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For sixteen years Nell carried a secret. Now she must confront the truth. Face to face.November 1884After nine months on board the SS Arizona, Nell is ready to return to life on dry land, but the memories she sought to flee, are still fresh in her mind.Keen to rebuild her life, she seeks out her old acquaintances. She is even happy to see an ex-colleague and offer him the hand of friendship.As their relationship grows, thoughts of the future surface. But not everyone is happy about the arrangement.When an old friend learns the identity of her new companion, he's prepared to ruin everything.Is her new relationship strong enough to survive the attack? Or will a final revelation convince her admirer he was right to doubt her all along?Inspired by a true story, The Mother's Confession is Part 6 of The Windsor Street Family Saga.A story of love, loss and hope set in Victorian-era Liverpool and beyond.Books in The Windsor Street Family Saga so far:Part 1: The Sailor's Promise (An Introductory Novella)Part 2: The Wife's DilemmaPart 3: The Stewardess's JourneyPart 4: The Captain's OrderPart 5: The Companion's SecretPart 6: The Mother's ConfessionIt is recommended that the books are read in sequential order.NB. All books are written in UK English

The preordained couple meets when Leigh discovers an orphaned fox and keeps her as his as a secret companion. In time it is revealed his kit is also a fierce female pirate. The Druids determine the pair are destined to rule Ireland. As a fox she is clever. As a woman she is enchanting. Can Leigh set aside his devotion to King Arthur to be with the woman of his dreams?Dee was born in Rochester New York. Currently, she resides in the Chicago area in a small town called Channahon. One of her grandsons (Nik) lives with her. Writing rebuttals to Phil Donahue was her training for the craft of writing. Writing fantasy has become her rebuttal of the current situation in the world. The reality of the world is harsh and each of us needs to escape into a fantasy. Dee has been widowed for many years. The time passed has not diminished her love for her husband (Bill.) Her love for foxes is the driving force of her writing. It is her greatest hope that many readers find their solace in reading her fox tales.

Antonia's court presentation has finally arrived, but how will she be received, not only by the King, but by His Majesty's mistress Mme de Pompadour, and also the French nobility?

Antonia must flee the Court of Versailles and orchestrates an escape with the assistance of the Duke of Roxton, a man she has been warned against as too dangerous for her to know. Her belief in him may just be his salvation, and her undoing.

Domestic harmony is once again disrupted at the villa, this time by one of the Duke's ex-lovers intent on causing mischief for Her Duke. She also hopes to embarrass the Duchess by dragging her into the scandal.

Can a lone silver-haired outcast pixie free her homeland from the poison that enslaves all it touches? Without thought for herself, she engages the evil to eradicate its holds on those she loves. Will she find her own special love? Only the dragon knows.Dee was born in Rochester New York. Currently, she resides in the Chicago area in a small town called Channahon. One of her grandsons (Nik) lives with her. Writing rebuttals to Phil Donahue was her training for the craft of writing. Writing fantasy has become her rebuttal of the current situation in the world. The reality of the world is harsh and each of us needs to escape into a fantasy. Dee has been widowed for many years. The time passed has not diminished her love for her husband (Bill.) Her love for foxes is the driving force of her writing. It is her greatest hope that many readers find their solace in reading her fox tales.

After Carlos learns that the French lady he used to play piano for is his paternal grandma, he reads in the news that his half-brother, David, has been shot dead while trying to escape prison. Carlos boards the next flight to Kigali, regretting having left his half-siblings in post-genocide Rwanda after the death of their mother.In a quest to pay his last respects to David, Carlos discovers the intriguing world his brother, who was called Badguy by his friends, lived in. He decides to investigate the circumstances that led to David's death, but he needs the support of their half-sister, Celine, a successful model who won the Miss Rwanda competition in 2000.

Da en pyntekone ved Christiania Theater rammes af sygdom, får Oda tilbuddet om at overtage hendes arbejde. Hun tiltrækkes af den fremmede verden, men væves samtidig ind i et spind af løgne.Georg Sommer har fået husarrest og må bruge sin tid på at skrive skuespil og drømme om den store kærlighed.Maskefald er anden bog i Katrine Wessels debutserie om 1880’ernes teaterverden og bohemernes Kristiania, hvor moral og traditioner udforskes og udfordres og drømme kan blive til virkelighed. Det er en fortælling om fire unge mennesker på tærsklen til voksenlivet, som alle må brolægge sin egen skæbne, hvis de skal klare sig i en foranderlig verden.

