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A romantic comedy in the 19th century: peculiar historical facts combined with an enrapturing love storyBerlin, 1894. Elena Sophie von Burows – everyone calls her Effi – is 18 years old and her biggest wish is to go to university and study psychology. Her father is not exactly thrilled with this idea but willing to compromise. Effi is allowed to learn Latin and prepare for her studies on the condition that she allows, at the same time, her Aunt Auguste to teach her everything a young lady from...

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A touching love and family saga on the Red Continent Phillip Island/ Australia, 1886: At first, it seems to be a tender vacation romance but for Maggie, Patrick Shanahan is the love of her life. When Patrick proposes to her only a short time later, her happiness is complete. But then they return to Melbourne and reality catches up with them. Maggie’s family is poor but Patrick belongs to one of the most influential and wealthiest families in the Federal State of Victoria, and Patrick’s father...

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A story about old wounds and new dreams that will leave you chuckling and make your heart melt What in the world was Aunt Marlies thinking when she bequeathed the bookstore she owned in an Eifel village to Hannah of all people? Luckily, it is very easy to find a buyer – handsome businessman Ben – and so it takes just one day and Hannah finds herself sitting in the solicitor’s office. She and Ben hit it off so well that she spends the rest of the day with him. The whole thing is almost too good...

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A world that’s coming to an end, a ruthless ruler, and two women, who rebel against all conventionsIn the world of Ruann, the water is drying up. It withdraws deeper and deeper into the earth so that it becomes increasingly tedious to pump it through the tunnel systems, a fact that condemns people to hunger and thirst. Alia is a slave in Farua, which was subjugated by Sapion, a great Empire addicted to expansion. The Faruanian slaves live in a state of abject poverty and Alia tries to alleviate...

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The big novel about Berlin in the Weimar RepublicThe year 1928 is shaped by hopes for a life in prosperity and equality, visions of world peace, and Berlin is rising to become the city of boundless possibilities. It is the dawn of the sound film era and the actress Recha and the director Willi zur Nieden are not only the dream couple of their blossoming film world, but also of the metropolis that is reeling in the glamour of the 1920s. They seem to have everything others can only dream of: beauty,...

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Three extraordinary women and a fateful bequest set against the breathtaking backdrop of NorwayPresent time and the 1980s: On her thirtieth birthday, Jana receives a special gift from her parents – the key to her family’s Norwegian vacation home. As a child, she spent unforgettable summers in the island in the Oslo Fjord, which played time and again a key role in the past of her ancestors. This is where her mother, Rike, began searching for her Norwegian roots and her missing grandmother Johanne,...

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Two novels – one big love story. The new New Adult series by Bianca Iosivoni Hailee DeLuca has a plan: Gone are the days when she would hole up at home and hide from the world. She wants to be courageous and dare to do all the things she used to be afraid of in the past. But then she makes the acquaintance of Chase Whittaker – and she knows immediately that she has a problem. For Chase’s charming ways stir up emotions in her she long thought were gone. And that’s not all. He also gets much...

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THE IMPERFECT ONES is the stand-alone sequel to THE OPTIMIZERS. Much like her first novel, Theresa Hannig’s new novel also deals with the question of what life will be like for us in the future when everyone and everything can be kept under surveillance. What roles will data systems and artificial intelligence play? Will robots displace humans? Germany in 2057. People are living in a so-called optimal-well-being economy where all citizens are assigned their optimal place in society. A network...

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A breathtaking adventure in the wonder world of the Renaissance Constantinople, 1599. Queen Elisabeth I of England sends an extraordinary diplomatic gift to the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed III: an organ that plays by itself, powered by a clockwork motor. It was developed by the clever inventor and organ builder Thomas Dallam. He has been charged with personally bringing the enormous instrument to the Bosporus, assembling it in the Sultan’s palace, playing it for the ruler, and instructing him in the...

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A moving mother-daughter novel with a tender love story wrapped in a lot of Italian temperament and sunshineTosca is in her mid 30s and lives with her daughter, Ioio, in a small beach house. She loves her quiet life. She has made a career for herself as an artisan and she is very proud of her daughter, whose teenage antics are within bearable limits. Tosca is no longer in touch with Ioio’s father but she doesn’t mind that. It is as if dating is no longer on her mind; Tosca’s main ambition is...

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