Stryder of Blackmoor, ein Ritter der "Bruderschaft des Schwertes", kämpft um die Liebe der Troubadourin Rowena de Vitry. Während er versucht, ihr Herz zu gewinnen, vergisst er seine Feinde. Sie bleibt an seiner Seite, als der König ihn des Hochverrats beschuldigt.
Mary, geprägt von der Klosterschule, entwickelt eine brennende Neugier nach dem sinnlichen Leben. Auf der Suche nach dem Mörder ihrer Schwester dringt sie ins Rotlichtmilieu vor und gerät in die Fänge eines mächtigen Mannes, dessen erotische Finesse ebenso gefährlich ist wie sein Wirtschaftsimperium.
Madness and murder rip through the suspense novel by the bestselling author Catherine Coulter. FBI Agent Dillion Savich is on a challenging case involving the kidnapping of two teenage boys when trouble boils up in his personal life. His younger sister Lily has crashed her car into a redwood in California's Hemlock Bay. Is it another suicide attempt, the second since the loss of her young daughter some seven months before? Savich and Sherlock discover that four of Lily's paintings, left to her by their very famous grandmother, artist Sarah Elliot, now worth millions, are at the heart of an intricate conspiracy. Lily and art broker Simon Russo are thrust into ever widening circles of danger that radiate from a notorious collector's locked room. Dillion Savich and his sister Lily both have to face their worst fears to survive.
A soli ventinove anni Samantha Sweeting è la star di un noto studio legale di Londra. Pochi minuti di una sua consulenza valgono una fortuna. Lavora giorno e notte ed è tutta concentrata sulla carriera. Ma proprio mentre aspetta con ansia di essere nominata socio si accorge di aver commesso un errore che le costerà il posto. Sconvolta, fugge dall'ufficio e si ritrova in aperta campagna con il cuore in tumulto. Chiede informazioni in una splendida casa e per un malinteso viene scambiata dai proprietari per una delle candidate al posto di governante. E viene assunta, senza che i suoi datori sappiano che Samantha è sì una ragazza dal quoziente intellettuale stratosterico, ma non ha la più pallida idea di cosa significhi tenere in ordine una casa... Dal talento inimitabile di Sophie Kinsella, una nuova e adorabile commedia romantica: la storia di una ragazza che ha bisogno di rallentare. Di trovare se stessa. Di innamorarsi. Di cominciare finalmente a vivere. E di scoprire a cosa serve un ferro da stiro.
The dark and romantic novel by Jojo Moyes, internationally bestselling author of Me Before You, After You and the new bestseller Still Me. **** 'Warm, engaging and acutely observed.' - Woman and Home Isabel Delancey has always taken her gifted life for granted. But when her husband dies suddenly, leaving her with a mountain of debt, she and her two children are forced to abandon their home and move to a crumbling pile in the country. With the house falling down around them, and the last of her savings fast disappearing, Isabel turns to her neighbours, not knowing that her mere presence there has stirred up long-standing obsessions. As she fights to make her house a home, passions and lives collide. Isabel will discover an instinct for survival she never knew she had - and that a heart can play a new song . . . 'A skilful blend of emotional intensity and satisfyingly drawn characters' - Marie Claire
Too young to get whisked away by a Stannah Stairlift, or to enjoy the luxury of a walk-in bath, Marie is all the same getting on in years - and she's thrilled about it. She's a bit preoccupied about whether to give up sex, but there are compensations, like falling in love with her baby grandson, and maybe falling in love with someone else too.