Winter Women

Im verschneiten Aspen soll Rosies Hochzeit stattfinden. Doch dem steht mehr im Weg, als alle ahnen: Die Eltern der Braut stehen selbst kurz vor der Scheidung und wollen nur genau bis nach den Feierlichkeiten den Schein wahren. Die Schwester der Braut hält die Eheschließung für einen Fehler und will Rosie davor bewahren, verliebt sich aber unsterblich in den Trauzeugen. Und die Braut selbst hat auch schon kalte Füße! Je näher der große Tag rückt, desto höher schwappen die Emotionen. Dieses Weihnachtsfest wird für jeden in der Familie unvergesslich!

When Detective Karen Hart hears a scream echoing out of beautiful Lincoln Cathedral one snowy evening, she is the first officer on the scene. In the chapel a man lies murdered, a bloody cross carved into his forehead. A note to the police from the murderer, signed by "The Cleanser", confirms their worst fears: this sadistic slaying is the first of many. When early leads become dead ends, Karen starts to wonder if there’s a link to a rumoured conspiracy within police ranks - particularly when an abrasive new officer is assigned to the case.

Hannah Hickok is looking forward to her first Christmas in Casper Creek. She has plans for cookies, cuddles with her fiancé Cooper Wyatt, and a visit from Chris Kringle. Instead, the man who visits isn’t the one Hannah was inspecting. No, it’s her former fiancé Michael…and he’s arrived with an agenda. Michael has more attitude than brains, and he’s ready to make life difficult for Hannah…right up to the point where his new fiancée is killed and her body goes missing from the morgue.

Interior designer Shelby Nelson is looking for a new start. She gets a lucky break when she's hired to help decorate the homes in a wealthy subdivision for the holidays. But not everyone is thrilled with being forced to follow the strict rules set by the homeowners' association. And the person they're angriest with is Heather Redstone, the president of the HOA. So when Shelby is found standing over Heather's dead body under the Christmas tree, she quickly becomes the prime suspect. To clear her name, she’ll need to find the killer.

Neve Halloran and her daughter share a fierce love for the austere beauty of Rhode Island's South County. Now, with Mickey a teenager and Neve's last hope for happiness with her daughter's loving but unstable father gone, both will struggle to make a new life together amid the windswept landscape that sustains them. As winter gives way to spring, and spring to summer, a secret will emerge that has lain buried just offshore for decades, a secret that will galvanize the small seaside community.

Charles Kendrick, a senior U.S. senator, is a suspect in the disappearance of a young female staff member. A multi-state manhunt is already underway, and the district attorney is pressuring Kendrick for an interview, which his lawyer, Marty, doesn't want to grant. At the same time, Marty and her law partner and lover, Harry Madigan, are preparing the defense of a man accused of murdering a priest. Both defendants are lying, but to whom? And can their actions be justified?

When 30-year-old Nick loses his prestigious job at a city law firm, he is forced to grudgingly accept work as a Santa at a local Christmas grotto. There he meets five-year-old Alfie, and all Alfie wants for Christmas is for his mum to be happy again. She has been sad ever since his dad died three years ago. Moved by the boy's selfless wish, Nick arranges a date between Alfie's mum, Sarah, and his best friend, Matt.

1906 verlässt die eigenwillige Lisette Winter heimlich ihr großbürgerliches Wiesbadener Elternhaus. Mit ihrer großen Liebe, dem Schneider Emile, will sie befreiende Reformkleider entwerfen und selbstbestimmt leben. Bald sind Lisettes ungewöhnliche Entwürfe bekannt und begehrt, und das Glück des jungen unkonventionellen Paares scheint grenzenlos. Doch dann bricht der Erste Weltkrieg aus. Hundert Jahre später beschäftigt sich die junge Maya Winter mit der gleichen Frage wie ihre Urgroßmutter Lisette: Wie kann ich die Frau werden, die ich sein will?

Compelled by deep instinct and the curious mind of a retired nurse, scientist, midwife, and nascent naturalist, the author retrieves a too-late-to-migrate monarch caterpillar from a December ice storm. She decides to learn all she can to care for the butterfly that soon emerges in her home while the second winter of COVID-19 rages outdoors. Each day of its longer-than-expected life brings new observations, challenges, and rewards, which the author shares with the listener as journal entries.

