Nouveautés

"Anne d'Avonlea", le deuxième roman de la série bien-aimée d'Anne Shirley, plonge les lecteurs dans l'univers enchanteur et pittoresque d'Avonlea, une petite communauté rurale sur l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard, au Canada. Écrit par Lucy Maud Montgomery et publié en 1909, ce livre continue les aventures de la pétillante orpheline aux cheveux roux que nous avons rencontrée pour la première fois dans "Anne... La maison aux pignons verts".

Lady Violet knows Lord Christian Jepstow is interested in women. The problem is, he hasn't seemed to realize that Violet is a living, breathing woman—a woman with needs. Which is a huge problem, considering the fact that Violet and Christian are betrothed. Violet has no intention of saying her vows without knowing if her husband has the capacity to love her properly, so she does what anyone would do in her situation—she steps into his study and offers to take off her clothes. What happens next could be an utter disaster . . . or it could be surprising, seductive, and sizzlingly sexy.

Recently impoverished orphan Titania Stanhope must marry money if she plans to survive. The Earl of Oakley has money, but, in an attempt to keep gold-digging girls at bay, keeps it a secret. Then he meets Titania, whose sharp wit and keen mind are rivaled only by her lovely face.

Lady Charlotte Jepstow certainly knows how to make an impression—a terrible one. Each one of her ball gowns is more ostentatiously ugly than the one before. Even she has been forced to wonder: Is she unmarried because of her abysmal wardrobe, or does she wear clashing clothing because she doesn't want to be pursued in the first place? But when Charlotte meets Lord David Marchston, suddenly a little courtship doesn't sound so bad after all.

Miss Katherine Grant is a lady's companion, one whose number of dishonorable offers (six) greatly outweigh her honorable ones (zero). Now tasked with making certain her charge, Lady Euphemia, does not contract herself to someone inappropriate, she finds herself inexplicably drawn to Mr. Henry Dawkins, the inappropriate gentleman Lady Euphemia wants to charm, who keeps the books at Madame Follette's. But it seems that Henry only has eyes for Miss Katherine Grant.

Isobel MacNeil has grown up a simple village Lass and craves adventure, knowledge, and love. Laird Jamie Murray is looking for a woman who will bring a strong alliance and run his keep. Love is not required. When the two encounter each other in a loch, her bathing and him grievously wounded, sparks fly and passions ignite.

Auteur van De nachtegaal en Aan het einde van de wereld. Wanneer de twintigjarige verpleegster Frances 'Frankie' McGrath de onverwachte woorden 'ook vrouwen kunnen helden zijn' hoort, gaat er een wereld voor haar open. Ze is opgegroeid op een idyllisch eiland voor de kust van Californië, onder de vleugels van haar conservatieve ouders. Haar toekomst leek zo simpel: school afmaken, trouwen en in haar moeders voetsporen treden als de perfecte vrouw des huizes. Maar het is 1965 en de wereld is aan het veranderen.

Vibrant and eager, Lady Amelia makes her debut with the Ton. She quickly becomes the season's darling, attracting a host of suitors. However, Amelia finds herself drawn to a mysterious newcomer with secrets that could endanger the Norrington family's reputation.

Meet Me at Rainbow Corner follows the lives of Dot, Lilly and their friends, as they dance the nights away, fall in and out of love, and navigate the horrors of war. Lilly goes on a secret mission with her Colonel to France, and Dot becomes pregnant and returns to Liverpool. When the war is over, they are reunited, having travelled by boat to the US with countless other war brides to meet their repatriated fiancés again. Along the way, they uncover a case of inside espionage and learn the true meaning of love.

Araştırma inceleme, oyun ve senaryo yazarı Turgut Özakman'ın ilk romanı Korkma İnsancık Korkma; evvel zaman insanları, nice güzellikler, bahçeler, ıhlamur ve sakız ağaçları, yosun kokusu, yakamozlar, baygın şarkılar, yanık tangolar, sevgi, hoşgörü, sevinç ve sessizlik eşliğinde, büyük coşkularla gelişen bir aşkın romanı. Öyle bir aşk ki; anne sevgisini, dost sıcaklığını, öğretmen sabrını dokuyarak sunuyor. Sonuçta; tüm bu özelliklerine özgün bir anlatımda eklenince, Türk edebiyatının vazgeçilmezlerinden biri olarak duruyor karşımızda Korkma İnsancık Korkma.

