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Elisabeth McNeill The Storm
When a Scottish village is struck by grief, those left behind must help one another find hope. It is 1881, and when a violent storm devastates the Scottish fishing village of Eyemouth, few families escape unscathed. Newlywed Rosabelle Maltman loses her husband, and her mother-in-law Effie loses her husband and three sons. For these women and their neighbours in the close-knit community, life will never be the same again. Yet as the months pass, the women must learn to look to the future, to live...
Engels | 9 uur 20 minuten (411 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Anonymous B.J. Harrison Reads Sinbad the Sailor
Sinbad is a poor man who works as a carrier under the regime of Harun al-Rashid. Every day, obediently, the man carries the heavy load on his head. One day he feels that fatigue taking over him, and he decides to sit and rest for a few minutes. While Sinbad rests, he sees a store full of fascinating luxuries and he thanks Allah for the beautiful sight. When the owner of the shop sees the poor man, he decides to invite him inside. When the two men gets to know each other, it turns out that the storekeeper...
Engels | 3 uur 3 minuten (134 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Elisabeth Mcneill Mistress of Green Tree Mill
She must find the courage to accept her fate. At the age of eleven young Lizzie Mudie’s 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. Lizzie becomes a formidable mistress, but is she prepared for the price she – and those she loves – will...
Engels | 13 uur 54 minuten (613 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Elisabeth Mcneill Lark Returning
Can Lark take the path of the woman who went before her and learn to follow her heart? Lark is a much-loved forces sweetheart spreading comfort as she sings in the music halls while Scotland’s sons fight in the Great War. But despite her fortune, Lark yearns for a life away from the crowds. She sets out to make a fresh start in the Border country seeking the contentment that has eluded her. Decades earlier, Lark’s great-grandmother, Jane, found herself in the same hills, in unhappy circumstances....
Engels | 12 uur 55 minuten (565 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Elisabeth McNeill Turn of the Tide
They have survived the worst they could imagine – now they must face the future. After a catastrophic storm tears through the village of Eyemouth in 1881, the villagers have slowly started to move on. Inconsolable at the loss of her husband, Rosabelle Maltman has left Scotland to start a new life, leaving her son behind. Meanwhile, Jessie, her sister-in-law, is finding ways to manipulate the men of the village for her own gains. But it is their mother-in-law Effie, the lynchpin of the family, who...
Engels | 5 uur 32 minuten (244 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Emma Davies A Year at Appleyard Farm
Down a winding lane lined with honeysuckle and wild flowers, there’s a beautiful orchard beside the rushing River Wye. There, in a little farmhouse in the furthest corner, a young woman has a difficult and life-changing decision to make... Life on Appleyard Farm is all Freya Sherbourne has ever known. Having spent her childhood playing between the blossom-heavy apple trees, Freya can’t imagine calling anywhere else home. But times have been hard since her father’s sudden death, and now that she’s...
Engels | 14 uur 19 minuten (641 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Lily Graham Christmas at Hope Cottage
In the little village of Whistling, with its butterscotch cottages and rolling green hills, snow is beginning to fall. Christmas is coming, and Emma Halloway is on her way home. When twenty-eight-year-old food writer Emma Halloway gets dumped then knocked off her bike, she’s broken in more ways than one, and returns to her family’s cosy cottage in the Yorkshire Dales. Emma hasn’t been back in some time, running from her crazy relatives and her childhood sweetheart, Jack Allen. Emma’s grandmother...
Engels | 7 uur 14 minuten (325 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Marco van Houwelingen Buitenstaander
Een aangrijpend familieverhaal over verlies en de zoektocht naar acceptatie. Maar het is ook een tragikomisch portret over botsende culturen en de bijzondere uitdagingen van openbare kunst. Tien jaar nadat Hans vermist is geraakt keert Rein Madsen terug naar Bonsterholm. Aanleiding is de sloop van de Sfinx: het omstreden standbeeld dat zijn vader Leopold voor het eiland heeft ontworpen. Terwijl de Holmers erop toezien dat het door hun zo gehate beeld met de grond gelijk wordt gemaakt, zoekt Rein...
Nederlands | 250 pagina's (ePub2, 0,5 MB) | Ellessy, Prinsenbeek | 2024
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Marjet Maks Naar het land van het lopend licht
Na de bevrijding in WOII tuft pater familias Frans Maris op een van de Duitsers geconfisqueerde motorfiets naar het zuiden, zijn vrijheid tegemoet. In Zuid-Spanje krijgt hij motorpech. Hij ontmoet een Spaans dorpsmeisje, Aurora, zij is de liefde van zijn leven. Na drie jaar gaat hij noodgedwongen terug naar Nederland en trouwt met Patricia, waarmee hij een tweeling krijgt. Als dit huwelijk strandt, hertrouwt hij met Enneke, met wie hij dochter Alma krijgt. De keuzes die Frans in zijn leven maakt,...
Nederlands | 504 pagina's (ePub2, 0,8 MB) | Ellessy, Prinsenbeek | 2024
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Cherry Radford The Spanish Garden
Andie finds herself in the midst of a media scandal that threatens to end her career as a TV landscape designer and her relationship with fellow presenter Johnny. On impulse, she decides to rent her grandmother's old home in southern Spain where she stayed as a child, but is shocked to discover that the beautiful Mediterranean garden she loved is now neglected and overgrown. Worse, her booking has fallen through and ex-flamenco dancer Vicente and his little son Rafi are staying at Casa Higuera –...
