Rural Fiction

It’s the summer of 1907, and the sun is scorching down on Mary Pearl in the Arizona Territory. Mary Pearl and her sister Esther take their minds off the heat by sneaking banned Jane Austen novels from Aunt Sarah Elliot’s lively bookshelf. Whispered read-alouds preoccupy their nights, and reveries of getting hitched to their own Mr. Darcy à la Pride and Prejudice swirl through their daydreams. In walks old-fashioned old-money suitor Aubrey Hanna, here to whisk 17-year-old Mary Pearl off her feet with a forbidden kiss and hasty engagement.

1912. Leo is on a journey. Aged 13 and banished from the secluded farm of his childhood, he travels through Devon, grazing on berries and sleeping in copses. Behind him lies the past, and before him the West Country, spread out like a tapestry. But a wanderer is never alone for long, and soon Leo is taken in by gypsies. Yet he knows he cannot linger and must forge on to Penzance. Life on the estate continues as usual, yet nothing is as it was. Lottie’s father is distracted by the promise of new love, and Lottie is increasingly absorbed in the natural world. And of course, Leo is absent.

Selina sees beauty everywhere, including in the fields of cabbages. She has a natural curiosity about farming and oversteps the woman's traditional role by having the audacity to ask the men questions. She soon marries Pervus DeJong, a farmer. Selina eagerly offers suggestions for operational improvements, but Pervus ignores her, preferring to use the unprofitable farming methods employed by his father.

The title story tells of a typical Christmas at the farm before the coming of Flora Poste. It is a parody of the worst sort of family Christmas: Adam Lambsbreath dresses up as Father Christmas in two of Judith's red shawls. There are unsuitable presents, unpleasant insertions into the pudding and Aunt Ada Doom orders Amos to carve the turkey, adding: 'Ay, would it were a vulture, 'twere more fitting!'

In a small Arizona town, a man counts his blessings: a loving wife, two teenage daughters, and a job that allows him to work at home. Then "The Store" announces plans to open a local outlet, which will surely finish off the small downtown shops. His concerns grow when "The Store's" builders ignore all the town's zoning laws during its construction. Then dead animals are found on "The Store's" grounds. Inside, customers are hounded by obnoxious sales people, and strange products appear on the shelves.

The cold, blustery Midwest winters don't exactly agree with Betsy Devonshire, but since moving to Excelsior, Minnestoa, she sure has met a lot of warm, friendly people. So she isn't too surprised when the town's most talented needleworkers volunteer to restore a damaged tapestry that was found in the basement of a local church. Betsy even offers to donate materials for the project, thinking that the free publicity will boost sales at her financially troubled needlecraft shop. But soon Betsy is afraid of losing more than her business....

On the banks of the River Deben in Suffolk lies a set of barns dating back to the Anglo Saxons. Within their walls, secrets have been buried deeply. Zoe and Ken have just moved into one of the barns, ready to start a new life away from the hustle and bustle of the city. To the outside world they seem like an ordinary couple, but underneath they are growing more distant by the day. And when Zoe becomes close to local recluse, Leo, she finds her attraction to him undeniable.

Décembre 2020. Clarisse, qui a six filles, élève seule les quatre plus jeunes dans la maison de sa grand-mère, aux abords du hameau de Kingscroft, sur les hauteurs des Cantons-de-l'Est. Raymond, patriarche affectueux quoiqu'un brin malcommode, vit dans la maison d'à côté. Tandis qu'il s'évertue à transmettre à ses petites-filles les traditions de Noël, Clarisse, dans le secret de son coeur, ne cesse de penser à Rabih, son autre voisin, parti pour un long séjour dans sa Syrie natale. Le voyage a pour but de contenter sa mère, qui compte bien lui trouver une épouse.

Early one morning in the remote hill country of Texas, a panther savagely attacks a family of homesteaders, mauling a young girl named Samantha and killing her mother, whose final act is to save her daughter's life. Samantha and her half-brother, Benjamin, survive, but she is left traumatized, her face horribly scarred. Narrated in Benjamin's beguilingly plainspoken voice, The Which Way Tree is the story of Samantha's unshakeable resolve to stalk and kill the infamous panther, rumored across the Rio Grande to be a demon, and avenge her mother's death.

In her debut novel, Carol Dunbar draws from her own lived experiences, vividly describing the wonder and harshness of life off the grid. Told over the course of a year, The Net Beneath Us is a lyrical exploration of loss, marriage, parenthood, and self-reliance; a tale of how the natural world—without and within us—offers us healing, if we can learn where to look.

"Reconozco que al principio, cuando "Panza de burro" solo había crecido unos capitulitos, pensé que sería una novela sencilla y hermosa que abriría un hachazo en esa tela de invernadero que parecía ocultar un imaginario y un mundo que debían ser mostrados. Más adelante, la grandeza del libro, la inteligencia y el salvajismo de Andrea, su pulso poético y su falta total de miedo hicieron trizas la rafia, y quedó a la vista una plantación intrincada, dolorosa, inmensa, nada sencilla.

