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Hülya Cigdem-Aydogan De importbruid
"Aanzien en nieuwsgierigheid, daar draait mijn bruiloft om." Rüya’s bruiloft en huwelijk verlopen niet zoals ze verwacht had. Als dertienjarig meisje woont ze in Turkije en verlooft ze zich met de Turks-Nederlandse Kaan in Brabant. Op haar vijftiende verhuist ze dan eindelijk naar Nederland, klaar voor haar nieuwe, vrije bestaan in Tilburg. Maar hoewel ze met volle teugen van die vrijheid geniet, heeft haar schoonmoeder de touwtjes strict in handen. Is haar nieuwe echtgenoot, zijn familie en de...
Nederlands | 15 uur 8 minuten (660 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Christy Lefteri Het boek van vuur
Er was eens een prachtig dorp dat miljoenen verhalen van liefde, verlies, vrede en oorlog kende, en dat werd opgeslokt door een vuur dat tot aan de hemel laaide. Het vuur liep helemaal door tot aan de zee, waar het zijn spiegelbeeld ontmoette. In Het boek van vuur van Christy Lefteri worstelt een gezin met trauma’s en schuldgevoelens nadat een brand hun dorp op een Grieks eiland heeft weggevaagd. Met haar warme, beeldende stijl belicht Lefteri de vernietigende kracht van menselijke dwaasheid, maar...
Nederlands | 9 uur 16 minuten (534 MB) | Mozaiek, Utrecht | 2023
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Karen Swan De Zweedse affaire
Een zonnige zomer vol geheimen en intriges
In De Zweedse affaire van Karen Swan werkt Bell al meer dan twee jaar als nanny voor het rijke en charmante echtpaar Hanna en Max Mogert en heeft het enorm naar haar zin. Maar dan zet een mysterieus telefoontje alles op zijn kop. Een medewerker van een medische kliniek vraagt of Bell een boodschap door kan geven: Hanna's man is wakker geworden. Bell snapt er niets van. De ontwaakte man is niet Max, maar Hanna's eerste echtgenoot, die na een ernstig ongeluk zeven jaar in coma lag. Nu hij weer bij...
Nederlands | 11 uur 56 minuten (1031 MB) | Xander, Haarlem | 2023
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Marc van Bree Herman
Struikelend het leven door
Als zijn vrouw hem op een avond plompverloren vertelt dat ze een ander heeft, staat Hermans ingedommelde leven na 26 jaar huwelijk volledig op z'n kop. Hij blijft ontredderd achter als onwennige vader, met een weinig opwindende kantoorbaan en een moeder die langzaam de grip op de werkelijkheid verliest. Herman wordt gedwongen de regie over zijn eigen leven van Annelies over te nemen en dat gaat niet vanzelf. Lukt het hem zijn vleugels uit te slaan en te genieten van zijn verworven vrijheid? Bron:...
Nederlands | 8 uur 3 minuten (695 MB) | The House of Books, Amsterdam | 2023
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Hülya Aydogan De val van Mehmet
‘De val van Mehmet’ is de tweede roman van Hülya Cigdem na haar debuut ‘De importbruid’. Ook in haar tweede boek deelt de schrijfster het leven en de dagelijkse beslommeringen van Turkse migranten in Brabant. Mehmet woont op het platteland in Anatolië en leeft zonder problemen volgens de conservatieve normen en waarden. Maar wanneer hij met een gescheiden vrouw trouwt, verliest hij zijn goede reputatie en acceptatie van zijn familie en de gemeenschap. Samen vertrekken ze naar Nederland voor een...
Nederlands | 15 uur 35 minuten (682 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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T.A. Williams A Little Piece of Paradise
The inheritance of a lifetime... or is it? When Sophie falls heir to a castle on the Italian Riviera, she can’t believe her luck. The catch? She must share it with her estranged sister, Rachel, for three months. As Sophie travels to Italy, memories of a cheating ex resurface but so does a newfound connection with her friend Chris back home. With the clock ticking, will Sophie be able to heal old wounds with her sister and find love with Chris? A beautiful story of romance and sisterhood, "A Little...
