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"Ich möchte, dass Sie mich heiraten." Milly ist schockiert. Seit einem halben Jahr arbeitet sie als Haushälterin in der Villa von Alexandro Santos. Aber noch nie hat sie ihn gesehen. Jetzt macht ihr der geheimnisvolle Milliardär im Dämmerlicht des Salons dieses skandalöse Angebot: Er braucht eine Ehefrau und möglichst schnell einen Erben. Milly versteht überhaupt nicht, warum er nicht eine Frau aus seiner Gesellschaftsschicht nimmt! Doch dann wendet Alexandro sich ihr zu - und ihr wird klar, warum er sich ein halbes Jahr vor ihr versteckt hat.

Seit drei Jahren ist Daisy mit dem griechischen Multimilliardär Matteo Dias verheiratet. Und genauso lange lebt sie allein auf einer Insel in der Ägäis; eine unglückliche, einsame Braut, denn von Liebe war bei ihrem Arrangement keine Sekunde die Rede! Doch nun überrascht sie ihren gefühlskalten Ehemann in Athen und stellt ihm ein Ultimatum. Sie verlangt etwas von ihm, das die sorgsam errichtete Mauer um Matteos Herz gefährlich zum Wanken bringt: Sie will endlich eine Hochzeitsnacht, eine Familie - eine echte Ehe, entgegen aller Abmachungen.

"Sie gehört zu mir!" Milliardär Rico Falcone weiß genau, dass die hinreißende Fremde kein geladener Gast der Party ist. Doch ihr exotischer Zauber fasziniert ihn. Also gibt er sie als seine Begleitung aus - und lädt sie kurzerhand in sein Penthouse über den Dächern von Rom ein. Doch kaum hat er sie sinnlich verführt, verschwindet sie schon wieder spurlos aus seinem Leben. Die Erinnerung an das Gefühl, sie in seinen Armen zu halten, lässt Rico nicht los! Himmel und Hölle setzt er in Bewegung, um die namenlose Schöne wiederzufinden.

Berlin, 1936: From her beautiful new home Liesel Scholz barely notices the changes to the city around her. Her life is one of privilege and safety thanks to her father’s job working for the new government. But soon a chance encounter with Rosa, the daughter of their Jewish housekeeper, leaves Liesel in no doubt that something isn’t right. Frankfurt, 1946: An idealistic American captain, Sam Houghton, arrives in Germany to interrogate prominent Nazis on trial and to help rebuild a battered country. He hires an enigmatic and damaged woman named Anna as his interpreter.

Nazi-occupied Vienna, 1940. As bombs fall over Europe, Hannah Stern is a 27-year-old nurse who is just trying to survive. When she takes a position at Vienna’s esteemed psychiatric hospital, Am Steinhof, she thinks it will take her away from the danger. Her estranged half-brother has arranged the job for her on the condition that she must take his son, Willi, there too. He insists it’s a place where Willi will be safe. And Hannah soon forms a close bond with the sweet, fragile child in her care.

The heartwarming start to a brand-new series by multimillion-selling author Kate Hewitt, Wildflower Valley will introduce you to a wonderful community of quirky characters as you follow the Bryants on their homesteading adventure.

France, 1939: When Jewish refugee Hannah Lerner and her beloved younger sister Lotte arrive in a small French town alone, with no family to turn to, Hannah takes her sister’s trembling hands in hers and promises they will not be separated, no matter what… But when a children’s home offers refuge to Lotte, Hannah has no choice. To keep her sister safe, she has to let her go. And as she leaves Lotte weeping at the gates, she vows that one day they will be together again. Terrified and alone, Hannah is soon rescued by Michel, a charming Frenchman who welcomes her into his home.

When Sophie Weiss boards the SS St Louis, she has no reason to stay in Germany. The Nazis have taken everything from her, and her only hope is escape. But when she meets fellow Jewish refugees Rosa, Hannah and Rachel on board, the friendship they form gives Sophie hope that there can be happiness in her future, after all.

I never expected to have to uproot my family to go live in my parents’ isolated cottage on Lost Lake. It’s twenty miles to the nearest town, an insignificant speck in endless pine forests. Nobody’s lived here for a decade. Now, I pick up a rusty pail from its nest of autumn leaves and turn to my daughter. Suddenly, I recall how I used to help my own mother pick wild strawberries up here as a little girl. Maybe, this isn’t a punishment. Maybe this place will be the making of our family.

