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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Smart, likable Bernie Fine was the wonder boy of Wolff's, New York’s most glamorous department store. A senior VP on the way up, he arrives in San Francisco to open a West Coast store. His career is skyrocketing, but his life lacks a center. When he looks into the...

Un accidente de tráfico, un semáforo en rojo que alguien no ha respetado, un coche que se da a la fuga, una mujer herida sin nombre en un hospital; un inmigrante que hace su ronda esa misma noche de tormenta resistiéndose a perder la poca dignidad que le queda, rebuscando en la basura, bajo la lluvia, algo que vender para sobrevivir.

Sansibar 1880. Elisabeth fasst allmählich Fuß auf Sansibar, doch der Handel mit Gewürzen macht ihr zunehmend Sorgen. Vonseiten des Palasts werden ihr Steine in den Weg gelegt und noch immer ist es ihr nicht gelungen, im Auftrag ihres Bruders Gewürznelken zu kaufen. Als es zu Missverständnissen zwischen Jacob und ihr kommt, scheint sie ganz allein dazustehen. Sowohl der Arzt Dr. Wessels als auch der Pflanzer Christian Gramberg machen ihr Avancen und Elisabeth landet in einem gefährlichen Netz aus Verrat und Intrigen. Wem kann sie vertrauen?

Mi chiamo Jacopo Serristori, sono un ingegnere, avevo un progetto di vita e ho fallito. Mi chiamo Clara Francalanza Visconti Baker, sarò un architetto e ho appena fatto una Scelta Ponderata: voglio buttarmi nel mondo delle relazioni stabili. Nella magia di Trastevere, tra le calli nebbiose di Venezia, sulla bianca neve di Cortina, nella frenesia di Milano, Jacopo dovrà fare i conti con se stesso, con quello che non riesce a perdonarsi e con quella ragazza che da sempre ha guardato al di là della sua perfezione, arrivando ad abitare quella Casa che nemmeno lui pensava di voler costruire.

Le Nord façonne les âmes au fil des vagues et du fer. Héritier de l’Ours, Björn n’a qu’une voie: mériter son nom. Des fjords brumeux aux rivages lointains, il doit guider ses hommes, négocier avec l’ennemi comme avec le destin, et affronter les tempêtes qui grondent dehors autant que celles qui se lèvent dans son sang. Entre serments et trahisons, runes et rumeurs, la légende se trempe à chaque coup de rame, chaque choc de bouclier.

Depuis qu’il a trouvé Caramel, petit chien espiègle, Eliott tient bon face aux remous d’une famille qui se défait. Mais quand un accident fait vaciller son monde et qu’une séparation forcée menace son compagnon, l’enfant de huit ans prend une décision qui le propulse hors des sentiers connus. Dans le quartier St‑Roch de Québec, s’ouvre une course contre la montre: une fugue qui devient partie de cache‑cache, des ruelles où l’innocence croise le danger, et autour d’eux des adultes tiraillés entre peur et bienveillance.

Der erste Band der großen Familiensaga von Anke Petersen Der Roman beruht auf wahren Geschichten um ein kleines Hotel auf Amrum Ende des 19./Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts – mit viel Nordsee-Zauber und Nostalgie. Hamburg 1891. Der Kaufmann Wilhelm Stockmann beschließt, das Leben in der Stadt aufzugeben und mit seiner Familie auf die Nordsee-Insel Amrum zu ziehen und dort ein Hotel zu eröffnen.

Brothers James and Innes Lowrie return home to their wives and families after the war, Innes working for a shipbuilder and James returning to sea and the family's fishing business. Sister Bethany Pate and Innes have sons and heirs to go into the family business, but James does not. Innes takes in orphaned Etta Mulholland, adding to his already large family. In 1931, as the new generation take the helm and pursue various careers in Buckie’s fishing industry, some are content to take on the roles their parents have chosen for them, while others rail against these strictures.