Engels | 8 uur 49 minuten (388 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Fiona Woodifield A Wedding at the Jane Austen Dating Agency
Love, laughter, and lots of matchmaking mishaps. Sophie Johnson's life seems picture-perfect with her dream job at The Jane Austen Dating Agency and a relationship with the irresistible Darcy Drummond. But all is not as it seems. Darcy's awful mother is wrecking havoc, the agency is struggling, and then there's the amusing and disturbingly cute Henry Baxter who is making it hard for Sophie to focus. As the pressure mounts and her love life falters, Sophie must ask herself: Can she juggle it all...
Engels | 9 uur 45 minuten (427 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Lilac Mills Waste Not, Want Not in Applewell
George can’t throw anything away. But he’s in danger of throwing away a chance at love. George Nightingale is a hoarder with a house full of junk. For years he’s kept it a secret, rarely leaving his house and keeping social interactions to a minimum, but his carefully balanced system is now under threat... Nessa Millbrook can’t wait to get settled into her new home in quaint, rural Applewell. Everyone in the village is so friendly – except her neighbour, George, who wants nothing to do with her....
Engels | 9 uur 11 minuten (409 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Lotte Kirkeby The Reunion
Visceral and poetic, these short stories reveal everyday miracles and trivialities, human desires and anxieties in a very recognizable reality. The woman who cooks soup for the lover whose fidelity she questions, the man who loses courage when faced with the birth of his child, the married couple who know they have embarked on their last summer together. In English for the first time, readers of Tove Ditlevsen and Tove Jansson will be thrilled to discover the debut short story collection of a celebrated...
Engels | 3 uur 20 minuten (146 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Alison Ragsdale The Child Between Us
When I first met you, darling Marina, you were just five years old. You took my breath away, with your long, dark waves and pink cheeks. You needed me, and I instantly knew I’d do anything to protect you. When six years ago, my heart was shattered, I was left utterly broken – but I didn’t know just how lost I was until you filled that hole in my heart. You quickly became the centre of my world, your sweet laugh my favourite sound. But then things started to change... I put my pain down to work stress,...
Engels | 9 uur 36 minuten (427 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Lina Wolff The Polyglot Lovers
'A singular novel, sometimes brutal, certainly merciless.' - Le Figaro (France) Ferocious and irreverent, this multiple prize-winning novel burns down the pretensions of a pompous literary establishment and takes no prisoners. Ellinor is thirty-six. She wears soft black sweatpants and a Michelin Man jacket. She fights. Smart and unsentimental, she tries her hand at online dating, only to be stranded in a snowstorm with a literary critic. Cut to Max Lamas, an author who dreams of a polyglot lover,...
Engels | 7 uur 54 minuten (356 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Suzie Tullett Tessa Cavendish is Getting Married
Two mothers, two visions, one unforgettable showdown. Embarking on a journey to say "I do", Tessa and Leo's idea of an intimate celebration takes a wild turn when their mums go head-to-head, turning the wedding planning into a comedic battleground. Tessa's mom, Patricia, is determined to turn their wedding into a grand spectacle, while Leo's mother, Grace, has her own ideas of tradition and legacy. From secret guest list expansions to dueling wedding dress choices, the soon-to-be-wed couple finds...
Engels | 7 uur 41 minuten (336 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Kiley Dunbar Something New at the Borrow a Bookshop
A fairytale ending isn’t just for fiction... The Borrow-a-Bookshop is recovering, seven months after the winter flood that destroyed all its wares. When newest resident Joy Foley arrives in Clove Lore with her daughter, five-year-old Radia Pearl, she is set to drag the Bookshop into the 21st century by virtue of her tech expertise. But Joy has a secret. She is on the run from Radia Pearl’s father. She can’t settle down here or anywhere... So when Radia Pearl befriends Monty Bickleigh, ex-fisherman...
