Novedades

Newly arrived in the small town of Oberlin, Ohio, Sterling is an enthusiastic young writing teacher trying to break free of his privileged upbringing. Samantha, neglected but brilliant, stays on the fringes of society, living through her books. Neither knows what it means to truly dream big until the summer of 1901, when their lives collide and they learn things about themselves and each other that challenge the ways they view the world.

Джейкоб и Наоми сразу полюбили друг друга, и неважно, что он — наследник богатой семьи Хэмптонов, а она — полуграмотная горничная. Наперекор родным Джейкоб женится на Наоми, однако общество во главе с родителями ополчается против молодой пары. И только Блэкберн Гант, изуродованный полиомиелитом смотритель кладбища, хранит верность своему другу и его юной жене.

Call to Courage Book One in A Nurse’s Heart: The Evelyn Harrington Saga By Eleanor Ashcroft London, 1939. War is on the horizon, and the city braces itself for the unimaginable. When spirited country nurse Evelyn Harrington steps off the bus at St. Mary’s Hospital, she finds herself plunged into the chaos of a city under siege. Amidst the echo of air raid sirens and the growing tide of wounded soldiers, Evelyn must summon strength she never knew she possessed. With dwindling supplies, bomb-damaged wards, and lives hanging in the balance, she learns quickly that compassion is its own ...

It’s the book series that defines the 70s! Steve Stewart’s fifth volume of The Free Bird Files showcases the undeniable passion between Steve Wallace and Nancy Collins. Since their first date, the boy called Breeze, and the girl called Fancy, have had a fairy tale love story. Yes, they’re still as different as Lynyrd Skynyrd and Barry Manilow, but through compromise, they’ve changed for each other. And while Breeze may have changed the most, Fancy has changed as well. Those changes have made their relationship stronger, and their parking sessions hotter! As Steve and Nancy try to ...

Fresh off the boat from Roaring Twenties Paris, Henrietta “Henri” Adams lands in New York in the midst of the Queer Craze that is taking the city by storm. An art critic by day and lady lover by night, she ventures into the clandestine worlds of speakeasies and drag balls, which free her from the tyranny of the gender binary. Fun-loving slummers crash the party, flocking to see queer performers at the Astor Hotel and the Cotton Club. Broadway stars rub elbows with Harlem Renaissance luminaries at the Hamilton Lodge Masquerade Ball. But the revelry can't last forever.

"A richly drawn historical thriller filled with murder, intrigue and shocking twists." –BestThrillers.com In 1914, the serene city of Hobart is almost as far as it is possible to be from the war clouds that have gathered over Europe, as the kings and emperors of waning European powers seek to extend nineteenth century military and political ideas into a mechanised technological new century. Australia is a modern country, by comparison. Women have had the vote since the turn of the century and ancient European notions of a ruling class are regarded almost with derision. Nevertheless, young...

Wisconsin, 1931: Mindy Zahn can’t understand why her parents deserted the family farm, leaving her mute younger sister in her care. Until her mother’s cryptic warning to keep her sister safe becomes a life-threatening task.

“This book checks all my boxes: mystery, romance, drama, archaeology, horses, and the vast desert. Well-written, suspenseful, and descriptive, I felt I was inside the story peering from behind a diaphanous curtain, my heart pounding!” –Linda M., Education Administrator Kira Fontaine comes to Arabia with only one thing in mind—to find a legendary lost river—never realizing her life is about to change forever. When she crawls from the wreckage of her plane, she finds herself stranded in a vast, unforgiving desert. Relying on her Native American ancestral knowledge and skills, and ...

Finalist for Best New Fiction at the American Fiction Awards 2024 Aniela Majewska, beautiful daughter of one of Kraków's most respected families, is ready to marry her dashing childhood sweetheart, Henryk Bartosz. But the Nazi invasion of Poland separates the young lovers, as Henryk chooses to fight for their country's freedom as part of the underground resistance and Aniela uses her beauty, wit, and indomitable spirit to navigate the Reich's brutal occupation centralized in her home city, doing whatever it takes to keep her family and her sanity intact.

Vivienne Holland, an enormously talented yet mentally fragile woman, comes of age in mid-century America and dreams of becoming a famous writer. However, trapped by the restrictions of pre-feminist society, a scientifically limited medical system unprepared to cope adequately with her mental illness, and her own tragic family background, she faces daunting obstacles.