Kristiania, 1885. Da den ludfattige syerske Oda Madsen sendes til Christiania Theater for at aflevere en kjole, åbner en ny verden sig: et liv med løvefødder og gesvejsninger fyldt med drømme, håb og yndige kjoler – men også en verden af intriger, sorg og hemmeligheder. Desuden er teatret beboet af en berømt skuespillerinde, som lugter langt væk af cigaretrøg, og som kræver af Oda, at hun altid er disponibel og følger hendes mindste befaling. Teatrets hemmeligheder er første bog i Katrine Wessels debutserie om 1880’ernes teaterverden og bohemernes Kristiania, hvor moral og traditioner udforskes og udfordres og drømme kan blive til virkelighed. Det er en fortælling om fire unge mennesker på tærsklen til voksenlivet, som alle må brolægge sin egen skæbne, hvis de skal klare sig i en foranderlig verden.

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"[An] immersive saga. . . . A celebration of family and a paean to the power of storytelling.”—People, "Book of the Week""Trigiani conveys the beauty of Italy, the hardships of war, the taste of family recipes, and the enduring love of family."—Library Journal (starred)“The beauty of any book by Adriana Trigiani is her ability to interweave life and fiction. . . . Don’t miss your chance to take this unforgettable journey with the Cabrelli women!” —Lisa Wingate, Book of the MonthFrom “a master of visual and palpable detail” (The Washington Post), comes a lush, immersive novel about three generations of Tuscan artisans with one remarkable secret. Epic in scope and resplendent with the glorious themes of identity and belonging, The Good Left Undone unfolds in breathtaking turns.  Matelda, the Cabrelli family’s matriarch, has always been brusque and opinionated. Now, as she faces the end of her life, she is determined to share a long-held secret with her family about her own mother’s great love story: with her childhood friend, Silvio, and with dashing Scottish sea captain John Lawrie McVicars, the father Matelda never knew. . . .   In the halcyon past, Domenica Cabrelli thrives in the coastal town of Viareggio until her beloved home becomes unsafe when Italy teeters on the brink of World War II. Her journey takes her from the rocky shores of Marseille to the mystical beauty of Scotland to the dangers of wartime Liverpool—where Italian Scots are imprisoned without cause—as Domenica experiences love, loss, and grief while she longs for home. A hundred years later, her daughter, Matelda, and her granddaughter, Anina, face the same big questions about life and their family’s legacy, while Matelda contemplates what is worth fighting for. But Matelda is running out of time, and the two timelines intersect and weave together in unexpected and heartbreaking ways that lead the family to shocking revelations and, ultimately, redemption.

In his twilight years, John Summers reflects on his significant collection of assets, mostly centred on his extensive grazing enterprises in New South Wales. But his wealth is the product of a vile theft as a young man, which he has not divulged to his family. Jess MacIntyre's chaotic life runs parallel to John's, but in another part of Australia. When she reluctantly heads south from the Kimberley region of Western Australia towards an uncertain future, she encounters Thomas, John's grandson, on his way from Queensland to forge a new life managing one of his grandfather's pastoral properties in NSW. Jessie's cattle management skills and chequered past intertwine with the lives of the much more sedate Summers family, with benefits for everyone. Her notorious past is eventually exposed, with an unexpected, life-changing outcome for Jess. However, although John shares with Jess a cryptic message from his past, he is less willing to reveal his guilty secret to his family.

After his parents die, John Summers grows up on his relatives' sheep grazing property situated in central western New South Wales. Although treated as an outcast by his adoptive family, John has a close relationship with his grandmother, who holds a mysterious secret relating to John's past. Tired of his treatment by the family, John, aged 18, pilfers a considerable sum of money from his grandmother and disappears. He spends time exploring properties to purchase in New South Wales, finally buying a rundown cattle property near Cooma. His guilt consumes him as he accumulates properties and builds his own dynasty, marrying a compliant woman and having children, who also follow in John's footsteps. All the time, John fears facing the consequences of his shocking theft and guilt weighs heavily on him. He sets in train many events, all which have the potential for far-reaching ramifications into the future-for him as well as for others.

In To the Far Blue Mountains, Louis L’Amour weaves the unforgettable tale of a man who, after returning to his homeland, discovers that finding his way back to America may be impossible.As part of the Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures series, this edition contains exclusive bonus materials!Barnabas Sackett was leaving England to make his fortune in the New World. But as he settled his affairs, he learned that a royal warrant had been sworn out against him and that men were searching for him in every port. At issue were some rare gold coins Sackett had sold to finance his first trip to the Americas—coins believed to be part of a great treasure lost by King John years before.Believing that Sackett possesses the rest of the treasure, Queen Bess will stop at nothing to find him. If he’s caught, not only will his dream of a life in America be lost, but he will be brutally tortured and put to death on the gallows. Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures is a project created to release some of the author’s more unconventional manuscripts from the family archives. In Louis L’Amour’s Lost Treasures: Volumes 1 and 2, Beau L’Amour takes the reader on a guided tour through many of the finished and unfinished short stories, novels, and treatments that his father was never able to publish during his lifetime. L’Amour’s never-before-seen first novel, No Traveller Returns, faithfully completed for this program, is a voyage into danger and violence on the high seas.Additionally, many beloved classics are being rereleased with an exclusive Lost Treasures postscript featuring previously unpublished material, including outlines, plot notes, and alternate drafts. These postscripts tell the story behind the stories that millions of readers have come to know and cherish.

