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Nikki came to California with plans to help her boss, Bestselling Author Kimberline Evens who is recovering from being shot while covering a story for a local newscast, then finding out she was pregnant. So, Nikki jumped on a flight and came to California to help anyway she could. She doesn't have plans to go back to New York anytime soon, in fact she is hoping to find her own Mr. Right after helping Thomas, Kimberline's boyfriend propose when they were in New York for her Book Tour. Little does she know that someone from back home will cross her path and make her wonder if fate had a hand in bring her to the West Coast.Nathan moved to the West Coast for work, and he is not looking for a girlfriend, in fact he is getting over a breakup and dealing with another woman so soon is the last thing on his mind. But a chance meeting at a local pub with someone from back home could change his mind. Everyone is trying to push them together, but is she the one he's been looking for? His bosses are always talking about fate, and destiny, could they be right, that this chance meeting is meant to be?

Sommeren 1941 og krigen raser i Europa. Tyskerne marcherer mod Ukraine. De tre kvinder Halya, Liliya og Vika har prøvet modgang før. De mistede deres familier og venner under hungersnøden og Stalins udrensning. Og endnu en gang er deres elskede Ukraine truet af krig. "Ukraines døtre" er en rørende historie om menneskelig styrke og store tab i skyggen af krig og konflikt, og historien om, hvordan kærligheden finder vej i selv de mørkeste tider. Om forfatteren:Erin Litteken er historiker og international bestsellerforfatter. Som ung blev hun grebet af sin families historie i Ukraine før, under og efter Anden Verdenskrig, og der ligger stor research bag hendes to historiske romaner. Hun bor i Illinois, USA med sin mand og sine børn.

16-årige Katya og hendes familie lever et enkelt liv på landet. Da Stalins mænd kommer for at kollektivisere jorden og deportere enhver, der nægter, bliver landet ramt af en altomfattende hungersnød. Elskende bliver adskilt, venner bliver fjender, og kun glimt af menneskelighed, mod og kærlighed levner håb. Halvfjerds år senere finder den unge enke Cassie sin bedstemors dagbog fra Ukraine. Endelig forstår hun familiens mørke hemmeligheder og den fortid, der var for grum til at blive givet videre. Om forfatteren:Erin Litteken er historiker og international bestsellerforfatter. Som ung blev hun grebet af sin families historie i Ukraine før, under og efter Anden Verdenskrig, og der ligger stor research bag hendes to historiske romaner. Hun bor i Illinois, USA med sin mand og sine børn. "Minder fra Kyiv" er inspireret af forfatterens egen historie fra Ukraine under den store hungersnød i 1930'erne og i årene op mod Anden Verdenskrig. Romanen er oversat til 14 sprog og vandt i 2022 prisen She Reads Best Historical Fiction Award.

The Jimmy Mack novels follow James 'Mack' MacKinnon's rise to the top as a Sixties fashion photographer. From teenage Mod to manhood, his shared love affair with a fashion designer and a model is at the core of this saga. As their fame grows, they will find themselves in London, New York, and Paris. Along the way, they will experience press and fashion industry intrigue, deception, and malice. A saga stretching from 1964 to 1969. The novels set within a Modernist viewpoint will challenge a reader's perception of relationships, sex, friendships, families, and almost all aspect of life in a decade that changed the modern world.

Heirs and Successors is book four in the Belleville family series, taking up the story eight years after Return to Prior Park left off.Set largely in Australia, it is now 1968 and the Belleville family - Richard, his brother William and their sister Julia - believe their lives are settled until a near tragic accident almost claims the life of a beloved family member. As the family recovers, no one has any inkling of the chain of events that will be unleashed by the near tragedy.At twenty-two, it is Richard's son Paul at the centre of this period of turmoil. His lack of judgement leads to a shocking betrayal for which he and others will pay a big price, including his own father.And there are newcomers too in the family circle. Is Richard right when he considers meeting Amanda Robinson a stroke of misfortune for the family? And will they similarly come to regret putting their trust in the charming but ambitious Alex Fraser?In the midst of the family's problems, William and his wife Alice remain steadfast, offering comfort and support in their sprawling homestead at Prior Park. Yet, they too will suffer the bitter disappointment of their daughter Marianne's choices.There is trouble ahead too for Julia's marriage to Philippe Duval. (Julia and Philippe's story continues in the new book First Born Son, published as a companion title to Heirs and Successors.)And yet, as the decade turns to the 1970s, the Belleville family appears settled again.Except there is a new secret at the heart of the family. A secret known only to three people. A secret that, if revealed, could tear marriages apart and threaten the very foundation of everything the family has built. Richard Belleville is determined this secret must never become known ...

