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Shane Cassidy's wish list is short this year. The young widower just wants his little daughter to be happy and his quiet son to come out of his room once in a while. Shane is determined to be there every minute for his kids, but when he runs into big trouble with the family horse farm around Christmas time, he realizes they just might need a helping hand. It turns out hiring a new nanny might wind him up in a whole new kind of trouble.

A young novelist trapped in a bad relationship takes the first step toward true pleasure and tenderness…but does she have the courage to be swept off her feet? It doesn’t matter how many people read and like her new book, there’s only one man’s opinion that matters to Clara…or at least that’s what she thinks. But when a chance encounter at a film premiere introduces her to someone new - someone who understands her in a way the first man can’t - Clara finally discovers the validation she really wants and needs.

Logan Williams works hard, plays harder, and doesn't care if he's got a reputation for being rebellious. After all, growing up as part of a great big family on the rambling acres of their beloved farm, he's never had to worry much about what anyone else thinks. But when his out-of-town brother asks him to take care of his daughter for a couple of months, Logan decides it's worth slowing down his after-work activities to get time with his irresistible niece.

When Rachel falls in love with her married professor, Dr Byrne, her best friend James helps her devise a plan to seduce him. But what begins as a harmless crush soon pushes their friendship to its limits. Over the course of a year they will find their lives ever more entwined with the Byrnes' and be faced with impossible choices and a lie that can't be taken back...

Clara Bainbridge has loved Alec for years, long before she left for finishing school in Boston. And though she is convinced he loves her too, he seems determined to push her away now that she’s back. So when the handsome stranger who protects her during a stagecoach robbery reveals that he is her new neighbor, Clara begins to wonder if accepting his suit might be wiser than waiting for Alec.

Dos hermanas que no se soportan, pero que harán lo que sea por salvarse mutuamente. Jayne y June Baek no se parecen en nada. June es la primogénita, una sabelotodo con un demandante trabajo y un departamento igual de frío que ella (según Jayne). Por otro lado, Jayne es un manojo de nervios narcisista con mal gusto para elegir a sus novios y (si le preguntas a June) necesita dejar de gastarse el dinero de sus padres. Antes eran inseparables; ahora no quieren relacionarse para nada. Pero cuando a June le diagnostican cáncer, la única que puede ayudarla es Jayne.

Weihnachten in den Cotswolds – was könnte romantischer sein? Aber statt Kekse, Punsch und Christmas Carols zu genießen, muss sich Single Mum Isla mit ihrem mürrischen Nachbarn herumschlagen. Der ist nämlich gar nicht begeistert davon, dass Isla im Cottage ihrer Eltern als Tagesmutter arbeitet. Begeistertes Kinderlachen ist für ihn nichts als Lärm. Deshalb fordert er: Das Fairyland muss schließen. Doch so schnell lässt sich Isla nicht kleinkriegen. Dafür sind ihr die Kinder und die Bewohner des idyllischen Dörfchens Chanting Hills zu sehr ans Herz gewachsen.

Clara and Pippo are just children: quiet, thoughtful Clara is the older sister; Pippo, the younger brother, is forever chatting. The family has only recently arrived in the city carrying their few possessions. When Mamma goes missing early one morning, both Clara and Pippo go in search of her. Clara turns right; Pippo left. As a result of the choices they make that morning, their lives will be changed forever.

Frans og Clara var helt almindelige unge mennesker, som blev ramt af en stærk religiøs længsel og en efterfølgende kaldelse. Som en konsekvens af deres inderlige lytten ind i Guds vilje og deres radikale efterfølgelse i handling blev de igangsættere af et religiøst opgør med alle tidens normer og sociale skel. De havde begge stor hengivenhed til Guds skaberværk, og fordi de søgte enhed og forståelse mellem alle skabninger, åbnede de for et venskab mellem natur og mennesker, som aldrig før var set i kristendommens historie.

On the evening of Good Friday, 1865, Henry Rathbone and Clara Harris joined the Lincolns in the presidential box at Ford’s Theater, becoming eyewitnesses to one of the great tragedies of American history. In this riveting novel, Thomas Mallon re-creates the unusual love story of this young engaged couple whose fateful encounter with history profoundly affects the remainder of their lives.

Asasinul timid este un roman care evocă perioada tranziţiei spaniole de la dictatură la democraţie, pornind de la episodul întunecat al morţii Sandrei Mozarovski, o actriţă din epoca filmelor eliberate de cenzura franchistă. Fiica unui diplomat rus scăpat din lagărul comunist, Sandra...

