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Brighter Skies in the Dales


Can hope triumph now that victory is on the horizo? ecember 1942. The tide of war has turned at last, with an Allied victory looking increasingly certain, but all is not well for the residents of Silverdale. Newlyweds Bobby and Charlie find themselves back in civilian life after Charlie is given a medical discharge from the RAF. But the village of Silverdale has been forever changed by World War Two, and the memories of their young men lost to war cast a long shadow. It's not just the village that has been transformed by the war. Although Bobby is full of joy to finally begin married life, Charlie's experiences in the fight have left their scars, and at times Bobby finds herself reminiscing on her busy life in the WAAF, the career that was cut short by returning home to join her husband. But with a new arrival on the way, there's no time to dwell on the sadness of the past. Will a baby and the end of the war bring Charlie and Bobby the joy they deserv? n uplifting, emotional and completely captivating wartime romance, set in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales. Fans of Diane Allen and Donna Douglas, don't miss the Made in Yorkshire series. Readers can't get enough of Brighter Skies in the Dales:‘Heartwarming and cosy… A well worthy five-star read for this first-class wartime saga.’(Five stars) Reader Review‘I left my heart in Brighter Skies in the Dales. I closed the book emotionally spent. Thestory was filled with so much drama’ (Five stars) Reader ReviewI’ve loved every moment spent with Bobby and all the Silverdale crew…a breath of fresh(Yorkshire) air to the saga genre. The period detail was exemplary but Bobby still felt like athoroughly modern heroine…I can’t recommend this series highly enough!’ (Five stars)Reader Review‘This book was just brilliant…Another war time saga series that I can’t wait for others to findafter me…these books are gorgeous.’ (Five stars) Reader Review‘Lots of twists and turns to keep the reader interested…I would wholeheartedlyrecommend the series to anyone who enjoys wartime saga books.’ (Five stars) ReaderReviewA great addition to another great series. I love following Bobby Bancroft through life, love. war, loss…it has been a joy to read each and every book.’ (Four stars) Reader Review
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13,49 €

Too Glam to Give a Damn


Three old friends. Three Greek islands. Three big secrets.From the outside, they haven’t a care in the world; three still gorgeous women in their sixties on holiday together in the Mediterranean sun.But each one is holding onto something they don’t want their friends, or the rest of the world, to know…This is a standalone title – a brand new story with new characters, and readers do not need to have read Still Got It to read this gorgeous new title in The Greek Getaways Collection!
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13,49 €

Firefly Wedding, Vol. 5


Satoko dreams of marrying a noble but can’t escape the assassin who has her within his sights.Afflicted with a heart condition, Meiji-era noblewoman Satoko is determined to secure a marriage that will benefit her family before she dies. But before she can realize her goal, she’s targeted by a mysterious assassin named Shinpei. In a last-ditch effort to save her life, Satoko asks her would-be murderer to marry her. Her proposal isn’t sincere, but unfortunately for her, Shinpei loves as intensely as he kills. Can Satoko find a way to break the engagement without losing her life?Satoko and Shinpei head into town on an errand for Asagiri, the prostitute who rules Goddess Island from the shadows. As the two of them spend time alone together, Satoko begins to understand Shinpei more deeply, and her feelings for him blossom. Meanwhile, fueled by jealousy and his duty as an attendant, Kotaro makes his move and tries to forcefully pull Satoko away from Shinpei.
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12,49 €

The Price Of Treachery


A traitor, a power struggle, and a race against time for the Phoenix.In a world where the lines between good and evil blur, the Phoenix finds himself entangled in a web of treachery within Larcombe Manor. As the Olympians and Titans clash for supremacy, the Phoenix must navigate a labyrinth of deceit to protect those he holds dear.As he races against time to uncover a traitor within Larcombe Manor, the Phoenix must navigate a treacherous landscape of crime and terrorism to protect his team and loved ones. With the fate of the UK''s democracy at stake, failure is not an option.Brace yourself for a dark, punch-packing ride in Ted Tayler''s fifth book in the Phoenix Series that will keep you guessing until the final page._____________________________________________________________________________Praise for The Phoenix Thriller Series:? Fast Paced and Complex? Once started, you will not want to put this book down.? I just could not put these books down? A mountain of a story? Vigilante justice! Action packed and fast paced!? Good Book, excellent characters.
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15,99 €

