Showing results by publisher "Saga Egmont" in Genre Fiction

At the time of her death in 1815, twenty-nine-year-old Ellen Hutchins had catalogued over a thousand species of seaweed and plants from her native Bantry Bay. Ireland’s first female botanist, Ellen was a major contributor to nineteenth-century scientific discovery. And yet, like so many brilliant women lost in history, it is her personal story that will resonate today. In her remarkable debut novel, Marianne Lee fuses fact with fiction to imagine Ellen’s rich but tormented inner life, repressed by the gender and class confines of her time.

"Husets prakt förbluffade henne men skänkte ingen tröst. Rummen var alldeles för stora för att hon skulle våga röra sig fritt i dem; hon trodde att hon skulle ha sönder allt hon rörde vid och hon smög omkring i ständig fruktan för ett eller annat; ofta drog hon sig undan till sitt eget rum för att gråta; och den lilla flickan, om vilken det sades i salongen när hon hade lämnat den på kvällen att hon verkade så medveten om sin enastående goda tur som man kunde önska, avrundade varje dags sorger med att snyfta sig till sömns."

En älskad klassiker i nyöversättning av Maria Ekman från 2016. När Anne Elliot var nitton år lät hon sig övertalas av sin familj och vänner att bryta förlovningen med sin stora kärlek, sjöofficern Wentworth, vars klasstillhörighet var betydligt lägre än hennes egen. En händelse som satte djupa spår i Anne. Åtta år senare har hon enligt sina nära och kära för länge sedan passerat sin ungdoms bästa år och därmed missat chansen att träffa en passande fästman. Men när Wentworth dyker upp i Annes liv igen är stämningen ångerfull och spänd.

A family secret. A new romance. And a summer she will never forget. When Caroline left Lake Summers thirty years ago, she thought she’d never return to the place where she lost her parents. But when she finds out that the town’s lily garden lovingly built by her mother is going to be destroyed, she knows fate is calling. Dropping everything at her office in Chicago, she knows she is the only person who can save the garden. Caroline and her daughter Lee are welcomed home by the warm smile of her mother’s best friend Maxine, and piles of pancakes at her cozy little restaurant in town.

Surpass all odds, break the chains, defeat a God... Heracles’ trials are far from over. Carrying the weight of the heavens, accompanied only by his most loyal friend, Iolaus, he will do anything to atone for his crimes. But all is not as it seems. Gods and men alike plot against him... First Heracles must obtain the girdle of the Amazonian Queen, Hippolyta, steal cattle from the monstrous Geryon, and take apples from the Garden of Hesperides.

La vida matrimonial de Malena cae en picado cuando descubre que su marido le está siendo infiel con otras mujeres. Sin trabajo, sin un sitio a donde ir, ni un rumbo para su vida, Malena decide lanzarse a disfrutar de su propia sexualidad mientras encuentra una solución a su situación. Al apuntarse a una página de contactos, su sobrino político, Adrián, la descubre, y acaba por hacerle una propuesta tan descabellada como indecente: le ofrece ser su amante durante lo que son sus vacaciones de verano.

Fünf Menschenschicksale im Zweiten Weltkrieg, spannend, tragisch und verstörend miteinander verbunden. "Die Zeit vor dem Tod" ist ein spannender Roman über einen dänischen Polizisten, einen englischen Fliegerbomber-Piloten, ein zwölfjähriges Mädchen und einen deutschen und einen russischen Soldaten, die schicksalhaft im Zweiten Weltkrieg miteinander verbunden sind. Alle kämpfen einen mutigen Kampf, um in den Wirren des Krieges überleben zu können - aber letzten Endes sind es simple Zufälle, die über ihr Schicksal bestimmen.

Narcís Presas, a prop dels seixanta anys, s’ha retirat a un casalot enmig del bosc amb la intenció de matar Amanieu de Palol, el protagonista de la sèrie de novel•la històrica que l’ha convertit en un escriptor d’èxit. Abans que ho enllesteixi es presenta a la casa una amant de vint anys enrere amb una oferta sorprenent: serà la seva esclava. Per sempre. Però la incapacitat de l’escriptor per comprendre els sentiments de la seva filla, enamorada d’un il•lusionista, i per afrontar la vida, la naturalesa i tot allò que l’envolta, el fa dubtar ...

"Operation Red Dragon and the Unthinkable" is the second instalment in the Rosone’s and Watson’s "World War III" series, an Amazon Top Selling series. It is set in an America which refuses to surrender their forces in the Middle East and capitulate to the Caliphate’s demands. The Middle East is ablaze and the Islamic State threatens the United States, nuclear annihilation is a risk on both sides, and China is hovering around the battlefield.

Entre Majorque et Marseille, deux destins de femmes bousculées par la Guerre d'Espagne et un secret de famille, mais unies par une même passion : la pâtisserie. Marseille, 2016 - En démontant le faux plafond d'un hôtel en travaux, un ouvrier tombe sur une boîte en fer rouillée contenant les souvenirs d'une vieille dame. Magdalena. Mais que se cache-t-il derrière cette photo de mariage ?

