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Ny stor roman af forfatteren til Den franske fotograf. Baseret på historien om modeskaberen Christian Dior og hans søster, Catherine, der var aktiv i den franske modstandsbevægelse under 2. verdenskrig. Den australske modekonservator Kat Jourdan er i England med sit arbejde, men får en opgave af mere privat karakter. Kan hun ikke rejse til Cornwall og se til et lille hus, som hendes bedstemor ejer? I huset finder hun til sin overraskelse en unik samling af Dior-kjoler. Kat anede ikke, at hendes bedstemor var i besiddelse af sådan en skat og sætter sig for at undersøge, hvordan de uvurderlige kjoler er havnet der. I sin jagt på svar støder Kat både på søstrene Skye og Liberty, der kæmpede for englænderne under 2. verdenskrig, og deres barndomsven den amerikanske pilot Nicholas, der var forlovet med den franske kvinde Margaux. En anden fransk kvinde, der ser ud til at have forbindelse til sagen er Catherine, søster til Christian Dior og aktiv i den franske modstandsbevægelse. Skye og Liberty. Nicholas og Margaux. Catherine og Christian. Er de alle seks forbundet? Og hvad er deres forbindelse til Kats bedstemor og den hemmelige arv, der har været gemt væk i over et halvt århundrede? Natasha Lester var marketingschef hos L’Oréal, før hun gjorde alvor af drømmen om at blive forfatter. Hun har siden 2016 skrevet fem historiske romaner. Den første, der i 2020 udkom på dansk var Den franske fotograf, Lesters femte roman, som blev kåret til Romantic Novel of the Year i kategorien for årets bedste historiske kærlighedsroman. Den hemmelig arv er den anden af hendes bøger, der udkommer på dansk.

The European bestseller, an epic of two brothers, brought together and divided by betrayal, secrecy and self-delusion, spanning seventy years of German history: from the Russian Revolution, to World War II, to 1975.

The Things We Leave Unfinished is a captivating novel written by the talented author, Rebecca Yarros. Published by Transworld Publ. Ltd UK on November 24, 2022, this book is a must-read for all book lovers. The narrative unfolds a mesmerizing story that keeps the reader hooked till the very end. Yarros, known for her unique storytelling style, has once again outdone herself in this latest offering. The genre of the book is a mix of mystery, romance, and drama, making it an engaging read for a wide range of audiences. The Things We Leave Unfinished is a testament to Yarros's literary prowess and is sure to leave a lasting impression on its readers. So, don't miss out on this literary gem from Transworld Publ. Ltd UK.

Mary Magdalene’s confessions reveal a sensual world of love and betrayal, magic and mystery, hidden within the Gospels

Anna Karenina is the story of a married socialite and her affair with the affluent Count Vronsky. The story opens when she arrives in the midst of a family broken up by her brother's unbridled womanizing.

When d'Artagnan travels to Paris, he finds himself challenged to three duels with Athos, Porthos and Aramis. However, the foursome is attacked by the evil Cardinal Richelieu's guards, and d'Artagnan fights alongside them, proving his skills.

"In 1761, on a sunny day in September, a King and Queen met for the very first time. They were married within hours. Born a German Princess, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was beautiful, headstrong, and fiercely intelligent--not precisely the attributes the British Court had been seeking in a spouse for the young King George III. But her fire and independence were exactly what she needed because George had secrets-- secrets with the potential to shake the very foundations of the monarchy. Thrust into her new role as a royal, Charlotte must learn to navigate the intricate politics of the court, all the while guarding her heart, because she is falling in love with the King, even as he pushes her away"--Dust jacket flap.

Mathilde & Andreas er en uafhængig fortsættelse til Dagmar & Johannes og Sara & August, en dramatisk krønike om Danmark og Tyskland i det 20. århundrede.Mathilde vokser op i Sønderjylland som datter af Sara og August, der introduceres i seriens andet bind. På en rejse til Østberlin i 1961 møder hun Andreas, og på trods af afstanden knytter de et stærkt bånd til hinanden. Efter Murens opførelse rulles Mathilde ind i en livsfarlig beskæftigelse som kurer.Andreas vokser op i DDR, Østberlin, i en tid fuld af politiske spændinger. Da hans bror forsøger at flygte til Vestberlin, anses Andreas for medskyldig og bliver stemplet som landsforræder. Han mister privilegier og udelukkes fra at tage en uddannelse. Selvom forholdet til Elise, hvis far er højtplaceret i partiet, gør hans liv lettere, slukkes drømmen om frihed dog ikke.Sammen lægger Mathilde og Andreas en plan for, hvordan de kan få Andreas ud af det stærkt bevogtede og hermetisk lukkede land. Men det er et livsfarligt projekt, der kræver næsten overnaturlige kræfter.