Köln, 1206: Das Heilige Römische Reich ist seit Jahren in einem erbitterten Krieg zerrissen, weil zwei Könige um den Thron kämpfen. Trotz großer Gefahr reist die junge Heilerin Maria vom Niederrhein nach Köln, um einer geheimen Schwesternschaft beizutreten. Doch mit Entsetzen muss sie feststellen, dass die Schwestern nicht mehr in dem Kloster leben. Die willensstarke Maria gibt nicht auf und bleibt in der Stadt, die bald vom Stauferkönig Philipp bedrängt wird. Auf ihrer Suche nach den Schwestern begegnet sie den staufischen Feinden.

Leningrado, 1941. La guerra parece lejana en esta ciudad de antigua grandeza, donde dos hermanas, Tatiana y Dasha Metanova, comparten un minúsculo apartamento con su familia. La vida bajo el gobierno de Stalin es dura, pero las privaciones que les aguardan ni siquiera son imaginables: el ejército de Hitler está a punto de invadir su querida patria.

When investigative journalist Clay MacIntyre stumbles upon a moonstone brooch that transports him back in time to the 1901 Pan-American Exposition, he unwittingly sets off a chain of events that could irrevocably change the entire MacKlenna Clan. Desperate to rescue his friend, Patrick Mallory and a group of family members embark on an adventure to the 1901 Expo, where romance blooms and danger lurks in the shadows.

No man wishes to be strong-armed into siring children, But the maid, Frida, is an alluring captor. Enticed by her touch and blinded by her beauty, His yearning becomes unbearable. What happens when his hunger can no longer be contained? Fair Frida is about to find out!

Lady Roslyn Barrett’s launch into society was delayed by her foolish brother’s untimely demise. It makes a lady wish she’d been born an only child… All right, she did love the nitwit, and didn’t wish him to die; however, that doesn’t negate her irritation. Now she is at a disadvantage and the ton won’t let her forget her family’s scandalous past. She has a secret though, one that she won’t confess under any circumstances: Roslyn has already met the man she wants, but he doesn’t appear to return her feelings.

Sabrina Hughes is a wealthy noble woman inside of Great Britain. The Hughes, Hamilton’s and Ward’s families have a reach that touch all over the globe. The families provide the game board. The citizens and even the royals, are the pieces. Sabrina has to deal with her complicated social life, while having to perform precise business decisions. Double lives come with twice the cost. When lies are hidden discretely, then brought out into the public, what will happen?

He is a handsome lord - and a secret agent for the Crown. Charlotte Kensington is a regency salon hostess. And all is not as it seems in this tale of secrets, love, and loyalty on the eve of the Battle of Waterloo. Ideas are sparks of fire. They ignite flames of discovery. No topic is off limits in Charlotte's London salon. Indeed, guests must debate and defend their ideas with wit, prowess, and pleasant conversation.

A venticinque anni, Prudence Merryweather sa bene quali rischi corre una donna andando a trovare un gentiluomo nel cuore della notte. Ma affrontare il famigerato conte di Angelstone nella sua stanza è l’unico modo per impedirgli di coinvolgere in un duello quella testa calda di suo fratello. Ed è così che, alle tre del mattino, viene ricevuta dalla presenza proibita di Sebastian, che la bacia, con passione, prima dell’alba. Una ragazza di campagna, ingenua e innocente, nient’altro che un’esperienza intrigante per un uomo abituato a vivere nell’ombra.

Watching her too is Robbie Turner who, like Cecilia, has recently come down from Cambridge. By the end of that day, the lives of all three will have been changed for ever. Robbie and Cecilia will have crossed a boundary they had not even imagined at its start. Briony will have witnessed mysteries, and committed a crime for which she will spend the rest of her life trying to atone.

Zerrissen zwischen familiären Erwartungen und einer verbotenen Liebe hört eine junge Grafentochter auf den Ruf ihres Herzens – der mitreißende Abschluss der großen Münsterland-Saga. Münsterland 1896. Zu gern würde Clara von Scheweney Gut Friesenhain übernehmen – sprüht die clevere Frau doch vor Plänen für eine glänzende Zukunft des Gestüts. Doch ihr Bruder Wilhelm erbt das Landgut, und so bleibt Clara nur die Rolle als brave Tochter. Einziger Lichtblick sind ihre heimlichen Treffen mit Baron Richard von Thebe.