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Juliet Blackwell

    Juliet Blackwells Schreiben ist tiefgründig geprägt von ihrem vielfältigen Hintergrund und ihren umfangreichen weltweiten Reisen. Ihre Erzählungen befassen sich oft mit Themen wie Spiritualität, Folklore und den komplexen Verbindungen zwischen verschiedenen Kultursystemen, mit besonderer Faszination für Lateinamerika. Blackwell verbindet gekonnt ihre anthropologischen Erkenntnisse mit fesselnder Erzählkunst und schafft Werke, die sowohl fesselnd als auch zum Nachdenken anregend sind. Ihre unverwechselbare Stimme entspringt einem tiefen Interesse am Übernatürlichen, an alten Traditionen und an den universellen Fäden, die die Menschheit verbinden.

    In a Witch's Wardrobe
    Give Up the Ghost
    Off the Wild Coast of Brittany
    Das Geheimnis der Champagne
    Das Karussell der verlorenen Träume
    Eines Tages in Paris
    • 2023

      Sanft geschwungene Hügel bis zum Horizont, herrschaftliche Weingüter, das Rauschen der Reben im Wind ... Doch die junge Amerikanerin Rosalyn hat für die Schönheit der Champagne nichts übrig. Nach einem Schicksalsschlag wollte sie nie wieder nach Frankreich reisen, aber ihr Chef, ein Winzer, bestand auf diese Geschäftsreise. Dann fallen Rosalyn alte Liebesbriefe in die Hände, voller Sehnsucht und Gefühl. Zum ersten Mal seit Langem berührt etwas ihr Herz, und Rosalyn kommt einer dramatischen Liebesgeschichte auf die Spur, die vor mehr als einem Jahrhundert in den Kellergewölben der Champagne begann… Champagne, 1914: Der Krieg wütet, und wie viele andere Frauen sucht die junge Französin Lucie Zuflucht in den unterirdischen Weinkellern des Champagnerhauses Pommery. Dort kümmert sie sich um Verwundete, Waisenkinder und wartet bange auf die Briefe ihres Verlobten, der an der Front um sein Leben kämpft ...

      Das Geheimnis der Champagne
    • 2022

      The Paris Showroom

      • 416 Seiten
      • 15 Lesestunden
      4,0(625)Abgeben

      "In Nazi-occupied Paris, a talented artisan must fight for her life by designing for her enemies. From New York Times bestselling author Juliet Blackwell comes an extraordinary story about holding on to hope when all seems lost. Capucine Benoit works alongside her father to produce fans of rare feathers, beads, and intricate pleating for the haute couture fashion houses. But after the Germans invade Paris in June 1940, Capucine and her father must focus on mere survival-until they are betrayed to the secret police and arrested for his political beliefs. When Capucine saves herself from deportation to Auschwitz by highlighting her connections to Parisian design houses, she is sent to a little-known prison camp located in the heart of Paris, within the Lévitan department store. There, hundreds of prisoners work to sort through, repair, and put on display the massive quantities of art, furniture, and household goods looted from Jewish homes and businesses. Forced to wait on German officials and their wives and mistresses, Capucine struggles to hold her tongue in order to survive, remembering happier days spent in the art salons, ateliers, and jazz clubs of Montmartre in the 1920s. Capucine's estranged daughter, Mathilde, remains in the care of her conservative paternal grandparents, who are prospering under the Nazi occupation. But after her mother is arrested and then a childhood friend goes missing, the usually obedient Mathilde finds herself drawn into the shadowy world of Paris's Résistance fighters. As her mind opens to new ways of looking at the world, Mathilde also begins to see her unconventional mother in a different light. When an old acquaintance arrives to go "shopping" at the Lévitan department store on the arm of a Nazi officer and secretly offers to help Capucine get in touch with Mathilde, this seeming act of kindness could have dangerous consequences"-- Provided by publisher

      The Paris Showroom
    • 2021

      Off the Wild Coast of Brittany

      • 500 Seiten
      • 18 Lesestunden
      3,0(1)Abgeben

      Natalie Morgen made a name for herself with a memoir about overcoming her harsh childhood after finding a new life in Paris. After falling in love with a classically trained chef, they moved together to his ancestral home, a tiny fishing village off the coast of Brittany. But then Francois-Xavier breaks things off with her without warning, leaving her flat broke and in the middle of renovating the guesthouse they planned to open for business. Natalie's already struggling when her sister, Alex, shows up unannounced. The sisters form an unlikely partnership to save the guesthouse, reluctantly admitting their secrets to each other as they begin to heal the scars of their shared past.

      Off the Wild Coast of Brittany
    • 2021

      As witch and vintage store owner Lily Ivory steps into her new role as leader of the Bay Area's magical community, she's faced with a mysterious death of magical proportions... Strange things are happening in Lily Ivory's San Francisco. First, she finds a vintage mermaid costume which dates from the 1939 San Francisco's Treasure Island World's Fair – and which gives off distinctly peculiar vibrations. Next, she stumbles upon a dead man in the office of her predecessor, and as the community's new leader, she feels compelled to track down the culprit. Just when Lily thinks things can't get any stranger, a man appears claiming to be her half-brother, spouting ideas about the mystical prophecy involving San Francisco and their family... When the dead man is linked to the mysterious mermaid costume, and then yet another victim is found on Treasure Island, Lily uncovers ties between the long-ago World’s fair and the current murders, and begins to wonder whether the killer might be hiding in plain sight. But unless Lily can figure everything out in time, there may be yet another body floating in San Francisco Bay.