“Smart and witty . . . the perfect historical read.” —Julia Quinn, #1 New York Times bestselling authorNew York Public Library, Bookriot, Vulture, Time Out, and Overdrive Featured Book to Read After Bridgerton!Featured in Entertainment Weekly, O Magazine, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Bustle, and Bookish! An Amazon Best of the Month SelectionA Publishers Weekly Summer Reads 2020 Editors’ PickA ground-breaking, empowering, and sexy story from acclaimed author Vanessa Riley that fans of Beverly Jenkins, Evie Dunmore, and Alyssa Cole won’t be able to put down. Join these Rogues & Remarkable Women as they fight for their status, their families…and true love.When headstrong West Indian heiress Patience Jordan questioned her English husband's mysterious suicide, she lost everything: her newborn son, Lionel, her fortune—and her freedom. Falsely imprisoned, she risks her life to be near her child—until The Widow's Grace gets her hired as her own son’s nanny. But working for his unsuspecting new guardian, Busick Strathmore, Duke of Repington, has perils of its own. Especially when Patience discovers his military strictness belies an ex-rake of unswerving honor—and unexpected passion . . .A wounded military hero, Busick is determined to resolve his dead cousin’s dangerous financial dealings for Lionel’s sake. But his investigation is a minor skirmish compared to dealing with the forthright, courageous, and alluring Patience. Somehow, she's breaking his rules, and sweeping past his defenses. Soon, between formidable enemies and obstacles, they form a fragile trust—but will it be enough to save the future they long to dare together?“Vanessa Riley at her finest.” —Sarah MacLean, New York Times bestselling author “I was delighted. Readers on the lookout for Black or disabled characters in historical romance will not want to miss this." —New York Times Book Review “One of the best historicals I’ve read in years.” —Kristan Higgins, New York Times bestselling author “Expertly crafted romance.” —Publishers Weekly, STARRED review

This hardcover gift edition pairs the bestselling "Edenbrooke" with the never-before-published novelette "Heir to Edenbrooke, " a prequel told from the point of view of the dashing suitor from Donaldson's sweeping Regency romance.

When Malinalli meets Hernán Cortes, she assumes that it is the God Quetzalcoatl himself who returns to liberate his people. The two fall passionately in love, but this love is soon destroyed by Cortes's inordinate thirst for conquest, power, and wealth.

A chronicle of the breathtaking exploits of "Half-Cocked Jack" Shaftoe -- London street urchin-turned-legendary swashbuckling adventurer -- risking life and limb for fortune and love while slowly maddening from the pox. . . and Eliza, rescued by Jack from a Turkish harem to become spy, confidante, and pawn of royals in order to reinvent a contentious continent through the newborn power of finance.

The trials of Dr. Daniel Waterhouse and the Natural Philosophers increase one hundredfold in an England plagued by the impending war and royal insecurities -- as the beautiful and ambitious Eliza plays a most dangerous game as double agent and confidante of enemy kings.

In which Daniel Waterhouse, fearless thinker and courageous Puritan, pursues knowledge in the company of the greatest minds of Baroque-era Europe -- in a chaotic world where reason wars with the bloody ambitions of the mighty, and where catastrophe, natural or otherwise, can alter the political landscape overnight.

The rules of marriage . . . according to Miss Annabel EssexA husband must be:Rich.Make that very rich. She's had enough of leaky roofs and thread-worn clothing.English.London is the center of the civilized world, and Annabel has a passion for silk and hot water.Amiable.Good-looking would be nice, but not necessary. Same for intelligent.Isn't she lucky? She's found just the man! And her chosen spouse is nothing like the impoverished Scottish Earl of Ardmore, who has nothing but his gorgeous eyes, his brainand his kissesto recommend him.So what cruel twist of fate put her in a carriage on her way to Scotland with just that impoverished earl and all the world thinking they're man and wife? Sleeping in the same bed? Not to mention the game of words started by the earlin which the prize is a kiss. And the forfeit . . . Well. They are almost married, after all!

