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The final installment in the breathtaking Kershaw Sisters series. She thought the worst was behind her . . . Life is tough in Lancashire in 1905 - and especially so for fifteen-year-old Mary Ann, who was born out of wedlock. When her new stepfather begins to abuse her, Mary Ann doesn't know how...

Catherine Dessin, a young French girl living in Paris during the occupation, falls for an older, married German officer. The novel examines the tensions this causes within her family of patriots and resistance workers. Meanwhile Klaus, the German officer, who is Oxford educated and a professed Anglophile, faces his own moral dilemma as he comes to realise, through his love for Catherine and a tragedy in his own family, the true nature of the regime he is serving.

Francine Howard has her life all mapped out until the soldier she planned to marry at WWII's end writes to tell her he's in love with a woman in England. Devastated, Francine seeks a fresh start in the Appalachian Mountains, training to be a nurse midwife for the Frontier Nursing Service. Deeply affected by the horrors he witnessed at war, Ben Locke has never thought further ahead than making it home to Kentucky. His future shrouded in as much mist as his beloved mountains, he's at a loss when it comes to envisioning what's next for his life.

Though the century began with such promise, it is 1910 when Mira Dean’s hopes of being a wife and mother are dashed to pieces. Her fiancé dead from tuberculosis, Mira resigns herself to being a spinster schoolteacher—until Gordon Covington shows up. No longer the boy she knew from school, Gordon is now a preacher who is full of surprises. First, he asks Mira to come to Sourwood in Eastern Kentucky to teach at his mission school. Second, he asks her to marry him. Just like that.

Wer braucht Bücher, wenn die Butter fehlt fürs Brot? Alle, die vom Aufbruch träumen... Es geht ums Überleben, aber die junge Ruth, Tochter einer Buchhändlerfamilie, weigert sich, nur an die Butter fürs Brot zu denken. Der Vater hat für die Literatur gelebt und tüchtig war er auch. Er wollte den Namen der Familie großmachen. Die Buchhandlung erweitern. Schlimm, dass er mit ansehen musste, wie der altehrwürdige Laden am Rathaus Schöneberg ausbrannte. Das war, als würde das Feuer auch an ihm fressen. Friedrich war sein Hoffnungsträger, Ruths Ideen hat er nicht gehört.

From the internationally bestselling author of Somewhere in France comes an enthralling historical novel about one of the most famous wedding dresses of the twentieth century—Queen Elizabeth’s wedding gown—and the fascinating women who made it. “Millions will welcome this joyous event as...

Övergiven av sin fästman och sörjande efter att en fruktansvärd gruvkatastrof tagit både hennes bror och far ifrån henne bestämmer sig Jennifer för att fly från sin hjärtesorg. Hon accepterar den förmögne Julian Rothes erbjudande att utveckla sin växande talang som operasångerska och lämnar sin hemby Werford. Men när hon får reda på att hennes fästman – som hon trott lämnat hennes bror och far till deras öde den där dagen i gruvan – faktiskt agerade med stort hjältemod så återvänder hon till honom.

Netta Musketts romaner för läsaren tillbaka till efterkrigstidens England och är fyllda med kärlek, intriger och passion. Den första kärleken fylla en person med både extas och smärta. För Gail Redding medförde hennes första kärlek en kombination av de två och det verkade som om hon aldrig skulle kunna kasta av sig det förflutnas bojor. Till slut bestämmer hon sig för att lämna England och besöka vänner i Västafrika. Hon blir förälskad för andra gången i sitt liv, den här gången i en man med integritet, en säkerhetsofficer. Men hon bär på en hemlighet, som hennes man aldrig skulle kunna förlåta.

“A fascinating story of love’s ability to overcome family curses, scandals, and even war. Told in three parts, this multi-generational tale is wonderfully heartwarming!” —Madeline Martin, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Bookshop in London Leedswick Castle has housed the...

At her assisted living center in Wedding Tree, Louisiana, 93-year-old Amelie O'Connor is in the habit of leaving her door open for friends. One day she receives an unexpected visitor - Kat Thompson, the ex-fiancée of her late husband, Jack. Kat and Jack were high school sweethearts who planned to marry when Jack returned from France after World War II. But in a cruel twist of fate, their plans were irrevocably derailed when a desperate French girl overheard an American officer's confession in a Parisian church...

Cassandra Zerek is a true innocent in a wild and dangerous place—but her indomitable spirit and gentle soul make her stronger than anyone suspects. The owner of a Colorado mining empire, Luke Taggart's wealth and position can buy him anything, yet he has grown bored with a life of saloons, gambling, and loose women. Nothing soothes his restless inner yearning—until he spies Cassandra, as fresh and pure as a spring morning, and vows he will possess her.