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

Will they find their happy-ever-after in Lilacwell?Eva needs a change. After a tragic miscarriage and breaking up with her unsupportive boyfriend, she is desperate for a new start somewhere peaceful, where she can focus on her pottery.In The Cobbled Courtyard of Lilacwell, she meets the mysterious Fitz, a carpenter who similarly escaped to the tiny village a few years ago.But can you ever really run away from your past? Eva and Fitz – two wounded souls – will need to help each other heal to find love and happiness once more.A charming cosy romance for fans of Holly Martin and Suzanne Snow.

Even wedding planners struggle to get it right... Jason is the best wedding planner around, known as the Fairy Godfather to the couples whose special days he plans. But coming up against workplace prejudice is taking a toll on his love for his job. His mother-in-law, Mel, has just discovered her husband has been cheating on her with a younger woman. Nearing fifty, jobless and struggling, she needs to work out who she is aside from a mum and a wife, and get her life back on track. Meanwhile, up-tight wedding planner Harriet is struggling to find her own true love – if such a thing exists.

The dashing Duke of Selchester is on his way to visit Lord Upminster at Copple Hall when a stagecoach crashes into his own travelling carriage, buckling its wheel. Worse still, his beloved pedigree stallion, Salamanca, needs re-shoeing. Arriving on foot at the nearest village, he finds a beautiful Verena Winchcombe, who agrees to take him to the local blacksmith. It transpires that she has been awaiting the arrival of someone she calls 'the Odious Duke', who is due at Copple Hall.

"Gold Dragon" is the third novel in the "Run and Hide" series by popular author JJ Marsh. After her dangerous escapades in Brazil, Ann Sheldon has had to reinvent herself once again. Now known as Olivia Lane, she has given up the peace and tranquillity of her Brazilian beach hut and moved to one of the most densely populated cities on earth – Macau. Olivia can trust no one, and must hunt down a dangerous ex-colleague who holds the answers that she so desperately needs. A fast-paced, gripping thriller from the author of the "Beatrice Stubbs" series.

If you keep dangerous secrets you’ll pay the ultimate price... In the South of France, playground of the rich and famous, world renowned chef Dexter Franklin is organising a night to remember. As he opens the doors to his exclusive restaurant for the first time, he’s handpicked a list of guests, as hot and dazzling as the St Tropez sun itself: Mew Stanton: Fashionable, beautiful and a notorious TV chef, Dexter’s ex-girlfriend has all the ingredients for success. As her books fly off the shelves, a secret from her past is about to surface with explosive consequences.

Beatrice Halliday has turned her life around since arriving in in the Scottish Highlands six months ago. Not only has she found love with her boyfriend Atholl Fergusson, but she is now successfully running The Princess and the Pea Inn, and welcoming visitors from all over the world to the beautiful village of Port Willow. Life seems perfect - until a surprise discovery threatens to derail the happiness, she has worked so hard for. In an attempt to distract herself, she takes over the role of cupid and tries her hand at matchmaking.

Es hätte nicht viel gefehlt, und Paul Poggemann wäre endgültig unter die Räder gekommen. Er hat alles verloren. Seine Frau, seinen Beruf, den Glauben an sein Talent. Im Keller eines Mietshauses verkriecht er sich und zieht Resümee. Er weiß, dass er nur weiterleben kann, wenn es ihm gelingt, seine schrecklichen Erinnerungen zu verarbeiten. Und so macht er das, was er kann: Er haut die Gedanken an die irrsinnigen Tage seiner Reporter-Tätigkeit in die Schreibmaschine. Erinnerungen an ein Leben voller Hetze, voller Brutalität und voller Alkohol.

A schoolyard stabbing sends wingbeats echoing from the past. One shocking event. Two teachers risk their careers to help a boy who has nothing. Three worlds intersect and collide. The best way to avoid trouble, thinks Ayisha Emmanuelle, is to avoid confrontation. As an inner-city schoolteacher, she does a whole lot of avoidance. 14-year-old Shamayal Thomas trusts no one. Not the family, not the gang. And at school, trusting people is forbidden. Jim Stevens teaches history. Haunted by his own, he still believes everyone can learn from the past. History doesn’t always have to repeat itself.

What if you got a second chance with your first love? What happens when you meet your teenage heart-throb - when you're both all grown up? When Cassie was fifteen, all she wanted was to marry Jesse Franklin, the bassist from her favourite band, Franko. Now she's single, in her late twenties and wondering what happened to that teenage dream. A chance encounter on Facebook soon leads to a transatlantic hookup, and soon, Jesse and Cassie are having a long-distance love affair spanning five thousand miles.

Historian roskakorissa vain patsailla on päät harteillaan. Amerikkalainen Paul Herzog muuttaa Budapestiin yliopiston opettajapestin vuoksi. Pikkuhiljaa Paulille valkenee että kaupungissa on jotain hämärää: kadun nimet vaihtuvat yön aikana, kotitalon kerroksien määrä vaihtelee päivästä toiseen. Tuttu raitiovaunureitti päättyy seinään. Paul tutustuu yläkerran naapuriin, kansannousun kokeneeseen Ishmael Gáboriin, joka vie Paulin kaupungin ulkopuolelle Tonavan saarelle kokoontuvan Syyskuun jumalat -nimisen ryhmän iltamiin.

