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In Kate Rorick’s first adult fiction novel, we enter the wild, bewildering world of modern pregnancies. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll shake your head as you wonder where everyone’s sanity went... Meet the mothers… Nathalie Kneller: Nathalie’s plan: to announce her pregnancy now...

Edie og hendes mor har aldrig haft et nært forhold, men da et gammelt brev fra Milderhurst Castle pludselig dukker op, får Edie en mistanke om, at forklaringen på moderens følelsesmæssige kulde måske har sin rod der. Hun beslutter sig for at trodse moderens ønske og selv besøge slottet. Efterhånden som Edie får optrevlet historien om, hvordan hendes mor, der som ung pige var evakueret til slottet under krigen, hører hun også en fjern hvisken fra slottets mure om andre gamle hemmeligheder, som har været begravet alt for længe.

En lille fortabt pige. En frygtelig hemmelighed. En mystisk arv. I 1913 dukker en lille pige op alene på kajen i Australien. 90 år senere sætter hendes barnebarn sig for at opklare historien om den lille pige. Glæd dig til denne store, dejlige kvinderoman, som er Kate Mortons anden roman. Hun debuterede med Huset ved Riverton i 2006. De to romaner har gjort hende til en af de mest populære kvindeforfattere i England og USA og er solgt til udgivelse i 36 lande.

Edie og hendes mor har aldrig haft et nært forhold, men da et gammelt brev fra Milderhurst Castle pludselig dukker op, får Edie en mistanke om, at forklaringen på moderens følelsesmæssige kulde måske har sin rod der. Hun beslutter sig for at trodse moderens ønske og selv besøge slottet. Efterhånden som Edie får optrevlet historien om, hvordan hendes mor, der som ung pige var evakueret til slottet under krigen, hører hun også en fjern hvisken fra slottets mure om andre gamle hemmeligheder, som har været begravet alt for længe.

Adelaide Hills, Australien, 1959: Nahe ihrem Landsitz feiert eine Familie Heiligabend mit einem Picknick am Fluss. Wenig später findet ein vorbeikommender Händler die Familie tot auf. Die Polizei beginnt zu ermitteln, doch der Fall bleibt ein Mysterium. Sechzig Jahre später wird die Journalistin Jess aus England zurück nach Australien an das Sterbebett ihrer Großmutter gerufen.

Francia, 1953. Tutto è cambiato per Eloïse da quando la guerra è finita. Come tutto è cambiato per la Francia: la fine del conflitto mondiale non ha portato, infatti, la pace sperata, ma un nuovo assetto mondiale basato sul sospetto, la paura e la delazione. È la Guerra Fredda, che ha raggiunto ormai anche la remota Camargue, terra di cavalli selvaggi e grandi spazi, dove Eloïse è cresciuta con la sua famiglia.

Meg er grafiker i New York, og hun har den unikke, og knap så gode, vane at gemme kodede beskeder i sit arbejde. Hun får til opgave at designe Reid og hans forlovedes bryllupsprogram, men efter at have set de to sammen, er hun ikke i tvivl om, at ægteskabet vil kuldsejle. Meg kan derfor ikke dy sig og væver en skjult advarsel ind i bryllupsprogrammet – overbevist om, at ingen nogensinde vil opdage det.

Bath, 1821. Rachel Crofton escapes her unhappy employment as a governess by marrying a self-made businessman. But her new life soon takes an unexpected turn. Reclusive Jonathan Alleyn is a man tormented by the disappearance of his childhood sweetheart, Alice. Starling, foundling child and now...

The valley is nestled between rugged peaks, divided by a magnificent river. Within its peaceful green contours are held the secrets of generations of tribes, families and loners who have come under its spell.

Blaze exposes the new order of women and power in the cut-throat arena of up-market magazines. The idealistic baby boomers have been pushed aside and it's every woman for herself. An intimate look at four women coping with their private and public lives in the world where scheming and fox cunning seem to beat skill and talent, where sexism and ageism in office politics label women over 30 over the hill.

The Silent Country is a vast and beautiful wilderness, a place which holds secrets and stories that are rarely spoken. TV producer Veronica Anderson travels to the Northern Territory to retrace the journey of an expedition that had set out 50 years earlier to film the outback, but which mysteriously ended in tragedy. Of the group, led by the eccentric Maxim Topov, few are still alive and they are reluctant to talk about the intriguing events.

A young Australian woman leaves Sydney for a new world, Guyana, South America. Captivated by Guyana's wild, unspoiled beauty, Madison Wright joins the native Amerindians struggling to preserve their culture against corporate exploitation. But her new-found commitment soon plunges Madison into a mire of murder, drug smuggling and political corruption, and finally, an unexpected love that pits her heart against her beliefs.

The Kimberley, a land that cradles Australia's ancient treasures, is sanctuary to the mysterious spirits reflected in the oldest rock art in the world. It is also home to a people whose powerful secrets could unlock the future for a modern mankind. Four people are tied up in a mystery so powerful it could change their lives forever.

On a small coral cay on the Great Barrier Reef two communities come together in an uneasy alliance: a tourist resort and a scientific research station. At first glance, the island is a sexy resort, a naturalist's dream, a diver's delight. But the island holds secrets and dangers as Jennifer Towse soon discovers. When world-famous Isobel Belitas arrives, Jennifer learns to see the world - above and below the sea - very differently.

At the age of 46, Daphne Miller is a first-time homeowner, a divorced college administrator whose daughter has moved in with her father. On a dirt road in the green mountains of southern Vermont, Daphne has at last found a home of her own. It may be tiny, but the rustic cottage is hers, and she’s determined to make it perfect. Just down the lane, Jack Hamilton and his young family move in. The newly appointed English professor, Jack has long dreamed of teaching at his prestigious alma mater, but his wife Carey Ann is terribly unhappy in rural New England.

A multiple Christy Award finalist, best-selling author Stephanie Grace Whitson is acclaimed for her novels of the American frontier. In this soul-stirring tale, an unlikely attraction occurs between two passengers on a steamboat heading up the Missouri River. The Reverend Samuel Beck is on a mission to evangelize the rough-hewn settlers in the wilds of Montana, while the well-to-do Miss Fannie Rousseau is determined to solve a mystery that surfaced after her mother’s death. With little in common, they wonder if their paths will ever cross again.

Continuing the history of the Irish Darcys begun in Missus and continued in The Harp in the South, this third novel of the trilogy re-acquaints listeners with the vicissitudes of slum life in a Sydney suburb. An unforgettable family and a cast of unforgettable characters enliven a story that is sometimes tragic, but often humourous, in a time of poverty and destitution, hope and promise.

Kerrie, in her 40s, has just lost her famous sculptor husband who had been the centre of her existence and for whom she made many sacrifices and she now finds her life has lost direction. Shirley, approaching 80, was betrayed by her lover many years before and has retreated from the world, becoming a recluse living in an underground dugout. Anna,19, has a promising athletic career but is torn between the commitment to her sport, which could carry her to the Olympics, or enjoying life like other young people.

This stunning and intoxicating novel speaks of passion and obsession, ranging in setting from an Australian rainforest to Boston and Toronto. A mysterious and elusive love affair haunts the lives of three women in Australia. Twenty years later, on the other side of the world, Charade Ryan sorts through story and counter-story for her father, the legendary Nicholas, and the truth about her origins.

The fourth installment of the continuing saga of Cheney Duvall finds the doctor and her dedicated nurse Shiloh Irons on the way to New Orleans. When they make a stop in Charleston, South Carolina, they are unprepared for the turmoil they find around them. Intending to stay for only a short visit, the intrepid pair find the grand old city in the throes of Reconstruction.