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        The Savoy

        The Rise of a Family

        by Maxim Wahl

        I. 1932: the Savoy Hotel is London’s premier address. For thirty years, it has been run by the Wilders. When the family patriarch has a stroke, his son Henry believes his moment has come, but his father has different plans: he entrusts Violet, his illegitimate granddaughter, with the management of the hotel. Violet is torn. On the one hand, her dream of making a career as one of the first women in radio seems to be coming true; on the other, she’s waited her whole life for the chance to be accepted by her family …   II. 1936: Violet is running the Savoy. In addition to her never-ending duties, she is weighed down by a crushing sense of guilt. She blames herself for driving her beloved John to suicide. Desperately lonely, she longs for a bit of happiness. A French nobleman seems to give her this, and she accepts his invitation to the Olympic Games. For Violet, Berlin proves to be a brutal experience, which in reality serves to distract her from the mysterious goings-on at the Savoy Hotel.   III. 1940: Against Violet’s will, the Savoy has become a hotbed of political intrigue. Still, she does her best to offer her international guests the luxury to which they are accustomed. This balancing act is put to the test when the British king arrives as a guest: Violet is expecting a child with Max Hammersmith, and his wife, Susan, is the lady-in-waiting accompanying the visitors from Buckingham Palace. Soon, however, these problems fade in the face of political reality: the Second World War is raging, and even the Savoy Hotel may fall victim to German air raids.

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        Days of Light

        Silk Saga Book 3

        by Ulrike Renk

        The third book in the Silk Saga by bestselling author Ulrike Renk. A dramatic family chronicle based on true events, set in Krefeld, London and Chicago. 1940: At last! Ruth has obtained the visa she so desperately wanted, and she’s permitted to go and stay with her relatives in America. Yet she’s in for a rough start. Chicago is much bigger than Ruth expected, and she doesn’t find it easy to adapt to her new routine, which is so different from what she’s used to. Then, however, she meets Eddie and falls head over heels in love, despite her better judgment: Eddie is an American soldier, and the war doesn’t seem to be ending any time soon. When he’s sent to the Front, Ruth’s world collapses: will Eddie come back from the war unscathed? And will their love survive?

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        Years at the Elbchaussee

        The Story of a Chocolate Dynasty, Book 2

        by Lena Johannson

        Hamburg, 1925. Frieda couldn’t be happier. She’s about to get married, and the chocolate company is going from strength to strength. At long last she seems to have found her place in the family enterprise. The one thing she wants to do before the wedding is go on a trip with her parents, who are planning to visit her relatives in America. Yet when they arrive in the USA there’s a surprise in store for the Hannemanns: they meet their grandfather’s unmarried half-sister, who nobody in the family knew even existed. This encounter with the older, self-assured lady leaves a deep impression on Frieda – will she be able to look back on her life one day with the same satisfaction and sense of peace? Back in Hamburg, she has a wedding to plan – until suddenly, unexpectedly, the love of her life shows up. Frieda has some tough decisions ahead of her in the years to come. Not only must she fight for happiness in her personal life but she’s also faced with an increasingly difficult task: to stand by her Jewish friend Clara during one of the darkest periods in German history.

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        If You Want Flowers, Buy Some (Not) A Romance Novel

        by Ellen Berg

        For Lena, a bookseller, there is nothing more beautiful than curling up with a romance novel. She wrote off any hope of real-life passion ages ago. Online dating? No thanks. Lena is still dreaming of romance – not of love at the click of a mouse. Then she organises a reading with the successful author Benjamin Floros at her small bookshop. He claims to have found the perfect algorithm for love. They immediately lock horns, of course – until Benjamin bets Lena that she will find the love of her life using his formula. Reluctantly, she agrees to a dating marathon. But is it really love when romance has gone out the window? Ellen Berg’s first bookish (no) love story – with bestseller guarantee, as she’s proven with her previous books during recent years.

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