In 1156, the sixth Grand Master of the Knights Templar brings a mysterious object from Jerusalem to his homeland in the South of France. "The Head of Wisdom", as the strange artifact is called, ensures that the Order achieves unprecedented wealth. But in October 1307, the French king fights against the Templars. All commanderies of the Templars are closed, all members arrested. Templar Commander Lieutenant Gero of Breydenbach is to flee to Germany with the "Head of Wisdom" to keep their secret. A truly fantastic journey begins. Suddenly he finds himself in 2004 - dependent on a fascinating young woman, who might help him to fulfill his mission.

Victor (Viggi) Störteler unterhält ein einträgliches Speditions- und Warengeschäft und hat eine gutmütige, liebe Frau. Er könnte zufrieden sein, doch fühlt er sich zu höherem berufen und widmet sich ohne Talent aber mit umso größerer Hingabe der Schriftstellerei. Seine Frau Gritli kann für die überdrehte Schreiberei ihres Mannes kein Verständnis aufbringen, dennoch bestimmt er sie zu "seiner Muse" und schreibt ihr von einer Geschäftsreise salbungsvolle Liebesbriefe. Diese soll sie in gleichem Sinne beantworten, damit dieser Briefwechsel einmal in Buchform veröffentlicht werden könne.

"Oliver Twist", also known as "The Parish Boy's Progress", is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens, published by Richard Bentley in 1838. The story is about an orphan, Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is placed with an undertaker. He escapes and travels to London where he meets the Artful Dodger, leader of a gang of juvenile pickpockets. Oliver is led to the lair of their elderly criminal trainer Fagin, naively unaware of their unlawful activities.

"Le chef-d'œuvre inconnu" est une nouvelle d'Honoré de Balzac de 1831. Ce texte, à la fois fantastique et philosophique, est une véritable réflexion sur l'art.

A woman appears on the streets of Shanghai. She has thousands of cuts - and is screaming for Inspector Danilov... Days later, the woman is dead. But another body is left waiting for the Inspector. Someone is playing with Danilov... someone prepared to kill, just to get their message across. At first, the victims seem unconnected. But with each body bringing a new message for Danilov, he knows this is a riddle especially designed for him. As more bodies start appearing, time is running out to solve the deadly puzzle.

Bad Reichenhall, 1928. Die goldenen Zwanziger halten Einzug in dem mondänen Kurort und die Schwarzenbergs gehören mittlerweile zu den angesehensten Hoteliers-Familien der Stadt. Karl verwirklicht seinen Traum und eröffnet ein eigenes kleines Berghotel. Und auch ein weiterer Traum geht in Erfüllung: Er findet endlich seine große Liebe. Doch die Wahl seiner Verlobten stellt Anna auf eine harte Probe. Ist Karl blind vor Liebe? Und nicht nur innerhalb der Familie gibt es Probleme: Der Krieg wirft seine Schatten voraus.

Träume aus Seide. Hamburg, 1949: Obwohl es an allem fehlt, ist Paula fest entschlossen, die Schönheit in ihr Leben zurückzuholen - das Trümmergrau soll endlich Farbe weichen. Mit technischem Geschick und Gespür für die modischen Sehnsüchte der Frauen wird Paula die rechte Hand eines Strumpffabrikanten und will den Frauen wieder ihre heißbegehrten Nylons verschaffen. Zwischen Schwarzmarkt und Berlin-Blockade gelingt es Paula, sich in der patriarchalen Welt der Modeindustrie durchzusetzen.

Ein fesselnder, atmosphärischer Pageturner um eine unerschrockene junge Frau, die ihrer Zeit weit voraus ist. Im Sommer 1914 wird die junge Botanikerin Clara Waterfield von London nach Gloucestershire gerufen: Sie soll auf einem Landsitz namens Shadowbrook den Aufbau eines Gewächshauses mit exotischen Pflanzen betreuen. Der Garten ist überwältigend, üppige Hortensien und Rosen drängen sich um gepflegte Rasenflächen, alles scheint vor Leben zu sprühen.

Averøya, Norvège, 1911. Une Synnøve échevelée réapparaît, mais ne veut rien dire de ce qui s'est passé. Et lorsqu'elle se confie enfin à son amie Emma, elle l'accable en même temps d'un secret que cette dernière ne peut pas partager avec son bien-aimé Olav ! Alors qu'elle se débat avec la culpabilité de lui cacher la vérité, Emma est aussi assaillie de souvenirs sombres de son passé et des circonstances mystérieuses qui entourent la mort tragique de sa sœur.

Kristiansund, Norvège, 1911. Emma se trouve à la croisée des chemins, ne sachant pas si un avenir de couturière est la bonne voie pour elle ou si elle doit poursuivre son rêve de devenir artiste. Tandis qu'elle tente de déterminer ce qu'elle va faire de sa vie, Olav commence à travailler pour son oncle, un homme dont Emma se méfie profondément ; et non sans raison ! Et pendant ce temps, quelque chose, ou plutôt quelqu'un, d'insidieux se cache toujours dans l'ombre, menaçant la paix sur l'île... Que décidera Emma ? Sa famille et ses amis trouveront-ils la source du danger ?