Showing results for "World of War" in Contemporary

The last time Valerie was in Paris, she was three years old, running from the Nazis, away from the only home she had ever known. Now as a young woman all alone in the world, Valerie must return to Paris, to the bookshop and her sole surviving relative, her grandfather Vincent, the only person who knows the truth about what happened to her parents. As she gets to know grumpy, taciturn Vincent again, she hears a tragic story of Nazi-occupied Paris, a doomed love affair, and a mother willing to sacrifice everything for her beloved daughter.  

A woman's journey of self-discovery meets Bundilla's small-town charm and an intriguing post-World War II mystery in this captivating romance from bestselling Australian author Alissa Callen. The greatest risk of all is love ... Interior stylist Grace Davenport has come to the mountains for...

Nach einem Schicksalsschlag wagt die Journalistin Ruby Nevins einen Neuanfang. Bei ihrer Recherche über Cécile, den gefeierten Star des französischen Kinos der Vierzigerjahre, stößt sie auf ein mysteriöses Tagebuch. Je tiefer Ruby in die Vergangenheit der beiden Frauen eintaucht, desto mehr erkennt sie Parallelen zu ihrem eigenen Leben.

Berlin, 1939. Da krigen nærmer sig giver Max Albrechts forældre ham besked på at melde sig ind i nazistpartiet, for ellers vil hele familien blive slået ihjel. San Francisco, 2010. Anna Young er godt tilfreds med sit liv. Da Anna når frem til det forfaldne palæ i Tyskland, finder hun en skjult forlovelsesring i en fløjlsæske. Max har aldrig talt om sin fortid, før den dag han rækker hende en gammel plantegning over et stort hus lige nord for Berlin.

Once upon a time, Melanie Layton and Tennyson O'Rourke were inseparable - but their friends-4ever promises were shattered when an explosive secret was revealed at Mel's wedding, a secret that destroyed her family. The two haven't spoken for the past twenty-some-odd years, and they'd be happy if they never crossed paths again.

Instant New York Times bestseller—for fans of All the Light We Cannot See and The Tattooist of Auschwitz! Inspired by the real-life heroine who saved thousands of Jewish children during WWII, The Warsaw Orphan is Kelly Rimmer’s most anticipated novel since her bestselling sensation, The...

Rosina Calvert-Lazenby, the only surviving member of her family and widowed by forty-four, has lived at Raven Hall all her life. With war approaching, Rosina must be strong for her daughters, five confident young women who are thick as thieves. When the RAF come to stay at Raven Hall, Rosina finds herself intrigued by their charismatic, albeit young, officer. But is there time for love with the war looming and her eldest daughter leaving home?