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Arnulf slås medvetslös på en engelsk strand och när han vaknar upp befinner han sig, till sin förvåning, i ett kloster. En munk vid namn Stefanus sköter om hans såriga kropp och till en början förstår Arnulf varken ut eller in. Hur har han hamnat där? Och var ska han ta vägen härnäst? Det ena leder till det andra och inte långt därefter är Arnulf, nu under namnet Veulf, återigen på plundringsfärd med ett nytt sällskap vikingar.

The Earl of Rockhaven calls on his friend the Vicar, the Reverend Simon Wolverham, to ask if his beautiful daughter, Lucinda, will pretend to be his own daughter, Muriel, who is away in Scotland staying with her aunt. Fortunately the girls have similar looks and Lucinda could easily be taken for Muriel. The Earl explains to the Vicar that a certain Baron Schlesinger and his son, Kurt, from Germany have invited themselves to luncheon at his nearby ancestral home and are insistent that his daughter is present for the occasion.

Change is coming, but are the people of Camptounfoot ready for it? For generations, the oldest village in Scotland has remained unchanged but now it is 1853 and the railway is coming to Camptounfoot. Shy and beautiful Emma Jane Wylie is determined to fight for her father’s dream - the construction of the railway bridge that will carry the new track southwards. Her father’s demise puts Emma in charge.

"Als je een man was geweest, Orchidee, had je makkelijk China kunnen besturen," zei de keizer Hsien Feng van China tegen zijn vrouw. Orchidee was een normaal meisje van lage komaf, maar is door keihard werken opgeklommen tot keizerin in China. Duizenden concubines in de mysterieuze Verboden Stad in Peking heeft ze achter zich gelaten door de wensen van de keizer te begeren.

Rosa, die Tochter der angesehenen Familie de la Vega, läuft als junges Mädchen von ihrem Zuhause in Montevideo weg. Auf ihrer Flucht lernt sie Albert Gothmann, einen reichen Bankierssohn aus Frankfurt, kennen. Die beiden verlieben sich ineinander und Rosa folgt Albert nach Deutschland. Eine Entscheidung, die auch nachfolgende Generationen beeinflussen wird. Den historischen Kontext der Familiensaga bilden dabei Südamerika und Deutschland im 19. Jahrhundert.

"Bernsteinerbe" bildet den krönenden Abschluss der Bernstein-Trilogie von Heidi Rehn. Wir schreiben das Jahr 1662: Magdalena hat inzwischen ihre Tätigkeit als Wundärztin niedergelegt und führt das Kontor gemeinsam mit ihrer Tochter Carlotta, doch diese arbeitet lieber als Wundärztin und ist inzwischen eine der Besten in der Stadt. Eine Leidenschaft, die sie mit Christoph Kepler teilt. Doch die Beziehung mit dem Arzt ist alles andere als rein professionell. Die beiden verbindet eine leidenschaftliche, aber geheime Liebe, da ihre Eltern sich hassen.

Melanie has been the ward of Sir James and called the estate of Wroxford Priory her home. When Sir James dies and the new heir his nephew arrives, things are not off to a great start. Thinking that Melanie is the maid, Sir Luke gives out orders and causes Melanie to move out. Yet their relationship soon changes as Sir Luke does his best to woo Melanie, whose feelings also begin to heat up. Enticing her to move back in, things soon take a different turn for the two. The novel written under one of Ida Pollocks pseudonym, Susan Barrie, provides a classic memorable Pollock love tale.

The beautiful Alvita who had lost both her parents, was living quietly in her family home in Southern Russia. Her father had been Russian and her mother had been English. Alvita was pleased to receive a visit from her brother, Ivor, but shocked when he told her that they must leave Russia immediately, as a Revolution was inevitable and would start very soon. He had brought with him his friend, Nicholas, who said that he would help them pack up as many of their treasures as they could and make their way to England. Alvita felt a little unsure of Nicholas, but thought that perhaps she might be mistaken.

At the age of eleven youngLizzie Mudies life changes forever. With the death of her mother in the most shocking disaster, Dundee has ever seen, Lizzie is forced to grow up quickly. She discovers a strength beyond her years and when an unexpected legacy bestows upon her the dilapidated Green Tree Mill, she is determined to turn things around.

The lovely red-haired eighteen year old Lady Viola Francis is orphaned. She and her fortune are in the power of her stepfather, the sinister Sir Rudolph Vane. Violas late father, the Earl of Galhampton, was passionately interested in motor cars and from an early age Viola worked with him on his engines. Now she wants to fulfil his ambition to build one that can be sold to the growing numbers of people keen to acquire this new and expensive form of transport. Sir Rudolph, however, has other plans for her and her fortune and wants her to marry the ineffectual Lord Carncross.

