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Be swept up in the unforgettable new historical novel from the reader’s favourite. Can Rosina discover the hidden secrets of Moonshadow Manor? When spirited Rosina Wills is driven from her London home by a conniving stepmother, she seeks refuge in the wild heart of Dartmoor. But Moonshadow...

1715: With the country on the brink of rebellion, Dorothy Forster’s life at Bamburgh Hall is ruled by the men in her life – her feckless brothers stirring up trouble at court, her elderly father with his dangerous secrets and the man she loves who the world seems determined to keep her apart from. As tensions grow, Dorothy finds herself caught between the warring factions, danger everywhere. Then Dorothy discovers her family are the keepers of the legendary Rose, the talisman both sides believe will guarantee them victory in this deadly conflict.

Twenty-something Ruthie Cohen, a data entry minion for a second-tier movie app, spends her days thinking about the kicka-s meals she’s going to make for her besties, Trish and Lilly, while pining for Dean (sigh, Dean), her vacation fling from six months earlier. Could they have made it work in real life? On top of that, Bubbe Bobby Grace, Ruthie’s beloved and inspiring grandmother, passed away and left Ruthie an inheritance of $62,873.42, along with instructions on how to use it: “Follow your passion, Dollface.”

Candy, 21, startet gerade als internationales Supermodel durch. Tammy, 29, feiert Erfolge als TV-Produzentin. In New York macht sich die älteste Schwester Sabrina, 34, einen Namen als Anwältin, während Annie, 26, in Florenz für die Kunst lebt. Am 4. Juli treffen sie wie immer bei ihren Eltern in Connecticut zusammen. In diesem Jahr trifft die Familie jedoch ein schwerer Schicksalsschlag, der alles für immer verändert. Die Schwestern lassen ihre getrennten Leben hinter sich und ziehen zusammen, um gemeinsam zu heilen und füreinander da zu sein.

Seit sie ein kleines Mädchen war, liebt Iris Cooper nichts so sehr wie das Singen. Mit zwölf Jahren beginnt sie, mit ihrem Vater von Stadt zu Stadt, von Bühne zu Bühne zu ziehen. Das Leben mit ihm ist nicht einfach, doch auch nachdem sie sich befreien kann, kommt sie nicht zur Ruhe: Ihr neuer Manager nutzt sie gnadenlos aus.

À Toulon, Aïda est embauchée à la Maison des femmes, un lieu unique où l'on soigne et accompagne celles qui tentent de se relever de violences. À des centaines de kilomètres de là, Rose ouvre les yeux dans un hôpital de Bruxelles. Elle n'a plus aucun souvenir de sa vie d'avant. Rose et Aïda ne se sont jamais vues, ne se connaissent pas. Elles ne savent pas encore que leurs destins sont intimement liés.

Rose Barlow has loved and lost. She has done her fair share during the war and seen her dreams shattered. As the British class system crumbles Rose is determined not to return to service at Trenwith Estate instead, she’s keen to pursue new opportunities and her own happiness now the war is over. Luke Trenwith survived the war and has returned home as the next Trenwith Baronet. But the life he once accepted as his fate feels cold and empty. He is left wanting more. But has the world changed enough to allow him to live his dream?

How does a librarian from New Jersey end up in a convenience store on Vancouver Island in the middle of the night, playing Bible Scrabble with a Korean physicist and a drunk priest? She gets married to the wrong man for starters - she didn't know he was "that kind of Catholic" - and ends up in St. Cloud, Minnesota. She gets a job in a New Age bookstore, wanders toward Buddhism without realizing it, and acquires a dog. Things get complicated after that.

Da bambine hanno condiviso tutto: giochi, segreti, speranze. Con gli anni sono diventate donne brillanti, sexy e indipendenti. E hanno fondato un'agenzia di wedding planning dove ognuna di loro dà il meglio di sé per garantire ai clienti un giorno indimenticabile e perfetto. E loro, per quanto ancora rimarranno single? Sin da piccola Emma ha adorato le storie d'amore coronate da un lieto fine, ma non avrebbe mai immaginato che la sua passione si sarebbe trasformata in un lavoro: allestire addobbi floreali per i matrimoni.

The author of Nine Women, One Dress delivers a charming, unforgettable novel about four women, one little lie, and the big repercussions that unite them all. It wasn’t supposed to happen this way. When Eliza Hunt created The Hudson Valley Ladies’ Bulletin Board fifteen years ago she was...

