World War Ii Romance

As golden sunlight shimmers across the crystal-clear waters, Francesca travels to the tranquil Italian island of Santa Caterina in search of precious rare books and a new beginning. Heartbroken after the sudden end of her long-term relationship, she jumped at the chance to help recover a collection of missing books. But when she arrives, she soon discovers she was invited by the island’s mysterious owner, alongside handsome local book collector Thiago, to unlock a secret that spans generations. Together, she and Thiago learn the books were hidden during the Second World War.

Carrie Dobbs and Arnold Bateman have arrived in India. The journey from Bombay to Secunderabad is arduous - hot, uncomfortable, and with little to eat but unfamiliar food. But when she steps over the threshold of the bungalow she and her baby son John are to share with Bateman, she realizes that nothing could have prepared her for the life she is now expected to live.

Paris, 1921. Lorsque Valentine se marie avec l'héritier de la prestigieuse maison de fourreurs, la Maison Fontenoy, elle est loin de se douter de la vie qui l'attend. Malgré l’amour que lui porte son mari André et la naissance de ses deux enfants - Camille et Maxence -, Valentine s'enfonce dans un profond ennui et la frustration la gagne peu à peu. Lassée par ce quotidien et ce rôle d'épouse et de mère qui ne la comble pas, elle décide de partir pour assouvir ses aspirations.

Make a connection with these characters as they struggle to find the courage they never knew they had and the future they thought they'd never see. A powerful and emotional true story of the men and women that overcame all the odds only to face the greatest dangers mankind has ever faced before. On the shores of the English Channel, only days before D-Day, they stand in the crossroads of history preparing to take on Hitler and the Nazis. Lives are changed, friends become brothers, hearts are broken, and promises are made. Promises to never say goodbye.

Summer 1940. Fourteen-year-old Tessa Graham finds herself in a new, unfamiliar world. For her safety, she is sent from England to Chicago to live with the prominent Ardley family just before the London Blitz. On the University of Chicago campus, 18-year-old Anthony Ardley has to make a choice. His country stands at the brink of war. What will happen when Tessa and Anthony cross paths on the way to discovering themselves? A coming of age tale that emerges into an epic love story, this book takes you back to Chicago in the pre-war era, when two young people must find their paths.

Manhattan, 1946. Die junge Grace Healey stößt auf ein Dutzend Fotografien auffallend attraktiver Frauen, die vom britischen Geheimdienst nach Frankreich geschickt wurden. Beim Versuch, das Rätsel ihres Verbleibs zu lösen, begegnet Grace eine Geschichte von Mut, Liebe und Verrat. London, 1943. Um ihr Kind in Sicherheit zu bringen, nimmt die alleinerziehende Marie ein Angebot des Geheimdiensts an: Zum ersten Mal sollen Frauen als Spioninnen im besetzten Frankreich tätig werden.

Eine starke Frau im Spiegel ihrer Zeit, eine verlorene Welt und eine große Liebe: der bewegende erste Band von Izabelle Jardins Familiensaga um die ostpreußische Familie von Warthenberg. Königsberg, 1930: Die selbstbewusste Constanze von Warthenberg ist neunzehn Jahre alt, als sie während einer Segelregatta dem weltläufigen Clemens Rosanowski aus Warschau begegnet. Es wird die große Liebe. Trotz einigen Widerstandes in Constanzes Familie heiratet das Paar und lässt sich in Danzig nieder.

En enero de 1939, las tropas de Franco entran triunfantes en Barcelona. Con ellas va Mauricio Casasnovas, guapo como un artista de cine. Es el heredero de una empresa textil, al que espera una mujer sumisa y un futuro dorado de noches en el Liceo, los mejores sastres y fulanas de lujo. Pero la brutalidad de la guerra ha abierto una grieta en su corazón que no deja de agrandarse. Mauricio, a pesar de estar casado, conoce por primera vez el amor y la pasión con una obrera de su fábrica, cuyo marido está encarcelado.

Efteråret 1942. Et overfyldt tog bevæger sig ned gennem det mørklagte Tyskland. Med om bord er den unge danske kvinde Harriet, som har efterladt sine to små sønner på et børnehjem i Ålsgårde og nu er på vej mod München. Hendes mand, Gerhard, er blevet skudt ned over Østfronten, hvor han kæmpede på tysk side mod kommunismen, og midt i sorgen brænder Harriet efter at handle, konfrontere sig med krigen, bidrage med noget. I München indkvarterer hun sig hos Gerhards tyske officerskollega Klaus og hans danske kone, Gudrun.

