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London, 1900: Die junge India Selwyn-Jones bewegt sich in den feinsten Kreisen. Bis sie als Ärztin im berüchtigten Whitechapel zu arbeiten beginnt - und dort in leidenschaftlicher Liebe zu dem gefürchteten Gangsterboss Sid Malone entbrennt. Von der gefährlichen Unterwelt Londons bis nach Afrika und in die Neue Welt führt ihr Weg.

New York, 1890. Für Josephine Montfort, die aus einer wohlhabenden Handelsfamilie stammt, scheint das Leben vorgezeichnet: nach der Schule eine arrangierte Ehe, Kinder und ein häusliches Leben. Aber Josephine hat andere Pläne. Sie möchte als Journalistin auf das Leben der weniger Privilegierten aufmerksam machen. Doch eine Familientragödie reißt sie aus ihren Träumen - ihr Vater stirbt zu Hause durch seine eigene Waffe. Josephine glaubt nicht an einen Selbstmord und begibt sich gemeinsam mit dem Journalisten Eddie Gallagher auf Spurensuche, die sie in die gefährlichsten New Yorker Viertel führt.

London 1888: Als Packerin einer Teefabrik schlägt sich die junge Fiona täglich durch die Londoner Docks...

Der Erste Weltkrieg wirft seine Schatten voraus. In den Straßen Londons weht ein rauer Wind, Frauen kämpfen für ihr Wahlrecht...

BROOKLYN: Andi Alpers is on the edge. She’s angry at her father for leaving, angry at her mother for not being able to cope, and heartbroken by the loss of her younger brother, Truman. Rage and grief are destroying her. And she’s about to be expelled from Brooklyn Heights’ most prestigious...

Perfect for anyone fascinated by the Royal Wedding, Netflix's The Crown, or Wolf Hall, this is a pitch-perfect reimagining of the romance and tragedy of Henry VIII and his six wives, told from multiple points of view by some of your favorite authors. If you were one of King Henry VIII's six...

All of Mattie Lyon's hopes and dreams are riding on her summer job at the Glennmore Hotel. She'll make enough money to go to college in the fall. She'll prove to her father that she is responsible. She'll learn how to survive in the sophisticated world beyond her dad's brokeback farm. But all...

From Jennifer Donnelly, the critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of A Northern Light and Revolution, comes a mystery about dark secrets, dirty truths, and the lengths to which people will go for love and revenge. For fans of Elizabeth George and Libba Bray, These Shallow Graves...

It has been 12 years since a dark, murderous figure stalked the alleys and courts of Whitechapel. And yet, in the summer of 1900, East London is still poor, still brutal, still a shadow city to its western twin. Among the reformers is an idealistic young woman named India Selwyn-Jones, recently graduated from medical school. With the help of her influential fiance - Freddie Lytton, an up-and-coming Liberal MP - she works to shut down the area's opium dens that destroy both body and soul.

Serafina, Neela, Ling, Ava, Becca, and Astrid, six mermaids from realms scattered throughout the seas and freshwaters, were summoned by the leader of the river witches to learn an incredible truth: the mermaids are direct descendants of the Six Who Ruled-powerful mages who once governed the lost...

It’s the summer of 1900 in London’s gritty East End. The ruthless, complicated gangster Sid Malone rules the streets of Whitechapel with an iron fist, but cannot rule his own heart. A forbidden love for India Selwyn Jones, an idealistic young doctor, torments Sid. He’s certain the violence of his underworld life will only lead to tragedy for a soul whose kindness and decency are like nothing he’s ever known.

Once a lost and confused princess, Serafina is now a confident leader of the Black Fin Resistance (BFR). While she works on sabotaging her enemy and enlisting allies for battle, her friends face challenges of their own. Ling is in the hold of Rafe Mfeme's giant trawler, on her way to a prison...

It’s the summer of 1891, New York City, in the early days of Fiona Finnegan’s marriage to Nicholas Soames. When Fiona senses a quiet love blossoming between her widowed uncle, Michael Finnegan, and his neighbor, Mary Munro, she’s thrilled and hopes that Michael will soon propose to Mary. But one night, at a family supper, a surprise announcement tears these hopes asunder.

Deep in the ocean, in a world not so different from our own, live the merpeople. Their communities are spread throughout the oceans, seas, and freshwaters all over the globe. When Serafina, a mermaid of the Mediterranean Sea, awakens on the morning of her betrothal, her biggest worry should be...

New York, zomer 1891. Fiona Finnegan en Nicholas Soames zijn net getrouwd. Ondanks dat hun huwelijk ongewoon is en de wonden uit het verleden nog niet volledig zijn geheeld, zijn ze gelukkig samen en dromen ze over een lang en gelukkig leven voor zichzelf, maar ook voor hun geliefden. Wanneer Fiona merkt dat er liefde lijkt op te bloeien tussen haar oom, die weduwnaar is, en zijn buurvrouw Mary Munro, is ze razend enthousiast en hoopt ze dat hij haar snel ten huwelijk vraagt. Maar dat blijkt ijdele hoop te zijn wanneer ze tijdens een familiediner ander nieuws hoort.

Isabelle should be blissfully happy - she's about to win the handsome prince. Except Isabelle isn't the beautiful girl who lost the glass slipper and captured the prince's heart. She's the ugly stepsister who cut off her toes to fit into Cinderella's shoe...which is now filling with blood. Isabelle cut away pieces of herself in order to become pretty. Sweet. More like Cinderella. But that only made her mean, jealous, and hollow. Now she has a chance to alter her destiny and prove what ugly stepsisters have always known: it takes more than heartache to break a girl.

Deel 1 van de Rozen-trilogie. Londen, 1888. Fiona Finnegan woont in een van de armoedige steegjes van East End, waar overdag kinderen spelen en 's nachts dieven, prostituees en dromers rondhangen. Ze werkt net als haar vader in de theefabriek van William Burton en droomt ervan om ooit samen met haar grote liefde Joe Bristow een eigen theewinkeltje te kunnen openen. Fiona's leven staat op z'n kop als haar vader door een onverklaarbaar ongeluk in de fabriek sterft.

What makes a girl "beastly?" Is it having too much ambition? Being too proud? Taking up too much space? Or is it just wanting something, anything, too badly? That's the problem Arabella faces when she makes her debut in society. Her parents want her to be sweet and compliant so she can marry well, but try as she might, Arabella can't extinguish the fire burning inside her—the source of her deepest wishes, her wildest dreams.

Once upon a time, a girl named Sophie rode into the forest. Her lips were as red as blood, her skin as pale as snow, and her hair as dark as night. When she stopped to rest, her huntsman companion took his knife, plunged it into Sophie’s chest...and removed her heart. Yet Sophie doesn’t die. She’s rescued by seven mysterious engineers who manage to fashion her a temporary heart.

Hidden in the Beast's library is a very mysterious book. Belle is about to discover it and visit a glittering new world. But is everything in that world what it seems? And will Belle be able to find her way home? Or will the story take hold of her--and never let her go? SMART, BOOKISH BELLE, A...