Dans le New York des années 1930, le fabuleux destin d'une jeune femme qui allait révolutionner l'univers de la beauté : Estée Lauder. Une épopée romanesque et féministe, un vrai bijou de lecture. New York, l'endroit parfait pour se faire oublier. C'est en tout cas l'espoir de la jeune Gloria qui fuit un scandale familial dévastateur. Prête à se réinventer, il ne lui manque plus qu'une nouvelle amie pour l'accompagner dans la ville de tous les possibles. C'est alors qu'elle va trouver sur sa route la très idéaliste Estée.

"I LOVED THIS BOOK! ...smart, sensitive and incredibly satisfying." —Elin Hilderbrand "Jane L. Rosen has a forever fan in me."—Emily Henry A young woman has one month and a closetful of shoes to discover the future she thought she'd lost in this captivating new novel from the author of...

Het tweede deel van de ontroerende serie De vrouwen van Atelier Rosen. Kassel, 1832. Het is lente en het atelier van Elise bruist van bedrijvigheid. Na haar terugkeer naar de Marktstraat heeft Elise haar handen vol en moet een nieuwe leerling haar en de andere hoedenmakers komen helpen. Haar moeder Charlotte is aanvankelijk niet erg onder de indruk van de sollicitanten en vooral niet van de onopvallende Grete, maar die weet haar toch te verrassen met onverwachte talent.

Kassel, 1830. De twintigjarige Elise Rosen runt samen met haar moeder en grootmoeder een kleine hoedenmakerij. Klanten van over de hele wereld komen naar hun winkel voor de prachtigste hoedencreaties. Het atelier opent voor Elise de deuren naar een toekomst waar ze nooit van had durven dromen: een plek binnen de hoogste sociale kringen. Op een dag maakt Elise kennis met de jonge Sybilla von Schönhoff, met wie ze al snel goede vrienden wordt. Ook leert ze Sybilla's verloofde Johann kennen, die tot Elises grote schrik stapelverliefd op haar wordt.

Gripping, propulsive and intelligent, The Revisionists is a tour de force, an absorbing, unputdownable novel about ambition - and how we curate our own stories and rescript our memories in order to survive. 'Her literary trajectory is exponential; her first two novels were brilliant, but The...

Rowan Thorpe can be forgiven for living with one foot in the past. Since having to say goodbye far too young to the future she had planned, moving on still feels a daunting task. So, when historian Connor O’Keefe strides purposefully into her office and life, looking far too handsome for his own good and threatening to undermine the local legends she holds close to her heart, she is more than a little unsettled.

'Full of twists and turns it kept me guessing right to the end. A real page-turner, the perfect holiday read!' SUE BARKER 'A tale of a dastardly tennis coach and a group of friends who play together. Really fun' CLARE BALDING 'Cosy crime at its best, Judy has aced it! Just what I needed for my...

Cressida Tarbet loves her job at an animal rescue centre, even if it means she’s resigned herself to scrimping to make ends meet - a lifestyle far removed from her best friend Ivo’s, in his ancestral gatehouse stuffed with antiques and art. But although their upbringings were different, Ivo has held Cress’s heart ever since she clapped eyes on him at university. The trouble is – she has never told him. So, when a mystery and a baffling crime throw Cress and Ivo together, she can’t help but wonder if fate is telling her something.

When Brid Harcus is sent to the Orkney Islands, in the far reaches of Scotland, she has high hopes for her trip being short, straightforward and lucrative. Her mother has inherited a cottage from her Great Aunt Jennet which has been unlived in and unloved for decades, and the time has come to make it habitable and saleable. Easy, right? But Midness Cottage has other ideas. For one thing it’s rather more ‘fixer upper’ than Country Living. And Brid definitely hadn’t planned for the strongly held local belief that the cottage is meant to be the home of the Orkney Witch.

Sylvie and Donna travel on the same train to work each day but have never spoken. Their families are on different sides of the bitter Brexit divide, although the tensions and arguments at home give them much in common. What they don't know is that their eldest children, Rachid and Jodie, are about to meet for the first time and fall in love. Aware that neither family will approve, the teenagers vow to keep their romance a secret. But as Sylvie's family feel increasingly unwelcome in England, a desire for a better life threatens Rachid and Jodie's relationship.