A Mother Always Knows


Diane Jeffrey, winner of an International Thriller Writers Award, returns with a brilliantly tense thriller which explores how much a parent can ever truly know their child. When a young man is found murdered in a quiet rural village, it sends shock waves through the close-knit local community.But Carla is more concerned for her teenage daughter, Iris. When Joshua was alive, he humiliated Iris in the worst possible way, and now she’ll be the main suspect in his murder.As the police investigate every lead, Carla must navigate the murky waters of guilt and betrayal as well as her growing suspicions of what her own daughter might be capable of.When a shocking revelation threatens to tear her family apart, Carla is forced to ask herself how far she’ll go to protect her loved ones. In a world of secrets and deception, can a mother truly know what lies beneath the surfac? Mother Always Knows is the powerful new thriller from Diane Jeffrey.
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13,49 €

Actually, I'm A Murderer


''Sinister and hilarious'' SUN''Extraordinarily fun and oh-so-gripping'' i PAPER______________Four strangers on a train. An unlikely introduction:''Actually, I''m a murderer.''It is 1973 and the lives of four people are thrown into turmoil when sharing a carriage with an unremarkable little man with glasses, on the night train back to Newcastle.By the end of the following day, one of them will be dead, one will turn blackmailer and another forced to commit a crime. And all of them will be under the astute observation of Aline, the local police officer with her own agenda to fulfil.When the body count begins to rise, the question is: just how many murderers are out there... and who will be the next victim?
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14,99 €

Broken Country


Everyone in the village said nothing good would come of Gabriel's return. And as Beth looks at the man she loves on trial for murder, she can't help thinking they were right. Beth was seventeen when she first met Gabriel. Over that heady, intense summer, he made her think and feel and see differently. She thought it was the start of her great love story. When Gabriel left to become the person his mother expected him to be, she was broken. It was Frank who picked up the pieces and together they built a home very different from the one she'd imagined with Gabriel. Watching her husband and son, she remembered feeling so sure that, after everything, this was the life she was supposed to be leading. But when Gabriel comes back, all Beth's certainty about who she is and what she wants crumbles. Even after ten years, their connection is instant. She knows it's wrong and she knows people could get hurt. But how can she resist a second chance at first love? A love story with the pulse of a thriller, Broken Country is a heart-pounding novel of impossible choices and devastating consequences.
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18,45 €

Ticho po dešti


Když se Chantal v roce 1962 chystá na oslavu patnáctých narozenin své kamarádky, déšť zmaří její plány. Ze vzteku, že se nemůže setkat se svou dětskou láskou Ignaciem, vytočí náhodné telefonní číslo a seznámí se tak s Tonym, který ji okouzlí hrou na housle. Hovor odstartuje příběh plný osudových setkání a zklamání odehrávající se v druhé polovině dvacátého století v Barceloně i Paříži. Než Chantal dosáhne padesátin, musí zdolat překážky, které změní její pohled na přátelství, lásku i vlastní rodinu.
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19,99 €

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BLOB


'Witty and wild'Harper's Bazaar'A strange but uniquely beautiful concept of a love story that delves into care, compassion and what it is to be human'Stylist'This is a sharp, funny and poignant look at what it means to connect with another being, and yourself'Weike Wang, New York TimesRecently dumped and stuck in a dead-end job, Vi's life is a lonely mess. That is, until she stumbles across a mysterious sentient blob outside a drag club. She takes it home, feeding it a diet of cereal and reality TV. Soon Vi realises she can shape her gelatinous companion into the perfect man: attentive, outgoing, and with more than a passing resemblance to Ryan Gosling. But is Bob the blob really the answer to all her problems, or just a catalyst for further disaster? 'Maggie Su's debut novel is nothing if not surprising.'The Times *Book of the Month*'A modern-day Mrs. Caliban, BLOB is a book that looks at identity and desire in profoundly interesting ways'Kevin Wilson, author of Nothing to See Here'Just brilliant - utterly original, charming and funny, weirdly real and really weird. I can't stop thinking about this book and I'm telling everyone I know to read it'Kate Davies, author of In at the Deep End
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14,99 €