Ava has always been poor, so she doesn't think the Great Depression will change anything. But when her mother dies and her coal miner husband loses his job, Ava's certainty falters. The last thing she needs is a letter from her estranged sister, asking for the impossible.

'You're everything to me. I'd have to lose my life before I'd lose you.' This is the vow Silas made to Cathleen on the day he asks her to marry him. Throughout their childhood their love has grown stronger and now, in 1900, they start to plan a life together. But a jealous woman is determined to ruin their happiness and uses Silas's father – a good and honest man – to do so, forcing him to make an impossible sacrifice. As a dutiful son, Silas has no choice but to obey his father, and Cathleen must pay the bitter price.

For Anna, keeping her deepest scars hidden from the world has always been a necessity - from the bruises of her childhood to the mistake that nearly cost her everything. To keep herself safe, she must keep everyone around her at a distance - especially the man who has tempted her since the moment they met.

The Whitley is Nantucket's most exclusive waterfront hotel - a sprawling collection of pristine white cottages and an elegant main building on a long stretch of private white sandy beach. It's a family owned business - brothers, sisters, cousins, aunts, all work there in various capacities.

A woman returns to her small southern hometown in the wake of her mother’s sudden death—only to find the past upended by stunning family secrets—in this intimate debut novel, written with deep compassion and sharp wit. “A deeply moving work of Southern fiction that will appeal to fans...

When fiery Bridget Cummings advertised for a lodger, she did not expect a policeman to apply for the room. She wasn't fond of the coppers, believing them to be traitors to the poor of Whitechapel, but her younger brother and sister moved PC Fred Billings in the moment Bridget's back was turned, and she seemed to have little say in the matter. Still, she had to admit that she was glad of his company in the walk back from her late-night washing up job, particularly when a young girl was found in a nearby street with her throat cut.

She calls it a devil’s bargain. I call it a deal she can’t refuse. I was owed a debt and I expected payment. That payment? One night in my bed. My rules. The debt cleared, and she could walk away. There are worse things. And besides, debtors can’t be choosers. The night started as it should. She obeyed as she should. But then something happened. Something I was unprepared for. And what I saw changed everything. I broke my own rules after that.

In 1967, four female scientists worked together to build the world’s first time machine. But just as they are about to debut their creation, one of them suffers a breakdown, putting the whole project - and future of time travel - in jeopardy. To protect their invention, one member is exiled from the team - erasing her contributions from history. Fifty years later, time travel is a big business. Twenty-something Ruby Rebello knows her beloved grandmother Granny Bee was one of the pioneers, though no one will tell her more.

The Scottish Highlands, 1899. A life-altering event led Catrina Davies to hide from her family and society. But Travis Millard, the man she used to love, finds her, and she agrees to marry him and to return to her family estate, Davmoor Court in Yorkshire. But while her father clings to life, Davmoor is nearly ruined by her brother's gambling obsession. As Catrina adjusts to her regained position in society, her marriage comes under attack from Travis' grandmother, who has her own reason for loathing the family.

Archie Logan, a country doctor, and his wife Liza lead an orthodox-seeming life, and everything is well until Archie's father, a widower for over 30 years, falls in love. His choice, a woman of powerful charm, has a profound effect on all the Logans, adults and children alike. The house and family turn from being a refuge to being a cage. Archie and Liza risk losing everything they have built.

The truth sets you free...but what happens when everything you believe in changes in the blink of an eye? All I ever wanted was for my fiancé, Samuel Stone, to remember me. And now that he does...all I want is for him to forget. Through tragedy, I found myself and who I was destined to become. But more importantly, I found who I was destined to be with. With a single word, Saxon Stone changed my life forever. He taught me how to live again. But now that Samuel remembers and all secrets have been revealed, I’m left to wonder which life I’m meant to lead.

Danielle Steel's forty-seventh bestselling novel is very much about the tides of our times, changes and responsibilities in the workplace pull two people in different directions, sweeping them into new lives and changed worlds----. Irresistible Forces For fourteen years, Steve and Meredith...