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Foreign Rights Guide
Spring/ Summer 2020
Bastei Lübbe AG | Foreign Rights Department | Schanzenstraße 6 - 20 | 51063 Köln | Germany
Tel: +49 (0)221/ 8200-2704 or -2727 | | Christian Stüwe (christian.stuewe@luebbe.de), Melanie Pirkotsch (melanie.pirkotsch@luebbe.de)
Content Fiction
Thriller & Crime Novels Women’s Novels
Born, Leo: BLOODY MERCY 4 Bach, Tabea: THE SILK VILLA 21
Falken, Thea: WITH FEAR SO CLOSE 5 Caspari, Sofia: THE LITTLE GUESTHOUSE BY THE SEA 22
Giordano, Mario: AUNTIE POLDI AND THE SONG OF THE SIRENS 6 Günak, Kristina: LOVE COMES ON TIPTOE 23
Kron, Julius: THE FEMALE CORPSE FROM DRESDEN 7 Haran, Elizabeth: LOVE IN AUSTRALIA 24
Lamballe, Marie: DAUGHTERS OF HOPE 25
Thriller & Crime Novels originally written in English Lark, Sarah: STARS OF DESTINY 26
Costello, Matthew & Richards, Neil: CHERRINGHAM 8 Lüders, Fenja: THE SPLENDOUR OF A NEW TIME 27
Costello, Matthew & Richards, Neil: MYDWORTH MYSTERIES 9 Matthes, Frida: LOVE AND THE YEARS IN-BETWEEN 28
Marchmont, Helena: BUNBURRY 10 Miller, Hanna: BECAUSE LIFE IS A JOURNEY 29
Resinek, Nina: THAT SOUNDS SUSPICIOUSLY LIKE LUCK 30
New Adult Thomas, Violet: A NEW SKY EVERY DAY 31
Dawson, April: MORE THAN THIS 11 Völler, Eva: DREAMING OF HAPPINESS. THE RUHR VALLEY SAGA 32
Flanagan, Keira: HOW TO LOVE A ROCKSTAR 12 Watson, Pippa: A SUMMER IN SURREY 33
Iosivoni, Bianca: FEELING CLOSE TO YOU 13 Weber, Laura: HAPPINESS WAITS BY THE WAYSIDE 34
Kasten, Mona: DREAM AGAIN 14
Pätzold, Anne: WHEN WE DREAM 15 Historical Novels
Reed, Ava: TRULY 16 Dempf, Peter: THE EMPEROR'S MISTRESS 35
Peter, Maria W.: LOVE BETWEEN THE FRONTS 36
Romance Schiewe, Ulf: THE CHILDREN OF NEBRA 37
Baxter, Amy: KING'S LEGACY 17 Weiß, Sabine: THE SURGEON AND THE MINSTREL WOMAN 38
Novels Fantasy / Science Fiction
Hauser, Franziska: THE GLASS SISTERS 18 Garner, Mary E.: THE BOOK OF DELETED WORDS 39
Primor, Avi: VAST WAS THE SKY OVER PALASTINE 19 Graßhoff, Marie: CYBER TRIPS 40
Schreiber, Jasmin: MARIANA TRENCH 20 Seck, Katharina: THE LAST POETESS 41
Vogt, Judith: THE 13 CHOOSEN ONES 42
Winterfeld, Daniela: THE SPRINGS OF MALUN 43
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Content Non Fiction
NON FICTION
Guide Book & Self-Help Gift Book
Brandt, Tanja: THANKS, MUM. YOUR LOVE GIVES US WINGS 59
THE LITTLE SERIES: Schneider, Martina: RESTED! 44 Brandt, Tanja: THANKS, DAD. YOUR LOVE GIVES US WINGS 60
Kaula, Christoph: THE SECRET WORLD OF PENGUINS 61
Buchwald, Ela und Volker: THE ‘SIMPLY LOVE’ PRINCIPLE 45
Cammarata, Patricia: THIRTY MINUTES, BUT THAT’S IT! 46
Caspers, Ralph: IF DADDY IS DEAD NOW, DOES THAT MEAN HE’S GOING 47
TO DIE?
