Showing results for "Storm" in 20th Century

Ally D'Aplièse is about to compete in one of the world's most perilous yacht races, when she hears the news of her adoptive father's sudden, mysterious death. Rushing back to meet her five sisters at their family home, she discovers that her father—an elusive billionaire affectionately known to his daughters as Pa Salt—has left each of them a tantalizing clue to their true heritage. Ally has also recently embarked on a deeply passionate love affair that will change her destiny forever. But with her life now turned upside down.

The brand-new prequel to the Cornish Girls series from bestselling historical saga author and Romantic Saga of the year nominee Betty Walker Meet the Cornish Girls before the war! War looms on the horizon. Their lives are about to change forever… Dagenham, 1939. Sheila Hopkins has always put...

"Mimi, it's me. Nick," he whispered, his Nazi uniform a mockery of the boy who once promised to protect her. She stared through her tears at eyes she'd never forgotten—now belonging to the enemy. When the Nazis invade Paris, the peaceful world Mimi shares with her beloved grandmother Chloe—is shattered forever. In a single, brutal day, police tear through their neighborhood, ripping Jewish families from their homes and destroying lives built over generations.

Having shown courage and strength on the battlefield, Will and Grace are back in the UK and working at the cutting edge of modern medicine. At every turn, they see a country in flux. The postwar years are heady and unpredictable. Many of their contemporaries are following serious paths, committing to causes of the day—workers' rights, votes for women, an independent Ireland. Others seek refuge in more earthly and bohemian pleasures. But as young parents and practising medics, they have—more than anything—duties of care and compassion that cannot be ignored.

From the top-ten bestselling author of One Snowy Night, Rita Bradshaw, comes The Storm Child, a sweeping family saga set during the run up to WW2 in the north-east of England. It’s mid-winter, and in the throes of a fierce blizzard Elsie Redfern and her husband discover an unknown girl in...

Meg Turner is finally doing the job she loves, but life as a sheep farmer proves tougher than she anticipated. She is a woman trying to prove herself in a man’s world against the backdrop of a brutal war. With her faith being tested in her work, she also fears that the man she loves will betray her again. Meg struggles to allow herself to love baby Lissa when her mother may return to claim her at any moment. Meanwhile, Kath faces new challenges in the WAAF, but cannot stop thinking about her child. Can she ever get over the guilt of leaving her child behind?

For plucky Lillian Avery, America's entry into World War II means a chance to prove herself as a pharmacist in Boston. The challenges of her new job energize her. But society boy Ensign Archer Vandenberg's attentions only annoy-even if he is her brother's best friend.

Eine entschlossene junge Frau, eine Ära, die zu Ende geht, und der Mut zur großen Liebe: das ergreifende Finale der epischen Familiensaga von Bestsellerautorin Janet MacLeod Trotter! Assam, Indien 1947: Viele Jahre hat Libby vom Wiedersehen mit ihrem Vater und der Rückkehr auf die Teeplantage ihrer Kindheit geträumt. Doch nun, am Ende der Tage britischer Herrschaft, erlebt Libby das Land ganz anders, als sie es in Erinnerung hatte. Alte Gewissheiten zerbrechen und im Sturm der Veränderung kommen sorgsam gehütete Familiengeheimnisse ans Licht.

Nineteen-year-old April Wilton has just enlisted in the WRENs in Portsmouth, where she works servicing engines on ships. She finds herself immersed in dockyard life and surrounded by soldiers - from England and America. The atmosphere is one of spontaneity and impulsiveness, brought on by the unpredictability of war. So when April meets Daniel, a young American soldier, whose mother is Sioux and father is of African descent, she doesn't hesitate when she starts to fall for him.