Engels | 10 uur 2 minuten (444 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Sasha Morgan Escape to Lilacwell
She wanted an adventure. What she found was so much more... Adira Summers has spontaneously quit her high-flying career as a barrister in London. She needs to escape from the rat race and, encouraged by her bohemian gran, has bought a campervan to do so. Taking off for a tour around Britain, disaster strikes early on when her van breaks down outside the quaint village of Lilacwell. But things look up after she meets handsome Jasper, who is visiting to check on his ailing uncle and his crumbling...
Engels | 8 uur 4 minuten (360 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Alex Kane The Housewife
Even perfect mothers have secrets... Meet Leah, the perfect wife and mum with a closet full of skeletons - and if the secret gets out, her carefully crafted world could crumble. Then there's Annie, the gangster's moll with a sharp mind. She's not afraid to get her hands dirty, but no one knows the devastating secret haunting her. And lastly, Terry, the king of Glasgow gangland. He's ruthless when it comes to growing his empire, but his weakness is women. As their three stories collide, the lives...
Engels | 10 uur 37 minuten (474 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Jane Davis Smash All the Windows
"Smash all the Windows" won the inaugural Selfies Book Award in 2019. It has taken conviction to right the wrongs. It will take courage to learn how to live again. London, 22 August 2003. A day that began like any other would end in tragedy. Fifty-eight people set off for work, only to never return. For more than thirteen years, the search for truth has eaten up everything: marriages, families, health, careers and finances. A flawed justice system failed the victims' kin, but hope arises when...
Engels | 10 uur 19 minuten (454 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Donna Ashcroft The Christmas Countdown
It’s that time of year again, snowflakes are fluttering and the countdown to Christmas has begun! Twenty-seven-year-old Holly Devine has just had her heart well and truly broken. Hurt by the two people she loves the most, she flees to her eccentric Aunt Clara’s cosy cottage to hide away over the winter season. But kind, impulsive Aunt Clara has other ideas... She’s not about to see her favourite niece wallowing in sadness during the most wonderful time of the year. So, with the help of her close...
Engels | 10 uur 18 minuten (454 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Teresa F. Morgan Cocktails at Kittiwake Cove
Be swept away to Cornwall in this summery tale of love and new beginnings! After a tough break-up, Rhianna is determined to put her heart on hold and focus on opening her beachside cocktail bar. But fate has other plans when she reconnects with her holiday fling, the irresistible Joe Trescott. As Joe helps Rhianna navigate her new town and business, sparks fly and old flames reignite. But will Rhianna resist Joe's player charm and stay true to her career aspirations? Escape to Cornwall's sun-kissed...
Engels | 9 uur 20 minuten (409 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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Teresa F. Morgan Sunsets and Happy Ever Afters
Escape to Somerset and Cornwall in this fun and flirty romance! After a painful divorce, Maya Rosevear is determined to find love again. But with her busy schedule running a mobile beauty business and raising her kids, she turns to online dating. Along the way, she unexpectedly forms a friendship with Sam Trescott, the father of her daughter’s best friend. As they navigate their own emotional baggage, Maya and Sam can't help but wonder if they're destined to be more than just friends. Will...
Engels | 7 uur 41 minuten (339 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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C E Rose The Shadows of Rutherford
'Layers of secrets are gradually peeled back in this brilliantly absorbing tale.' Marion Todd, author of Old Bones Lie Darkness lies at the heart of this family... In 1959 Milly starts her new life as a housemaid at Rutherford House, working for the aristocratic Rutherford-Percy clan. Entranced by her new mistress, Vivienne, she becomes deeply embroiled in the household and the keeper of dark secrets the family conceals beneath the mansion’s grand exterior. In the present day, Christie is working...
Engels | 9 uur 31 minuten (438 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2023
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