Esche-Belke, Susanne & Kirschner-Brouns, Suzann: MIDLIFE CARE 48
Frost, Vreni. ADD SOME SPARKLE TO YOUR LIFE 49
Klewitz, Katrin: THIS IS WHAT WINNING WOMEN LOOK LIKE 50
Remsky, Sarah: BLOSSOMING 51
Politics & Society
Fontana, Giulia: CLIMATE-CONSCIOUS TRAVEL 52
Nocun, Katharina: FAKE FACTS 53
Traub, Clemens: FUTURE FOR FRIDAYS? 54
Memoir & True Story
Hafner, Gisela: NO GOOD WILL COME OUT OF THIS HOUSE 55
Simon, Elisa: AS FAR AWAY AS POSSIBLE 56
Vogel, Clarissa: SOMETIMES I WAS SO SCARED I COULDN’T BREATHE 57
Wulf, Günter: SIX YEARS IN BUILDING F 58
Bastei Lübbe AG | Foreign Rights Department | Schanzenstraße 6 - 20 | 51063 Köln | Germany
Tel: +49 (0)221 / 8200-2704 or -2727 | Christian Stüwe (christian.stuewe@luebbe.de), Melanie Pirkotsch (melanie.pirkotsch@luebbe.de)
THRILLER
Part 4 of the successful series featuring the unique investigator, Mara Billinsky
Almost 50,000 copies sold of vol. A new case for unconventional police detective Mara Billinsky, whose colleagues call her behind her
1 and 2 back „The Crow“. Tattoos, black clothes, tough on the outside: Mara Billinsky rubs people the wrong
way. More often than not, she investigates on her own and many of her colleagues have problems
An unorthodox strong female
with her work ethics. Mara Billinsky used to work in Düsseldorf, but has returned as a major crime
investigator
detective to her hometown of Frankfurt.
For fans of Stieg Larsson &
Mara Billinsky and her team are faced with several puzzling crimes at the same time. There is a
Andreas Franz
break-in that involved a death, but nothing was stolen; a series of gory murders by torture; and
Sample translation of Vol.2 thugs assaulting innocent laborers. On top of that, Mara is also being pursued by a shadow that
available appeared like a ghost from her own past and repeatedly puts her in dangerous situations. It is her
ex-lover, Adrian, who is not the person he claims to be.
"Anyone who likes their crime
thrillers a bit on the grim side But at least she and her colleague Jan Rosen seem to be making progress with the investigation of Leo Born
the torture murders. The trail leads to a brutal South Korean mafia group. BLOODY MERCY
will feel right at home here. The
Scandinavians aren’t the only BLUTIGE GNADE
ones who can achieve that 444 pages
effect.“ WDR2 Paperback
February 2020
Also available:
BLIND SILENT BURNING
REVENGE SCREAMS SCARS
Leo Born comes from Blumberg 456 pp 461 pp 445 pp
Dec 2018 April 2019 Sept 2019
in the Black Forest and lives in
Frankfurt/Main with his family.
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THRILLER
A gory crime scene with no corpse – was it murder or a kidnapping?
For readers of Karin Slaughter WITH FEAR SO CLOSE is the second title in the fast-moving thriller series featuring Chief Inspector
and Val McDermid Eric Weinsheim. Set in Berlin, the story is told from the perspectives of the protagonists and thereby
also provides readers with insight into the disturbing mental world of the perpetrator. This results in
Thriller series set in Berlin high-speed narration and a multi-layered view of events that unfold over a very short time, leading to
a heart-pounding finale.
Riveting action and a finely
spun web of mysteries - thrills The officer who answers the emergency call is aghast. The female caller describes the way in which
that get under your skin! she is about to be murdered. Yet even after a rapid response, all the police can do is recover the
woman's body. Evidence at the crime scene points Chief Inspector Eric Weinsheim to Nina Sandner,
an author. Nina, however, has disappeared, and the trail of blood in her house indicates that she
may have fallen victim to the same perpetrator. Or is she still alive? A race against time begins.
Thea Falken
WITH FEAR SO CLOSE
"The author has a wonderful sense of how to describe horror, as well as the emotional dread
and plight of the protagonists”. www.kriminetz.de about WITH DEATH SO CLOSE SO NAH DIE ANGST
397 pages
Paperback
March 2020
Thea Falken is the pen name of
German author Astrid Freese. She Also available:
was born in Saxonia in 1969 and WITH DEATH
holds a degree in business SO CLOSE
administration. She worked as a
Data Entry Clerk and wrote short 396 pp
stories for her daughter in her free April 2019
time. Finally, she decided to pursue
a career in writing.
