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Fall in love with this heartfelt holiday romance between a down-on-his-luck Christmas tree farmer and a woman with plans to bring the merriment back to their town. For single father Granger Fields, Christmas is his busiest and most profitable time of the year. But when a fire devastates the...

For fans of Behold the Dreamers, comes a compelling novel about a tightly bound Nigerian family living in Florida and the wounds that get passed down from generation to generation, from the author of the acclaimed Mr. and Mrs. Doctor. When 276 schoolgirls are abducted from their school in...

In the quiet Lancashire countryside of 1936, city-trained nurse Lara Flynn must contend with far more than muddy lanes and boisterous farm dogs. Still recovering from a past trauma and an ill-fated love affair, she’s determined to prove herself as a capable district nurse and midwife to a community that doesn’t easily welcome outsiders. As autumn sets in, Lara becomes a trusted presence at Ingleside Surgery - soothing frightened patients, forming a close bond with her spirited colleague Marion and earning the grudging respect of the erratic but brilliant senior doctor.

It is a season of rejuvenation as, after the horrors of the Missouri persecutions, the Saints find refuge across the Mississippi in Illinois, where they found the city of Nauvoo. Their community grows rapidly, miracles occur (including Joseph's raising of many from their sickbeds), the work of the Restoration rolls forward and the Steeds are there for it all. Matthew and Derek accompany members of the Twelve on the Quorum's mission to England, and there they witness a dramatic harvest of souls, including Wilford Woodruff's remarkable success.

With Briggs' support, Charlotte is stepping into her new role as owner of The Book Nook, and she's thrilled to have enticed well-known author Marissa McGuire to come to the shop as part of her book tour. Unfortunately, Charlotte has no idea that Marissa has a hidden motive for spending time in Sea Breeze Cove—something that might not sit well with the rest of the residents. Sadie is determined to turn her dog walking business into something bigger, but she finds herself a bit distracted by a certain handsome vet.

Cathy is glad to have her husband back now the Great War is over. Struggling to keep the peace, Cathy has her work cut out for her, as the pair seem unable to see eye-to-eye. Surviving with four children on Greg’s meagre wages is hard enough without their rows. When Cathy’s sister, Mary, comes back into her life, her heart is filled with hope. But the storm clouds of war are gathering once more on the horizon....

Nance Able has finally recovered from the violent death of her first husband and is living a new life in the West with her second husband, Ned. When Meredith, her younger, errant sister, decides to move to the same town, Nance's long sought happiness is threatened.

During the Nazi occupation, fifteen-year-old Paul Vertune, the sensitive son of wheat farmers, prefers gazing at the ocean and contemplating life's mysteries over toiling in the fields of the Brittany coast. One fateful day, Paul's life is spared by a compassionate German soldier with eyes as blue as the sea. When Paul's village is liberated, an angry mob turns against their occupiers. The German soldier, near death, asks Paul to promise him one thing: find his daughter and tell her that her father loved her.

Set in Victorian England, The Last Season is a story of social upheaval, changing fortunes, and an unlikely romance that develops between a well-to-do heiress and a stable boy. When they meet as adolescents at Drayton Manor, the well-to-do Cassandra Drayton and the manor's stable boy, Crispin St. John, seem destined for very different futures. Yet, the two strike up a secret and forbidden friendship. Once discovered, they are forced apart, with Cassandra staying locked in her father's world and Crispin traveling to India to make his own way.

Clare Hanrahan has nothing left to lose the day she stumbles into Lew Earnshaw’s arms. Her family is gone and her own life hangs by a thread after a desperate season seeking work. By the time Lew and his kindly neighbours have nursed Clare back to health, he is hopelessly in love with the frail Irish girl. But though she will always care for Lew, another man comes between them. Martin Heywood could not be more different from the gentle, idealistic weaver.

Every year on March 26, Verity Peterson visits Ogunquit Beach, where she puts a handwritten message into a bottle and launches it into the waves. It’s a ritual of remembrance for the daughter she hasn’t seen in 16 years - not since her baby’s father, Alan, took two-month-old Gemma and disappeared. Verity keeps searching and hoping, sustained by the thought that someday she might get to be a mother to her own child. And finally, one phone call may change everything...

Ein unerwartetes Erbe führt die Winterschwester zu ihren Wurzeln. Von den vier Season-Schwestern ist Winter die Ehrgeizige und Zielstrebige. Früh hat sie sich von ihrer Familie abgewandt und in New York eine steile Karriere hingelegt. Da erreicht sie ein Brief aus England. Fassungslos liest Winter, dass ihre Großmutter ihr ein Anwesen im Exmoor vermacht hat. Nie hat Winter einen Gedanken an ihre Familiengeschichte verschwendet.

Die scheue Herbstschwester auf der Suche nach der Wahrheit über ihre Familie. Autumn, die Herbstschwester, ist schweigsam und scheu. Nur auf der elterlichen Farm in Wales fühlt sie sich geborgen. Autumns große Leidenschaft sind Pferde – ihre Gesellschaft zieht sie der von Menschen vor. Nur Pferdepfleger Max erlaubt sie ein klein wenig Nähe. Durch eine unbedachte Bemerkung wird Autumn auf die Geschichte ihrer Mutter aufmerksam.

Von den vier Season-Schwestern ist Summer, die Sommerschwester, die Verantwortungsbewusste und Fürsorgliche. Ihr Beruf als Grundschullehrerin und das zurückgezogene Leben in ihrem Cottage geben ihr den Halt, den sie als Kind vermisst hat. Sie ist in Wales geblieben, um auf der elterlichen Farm von Zeit zu Zeit das Chaos zu beseitigen, überfällige Rechnungen zu begleichen und sich um ihre jüngste Schwester Autumn zu kümmern. Als die kleine Phoebe neu zu ihr in die Klasse kommt, erwachen unliebsame Erinnerungen in Summer.

Die unangepasste Frühlingsschwester auf den Spuren ihrer Kindheit in Wales – und ihrer ersten großen Liebe Von den vier Season-Schwestern ist die Frühlingsschwester Spring die Rebellin, schon mit sechzehn ist sie nach London durchgebrannt. Doch dort gerät sie in schlechte Kreise und wird wegen Drogenmissbrauchs zu Sozialstunden verurteilt, die sie bei der achtzigjährigen Sophia Fowler als Haushaltshilfe ableisten muss. Wider Erwarten lernt Spring die strengen Regeln der alten Dame schätzen und freundet sich mit ihr an.

She wants her home. He wants control. The Fascists want both. This award-winning series is now available in a box set version including the first three books: "No Man's Land (Part 1)", "The Breach (Part 2) and the prequel", "The Smuggler of Reschen Pass". 1920. Former Austrian Tyrol. When Katharina Thaler, a young Tyrolean farmer, finds a wounded Italian engineer in the mountains of the Reschen Valley, her decision to save his life thrusts both of them into a labyrinth of corruption, prejudice and greed.