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A gorgeous rom com, full of chemistry, heart and romance. Greta Davies, the features editor at a women’s magazine, is accomplished and successful. That is, in all areas except her love life. Determined to help, Greta's boss - and friend - secretly enlists the help of the Ever After Agency, and sets out to make her dreams come true. Work-obsessed Greta is nothing if not stubborn, so it’ll take some creative thinking, which leads to a lightbulb moment: a new column focused on dating in the city. With date after disastrous date, things are not looking rosy for Greta. But little does Greta know, the perfect man has been there all along. Will she realise it’s more than friendship before it...
It was supposed to be the start of a happy, new life …1862 - a group of young Australian women set sail for matrimony in Canada. Their presence is withheld from the male passengers and all but a select few members of the crew. But their worlds collide when one of the gentlemenstumbles over the women. When one of the intended brides goes missing, only Alyssa Chalmers, the one educated, wealthy woman in the group, is convinced the disappearance is no accident. She sets out to find out what happened. Has there been a murder?Alyssa is willing to move heaven and earth to find out the truth. She is about to discover that there is more to her voyage into the unknown than she bargained for ...
Es soll die Reise in ein besseres Leben werden .... 1862. Zielhafen Eheglück: Eine Gruppe junger Frauen sticht in Australien in See, um in Kanada mit wohlhabenden Goldschürfern verheiratet zu werden. Als eine der Bräute nach einer stürmischen Nacht verschwunden ist, glauben alle an einen Unglücksfall. Alle, bis auf Alyssa Chalmers. Sie ist überzeugt, dass ein Verbrechen geschehen ist und setzt alles daran, die Wahrheit heraus zu finden. Aber steckt noch mehr hinter dieser gefahrvollen Reise steckt, als Alyssa ahnt?
1862 - a group of young Australian women set sail for matrimony in Canada. When one of the intended brides goes missing, only Alyssa Chalmers, is convinced the disappearance is no accident. What happened? Has there been a murder? Alyssa is about to discover that there is more to her voyage into the unknown than she bargained for ...
USA TODAY BESTSELLER 'We'd heard stories about the nurses in tent seven. A secret mission, stolen money, and spies...' In 1944, four American nurses disappeared for five days. No one knew what happened to them. Until now. When Kit and Red set foot on French soil during the Normandy landings, they know they have to rely on each other. As they head for the battlefield, their aim is simple: save lives. But when they're called away on a top-secret mission to patch up a few men behind enemy lines, everything changes. Alongside fellow nurses, Roxy and Gail, they're told to prepare for the worst, trading in their nurses' fatigues for civilian clothes and hiding medical supplies under their skirts. ...
The story of one woman’s fight for survival and her journey into the underbelly of a dangerous criminal world in 1950s Ireland. Peggy Bowden has not had an easy life. As a teenager, her mother was committed to an asylum and then a local priest forced her into an abusive marriage. But when her husband dies in an accident Peggy sees an opportunity to start again and trains as a midwife. In 1950s Dublin it is not easy for a woman to make a living and Peggy sees a chance to start a business and soon a lucrative maternity home is up and running. But when Peggy realizes that the lack of birth control is an issue for women, she uses their plight as a way to make more money. Very soon Peggy is on ...
Im Land der Kiwis, Schafe und Hobbits ticken die Uhren etwas anders. Wie kann ein Land am anderen Ende der Welt zur Heimat werden, wenn man sich eigentlich weiße Weihnachten wünscht, aber stattdessen am Strand picknickt? Die Tücken der Landpost, eingewanderter Wespen, Vergnügen mit Behörden und die Freuden des Schrubbens für den guten Zweck - die Journalistin Carmen Radtke hat sie alle erlebt und schildert sie augenzwinkernd in kurzen Episoden. Kiwis, Katzen, Kuchenbacken - Alltägliches wird zum Abenteuer, ein Buch, das den Leser mit nach Neuseeland nimmt und ihn das Land der weißen Wolke hautnah erleben lässt. Original Kiwi-Backrezepte inklusive!
In the last city in the world, a young woman tries to find the truth when everything she’s ever been told is a lie… When females reach adulthood in Gale City, they’re given the chance to compete at Showcase for the honor of becoming surrogates for the Morbihan—a highly intelligent, obese race of people unable to procreate naturally. All the other girls are excited to become hosts, but not Megan Skyla. Convinced there’s more to life than living under the control of the enigmatic Centrals, Skyla teams up with an unlikely friend and they go in search of a cure for the Morbihan condition. But things don’t go according to plan and their journey becomes a harrowing quest fraught with danger and deceit. She is about to discover that freedom has a price and she’s going to have to fight to survive…
In 1920 London, a female coroner’s officer seeks answers when a boy’s body is found in the Thames . . . A body has emerged from the dark depths of the river. It’s not an uncommon occurrence—but May Keaps takes every case seriously, especially when the deceased is a child. Was he simply playing too recklessly in the water, or is there more to the story? May knows that when children go missing, the reason is often linked to money. But she is in danger of underestimating the corrupting influence of power. On streets where poverty and exploitation walk hand-in-hand, everyone has a price—and some are more valuable dead than alive. But who is pulling the strings? May must journey into the dark underbelly of London—a world of smuggling, prostitution, and murder—to find the answers . . . “A wonderful heroine.” —Andrew Taylor, Diamond Dagger Award–winning author of The Ashes of London