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CRIME NOVEL
A wedding, a few bodies, and a lot of criminal entanglement
“Giordano is a novelist of high AUNTIE POLDI AND THE SONG OF THE SIRENS is Part 5 of the humorous Cosy Crime series,
skill and originality with an eye for which has enjoyed a print run of 800,000+ copies in Germany.
eccentric comedy, idiosyncratic
The time has come. Poldi is going to marry Montana. At least that's the plan. Preparations for the
characters and vivid scenes. [...]
wedding are in full swing; and some people’s nerves are already frayed. But - as we know - Sicily is
this book is a masterly treat”
complicated. Something always crops up. The body of a young woman washes ashore on Isola Bella
TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
off the coast of Taormina. The beautiful Norwegian died of an overdose of ketamine. For Poldi, one
“Cross Alexander McCall Smith thing is certain: it was a murder. But this time there’s more than one corpse.
with Janet Evanovich, add a
The trail leads to Palazzo Biscari in Castelmola and an autonomous cultural center in Catania; to
sensuously imagined Sicilian
Lago di Dirillo in the heart of Sicily; a bewitched nature reserve; an Ayahuasca retreat near Noto; the
setting and an exuberant narrator,
Island of Stromboli; and a small village in the North known for its mysterious spontaneous fires. Poldi
and you get the feel of Mario
meets a spice hunter who travels the world to discover new unknown spices and herbs. She tangles Mario Giordano
Giordano's Auntie Poldi detective
with a slow food restaurateur, undertakes a pilgrimage with the other aunts, has a run in with the AUNTIE POLDI AND THE SONG
books”
gastronomic mafia of Taormina, and takes an investigative tour around Etna on a mini-train. OF THE SIRENS
THE TIMES
TANTE POLDI UND DER
GESANG DER SIRENEN
380 pages
Hardcover
April 2020
Also available:
AUNTIE POLDI AUNTIE POLDI AUNTIE POLDI AUNTIE POLDI
AND THE AND THE AND AND THE BLACK
Mario Giordano was born in Munich
SICILIAN LIONS FRUITS OF GORGEOUS MADONNA
in 1963 and studied psychology at the THE LORD ANTONIO
University of Düsseldorf. He writes
368 pp 352 pp
novels, books for adolescents, and March 2014 368 pp 352 pp April 2019
screenplays. Mario Giordano lives in March 2016 March 2018
Berlin.
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CRIME NOVEL
Haberking and Slakow investigate their first case together
A riveting plot and a The two detectives Frank Haberking and Anna-Maria Slakow have one thing in common: they have
likeable investigator team - nothing to lose. Through the fault of one, a suspected murderer had to be released. The other has
high suspense is repeatedly disobeyed the orders of her superior because she’s always hell bent on getting her own
guaranteed way. More or less for disciplinary reasons, the two are transferred from Dresden to a basement
office in Sebnitz, where they are assigned to investigating cold cases.
Their first case involves family court judge Jennie Flagant, who disappeared in 2006 and ended up
in forced prostitution for unexplained reasons. After being freed by the police in 2008, she
committed suicide in a psychiatric clinic. The two detectives quickly suspect that the order to reopen
the case comes from the very top - and that they don’t know who they can really trust. In addition,
when they take up the trail of the dead judge they quickly find themselves on the scene and clash
with the Serbian mafia, which operates a number of brothels in the Dresden area. Little by little, Julius Krohn
however, it becomes clear that they must follow one lead in particular, namely, the money trail. THE FEMALE CORPSE
FROM DRESDEN
Slakow and Haberking
Investigate
DIE TOTE VON DRESDEN
Approx. 240 pages
Julius Kron lives in the Rhineland Paperback
and writes all over the world. His September 2020
affinity for Dresden lies not only in the
beauty of the resurrected Florence on
the Elbe, but above all with the
mentality of its inhabitants. Also,
Dresden offers everything a crime
writer needs: people with all their
passions and abysses, set against the
tense relationship between
Germany’s past and its present.
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COZY CRIME
Cherringham Mysteries
English manuscript available Cherringham is a serial novel à la Charles Dickens set in the sleepy English village of Cherringham.
