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Léa de Lonval, une courtisane de près de cinquante ans, est la maîtresse de Fred Peloux, surnommé Chéri. À mesure qu’elle constate le manque de conviction croissant de son jeune amant, Léa ressent, avec autant émerveillement que d’amertume, les effets d’une passion qui sera la dernière. Pourtant, il suffira à Chéri d’épouser la jeune Edmée pour comprendre que la rupture avec Léa n’irait pas sans regrets.

Anna Winter, a young woman unwittingly caught up inside a ring of sophisticated Nazi spies, chooses to flee Germany in 1933, taking her precious doll collection with her as she sets sail for Australia. Soon after her arrival she finds herself in a remote outback town, working as a nanny for the family of Tom O'Hara, owner of the Birdum Hotel. Doubling up as the local bartender and cook, Anna hides her past from the world, until a chance encounter with an eccentric stranger, Alter Mayseh, changes everything.

Shortly before the Japanese invade, the van Hoorn family throws their famous Sinterklaas party at their tea plantation in West Java. One of their guests, Mattijs, a Dutch pilot, hopes to forge a future in the Dutch East Indies, possibly with the family's daughter Anna, but she is torn between her dreams of Holland and her desire to belong. Meanwhile the housekeeper, Diah, keenly observes the goings-on around the plantation, wondering how much to tell her freedom-fighter brother.

München und Meersburg 1927: Schon seit ihrer Kindheit am idyllischen Bodensee weiß Katharina, dass ihr Herz der Medizin gehört. Nachdem sie den ersehnten Studienplatz in München erhalten hat, widmet sie sich mit Hingabe ganz besonders der Frauenheilkunde. Doch als Frau hat sie es an der Universität nicht leicht und muss gegen konservative Widerstände und unerbittliche Moralvorstellungen ihrer Zeit kämpfen.

Das Glück einer jungen Frau droht zu zerbrechen... Die fesselnde Familiensaga um Winzertochter Magdalena geht weiter! 1919: Magdalena und Matthias sind endlich vereint, doch schon bald wird das junge Liebesglück bedroht. Nicht nur fühlt Magdalena sich durch die Sticheleien ihrer kaltherzigen Schwiegermutter im neuen Heim nicht willkommen, auch die Eifersucht gegenüber Matthias' früherer Verlobten flammt erneut auf. Zudem machen der jungen Winzerin finanzielle Schwierigkeiten zu schaffen.

Begleiten Sie die Familie Laverne durch die schicksalhaften Jahre ab 1945: Der historische Roman "Schicksalskinder" ist der 3. Teil der großen Familiensaga "Die Chronik der Familie Laverne" um einen eleganten Kurort an der französischen Grenze. Bad Lichtenberg im Mai 1945. Für Luise Laverne ist jeder Tag ein Tanz auf dem Drahtseil.

Left with an estate on the brink of bankruptcy after their father's death, Lady Marigold Fairfax and her brother open a private investigation firm marketed to the elite . . . to spy on the elite. Dubbed The Imposters, Ltd., their anonymous group soon becomes the go-to for the crème of society when they want answers delivered surreptitiously. But the many secrets Marigold learns about her peers pale in comparison to her shock when she and her brother are hired to investigate her best friend's father as a potential traitor.

Cranky and jaded Lord Fine—Wesley, now, to the kind-hearted lover he cynically doubts life will let him keep—arrives in Manhattan with one goal: find the American paranormals and get their help with the relic burdening Sebastian. His plans are upended when the other paranormals seem to have vanished, and a mysterious letter warns Wesley that he’s in danger.

The day Teddy Roosevelt learned McKinley had died and he was now president of the United States, he made up his mind he would cut a canal through the Isthmus of Panama. No small task. The French had tried and failed with more than twenty thousand dead. Roosevelt wasn’t alone in wanting to see a canal. The Wall Street financier, J. P. Morgan, wanted it too, and so did revolutionaries in Panama. Morgan wanted a shorter route for his ships and was willing to secretly finance the insurrection against Colombia, who owned the territory of Panama. Not everyone was wild about America in Panama.

Die Geschichte von Yves Saint-Laurents größter Inspiration – eine Frau, die alles für die Liebe riskiert. Paris, 1968: Als die junge Loulou zu einer Teestunde in illustrer Gesellschaft eingeladen wird, könnte sie sich nichts Langweiligeres vorstellen – und allgemein fällt es der in London geborenen jungen Frau schwer, in Frankreich anzukommen. Endlich hat sie es geschafft, aus dem Schatten ihrer berühmten Mutter herauszutreten, alles in ihr wehrt sich dagegen, sich von ihrem bunten, ausufernden Stil abzuwenden und der hier vorherrschenden kühlen Eleganz anzupassen.

