June Francis Bücher

DER REBELL UND DIE SCHÖNE PIRATENBRAUT von FRANCIS, JUNE Gefangen auf einem Sklavenschiff fürchtet Bridget um ihr Leben! Als sie von Bord springt, wird sie von den Wellen an die Küste Madeiras gespült ... und in die Arme von Captain Henry. Ein Blick in seine schwarzen Augen genügt und sie erbebt vor Sehnsucht, doch schon bald ahnt sie, ihr Verführer ist nicht der, für den er sich ausgibt ... EINE MISTRESS ZUM VERLIEBEN von MORTIMER, CAROLE Alexander St. Claire stockt der Atem: Sein Pflegekind Angelina ist kein kleines Mädchen mehr, sondern eine verführerische Schönheit - mit sinnlichen Lippen und einem Augenaufschlag, der ihm schon jetzt den Verstand raubt. Ihm ist klar, er muss ihren Verführungskünsten widerstehen ... auch wenn es so leicht wäre, sich in ihr für immer zu verlieren ...

A tragic death brings good fortune to an orphaned child - but at what cost? Liverpool, 1928. Fifteen-year-old Annie Anderson was adopted by Sylvia and Hugh after the death of their own daughter. Annie is told that her own mother in childbirth and her father died before she was born. A chance encounter introduces Annie to local lad Andrew Fraser. Their friendship blossoms, but once Annie's adoptive parents learn of it they forbid her from seeing him. When Annie asks why, it sets her on a path to discover more about her origins - but will what she learns bring heartache or joy?

Post WWII, Emma Booth recently orphaned, discovers she has a half sister. Reunited, and despite the different lives they lead, they soon discover common ground. Family secrets will soon test their relationship. Set in Liverpool and a small village, the sister's journey is one of growing up and acceptance of life before and life to come.

1961. Lucia once dreamed of a man who would love her. She has lost hope because what man would, when she's responsible for so many siblings? Everything changes when Tim Murphy enters Lucia's coffee bar. She knows of Tim's troubled past but she accepts Tim's offer of a date. But has Tim really changed his ways and will his past catch up with him?

With war on the horizon, can she find peace? Grace and Dougie have been courting for years, so when Dougie decides to emigrate to Australia he expects Grace to follow once she turns twenty-one. Grace used to be besotted with the handsome man, but she is increasingly worried by his bullying behaviour and gambling. On her way home from seeing Dougie off at the docks, Grace is nearly run down by a truck driven by widower Ben , who is on his way to the hospital to see his young son. Soon, Grace has agreed to look after Ben's child while he recovers from his accident. As they spend time together Ben struggles to ignore his growing feelings for Grace. But Dougie is determined not to let Grace go and when war breaks out he returns to England. With her old flame to contend with, never mind the relentless German bombers, will ever Grace find peace and love? From Liverpool's much-loved saga novelist comes a tale of love and heartache in wartime, which fans of Kitty Neale and Katie Flynn will love.

During the dark days of the Second World War, when Nellie marries a man who does not meet with her mother's approval she is cut off from her family. With her soldier husband Teddy away, a pregnant Nellie is forced to face alone the horrors of the Blitz. Only when a bomb destroys the family home is she reunited with her younger sisters, Babs and Lottie. With the three of them homeless, Nellie is forced to get in touch with their paternal grandfather. He takes them in but at what cost to Nellie's unborn child? She longs for Teddy's return but he is killed in battle. Bitterly angry and grief stricken, the church is the last place Nellie would turn to, but her brother turns to her for help in tending an unconscious man, who apparently has sought the sanctuary of St Joseph's, she complies with his request. When the man disappears as mysteriously as he came, Nellie thinks little more of and instead she seeks solace for her grief in working with children in a newly opened day nursery. But the end of the war sees the reappearance of the mysterious stranger, and a new challenge for Nellie.

When Adam Rhoades tires of the political climate in Ireland and decides to leave for America, his daughter Rebekah's future happiness is threatened. For Rebekah, against her father's wishes, has fallen in love with handsome young Republican, Daniel O'Neill. Then Daniel, too, is forced to flee from his homeland and joins Rebekah on an ocean liner headed for New York. In the enclosed shipboard society, their love is impossible to hide. But a cruel twist of fate leaves Rebekah alone in Liverpool, isolated and vulnerable. Until, that is, the day she rediscovers the happiness she thought had been lost to her forever.