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When Rosie Lyman travels to the Lake District as a volunteer to help children rescued from the horror of the concentration camps after World War II, she hopes that by caring for the young orphans, she can distract herself from the loss of the man she loves and her beloved daughter.

As I stare at the ultrasound, my eyes fill with tears. My husband squeezes my hand, thinking they are tears of happiness. How do I tell him they aren’t? When I meet the love of my life, Mark, I have everything I ever dreamed of. Our lives are perfect, until we find out I can’t give him the one thing he truly wants—a child. There is a small glimmer of hope. We could use a surrogate. But as the doctor explains that we can’t use my eggs, my heart breaks all over again.

New York City, 1928: Ellen and Lucas Lyman have made a heart-wrenching decision to leave their beloved Amherst Island behind in search of a new life. The island was once the home of their hearts: where they had met as children, become friends, and over time found love.

Glamorous city girl Hannah Ford wasn’t thinking when she walked out of a Christmas party and drove 300 miles into a snowstorm; she just needed to escape. Thankfully local carpenter Sam Taylor comes to her rescue, and the unlikely pair is forced to spend a snowed-in Christmas together.

When Rosie Lyman and her cousin Violet join the Canadian Women’s Army Corps, Rosie is uncertain about leaving her life in Ontario behind and entering a new and challenging world of duty and service. From the moment Rosie signs up, the intensity of the work pushes all thoughts of home from her mind. And when she is selected for officer training and a placement overseas in London, Rosie finds herself swept up into an exciting world of classified postings she could never have imagined....

As I hold my daughter’s newborn baby to my chest, my heart breaks knowing she didn’t live to meet her son. Someone will need to raise this child, but who will fight the hardest?

The Bryant family have taken the plunge and moved to Wildflower Valley, West Virginia! Tackling house renovations, barnyard disasters, homeschool high jinks and a garden that doesn't always want to seem to grow, Abby and Josh and their four children must face every setback together, along with their motley crew of neighbors.

England, 1939: When Alice marries twinkly-eyed, kind-hearted vicar David, it means leaving everything from her old life behind and moving into the draughty vicarage in the beautiful but remote village of Goswell, Cumbria. Though homesick, she's determined to make a new life there for herself and her husband. But soon tragedy strikes, and Alice is devastated when war breaks out and David chooses to sign up to fight. But everything changes when she's asked to take in a child evacuee, and she makes a promise to protect this girl, no matter what it costs her…

Grace longs only to hide away. Fleeing both a traumatic marriage and a scandal-laden divorce, she needs to disappear somewhere safe with her six-year-old son Jacob. Finding the job running a small nature reserve on the remote, beautiful island of Lighthouse Cove off the rugged Maine coast feels like a miracle. It’s a tiny slice of land with a population of exactly twelve—about as much peace and solitude as a person could possibly dream of. But Grace isn’t the only one looking to hide away.

England, 1918. As war ends, across the world people are trying to heal and recover. But Eleanor still feels broken. The loss of her beloved brother, killed just days before the Armistice was signed, feels impossibly unjust. Spending her time in the neglected garden behind their house, she fears her heart will never recover. Then her father hires a man to help restore the garden to its former glory.

England, 1766: Abigail is happily married to James, a tobacco trader turned sea captain, and is looking forward to starting a family and settling down in Whitehaven, deep in the Lake District. But after a series of devastating losses, she finds herself in turmoil, with her future suddenly seeming unknown…

Boston, 1838: Once upon a time Isobel Moore was thought to be one of Boston’s most eligible young women. But, after a marriage proposal gone wrong, she is now at threat of being labelled a spinster. And, though her work at a small school for impoverished immigrants brings her great joy, she can’t help but wish for more in life. When her dream of finding love fails to come true, she knows - if she’s to have the family she dreams of - it will take desperate measures.

