Ein fesselnder, atmosphärischer Pageturner um eine unerschrockene junge Frau, die ihrer Zeit weit voraus ist. Im Sommer 1914 wird die junge Botanikerin Clara Waterfield von London nach Gloucestershire gerufen: Sie soll auf einem Landsitz namens Shadowbrook den Aufbau eines Gewächshauses mit exotischen Pflanzen betreuen. Der Garten ist überwältigend, üppige Hortensien und Rosen drängen sich um gepflegte Rasenflächen, alles scheint vor Leben zu sprühen. Doch das alte Wohnhaus wirkt seltsam abweisend, die meisten Räume stehen leer oder sind verschlossen, der Eigentümer Mr. Fox ist viel auf Reisen. Haushälterin und Dienstmädchen wirken verängstigt - denn nachts scheint es im Haus zu spuken...
Norwegen, Anfang des 13. Jahrhunderts: Der 12-jährige Arthur ist von zu Hause weggelaufen. In der Stadt Bergen wird er beim Stehlen erwischt und zur Strafe in den Käfig eines Eisbären gesperrt. Doch dieser greift den angsterfüllten Jungen nicht an. Da bekommt Arthur einen besonderen Auftrag: Er soll sich um den Eisbären kümmern, der auf einem Schiff nach London transportiert wird - als Geschenk des norwegischen Königs an den König von England. Zusammen erleben sie eine Reise voller Gefahren. Und immer ist es der weiße Bär, auf dessen Hilfe Arthur zählen kann und dem er am liebsten die Freiheit schenken würde...
Julian Greis spricht mit viel Gefühl und Abenteuer in der Stimme und nimmt seine Hörer mit auf eine spannende Reise von Norwegen nach London.
Die gleichnamige Buchausgabe, aus dem Englischen von Bettina Münch, ist bei WooW Books erschienen.
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Kara is unprepared to be confronted by Ryan when everyone else at the office is already gone. She's especially unprepared for the stranger he's brought along with him. Of course, she's fully unprepared when her hands are tied behind her back with a phone cord. No amount of preparation would have mattered, though, because Kyle and Ryan are determined, and before the night is through, she'll have a rough double team sex encounter complete with her first anal sex and a scorching double penetration!
A breathtaking novel of passion and betrayal in seventeenth-century Scotland and the portrait of an unforgettable heroine.
February 13, 1692. Thirty-eight members of the MacDonald clan are killed by soldiers who had previously enjoyed the clan's hospitality. Many more die from exposure. Forty miles south, brilliant, captivating Corrag—accused witch and orphaned herbalist—is imprisoned in the Scottish highlands for her involvement in the massacre. As she awaits her death, she tells her story to Charles Leslie, an Irish propagandist who seeks information she may have condemning the Protestant King William. Hers is a story of passion, courage, love, and the magic of the natural world. By telling it, she transforms both their lives.
As in her award-winning debut novel, Eve Green, Susan Fletcher shows that she is "a novelist with the soul of a poet" (Booklist). This deeply philosophical and dramatic book is about an epic historic event and the difference a single heart can make—and how deep and lasting relationships can come from the most unlikely places.
"A stirring historical romance…Sweeps out a lot of the old clichés about witches and casts an enchanting spell in favor of bold women everywhere."—Washington Post
Amy lies in a coma. Her older sister, Moira, comes to her in the evenings and sits beside her hospital bed. Here, Moira confesses. She admits to her childhood selfishness which deeply hurt her family; to her savagery at boarding school; to the wild, bitter and destructive heart that she carried into her adult life. Moira knows this: that she's been a poor daughter, and a deceptive wife. But it is as Amy lies half-dying that she sees the real truth: she's been a cruel sister, and it is this cruelty that has led them both here, to this hospital bed...
Mitra and her little brother, Babak, are beggars in the city of Rhagae, scratching out a living as best as they can with what they can beg for–or steal. But Mitra burns with hope and ambition, for she and Babak are not what they seem. They are of royal blood, but their father’s ill-fated plot against the evil tyrant, King Phraates, has resulted in their father’s death and their exile. Now disguised as a boy, Mitra has never given up believing they can rejoin what is left of their family and regain their rightful standing in the world.
Then they discover that Babak has a strange gift: If he sleeps with an item belonging to someone, he can know that person’s dreams. Soon Babak and his abilities come to the attention of a powerful Magus–one who has read portents in the stars of the coming of a new king and the dawn of a new age. Soon Mitra and Babak find themselves on the road to Bethlehem . . .
The acclaimed author of Shadow Spinner returns to ancient Persia in this spellbinding saga–a tale filled with the color of the caravansaries and the heat of the desert, a tale that reimagines the wonder and spirit of a lost age.
Her family's lighthouse home is an island of enchantment for 13-year-old Eliza Wells. Surrounded by whales, seals, and pelicans, she avoids the problems that beset the mainland: like the increasingly heated conflict between the local town's white and Chinese citizens. This compelling historical novel by the award-winning author of Shadow Spinner is based on actual 19th-century events. Narrator Christina Moore voices all the confusion, compassion, and strength of a heroine willing to risk what she loves most in order to do what she knows is right.
Marjan is a poor, crippled orphan girl, but she is happy living with her aunt and uncle in the Sultan's city. Her hero is the beautiful Shahrazad, who has bewitched the Sultan with her nightly tales and thus keeps him from killing other wives. Marjan wonders what Shahrazad's life is like in the silken rooms of the palace. She will soon find out. Taken to the palace to help Shahrazad find new tales, Marjan realizes that the lovely woman is a prisoner of the cycle of stories. To save her hero, Marjan must not only dodge the dangerous intrigues of the court, but also begin a new chapter of her own life. Popular author Susan Fletcher's fascination with storytelling shines from her version of Arabian Nights. Listeners of all ages will love this fresh approach to the ancient collection of fabulous tales, made even more lyrical with Suzanne Toren's musical narration.
