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Ausgezeichnet mit dem Prix Goncourt 2023. Der sensationelle Romanerfolg aus Frankreich und Nr. 1-Bestseller. Im großen Spiel des Schicksals hat Mimo – Michelangelo Vitaliani – die falschen Karten gezogen. In Armut geboren, wird er als kleiner Junge zu seinem Onkel gegeben, um das Handwerk des Steinmetzes zu erlernen. Dort, in dem kleinen ligurischen Dorf Pietra d’Alba, begegnet er Viola, das jüngste Kind der Orsini, einer angesehenen Adelsfamilie. Viola scheint vom Glück begünstigt zu sein, doch sie ist eine junge Frau, die nicht in die Zeit passt.

Cristina é a jovem romântica que vem de Portugal para casar-se com Tiago. Decepciona-se logo ao desembarcar do navio: seu prometido não a aguarda. E, para chegar a Lagoa Serena, a propriedade da família do noivo, precisa enfrentar dificuldades a fim de transpor a muralha da Serra do Mar, que separa o litoral da vila de São Paulo de Piratininga. Mas Cristina terá de lidar com muito mais do que as vicissitudes de uma terra selvagem: a indiferença de Tiago, que parece só querer bem às estrelas, e os hábitos tão distintos daqueles do Reino.

After surviving the devastation of the Great Chicago Fire, Mary Hawkins awakens to a world she no longer recognizes. Her memories are lost, stolen by the flames that engulfed her past. However, her confusion deepens when a mysterious mountain man claims to be her uncle, taking her on a journey to a secluded mining village in the wild Colorado frontier.

Bethany Carter, on the brink of despair following her parents' tragic murder, ardently pursues her dream of becoming a human rights lawyer. But rejected by prospective employers, she questions whether she will ever find the solace—or the closure—she seeks. So when a mysterious old woman presents with the opportunity to alter her fate, Beth steps through an archway in a dilapidated castle and finds herself catapulted back through time—and right into peril.

Experience the talented Harry Frost’s narration. A master at voices, he truly brings this enchanting, heartfelt story to life!

Stella Caldway lives life boldly. She worked hard to become the youngest real estate broker in the oceanside city of Baywood, Oregon. What made her different was that she was no stranger to time travel. Yeah, she had to shake her head whenever she gave it too much thought. All she had to do was look at the man she fell in love with to remind her that time travel was indeed quite real.

Von der ersten Liebe über Neuanfänge und zweite Chancen: Die epische Liebesgeschichte eines Paares, das durch die Ereignisse der Welt zusammengeführt und auseinandergerissen wird. 1938: Angezogen vom Klang seiner Geige, trifft die junge Suchi den Nachbarsjungen Haiwen auf den Straßen Shanghais. Aus ihrer Freundschaft wird bald Liebe. Doch als Haiwen sich 1947 heimlich zur Armee meldet, bleibt Suchi allein mit der Geige und einer Nachricht zurück: Verzeih mir. Sechzig Jahre später trifft der kürzlich verwitwete Haiwen in einem Supermarkt in Los Angeles Suchi wieder.

On leave from his Highland regiment, Captain Liam Lockhart comes to London on an urgent mission: to repossess the stolen family heirloom that could save his ancestral estate. He never dreamed it would involve surrendering his heart, but the beautiful and scandalous socialite Ellen Farnsworth sets his Highland blood aflame with a will as strong and reckless as his own. Though bound to Liam by a soul-searing passion, duty impels Ellen to commit a terrible betrayal.

No terceiro audiolivro da série Escola de Debutantes, as três jovens que organizam os melhores bailes de Londres estão de volta com seus incríveis conhecimentos de moda, gastronomia e decoração – mas ainda têm muito a aprender sobre o amor. Porém, quando o ex-noivo de Verity tenta arruinar a reputação dela e Rafe pede sua mão em casamento, ela não tem escolha senão aceitar, pelo bem da família e dos negócios. Mas para esse pequeno acordo se tornar um casamento de verdade, eles terão que ousar entregar a alma um ao outro – e nenhum dos dois está disposto a fazer isso.

Bath 1830. Percival Webster, duca di Clarendon, è convinto che le rigide norme che regolano la vita sociale del Ton siano eccellenti e giuste e che vadano applicate con rigore, senza eccezioni. In ottemperanza a questo stile di vita, ha deciso di contrarre un matrimonio di convenienza scegliendo, come futura duchessa, una lady adeguata sotto tutti i punti di vista: non troppo bella, non troppo intelligente, non troppo appariscente. A tal proposito, ha individuato in Lady Albertina Cadwell l’esemplare perfetto.