The detective series brings together an unlikely sleuthing duo: English web designer Sarah and
For fans of Agatha Christie’s
American ex-cop Jack. Thrilling and deadly - but with a spot of tea - it's like Rosamunde Pilcher
MISS MARPLE series, Lilian
Jackson Braun's THE CAT WHO meets Inspector Barnaby. Each of the self-contained episodes is a quick read for the morning
series, Caroline Graham's commute, while waiting for the doctor, or when curling up with a hot cuppa.
MIDSOMER MURDERS, and the As the day of Grace's wedding approaches, it seems nothing can get in the way of the happy
TV series MURDER SHE WROTE, Cherringham event. But just days before, her father Len is suddenly arrested on suspicion of murder
starring Angela Lansbury – a murder committed 30 years ago, and a thousand miles away. Could Len actually have committed
Over 1 million units sold! the crime? And can Jack and Sarah unearth the truth in time for him to walk his daughter down the
aisle?
36 episodes & 2 novels available
PRAISE for the series Matthew Costello & Neil Richards
CHERRINGHAM –
“Comparisons with Midsomer Murders are inevitable, but Cherringham comes out on top when it
MURDER UNDER THE SUN
comes to originality and – probably most crucially – the avoidance of irritating stereotypes.”
(Episode 36)
Killing Time Crime
133 pages
“A bit of a cross between Midsomer Murders and Johnathan Creek […] It’s very cleverly written …! A February 2020
great little whodunit with some super characters!”
Co-authors Neil Richards (based in brookcottagebooks.blogspot.de
the UK) and Matthew Costello
(based in the US), have been writing Also available (a.o.):
together since the mid 90's, creating
content and working on projects for CHERRINGHAM – CHERRINGHAM – CHERRINGHAM –
the BBC, Disney Channel, Sony, Too Many Lies The Secret of Cliffhanger
(Episode 35) Brimley Manor (Episode 33)
ABC, Eidos, and Nintendo to name
(Episode 34)
but a few. Their transatlantic
collaboration has underpinned scores 134 pp 145 pp 130 pp
of TV drama scripts, computer games Nov 2019 June 2019 April 2019
and radio shows.
8
CRIME NOVEL
From the authors of the best-selling series CHERRINGHAM
English manuscript available It is 1929. A new decade is approaching and with it an air of optimism. Despite the trials and struggles
ahead, the world is changing for the better in so many ways. Amelia Earhart has just crossed the
MYDWORTH MYSTERIES is a Atlantic. And the women of England – who now have the vote – are taking their place in society that has
series of self-contained novella- been denied them so long. For most people in the English Home Counties, life goes on, comfortably
length mysteries, published in
enough.
English and German
For all fans of CHERRINGHAM,
MISS FISHER‘S MURDER Murder Wore a Mask (Epsiosde 4): Lavinia’s annual Masked Ball at Mydworth Manor is a highlight of
MYSTERIES and DOWNTON
the season, as locals mingle with the great and famous from London. But the lavish party comes to a full
ABBEY
stop when one of the guests is found dead down by the lake. It seems it’s a clear case of a heart attack.
Over 50,000 units sold! But Harry and Kat suspect that the dead man in a mask was in fact the victim of a clever case of murder.
And the killer’s work at the party is not yet done... Matthew Costello & Neil Richards
MYDWORTH MYSTERIES –
MURDER WORE A MASK
(Episode 4)
Approx. 150 pages
April 2020
Co-authors Neil Richards (based in
the UK) and Matthew Costello
(based in the US), have been writing Also available:
together since the mid 90's, creating
content and working on projects for MYDWORTH MYDWORTH MYDWORTH
the BBC, Disney Channel, Sony, MYSTERIES – MYSTERIES – MYSTERIES –
London Calling! A Little Night A Shot in the
ABC, Eidos, and Nintendo to name Murder
(Episode 3) Dark
but a few. Their transatlantic (Episode 2) (Episode 1)
collaboration has underpinned scores
of TV drama scripts, computer games 137 pp 138 pp
December 2019 October 2019 152 pp
and radio shows. August 2019
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CRIME NOVEL
Welcome to Bunburry!
