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Colton Green weiß genau, was er mit seinem Leben anfangen wird. Er will die Red Widow Bourbon-Fabrik führen – ein Unternehmen, das seit Generationen im Besitz seiner Familie ist –, ein schönes Zuhause bauen, ein nettes Mädchen vom Land heiraten und eine Familie gründen. Dann trifft er Grace Baker, und all seine Pläne fliegen zum Fenster hinaus. Sie ist die letzte Frau, für die er sich interessieren sollte: eine Anwältin aus der Großstadt, die einen Fall gegen seinen besten Freund angenommen hat.

Ireland, 1922. The Civil War rages and in its shadow, an extraordinary love story begins. The Marriage of Nurse Harding is a powerful, emotional journey that will stay with you long after the final chapter. Nora Harding, a devoted Catholic nurse, risks her life to care for wounded soldiers during the Battle of Dublin, as Free State forces close in on Doran's Hotel. Her strength and compassion shine in the darkest of times, but her world shifts when she meets Victor Hewdon, a Protestant landowner with a past as complex as her own.

Helena, die schöne Frau des griechischen Königs, hat sich von Paris, dem Sohn des Trojanerkönigs Priamos, in das sagenumwobene Troja entführen lassen. Doch die Griechen wollen Helena zurückholen und segeln gen Osten - Richtung Troja. Als es ihnen aber auch nach zehnjähriger Belagerung nicht gelingt, die Stadt einzunehmen, empfiehlt Kalchas,der griechische Seher, den Krieg nicht durch Kraft zu gewinnen, sondern durch eine List. So kommt dem klugen Odysseus eine Idee. Am nächsten Tag schmuggeln die Griechen ihre besten Kämpfer in die befestigte Stadt, versteckt im hölzernen Pferd!

Ein Dorf in Sizilien - eine beeindruckende Familiensaga dreier Generationen von Frauen von 1900 bis in die 80er Jahre Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts in einem kleinen Dorf in den sizilianischen Bergen: Früh zeigt sich, dass die kleine Rosa aus dem Stoff der Pflanze gemacht zu sein scheint, deren Namen sie trägt: Blüten, die immer wieder zum Leben erwachen, Früchte, die gut gegen Krankheiten sind, das Holz stark und widerstandsfähig. Als Frau gilt sie wenig, doch ihrem Vater und ihren Brüdern, beugt sie sich nie ganz. Als sie Sebastiano Quaranta kennenlernt, ist es Liebe auf den ersten Blick.

Die Fortsetzung der genussvollen Schokoladen-Trilogie von Lisa Graf als Hörbuch. Bern 1863: Kurz bevor die Räder einer vorbeifahrenden Kutsche den kleinen Tagträumer Rudolphe Lindt auf dem Marktplatz erfassen, wird er von einem wunderschönen Blumenmädchen gerettet. Von diesem Augenblick an ist klar: Der junge Lindt hat überlebt, um Großes zu vollbringen! Doch nicht etwa so, wie es sich seine Familie wünscht. Der Sohn eines Arztes wird zum Schulabbrecher und stürzt sich in das Abenteuer. Als Charmeur und Lebemann haben ihm schon immer alle Türen offen gestanden.

As the story begins, it’s been five years since Eli Atkins, betrayed and abandoned, fled Charleston to avoid punishment for a crime he did not commit. Landing in the Bahamas, he sought refuge in a new identity. But angry, lonely, and adrift, he remained aloof, a stranger to all, never allowing anyone close enough to hurt him.

From the award-winning creator of the global board game sensation, Catan: Order of the Ravens picks up eighteen years after arriving on Catan, continuing the riveting tale of family, love, and the bitter struggle for power. Returning to Catan, Island of the Sun, we find Thorolf ruling with an iron fist as unrest grows among the unfree. Forming the secret Order of the Ravens, they fight to reclaim their futures. When Jora, Thorolf’s headstrong daughter, joins their cause, Thorolf must choose between his power and his family.

John Ives, the privileged son of a powerful tycoon, is sent to oversee his family’s ventures in the brutal swamps of Tampico, Mexico. But a fateful return to Texas sets him on a collision course with Stella Moore, a fiercely independent schoolteacher searching for her missing sister, and Peter Olenbush, a reckless ally with his own secrets.

Tras la muerte de su hermana mayor y compañera de vida, Ágara abandona, desolada, el hogar de la familia en el madrileño barrio de Chamberí para refugiarse en Uxoa, el caserío heredado en el valle de Baztán, en Navarra. Allí va recuperando la calma perdida, al mismo tiempo se despierta en ella la necesidad de bucear en sus orígenes, para así saber cómo Uxoa, la preciada reliquia familiar, llegó a ellos. Poco a poco, los brumosos prados y las piedras ancestrales la atrapan, también sus misterios, y comienza una delicada investigación entre los vecinos, la parroquia y la abadía de Arizcun.