At the annual Harvest Festival carnival, while everyone else is playing games and having fun, someone commits murder. As Deborah investigates, she must struggle to win a carny's confidence while a dark web of dangerous secrets begins to unravel.

Andrew Montgomery is the black sheep of the Montgomery family. Seventeen years ago, Andy and his best friend, Kurt, took off for the army and planned to never look back. Once overseas, they realized the depths of their mistake. But once Kurt died in combat, Andy decided to turn his back on his past for good. Years later, Andrew is bound to the US again with an injury. A phone call a few weeks before Christmas changes everything and beckons him home. His father has been involved in a horrible car accident. When Andrew returns to the island, he finds himself in the center of so many ghosts.

Trine Angelsens fesselnde Skandinavien-Saga – voller Emotionen, Spannung und Geheimnisse! Norwegen | Insel Engeløya: Agnete ist spurlos verschwunden – und auch Bera und ihr geliebtes Pferd Melle bleiben wie vom Erdboden verschluckt. Die gesamte Dorfgemeinschaft macht sich auf die Suche. Da kehrt Melle ohne ihre Reiterin zurück. Gabriel ist vor Angst wie gelähmt – was ist mit Bera geschehen? Die erfolgreiche Norwegen-Reihe ist ein Muss für alle Fans von historischen Romanen, großen Geheimnissen und bewegenden Liebesgeschichten! Atmosphärisch gelesen von Sabina Godec.

Spannung, Liebe und Geheimnisse – die Fortsetzung der Norwegen-Saga. Norwegen | Insel Engeløya – Haus Breidablikk: Überraschend kehrt Agnete zurück und Gabriel kann sie nicht fortschicken – schließlich sind sie noch verheiratet. Außerdem verhält sie sich allen gegenüber auf einmal viel freundlicher. Das sorgt für Misstrauen und Bera schmiedet einen Plan. Gleichzeitig sucht Marie weiterhin heimlich Gabriels Nähe. Sehnsucht, Spannung und große Gefühle – die beliebte Historienserie aus Norwegen ist ein Muss für alle Fans von Skandinavien, großen Geheimnissen und Familiensagas.

Endlich – Die neue Folge der skandinavische Erfolgsreihe über ein Dorf voller Geheimnisse! Norwegen | Insel Engeløya: Als eine Leiche entdeckt wird, nimmt Amtsmann Hjalmar Falch die Ermittlungen auf. Fie ist wie gelähmt vor Sorge, doch dann gerät eine andere Person ins Falchs Blickfeld. Im Doktorhaus Breidablikk versucht Agnete währenddessen alles, um ihre neue Stieftochter Bera gefügig zu machen. Doch die gibt nicht einfach kampflos auf. Intrigen, Machtspiele und große Gefühle: Die skandinavische Bestsellerreihe von Trine Angelsen begeistert nun endlich auch auf Deutsch.

Historische Familiensaga aus Norwegen – Engeløya und seine Geheimnisse. Norwegen | Insel Engeløya: Bera ist immer noch mit Truls verlobt, obwohl sie sich zusehends auseinanderleben. Immer wieder schreibt sie Briefe an Nikolai und muss ständig an ihn denken. Währenddessen kehrt Agnete dem Doktorhaus Breidablikk den Rücken. Gabriel kann endlich aufatmen. Wäre doch nur Marie wieder zurück, dann könnte er alles aufklären. Sehnsucht, Spannung und große Gefühle – Die Erfolgsreihe aus Skandinavien ist ein Muss für alle Fans von Norwegen, großen Geheimnissen und historischen Liebesgeschichten.

Engeløya – Die Bestsellerserie aus Norwegen über ein Dorf und seine vielen Geheimnisse. Norwegen, 1862: An einem frostigen Winterabend kehrt Dorfarzt Gabriel Høyer von einem Krankenbesuch nach Engeløya zurück, als sein Pferd plötzlich stehen bleibt. Am Straßenrand liegt ein lebloses Mädchen.

Clara Seymour is trying to find her feet in London, living away from home for the first time. Brought up by her domineering mother, treasuring time any time with her adoring father, Clara's world is brought to a standstill when her dad abruptly dies. Then, a mystery comes to light in a letter from him. I am sure you are aware that before I met your mother I had a previous marriage. But what we never discussed is that we had a daughter. So begins a journey of discovery that takes Clara to remote Norway and a landscape as brutal as it is bewitching.

It's 1998. Varg Veum sits by the hospital bedside of his long-term girlfriend, Karin, whose life-threatening injuries provide a deeply painful reminder of the mistakes he's made. Investigating the seemingly innocent disappearance of a wind-farm inspector, Varg Veum is thrust into one of the most challenging cases of his career, riddled with conflicts, environmental terrorism, religious fanaticism, unsolved mysteries and dubious business ethics.