La potenza narrativa di Silvia Avallone torna con una storia di condanna e salvezza, scandagliando le profondità di una storia d'amore tra due solitudini che sa farsi portatrice di una promessa, seppur remota, di redenzione. Un romanzo potente e umano che riafferma come la luce più pura possa crescere anche al centro di un abisso di disperazione. Il giorno in cui Bruno assiste al misterioso arrivo di Emilia nel borgo della piccola comunità montana di Sassaia non sa ancora che quell'evento è destinato a stravolgere, di lì a poco, la sua esistenza.

Liz, une jeune femme brillante et ambitieuse, voit sa vie basculer après un accident qui la rend tétraplégique. Samia, marquée par les galères et les discriminations, lutte pour mener sa vie comme elle l'entend. Alors que tout semble les opposer, leur rencontre voit naître une amitié exceptionnelle. Cette sororité sera-t-elle assez forte pour les aider à affronter les épreuves à venir et le passé de Samia qui revient la menacer ?

Escape to the Highland Coral Beach - where broken hearts can be healed. Beatrice Halliday needs a break from life. Booking a trip to the Highlands on a whim, Beatrice hopes learning Gaelic in a beautiful Scottish village might help heal her grief after losing her baby, her husband and her much-loved job in the space of months. But Port Willow Bay isn't exactly as the website promised. Instead of learning a new language, she's booked in to learn the ancient skill of willow weaving, her hotel room is Princess and the Pea themed (with a stack of mattresses for her bed!) and worse still, her tutor is Atholl Fergusson, the grumpy landlord of the hotel where Beatrice is staying.

This uplifting debut novel from Cornwall based writer, Liz Hurley, is sure to put a smile on your face. Ariana Byrne knows how to survive. After becoming a guardian to her four little sisters after their parents died when she was only eighteen, she had to grow up quickly. Now shes in her twenties, stuck in a loveless marriage to Greg, trying to make ends meet for her young twins, William and Leo.

Glamouröse Familiensaga: Liebe, Gewalt und Intrigen. 1912: Die Bauerstochter Sofie Brix rettet die Reederei-Erbin Anna Nieland aus einem brennenden Strandhotel. Zwei Jahre später erhält sie das Angebot, bei Annas wohlhabender Hamburger Familie eine Stellung als Gesellschafterin anzutreten. Für Sofie geht ein Traum in Erfüllung - auch wenn ihr anfangs die Ablehnung mancher Mitglieder der Familie und des Personals entgegen schlägt. Dann bricht der Erste Weltkrieg aus: Die Männer werden eingezogen. Sofie und Annas Schwester Edith engagieren sich als Krankenschwestern auf einem Lazarettschiff.

What if we're all just searching for something? Anna Stewart is lost. After barely surviving a car accident as a teenager, Anna is scared of settling. Flitting between jobs, boyfriends and homes whenever she gets bored, she has no idea what the future holds. Then her brother Brodie, minister of Glendale, suggests she moves to the beautiful Scottish village, lining up a housekeeper job for her at Glendale Hall. Out of options, Anna agrees to take the job just for the summer.

Piero è un ladro d'auto che, in una notte nebbiosa, incontra un ragazzo enigmatico in un autogrill della Pianura Padana. Tra i due nasce un legame misterioso, che li spingerà a una fuga senza meta e – forse – senza senso. Una storia intensa che riesce a descrivere i desideri e le frustrazioni del nostro tempo.

Im abgelegenen Bergdorf Eschberg wächst Johannes Elias Alder heran – ein junger Außenseiter mit einem Gehör, so fein, dass er den Flügelschlag einer Mücke hört und Bachs Choräle wie Feuer durch seine Adern jagen. Seine leidenschaftliche, unerfüllte Liebe zu seiner Cousine Elsbeth treibt ihn zu immer waghalsigeren musikalischen Höhenflügen – und zu einer Entscheidung, die alles verändert: nie wieder zu schlafen.

'Tis the season for finding love... and the perfect book! With just two weeks until Christmas, everything in Clove Lore should be perfect. But the latest holidaymaker to the Borrow a Bookshop is feeling far from festive... Icelandic ex-bookseller Magnús Sturluson might be surrounded by love stories in the Bookshop, but he’s nursing a sadness that not even fiction can fix. When Alexandra Robinson winds up stranded in Clove Lore, she finds a safe place to hide from heartbreak. After all, all that’s waiting for her at home is a cheater boyfriend and the memories of her parents.

The third gripping instalment in a dystopian thriller series, where modern-day recruits compete in a fight to the death in the streets of Edinburgh. Live by the rules. Die by the rules. Or break them and take your chances in the chaos that follows... The Pantheon Games are the biggest underground event in the world, with millions watching online as modern-day recruits battle to the death with weapons of the ancient world. Tyler Maitland left his life behind to search for his sister, who disappeared after joining the Pantheon's Edinburgh chapter.