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Sleep. Something Henry longs for yet cannot seem to attain. It had never been the case before, but since his younger sister, Louisa, has been out in society, he is plagued by nightmares of failure. And to top it all off, an old acquaintance has asked for his assistance in watching out for another young lady during her first season. He should say no. But his good nature will not allow it.

Verliert euch in einer großen Saga vor der atemberaubenden Kulisse des amerikanischen Westens. Folgt einer jungen Frau, die das Geheimnis ihrer Vergangenheit ergründet, und erlebt eine Liebe, die alle Zeiten überdauert. Texas, 1836: Während eines Überfalls auf Fort Parker wird die elfjährige Cynthia von Indianern entführt und in eines ihrer Dörfer verschleppt. Sie muss lernen, unter ihren Todfeinden zu leben. Doch was mit Hass und Abscheu beginnt, endet in tiefer Verbundenheit. Aus Cynthia wird Naduah, aus einem verängstigten Mädchen eine stolze, willensstarke Frau.

Jane Merritt’s impulsive first marriage was a thoroughgoing disaster, so much so that she vowed she would never marry again. But when a young man in every respect the opposite of her first husband appears, she discovers her heart has a will of its own. Philip Egerton has always known the plan for his life: take his Oxford degree, win a fellowship, and serve a curacy until he comes into the living promised by his uncle, at which time he will marry his uncle’s angelic ward. Certainly a woman such as the widowed Mrs. Merritt, with her spotty past, has no place in his vision.

This heart-pounding mix of Lovecraftian horror and historical espionage will captivate fans of cosmic terror and WWII thrillers alike, immersing listeners in a world where ancient gods and modern warfare collide in a fight for ultimate power.

Told in a completely distinctive and mesmerizing voice, Wan is the story of Jacqueline, a privileged artist in 1970s South Africa. After an anti-apartheid activist comes to hide in her garden house, Jacqueline's carefully constructed life begins to unravel.

A Gathering of Soldiers relates the story of Daniel Ryan, an Irish immigrant who has begun a new life in Georgia just as the events leading up to the momentous civil war in America have begun to unfold. The book describes his experiences upon enlisting with a group of his peers, in a north Georgia militia company, following Abraham Lincoln's first summons for troops to invade the southern states.

Sjömannen Ismael mönstrar på valfångstfartyget Pequod som leds av den excentriske kaptenen Ahab. För många år sedan förlorade Ahab sitt ben under ett möte med den vita valen Moby Dick, och har sedan den dagen drömt om hämnd. Driven av galenskap ger han sig ut på jakt efter havsodjuret och får med Ismael och resten av besättningen på äventyret. Ahabs besatthet sätter inte bara hans eget liv på spel utan även alla andras ombord på fartyget. Kaptenen har förklarat krig mot ett av havets mäktigaste odjur och är beredd att offra allt för att få sin revansch.

Blott sexton år gammal debuterade hon på landets mäktigaste teaterscen, Bollhuset. Från logerna blickade kungen och hans hov ner på henne. Förmögna män mätte henne med lysten blick. Hennes skönhet var en förbannelse som skulle få henne landsförvisad till det förrevolutionära Paris. Men också en tillgång när hon ensam gav sig iväg på bildningsresa till Italien och lyckades charma den europeiska eliten. Beata Charlotta var skådespelerska, kurtisan, spion, vän med en drottning och älskarinna åt en man som blev kung. Hon blev bara trettioett år gammal.

En ny generation Lauritzen ger sig in i fastighetsbranschen och i en ekonomisk kapplöpning som leder till väldiga vinster. Eller avgrunden. Eric Letangs advokatbyrå ställs inför helt andra påfrestningar i form av den moralpanik som leder till incestmål och terroristrättegångar där rader av oskyldiga kommer att dömas. Det rättsliga sammanbrottet kulminerar därefter i mordet på landets statsminister. 1980-talets vildsint egoistiska stämningar är på väg att bli det socialdemokratiska folkhemmets svanesång. Allt kan hända. Och det händer.

En berättelse om vänskap, svek, maktlystnad och frihetstörst som för läsaren tillbaka till den gustavianska tiden, skildrad ur kvinnornas perspektiv.