A cosy crime series set in the Miss Marple meets Oscar Wilde in this new series of cosy mysteries set in the
Cotswolds picturesque Cotswolds village of Bunburry. In "Murder at the Mousetrap," the first Bunburry book,
fudge-making and quaffing real ale in the local pub are matched by an undercurrent of passion,
English manuscripts available jealousy, hatred and murder – laced with a welcome dose of humour.
170,000 copies sold In "Sweet Revenge", the seventh Bunburry book, Alfie is back in London, trying to pick up his old life
there. But even a wild social whirl with his best friend Oscar can't disguise the fact that he misses
Bunburry. And then a cry for help reaches him - Liz and Marge are in trouble, and Alfie races back.
But as he and Police Constable Emma Hollis join forces to clear the ladies' names, he has to
confront a growing suspicion. Has Liz made a mistake while making her celebrated fudge, or have
the ladies been up to something more sinister?
Helena Marchmont
BUNBURRY –
SWEET REVENGE
(Episode 7)
121 pages
March 2020
Helena Marchmont is a
pseudonym of Olga Wojtas, who
was born and brought up in Also available (a.o.):
Edinburgh. She was encouraged to BUNBURRY – BUNBURRY – BUNBURRY –
write by an inspirational English Murder in High Drop Dead Death of a
teacher, Iona M. Cameron. Olga Places Gorgeous Ladies' Man
won a Scottish Book Trust New (Episode 6) (Episode 5) (Episode 4)
Writers Award in 2015, has had
more than 30 short stories 111 pp 121 pp 108 pp
published in magazines. Sep 2019 July 2019 May 2019
10NEW ADULT
A love worth fighting for
More than 100,000 copies MORE THAN THIS is the third book in the romance series UP ALL NIGHT by bestselling author
sold of the BOSS-series by April Dawson.
LYX.digital
It’s a dream come true for Grace when she’s given the job of remodelling the grounds of a big
For readers of Helena house just outside New York. But she’s in for a big surprise when she finds out who her
Hunting and Kylie Scott employer’s son is: her close friend Zayn. The more time she spends with him, the more it becomes
clear that behind the facade of his confident ‘playboy’ persona lies a secret, Zayn hasn’t told any
Winner of the Skoutz Award of his friends in New York. Grace suddenly sees her friend in a completely different light, and Zayn
for PICK THE BOSS can’t deny the sudden chemistry between them either. But as the heir to his family business
there’s a heavy burden on his shoulders – and Zayn is already promised to someone else.
Romantic, charming and
outrageously sexy!
April Dawson
For all fans of New Girl,
MORE THAN THIS
Friends and Sex and the City
302 pages
Paperback
May 2020
Also available:
NEXT TO YOU UP ALL NIGHT
April Dawson lives in Austria with
her family. She has been writing for 364 pp 405 pp
ten years. Writing romantic novels Nov 2019 May 2019
with a hint of action, a little drama, a
portion of humour and plenty of
emotion is what she likes best.
11NEW ADULT
In the glare of the spotlight, the world suddenly looks very different
Bad boy rockstar: hard on the That’s how it feels to Josy, whose life is turned upside down when Cedric, the lead singer of
outside, soft on the inside Ireland’s biggest band, kisses her in front of the cameras. Now the whole world thinks she’s his
girlfriend. It’s not true, but Cedric is happy for everyone to believe it – he’s sick and tired of the
A rockstar romance that’ll media obsession with his personal life, including his love life. He just wants to concentrate on his
melt your heart music: that’s the only way he can forget what he had to leave behind in order to get where he is
now. So he asks Josy to pretend to be his girlfriend a little while longer. But the more time they
For readers of Kristen
spend together, the more blurred the lines between pretence and reality become.
Callihan and Kylie Scott
Keira Flanagan
HOW TO LOVE A
ROCKSTAR
352 pages
April 2020
Keira Flanagan is the pen name of
a young German author. She likes to
write novels that are entertaining,
funny and uplifting. Instead of sitting
at home near Bamberg waiting for
the muse to strike, she travels the
world as much as she can. She’s
particularly fascinated by the wild
natural beauty and mysticism of
countries like Ireland and Iceland,
where she likes to set her novels.
