Historical Romance Saga

Scozia, 1745. Deirdre e Alexander si giurano amore eterno alla vigilia della rivolta giacobita. Ma la guerra li separa… Al ritorno, Alexander scopre che Deirdre ha sposato un altro uomo. Tradimento o sacrificio? La verità è più oscura di quanto sembri. Un romanzo storico appassionato e drammatico, dove l'amore sfida la lealtà e il destino si scrive tra le Highlands e il sangue della storia.

Standing on London’s Victoria docks with the wind biting through her shawl, Rose Munday realises she’s been abandoned by her sweetheart. She had risked everything to get to London, but, stumbling through the pea-soup fog, she has nowhere to go and no one to turn to. Scared and alone, Rose steps straight into danger, only to be rescued by two women with even less to their names - a woman of the night and her young sidekick, Sparrow.

Der Krieg ist verloren. Der prächtigste Zoo Europas ist am Ende. Eine Frau kämpft für ihre Schützlinge und ihre große Liebe. Im Sommer 1914 erfüllt sich für Emma ein Traum: Sie wird eine der ersten Pflegerinnen im prachtvollen Wiener Tiergarten Schönbrunn. Voller Leidenschaft widmet sie sich ihren Schützlingen, den Zebras, Giraffen und Orang-Utans. Als der Erste Weltkrieg ausbricht, werden fast alle Männer eingezogen. Schneller als ihr lieb ist, muss Emma Verantwortung für die Tiere übernehmen und außerdem noch für ihre schwangere Schwester sorgen.

NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED! In the latest Pink Carnation novel from national bestselling author Lauren Willig, rumors spreading among the ton turn deadly as a young couple unites to solve a mystery.... In October of 1806, the Little Season is in full swing, and Sally Fitzhugh has had enough of...

Abducted as a child-heiress, Honor Larke escapes to London seeking justice from the only lawyer she knows: the brilliant Sir Thomas More. With More as her affectionate guardian, Honor grows to womanhood, when the glitter of the royal court lures her to attend Her Majesty, Queen Catherine of Aragon. But life at Henry VIII’s court holds more than artifice for an intelligent observer, and Honor knows how to watch - and when to act.

Después de huir de Escocia, en 1766 Claire y Jamie emprenden un viaje hacia América. Tras naufragar en la costa de Georgia, deciden instalarse finalmente en las montañas de Carolina del Norte con la esperanza de construir una granja y mantenerse alejados de la inminente Revolución Americana. A su vez, Brianna Randall, viviendo la comodidad de 1968, siente la pérdida de su madre y la curiosidad por un padre al que no ha conocido.

New Horizons for the Woolworths Girls is the emotional and hopeful finale to the beloved Woolworths Girls series by bestselling author Elaine Everest. There are fresh challenges and new beginnings on the horizon for the girls at Woolworths . . . When the Bexleyheath branch of F. W. Woolworths is...

Crash has never let the circumstances of his birth, or his lack of a last name, bother him. His associations may be unsavory, but money, friends, and infamy open far more interesting doors than respect ever could. His sole regret? Once lovely, sweet Daisy Whitlaw learned the truth about how he made his fortune, she cut him off. Daisy's father is dead, her mother is in ill health, and her available funds have dwindled to a memory. When the local parish announces a charity bequest to help young people start a trade, it's her last chance.

As Britain stands alone against a monstrous enemy, the inhabitants of Pearl Street face hardship and heartbreak with courage and humour. The war touches each of them in a different way: for Annie Poulson, a widow, it means never-ending worry when her twin boys are called up and sent to France; Sheila Reilly's husband, Cal, faces the terror of U-Boat attacks; Eileen Costello is liberated from a bitter, loveless marriage when her husband is sent to Egypt.

After the tragic death of her little brother, Josephine travels to the Black Forest to heal. There she discovers a feeling of freedom astride a brand-new invention called the "velocipede". The very idea of a woman on a bicycle is beyond taboo - it is indecent and even illegal - but Josephine will not be deterred. She simply needs to find a way to ride without provoking a scandal. Back home, Josephine has the brilliant idea of riding under cover of night, while the world is still asleep.