When you're the oldest daughter, you don't get to have any fun! Witty, orphaned Tess Essex faces her duty: marry well and marry quickly, so she can arrange matches for her three sisters -- beautiful Annabel, romantic Imogen and practical Josie. After all, right now they're under the rather awkward guardianship of the perpetually tipsy Duke of Holbrook. But just when she begins to think that all might end well, one of her sisters bolts with a horse-mad young lord, and her own fianc just plain runs away.Which leaves Tess contemplating marriage to the sort of man she wishes to avoid -- one of London's most infamous rakes. Lucius Felton is a rogue whose own mother considers him irredeemable! He's delicious, Annabel points out. And he's rich, Josie notes. But although Tess finally consents to marry him, it may be for the worst reason of all. Absurd as she knows it to be, she may have fallen utterly in love . . .

An international best-seller with more than one million copies in print and a winner of France's Prix Goncourt, The Lover has been acclaimed by critics all over the world since its first publication in 1984.Set in the prewar Indochina of Marguerite Duras's childhood, this is the haunting tale of a tumultuous affair between an adolescent French girl and her Chinese lover. In spare yet luminous prose, Duras evokes life on the margins of Saigon in the waning days of France's colonial empire, and its representation in the passionate relationship between two unforgettable outcasts.Long unavailable in hardcover, this edition of The Lover includes a new introduction by Maxine Hong Kingston that looks back at Duras's world from an intriguing new perspective-that of a visitor to Vietnam today.(With an introduction by Maxine Hong Kingston; translated from the French by Barbara Bray.)

With her bestselling novels On Mystic Lake and Angel Falls, Kristin Hannah became the fastest rising star in women's fiction today, distinguished as an amazingly sensitive writer who can tap into the deepest, most precious mysteries of the heart. If You Believe is one of her finest historical novels-a timeless tale of two lonely people who witness the miracle of second chances.Mariah Throckmorton was hiding from a past filled with scandal. Mad Dog Stone was a drifter looking for a few days' work. He walked into her life, threatening Mariah's peace of mind and stirring emotions she tried to hide. Their love was born against all odds, difficult to count on, impossible to hold. Together they would learn the bittersweet truth-that love only exists if you believe.

The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night. But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway-a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will. Despite themselves, however, Celia and Marco tumble headfirst into love-a deep, magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands. True love or not, the game must play out, and the fates of everyone involved, from the cast of extraordinary circus per­formers to the patrons, hang in the balance, suspended as precariously as the daring acrobats overhead. Written in rich, seductive prose, this spell-casting novel is a feast for the senses and the heart.

Texas, 1943. Eva har altid drømt om at flyve, og med nazisternes hærgen i Europa, får de kvindelige piloter endelig en chance. Kvinderne danner stærke bånd, og med luft under vingerne og en mand, hun elsker, at vende tilbage til, er hver tur i luften en drøm, indtil det hele styrter i grus – og Evas fly styrter ned. Eva vågner, men hendes minder om uheldet er borte.Los Angeles, 1977. Eva er en helt almindelig husmor, gift med sit livs kærlighed og med en familie at være stolt af. Alligevel hjemsøges hun stadig af den nat for over 30 år siden, og en ulykke, hun ikke kan huske. Hvorfor har hendes søster-piloter aldrig svaret på hendes breve? Har hun gjort noget, der var så utilgiveligt, at alle hendes gamle venner brød med hende? Og hvad skete der i virkeligheden, den nat hendes fly forulykkede?Ella Carey har udgivet en lang række bestsellere, og hendes bøger er oversat til mange sprog. Hendes romaner tager ofte udgangspunkt i virkelige hændelser eller i historiske begivenheder.

Den internationale bestsellerforfatter Ella Carey er tilbage med en gribende fortælling om tab og håb, venskab og kærlighed.Året er 1946 og i efterkrigstidens Tyskland har Kate Mancini fået en chance som krigsreporter i en mandsdomineret verden. Men cheferne og befolkningen derhjemme vil høre sejrshistorier, og den virkelighed Kate oplever er en helt anden, hvor uskyldige familier prøver at genopbygge et liv i ruinerne af deres hjem. En stum, forældreløs pige kommer til at symbolisere al krigens elendighed for Kate, og hun ved, at hun må redde dette barn. Med hjælp fra hendes flotte kollega, Rick Shearer, finder de et sikkert hjem til barnet, før de selv kan vende tilbage til New York.Men efterkrigstidens New York, hvor alle forventer at finde kommunister blandt deres naboer, er ikke et sikkert sted, og pludselig er Kates eneste håb et tavst barns vidnesbyrd.Berlins tavse barn er andet bind i trilogien om stærke kvinder i krigstid og en mandsdomineret verden.

