dangling rope, a gruesome reminder of outlaw Lance Meredith’s death a hundred years ago. He was said to have been a handsome man, a Western Robin Hood; perhaps the most beloved man whose image ever stared out from a wanted poster. Hero to the common man or not, however, he had been hung on a cold day in 1899. Now on the hundredth anniversary of the dashing outlaw’s execution, she makes final preparations for the television broadcast that will honor him. The clock on the old courthouse tower displays the...

From the international bestselling author of THE GERMAN DAUGHTER. A wartime sin reaches out of the grave to menace the innocent. A search for the truth leads three generations of women into deadly peril. At the day of reckoning is the cycle of love and betrayal doomed to repeat itself, or can the truth redeem three haunted lives? Also by Marius Gabriel: THE ORIGINAL SIN ‘Pulsing with romance, danger, and suspense... A compelling read.’ Publishers Weekly A HOUSE OF MANY ROOMS ‘A sexy, gripping thriller that doesn't miss a beat.’ Kirkus Reviews THE SEVENTH MOON ‘Few thrillers have ...

Posy Montague is approaching her seventieth birthday. Still living in her beautiful Suffolk family home, Admiral House, she is surrounded by memories of her idyllic childhood catching butterflies with her beloved father, and of raising her own children. But Posy knows she must make an agonizing decision. Despite the memories the house holds, and the exquisite garden she has spent twenty-five years creating, the house is crumbling around her, and Posy knows the time has come to sell it.

Il romanzo trae ispirazione da un'esperienza autobiografica e narra la storia di un'intensa passione vissuta tra Pietro Brusio e Narcisa Valderi. L'uomo, attratto dalla trasgressione, conquista la donna, liberandola dal suo matrimonio, e si afferma come uno scrittore di grande successo, affrontando persino un duello per difenderla. La colpa diventa il filo conduttore che unisce i protagonisti. Il tema del matrimonio e dell'adulterio non si limita a essere una trasgressione o una conferma dei valori tradizionali, ma assume una sfumatura più complessa.

Even with peace on the horizon, Met WAAF Jenny Hazleton is as busy as ever. Her keen weather-forecasting allows the pilots to continue their missions, including food drops to starving allies and the repatriation of prisoners of war. Navigating many of these missions is Flying Officer Edwin Holland, whose rejection of her advances at Christmas still stings. Edwin is increasingly haunted by his role in the war, including the bombing of Dresden, and Jenny yearns to comfort him. But when he reveals the shocking reason he turned her down, she must decide if their friendship is well and truly over.

Occupied Norway, 1944. While the war rages on, Anni is surviving as best she can, contributing to the resistance whenever possible and standing firm without her sailor husband Lars, who she hasn't heard from in three years. Her daughter Ingrid is the bright spot in her life and Anni is determined to keep her safe and happy. However, when a German official is billeted at their house, the situation for them both becomes far more dangerous, and Anni faces an impossible choice. London, 1952.

Eine verbotene Liebe und eine Mutter, die um ihr Kind kämpft Narvik, 1940: Als im Fjord Kriegsschiffe auftauchen, ändert sich Lailas Leben für immer. Sie schließt sich dem Widerstand an, verliebt sich aber in einen deutschen Soldaten. Josef ist anders, er unterstützt sie bei ihren Aktivitäten. Dann wird er nach Russland geschickt, und Laila stellt fest, dass sie schwanger ist. Ihr bleibt nur, Zuflucht in einem Heim zu suchen, in dem man ihr Unterstützung verspricht. Doch Laila gerät in die Fänge eines grausamen Systems und muss für ihr Kind alles riskieren ...

Historische fictie voor de lezers van Corina Bomann, Marie Lamballe en Marie Lacrosse Berlijn, 1923. De Berlijnse verloskundige Hulda Gold wordt opgeroepen om te helpen bij een bevalling. Hoewel het Joodse gezin volgens zijn eigen strikte regels leeft, wint Hulda het vertrouwen van de jonge moeder. Als de pasgeborene na een paar dagen op mysterieuze wijze verdwijnt, raakt ze dan ook betrokken bij de zoektocht. Hoe kan een pasgeboren baby verdwijnen in deze hechte gemeenschap?

Entre amours perdues et secrets de famille, de la Seconde Guerre mondiale aux années 1990, Anne Jacobs nous entraîne dans le deuxième tome de sa trilogie phénomène au cœur des tourmentes du XXe siècle. Une nouvelle saga époustouflante digne de La Villa aux étoffes . Allemagne, 1993. Le son des cloches retentit enfin sur le domaine de Dranitz pour célébrer le mariage de Franziska et Walter après plus de quarante ans passés loin l'un de l'autre. Le bonheur semble désormais possible et tous deux espèrent profiter de cette nouvelle vie avec leurs enfants.