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Zes studenten aan de Harvard Medical School hebben er in de jaren zestig alles voor over om hun doel te bereiken.






Zes studenten aan de Harvard Medical School hebben er in de jaren zestig alles voor over om hun doel te bereiken.
Faced with financial ruin and the need to secure her sister's future, Kelsey Langton makes the drastic decision to sell herself at auction. Entering the notorious House of Eros, she prepares to surrender her dignity for survival. Lord Derek Malory emerges as the highest bidder, setting the stage for a complex relationship that challenges Kelsey’s pride and resilience. As she navigates her new reality, themes of sacrifice and empowerment unfold in this gripping tale.
After an accidental encounter on the train, Aly finds herself drawn to Tom--a handsome, athletic, intelligent, and gifted musician. In this passionate and tender romance, she discovers the joy and anguish of falling for her best friend's son. 200 pp. Author interviews. 20,000 print.
Department store executive Meredith Bancroft is forced to deal with corporate raider Matthew Farrell, her former lover.
A candid look at a teenage romance that ended in unimaginable tragedy, I Wish You Didn't Know My Name also tells the tale of Michele's legal battle to bury her daughter with dignity and love - and of the stunning conviction that ultimately put Joel Steinberg behind bars. But the story doesn't end there. For through Michele Launder's decision to go public with her grief, she won the greatest victory of all: heightened national awareness of child abuse, increased understanding of mothers' rights... and the comforting sense that Lisa's tragic death was not in vain.
To save her daughter's life, Alexandra must reveal a shocking truth, a secret she has kept for nineteen years. The story begins thirty years earlier with a desperate Jewish refugee who entrusts his fate to a Swiss boy. This encounter connects the two men through the years, filled with passion and betrayal, until Alexandra enters their lives and the friends become rivals. Daniel, as a Jewish boy, escapes the Nazi threat and builds a promising career in America while his past looms as a constant shadow. Andreas, a born champion in Grand Prix racing, becomes estranged from his family due to his passion, but when fortune abandons him, his courage is tested. Alexandra, a talented painter, sacrifices her art for her husband, yet her deepest wish remains unfulfilled, placing her in a horrific dilemma. The narrative takes the reader from war-torn Germany during World War II to the neutrality of Switzerland and the glamour of New York and the French Riviera. Forty years of wanderings, dreams, and conflicts reveal the value and cost of love and friendship. A grand and immersive novel, often poignant and sometimes shocking, yet always authentic.
“Bertrice Small creates cover-to-cover passion, a keen sense of history and suspense.”—Publishers Weekly Valentina had been admired, married, widowed, yet had never known love . . . Not even at the illustrious court of Queen Elizabeth, where her innocent, violet-eyed beauty fired the hearts of England's most gallant gentry, especially the roguish Earl of Kempe and the irrepressible Lord Padraic Burke. But her innocence shattered when a deathbed confession revealed that her true father might not have been Lord Bliss but the lustful Sultan Murad of Istanbul. Determined to find the truth, Valentina sets sail for the East, a voyage of unsurpassed danger . . . and sensual discovery. Lavish, sexy, magnificent—Bertrice Small's Lost Love Found is a fitting tribute to the unforgettable heroine who rivals her famous aunt, Skye O'Malley, in grace, grandeur, and sensual daring.
Beschrijving van de lotgevallen van een aantal immigranten in Amerika aan het begin van de 20e eeuw, waar nieuwe inzichten op velerlei terrein ontstaan.
Een bankiersdochter vergezelt haar vader tijdens een jachtpartij. De ontmoeting met een ongeletterde maar welgestelde jongeman en de dood van haar hebzuchtige vader effenen de weg naar het geluk.
Een aan lager wal geraakte jongeman besluit zich aan welgestelde dames te verhuren. Zo belandt hij in allerlei komische en tragische situaties.