The Library of Traumatic Memory


The first literary science fiction novel from Neil Jordan, visionary director of The Company of Wolves and Interview with the VampireIn a windswept corner of a forgotten peninsula, love and loss echo through the halls of a mansion built on secrets. Here memory is currency of the future, and the past refuses to stay buried. In the year 2084, Christian Cartwright, a quiet librarian at the enigmatic Huxley Institute, spends his days archiving the world’s most painful memories in the Library of Traumatic Memory. But when his lover Isolde dies in a mysterious car crash, Christian secretly resurrects her as a digital consciousness — an act of grief, obsession, and defiance. As Christian navigates a world where memories can be edited, dreams harvested, and the dead made to speak, he uncovers a deeper conspiracy buried in the Institute’s foundations — one that stretches back centuries to his 18th-century ancestor Montagu Cartwright, the architect of the Huxley Mansion. Montagu’s obsidian mirror and copper model may hold the key to a reality where architecture shapes fate and time loops back on itself. Blending gothic mystery, speculative science, and philosophical depth, The Library of Traumatic Memory is a haunting meditation on love, loss, and the ethics of memory. As the past and future collide, Christian must decide what it means to remember — and what it costs to forget.
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26,99 €

To Snap a Silver Stem


The second book in a darkly romantic Rapunzel reimagining from the number one Sunday Times bestselling author of WHEN THE MOON HATCHED. I want him to hurt. To bleed. I want him to snap, just like he snapped me. Once upon a time, my world was small and sheltered. Everything changed the moment I stepped over my Safety Line, barreling towards a coupling with a man I hardly know. He wants me. All of me. Dunked in a charged political pit, I must secure the ships needed to quell the spill of murderous beasts still flooding the continent. But one wrong move could spur the war I’ve worked so hard to avoid. I’ll wear the dress and the cupla and the shoes. I’ll do it all with a smile on my face. Because everyone's watching. He’s watching – hunting a fissure in my frosty shield, trying to scrape back the layers and see my ugly insides. He’s unyielding. Unguarded. Changed. Why is he looking now when I’ve got everything to hide? Secrets sprout, truths bloom, and more than one of us will snap. Crowned in the crippling weight of my mistakes, I must atone. Even if it costs me my life. Fear was my overlord. Now, it’s my prisoner.
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29,49 €

A Remedy for Fate


'Steeped in glorious magic and filled with fantastic friendships and eternal love' SARAH BETH DURSTCAN SHE RECOVER HER HEAR? rague, 1769. In the Magic Quarter of the jewel-box city of Prague, Thea runs Stiltskin's Apothecary. There, she brews potions to chase away nightmares and soothe heartache - and strikes bargains to change her customers' fates. The only fate she cannot change? Her own. Seven years ago, Thea bargained away her heart and her memories to the apothecary's owner, the cold, yet enigmatic Jasper, for reasons she cannot remember, and a reward she cannot recall. Then one day a stranger arrives with an unusual request. One that will upturn Thea's entire existence - and offer her a precious chance to recover her heart . . . Prepare to be enchanted by this spellbinding historical fantasy romance from the author of Midnight in Everwood, steeped in magic, found family and love.
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29,49 €

All Change


Stuntwoman Gabi hates being tied down. Stubborn and fiercely independent, she prides herself on never needing anyone's help. But after an accident at work, she moves to the small riverside town of Honeybridge to recover. Local hero Walker is the town's favourite firefighter. As strong as he is tall, he could have any woman he wants. He just can't stop thinking about Gabi. He's fire, she's ice, and sparks fly between them. Gabi doesn't want to settle down, wasn't looking for her happy ever after. But could Walker be someone worth staying for? Small-town romance? Firefighter romance? He falls first? Golden retrieverREADERS LOVE PIPPA NIXON'S SMALL-TOWN ROMANCE'Warm and spicy' ? 'What a great read . . . Beautiful, spicy love story' ? 'I absolutely loved this book!' ?
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17,99 €

Mare


'For a long time I had not been that person. For a long time horses had not occurred to me at all.'For a long time, she and her husband have their dog and she almost certainly doesn't want to have a child. But then the dog dies and she learns she can't have a child even if she wanted to, and she begins to think about horses again. When she hears about a mare who needs looking after part-time, it sounds like an ideal arrangement. Something to care for two days a week, without getting in too deep. But as she brushes and feeds and rides the horse, affection grows into obsession and she must confront what it means to love a being who did not come from her body and who does not belong to her. Emily Haworth-Booth's award-winning debut novel is a bold and beautiful exploration of contemporary (non)motherhood and the surprising ways in which desire can enthral us and set us free.
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22,99 €

Answer in the Negative


‘He was lying sprawled on his stomach just outside the open doorway of his office, with his head and shoulders out of sight . . .’ Frank Morningside, assistant at The National Press Archives on Fleet Street, is receiving nasty poison pen letters. His superior Toby Lorn wants to put a stop to it, so he calls on his friends Sally and Johnny Heldar. Married amateur sleuths, Sally and Johnny agree to go undercover, posing as researchers to scout out the many suspects in the Archives. After all, Fleet Street is home to plenty of seedy types and murky happenings. But, soon after they begin, they find a body – bludgeoned to death by a box of glass negatives. Suddenly, the genteel world of the Archives is a tangled web of suspicion and deadly danger. When another murder swiftly follows, the Heldars worry they are in over their heads. And it is only a matter of time before one of them is next . . .
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20,45 €

