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Autumn 1941, and as female conscription looms, three women arrive at the Bell Works Factory in Hucknall to work on the Spitfire production line. Lily soon realises her real dream is to pilot the planes; Edna longs to be reunited with her evacuee daughter, but soon discovers she has a much bigger problem; and Jeannie fears the worst after weeks of no news from her fiancé. Despite all the heartache, with a bit of festive cheer and 'can do' attitude, The Engine Girls will pull together and do all they can to ensure Britain's safe for the New Year.

In 1915 three women start work at a toffee factory in the market town of Chester-le-Street, Durham. Anne works for the enigmatic owner Mr Jack. She is highly efficient and whips Mr Jack's disorganised office - and Mr Jack himself - into shape. However, behind her business-like façade, Anne hides a heart-breaking secret. Elsie is feisty, fun and enjoys a good time. However, her gadabout ways get her into trouble when she falls for the wrong man in the sugar-boiling room. And there's dependable Hetty, who's set to marry her boyfriend when he returns from the war.

'A heart-warming and affecting tale' – Woman's Weekly Homecoming for the Chocolate Girls is the heartfelt and dramatic conclusion to this gritty family saga about love, war and chocolate. 1946: The war might be over, but for the Gilby family there are still battles to be fought at home...

Like half of all the young women living in the Scottish town Clydebankin early 1911, Ellen works at the sewing machine factory. So does her big sister, Bridget, Bridget's fiancé Malcolm, and her new friend Sadie, who has come to work at the factory after the death of her father. For Sadie, the factory is a way to make ends meet, but Ellen has sewing in her veins. She is even making Bridget's wedding dress on her beloved sewing machine. But after the excitement of the wedding dies down, everything changes.

An aspiring makeup artist takes on predatory Hollywood in this addictive debut novel with bite—a sultry, thrilling blend of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Killing Eve, and A Promising Young Woman. It’s 1950 and Loretta Reynolds is newly arrived in Hollywood, fresh off a con that brought...

It is the summer of 1927 and Hotel Portofino is prospering under Bella’s stewardship. As the season begins, Bella is keenly looking forward to her son Lucian’s imminent arrival and the chance to discuss with him her plans to convert the hotel’s basement into a spa. But then Bella’s husband Cecil turns up unannounced. Over the course of several hot weeks in the middle of the Italian summer, Bella is forced to confront the reality of her relationship with Cecil and to decide to what extent she is prepared to go against social convention to get what she wants.

Pearl has given up on her dreams of being a journalist after being denied a promotion because of her gender. Joining the WAAF as a radio telephone operator for Bomber Command, Pearl's new job at RAF Fenthorpe serves two purposes – providing an income for her grandmother, and keeping a close eye on her younger sister, Thea, an instrument repairer at another Lincolnshire bomber station.

Eine Liebe, so bewegend wie Rilkes Verse... Als der umschwärmte Dichter Rainer Maria Rilke die junge Bildhauerin Clara Westhoff das erste Mal sieht, ist er hingerissen: von ihrer Schönheit, ihrer Durchsetzungskraft, ihrer Leidenschaft für die Kunst. Als Clara das erste Mal ein Gedicht aus seinem Mund hört, ist sie ihm erlegen – wider besseres Wissen. Denn Rilke gilt als unstet und macht dazu noch ihrer Freundin und Malerin Paula Becker den Hof.

Wales, 1943. Sara Lewis should be heartbroken when her husband doesn't return from war. But he was never the kind husband she hoped for. And now she's stuck with her cruel mother-in-law on the family farm. Sara must do what is best for her young son. So she leaves the farm for the safety of her sister's home. Despite herself, she begins to notice Carlo, an Italian prisoner of war. Longing looks soon turn into a connection neither of them can sever. But fraternization is forbidden. As their love grows, so does the danger all around them.

1926. Violet Armstrong er tjenestepige på det luksuriøse Evergreen Spa Hotel, hvor Australiens overklasse tilbringer vintermånederne. Da hun første gang får øjenkontakt med unge, velhavende Sam Honeychurch-Black, slår det gnister, men deres forhold er lige så forbudt, som det er passioneret, og da en snestorm fanger både gæster og ansatte på hotellet spidser situationen til 2014. Lauren Beck arbejder på en café i Blue Mountains ved siden af det, der engang var Evergreen Spa Hotel.

Cliffehaven, December 1946. From a hill above the town of Cliffehaven, a young woman makes a heart-breaking choice that will change the course of her life forever. Hours later, a baby is found in the Nativity crib of the local church. Who could have left him there, and why? The mystery preoccupies everyone in Cliffehaven - not least Peggy Reilly, who has enough to contend with at Beach View Boarding House without this extra secret to unravel.