Beatrice Wolf har forliget sig med, at et kærlighedsægteskab ikke ligger i kortene for hende. Kun en velhavende ægtemand vil kunne sikre hendes fremtid. Men sådan en er svær at finde, når man ikke har lært alle de uskrevne regler, der hører Londons selskabsliv til …Da hertugen af Greycourt indvilliger i at hjælpe Beatrice med at blive en rigtig lady, ser han det udelukkende som en familietjeneste. Mange års erfaring har gjort Grey til en mester i at navigere selskabslivet og sæsonens baller, men hans fortid har lært ham, at man bedst beskytter sig selv ved ikke at lade andre komme for tæt på.Men til takten fra dansetimerne, og jo mere Grey og Beatrice lærer hinanden at kende, begynder han alligevel at mærke følelserne trænge sig på. Og Beatrice mærker, at der inde bag Greys lag af arrogance findes en anden side af ham end den, han normalt viser omverdenen. Hun kan ikke fornægte tiltrækningen, heller ikke selvom hun ved, at den tilknappede hertug næppe er ægtemandsmateriale …Hertugindeprojektet er første bog i Duke Dynasty-serien af Sabrina Jeffries, der byder på romantik og familieforviklinger i 1800-tallets England. ”Enhver, der læser romance, bør absolut læse Sabrina Jeffries!” – Lisa Kleypas ”Hertugindeprojektet har lidt af det hele: en selvstændig, bramfri heltinde, en lækker hertug, der har svært ved at stole på nogen, og et mordmysterie. Komplekse, intense karakterer giver liv til siderne med gnistrende sexscener og intriger.” – Publishers Weekly”Læsere vil elske Grey og Beatrice, det gode tempo samt den fængslende handling, som vil fastholde deres opmærksomhed.” – Kirkus Reviews”Duke Dynasty-serien er endnu en forbilledlig historisk romance sat i Regency-tiden fra Sabrina Jeffries’ tilsyneladende uudtømme lige kilde af fascinerende karakterer og fængende plots.” – Booklist

Louisa Reeve, datter af en succesfuld britisk perlehandler, har været lykkeligt gift med sin charmerende og eventyrlystne mand, Elliot, i tolv år. Parret bor i et kolonialt palæ og ser ud til at have det hele, undtagen dét, de længes efter mere end noget andet:et barn. Louisas drøm bliver gradvist udvisket, da hun plages af aborter, og da Elliot forsvinder i stadigt længere perioder.Da Elliot pludselig omkommer i en bilulykke, står Louisa alene tilbage og overvældes af sorg og chok. Intet kan bringe ham tilbage, men hun er fast besluttet på at komme til bunds i det mysterium, hendes elskede efterlod. Hvorfor blev han ved med at forsvinde uden forklaring?I sin søgen efter svar besøger Louisa den nærliggende kanelplantage, som Elliot var medejer af, og hvor han tilbragte en stor del af den tid, han var væk fra hende. På plantagen tiltrækkes hun voldsomt og uventet af ejeren Leo, en mand med en tvivlsom fortid. Men da hun opdager, at hendes ægteskab gemmer på en knusende løgn, vender det op og ned på hendes verden. Når al tillid og alle drømme er smuldret, kan kun den stærkeste kærlighed bestå.

1952, Fransk Indokina. Siden morens død har 18-årige Nicole levet i skyggen af sin smukke storesøster, Sylvie. Søstrene er halvt franske, halvt vietnamesiske. Deres far er silkehandler, og da han overlader familievirksomheden til storesøsteren, må Nicole nøjes med en forladt silkebutik i et af Hanois gamle vietnamesiske kvarterer.Området vrimler med militante oprørere, der ikke skyer nogen midler i deres kamp mod det franske styre. For første gang i sit ellers trygge liv bliver Nicole konfronteret med, hvad koloniherredømmet indebærer, og hvilke grusomheder også hendes egen familie har været involveret i.Krigen nærmer sig, og alle må vælge side. Men Nicole er ikke kun splittet mellem loyaliteten overfor familien og sin egen retfærdighedsfølelse, også kærligheden afkræver hende et umuligt valg.

The Duke And I is a captivating novel written by the talented author, Julia Quinn. Published on December 3rd, 2020, by Piatkus Books, the book falls under the genre of historical romance. Set in the regency era, the story revolves around the intriguing relationship between a Duke and a lady. Julia Quinn beautifully crafts a world of love, deception, and societal expectations, making readers fall in love with her characters and their journey. The Duke And I is a testament to Quinn's exceptional storytelling, making it a must-read for all romance enthusiasts. Don't miss out on this enchanting tale published by Piatkus Books.