Engels | 9 uur 6 minuten (403 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Erin Green The Magic of Christmas Tree Farm
The scent of pine fills the crisp air as local villagers select their perfect tree. Picking the tree is the easy bit, creating a perfect Christmas is a bit trickier.. Nina has the most magical job in the world, matching customers with their perfect Christmas tree. Working at Christmas Tree Farm is always fun and full of laughter but the weight of past tragedy bears down on her. Her admirer is a great distraction, but is he the right man for her? Holly is just trying to be a normal teenager, having...
Engels | 8 uur 15 minuten (361 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Louise Emma Clarke Mum's Big Break
Life in the spotlight was never going to be easy... Jess's life was turned upside down when her blog went viral. Now, with hundreds of thousands of followers, Jess is now navigating the trials and tribulations of a world online. Being a mummy blogger was originally an escape, but now it seems to be turning into a career. And after one wrong post on her social media channels, Jess discovers that life in the spotlight isn't always peachy. With a new baby on the way, the possibility of starring...
Engels | 8 uur 15 minuten (361 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Jane Davis A Funeral for an Owl
A schoolyard stabbing sends wingbeats echoing from the past. One shocking event. Two teachers risk their careers to help a boy who has nothing. Three worlds intersect and collide. The best way to avoid trouble, thinks Ayisha Emmanuelle, is to avoid confrontation. As an inner-city schoolteacher, she does a whole lot of avoidance. 14-year-old Shamayal Thomas trusts no one. Not the family, not the gang. And at school, trusting people is forbidden. Jim Stevens teaches history. Haunted by his own,...
Engels | 10 uur 14 minuten (453 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Elisabeth Mcneill Wild Heritage
Caught between the past and the future, can friendship survive in changing times? Thirteen years have passed since the railway came to the Borders, bringing changes that would radically alter the lives of the people who lived there. Yet the steam train was not the only legacy from the men who built the railway – in their wake they left several fatherless children. One such child is Kitty Scott. Wild through neglect and an outcast within the community, Kitty is a loner... until she rescues newcomer Marie...
Engels | 19 uur 52 minuten (870 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2021
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Sue Watson Snow Angels, Secrets and Christmas Cake
Snow Angels, Secrets and Christmas Cake is a truly heart-warming and hilarious read about sisters, love and finding the courage to be yourself – one snowflake at a time. For Tamsin Angel, Christmas is always the biggest and best... chic parties and a little showbiz sparkle are a must. This year though, things aren’t going quite as planned... With bailiffs suddenly at the door and her husband nowhere to be found, it looks like Christmas just got downsized. Moving into her sister’s flat, she wonders...
Engels | 9 uur 2 minuten (400 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Kennedy Kerr Secrets of Magpie Cove
Lila had a favourite rock to sit on towards the back of the cove, where she often ate her breakfast, gazing out at the tumbling Cornish sea. As the sun rose that morning, Lila wished with all her heart that the grey-green waves could wash away her old life. That Magpie Cove would help her move on, and to forget... When aspiring pastry chef Lila Bridges flees her life in the city after a heartbreaking tragedy, she finds herself working behind the counter at Magpie Cove’s most beloved local establishment...
Engels | 6 uur 36 minuten (295 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Jane Lacey-Crane The Little Shop on Floral Street
In the wake of tragedy, two sisters have to piece their family back together again... Grace never thought she'd have to return home to Floral Street. Having spent most of her life building a successful career in London, she's done everything she possibly can to avoid the flower stall that's been in her family for generations. But when tragedy hits, she's got no choice. It's time to face the demons of the past and support her family. Faith has returned home after years travelling the world. The...
Engels | 10 uur 8 minuten (446 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Faith Hogan The Place We Call Home
Welcome to Ballycove, the home of Corrigan Mills... Set against the backdrop of the beautiful Irish countryside the famed Corrigan Mills are run by the seemingly perfect Corrigan family, but every family has its secrets, and they don't always stay hidden. Ada has forever lived her life in her sister's shadow. Wanting only to please her mother and take over the family business, now Ada has to take a look at what her heart really wants. Callie has a flourishing international career and a man who...
Engels | 12 uur 31 minuten (556 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Liz Eeles A Summer Escape and Strawberry Cake at the Cosy Kettle
‘This book is AMAZING!... What a SCRUMPTIOUS read!!... I genuinely could not, and did not want to put it down at all... I would advise that you switch your phone to silent, grab a ginormous slice of cake and ignore EVERYONE around you while you binge read...’ The Writing Garnet The Cosy Kettle café is the perfect place to escape this summer, for fans of Cathy Bramley, Jenny Colgan and Debbie Johnson. Guests can tuck into fruit puddings and strawberry-studded ice cream, but for Flora, the warm summer...
Engels | 9 uur 10 minuten (411 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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Kennedy Kerr Daughters of Magpie Cove
Connie stared out at the quiet Cornish sea as the hazy early morning light bathed the horizon in a beautiful golden glow. She inhaled the salty, cleansing ocean air, looked down at the handwritten note and wiped away the lone tear that had started to fall... Connie hasn’t been back to Magpie Cove – a seaside fishing village nestled between the cliffs – for years. When she thinks of the cove’s cobbled streets and cheerful cottages, she has to fight to push down memories she’d rather keep buried in...
Engels | 6 uur 38 minuten (296 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2022
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