Showing results by publisher "Saga Egmont" in Literature & Fiction

I walk slowly to the kitchen counter, staring out the window as Ceci rocks back and forth on the swing. My beautiful darling girl has been through so much already. How can I tell her that her life is about to change forever? When the woman from the hospital tells me that my husband Drew is in a coma my world comes crashing down. In an instant, I see our whole married life flashing before my eyes: the way our children ran into his arms when he came home from work, the way his face lit up when he read to them.

Set in a luxurious grand hotel just outside Lisbon, at the height of the Second World War, Estoril is a delightful and poignant novel about exile, divided loyalties, fear and survival. The hotel's guests include spies, fallen kings, refugees from the Balkans, Nazis, American diplomats and stateless Jews. The Portuguese secret police broodingly observe the visitors, terrified that their country's neutrality will be compromised. The novel seamlessly fuses the stories of its invented characters with appearances by historical figures.

The final thrilling instalment of The Centurions, an epic historical adventure set in Ancient Rome. Correus and Flavius, half brothers and rivals, have won respect in service to the Empire. Correus, an esteemed soldier in the Roman Army of Eagles, has been entrusted with the honoured task of running the Emperor’s brutal games. Flavius, a Centurion at his brother’s side, has risen to become the Emperor’s most trusted advisor. Now Correus has been given the deadly task of quelling a barbarian uprising in Germany.

When a giant sperm whale washes up on the local beach and tells Joe Gunner that death will follow him wherever he goes. Joe knows that the place he needs to go is home. Having stormed out two years ago, it won't be easy. Nor will returning to the river alongside the house where words ripple beneath the muddy black water washing up all sorts of memories and disturbing prophecies. Joe turns to his sister, Birdee, the only person who has ever listened and to Tim Fysh, a local fisherman and longtime lover - but reviving their bond leads to trouble.

“I have just buried my boy, my poor handsome boy of whom I was so proud, and my heart is broken.” In this sequel to the famous King Solomon's Mines Allan Quatermain has just lost his son to smallpox. Having a hard time finding any value in life anymore and bored by the quiet Victorian Britain he travels back to Africa, not knowing the adventure that awaits him. Because here he meets his old companions, Sir Henry Curtis and Captain John Good, and they too have heard the rumours of a notorious white tribe.

She wanted an adventure. What she found was so much more... When Adira Summers ditches her barrister job for a camper van, she's aiming for adventure, not a breakdown in the sleepy hamlet of Lilacwell. But fate has other plans, as she collides with Jasper - the dashing stranger tied to The Laurels, a fading family estate. In a village blooming with secrets and charm, Adira's heart wrestles with wanderlust and the unexpected allure of staying put. Meanwhile, Jasper's crossroads between life in Dubai and the pull of home - and a budding romance - promise to rewrite their destinies.

"You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit." One day, the artist Basil Hallward is painting a picture of his muse Dorian Gray with his friend Lord Henry watching. Dorian listens as Lord Henry confidentially presents his hedonistic world view, saying beauty is the only thing in life that truly matters. It makes Dorian wish that his painting would age instead of him. Not long thereafter, Dorian sees his girl perform Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and is so turned off by her bad performance that he rejects her.

Scotland, 1750, just four years after Bonnie Prince Charlie’s Rising of the Clans, it’s hard to know who’s loyal to the English and who is faithful to the Stuarts. And it’s beautiful seventeen-year-old Iona’s perilous mission to ascertain whether the Duke of Arkrae, head of Scotland’s most powerful clan, is a traitor or is he in cahoots with the English. Iona’s mission is to gain the trust of the Duke and his clan by claiming to be the sister he thought to have died as a child. As all around her doubt her claim and call her a "pretender", Iona struggles to hold her nerve.

Queen Victoria sends for the Duke of Sherbourne and asks him to undertake a very secret mission on her behalf. It is so secret that only his loyal valet is told. The Duke agrees and it takes him to Greece. He visits King George who is the same age as he is and whom he has known in the past. He has been a great success as King, although he was only eighteen when he took over the throne and he is married to Princess Olga of Russia and they are extremely happy. The Duke envies them and, although he has been pursued by a great number of beautiful women in London, he has never yet fallen in love.

Daisy Turner has worked at Buchanan’s Family Jewellers since the day she finally escaped her troubled home. With a unique talent for matching the perfect piece of jewellery to any romantic milestone, she painstakingly polishes each stunning creation every morning and safely locks them away each night, longing for the day she’ll have a love story to call her own... But everything changes one day in December when the owner announces she is retiring. She will leave the shop to whichever of her three sons creates the perfect piece of Christmas jewellery for Daisy.

"My darling girls. You were once so happy in this house. Now I’m gone, all I ask is that you spend one last summer here together on Dune Island. And please forgive me, your Nana, for the secret I’m about to tell you..." Arriving at the honeysuckle-covered beach house inherited from her beloved grandmother, recently heartbroken Jill hopes to convince her two feuding sisters not to sell a place so full of happy childhood memories. But the envelope waiting on the driftwood table changes everything.