Against the unforgettable backdrop of New York near the turn of the twentieth century, from the Gilded Age world of formal balls and opera to the immigrant poverty of the Lower East Side, bestselling author Susan Vreeland again breathes life into a work of art in this extraordinary novel, which...

Clara cuenta su historia a través de su travesía por la anorexia, la depresión, las autogestiones, el miedo, sus problemas familiares, el primer amor... Desde una desgarradora y lúcida primera persona, esta novela basada en hechos reales. Nos habla de las experiencias de una joven durante el proceso de recuperación de este grave trastorno de la conducta alimentaria, así como su esforzada lucha por salir del pozo de desesperación en el que se halla sumida.

Daisy, a writer confined to her home, receives a parcel containing the manuscript of a novel about a Syrian refugee and is asked to pose as its writer. Julia, the curator at the Kleinzahler Gallery, has no idea that her sister, Clara, has written a novel. However, she does know that Clara suffers from a debilitating mental illness. Maurice's life is changed by an art installation involving a pair of binoculars welded to the wall through which visitors are invited to observe passersby outside. An ultralight aircraft's collision with a quiet lawn brings them all together.

Eine Liebe, so bewegend wie Rilkes Verse... Als der umschwärmte Dichter Rainer Maria Rilke die junge Bildhauerin Clara Westhoff das erste Mal sieht, ist er hingerissen: von ihrer Schönheit, ihrer Durchsetzungskraft, ihrer Leidenschaft für die Kunst. Als Clara das erste Mal ein Gedicht aus seinem Mund hört, ist sie ihm erlegen – wider besseres Wissen. Denn Rilke gilt als unstet und macht dazu noch ihrer Freundin und Malerin Paula Becker den Hof.

Dominic Rose, a bachelor and teacher, has an antiquated hobby. He studies physiognomy, the art of judging somebody's character by their facial features and expressions. Living in a cottage at the edge of the woods with his frail, bedridden mother, he has spent decades pining after Clara, the love of his life, who vanished while staying with her grandparents. When Kate Winston and her family move to North Yorkshire, it sets in motion a chain of events that will alter the lives of those involved forever.

Laura and Henry Frazier, David Gates, and Alice Bullowe are in Connecticut for Christmas. The family is staying in a country home Laura inherited from her aunt, Clara, and Alice, also a niece of the late Clara Beame, is more than a little disappointed by the terms of the will. As an edge of hostility threatens to spoil the party, the drama only grows as manipulative games are played, a blizzard roars outside, a surprise guest arrives-and the holiday turns more scary than merry . . .

Paris, 1941: Going against her mother’s orders, spirited Maggie devotes herself to the Resistance. Her life is a whirlwind of forged passports and secret midnight runs, helping Jews escape. Much to her high-society mother’s disapproval, she has fallen in love with Emil, a Jewish Resistance fighter who is wanted by the Nazis.

Die Geschichte, die im Wesentlichen in Berlin spielt, handelt von einem gut situierten Ehepaar, das keine Kinder haben kann und deshalb einen Jungen adoptiert. Es ist allerdings mehr ein "Kaufen" des fremden Kindes, und die leibliche Mutter, eine Witwe, gibt es nur her, um mit dem Geld die Not ihrer anderen Kinder zu lindern. In einer ärmlichen Kate im Venn wird dieser Verkauf ausgehandelt, und es ist, als wollte nicht nur die Mutter ihr Kind lieber behalten. Auch das Hohe Venn mit seinen Nebelfetzen und seinen stürmischen Winden scheint sich dagegen zu sträuben.

Metz, Elsass-Lothringen, 1908: Die freigeistige Emma ist Feuer und Flamme. Endlich werden Frauen an der Universität zugelassen, sie könnte studieren! Die Eltern dagegen wollen sie mit dem jungen Carl Seidel verheiraten. Carl liebt die Welt des Geschmacks. Er experimentiert mit Aromen und Düften. Er träumt davon, in seiner eigenen Fabrik Senf herzustellen. Emma ist begeistert und unterstützt ihn darin, gegen alle Widerstände. Energisch und geschickt treibt sie die Gründung des Unternehmens voran. Aber was ist mit ihren eigenen Zielen? Sind ihre Gefühle stark genug für eine Ehe?