Melvin Flack has given up on his dream of becoming an artist until he discovers 14 paintings hidden in a derelict building in the Bronx. To his shock, they're signed by his idol, Claude Monet. And the subject! Is it possible Monet designed Yankee Stadium in 1921? If these paintings are authentic, who gets the 600 million dollars they'll get at auction? And what's in the mysterious journal that Mel finds with the art?

Kate has always found life on Brimbles Farm difficult, but she is struggling more than ever to find time for the bookshop, for her friends - and especially for handsome pilot Leo Kinsella. Naomi has found new friends and purpose through the bookshop and is happier than she's been in a long time - until she finds evidence that her husband is being unfaithful. Alice worries for her fiancé Daniel away fighting in the war and frets over the loss of her financial independence following an injury to her hand.

As World War Two rages, MI5 agent Sarah Gillespie is faced with her toughest challenge yet: handling Adeline Vernier, a mysterious double agent from Paris. Adeline’s coded letters could help the Allies defeat the Germans – but, in return, she demands that her boyfriend is rescued from Nazi-occupied France. Adeline is not above threatening to double-cross MI5 to get what she wants, leaving Sarah fearful for the millions of lives at stake.

1924. The First World War is over and eleven-year-old Alexa is growing up on the idyllic Cornish coast with her best friend Harvey. But she soon discovers there are secrets at the heart of her family that have been hidden for years. And when her mother dies suddenly, she finds her whole life thrown into turmoil. 1931. Still reeling from the secrets she uncovered, Alexa flees to the intoxicating city of Venice. But her new glamorous life is not what she hoped for and, with dark shadows closing in, she will question everything she thought she wanted.

Cornwall 1943. When eighteen-year-old Alice receives a mysterious work summons for a special unit in Bude, she's terrified but excited. Forbidden from telling a soul, she launches into training for the most important job she’s ever had. Meanwhile, Penny – a land girl from the farm – also heads to Bude to work at the dairy. Dreaming of finding love, Penny longs for the confidence to speak to a charming local fisherman. Young widow Florence runs the boarding house where Alice and Penny are staying. Between caring for a small child and her tearaway younger sister, she is utterly run off her feet.

Ein Friseursalon auf Norderney und starke Frauen, die in schwierigen Zeiten für ihre Träume und die Liebe kämpfen – Die große Familiensaga voll nostalgischem Insel-Charme! Der Erste Weltkrieg verändert Norderney, die Urlauber fehlen, Geld und Waren sind knapp und Frieda arbeitet hart, um den familieneigenen Friseursalon Fisser über die schwere Zeit zu retten. Auch ihre Freundin Grete tut alles, um als Krankenschwester den Inselbewohnern und Soldaten zu helfen. Beide warten jeden Tag auf Nachricht ihrer Ehemänner, doch nur einer kehrt aus dem Krieg zurück.

A novel written by Ellie’s first love, Jack Bennett, tells the story of a young man and woman who meet at the water’s edge and fall madly in love, only to have their romance cut short by forces beyond their control. Ellie quickly realizes this is no ordinary story; it’s their story. Captivated by Jack’s words, she immerses herself in the pages, reliving the adventures they shared that magical summer. To her astonishment, hidden among the tales of star-gazing and stolen kisses is a detail that has her questioning everything.

Circumstances have drastically changed young Laura Dawson’s comfortable and sheltered life, and she gratefully accepts what she sees as a lifeline—a job working with Viv Chaseley. Laura moves into Tyneholme and into the unbelievably amazing world of the Chaseleys. Working with Viv gives Laura the confidence she knows she lacks, and it brings new meaning to her previously uninspiring life.

Depuis que Greta montre des signes de sénilité, Tom découvre chez sa mère une douceur inhabituelle : elle lui raconte son enfance en Prusse orientale, sa fuite vers l’ouest à la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, et son premier grand amour avec un soldat afro-américain. Mais quand elle lui pose des questions sur une sœur dont il n’a jamais entendu parler, Tom se rend compte qu’il ne connaît qu’une infime partie de la vie de celle qui l'a élevé. Avec une tension narrative haletante et une plume tout en émotion, Susanne Abel lève le voile sur le sort des bébés biraciaux nés de l’occupation américaine en Allemagne.

After saving her family farm from falling into disrepair Framboise, a secretive widow, lives a quiet life splitting her time between home and the creperie where she brings her mother's recipes to life. When her nephew approaches her to exploit her family's culinary legacy, Framboise is forced to confront her dramatic childhood at the heart of the German Occupation of France.