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Cornwall, England, 1941. Gazing at the coiled barbed wire and danger signs on this once-beautiful beach, Maddie suddenly hears a frightened little cry. Her heart pounding, she races down the dunes, but knows she will never reach the child in time. Maddie Brady is overwhelmed with relief to see a brave soul ahead of her rescue a little boy trapped among the landmines on the beach. But thanking the man, Maddie is shocked to hear a German accent. Why would an escaped German prisoner of war rescue an English boy?

When an explosive conflict is determined to destroy lives the world over, Ruby Rose Risler undertakes her patriotic responsibility to the Doughboys being called to defend liberty “over there.” But Ruby’s civic duty becomes a labor of love when her newest pen pal sparks a sweet interest. Farm boy Earnest Steiner cannot fathom the scope of the task before him when he’s pulled from small town America and dropped into the trenches of France. But the touching letters he receives from a gentle young woman provide a lifeline during his time on the Western Front.

Jane Austen und die Suche nach dem Glück. 1945: Der Krieg ist zu Ende, doch in dem kleinen Dorf Chawton im Süden Englands hat er Spuren hinterlassen. Hier lebte einst Jane Austen und schrieb ihre großen Romane, und die Erinnerung an sie prägt den Ort und seine Bewohner noch immer. Eine Gruppe ungleicher Menschen setzt sich dafür ein, Jane Austens Vermächtnis für die Welt zu erhalten. Sie alle haben mit dem Verlust und dem Trauma des Krieges zu kämpfen und finden Zuflucht in der Literatur. Gemeinsam gründen sie die Jane Austen Society.

Mit ihm lernten ihre Träume fliegen. Doch sie kamen den Sternen zu nah. Paris 1930: Als die junge Malerin Consuelo auf einer Party Antoine de Saint-Exupéry kennenlernt, ist es Liebe auf den ersten Blick. Die temperamentvolle Mittelamerikanerin wird zur Muse des enigmatischen Piloten, der eigentlich viel lieber Schreiben und Zeichnen möchte. Aus seinen unsterblichen Gefühlen für sie entsteht "Der kleine Prinz": Consuelo ist die über alles geliebte Rose, die der Prinz mit einer Glasglocke schützen möchte und an die er unentwegt denkt, auf welche fremden Planeten ihn seine Reisen auch führen.

Berlin, 1858. Das Hausmädchen Sophie wird unehrenhaft entlassen und steht vor dem Nichts. Der Sohn der Familie hat sich in Sophie verliebt, doch die Schuld gibt man ihr. Sophie bleibt nur, es ihrer Kindheitsfreundin Bertha gleichzutun und das Geld zum Überleben auf der Straße zu verdienen. Als Bertha und Sophie sich eine der grassierenden Geschlechtskrankheiten einfangen, bringt man sie in die Charité. Statt dort Hilfe zu bekommen, werden die beiden Frauen jedoch unwissentlich Teil eines grausamen Experiments.

1916. Young artist Sam Burke is spared death by firing squad on the battlefields of France and brought to a remote castle by the Irish Sea. At the ‘Tin Nose Shop’, he is tasked with creating intricate masks to hide the mutilated faces of his fellow soldiers from the Front. While he tries to come to terms with the death of his best friend and the promise he failed to keep, Sam and the disfigured soldiers struggle to return to their former lives and their loved ones.

Queenie Brogan wasn't always an East End matriarch. Many years ago, before she married Fergus, she was Philomena Dooley, a daughter of Irish Travellers, planning to wed her childhood sweetheart, Patrick. But when tragedy struck and his narrow-minded sister, Nora, intervened, the lovers were torn apart. Fate can be cruel, and when Queenie arrives in London she finds that Patrick Mahon is her parish priest, and that the love she had tried to suppress flares again in her heart. But now in the final months of WW2, Queenie discovers Father Mahon is dying and must face losing him forever.

The story begins in 1940s Palestine, where twins Rasheed and Rasheeda Dinar work in the family’s inn. When Rasheed falls in love with Natalia, a Jewish woman, he applies what he learned from the Jesuit priest who mentored him to his budding relationship, but by then relations between Arabs and Jews have become tense. And when those tensions come to a breaking point, Natalia mysteriously disappears, and Rasheed and Rasheeda are chased out of Palestine forced to flee to Beirut, Lebanon. As the years pass and the Dinar family expands and enters the 1970s, their convictions are tested.

1938: Nach dem Tod ihres Vaters kehrt Alice nach Deutschland zurück, um die Erbschaft zu regeln. Doch sie erkennt ihr geliebtes Berlin nicht wieder. Die Stimmung ist umgeschlagen, viele Freunde sind in Gefahr. Verzweifelt nutzt die Familie alle Möglichkeiten, um die Galerie zu halten und geliebte Kunstwerke zu retten. Aber Alice erkennt schnell, welch unheilvolle Macht die Nazis bereits auf dem Kunstmarkt haben. Bald schon geht es nicht mehr nur um Gemälde von unschätzbarem Wert, sondern um Leben und Tod.

