Titres dans XXe siècle

Seattle, 1925. Dishwasher Eleanora dreams of performing magic tap dance. Sure, she can conjure fire, but that talent remains buried thanks to Prohibition, which has banned booze and magic, and the devastating panic attacks that knock her unconscious every time she takes the stage. Unable to quiet her calling, Eleanora lands an audition at The Luminaire, the only theater where magic flows freely and the same stage where her mother famously brought fire dance to the masses before her death in an asylum.

Heather Perry has always resented the government’s hold over the Hot Springs Reservation, where even long-time residents and business owners must lease their property from the government rather than own it. When Anson English arrives seeking treatment in the bath houses that make up the core of the reserve, Heather is drawn to the man in the wheelchair and watches his progress toward healing. But when she discovers his role in preventing Hot Springs citizens from owning their property, she feels betrayed. Can she ever forgive him, or will the conflict divide them forever?

The classic tale of an Australian girl who marries into the English aristocracy at a time of great change to the traditional order November 1910, and seventeen-year-old Lucinda is looking forward to being making her debut in Melbourne society. Beautiful and wealthy, she is set to make a...

In den schottischen Highlands aufzuwachen, ist für Brynne das eine – aber in einem anderen Jahrhundert und in den Armen eines Highlandkriegers etwas ganz anderes. Jetzt muss sie wählen: Gehört ihre Zukunft dem England, das sie kennt, oder dem Schottland, das sie tief in ihrer Seele fühlt? Brynne ist der erste Band von Der Club der Zeitreisenden von Kintallan – vier Frauen, vier neue Zeitreisen und so viel Leidenschaft in den schottischen Highlands.

Дерзкая и прекрасная театральная актриса Лилиан очаровывает 17-летнего Пауля; они проводят ночи вместе, наслаждаясь беспечной жизнью. Однажды вечером, проиграв последние деньги за игорным столом, они встречают странного старика с белыми волосами и глазами, похожими на укутанное дымом пламя.

Художница Перелла Эннауэй была маленьким человеком, которого судьба бросала по разным городам и весям, как ветер переносит с места на место увядший осенний лист. Перелла была уверена в полной ничтожности своего значения в общей системе мироздания. С этого момента жизнь девушки перевернулась на сто восемьдесят градусов.

When infamous outlaw Butch Cassidy decides to go straight, he discovers that too many of the powerful men he crossed won’t let bygones be bygones. To have a chance at a new life, he’ll have to become someone else entirely. A brief, fateful encounter with the celebrated singer Jane Touissant on the eve of his escape offers a glimpse of what might have been, but Butch disappears, leaving her behind, until their paths unexpectedly converge again in Paris.

Edward O'Brien has loved Lydia Delaney since he was 10 years old, when he proved it by pushing her into a mud puddle. When he leaves for America in 1924 to make his fortune for their future, Lydia is heartbroken, and her ruthless younger sister, Myra, is still determined to have Edward at any cost. Edward finds life in America difficult. Immigrants, especially Irish Catholics, are shunned, and the influence of the Ku Klux Klan has spread like an epidemic throughout America.

Destiny Begins lays down an unbelievable foundation of chance meetings and unbelievable circumstances that pave the way for this beautiful and amazing love story.

Lucía, Felicidad und Luz – drei Frauen, drei ganz verschiedene Leben, eine Familie. Eine neue Ära ist angebrochen, aber bringt die langersehnte Demokratie wirklich die Änderungen, die Spanien so dringend braucht? Während Lucía nicht nur für ihre Liebe kämpft, sondern sich auch für die Rechte der Frauen einsetzt, hat Luz nur ihre Karriere als Flamencotänzerin im Kopf und sieht dabei nicht, in welche gefährliche Sackgasse sie sich manövriert. Felicidad hingegen versinkt im Kampf gegen ihre inneren Dämonen – bis ein Erlebnis etwas in Gang setzt, mit dem sie nicht mehr gerechnet hätte.