1944, London. When Lily meets enigmatic GI Matthew in war-torn London, she doesn’t expect to fall in love. While her sister starts a reckless affair with another GI, Lily tries to hide her growing feelings for Matthew. But Matthew has a devastating secret. One that could change their lives forever.

Jenna has lived in Starr’s Fall for most of her life, and has run the general store for over ten years. Secretly she might dream of love and romance, but she’s happy as she is. Really. That is, until Starr’s Fall’s newest resident—ex-New Yorker, millionaire investment banker—Jack Wexler breezes into Jenna’s store, seemingly furious they don’t stock smoked salmon. Jenna is as amused as she is annoyed. Who is this ridiculous guy, and doesn’t he realize he’s not in Manhattan anymore?

When Laurel West discovers her estranged sister Abby has checked herself into rehab and wants her to take care of her 14-year-old son, she doesn’t hesitate to step in. Abby was there for Laurel a long time ago, and she longs to be able to offer the same. However, as a single woman who still dreams of the fairy tale, Laurel isn’t prepared for teenaged Zac’s sullen moods or silent rage. When he’s expelled from school, she decides to take drastic measures and temporarily relocate them to her great aunt’s cottage on the windswept hills of the Orkney islands north of Scotland?

Dieci anni prima la dolce Iolanthe Petrakis aveva ceduto al fascino del più spietato magnate di Atene. Alekos Demetriou le aveva regalato una notte folle e trasgressiva ma, dopo aver scoperto l'identità di suo padre, l'aveva lasciata all'istante.

Detta är en mysig och charmig roman om familjeband, sorg, goda minnen, kärlek och oväntad passion. (jul)stämningen i boken glittrar BTJ Oväntad kärlek vid världens ände Laurel West är 36 år och den eviga singeln. Men hon trivs med livet, med frilansjobb, mysig lägenhet och katt. Visst drömmer hon om den stora kärleken, men han har ännu inte dykt upp. När Laurel en dag får ett samtal om att hennes syster Abby, som hon sedan länge tappat kontakten med, har checkat in på rehab och vill att Laurel ska ta hand om hennes fjortonåriga son, tvekar hon inte.

As I stare at the ultrasound, my eyes fill with tears. My husband squeezes my hand, thinking they are tears of happiness. How do I tell him they aren’t? When I meet the love of my life, Mark, I have everything I ever dreamed of. Our lives are perfect, until we find out I can’t give him the one thing he truly wants—a child. There is a small glimmer of hope. We could use a surrogate. But as the doctor explains that we can’t use my eggs, my heart breaks all over again.

Old secrets emerge, tempers flare. And so we parents decide to leave the beach, telling the teenagers to enjoy themselves, reassuring them someone will be back to collect them in an hour or two. But when I return later, I know something is really wrong. Our teens are slurring their words, stumbling to the car. It’s clear they have been drinking, and I’m shocked. I never expected our kids to behave this way. I’m bracing myself to have firm words with them in the morning, but the next day my concerns fade to nothing when 17-year-old Bella claims my son Finn assaulted her.

England, 1868: Orphaned and penniless, eighteen-year-old Sarah is left the sole guardian of her beloved little sister Lucy—who she’s vowed to protect at all costs. With nowhere left to turn, she is forced to accept mysterious widower James Mills’s proposal of marriage. She believes being his bride can’t possibly be as bad as the threat of the workhouse. But nothing prepares her for the darkness of her marriage, the shocking secrets of her new family, and the lengths she will have to go to keep her sister safe…

England, 1766: Abigail is happily married to James, a tobacco trader turned sea captain, and is looking forward to starting a family and settling down in Whitehaven, deep in the Lake District. But after a series of devastating losses, she finds herself in turmoil, with her future suddenly seeming unknown…

England, 1918. As war ends, across the world people are trying to heal and recover. But Eleanor still feels broken. The loss of her beloved brother, killed just days before the Armistice was signed, feels impossibly unjust. Spending her time in the neglected garden behind their house, she fears her heart will never recover. Then her father hires a man to help restore the garden to its former glory.

England, 1939: When Alice marries twinkly-eyed, kind-hearted vicar David, it means leaving everything from her old life behind and moving into the draughty vicarage in the beautiful but remote village of Goswell, Cumbria. Though homesick, she's determined to make a new life there for herself and her husband. But soon tragedy strikes, and Alice is devastated when war breaks out and David chooses to sign up to fight. But everything changes when she's asked to take in a child evacuee, and she makes a promise to protect this girl, no matter what it costs her…