Verlag: Universe
A five-year story of love between ordinary people who survived World War II on just 49 days spent together. How did they do it? This true story based on real lives explores the conundrum.
In Regency England, 1816, it is not fashionable to display fairy blood. With her mother’s dubious bloodline, and her father’s death, Miss Wychwood acts as her cousin’s unpaid housekeeper and companion. However, when a childhood friend returns, will she remain a dowdy chaperone or take a chance at love? Sweet Romance (fade to black) Written in a Jane Austen (book) style Childhood love returns Poor girl makes good Fairy Godmother Magical dress and ball scene Dance of Hearts is a quick read, short story fantasy fairytale for fans of Regency romances who want a dash of fairy magic with their tea and cake. Appropriate for 12+ up readers.Zum Buch
AN IMPOSSIBLE MISSION. A QUEST FOR THE TRUTH. ONLY SHE HAS WHAT IT TAKES . . .1943, AmericaSOE's Saffron Courtney is back in New York, but even as she recovers from her mission to Washington, events on the other side of the Atlantic are making her return to England inevitable. The War Office need someone to extract an asset - a Jewish scientist, Caleb Ezra, a man vital to the war effort - from his hideaway on the besieged island of Leros. But first there is a debt to settle, and the mob do not wait - even for a decorated war hero . . . 1946, KenyaBack in her beloved homeland, and reunited with her lover-now-husband Gerhard von Meerbach, Saffron thinks that she might finally have found the peace that she craves. The war is over. But when she's paid a visit by an English operative who blackmails her with accusations of Gerhard's involvement in Nazi atrocities, Saffron has no choice but to return to the US at his bidding. With not only her life, but her family at stake, Saffron must track down Ezra once more - before it's too late . . .RETURN TO WILBUR SMITH'S LEGENDARY COURTNEY SERIES WITH A POWERFUL NEW WWII THRILLER - ESPIONAGE, CONSPIRACY and a RACE-AGAINST-TIME MISSION FOR THE TRUTH IN THE FOLLOW ON FROM WORLDWIDE BESTSELLERS COURTNEY'S WAR, LEGACY OF WAR AND CROSSFIRE.Zum Buch
Sir Michael of Weedon might think that his service to the crown ended when the Queen died and he was no longer required as her knight. He is wrong, for his qualities as a true and loyal warrior mean that he can be trusted. King Henry and the Earl of Suffolk send him to France to recover a pyx. Before he can complete his task, he is conscripted back into the army and finds himself, once more, fighting alongside Sir John Talbot.Zum Buch
#1 AMAZON BESTSELLER , Top 3 in Indian Literature - US & India "The Malgudi Days of our generation." What if the most honest witness to a childhood wasn't a person - but the Colony dog who understood humans more than they understand each other? For fans of Remarkably Bright Creatures and The Travelling Cat Chronicles comes a luminous debut set in the sun-drenched afternoons of 1980s and 90s India - a novel about a boy growing up too fast, and the colony dog who watched everything. Bhilai, 1989. India's steel township is a world unto itself - a cluster of identical quarters, shared courtyards, cricket in the dust, and Doordarshan on Friday nights. Ten-year-old Amit Verma has just arrived at C3 with his sister Guddi, ages 10 and 11, navigating middle school, new friendships, and a cast of neighbors who are legends in their own lane. Watching over all of it is Jackie - the colony dog, philosopher, and Chief Human Observer - who has seen enough of people to understand them better than they understand themselves. Together, they narrate a single unforgettable year. The friendships that form and fracture. Colony Diaries is the book for everyone who has ever tried to hold a place in memory before it slips away - and for every diaspora heart that knows exactly which mango season they are still trying to get back to. Why readers are falling in love with Colony Diaries:Pure 80s & 90s Nostalgia: Cricket matches, summer holidays, neighborhood legends, the "Society" childhood, rendered in full.A Story with Heart Behind It: So moving it inspired the author's 12-year-old daughter to help bring it to the world.A Rare Family Audiobook: Narrated by the author's wife Sanjukta and Daughter, Aira - making it a listening experience unlike any other.Globally Recognized: #1 Bestseller across multiple Amazon categories, praised across 9 countries. Perfect for readers who loved Remarkably Bright Creatures, he Travelling Cat Chronicles, Malgudi Days, The God of Small ThingsZum Buch
DON'T OPEN FIRE UNTIL CHRISTMAS Patrick Foley is a haunted man. After losing his family in a brutal Commanche raid, he drifts from town to town seeking justice and revenge. His mission—to track down the killers—has hardened his heart against all men, good or bad. But his icy resolve begins to melt when he arrives in the small Texas town of Christmas Creek—along with a massive winter storm that traps him there with a good woman, her little boy, and some very bad men . . . Texans call it a Blue Norther. A fast-moving onslaught of heavy sleet and snow, it brings Foley's search to a halt, but also gives him a chance to warm up with the charming young widow who runs the general store. Her name is Lovejoy Peace. She has a friendly smile, a six-year-old son—and a terrible problem with mean-spirited cowboys stealing supplies from her store. Being a gentleman, Foley raises his gun to defend the widow and stop the thieving snakes. But the battle is far from over . . . The storm is getting worse. The cowboy gang is snowbound, too—and they're ready for a rematch. If Foley, the widow, and her son can survive the night, it'll be a Christmas miracle . . .Zum Buch
