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During a visit to her birthplace, Mafalda, the third daughter of the juggler Orontius, finds an ancient coin in the ruins of a chapel where Saint Catherine was celebrated in 1551. The coin shows the profile...

Max steckt in einer Krise. Seine Mutter ist tot, seine Ehe scheitert und er ist bankrott. Sein langjähriger Freund entpuppt sich als sein Feind, und seine Kinder verhalten sich ihm gegenüber seltsam....

Max steckt in einer Krise. Seine Mutter ist tot, seine Ehe scheitert und er ist bankrott. Sein langjähriger Freund entpuppt sich als sein Feind, und seine Kinder verhalten sich ihm gegenüber seltsam....

Sebastian is tired of feeling misunderstood by his parents and friends. He is gay and desperately looking for a way out of his sad existence. An offer from an Australian mango grower prompts him to spontaneously...

The story is set in ancient Egypt. At that time the gods rule mankind. Life after death continues in the spiritual world. Naguib is a slave and falls head over heels in love with a servant of his revered...

Sofia, homeless and lonely, is reduced to unfulfilled memories and has faded away in a void of lost dreams. During a chance encounter with a dying woman, she hears of a secret that changes her life in...

By law and like everyone else, George must die on his seventy-fifth birthday. There is not much time left and cruel things happen around him. His adored daughter reveals a secret to him too good to be...

Die siebzehnjährige Mafalda, dritte Tochter des Gauklers Orontius, findet bei einem Besuch in ihrem Geburtsort Flecken im Jahre 1551 eine antike Münze in den Ruinen einer Kapelle, in der die Heilige Katharina...

Erstes Buch: Orontius, der Gaukler Gottes Im späten Mittelalter wächst Orontius in einer Bauernfamilie als einziger Sohn in Armut auf. Nach dem plötzlichen Tod seiner Mutter vertraut ihn sein Vater dem...

Medina kommt aus einer reichen Familie und ist Einzelgängerin. Als sie sich in einen jungen Mann verliebt, kommt alles anders, als sie es sich vorgestellt hat.

Die sechzigjährige Kinderfrau Annabel wird in einen Kunstraub verwickelt, der ihrem Leben ein Quäntchen Spannung gibt.

In the late Middle Ages, Orontius grows up in poverty in a peasant family. After the sudden death of his mother, his father entrusts him to the vagabond Eberlein to protect him from hunger and hardship....

Sofia, obdachlos und einsam, ist in einer Leere verlorener Träume verblasst. Bei einer zufälligen Begegnung mit einer sterbenden Frau erfährt sie von einem Geheimnis, das ihr Leben in vielerlei Hinsicht...

Die Geschichte spielt im Alten Ägypten. Zu der Zeit regieren die Götter die Menschheit und das Leben geht nach dem Tod in der geistlichen Welt weiter. Naguib ist ein Sklave und verliebt sich Hals über...

Laut Gesetz und wie alle anderen muss George an seinem 75. Geburtstag sterben. Viel Zeit bleibt ihm und seiner Frau nicht mehr. Um sie herum passieren grausame Dinge. Ihr Sohn Duke ist Chef der Regierung,...

Im späten Mittelalter wächst Orontius in einer Bauernfamilie als einziger Sohn in Armut auf. Nach dem plötzlichen Tod seiner Mutter vertraut ihn sein Vater dem fahrenden Gaukler Eberlein an, um ihn vor...

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Malini has claimed her rightful throne as the empress of Parijatdvipa, just as the nameless gods prophesied. Now, in order to gain the support of the priesthood who remain loyal to the fallen emperor,...

Based on a true story, Trail to Treason is an evocative historical drama set during WWI, where a mother's sacrifice and clandestine espionage test the bounds of love and duty.In a world where love and...

"A beautiful story of unfolding secrets and unforeseen consequences, filled with moments that are somehow restrained and astute and gorgeously written all at the same time."—Holly Gramazio, bestselling...

The BookTok beloved Taking of Persephone series continues in Demeter, with more romance and myth from the point of view of the goddess of the harvest. Demeter's life is a delicate balance, tending to...

I locked away my magic and ran from home for a good reason. So why am I ready to undo everything when my demon ex finally tracks me down?  You can’t outrun your demons—McKenna Ellerbeck knows this all...

The ninth exhilarating and original Firefly novel tying into the critically acclaimed and fan-beloved series, from creator Joss Whedon, follows Mal, Book and the rest of the crew mounting a madcap heist...