      Synchronized Sorcery
    • 2020

      The Last Curtain Call

      • 336 Seiten
      • 12 Lesestunden
      4,1(1121)Abgeben

      A new ghoulish mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of A Ghostly Light featuring Mel Turner, a ghost-whispering contractor. Mel Turner can’t resist the chance to bring the Crockett Theatre, a decrepit San Francisco Art Deco movie palace, back to life. But there’s a catch for Turner Construction: Several artists are currently squatting in the building, and they aren’t the only ones haunting the once-grand halls of the historic theater.… When one of the squatters is found dead, the police department has a long list of suspects to investigate. Meanwhile, Mel and her fiancé, Landon, are remodeling an old house for themselves, and Mel finds being on the other side of a home renovation project more challenging than she expected. When Mel discovers that the former owner of the Crockett Theatre died under mysterious circumstances, and that there just might be a connection to the ghost haunting her own attic, the case takes a new turn—one that could bring down the curtain for the last time.

      The Last Curtain Call
    • 2020

      Beneath the cover of France's most exquisite vineyards, a city of women defy an army during World War I, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Carousel of Provence....Deep within the labyrinth of caves that lie below the lush, rolling vineyards of the Champagne region, an underground city of women and children hums with life. Forced to take shelter from the unrelenting onslaught of German shellfire above, the bravest among them venture out to pluck sweet grapes for the harvest. But wine is not the only secret preserved in the cool, dark cellars...In present day, Rosalyn travels to Champagne to select vintages for her Napa-based employer. Rosalyn doesn't much care for champagne--or France, for that matter. Since the untimely death of her young husband, Rosalyn finds it a challenge to enjoy anything at all. But as she reads through a precious cache of WWI letters and retraces the lives lived in the limestone tunnels, Rosalyn will unravel a mystery hidden for decades...and find a way to savor her own life again, inspired by the hope and defiance of the women who toiled to bring in the grape harvest during the war.

      The Vineyards Of Champagne
    • 2019

      Bewitched And Betrothed

      • 352 Seiten
      • 13 Lesestunden
      4,1(1655)Abgeben

      A supernatural force on the loose in San Francisco and a family reunion keeps witch and vintage storeowner Lily Ivory on her toes as she prepares to walk down the aisle... When Lily Ivory stumbles on the uniform of a former prisoner from Alcatraz and SFPD inspector Carlos Romero’s cousin is kidnapped, Lily suspects something dangerous has been unleashed on the ghost-ridden island of Alcatraz. She'll have to sleuth out the culprit—when she’s not busy entertaining her visiting relatives and resolving romantic conflicts as her wedding date approaches. Could recent omens be pointing to the magical threat in her adopted city? If so, she'll have to line up her allies to change the fate of the Bay Area. Because no matter what, Lily's determined to celebrate her marriage with her friends by her side—even if it means battling a demonic foe before she can make it to the altar.

      Bewitched And Betrothed
    • 2018

      Manchmal braucht es Zeit, um Träume wahr werden zu lassen Cady liebt Karusselle, seit sie als Kind darauf ihre Runden drehte. Doch so voller Hoffnungen und Träume wie damals ist die Fotografin längst nicht mehr. Ein Auftrag in Frankreich kommt ihr gerade recht, um sich abzulenken. In Paris fotografiert sie all die wunderschönen Karusselle und lässt sich vom Flair der Lichterstadt bezaubern. Doch Cady hat noch eine andere Mission: Sie besitzt eine alte Karussellfigur von rätselhafter Herkunft. Zwischen Museumsbesuchen und Croissants am Seineufer begegnet sie dem charmanten Jean-Paul, der ihr helfen möchte, das Geheimnis um die Figur zu lösen. Gemeinsam folgen sie der Spur zu einem herrschaftlichen Château in der Provence, dessen dicke Mauern einst Zeugen eines dramatischen Schicksals wurden …

      Das Karussell der verlorenen Träume
    • 2018

      A Magical Match

      • 340 Seiten
      • 12 Lesestunden
      4,1(2047)Abgeben

      Witch and vintage store owner Lily Ivory faces her most difficult mystery to date with a case of mistaken identity that hits close to home... Lily Ivory and her friends are planning a 1950s-themed brunch to benefit the local women's shelter. When a figure from her past shows up unannounced, threatening her unless she returns something that belonged to him, Lily's fiancé, Sailor, steps in to defend her. After the same man is found dead later that day, Sailor is the primary suspect. He swears he's innocent, but multiple witnesses ID him as the perpetrator of the assault. Lily vows to clear his name...only she's not sure where to start with the mounting evidence against him. When she sees Sailor in the neighborhood despite knowing he's in jail, Lily starts to wonder if there could be a doppelganger in San Francisco. When she's not busy helping customers find matching outfits for the upcoming event, searching for a vintage wedding dress for her own nuptials, and dealing with an ill-timed magical cold, Lily begins to suspect one of her magical foes is targeting her loved ones in an attempt to weaken her.

      A Magical Match