Berlin, 1926. Edgar von Rabov soll einmal die Fabrik seines Vaters übernehmen und sich dafür gewissenhaft seinem Chemie-Studium widmen. Doch der junge Student ist keineswegs so ambitioniert, wie es sein Vater gerne hätte. Auf einer seiner regelmäßigen Kneipentouren lernt Edgar die exotische Halbinderin Alina kennen, die ihn sofort verzaubert. Als Alina kurz darauf spurlos verschwindet, wird Edgars Leben und Familie auf den Kopf gestellt und er macht sich auf den Weg nach Indien.

Träges Nichtstun am Urlaubsort. Die Gäste kennen einander mittlerweile. Plötzlich erscheint ein neuer Gast, der gleich bei jedem äußerst beliebt ist. Doch kurze Zeit später ist er verschwunden, aber nicht allein: Madame Henriette, die Gattin eines Industriellen, Mutter zweier Kinder, hat ihn Hals über Kopf begleitet. Während die Mehrzahl der Gäste empört ist, äußert der Erzähler Verständnis für die Frau. Und das bringt schließlich Mrs. C., die Dame aus Schottland in den besten Jahren, dazu, dem Erzähler ihre eigene Geschichte zu erzählen.

Massachusetts, 1993. After making a grievous mistake that will change her life forever, Emily Robertson is sent away to live with her grandmother on Cape Cod. When Emily finds a timeworn photograph buried in a drawer, she realizes her grandmother has concealed a secret even bigger than her own. Massachusetts, 1916. Atta Schaeffer plans to marry the man of her dreams and whisk her little sister away from their abusive father. But when she is diagnosed with a dreaded malady, Atta is forced into a life of exile, leaving her sister in harm’s way.

London, 1929. Lady Alice Mayton-Walsh has always been a free independent spirit. With wealth and position, Alice defies convention and created, Sheer, a women's magazine. However, after years of hard work, she finds that her life isn't as complete as she expected it to be. Then her brother's best friend Vince reveals plans to marry an heiress to save his family's fortunes. The news shocks Alice as she realises she wants more than just friendship with him. Yet, before she has a chance to follow her heart, Vince turns his back on the extravagant life.

Bristol - 1953. It’s Coronation Year. A new beginning in the aftermath of war, but there are still battles to be fought and secrets to be kept. Charlotte Hennessey-White copes with the shortcomings of her marriage and throws herself into helping refugees unwelcome by some and exploited by others. Edna Burbage has three beautiful children and considers herself lucky until the advent of a deadly twentieth century disease makes her think otherwise. Polly Chandler still hopes for a better life, but there are too many obstacles standing in her way.

Fleeing with her brother to Scotland, Jane Delane boards a luxury cruiser in search of their estranged mother. Life is hard enough between nursing her brother back to health and nursing her own broken heart over having to leave behind Amos Hood, werewolf hunter, for her brother's own good—but then it gets a whole lot more complicated when she learns that Amos has, in fact, boarded the ship in search of her. As has the werewolf bent on making Jane like himself. Only his strategy is different this time—his time, he intends to woo her in his human form.

Eine bewegende Geschichte um das Berlin der Goldenen Zwanziger, den Zauber des Kinos und eine große Liebe in schwierigen Zeiten von SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin Charlotte Lyne. Berlin 1919: Lilly Adler wächst in der geschäftigen Friedrichstraße auf, wo ihr Vater sein berühmtes Fotoatelier hat. Einst gingen hier die Reichen und Schönen ein und aus, um sich porträtieren zu lassen, aber die Zeiten sind schwer und es ist still geworden im traditionsbewussten Atelier Adler. Zu still für die temperamentvolle Lilly, die ihren eigenen Weg einschlagen will und die Familie hinter sich lässt, um zum Film zu gehen.

The turn of the 19th century. Harry LaCroix yearns to make up for lost time. After spending several years serving in the war in Africa, the English veteran is delighted to reunite with his last living relative and closest confidant. But his plans take an unexpected detour when he falls for a beautiful heiress with a missing fortune.

Despite the pleas of his family, Lord Averley steps forward as soon as the call is made for men to fight the Western front. Mere weeks later, the news arrives: Lord Averley has been killed in the Battle of Marne. Without an obvious heir, Somerton falls into chaos. Half of the staff has already left for the war or industrial work.

The war has ended; the men are returning home to their loved ones, but for some, things have changed. Charlotte Hennessey-White's husband, David, is no longer the gentle loving man he once was and Charlotte, so independent during the war, is devastated. Edna Burbage's strong fiancée, Colin, has suffered appalling physical injuries. He won’t hold her to her promise of marriage, but she insists her feelings are unchanged. But is that true? And Polly Chandler's sweetheart, Gavin, who’d she’d planned her whole future around, hasn’t come home at all.

Bristol 1939. At forty years of age, Mary Anne Randall still turns heads. With an abusive husband spending most of his wages on beer, she has resigned herself to be the sole breadwinner to protect her family and keep the wolves from the door. In order to make ends meet, Mary Anne runs a pawnbroking business from the wash house at the end of the garden. Following the outbreak of war an opportunity presents itself to escape her loveless marriage and find true love. Will she take that chance, or carry on living just for her children and not for herself?