Porstmouth, mars 1943. April, qui s'était engagée avec son amie Paula dans les forces féminines de la Royal Navy, est contrainte de quitter la base militaire et l'armée, où elle avait trouvé une mission qui lui plaisait et l'amour dans les bras d'un séduisant GI. Rejetée par sa mère et confrontée à un avenir incertain, elle se réfugie à Cliffehaven, sur la côte sud-est de l'Angleterre, où son oncle Stan est chef de gare. Sur place, elle emménage à la pension du Bord de mer.

England, 1924. Nell Potter pens successful romantic mysteries as the enigmatic Margot Evangeline, but off the page, things aren’t quite so wonderful. Nell, tormented by a terrible ordeal in her past, can’t settle, and her writing is coming less and less easily. When she receives an invitation to Hill House, a stunning Georgian manor deep in the countryside, it feels like a chance to escape her troubles. Hill House is as beautiful as Nell could have ever imagined but, it turns out, not exactly restful. It seems the manor has its own secrets.

Stratford-upon-Avon, 1940. Rosalind Arden, born into one of the oldest families in England, has grown up running wild through the walled gardens and secret passages of historic Arden House, known to have once been frequented by Shakespeare himself. But centuries of squandered wealth have left the family destitute, and Papa Arden plans to replenish the coffers by securing hasty marriages to the highest bidder for Rosalind and her sisters. Passionate and headstrong, Rosalind is quickly running out of ways to avoid this fate.

Mali svæver rundt mellem bordene og serverer ved brylluppet. Det er ikke kun Johan, der kaster lange blikke efter den yndige skikkelse med det uregerlige, lyse hår og de strålende, brune øjne. Men det er kun ham, der beslutter sig for, at hende må han have, for enhver pris. Selv om hun er en fattig pige, mens han er arving til bygdens rigeste gård. "Vi sælger ikke vores børn her i Buvika," siger Malis far, da bonden fra Stornes kommer for at tilbyde Mali ægteskab med Johan. Syg kærlighed, ulidelige krav, had og mistro bliver hendes hverdag.

Sicily, 1939. Seventeen-year-old Concetta has just received life-changing news: her family is leaving their sun-drenched Sicilian village and moving to America. Desperate to stay with her secret love Gaetano—a fisherman's son her father would never accept—Concetta spends one last night with him beneath a blanket of stars. There, among the citrus-scented air and cricket song, he hands her a leaving gift: a fountain pen, with a promise to keep their love alive through letters – and return to one another one day.

Det var på sæteren, det skete for et par år siden. Malis søster Margrethe blev forelsket i den charmerende Bengt. En kort stund med berusende lykke og ungdommelig tro på kærlighedens magt, som resulterede i skam og ydmygelse – og en fødsel i skjul som et bevis på kærlighedens afmagt. Da Margrethe finder tilbage til sin elskede, ønsker Mali at være lykkelig på hendes vegne.

Som kun 19-årig må Mali træffe et skæbnesvangert valg. For at redde sin familie fra armod går hun med til at gifte sig med Johan Stornes, enearving til bygdens største gård. Mange kvinder ville misunde hende at blive så fornemt gift, men Mali er ikke lykkelig. Hun er "købt", en pyntegenstand, som svigermoren straks lægger for had, fordi hun ikke vil have en fattiglus som ungfrue på Stornes. Johan er ikke i stand til at give Mali den kærlighed, hun længes efter. Det kan derimod romaen Jo, der kommer til gården for at hjælpe til under høhøsten.

Im zweiten Band ihrer farbenprächtigen Saga Neubeginn in Indien erzählt Bestsellerautorin Janet MacLeod Trotter über die Umwege der Liebe. Ich kannte dich mein Leben lang und war doch immer auf der Suche nach dir. Stella und Andrew sind gemeinsam im Raj Hotel in Punjab groß geworden. Als ein Skandal Andrews Leben auf den Kopf stellt, wird er mit Stella als Begleitung zu seiner Mutter nach Schottland geschickt. Auf dem Schiff verliebt sich Stella Hals über Kopf in den attraktiven Hugh, doch dieser spielt nur mit ihren Träumen.