Elisa es una niña que huye de Sartaguda (Navarra) para evitar los tremendos abusos que los vencedores de la guerra civil española están cometiendo en el pueblo con los vencidos. En su huída es arrinconada poco a poco teniendo que pasar a Francia donde es instalada en un campo de refugiados para terminar siendo entregada a los nazis. Su paso por los campos de concentración, a causa de las terribles experiencias vividas, la convertirán en una mujer de forma prematura. Pero la otra cara de la moneda es que vivirá una bonita historia de amor con un partisano.

Lavender Road boasts a pawnbroker, a pub, two rows of terraced working class homes and, at one end, the big house owned by the local brewer. When war breaks out, the lives and fortunes of the families who live in Lavender Road are changed out of all recognition. For Joyce, it means a struggle to keep food on the family table; for Jen it may mean the end of her dream to become an actress; and for Pam, there is the sickening seesaw of emotions as she fights attraction to her handsome lodger and a growing distance from a husband who is judged not fit to enlist.

Als Mitglied der Résistance organisiert Nancy unzählige Waffentransporte, verhilft Juden und abgeschossenen Piloten zur Flucht, schmuggelt Funkgeräte und anderes Material, bis sie als "weiße Maus" zur meistgesuchten Person der Gestapo wird, auf die ein Kopfgeld von 5-MillionenFranc ausgesetzt ist. Doch dann verhaften die Deutschen ihren Mann, und Nancy muss fliehen. Im verzweifelten Versuch, ihren geliebten Henri zu befreien, lässt sie sich in England zur Geheimagentin ausbilden.

It will take more than Hitler's Luftwaffe to break the spirit of the residents of Lavender Road. If courage, resilience and a shared sense of humour could win wars, the conflict would already be over. It's not all harmony, though. Nurse Molly Coogan and would-be actress Jen Carter certainly don't see eye to eye. Molly, despite hating the strict discipline of wartime hospital life, is unimpressed by flighty Jen's prima donna ways.

"Sei mutig. Liebe viel und stürmisch. Werde zu der Frau, von der ich mir immer sicher war, dass Du sie sein könntest." Auf der Flucht vor der Verfolgung durch die Deutschen gelangt eine junge Schneiderin ins New York der Vierziger und kämpft darum, Modeschöpferin zu werden.

1922. When the Turkish Army occupies Smyrna, Zoë Haggitiris escapes with her family, only to lose everything. Alone in a sea of desperate strangers, her life is touched, for a moment, by a young English boy, Tom Collyer, also lost, before the compassion of a stranger leads her into a new life. Years later when war breaks out, Tom finds himself in Greece, and in the chaos of the British retreat, fate will lead him back to Zoë. But he will discover that the war will not end so easily for either of them.

1948: Change has come to every corner of the globe - and Rosie Stanton, returning home to Northern Queensland after serving the war effort in Brisbane, plans to rescue her family’s foundering sugarcane farm with her unstoppable can-do spirit. Coming up against her father’s old-world views, a farm worker undermining her success, and constant reminders of Rosie’s brothers lost in the war, Rosie realizes she wants more from life and love - but at what cost? Italian immigrant Tomas Conti arrives at a neighboring farm, and sparks fly as Rosie draws close to this enigmatic newcomer.

September, 1943. Tuscany, Italy. In the hilltop town of Barga, everyone holds their breath. Even the bells fall silent. Everything Vittoria Guidi knows and loves is at risk. German troops occupy the mountains around her home, as America's Buffalo Soldiers prepare to invade. As Vittoria's country is torn in two, so is her conscience. Should she side with her Scots-Italian father or her Fascist mother? Should she do what she is told - or what she believes in?

On a cold winter day in 1955, Kate Arden got on a train to go home for Christmas. This is the story of what happened when she got off that train. In 1943. In 1943 Kate Arden was engaged to the man she loved, Jeffrey Rushbrooke. She was devastated and heartbroken when he was called up for wartime duty and later killed on a secret mission in France. But what if Kate could change that? What if she could warn him and save his life? Or will fate have a bigger surprise in store for her?

When Lottie Palmer runs away the day before her wedding to join the Navy WAVES program, she not only leaves behind a fiancé, but also the privileged lifestyle that she has known as the daughter of one of the most important manufacturers in Detroit’s auto industry. Spurred by a desire to contribute meaningfully to the war effort, Lottie pours all of her focus and determination into becoming the best airplane mechanic in the division, working harder than she’s ever worked before. Her grit impresses her handsome instructor, Captain Luke Woodward.

Chloe kunde aldrig ha föreställt sig att hennes liv skulle bli så otroligt komplicerat. Hon lever nu i ett äktenskap med Oliver, som ständigt bedrar henne med deras hushållerska Françoise. Deras familj består av fem barn, men endast två av dem är hennes biologiska. Hennes äldsta son, Inigo, är den ende som är Olivers. För att göra saken ännu mer komplex, har resten av barnen, inklusive Chloes dotter Imogen, en annan pappa – Patrick Bates.