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When Tegan Penrose climbs over the iron railings of the walled rose garden in the empty ruins of Trevarron House on the wild Cornish coast, she's unexpectedly pulled into 1755... and trapped in a world she doesn't belong to. Mistaken for a lady's maid, she enters a household shadowed by whispers and scandal. Lord William De Vere Trevarron is haunted. His beautiful young wife died under mysterious circumstances four years ago, and society still whispers of murder.

An enthralling historical fiction from the bestselling author of the Guinness Girls series Kathleen 'Kick' Kennedy, a recent arrival to England from Massachusetts, is already a huge hit in 1930s London society. Her status as the daughter of an ambassador puts her at the centre of the most elite...

“A riveting reimagining of a true tale of forbidden love.”—People The captivating novel following the exploits of Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy, the forgotten and rebellious daughter of one of America's greatest political dynasties. London, 1938. The effervescent "It girl" of London society...

Nueva York, años 80. Embriaguez y excesos. Alice Burns, una prometedora editora en el Manhattan de la era Reagan, se enfrenta a la treintena, a su complicada vida sentimental y a un manuscrito demasiado técnico sobre la psicología de la familia. Un fragmento la marca de un modo especial...

When Eliza Sullivan inherits an estate from a recently deceased aunt, she leaves behind a grievous and guilt-ridden past in New Orleans for rural England and a fresh start. Eliza arrives at her new home and finds herself falling for the mysterious lord of Havenwood, Malcolm Winfield. Despite the sinister rumors that surround him, Eliza is drawn to his melancholy charm and his crumbling, once-beautiful mansion. With enough love, she thinks, both man and manor could be repaired.

An intimate portrait of the life of Jackie O… Few of us can claim to be the authors of our fate. Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy knows no other choice. With the eyes of the world watching, Jackie uses her effortless charm and keen intelligence to carve a place for herself among the men of history...

Una dramática historia sentimental ambientada en la Nueva York de los años 50, escrita por uno de los grandes autores estadounidenses. Nueva York, víspera de Acción de Gracias de 1945. La guerra ha terminado y la fiesta de Eric Smythe está en pleno auge. Todos sus amigos de Greenwich...

In best-selling author George Higgins' electrifying legal thriller, Jerry Kennedy, the guy his ex-wife calls "the classiest sleazy criminal lawyer", must defend the man that no one else will: Billy Ryan.

This "absolutely irresistible" historical romance imagines the courtship between Jacqueline Bouvier and the future American president she loved (People).​ In 1951, former debutante Jacqueline Bouvier is hard at work as the Inquiring Camera Girl for a Washington newspaper. Her mission in life...

Murder comes to Norfolk Island, but is the killer after Alexandra Archer’s Tahitian black pearl or a lost illustration of the rare Green Parrot? The Thorntons, along with a small team of people, mount an expedition to Norfolk Island, a small island in the South Pacific, to study the Green Parrot and set up research programmes to help protect it and other endangered birds. Before they depart Melbourne, they learn that Norfolk Island has had its first murder. It sends ripples of unease through Alexandra. She hoped she could escape murder on this small island paradise.

Set in 1928 in Victoria, Australia. The Thornton family made its money in the goldfields during the 1850s and the antiques trade. Their principal home is Thornton Park, a lavish mansion close to Melbourne. They also own a home and a goldmine in Daylesford, where their close friends, the Bassetti family, are part of a thriving Swiss-Italian community.

It’s 1927 in Victoria, Australia. A time after the Great War when women have more options opened to them. At a weekend house party at Thornton Park, Alexandra Thornton decides to break the news to her father that she wants to be an antiques dealer, like her father, grandfather and great-grandfather before her. Guests include Zhang Huo, a Chinese antiques dealer who, with his son, has brought a Ming dragon statue from China for Thomas Thornton, Alexandra’s father. Benedict Archer, manager of Thornton Antiques in Melbourne, is also invited.

En dimmig höstmorgon 1850 väcks Matthew Thornton och hans familj av att någon bankar hårt på husets ekport. Utanför står en dödssjuk kvinna och en liten flicka. De är klädda i trasor och mycket medtagna. Kvinnan räcker över den lilla flickan och säger: "Här. Hon är ditt barn och nu får du ta hand om henne." Nu börjar den lilla flickans nya liv. Hon heter Hannah Boyle och är åtta år. Hennes far axlar så småningom ansvaret och hans fyra barn välkomnar Hannah som ett syskon. Den enda som inte uppskattar tillökningen i syskonskaran är styvmodern.

Ett porträtt av en av Vasatidens mest imponerande kvinnogestalter, fantastiskt berättad av oslagbara Anna Sparre! Görild Faddersdotter Sparre har precis blivit bortgift till det danska riksrådet Truid Ulfstand. Som man och hustru bosätter de sig på Varbergs slott men vad som ses som ett lyckosamt giftermål blir snabbt en stormig affär. Men det blåser inte bara kring äktenskapet, utan också kring det omtumlande politiska läget i Norden. Truids politiska engagemang leder till att Varberg blir ockuperat av Marcus Meyer och hans trupper.