1832, Scotland: When Caroline Reid is offered the chance to travel to America to live with her estranged uncle, she has only two things on her mind: to become the belle of Boston society and to make an enviable - and financially advantageous - match. But from the moment her journey begins, things do not go as she expects. From the seasickness on her Atlantic crossing, to the unexpected friendship she strikes up with a young widow named Eleanor, the Caroline who set sail for the New World isn’t quite the same person who arrives there....

England, 1868: Orphaned and penniless, eighteen-year-old Sarah is left the sole guardian of her beloved little sister Lucy—who she’s vowed to protect at all costs. With nowhere left to turn, she is forced to accept mysterious widower James Mills’s proposal of marriage. She believes being his bride can’t possibly be as bad as the threat of the workhouse. But nothing prepares her for the darkness of her marriage, the shocking secrets of her new family, and the lengths she will have to go to keep her sister safe…

Old secrets emerge, tempers flare. And so we parents decide to leave the beach, telling the teenagers to enjoy themselves, reassuring them someone will be back to collect them in an hour or two. But when I return later, I know something is really wrong. Our teens are slurring their words, stumbling to the car. It’s clear they have been drinking, and I’m shocked. I never expected our kids to behave this way. I’m bracing myself to have firm words with them in the morning, but the next day my concerns fade to nothing when 17-year-old Bella claims my son Finn assaulted her.

Seit drei Jahren ist Daisy mit dem griechischen Multimilliardär Matteo Dias verheiratet. Und genauso lange lebt sie allein auf einer Insel in der Ägäis; eine unglückliche, einsame Braut, denn von Liebe war bei ihrem Arrangement keine Sekunde die Rede! Doch nun überrascht sie ihren gefühlskalten Ehemann in Athen und stellt ihm ein Ultimatum. Sie verlangt etwas von ihm, das die sorgsam errichtete Mauer um Matteos Herz gefährlich zum Wanken bringt: Sie will endlich eine Hochzeitsnacht, eine Familie - eine echte Ehe, entgegen aller Abmachungen.

"Sie gehört zu mir!" Milliardär Rico Falcone weiß genau, dass die hinreißende Fremde kein geladener Gast der Party ist. Doch ihr exotischer Zauber fasziniert ihn. Also gibt er sie als seine Begleitung aus - und lädt sie kurzerhand in sein Penthouse über den Dächern von Rom ein. Doch kaum hat er sie sinnlich verführt, verschwindet sie schon wieder spurlos aus seinem Leben. Die Erinnerung an das Gefühl, sie in seinen Armen zu halten, lässt Rico nicht los! Himmel und Hölle setzt er in Bewegung, um die namenlose Schöne wiederzufinden.

Gdy Lily poznaje żołnierza armii amerykańskiej, Matthew, jest nim urzeczona. Wie, że jego misja zaprowadzi go na pole walki i że ich miłość praktycznie nie ma szans. Ale chce słuchać swojego serca. Jednak jak może to zrobić, skoro dowiaduje się, że Matthew nie jest tym, za kogo się podaje? Że skrywa sekret, który może zmienić nie tylko jej życie, ale życie wielu innych...

Poruszająca historia o odwadze trzech sióstr, które zaryzykują wszystko, włącznie z własnym życiem, by ocalić ukochanych ludzi i kraj przed niewyobrażalnym złem nazistowskich rządów. ROK 1938, AUSTRIA. Johanna, Birgit i Lotte wiodą spokojne życie, pracując w warsztacie zegarmistrzowskim ojca i pomagając mamie w prowadzeniu domu. W kraju zachodzą zmiany. Każdego dnia ich serca są łamane na nowo, a życie ukochanych przyjaciół i rodziny jest zagrożone.

Chase, Luke et Aaron. Les frères Bryant aiment mener le jeu, mais l'amour, lui, n'obéit à aucune règle. Une semaine sur une île paradisiaque des Caraïbes avec interdiction de s'approcher du moindre dossier? Autant dire une véritable torture pour Millie. Après les tragiques événements qu'elle a vécus deux ans plus tôt, son travail est son refuge, sa seule raison de vivre.