En väckelserörelse tar form i en liten socken i Dalarna. Hellgum predikar om Jesu kraft och snart bildar människorna som samlas kring honom en sekt. Alla som inte ansluter till Hellgum stämplas som syndare, och när sekten börjar splittra familjer förvisas han från trakten. Några år senare skickar Hellgum ett brev från Jerusalem. Han uppmanar sina tidigare följeslagare att ansluta sig till honom på nytt, och socknen delas återigen upp i två läger – de som väljer att stanna kvar på sina gårdar, och de som offrar allt för att påbörja ett nytt liv i den heliga staden.

Save lives... Or take them? A gripping novel of the Roman frontier. Army Medic Postumus Justinius Corvus is a long way from his native Britannia, in the Syrian provinces at the far corner of Empire. But now he is going home, unexpectedly promoted to Senior Surgeon in the Sixth. The new Emperor faces problems in the far-flung island at the edge of Empire. Trouble is brewing north of the Wall. The tribes are stirring, a new conflict is brewing, old and new loyalties will be tested.

"1984", le livre légendaire écrit par George Orwell, enfin disponible dans une nouvelle traduction française. Un regard terrifiant sur l'avenir et une menace très claire sur ce que pourrait être notre futur, avec un État omniprésent et ultra-répressif. 1984 est le livre incontournable de l'anticipation distopique. L'histoire : Dans le futur, le monde a été divisé en trois empires qui se combattent en permanence : L'Océanie, l'Asie de l'Est et l'Eurasie. "1984" se passe à Londres, dans l'Océanie, une dictature.

Der atemberaubend-spannende Bestseller von James Douglas: Stan Polinsky muss seine Unschuld unter Beweis stellen, nachdem in Zürich die Affäre de Diesbach geplatzt ist und der Geheimdienst nach ihm fahndet. Doch dann lässt er sich auf die Mission der attraktiven Hackerin Nadine Moran ein, und so führt der gefährliche Weg die beiden über Belgrad nach Casablanca. Dort überschlagen sich die Ereignisse, da ein US-Flugzeugträger in der Meerenge von Gibraltar in einen Hinterhalt gelockt wird, hinter dem der Islamistenführer bin Golem zu vermuten ist.

Las mujeres de Sara combina amor, intriga, humor, pasión y magia, un viaje solitario de una joven chica de provincia, que busca encontrar su lugar en la capital, en una búsqueda intensa de su yo interior. Un recorrido esperanzador pero repleto de dolor, pérdidas, injusticiasy penurias que van gestando su nueva vida, en una metamorfosis modelada por el aprendizaje que emerge de su propia experiencia.

Som tonåring blir JeriLee Randall utsatt för ett sexuellt övergrepp, vilket medför att hon inte känner sig trygg med någon annan människa. En dag träffar hon författaren Walter Thornton på bussen och de utvecklar snart en vänskap som sedermera övergår i kärlek och äktenskap. Äktenskapet blir dock inte långvarigt och efter uppbrottet försöker JeriLee sig på en karriär som författare. Efter några misslyckade manus som leder till ekonomiska svårigheter tvingas JeriLee försörja sig som strippa och skådespelare i tvivelaktiga filmer.

Zwei Frauen, zwei Leben und die Liebe zum Kochen. Pip liebt ihre Heimat Tasmanien, den Geruch nach Meer und Eukalyptus, die Weinberge und die regionalen Köstlichkeiten. Und doch zieht es sie in die Ferne. Von Wissensdurst getrieben heuert die Hobbyköchin bei einem spanischen Spitzengastronom an. Im Gepäck hat Pip wenig mehr als ihre Leidenschaft für vorzügliches Essen und das mittelalterliche Rezeptbuch einer gewissen Artemisia, das sie in einem alten Kupfertopf entdeckt hat. Von den windumtosten Stränden Tasmaniens führt Pips Reise ins Baskenland, auf ein Weingut in der Toskana und in die Brasseries von Paris, bis sie in einem verwunschenen Klostergarten auf Artemisias Spur trifft und das Glück findet.

"Elfenbenslasten" tar vid några år efter När lejonet äter, och återigen får vi följa Sean Courtney. Hans son Dirk har nu vuxit upp, och Sean är redo att älska en ny kvinna. Samtidigt är Boerkriget på väg att blossa upp. Sean möter Ruth, hustru till en soldat i kriget, under en stormig natt. Det är början på en våldsam och dramatisk konflikt som kommer att hota Seans liv. Men Sean anar inte att en av de största farorna väntar på honom hemma... Den andra boken i den första sekvensen i berättelsen om släkten Courtney.

Mit dem Greis Goriot zeichnet Balzac eine Figur, die nach dem Tod seiner Frau nur von einer einzigen Leidenschaft besessen ist: der Liebe zu seinen Töchtern. Als seine zwei "Augäpfel" Delphine und Anastasie heiraten, gibt er sein gesamtes hart erarbeitetes Vermögen als Mitgift und mietet sich in einer schäbigen Pension ein.