Kristina McMorris Bücher

Virtuoso violinist, Madeleine Kern, has lost her passion for music since the death of her mother. But one passion remains true; her love for Lane Moritomo. Lane comes from a respected Japanese family and his mother is keen to retain this heritage with a suitable marriage. But breaking tradition, Lane proposes to Maddie and the newlyweds begin married life floating on a wave of bliss. That is until news breaks that the Japanese have bombed Pearl Harbour. Surrounded by accusatory glares and damning newspapers headlines, Maddie and Lane's future hopes for a happy life together are shaken to the core. As prejudice spreads fervently across America, Maddie and Lane must cling on to their love for each other whilst the world threatens to tear them apart.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Sold on a Monday comes a sweeping World War II tale of an illusionist whose recruitment by British Intelligence sets her on a perilous, heartrending path Raised amid the hardships of Michigan's Copper Country, Fenna Vos has learned to focus on her own survival-even now, with the Second World War raging in faraway countries. Though she performs onstage as the assistant to an unruly escape artist, behind the curtain she's the mastermind of their act. After all, her honed ability to control her surroundings and elude entrapments, physical or otherwise, reliably suppresses the traumas of her youth. For all her planning, however, Fenna fails to predict being called upon by British Intelligence. Tasked with creating escape tools to thwart the Germans, MI9 seeks those with specialized skills for a war nearing its breaking point. Fenna reluctantly joins the unconventional team as an inventor. But when a test of her loyalty draws her deep into the fray, she discovers no mission is more treacherous than escaping one's past. Inspired by stunning true accounts, The Ways We Hide is a riveting story of love and loss, the wars we fight-on the battlefields and within ourselves-and the courage found in unexpected places.

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A USA TODAY BESTSELLER A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER A NATIONAL INDIEBOUND BESTSELLER An unforgettable novel by Kristina McMorris, inspired by a stunning piece of history. 2 CHILDREN FOR SALE The sign is a last resort. It sits on a farmhouse porch in 1931, but could be found anywhere in an era of breadlines, bank runs and broken dreams. It could have been written by any mother facing impossible choices. For struggling reporter Ellis Reed, the gut-wrenching scene evokes memories of his family's dark past. He snaps a photograph of the children, not meant for publication. But when it leads to his big break, the consequences are more devastating than he ever imagined. Inspired by an actual newspaper photograph that stunned the nation, Sold on a Monday is a powerful novel of love, redemption, and the unexpected paths that bring us home.

Marcy Taggartová sa po dvadsiatich piatich rokoch manželstva vydáva do Írska na druhú svadobnú cestu, avšak sama, pretože ju manžel opustil. Jej trápenie sa zhoršuje spomienkou na tragédiu pred dvoma rokmi, keď sa jej dcéra Devon utopila pri osamelej plavbe. Marcy má pocit, že Devon sa možno len stratila. Na výlete v Corku zbadá dievčinu, ktorá sa na Devon podoba, a zúfalá matka sa začne opájať nádejou, že svoju dcéru našla, len musí zistiť, kde sa skrýva. Nicky Fleming, anglický diplomat v Nemecku, zomiera za záhadných okolností. Je koniec 70. rokov a jeho vdova Letty sa pýta, či bol Nicky špiónom. Deti sa snažia vyrovnať so stratou otca a odchádzajú na odľahlý ostrov Hebrid, kde musia nájsť spôsob, ako sa s tragédiou vyrovnať. Alexa Marcusová, sedemnásťročná dcéra miliardára, zažíva skutočný únos a panika ju premáha, keď sa preberie v stiesnenom priestore. Jej otec, Marshal Marcus, hľadá pomoc u súkromného vyšetrovateľa Nicka Hellera, no zdráha sa zdieľať informácie a kontaktovať políciu. V roku 1944 sa vojak Morgan McClain a študentka Liz Stephensová stretnú na tanečnej akcii, kde preskočí iskra. Morgan odchádza na front a dostáva krásne listy od ženy, s ktorou tancoval, no nie je to Liz.