Im idyllischen Auetal bei Bremen wird ein Geocacher ermordet. Als sie sich undercover unter die modernen Schatzjäger der Gegend mischt, findet die Kriminalkommissarin Paula Winter heraus, dass in der Szene Rivalität und Hass herrschen. Beim Kampf um die begehrten Lost Places zerstört der geheimnisvolle Thanatos, den angeblich niemand kennt, nicht nur die Verstecke anderer Geocacher, sondern geht offenbar sogar über Leichen. Ein weiterer Mord geschieht und auch Paula gerät ins Visier des Täters.

In den ausgehenden Sechzigerjahren verlässt die junge lebenshungrige Paula Winter Hals über Kopf die enge Welt ihres hessischen Heimatdorfes. Und damit auch ihre verbittert schweigsame Mutter Charlotte. In den "Roaring Seventies" von London schlägt sie sich als Sängerin und Schauspielerin durch. Selbst als sie schwanger und vom Vater des Kindes verlassen wird, verschweigt sie ihren Eltern die Wahrheit. Gegen alle Widerstände zieht sie ihre Tochter Maya alleine groß und merkt dabei nicht, dass sich das Mädchen immer mehr von ihr entfernt.

Llega el invierno a Porvenir y trae con él una mala noticia: por falta de cartas, cerrarán la oficina de Correos y trasladarán al personal. Los SMS, correos electrónicos y WhatsApp parecen haber ganado la partida también en medio de las montañas. Sara, la única cartera del pueblo, nació y vive allí con sus tres hijos pequeños. Comparte muchas horas con su vecina Rosa, una mujer de ochenta años que estaría dispuesta a cualquier cosa por evitarle sufrimientos a Sara y a los niños.

On February 16, 2006, twenty-year old American snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis was poised to win the first gold medal in women’s snowboardcross, a sport making its Olympic debut. With a seemingly insurmountable lead over the other competitors, Lindsey only needed a clean run for the gold medal to be hers. But as the five-time world champion entered the last 100 meters the unthinkable happened: choosing to add a little flair to the run, she grabbed the back edge of her board—then lost her balance and fell.

When a team of sled dogs uncovers the remains of a murder victim, the annual sled dog festival brings a string of suspects. In this frozen tundra, can Katie stop the killer before he chooses his next victim?

La primera novela de Albalucía Ángel es una obra torrencial y adelantada a su tiempo que mezcla vivencias, digresiones y quimeras para trasladar al lector, a través de la mente de su protagonista, en un viaje frenético que lo llevará a toda velocidad a París, Roma, las islas griegas o Venus en una narración sin límites de género ni convenciones de estilo. Una obra que supuso un antes y un después para la literatura latinoamericana escrita por mujeres e introdujo con arrebato la experimentación posmodernista en la narrativa colombiana.

Lindsey Haynes' father once gave her a snow globe with the note: "Unsure where to go? Give a little shake...and your heart will always know." On a whim, those words lead her to the quaint New England town of Addison. It's a place straight out of a storybook with its twinkling town green, decorated Main Street, and secluded lakeside cabin community. But an encounter with a dejected doctor named Greg Davis turns Lindsey's days upside down, much like a snow globe in motion. With a little nudge from endearing townsfolk, and a few chance meetings of their own, a magical flurry of emotions suddenly swirls around them.

Frank Lombardo's never been spontaneous. The closest he's come was accepting a side job chopping firewood for a lakeside community of rustic cabins. But with another lonely holiday season imminent, Frank's sister urges him to be spontaneous because, seriously, who does he ever expect to meet out in the woods?

With a suitcase in hand and a bit of reluctance, too, Penny Hart arrives at Cardinal Cabin on Snowflake Lake. It's only for a brief stay, though nobody knows where she is. Not her boss, not her friends....

Only Frank Lombardo.

A woman who is raped at a young age finds strength.

"Was kann passieren, wenn du mal richtig Gas gibst?" Nicola Winter findet es heraus: Als eine der ersten Jetpilotinnen Deutschlands verwirklicht sie ihren Traum, das Fliegen zum Beruf zu machen. Sie lernt, in Extremsituationen ruhig zu bleiben und erkennt, dass die Fähigkeiten, die im Cockpit entscheidend sind, auch im Berufs- und Alltagsleben zum Erfolg führen.

There were a lot of things you could call Stacey Evans. And many of them would be true. And unprintable. But did she deserve to be murdered? DI Winter Meadows has no doubt of the answer when he takes the case. The crime was violent. The victim helpless. But the motives are many, and the only clue is a word left on Stacey’s body. DI Meadows struggles to pierce the secrecy surrounding the teenager’s love life. But as each suspect is excluded, Meadows is convinced that something sinister is afoot. When another body is found, a veil of silence descends like a fog upon Gaer Fawr.