"Sashi era l’unica signora del suo cuore. L’unica che Grant non poteva amare e che, invece, amava disperatamente." Grant Cameron, direttore della Selby Overseas di Calcutta, è un uomo di successo, stimato da tutti e corteggiato dalle lady inglesi, ma non dimentica il passato che dalla Scozia lo ha condotto in India, né la gratitudine che lo lega a Lord Selby. Pertanto, non può rifiutare l’incarico di vegliare sulla giovane figlia dell’amico, anche se i sentimenti che la bellissima Sashi gli suscita nel cuore sono ben più profondi e intensi.

Noah and Allie fell in love as teenagers, with the purest sort of love, only to be kept apart by Allie's mother. Their feelings survived in spite of everything - and they recounted their romance in the pages of a notebook. Now, years later, Allie suffers from Alzheimer's, and her memory has been wiped clean. By reading the story of their relationship and the passion they shared, Noah hopes to break through the barrier of his wife's illness. This poignant first novel from Nicholas Sparks rivals any love story ever written.

Bound in an unwanted marriage, Freya spends her days gutting fish, but dreams of becoming a warrior. And of putting an axe in her boorish husband’s back. Freya's dreams abruptly become reality when her husband betrays her to the region's jarl, landing her in a fight to the death against his son, Bjorn. To survive, Freya is forced to reveal her deepest secret: She possesses a drop of a goddess's blood, which makes her a shield maiden with magic capable of repelling any attack.

Every fortune-hunting female in London is after the newly titled Earl of Drake, but he's intent on finding a wife whose heart is true. So, while drunkenly jesting with his friends in a pub one night, he has an idea - what if the ladies of the ton didn't know he was a wealthy earl? All he has to do is pose as a servant at his friend's summer country house party and make sure the guest list is full of beautiful, eligible debutantes. What could possibly go wrong?

One of the greatest love stories ever written, Jane Eyre is the tale of a young woman entangled with the powerful Mr. Rochester. What lurks in the attic at Thornfield, the ancestral home of the surly Mr. Rochester? Will the governess Jane Eyre discover his secret, and having discovered it, live to regret that knowledge? Battling inside Jane are passion and prudence; she struggles to survive the turmoil they cause.

When Tryon Dunham’s train after work arrives at the station late, he has no idea that the course of his life is about to change forever. He needs to hurry home and change clothes for an evening dinner party, so he decides to walk along the tracks to save time. A beautiful, well-dressed young woman overtakes him and begs his protection from mysterious pursuers and a threatened evil that she refuses to explain. Is she a criminal? Could she be an escaped lunatic? Has she been kidnapped? Whatever the source of her terror, Dunham immediately decides to trust and help her.

Minerva Highwood, one of Spindle Cove's confirmed spinsters, needs to be in Scotland. Colin Sandhurst, Lord Payne, a rake of the first order, needs to be...anywhere but Spindle Cove. These unlikely partners have one week: to fake an elopement to convince family and friends they're in love to outrun armed robbers to survive their worst nightmares to travel four hundred miles without killing each other. All while sharing a very small carriage by day and an even smaller bed by night.

La aventura, el amor, los celos, el misterio, la vida, la muerte, el conocimiento, todo ello y más, se dan cita en un impresionante recorrido por los tres imperios más importantes de la antigüedad. En esta intensa obra, se desgranan diferentes valores y cobardías de la sociedad, muy de actualidad a día de hoy (igualdad de sexos, cultura, machismo, homosexualidad, racismo,…); sin perder el sentido del humor y la ironía, que se dejan ver mezclados con la misma crudeza de la vida y la insignificancia otorgada a la muerte.

A lady by birth, Margaret Maitland was the toast of the ton until she gave birth to an illegitimate child and raised him without the help of his father. Twenty years later she is received in a few drawing rooms as a favor to her cousin the duke, but misses the friendships and camaraderie she’d enjoyed in her youth.

Margaret O’Keefe, a horse farm owner, is desperate to save her ancestral property, Needham Forest. When she hears a rumor about a hidden treasure on her land, she plunges into a search that uncovers more than gold—secrets, betrayal, and danger at every turn. Caught between her volatile ex-husband, a scandalous affair, and a complicated romance with her lover Robert, Margaret finds herself entangled in a web of deceit that threatens everything she holds dear.