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Under the clamour of the Sydney Harbour Bridge being built nearby, Grace Fairweather is working in her father's grocery shop in The Rocks when she begins making her own confectionery. Her colourful creations of toffees, lollies and chocolates soon become crowd favourites, and Grace begins to dream of one day opening her own sweetshop. When the roguish but irresistible Londoner Alfie Sweeting comes to work for the Fairweathers, his ambition for her success thrills her. With Grace's natural business acumen and Alfie's creative sales skills, it seems like they could be the perfect pairing - in work and in love - but when Alfie's criminal past catches up with him, both their lives come under threat and Grace is forced to make the most difficult decision of all.

Newly promoted Detective Superintendent Jack Hawksworth has headed up three major serial operations in England and in each of these cases he has lost a part of himself. While on sabbatical as a guest lecturer in a London university, one of his female students dies under highly suspicious circumstances, and he finds himself drawn into a chilling new case that reaches across the world. Jack's investigations lead him to Adelaide where he identifies a cynical international crime consortium that preys on the anguish of childless couples and vulnerable women. Together with local major crime officers, he follows his leads to the windswept Yorke Peninsula, and becomes caught up in an intoxicating private drama. With his personal and professional business entangled once again, Jack must put his own life on the line to bring justice to those who are grieving.

Das Grauen des Krieges, die Macht der Liebe und die unsterbliche Hoffnung auf eine gemeinsame Zukunft. Épernay, 1914: Sophie Delancré ist eine leidenschaftliche Winzerin. Sie leitet das Weingut ihrer Familie und hat einen großen Traum: Sie will den edelsten Champagner Frankreichs herstellen. Als sie auf den gutaussehenden und herzlichen Jerome Mea, ebenfalls Winzer, trifft, ist es Liebe auf den ersten Blick. Schon bald läuten die Hochzeitsglocken und das Glück scheint perfekt. Doch schon kurz nach der Hochzeit muss Jerome in den Krieg ziehen und Sophie bleibt alleine auf dem gemeinsamen Anwesen zurück. Während die junge Winzerin darum kämpft, ihr Weingut alleine am Laufen zu halten, zwingt sie eine kritische Zuckerknappheit, sich auf einen gefährlichen Handel mit einem zwielichtigen Bekannten einzulassen. Und plötzlich scheint der Krieg nicht mehr die einzige Bedrohung in ihrem Leben zu sein … Die historischen Romane von Fiona McIntosh: 1. Herzen aus Gold 2. Der Duft der verlorenen Träume 3. Wenn der Lavendel wieder blüht 4. Das Mädchen im roten Kleid 5. Der Schokoladensalon 6. Die Diamantenerbin Alle Romane sind einzelstehend lesbar.

Eine atemberaubende Geschichte über Vertrauen, Verrat und eine Liebe, die funkelt wie ein lupenreiner Diamant! Südafrika, 1870. Nach dem Tod ihrer Mutter wächst Clementine in Kimberley auf, wo ihr Vater, ein englischer Ingenieur, nach Diamanten sucht. Als er übrraschend fündig wird und kurz darauf unter tragischen Umständen ums Leben kommt, muss Clem sich fragen, wo ihre Zukunft liegt und wem sie wirklich trauen kann … London 1894. Clem ist zu einer selbstbewussten jungen Frau herangewachsen, die in England ein neues Heim gefunden hat. Durch ihren Onkel Reggie macht sie Bekanntschaft mit Will, dem Sohn seines Geschäftspartners. Reggie steht kurz vor der Insolvenz und hofft, eine Liaison zwischen den beiden jungen Leuten könne den Bankrott aufschieben, wenn nicht gar verhindern. Sein Plan scheint aufzugehen: Clem und Will verbringen wunderschöne Stunden zu zweit, doch als Will anfängt, Fragen zu stellen, bringt er Clem auf eine Fährte, die weit in die Vergangenheit zurückführt. Zurück zu bewegten Tagen in Afrika ...

Police are baffled by several deaths, each unique and bizarre in their own way, and shockingly brutal. Scotland Yard sends in its crack DCI, the enigmatic Jack Hawksworth, who wastes no time in setting up Operation Mirror. His chief wants him to dismiss any plausibility of a serial killer before the media gets on the trail. With his best investigative team around him, Jack resorts to some unconventional methods to disprove or find a link between the gruesome deaths. One involves a notorious serial killer from his past, and the other, a smart and seductive young journalist who’ll do anything to catch her big break. Discovering he’s following the footsteps of a vigilante and in a race against time, Jack will do everything it takes to stop another killing – but at what personal cost for those he holds nearest and dearest?

A sweeping, epic love story which follows one woman's journey from the cobbled streets of Brighton to the foothills of the Himalayan mountains, for fans of Dinah Jefferies and Lucinda Riley. A passionate love affair.

The heart-stopping new blockbuster by the bestselling author of The Diamond Hunter. In the summer of 1914, vigneron Jerome Mea heads off to war, certain he'll be home by Christmas. His new bride Sophie, a fifth generation and rebellious champenoise, is determined to ensure the forthcoming vintages will be testament to their love and the power of the people of pernay, especially its strong women. But as the years drag on, authorities advise that Jerome is missing, considered dead. When poison gas is first used in Belgium by the Germans, British chemist Charles Nash jumps to enlist. After he is injured, he is brought to Reims, where Sophie has helped to set up an underground hospital to care for the wounded. In the dark, ancient champagne cellars, their stirring emotions take them both by surprise. While Sophie battles to keep her vineyard going through the bombings, a critical sugar shortage forces her to strike a dangerous bargain with an untrustworthy acquaintance - but nothing will test her courage more than the news that filters through to her about the fate of her heroic Jerome.

A spate of seemingly unconnected murders in southern England prompt a high-profile taskforce to be formed and led by DCI Jack Hawksworth, one of the Force's new rising stars who combines modern methods with old-school instincts. The victims appear as disparate as their style of death; the only link that Hawk and his team can pull together is that the murdered are all men of an identical age. The taskforce has nothing but cold cases of decades past to comb through in the hope that they might find a clue to who is behind the savagery. A heart-stopping tale of brutal revenge with a chilling twist by a powerhouse Australian author.

DCI Jack Hawksworth is back, working on a high-profile case breaking in London. A calculating serial killer is on the loose, committing the most gruesome of murders as he 'trophies' the faces of his victims. With each new atrocity, the public and police force are getting more desperate for results. Hawk pulls together a strong and experienced taskforce, who soon find themselves caught up in a murky world of illegal immigrants and human organ trading. As he struggles to find any sort of link between the victims, Jack identifies something unique about the most recent corpse, and things suddenly get very personal. From the seedy underbelly of London's back streets and New Scotland Yard to the dangerous frontiers of modern medicine, this is a gripping crime thriller from a powerhouse Australian author.