Die erfolgreiche Familiensaga geht weiter! Deutschland, 1959: Gigi flieht vor einer unglücklichen Liebe zu ihrer besten Freundin Mabelle Haynbach. Diese versucht Gigi abzulenken, indem sie sie in die Arbeit im Modehaus einbindet. Als die beiden Frauen Kleider in einem Filmstudio abliefern, begegnet Gigi Leo Fürst. Sie verfällt dem erfolgreichen Schauspieler mit Haut und Haar. Die beiden freunden sich an und verbringen ein paar schöne gemeinsame Stunden. Doch da Leo sie auf Abstand hält, zieht sie sich zurück. Nie wieder möchte sie unglücklich in einen Mann verliebt sein.

Via het leven en de liefdes van het personeel van het Waldfriede-ziekenhuis komt dertig jaar Berlijnse geschiedenis tot leven. Berlijn, 1929. Als het Waldfriede-ziekenhuis eindelijk naam heeft gemaakt dreigt de toekomst er radicaal anders uit te gaan zien. Nu een nieuwe golf van werkloosheid en armoede plaatsvindt vallen mensen makkelijk voor de beloftes van de nationaalsocialisten. Directeur Louis Conradi voelt de veranderingen aan en houdt de sympathie voor de partij angstvallig in de gaten.

Maria Borchardt steht vor den Trümmern ihres Lebens – und trotzdem findet sie die Kraft für einen Neuanfang, der ihr letztlich mehr beschert, als sie je für möglich gehalten hätte... Maria Borchardt ist nicht mehr dieselbe Frau seit diesem schrecklichen Weihnachten 1976. Seit die Polizei an der Tür der Villa Borchardt geklingelt und der Staatsanwalt ihr den Durchsuchungsbeschluss präsentiert hatte. Seit sie erfahren hatte, dass ihr Mann Hanns Borchardt in betrügerische Machenschaften verwickelt war.

When Maisie Vasey leaves her husband and brings her daughter to live on Pendragon Island, she causes unrest within more than one family. Underneath the happy surface of this Welsh seaside town, relationships can seem fragile and easily destroyed. When Maisie comes to work for Edward Jenkins at Montague Court, he soon makes his intentions clear, but she has very different ideas about where their friendship is heading. Lewis and his fiery wife Dora continue to row with each other, even though they both know that love still binds them together.

Poachers and dealmakers, the Griffiths family have always managed to scrape by on the edge of the law. As rationing finally draws to an end, the tight-knit community finds itself coming to terms with a new world in which social boundaries are being eroded and opportunities are growing for all. Heartache remains a constant though, with Caroline Griffiths trapped in a sham marriage to Barry Martin, and Rhiannon Lewis still mourning their broken engagement.

Petticoats, Wirtschaftswunder und die große Liebe – eine starke Frau auf der Suche nach dem Glück. Hamburg, Anfang der 60er Jahre: Die junge Klara Paulsen hat ihre Stelle als Bildredakteurin bei der Frauenzeitschrift "Claire" aufgegeben, um eine noch viel aufregendere Aufgabe zu übernehmen: Chefreporterin bei einer neu gegründeten Zeitschrift für Musik und Mode. Es ist die Zeit von Rock’n’Roll und Minirock, die ganze Stadt vibriert. Und niemand hat ein besseres Gespür für die prickelndsten Ereignisse als Klara und ihre Freundinnen.

Munich. September, 1938. When twenty-one-year-old Madeleine Hamilton is asked to smuggle two young pupils to Berlin, she nervously agrees. But, when they run into trouble on the train, it is Maddie’s turn to be saved by a chance encounter with a handsome man. Bletchley Park. September, 1939. A year later, Maddie is undertaking training in Morse code when a familiar face shows up unexpectedly. The attraction between them is as deep as it is instant, but Maddie knows one person holds the potential to harm her country and her heart – and it is her duty to protect both.

Die Geschichte von Yves Saint-Laurents größter Inspiration – eine Frau, die alles für die Liebe riskiert. Paris, 1968: Als die junge Loulou zu einer Teestunde in illustrer Gesellschaft eingeladen wird, könnte sie sich nichts Langweiligeres vorstellen – und allgemein fällt es der in London geborenen jungen Frau schwer, in Frankreich anzukommen. Endlich hat sie es geschafft, aus dem Schatten ihrer berühmten Mutter herauszutreten, alles in ihr wehrt sich dagegen, sich von ihrem bunten, ausufernden Stil abzuwenden und der hier vorherrschenden kühlen Eleganz anzupassen.

After saving her family farm from falling into disrepair Framboise, a secretive widow, lives a quiet life splitting her time between home and the creperie where she brings her mother's recipes to life. When her nephew approaches her to exploit her family's culinary legacy, Framboise is forced to confront her dramatic childhood at the heart of the German Occupation of France.