To the world beyond, Philippe Duval, eminent surgeon, husband to Julia, father to Pippa, appears to have a settled life other men would envy. What could possibly upend it?Could it be his lingering interest in a beautiful woman who should now be out of bounds? A woman he turned his back on to marry his long lost love Julia Belleville. Or could it be what emerges unexpectedly from his early life?Brought up in poverty by his single mother among America's wealthy elite on Long Island, he has always seen himself as an outsider. Not belonging. Never welcome. Shamed for his illegitimacy. Rescued only by his own determination to succeed. Or so he thinks.As father and daughter head to New York, their plans appear straightforward. She will work a short internship at a Manhattan hospital while he attends medical conferences.But he does not know Pippa is desperate to flesh out the details of his early life of which he has told her very little.Yet even as she begins to delve into his early life, events overtake her. And they overtake her father too who is left to wonder if an unseen hand had guided his life in ways he never understood.As events unfold over which he has no control, Philippe's life takes a dramatic new direction. And with that new direction comes new possibilities and temptations that will rock the foundations of his life, including his marriage. His life will never be the same again.Author's note: You can read about the beginning of the Julia Belleville/Philippe Duval love story in the Belleville family series - Julia's Story (Book 1); To Love, Honour and Betray (Book 2); and Return to Prior Park (Book 3). Book 4 in the Belleville series, Heirs and Successors, featuring many of the same characters, is published alongside First Born Son.

Come home for the holidays with this small-town, heartwarming story full of hidden secrets, true love, and the real meaning of family.Turmoil might be prevalent in their personal lives, but that won't stop Edie, Stephen, Ty, Eliza, Mayson, and Ginny from throwing their parents the biggest surprise 50th birthday party on New Year's Eve. What they don't realize is that the magic of family might just be the answer to the problems each of them face this season.This interconnected standalone twines the lives of six couples as they find their way to a happily ever after with the help of family and friends."She was the bow to my present. The universe of stars to my small, round earth."Inspired by Lady A's "All I Want for Christmas Is You," this second-generation, wintery goodness is the last book in the My Life as an Album series.

Eine falsche Identität, ein alter Landsitz und ein berührendes Familiengeheimnis Der fesselnde Liebesroman zwischen Nord- und OstseeNachdem Kate beim Ausräumen des Hauses ihres verstorbenen Urgroßvaters fragwürdige Dokumente und Fotos findet, ist für sie klar: Ihr Urgroßvater scheint nicht der zu sein, für den er sich ausgab. Kate weiß, sie muss zurück nach Deutschland, zu dem alten Landsitz ihrer Familie. Nicht nur um herauszufinden, wer sie wirklich ist, sondern auch, was es mit den zwei Mädchen auf sich hatte, die ihr Urgroßvater damals mit nach Amerika brachte. In Deutschland angekommen, merkt Kate jedoch schnell, dass sie nicht die Einzige ist, die sich für ihre Familiengeschichte interessiert …Erste Leser:innenstimmen„Fesselndes Familiengeheimnis voller überraschender Wendungen."„Die Hintergründe des Zweiten Weltkriegs und die persönlichen Schicksale der Protagonisten werden einfühlsam miteinander verknüpft - sehr mitreißend und emotional!"„Eine gelungene Mischung aus Familiendrama, zarter Liebesgeschichte und historischen Fakten, die mich sofort gepackt hat!"

How do you rise up at the dawn of the Inquisition?Pursued across medieval Languedoc by an unknown adversary, three unlikely companions join forces. Tomas the mercenary persists in his quest for revenge, but slashes deep wounds in his own soul. Jean-Luc, an exiled and heartbroken knight, searches for a man whose secrets might redeem him. Isabella of Valeros is falsely condemned for heresy, but to find her son, she must seek answers among the goodwomen, the so-called heretics beset by this new crusade. Separated, exposed, and hunted, Tomas, Isabella, and Jean-Luc must find their relentless enemy before he destroys them-and their families. Meanwhile, Simon de Montfort's army terrorizes southern Europe, flushing heretics from the hills, shouting over the voices of the troubadours.TREBUCHETS IN THE GARDEN, Book 2 in the Accidental Heretics series, continues the adventure from Book 1, Bone-mend and Salt where Tomas, Isabella, and Jean-Luc are entrapped in the Languedoc crusade, while Simon de Montfort prepares to ignite the next heretics' pyre in the summer of 1210. This revised third edition includes maps and a glossary of Occitan and historical terms.

Ena Dudley slips quietly away from the Foxden Hotel and heads back to London to see her husband Henry. Things have been difficult between them recently - though she still loves him as much as ever.