Hedda Pänke Knihy

Sharla Cody is only five but has already had a troubled life. Then she finds herself dumped with an elderly neighbour when her mother takes off for the summer. Although Sharla is not the angelic child Addy Shadd had pictured when she agreed to look after her, the two soon forge a deep bond. To Addy's surprise, Sharla's presence brings back memories of her own childhood in Rusholme, a town settled by fugitive slaves in the mid-1800s. In the spirit of White Oleander and The Color Purple, this is a story about the redeeming power of love and memory, and about two unlikely people who transform each other's lives forever.

Daniel Forster arrives in Venice to work in the library of a private collector. When his employer sends him to buy a violin from a petty thief, he ignites a chain of violence, intrigue and murder, and he is also drawn into a police investigation surrounding a beautiful woman, a mysterious palazzo and a lost musical masterpiece.

As the millennium approaches, the climate on Earth is getting progressively hotter, a phenomenon which makes scientists and others extremely nervous. Unease quickly turns to panic when Air Force One is successfully downed, key communications networks are disrupted, and the world's financial institutions are pushed to the brink of collapse. CIA science chief Helen Wagner and Michael Lieberman, a brilliant designer of a giant space-based solar array, must contend with techno-savvy activists who plan to use the array to cut modern society off at the knees...and start civilization over from scratch.

Norma hat nach einigen Enttäuschungen die Hoffnung auf Liebe und Leidenschaft fast aufgegeben. Doch der Traum von einem anderen Leben ist ihr geblieben. Als sie ein Vermögen erbt, fliegt sie auf den Spuren ihres Vaters auf die Orkney-Inseln in Schottland. Dort trifft sie Brian, einen Künstler, und Norma weiß, hier geht es um mehr als nur einen Flirt. Doch da ist noch Brians Verlobte Fiona, die Prinzessin der Orkneys. Eine turbulente Liebesgeschichte nimmt ihren Lauf und Norma erfährt zum ersten Mal in ihrem Leben, dass sie geliebt wird und nicht nur von Brian ...