Elsbeth Comyn guarda dos secretos que piensa llevarse a la tumba. Desde los doce años vive a medias y nada parece importarle. Considerada por los suyos como una mujer egoísta, caprichosa y rebelde, la hija mayor de Henson Comyn no está dispuesta a casarse, jamás. Obligada a acompañar a su padre a una reunión ideada por el rey Guillermo para intentar acabar con la amenaza de una guerra entre los clanes del norte, Elsbeth se encontrará de nuevo con su pasado, deberá hacer frente a sus propios fantasmas e intentará huir de Kam Gordon, el único hombre capaz de hacerla sentir viva.

Olympic medalist and X-game sensation Alex Spearman thinks he’s perfect. He’s not. I know his kind. Rich, famous, and emotionally unavailable. Well... He’s perfect enough to hook up with on the weekend of his sister’s wedding. His sister is my best friend. This is a disaster in the making. Did I mention he’s also hot, sexy and funny? How can I resist? After a steamy weekend, I agree. We have chemistry.

Dolly Tomkins has always known what it is to live hand to mouth. In the mean streets of a Salford struggling under the mantle of the Great Depression, the only one making a decent living is the talleyman. Though Nifty Jack has a money bag where his heart should be, Dolly’s mam is in hock up to her ears and in dire need of assistance. But when Jack offers to wipe the slate clean, Dolly just can’t bring herself to trust him. Instead, she takes him on at his own game and in the process endangers everything she holds most dear as a revelation about the past rocks the very foundations of her world.

With no husband and two small children to care for, survival is Mary's only concern. She needs money . . . and can't be too choosy about the job. Mr. Wetherby doesn't need any more workers for his expanding business, but as a favor to an old acquaintance, he'll make an exception . . . for Mary. He wants her. She needs him. Can they build the foundations of a happy life together? Or will a web of lies and deceit be their undoing?

In 1860s England, it's a man's world and women aren't expected . . . or allowed . . . to upset the status quo. Living with her domineering uncle, Harriet is desperate to break free. Could the charming young man who has come to stay with them be her way out? Or will he be just like the rest? Happy to keep her in her place . . . Not prepared to sit around while her dreams die, Harriet risks everything to stand her ground. But she underestimates how far some will go to silence her.

Retelling the mythical love story between the Queen of Sheba and King Solomon in the refugee camps of the present day, Song of Ancient Lovers is a sublime ode to love and desire as forces shaping human history, with power that rivals forces of destruction. Ethereal in its weaving of the real and the mythical, the contemporary and the ancient, this is the story of Bos Mutas, a young writer traveling from South America to northern Africa in search of traces of his obsession.

This saga is led by that complex character von Tabis, a psychopath, whose monumental ego, and fantasies of power and grandeur, were given fortuitous reign by his unexpected transfer to tranquil Tanganyika (Tanzania) just before World War II. His South African co-conspirators who fell under the spell of von Tabis, illustrate how his charismatic and compelling personality stimulated their latent dreams and ambitions. A colourful diversity of characters adds atmosphere and mystery that is unique to Africa.

Richmond, 1940. As the Battle of Britain rages on, at the Poppy Factory Estate disabled WWI veterans prepare for a secret wartime project while making remembrance poppies. Meanwhile, three of their daughters are coming of age. Carrie wants nothing to do with war and just wants to go to university. Sarah, the daughter of a WWI war hero, desperately wants to prove her own worth, while Mabel likes to keep herself to herself. But one thing’s for certain; these determined women are a lot more than just 'the Poppy Girls'.

As Mr. Wetherby's wealth and power increase, he won’t tolerate interference in his affairs . . . From anyone. But Harriet isn't 'just anyone' and when she sees him involved in a serious incident, she stores the information away. Maybe one day she can use it to get the future Mr Wetherby is intent on denying them. Biding her time, she finally gets her chance. But facing the wrath of Mr. Wetherby, she soon discovers she has more to worry about than her own ambitions . . .

The moment Pixie Tate steps inside the opulent Aldershoff Hotel in Manhattan, one of the last relics of New York's Gilded Age, she senses instantly that its elegant walls hide a dark secret. Pixie knows that she must use her unique gift to travel back in time in order to discover the mysteries of the past, and as she slips back over a hundred years, she's shocked to find herself in the midst of one of the most famous events in history.

Charity has spent her life keeping her family together – raising her younger brothers, running the family boarding house on West India Dock Road, and now shielding her fragile parents from the relentless bombardment outside their door. When her teenage brother runs away to enlist, she faces a battle she never expected – one that could tear her family apart. But help comes from an unexpected new arrival…