The book guild ltd jun 2026 (9 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Harriet Montgomery's life in London seems perfect from the outside, but beneath the surface, something is stirring. Haunted by vivid dreams and strange sensations, and reeling from her fiancé's betrayal, Harriet walks away from everything she thought she wanted.Drawn to the sleepy village of Brindlewood, where hearth fires glow and old magic lingers in the air, Harriet uncovers a secret her family buried long ago. She is the heir to a powerful witch lineage, her gifts bound by love and fear. Under the gentle guidance of her aunt and grandmother, she learns that magic is not darkness, but love and connection.Then there's Sam Thorne, the brooding, kind-hearted butcher whose soul feels inexplicably tied to hers.As Harriet's powers awaken, so do buried secrets and dangerous truths. With the past closing in, Harriet must choose between the life she left behind and the magic, and love, she's only just found.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - When Henry the Half-Time Hero and his League of Not Really Very Super Heroes are invited to the grand opening of HeroParc, the world's best superhero theme park, it's a dream come true. But the fun doesn't last long and something goes terribly wrong: the world's greatest heroes, including Henry's dad Orangeman, start acting. fourteen. Moody, lazy and glued to their screens, they've completely stopped saving the world. With disasters looming and villains running free, it's up to Henry and his friends to step in. As they investigate, they uncover a chilling plot involving mass hypnosis, a mysterious American girl and a secret underground lair where the heroes' worst enemies are planning a full-scale takeover. Things aren't looking good for planet earth. Will our brave League save the world in time - and get their parents back It's the biggest and most daring adventure yet for Henry the Half-Time Hero and his League of Not Really Very Super Heroes.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Eleven-year-old Rohan Hood has spent his life in The Cemetery - a bleak world where joy is forbidden and liking other boys is a dangerous secret. Everything changes when he rescues a wounded bat named Buddha and a mysterious black band appears around his wrist, leaving Rohan to wonder whether his people might still have a chance to make things right. When the ruthless leader, Dolbeanz, discovers Rohan's secret, he is forced to flee. His escape leads him to Mirum Adventrum, a school shimmering with life and wonder, where children learn to live in harmony with animals, spirits and the elements. For the first time, Rohan feels like he belongs. But dark forces are stirring, and the gods of the Underworld have their eyes on him. To save his family, his friends and perhaps the world itself, Rohan must uncover the truth about his past and the wild magic that links him to Buddha. before the shadows rise again. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - When sisters Libby and Rachel open a letter from their late mother, they discover that it's the first of five. Each letter asks them to scatter their mother's ashes in a different place, and travel together to the carefully chosen locations. What begins as an act of remembrance soon becomes a journey into the past. With every trip, the sisters uncover unsettling truths about their family. As questions mount, Libby and Rachel are forced to confront what they thought they knew about their mother, and about themselves. Along the way, grief gives way to connection, laughter and unexpected romance. Old wounds are reopened, but new bonds are formed, offering the chance of healing and hope. Until the Next Letter is a warm, uplifting novel about sisterhood and the courage it takes to face the truth. One letter, and one journey, at a time.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - She fought for justice. Her country killed her. July 1936. On the eve of the Spanish Civil War, British artist Alicia Green travels to Barcelona to attend the People's Olympiad. When violence erupts and the games are cancelled, Alicia joins the Republican cause, only to be killed in the crossfire. Her death is dismissed as a tragic accident. Ninety years later, disgraced gallery owner Rick Gabriel stumbles upon a sketchbook he believes once belonged to Alicia, drawing him into a dangerous web of secrets and betrayal. As Rick follows the trail, he uncovers evidence of a cover-up that refuses to stay buried. Hunted by forces determined to keep the past hidden, Rick must decide how much the truth is worth. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - When macho thriller writer Graham Tomlinson is rebranded by his agent as 'Tamara Wilde, Mistress of Cosy Crime', he swaps Yorkshire noir for the picture-postcard Cotswolds - only to find the village of Flitchcombe-on-the-Water is far from cosy.With its eccentric locals, simmering feuds and a book group bristling with dark secrets, he is surrounded by irresistible material for his new novel. But when the man he has chosen as the victim in his fictional plot turns up dead, fiction and reality collide spectacularly.From drugged hunting dogs to clandestine rites on Gallows Hill, Graham is dragged into a tangle of ancient scandals and modern crime. His life depends on him embracing both sides of himself, the tough Tom Stone and intuitive Tamara Wilde, and uncovering the truth before it is too late.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A quest unlike anything you've seen before. Except, of course, Homer did something similar with his excursion to Troy. But where has Helen gone this time When a drunken Morris dancer sparks rumours of a Spectral Flasher in a quiet Suffolk village, a far greater disturbance is already under way. A hoard of Roman antiquities - including Greek statuettes - sets detectorists, dealers and bankers on a chase from rural England to a Geneva auction room. Murder follows the money, bodies fall, and Helen of Troy proves as dangerous in bronze as she ever was in the flesh. Paris, Hector and Menelaus all give it a miss. Fortunately, Detective Inspector Maniakos is on the case, aided by the sharp-eyed, accident-prone Marples twins, Lucy and Jean, who always seem to be in the wrong place at the right time.The ancient question remains: will Helen's abductors hold on to her this time.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - At fifteen, headstrong Jane is growing up in a quiet village in East Sussex, dreaming of travel and a life beyond the familiar. When war erupts in 1939, those dreams are swept into motion. Leaving school behind, Jane steps into adulthood far sooner than she ever expected, and a chance encounter with injured RAF pilots changes everything.Told in Jane's own voice, this biographical novel charts an extraordinary journey from V1 and V2 attacks in Kent to the heat and danger of Ceylon and Singapore. Jane confronts death, grief and moral conflict as she tends wounded airmen, liberated prisoners of war and even former enemies. Along the way she experiences friendship and love as well as devastating loss, emerging fiercely independent and forever changed.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 1952. The Winston family, scarred by the losses of war, gather at Timerton Rectory for the funeral and will reading of the formidable Geraldine Winston. For widower Professor John Winston, Geraldine's nephew, and his daughters, Margaret and Clara, the return to the family's ancestral home stirs long-buried grief.Still haunted by the Blitz that claimed their mother and grandparents, the inquisitive girls long for love, adventure and escape. When they learn that their great-aunt once had a twin sister who vanished without trace, their curiosity deepens. Strange disturbances and a ghostly presence soon draw the sisters into a web of long-forgotten secrets.As they explore the abandoned church and nearby convent, clues linked to many forgotten and unresolved mysteries of years gone by are uncovered.With courage and unexpected guidance, can Margaret and Clara untangle a century of lies, bringing truth and justice back to a family and their community still living in the shadows of the past.…