Bookish


A love letter to all those who come alive when they pull a new treasure off the shelf, stay up late reading just one more page and pack their suitcases with clothes wedged between books instead of the other way around. From well-worn literary classics to steamy bonkbusters, gripping thrillers, young adult novels and other not-so-guilty pleasures Bookish brims with literary insights, wry observations and stellar recommendations. This is an ode to the bookish places – from local libraries to bookshops big and small – and the stories that make us who we are.
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The Truth About Ruby Cooper


The deliciously dark new suspense novel from the international bestselling author of Strange Sally Diamond. f my sister hadn't been beautiful, none of it would have happened. Ruby Cooper and her sister, Erin, live an idyllic life in their close-knit church community in Boston. But when Ruby is sixteen, she is involved in an incident that causes her family's world to implode. Across decades, the fallout leaves a wake of destruction behind Ruby in Dublin and Erin in Boston. Not that Ruby wants to think about the past. But it can't stay a secret forever.
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22,45 €

Dcery květin: Islandské tajemství


Soley alias Flower Girl je světoznámá úspěšná zpěvačka. Žije sen mnoha umělců – má úspěch, peníze, pohledného slavného přítele. Jenže v poslední době zjišťuje, že se v záři reflektorů už necítí šťastná. Když její sestřenice Dalia objeví v pozůstalosti po babičce obraz ženy, kterou nikdo nezná, ale která vypadá přesně jako Soley, rozhodne se udělat ve svém programu zásadní změnu. Odjíždí na Island, odkud pochází její otec, aby zjistila pravdu o tajemném obrazu i o sobě samotné. Obklopena tichem a krásou islandské přírody pročítá deník své prababičky a mezi řádky objevuje zároveň pravdu o sobě. Podaří se jí na Islandu najít nejen odpovědi, ale i nový začátek a třeba i lásku? Další díl bestsellerové série o lásce, síle rodiny a hledání sebe sama, odehrávající se tentokrát na legendami opředeném Islandu. Vychází v překladu Diany Rykrové.
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33,25 €

Just Friends


* AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Blair and Declan were inseparable growing up - best friends who knew each other better than anyone else. But when an impulsive kiss took them from friends to something more, everything changed. Just as quickly as their romance started, one moment shattered it all, leaving them with nothing but heartbreak and silence. Four years later, Blair is back in their coastal hometown of Seabrook to support her mom and care for her great-aunt Lottie. To make ends meet, Blair applies to work at a coffee shop - only to discover it's managed by none other than Declan. The boy she loved. The boy she lost. The boy who still makes her heart race. As Blair's path keeps crossing with Declan's, old wounds resurface, secrets are revealed and sparks reignite. But could their future ever be free of their past?
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Beletria je často nazývaná aj krásnou, alebo umeleckou literatúrou. Toto označenie pochádza z francúzskeho názvu belles lettres (krásna literatúra)Výrazom beletria sa súhrnne označujú umelecké prozaické diela. K najznámejším beletristickým žánrom patrí poviedka, novela, román, črta či umelecká reportáž.

Romány, poviedky a novely ponúkajú pútavé príbehy s výraznými postavami a atmosférou. Divadelné hry zase slúžia ako materiál pre divadelné predstavenia a prinášajú konverzácie, dramatické situácie a komediálne alebo tragické prvky.

Beletria je neoddeliteľnou súčasťou literatúry, ktorá obohacuje naše vnímanie sveta a poskytuje nám príležitosť prežívať rôznorodé príbehy a vstúpiť do rôznych svetov. Bez ohľadu na to, či preferujete dobrodružstvo, romantiku alebo reflexiu, beletria vám umožní objaviť nové myšlienky, inšpirácie a zábavu.

Hľadáte knižných hrdinov, ktorí vás zavedú do sveta romantiky, histórie, sci-fi či fantasy? Prinášame vám ten najlepší výber skutočných príbehov, románov, detektívok, noviel a poviedok. K úspešným autorom beletrie patria Jozef KarikaDominik Dán, Róbert Bryndza, Kristína Tormová, Urbaníková EvitaTáňa Keleová Vasilková a Stephen King