Viena, 1952. Andreas y Lilian se reencuentran inesperadamente en un café tras una larga separación. Mientras pasean juntos por el Prater, Lili recuerda su historia de amor con Andreas, su enamoramiento incondicional y juvenil, el primer desengaño, el fracaso en su intento de olvidarlo, la reconciliación y los años locos que vivieron juntos en el salvaje Berlín de entreguerras. Recuerda cómo, a pesar de las separaciones y las distancias, nunca dejaron de amarse. Porque el de Lili y Andreas es uno de esos amores que perduran a través del tiempo y las pruebas. Porque las verdaderas ...

The war continues to rage, but for now, Harbour House continues to keep the Roby family safe from harm. Not so for new lodger Richard Stoneleigh. As one of the few men who can captain a ship, Richard is called to help with the dangerous evacuation of troops from Dunkirk – it’s a perilous voyage that almost costs Richard his life…

The Philippines, 1941. Rose Williams arrives in Manila on her first assignment as a US Army Nurse, enthralled by the new environment and its promise of adventure. Although worlds away from the land she grew up in, Rose feels connected to her father, who worked in the Philippines before he died. War seems like a distant threat as Rose takes midnight dips in a warm sea with the other nurses, explores secret corners of the island, and strikes up a romance with a locally stationed US Army soldier.

This Side of Paradise is a 1920 debut novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. It examines the lives and morality of carefree American youth at the dawn of the Jazz Age. Its protagonist, Amory Blaine, is a handsome middle-class student at Princeton University who dabbles in literature and engages in a series of unfulfilling romances with young women. The novel explores themes of love warped by greed and social ambition.

Twenty-four-year-old newspaperman Ray Sargent is a hardened cynic in the ways of the world: he’s lost his parents and brothers, served in the Marines in France, survived the deadly flu pandemic of 1918, and written up everything from labor strikes to gambling dens. And he has a way with women—or so he supposes. But he’s never met a woman like Marian Newhouse, the beautiful, brilliant reporter with a mysterious past who shows up in Toledo, Ohio, just as the Midwest’s “glass city” is getting ready to host the biggest sports event in the world—a heavyweight championship fight ...

Es una de las mujeres apodadas «Las Vergüenzas de Londres» por las columnas de sociedad de los periódicos. La culpa la tiene su esposo… Las circunstancias la obligaron a casarse. Llegó al altar deseando un cambio en su vida y sabía que tendría que luchar para lograr la felicidad. También era consciente de que unirse a un hombre poderoso al que se le conocía por ser aburrido y muy formal no le traería demasiada alegría, aunque sí estabilidad. ¡Qué equivocada estaba! Prudence Charlotte Hamilton, duquesa de Rutland, se da cuenta que no es una dama que se conforme con poco, y ...

En "Partir siguiendo la senda que trace el destino", Antonio y Estrella están a punto de partir de regreso a su aldea española, Entre os Ríos, en busca de la felicidad que aguarda con brazos abiertos. Cada preparativo para el viaje es un paso hacia un destino inimaginablemente hermoso, donde la aldea los llama con una fuerza magnética imposible de resistir. La aldea, una vez dejada atrás para explorar el nuevo mundo, ahora ejerce una atracción irresistible. El eco de risas familiares, el aroma de platillos tradicionales y el cálido abrazo de seres queridos los llaman de regreso a ...

Het is oktober 1949 en de Tweede Wereldoorlog is alweer een paar jaar voorbij. Betty wordt dertig en viert haar verjaardag omringd door familie en vrienden. Haar huwelijk met Olof is gebaseerd op vertrouwen en vriendschap en het gaat goed met hun zoon Anders en met Martina, Betty's dochter uit een vorige relatie. Toch is niet alles zoals het zou moeten zijn. Olof trekt zich steeds meer terug en Betty begrijpt niet waarom. Daarnaast wil Martina's biologische vader, Martin Fischer, in contact komen met zijn dochter en haar zangopleiding financieren.

Irlande, 1925. Sur les vertes collines de West Cork, le château de Deverill a été brûlé par les rebelles. Mais la jeune et nouvellement riche Celia Deverill est déterminée à rendre sa splendeur d’antan à la demeure de ses ancêtres, et ainsi à restaurer le berceau de tous ses souvenirs d’enfance en compagnie de sa cousine Kitty et de leur amie Bridie Doyle.

Zwei Frauen – getrennt durch Jahrzehnte und Kontinente und vereint durch ein außergewöhnliches Familienerbstück Neu-England, 2022. Vor drei Jahren erhielt die alleinerziehende Mutter Mallory Dunne den Anruf, den alle Eltern fürchten: Ihr zehnjähriger Sohn Sam war mit einer akuten Vergiftung durch einen Totenkappenpilz aus dem Sommercamp geflogen worden, und kämpfte um sein Leben.