1901. Tina Rose is the beloved daughter of a wealthy Jewish family while Edward grew up with an abusive father in the wilds of New Zealand. Despite their differences, the two fall madly in love when Edward arrives in England, looking for a better future. However, the consequences of their love affair are terrible for Tina, as she is shamed by the father she adores, and Edward is sent away. Against all the odds, Tina and Edward find each other again.

Brought to you by Penguin. The village of Churchwood has never needed The Wartime Bookshop, or its community, more. But when the bookshop comes under threat at the worst possible time, can Alice, Kate and Naomi pull together to keep spirits high? Kate has always found life on Brimbles Farm...

As the war rages on in Europe, it brings untold heartache to the Talbot family at Blackberry Farm. First Tom is missing in action and then his brother John. leaving the family distraught with worry. Faith finds herself in trouble and turns to Lizzie for support as fear and grief bring them closer together. But tragedy is never too far away and when it strikes, it may not be those who fight that suffer most. Will Pam’s prayers be answered and will both her sons return home?

Scarred by his experiences in World War 1, German doctor Sebastian Braun lives a quiet life tending to his patients and his beloved garden. Until Sophie Hathaway bursts into his life and challenges his dearly held beliefs. And just at the moment Sebastian discovers love for the first time, war is on the horizon once again, threatening not just his peace of mind. As the Germans approach the Channel Islands, Sebastian has to make choices: be the peace-loving man he has become or stand up and fight for his principles?

For Meridian Wallace - and many other smart, driven women of the 1940s - being ambitious meant being an outlier. Ever since she was a young girl, Meridian had been obsessed with birds, and she was determined to get her PhD, become an ornithologist, and make her mother's sacrifices to send her to college pay off. But she didn't expect to fall in love with her brilliant physics professor, Alden Whetstone. When he's recruited to Los Alamos, New Mexico, to take part in a mysterious wartime project, she reluctantly defers her own plans and joins him.

No Castelo do Conde de Halesworth, o sol em raiosa cumplicidade sempre inundava de luz os cabelos de Janet. Os raios de sol, penetravam no seu corpo, aquecendo-lhe o coração gelado e cheio de tanta tristeza. Halesworth, amava-a profundamente e nada mais já importava, mas ela, não devia voltar aos braços dele, como se tudo não passasse de uma fatalidade, pois aquela tinha sido a primeira e a última vez que ela poderia estar nos seus braços. Para seu próprio bem não poderia esquecer, que as mulheres que entregavam o seu coração a ele, desapareciam para sempre.

No começo do século XIX, Napoleão se preparava para conquistar a Inglaterra e concretizar seu fantástico sonho de desfilar pelas ruas de Londres como o novo Imperador do Reino Unido. Foi naquela época de tensão e nervosismo que a família de Vernita, se viu perseguida em Paris. Escondidos numa casa de cômodos, os pais da moça morreram de tristeza e inanição e para sobreviver, Vernita foi costurar para Pauline Bonaparte, a belíssima e devassa irmã de Napoleão e é então que nos luxuosos aposentos da Princesa, que Vernita se apaixona pelo Conde Axel de Storvik, o jovem amante de Pauline!

Calliope Adham—young, strong-willed, and recently widowed—is schoolmistress in the village of Molyvos when Hitler's army invades Greece in 1941. Well-read and linguistically gifted, she is recruited by the Germans to act as their liaison officer. It is the beginning of a personal and national saga that will last for several decades. Calliope's wartime duties bring her into close contact with Lieutenant Lorenz Umbreit, the Wehrmacht commander. The schoolmistress is an active member of the Greek Resistance, yet her friendship with the German blossoms against all odds.

Lenore Lester was perfectly content with her quiet country life, caring for her father, and having no desire for marriage. She took steps to remain inconspicuous and tried her best to show indifference--but to no avail! The irresistible Duke of Eversleigh had found her out and was quite persistent in his affections....

Unfairly dismissed from her role as a governess after her lecherous employer forces himself upon her, Druscilla Morley is determined to keep her head down. Dressing drably to hide her beauty, she is surprised to find an old acquaintance staying with her new family. Valdo, Lord Marquis of Lynche, is handsome, charming and an absolute rogue. It soon becomes clear that he is having an affair with the lady of the house and proposes a marriage of convenience to Druscilla to cover his tracks.