Readers of Stephanie Drey and Allison Pataki will enjoy this highly anticipated sequel, an epic saga of love set during the Napoleonic invasion of Egypt that explores loyalty, cultural failures, and a...

From a #1 New York Times bestselling author, the 6:20 Man returns, this time sent to the Pacific Northwest to aid in a complicated FBI case—and he’s about to come face-to-face with his nemesis, the girl...

THE EPIC CONCLUSION TO THE GROUNDBREAKING AND RENOWNED LAST KING OF OSTEN ARD SERIES.'Inspired me to write my own seven-book trilogy. It's one of my favourite fantasy series' GEORGE R. R. MARTIN'A master...

The BookTok beloved Taking of Persephone series continues in Hades, the epic love story of the king and queen of the underworld. "Careful what you say, Goddess," he breathed, "I may not let you leave."A...

Discover the BookTok sensationKore, a lush romantasy retelling of the myth of Persephone and Hades as the original grumpy/sunshine pairing, perfect for fans of Lore Olympus. Before the Goddess of the...

Devil Take It is a sharp, darkly comic satire set against the backdrop of Trump-era Washington, D.C.  In this clever and timely moral fable, Satan arrives on the scene disguised as Dr. Grippin Fall, a...

Another sexy, high-stakes holiday spinoff installment of the New York Times bestselling Black Dagger Brotherhood series. Nothing warms a cold heart like true love, and in this newest Black Dagger Brotherhood...

In this "rare feast" of a novel, a young Indian American book editor inherits her estranged family’s ancestral home–and their long-buried secrets (Rachel Lyon, author of Self-Portrait With Boy). It is...

For fans of B. K. Borison and Sarah Adams comes a cheeky, small-town romantic comedy about finding yourself in the weeds . . . only to find love, too. It took exactly twenty-four hours for Atlanta publicist...

 Twelve-year-old Toulouse “Tull” Trotter lives with his grandfather on a vast Bel-Air parkland estate and spends most of his time with young cousins Lucy, “the girl detective,” and Edward, a prodigy who...

Force Majeure was called a “smashing debut novel” by the Kirkus Reviews upon its original publication in 1991. A sardonic and absurdly dark, yet hilarious take on the “business as usual” of Hollywood’s...

Following in the footsteps of Gaiman and Pratchett's Good Omens, the sequel to Abdul’s debut The Devil’s Advisor rushes headlong into a madcap, satirical masterpiece of supernatural misfortune.Sequel...

A gripping courtroom drama that explores the struggle between morality vs. professional obligation, Devil’s Defense will appeal to fans of female-lead courtroom dramas like The Good Wife.Jessica Fischer...

"In her astonishing thriller, Sarah Sparrow has joined the ranks of Shirley Jackson and Stephen King. A warning: there is no safe place to read this book." –David Cronenberg  Originally Published under...

A small-town baker faces off against her longtime nemesis on a reality TV competition in this delightful romantic comedy. Magda Miller’s feud with rival baker Mackenzie Newton is so old, folks in tiny...

USA Today bestselling author Kennedy Ryan's Audie award-winning novel launches a passionate series exploring the wild ambition, artistic obsession, and unrelenting love in Hollywood.One moment in the...

'An affecting novel by a literary urbanologist in top form' Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)In this electrifying novel, Richard Price, the author of Clockers and a writer on The Wire, gives us razor-sharp...

Emma is a comic novel by Jane Austen, first published in December 1815, about the perils of misconstrued romance. The main character, Emma Woodhouse, is described in the opening paragraph as "handsome,...

La luz es peligrosa y temible; la oscuridad significa calma, paz, tranquilidad…, Shiro lo sabe mejor que nadie. La luz es sinónimo de hikaris. Los demonios del pasado campan a sus anchas bajo ella y,...

NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES 'Clavell never puts a foot wrong . . . Get it, read it, you'll enjoy it mightily' DAILY MIRRORThis is James Clavell's tour-de-force; an epic saga of one Pilot-Major John Blackthorne,...

-THE DOUBLE- centers on a government clerk who goes mad. It deals with the internal psychological struggle of its main character, Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin, who repeatedly encounters someone who is his...

Upon being arrested for the gruesome murder of her father, all college student Kanna Hijiriyama tells the police is, "It's up to you to find the motive." Amidst the media frenzy about the woman "too beautiful...