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Portræt af en ukendt kvinde er en gribende historisk roman om familiehemmeligheder, små og store løgne, rigdom og fattigdom, tragedier, stor kærlighed og et gådefuldt malerityveri. Romanen tager sit udgangspunkt i et virkeligt kunsthistorisk mysterium – Gustav Klimts gådefulde maleri...

NATTENS SIDSTE TIMER ER EN ROMAN OM DEN EVIGE OUTSIDERS KAMP FOR AT HØRE TIL. En ung dreng i statens varetægt kommer i pleje på et skib, der skal sejle til Caribien og tilbage igen. Han har, ikke uden problemer, allerede sejlet fra Danmark til Lissabon, hvor en ny kaptajn og en ny besætning...

I 1870'erne forvandles Nørrebros mange rabarbermarker til slumkvarterer, og spekulationsbyggeri skyder op over alt. Den unge Johannes er vidne til det hele - spirende ulighed, gadebander i krig og arbejderbevægelsens opstandelse og fald, og han kan ikke lide, hvad han ser. Da han benådes fra...

Guri venter tålmodigt på, at Sturla skal komme tilbage. Da hun hører fodtrin, bliver hun først glad, men indser hurtigt, at det ikke er ham, der er kommet. Samtidig fortsætter Emilie med at lede efter sin far i Amerika. Sagaen om Emilie er en slægtskrønike fyldt med kærlighedsintriger og...

Being a writer, says James Baldwin in this searing collection of essays, requires 'every ounce of stamina he can summon to attempt to look on himself and the world as they are'. His seminal 1961 follow-up to Notes on a Native Son shows him responding to his times and exploring his role as an...

Breakaway is a slow-burn brother’s best friend hockey romance with a childhood crush, a wounded hero learning to ask for help, and a heroine who knows exactly what she’s worth. Perfect for fans of Liz Tomforde, Lauren Blakely and Tessa Bailey. I’m six teaspoons of Nutella deep into a very...

Khadejah Louis did everything right—stayed quiet, stayed clean, stayed out the streets. At eighteen, she thought being good would keep her safe. She was wrong. One late-night call drags her back into survival, where danger moves faster than plans and innocence doesn't mean protection. When the...

DANSK KRIMIPAR ÅBNER NYE VERDENER MED UNGE MARTHA MUNK Krimiparret Pernille Plaetner og Marianne Rohweder stiller uret tilbage. I deres nye serie, UNGE MARTHA MUNK, møder vi deres populære hovedperson i 2000 og 00’erne, da hun er i sine 20’ere, nyuddannet politibetjent og møder sine...

Stockholm, 1909. När Sigrid möter Isaac för första gången är hon en stigande stjärna inom textilkonsten. Hon har precis fått ett resestipendium till London för att studera gobelängteknik och även om mötet väcker en nyfikenhet inom henne är kärlek inte en del av hennes planer. En...

“I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.”—Don Corleone Passion St. Charles and her girlfriend Treasure Langford have always had the closest bond. From best friends to lovers, they’ve settled into a comfortable, loving, and fulfilling relationship. When they decide to add a...

Nina Marcelle was born into prominence as the granddaughter of a legendary watchman whose name carried weight in every circle of New York high society. Groomed for success and raised to protect her family’s reputation, love was never supposed to complicate her life. But that was before she met...

Noelle Ackerman loves Christmas and plans to make this Christmas the most special of all. After five years of living in Paris, she has returned home to Grand Hills, the place where love has always dwelled for her. Love for Noelle is not only for her family but also for the man who stole her heart at the tender age of five. Kane Weston: aka Noelle’s tall, dark, and handsome best friend. For Noelle, Kane is the one who could never be. She’s longed for him in secrecy, afraid that testing the waters would ruin the beautiful friendship they already shared.

In a world where loyalty can kill you and love can trap you, survival is the only way out in this engrossing, high-octane crime saga perfect for fans of Jahquel J. Juliette “Jules” Remington was born in America’s murder capital and raised by the streets long before she ever chose them...

Tender, nostalgic, and deeply romantic, Love Me Down to Christmas is a heartfelt holiday romance about first love, family, healing, and the kind of love that never forgets its way home. “Love Me Down to Christmas delivers everything we love about a cozy holiday romance—small-town charm...

Amid the landmark NFL game in the electric city of São Paulo, Brazil, three very different family men cross paths and find that when it comes to what matters most, cultural differences melt away in this insightful, transporting, multi-cultural drama from New York Times bestselling, NAACP Image...

Yumi I built my career by being the best defense attorney in the city. There was never a case I couldn’t win, and if I couldn’t, I wouldn’t take it on. But in the case of my heart versus the gentle, loving, ruthless, unhinged Emery Aldana, it was one case I knew I’d never win. Our love...

Logan "Lo" Sapphire has never backed down from a challenge, so she's convinced that she can persuade the stern and unyielding self-made millionaire to keep High Class Society a secret after he bursts into her office demanding to know his sister's whereabouts. The last thing Lo wants to do is go...

Winter Jacobs . . . daughter of the infamous Wise. She entered the world with a silver spoon in her mouth and has only ever known privilege and the finer things. Winter is wise beyond her years and seems to attract popularity and success with every move that she makes. To outsiders, her life is...

Catherine Carmier is a compelling love story set in a deceptively bucolic Louisiana countryside, where blacks, Cajuns, and whites maintain an uneasy coexistence. When Jackson returns home to his family after an absence of ten years, he discovers that his bonds to them have been irreparably rent...

This is a novel in the guise of the tape-recorded recollections of a black woman who has lived 110 years, who has been both a slave and a witness to the black militancy of the 1960s. In this woman, Ernest Gaines has created a legendary figure, a woman equipped to stand beside William...