Catherine should have known better when she met the exciting David Barrington that he was trouble. He was handsome and rich and made her visit to Morocco all the more thrilling. Yet he had a terrible reputation with women and was far from Catherine’s type. Can she resist him, despite it all, especially in such a romantic setting? The 20th-century love tale was written by Pamela Kent, a pseudonym of English romance writer Ida Pollock.

Wie had ooit gedacht dat de strooien hoed met gouden glans haar hele leven zou veranderen? In het prachtige Victoriaanse Londen krijgt Emily de prachtige hoed cadeau van haar beste vriendin. Wanneer ze naar Nice reist voor vakantie, trekt het hoofddeksel de aandacht van de aantrekkelijke Paul, en Emily weet zijn hart te veroveren. Helaas is Paul niet de lieve man wie hij leek en verwoest Emilys leven, waar zelfs haar kinderen en kleinkinderen nog de gevolgen van kunnen merken. Hoe heeft de strooien hoed alles zo overhoop gehaald?

Lucy Nolan was charged with taking care of the invalid daughter of the cold and distant Sir John, whom Lucy names Tiberius. She is very fond of the daughter, Miranda, and thus Lucy cannot help but feel distressed when Sir John introduces a difficult and temperamental ballerina into the household. Or is it something else than concern for Miranda – are her emerging feelings for Sir John himself getting in the way? The dramatic love story dates back to the 20th century and was written under one of Ida Pollock’s pseudonyms, Susan Barrie.

In the late autumn of the first year of the English Civil War, William Sparrow and Hugo Telling are again caught up in the impossible confusion tearing the country and their lives apart. This time, their greatest battles, fought on both land and sea, are with a new enemy, Lord Clavincale.

Lorena Conway has devoted most of her life to being a secretary to her father, a noted historian. Sir Arthur suddenly dies and leaves Lorena with too little money to maintain her childhood home. Wondering how she will survive, the beautiful Lorena overhears a friend of her neighbour plotting to kill the Earl of Bramfield, who has recently and unexpectedly inherited from his father and whose vast estates lie near her home. Realising that she has no option but to try and convince the Earl of the peril he is in, Lorena sets out to confront him.

The beautiful Ilena Foringham not only helped her father, who was a senior Member of Parliament, with his speeches but she also assisted Lord Witherington with his. She had always found him a tremendous bore, but when he eventually proposed marriage to her she knew that this was something that she could not bear and that she could never be happy with him. As Ilena realised that her parents also wanted her to marry Lord Witherington, she knew that she had no option but to run away.

Victoria survives a car accident along with her employers son and begins to care for the boy, who is now fatherless. Sir Peter kindly enough provides the two with a place to stay. Yet Sir Peters fiance who also inhabits the place is far from kind towards Victoria, whose feelings for the man of the house slowly begin to deepen. How can Victoria maintain this new-found stability in her life and the affections of Sir Peter over this vicious other woman? The romantic novel mapping out a dramatic love tale dates back to the 20th century and was written under one of Ida Pollocks pseudonyms, Susan Barrie.

Richard Trenchard was a man used to having his way, so when he wants his sister to pass over her secretary Melanie Brooks as a companion to his young niece, she has to succumb to his will. When Melanie turns up late to their first meeting, he is not happy. Yet things slowly begin to kindle between the two, and she has to acknowledge the romantic surroundings that Richard keeps placing them in the English countryside and the Australian Alps are the perfect setting for a budding love affair. A must-read for fans of literary romance and surprising twists of fate.

Minella Clinton har nästan lämnats utfattig på grund av sin fars skulder. Hon vågar bege sig till London för att be sin barndomsvän Connie om hjälp att hitta en anständig anställning. Connie är en av de berömda Gaiety Girls, och när en av gruppens medlemmar blir sjuk övertalas Minella att ersätta henne och spendera helgen på Lord Wynterbornes slott. Greven och Minella förbluffar och förvirrar varandra. Ett hastig äktenskap har gjort honom cynisk, och hon är alltför oerfaren för att förstå vad det är som han egentligen förväntar sig av henne.

Die junge Annabel hat sich damit abgefunden, als Nonne im Kloster zu leben, als sie urplötzlich von ihrer Mutter nach Hause zurückgeholt wird. Sie soll den Schotten Ross McKay heiraten, der eigentlich ihrer Schwester versprochen war, die jedoch mit einem Stallburschen durchgebrannt ist. Obwohl Annabel nicht die Frau ist, die er sich ausgemalt hat, ist der starke attraktive Ross McKay von seiner schüchternen liebevollen Braut angetan. Annabels Leben nimmt durch die Heirat eine entschiedene Wendung. Weder weiß sie, wie man den Haushalt eines Schlosses führt noch ist sie vertraut mit ihren ehelichen Pflichten.