August 1914, Clifton Park. Mrs Eloise Brannan refuses to believe there will be a war. For she knows what troubles and hardship it will bring upon her now grown-up children: headstrong Roderick and sweet Elizabeth, and their ever-patient cousin Dorothea. But war does indeed come, and Roderick is determined to fight. He secures a commission in France, leaving behind his pregnant wife, whose unhappiness at Clifton Park is no secret . . . Elizabeth remains at home with her mother, their once bustling house now almost empty. Even Dorothea has left for London to serve King and Country as a frontline nurse. A little over a year later. Looking through the windows at the beautiful September gardens, Eloise spots the Post Master's boy coming up the path. He's holding a telegram. What Eloise cannot know is that the contents of this message will irrevocably change her family's life for ever. But whatever happens, she knows the Brannans must stick together to survive.

Eine nie vergessene Liebe und die Suche nach der Wahrheit …Die berührende Geschichte für Fans von FamiliensagasDie junge Webdesignerin Emilia ist am Boden zerstört, als sie London verlässt, um ihre Großmutter im Krankenhaus zu besuchen, und diese bei ihrer Ankunft bereits verstorben ist. Gerührt stellt Emilia fest, dass ihre geliebte Oma ihr ein altes Medaillon hinterlassen hat, in dessen Inneren das verschwommene Portrait eines Mannes steckt. Ein beigelegter Brief deutet auf ein ungeklärtes Familiengeheimnis hin, das Emilia von Oxford in die kleine Küstenstadt Havensbury führt. Da sie in ihrer Trauer nach Ablenkung sucht, kommt ihr die mysteriöse Aufgabe gerade recht und sie stößt dabei auf immer mehr Fragen: Wer ist der Fremde auf dem Foto? Warum soll Emilia überhaupt nach Havensbury reisen? Und kann der attraktive Archivar Jamie ihr bei der Suche nach der Wahrheit helfen?Erste Leser:innenstimmen„Packende Familiensaga mit sympathischer Protagonistin und abwechslungsreichen Settings."„Es ist eine sehr turbulente, aufregende und spannende Mystery, die sich sehr zügig lesen lässt."„Ein flotter Schreibstil, detailliert ausgearbeitete Charaktere und eine dynamische Handlung mit vielen überraschenden Wendungen!"„Fans von Familiengeheimnisse sollten unbedingt dieses Buch lesen. Wahnsinn, was für eine fesselnde Story!"

This is the one you've been waiting for... Max Abbott takes center stage in the Butler, Vermont Series finale when the timeline jumps forward five years and finds Max staring down his ten-year high school reunion, with no desire whatsoever to attend. Under pressure from his family to go, he ends up glad to be there when he connects with the only person from high school he wanted to see--his ex-girlfriend, Lexi, who's been "missing" the last ten years. When Max finds out where Lexi has been--and why--and realizes all the old familiar feelings are still there, he'll have to decide if he can risk taking a chance on an uncertain situation with her or if he'd rather continue to be alone with his son, Caden. Find out where all the Abbotts and Colemans are and what Fred and Dexter are up to five years later as this beloved series comes to an exciting and heartfelt conclusion.

Emilie Lockert er succesfuld kabaretstjerne i Paris, men karrieren synger på sidste vers, hvorfor hun har besluttet at vende salonerne ryggen og rejse tilbage til hjemstavnen i Nordnorge. Men på rejsen forliser hendes skib, og hun kæntrer på en gold ø, kun beboet af en vejrbidt fyrmester og hans assistent, den charmerende Aksel Ludvigsen, som passer det gamle fyrtårn.Mens vinterstormene raser på øen, må de tre fremmede lære hinanden og sig selv at kende. Det bliver et skæbnesvangert bekendtskab, hvor berusende minder og dunkle hemmeligheder fra Paris’ berømte scener og barndommen i Nordland igen kommer for dagens lys.Madame Blonde er første bog i en storslået serie om kærlighedens veje og vildveje i Paris og Nordnorge i begyndelsen af det 20. århundrede.