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In July 1944, Arielle von Auspeck arrives at the glamorous Hotel Ritz in occupied Paris. Half-French, half-German, she is happy to be back in France, where she her husband, Gregor, a retired colonel, will join her soon from Germany. Arielle and Gregor have thus far been able to hide their private opposition to Hitler. Then her world falls apart. She receives word that Gregor was part of Operation Valkyrie and a failed attempt to assassinate Hitler in Poland, and has been shot as a traitor.

After an unexpected heartbreak and a nasty accident on a busy Liverpool street, Lara Flynn is desperate to start afresh and leave painful memories behind her. She takes on a new job as a district nurse and midwife at a country practice, in the remote Lancashire village of Ingleside. But instead of the friendly rural idyll she pictures, Lara finds she must cycle vast distances to visit locals who harbour an innate suspicion of a newcomer from the city – as well as dealing with unpredictable livestock, an erratic senior doctor and often challenging medical cases.

The Hundredth Chance is a 1900 novel by the British writer Ethel M. Dell. It was one of four of Dell's novels to make the Publishers Weekly list of top ten best-selling books during the 1910s in America. In 1927, Dell adapted the novel as a play.

Доброго вам здравия, уважаемый читатель. И терпения, если решили ознакомиться с этой книгой. Она посвящена таинственному и неизвестному эпизоду в истории Оренбургского казачьего войска, верности казаков своему слову, трагическим событиям Гражданской войны, людям, которым пришлось пройти через это, и выпавшим на их долю испытаниям. Немного истории, воображения, интриг и приключений вокруг исчезнувшего обоза с войсковой казной. И это первая книга о манящей к себе тайне. Договоримся, что любые совпадения с историческими личностями и событиями случайны.

Tidak dinyana, dalam perjalanan liburan dari Saigon menuju Marseille, Sri menemukan kembali kemesraan dan kelembutan yang telah sekian lama didambakannya itu pada Michael Dubanton, komandan kapal yang sudah beristri dan mempunyai dua orang anak. Sri yang tidak mencintai suaminya sejak semula itu pun menjalin kasih dengan Michael yang kecewa dengan istrinya!

Seventeen-year-old Maddie has grown up in a boarding house on one of Blackpool's poorest streets. Life is busy, but happy, as she works alongside her mother taking care of their visitors. But when war breaks out, her happiness is shattered as her fiancé is called up to fight for his country, and suddenly Maddie's future is filled with uncertainty.

Fearless Seffy was hoping for a transfer to England to be near Callum, the Canadian soldier she has given her heart to. Instead she is instructed to train a new group of lumberjills. Will their unhelpful attitude finally be a match for Seffy’s determination and cheerfulness? Sensible Jean is a true believer in the wartime effort. When she meets a conscientious objector can she accept that following the rules might not always define a person? And young Missy has come all the way over from Canada to surprise her first love, Callum who is stationed as a soldier in England.

Der von wahren Begebenheiten inspirierte Weltbestseller zeigt das Schicksal einer jungen Frau, die sich zwischen ihrer Familie und ihrer Liebe entscheiden muss. Japan, 1957. Um ihre Familie vor dem finanziellen Ruin zu retten, soll die 17-jährige Naoko Nakamura eine arrangierte Ehe eingehen. Naoko liebt jedoch einen Soldaten der US-Marine, obwohl Amerikaner und ihre ganz andere Lebensweise von vielen Japanern verabscheut werden. Als ihre Familie erfährt, dass Naoko schwanger ist, wird sie verstoßen.