He and Sofia are not the old couple's only visitors that night - and soon he and Sofia will be running for their lives . ...and beneath the swirling light show of the Northern Lights, a desperate fight ensues - of man against man, of man against nature - a fight for survival that plays out across the snow and ice.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts presents a novel set deep in the bayou of Louisiana—where the only witness to a long-ago tragedy is a once-grand house… Declan Fitzgerald had always been the family maverick, but even he couldn't understand his impulse to buy a dilapidated mansion on the outskirts of New Orleans. Ever since he first saw Manet Hall, he'd been enchanted—and obsessed—with it. Determined to restore the mansion to its former splendor, Declan begins the daunting renovation room by room. But the days spent in total isolation in the empty house take a toll. He sees visions of days from a century past and experiences sensations of terror and nearly unbearable grief. Local legend has it that the house is haunted, and with every passing day Declan's belief in the ghostly presence grows. Only the companionship of alluring Angelina Simone can distract him from the mysterious happenings in the house, but Angelina has her own surprising connection to Manet Hall—a connection that will help Declan uncover a secret that's been buried for a hundred years.
Heart-stopping romance, devastating secrets and dark magic, from bestselling author Lauren Kate. The stunning sequel to Teardrop. Eureka's tears have flooded the earth and now Atlantis is rising, along with its evil king, Atlas. Eureka is the only one who can stop him – but first she must learn how to fight. She travels across the ocean with Ander to try and make sense of the dark world her sorrow has created. But dark secrets are hidden in the depths – will she be strong enough to defeat Atlas, or is her broken heart just what he needs to power his rising kingdom? Eureka has the chance to save the world. But she'll have to give up on everything – even love . . .
Toen Cat Hayes in een opwelling trouwde met een knappe, berooide ober in St Tropez, kon ze niet vermoeden dat ze enkele weken later weduwe zou worden. En wat ze al helemaal niet wist, is dat wijlen haar echtgenoot in werkelijkheid Oliver Ducasse heette en erfgenaam was van het beroemde Ducasse-parfumimperium… Cat wordt uitgenodigd op het chique landgoed van de familie Ducasse, waar ze hen in ontredderde toestand aantreft. Sommige familieleden ontvangen haar met onverholen vijandigheid en wantrouwen; vooral Olivers neef Xavier, zelf een eersteklas playboy, behandelt haar als een ordinaire golddigger. Wat moet ze doen? Zo hard wegrennen als haar hoge hakken haar kunnen dragen? Of is zij juist de vrouw op wie deze verwarde, rouwende familie eigenlijk zat te wachten?
Het waargebeurde verhaal van twee families verscheurd door overspel
Als twee echtparen van partner ruilen, heeft dat grote gevolgen voor hun kinderen.
Als meisje werd ze als seksslavin verkocht, maar nu redt ze anderen
Born in a village deep in the Cambodian forest, Somaly Mam was sold into sexual slavery by her grandfather when she was twelve years old. For the next decade she was shuttled through the brothels that make up the sprawling sex trade of Southeast Asia. Trapped in this dangerous and desperate world, she suffered the brutality and horrors of human trafficking—rape, torture, deprivation—until she managed to escape with the help of a French aid worker. Emboldened by her newfound freedom, education, and security, Somaly blossomed but remained haunted by the girls in the brothels she left behind. Written in exquisite, spare, unflinching prose, The Road of Lost Innocence recounts the experiences of her early life and tells the story of her awakening as an activist and her harrowing and brave fight against the powerful and corrupt forces that steal the lives of these girls. She has orchestrated raids on brothels and rescued sex workers, some as young as five and six; she has built shelters, started schools, and founded an organization that has so far saved more than four thousand women and children in Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos. Her memoir will leave you awestruck by her tenacity and courage and will renew your faith in the power of an individual to bring about change.
New England, 1690. Sarah Carrier ha solo nove anni, ma già conosce la fatica del lavoro nei campi e le asprezze della vita dei coloni, alle prese con una terra dura, piena di insidie e di terribili epidemie. Eppure, con la forza e l'innocenza dei bambini, è capace di ritagliarsi spazi di gioco e di intime confidenze con l'adorata cugina Margaret, alla quale è legata da un affetto profondo e da un mondo fantastico in cui c'è posto solo per loro due. Se è facile amare Margaret e i genitori di lei, più difficile per Sarah è capire la propria famiglia, i fratelli, quel padre rigido e austero, sempre chiuso nei ricordi di un misterioso passato nella vecchia Inghilterra. Ma soprattutto le è difficile comprendere la madre Martha, intelligente e rigorosa, lingua tagliente e polso di ferro, così diversa dalle altre donne della colonia... La vittima ideale per quel vento malvagio di sospetto e di fanatismo che travolgerà Salem e i villaggi vicini, in un crescendo di isteria collettiva da cui prenderà il via la caccia alle streghe. E solo quando avrà toccato con mano l'orrore, Sarah capirà che l'amore di una madre ha molti modi di mostrarsi...
È il 1792 a Londra, e il traffico è intenso in Hercules Buildings: ventidue case a schiera di mattoni con un piccolo giardino sul davanti e un pub a ciascuna estremità della strada. Nel trambusto di carrozze, cavalli e barrocci, grida di pescivendoli, venditori di scope e fiammiferi, lustrascarpe e calderai, Jem Kellaway, un ragazzo col viso allungato, gli occhi azzurri infossati e i capelli biondo-rossicci, trasporta all'interno del numero 12 una sedia Windsor dopo l'altra. È il mese di marzo e il caldo e il rumore sono insopportabili. Jem esploderebbe certamente di rabbia e stanchezza se d'improvviso non calasse una strana pausa di silenzio sulla strada e la signorina Pelham non si zittisse e Maggie non smettesse di fissarlo. Seguendo il suo sguardo, il ragazzo scorge un uomo attraversare la via. Robusto, la faccia larga, la fronte spaziosa, gli occhi grigi e la carnagione pallida, vestito semplicemente, camicia bianca, brache, calze e giacca nere, e un bizzarro berretto in testa, un bonnet rouge, il copricapo con la coccarda blu, bianca e rossa della Rivoluzione francese. È uno degli abitanti più noti degli Hercules Buildings: William Blake, l'artista, il poeta che stampa "strani libretti" e inneggia alle idee che incendiano il paese dall'altra parte della Manica.
Een Amerikaanse antiquair probeert in Griekenland oudheden te vinden om zijn trieste levenservaringen te vergeten.
'Suddenly, she felt the thrill of being in so foreign a place, far more foreign that she had expected; a place where anything might happen ...' The restored Tuscan farmhouse on the edge of an ancient wood is the perfect setting for a late September holiday. As Justine Elliott, ehr friends and their families from university gather to relax and unwind, she hopes it will be a chance to put the most tragic events of the prvious year behind them all. However, the apparently peaceful Italian countryside holds as many secrets as its visitors and, before the week is out, the past and the present will collide, with unexpected and dramatic results ...