Det är juni 1810 och det brinner en eld på terrassen till det Fersenska palatset. Grevinnan Sophie Piper rör sig oroligt fram och tillbaka, göder elden med brev och avskrifter som under inga omständigheter får hamna i orätta händer. På Stockholms gator hörs pöbeln ryta: De ska hänga räfvhonan i hennes egna tarmar och sedan supera på Haga. Där förbereder sig drottning Charlotta på flykt.

In 1944, Petra Reynolds, a tender 12-year-old farm girl, resided in a tranquil Midwest town. Removed from the atrocities of World War II, Petra’s innocence is kept intact. However, she knows polio has already killed or maimed thousands of Americans. Petra’s friend, Benjy, a polio survivor, uses a wheelchair. Quarantine signs posted throughout town fill her with dread. There’s nowhere to hide. Petra’s life took an unexpected twist when, due to a playground incident, she found herself in the school‘s infirmary alongside the notorious eighth-grade rebel, Chester Harrison.

Sommaren 1914 fotvandrar kokerskan och skomakardottern Malin Blomsterberg från Skåne till Östergötland. Målet med vandringen är Ellen Keys Strand vid Vättern, och avsikten är att bli kvar. För Malin vill komma nära de stora tankarna och tänkarna, och allra mest nära författaren Ellen Key. Det blir som hon önskar, hon blir Ellens trotjänarinna, lärjunge och vän, sekreterare och förtrogna. Men med den stora tacksamheten kommer också rädslan för att inte duga, och för att förlora allt.

Silas Yorke is in hiding. After being falsely accused of murder by one of the most powerful peers in England, he has no other choice. But he itches for freedom. Concealment in the countryside was difficult enough, but to clear his name, he must assume a new identity and go to London. There, he courts real danger—the last thing on his mind is courting women. Until he meets Miss Easton.

Aida is just six years old when her family escapes the war bearing down on their village in Bosnia. But survival comes at a price. The home they make in Italy is safe, though not their own. Aida watches, helpless, as her parents grapple with a guilt and nostalgia she doesn’t understand. They yearn for a place that no longer exists, a place she barely remembers yet comes to resent for its lingering ghost.

In 1672, Henry Morgan took 36 ships and 2,000 men to sack Panama City for a $1 billion plunder and 600 slaves. Afterward, Morgan cheated his men, disappearing with nearly the entire treasure, and 200 slaves on three ships never to be seen again. Morgan alone survived as a haunted man who hid away in drunken debauchery, and burned his log books to keep the world from learning the terrifying truth. True story. Three hundred years later, Sophia Martinez discovers odd relics hidden within a 200-year Roatan Island family home that reopens a legacy of disappearance, dementia and death.

The latest action packed novel from Vincent FormosaIt has been a long war for Tim Chavell. A veteran of operations in France, Malta, the Adriatic, and off the Dutch coast, he is long overdue for a rest. Instead, he finds himself posted to Scotland to take command of a Mosquito strike wing at RAF Aberdour. In headlong retreat, the Germans are being pressured from all sides. The iron ore that keeps heavy industry going comes from a precarious supply line that must be protected at all costs.

In order to save the man she loves from the enemy bent on destroying her, Lady Whitney Rutherford sheds her identity and escapes her past, making a new life for herself as Mr. Roger Wentworth, missing person locator extraordinaire. But when Whitney's best friend from her old life comes up missing and there is every indication the girl was taken by the debauched members of a secret club, Whitney dons a new disguise and infiltrates the club, determined to unravel the mystery and save her friend. She never expects to encounter Drake Sutherland - the man who still has her heart.

It is the summer of 1853 and Commander James Rutherford leaves Calcutta once more to renew his campaign against organised Oriental piracy. The principal pirate leader Liang Ziu is dead, but Rutherford obtains intelligence that his criminal organisation continues to operate from a heavily fortified base, secure from conventional attack. Beset anew by intrigue and treachery, Rutherford must somehow confront and destroy this final stronghold, a task which poses difficulties and trials unlike any he has yet encountered.

In Nazi Germany, young Manfred is hardly aware of the influence that draws him into the existing political system. After the War he changes his name and builds up a new career, starting a family, first in the States, later in Britain. While his friends and family have no idea of his activities during the War, his daughter Nora and his grandson Andrew, being interested in recent history, begin to suspect their (grand-) father’s dark secret.