Declan Fitzgerald, ayant fait fortune en tant qu'avocat, a décidé de se consacrer à sa passion des vieilles demeures et entrepris de redonner sa splendeur à un manoir de La Nouvelle-Orléans. Rapidement il tombe amoureux de Lena, une jeune femme indépendante au passé trouble. Tandis qu'il tente de la séduire, Declan fait des rêves étranges durant lesquels il revit des scènes qui se sont déroulées un siècle plus tôt dans la vaste demeure : Abbey Manet, une jeune servante, avait été violée et assassinée par son beau-frère. La légende veut que, depuis, l'endroit soit hanté par les témoins de cette tragédie...
He and Sofia are not the old couple's only visitors that night - and soon he
and Sofia will be running for their lives . ...and beneath the swirling light
show of the Northern Lights, a desperate fight ensues - of man against man, of
man against nature - a fight for survival that plays out across the snow and
ice.
In this gripping tale, Kathleen Kent recounts the story of Martha Carrier, one of the first women executed as a witch in Salem, and her defiant daughter, Sarah. Amidst the hysteria of the witch trials, the mother-daughter duo confronts fear and persecution, showcasing their enduring love and resilience in a brutal world.
'Suddenly, she felt the thrill of being in so foreign a place, far more foreign that she had expected; a place where anything might happen ...' The restored Tuscan farmhouse on the edge of an ancient wood is the perfect setting for a late September holiday. As Justine Elliott, ehr friends and their families from university gather to relax and unwind, she hopes it will be a chance to put the most tragic events of the prvious year behind them all. However, the apparently peaceful Italian countryside holds as many secrets as its visitors and, before the week is out, the past and the present will collide, with unexpected and dramatic results ...
Heart-stopping romance, devastating secrets and dark magic, from bestselling author Lauren Kate. The stunning sequel to Teardrop. Eureka's tears have flooded the earth and now Atlantis is rising, along with its evil king, Atlas. Eureka is the only one who can stop him – but first she must learn how to fight. She travels across the ocean with Ander to try and make sense of the dark world her sorrow has created. But dark secrets are hidden in the depths – will she be strong enough to defeat Atlas, or is her broken heart just what he needs to power his rising kingdom? Eureka has the chance to save the world. But she'll have to give up on everything – even love . . .
Als meisje werd ze als seksslavin verkocht, maar nu redt ze anderen
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Born in a village deep in the Cambodian forest, Somaly Mam was sold into sexual slavery by her grandfather when she was twelve years old. For the next decade she was shuttled through the brothels that make up the sprawling sex trade of Southeast Asia. Trapped in this dangerous and desperate world, she suffered the brutality and horrors of human trafficking—rape, torture, deprivation—until she managed to escape with the help of a French aid worker. Emboldened by her newfound freedom, education, and security, Somaly blossomed but remained haunted by the girls in the brothels she left behind. Written in exquisite, spare, unflinching prose, The Road of Lost Innocence recounts the experiences of her early life and tells the story of her awakening as an activist and her harrowing and brave fight against the powerful and corrupt forces that steal the lives of these girls. She has orchestrated raids on brothels and rescued sex workers, some as young as five and six; she has built shelters, started schools, and founded an organization that has so far saved more than four thousand women and children in Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos. Her memoir will leave you awestruck by her tenacity and courage and will renew your faith in the power of an individual to bring about change.
Suggesties voor antwoorden van volwassenen op vragen van kinderen over onderwerpen als seks, doodgaan, God, relaties in en buiten het gezin, verschil in huidskleur, gezondheid enz. Er worden antwoorden, voorzien van gekleurde tekeningen en kleurenfoto's, gegeven voor de leeftijdsgroepen 2-4 jaar, 4-6 jaar, 6-8 jaar en 8-11 jaar.
Toen Cat Hayes in een opwelling trouwde met een knappe, berooide ober in St Tropez, kon ze niet vermoeden dat ze enkele weken later weduwe zou worden. En wat ze al helemaal niet wist, is dat wijlen haar echtgenoot in werkelijkheid Oliver Ducasse heette en erfgenaam was van het beroemde Ducasse-parfumimperium… Cat wordt uitgenodigd op het chique landgoed van de familie Ducasse, waar ze hen in ontredderde toestand aantreft. Sommige familieleden ontvangen haar met onverholen vijandigheid en wantrouwen; vooral Olivers neef Xavier, zelf een eersteklas playboy, behandelt haar als een ordinaire golddigger. Wat moet ze doen? Zo hard wegrennen als haar hoge hakken haar kunnen dragen? Of is zij juist de vrouw op wie deze verwarde, rouwende familie eigenlijk zat te wachten?