Emerging triumphant from the firing line of war is no easy feat... In war-torn Warsaw, Anna joins the Polish resistance, risking everything for freedom with memories of her fanatical Nazi husband fueling her determination. As she grows close to the resistance, a kind doctor named Mateusz ignites dreams of a different life. But her happiness is shattered when her husband resurfaces. Now, Anna must masquerade as his wife once more to gather vital information.

Ett gripande kärleksdrama om uppoffring och att följa sina drömmar! Det är tidigt nittonhundratal och Marie växer upp på Sjövalla gård, där hennes förfäder levt och brukat i flera hundra år. Gården är omgiven av vackra åkrar och tillvaron är bekymmersfri för den bortskämda flickan. Men när hennes far plötsligt dör i spanska sjukan förändras allt. Hon är blott 14 år när den trygghet hon tar för givet försvinner, och moderns nya äktenskap med faderns vän gör inte saken bättre. Hur kan hennes mor göra så mot Maries nyligen bortgångna far? I Maries ögon är det ett stort svek.

1944 - When an air raid strikes the hospital she’s been working in, Carrie’s life irrevocably changes. But as a nurse in the middle of wartime, she has no time to grieve, as she has too many people relying on her. For resistance fighter Vito, nothing is more important than seeking vengeance for the atrocities his fellow comrades have suffered. But when he liberates a convent, finding a group of Jewish children in hiding, he suddenly has even more to fight for. Little Mimi is injured, scared and alone. Together Carrie and Vito vow to find her parents, a loving home.

In February 1946, Anna Klein and her boss Henry Cooper face major changes at the Monuments Men Collecting Point. With Cooper's dreaded re-deployment looming and their feelings for each other intensifying, Anna has to decide between him, her family, and her marriage. A future with Cooper means giving up everything she knows and running away from her own past, which isn't at all what it seemed.

It is 1942, and with the country still at war, the girls who work for Joe Lyons are praying for their loved ones to return home safely. Happily married, Rose is busy with staffing problems at the teashop with many women taking on war work. Rose dreams of her husband’s return while trying to...

After their dreams of starting a family are crushed, Philippa and her husband Marco need a fresh start. Focusing on repairing the crumbling walls and leaking roof of the Cotswolds house they impulsively bought seems easier work than repairing their relationship. When Philippa finds a hidden memorial hidden deep in the garden, the discovery only pushes them further apart. But as Philippa determines to uncover the truth behind the memorial, could the secrets it reveals be the key to finally putting their heartbreak to rest?

Autumn 1941, and as female conscription looms, three women arrive at the Bell Works Factory in Hucknall to work on the Spitfire production line. Lily soon realises her real dream is to pilot the planes; Edna longs to be reunited with her evacuee daughter, but soon discovers she has a much bigger problem; and Jeannie fears the worst after weeks of no news from her fiancé. Despite all the heartache, with a bit of festive cheer and 'can do' attitude, The Engine Girls will pull together and do all they can to ensure Britain's safe for the New Year.

As Europe goes to war a second time and Richard and Emily’s paths are wrenched apart, each must confront the ghosts of their own past, battling forces both seen and unseen as their lifelong love is tested to its limits by duty, grief, time, and betrayal.

Münsterland, 1895. Als älteste Tochter der Grafenfamilie von Scheweney ist Luises Leben vorbestimmt: Sie soll den Adligen Johan van Leeuwen heiraten und ihre Tage unter den feinen Damen der Gesellschaft verbringen. Doch die temperamentvolle Luise will ihre Zukunft selbst gestalten. Sie möchte Tiermedizin studieren und auf dem Gestüt ihrer Familie anpacken. Als sie heimlich an einer Veranstaltung der Frauenbewegung teilnimmt, lernt sie Max Brugge kennen.

Jessica Ross' scars run much deeper than the wounds of a world at war. Determined to escape the ghosts of her past and the German influence on her nightmares, she returns home to the sleepy Appalachian town of Hot Springs, NC, only to find the renowned Mountain Park Hotel has been converted into a "prison" for displaced Germans and, much to Jessica's dismay, her grandparents have befriended one of them.