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As Ella looks down at a faded black-and-white photograph of an unknown woman and child alongside a yellowing piece of sheet music, she wonders how the two things can possibly relate to her own family. The items were left for her family at Hope’s House, a home for unmarried mothers whose babies were adopted. Soon, Ella learns that the photograph was taken on the picturesque Greek island of Skopelos, nestled in the turquoise calming waters of the Aegean sea, and that the woman in the photo holds the key to her family’s heritage.

When Lily is called to a lawyer’s office in London, she has no idea that her life is about to change forever. There, she is told that her grandmother was born at Hope House, a home for unmarried mothers, and is given a box containing the only clues to her true heritage. Peeling back the delicate layers of paper she finds an Italian recipe and a theatre program.

Quando é chamada ao escritório de um advogado em Londres, Lily não tem ideia de que sua vida está prestes a mudar para sempre. Lá, ela fica sabendo que sua avó nasceu na Hope’s House, um lar para mães solteiras, e recebe uma caixa com pistas sobre sua verdadeira origem: uma receita e um programa de teatro, ambos escritos em italiano.

Amanda Jones is less than impressed when Scott Gregory arrives at the airport to collect her on his Harley Davison. Her big brother’s former best friend, Scott used to drive her mad when they were kids, and she’s never forgotten about the kiss they shared when she was sixteen. Scott isn’t shy with women, but he knows that Amanda is firmly out of bounds. She is the little sister of his childhood best friend, and he knows her brother wouldn’t be impressed if he went there with the one girl he’s been warned away from since they were teenagers.

When a storm hits Montana and makes it impossible for Blake Jones to head home on Christmas Eve, the last thing he expects is to end up hosting guests at his place. But when he finds Jasmine and her young daughter stranded on the side of the road, he doesn’t hesitate to rescue them and take them home. Jasmine hasn’t been back to Rancher’s Valley for years, and when her car gets stuck in snow she’s wishing she’d never returned. Although her sexy rescuer does make up for the inconvenience.

Jack and Maddison were best friends growing up, but when Maddison moved to the big city to pursue her dreams, they struggled to stay in touch. When Maddison returns home after years away, Jack is all grown up and ready to make up for lost time. And so is Maddison… the only trouble is, Jack needs more than a friend. So when she suggests that a marriage of convenience could help Jack save his ranch, it seems like everything is falling into place. Until Jack finds out that Maddison wants a baby.

Occupied Poland, 1942: Despite the constant presence of German soldiers in her village, Emilia is allowed certain freedoms as a midwife—the most precious is innocently cycling past Nazi checkpoints to the homes of expectant mothers on her rounds. But Emilia has a secret: for years she’s also been visiting the hidden Jewish mothers and working for the resistance…until she is betrayed.

London, present day. When Claudia discovers that her grandmother was born at Hope’s House, a home for unmarried mothers, everything she thought she knew about her family is shattered in an instant. Looking down at a faded family crest, she is determined to discover how it can possibly relate to her grandmother. Soon Claudia learns that the crest belongs to the Diaz family, once one of the wealthiest dynasties in Cuba. Impulsively Claudia books a ticket to Havana, feeling sure in her heart that she will be able to uncover her family’s true story.

Wenn Lily zwischen Rebstöcken hindurchläuft, ist sie glücklich, und so hat sie sich mit ihrem Beruf als Winzerin einen Traum erfüllt. Kurz vor ihrer Abreise nach Italien, wo sie auf dem berühmten Weingut der Familie Rossi arbeiten möchte, wird Lily ein geheimnisvolles Erbstück ausgehändigt: Eine kleine hölzerne Schachtel mit dem Namen ihrer Großmutter darauf. Die Schachtel wurde in einem ehemaligen Londoner Frauenhaus gefunden, und sie enthält lediglich ein handgeschriebenes Rezept auf Italienisch und ein Programm des Mailänder Opernhauses von 1946.