12NEW ADULT
Emotional, romantic, and heart-rending
With the two-novel series FINDING BACK TO US and FEELING CLOSE TO YOU Bianca
A young German author with Iosivoni goes back to her New Adult roots. Both novels feature New Adult hot topics that are of
a huge fan base huge interest to the New Adult readership. The stories of both novels are self-contained.
For readers of Mona Kasten FINDING BACK TO US It has been seven years since Callie and Keith last saw each other. At
and Laura Kneidl that time, just after Callie's thirteenth birthday, her father lost his life in a terrible car accident –
an accident for which Keith was responsible. Callie has never been able to forgive her
FALLING FAST: Winner of the 413 pages
stepbrother. Up to this day, she still suffers from the memories of that fateful day. But when she
LovelyBooks Award in 2019 Paperback
returns to her stepmother's house on the occasion of her little sister's high school graduation, March 2020
she faces Keith for the first time after all those years. Her anger and hatred flare up again
immediately. But also the dangerous feelings that Keith already used to spark in her back then.
FEELING CLOSE TO YOU Teagan has only one wish: to leave her hometown at last and go to
college. To save up the money to pay for it, she streams video games online. Teagan is so good
that she beats even Parker, the popular YouTube gamer. He’s determined to find out who this
mystery player is. Although the pair are thousands of miles apart, and only communicate via
chats and messages at first, it soon becomes clear that there’s a spark between them. But
Teagan has been hurt too many times in the past, and feelings are the last thing Parker needs
right now. Try as they might, though, they just can’t forget each other…
Ever since her early childhood,
Bianca Iosivoni, born in 1986, Also available (a.o.):
has been fascinated by stories. FALLING FLYING
These stories have accompanied FAST HIGH 470 pages
her throughout her life for almost Paperback
as long. With her head full of 480 pp 432 pp March 2020
ideas, she began to write as a June 2019 Aug 2019
teenager and cannot imagine to #5 SPIEGEL #2 SPIEGEL
ever stop doing so. Paperback Paperback
bestseller bestseller
13NEW ADULT
The sensational AGAIN-series! Captivating stories with many dark secrets
Germany’s ultimate star in the
New-Adult genre With DREAM AGAIN Mona Kasten concludes her bestselling AGAIN-series.
More than 1,8 million copies Mona Kasten persuades the reader with a lot of felicity and acumen when writing love stories! With
sold of Mona Kasten’s novels her successful AGAIN series, she has written herself into the hearts of the readers. She creates
captivating stories with many dark secrets about attractive students and their search for love and
Each novel a SPIEGEL passion.
bestseller
Each novel in the series can be read independently.
Rights of Mona Kasten‘s
titles sold to: Bulgaria, Winner of the LovelyBooks Readers’ Choice Award in gold 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019
Croatia, Czech Republic,
France, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, “Laugh, cry, and fall in love. BEGIN AGAIN has it all. Mona Kasten has written a book you
Lithuana, The Netherlands, can't put down.“
Anna Todd, Author of bestselling AFTER series Mona Kasten
Poland, Portugal, Romania,
DREAM AGAIN
Russia, Serbia, Slovenia,
Spain, Taiwan, Ukraine 472 pages
Paperback
April 2020
Mona Kasten, born in 1992, HOPE AGAIN (Vol.4) was
studied library and information awarded BEST ROMANCE
management before devoting NOVEL 2019 by LovelyBooks,
herself entirely to writing. She lives Germany most important social
in Hamburg together with her platform for book lovers
husband and cats as well as an
infinite number of books. She loves
caffeine in every form, long walks
in the woods and the days when all
she can do is write.NEW ADULT
A trilogy about one of the most popular trends of our era
A novel that combines two of K-pop stands for South Korean pop music, and is one of the biggest global phenomena of our time.
the biggest trends: The music made by these boy and girl bands is breaking records worldwide. ‘Idol fiction’ (stories
K-Pop and New Adult about K-pop stars) is read by millions on Wattpad and other sites, and K-pop is currently a top trend
for the target group of female new adult readers.
In the trilogy WHEN WE DREAM, Anne Pätzold tells an enchanting love story about an ordinary girl
who falls in love with a member of the biggest boyband in the world.
Nineteen-year-old Ella has been living with her older sister Mel in New York since their parents died.
The city is too big, too noisy, too crowded for Ella, and all she really wants to do is shut herself away
in her little bedroom with her books and try to forget about her grief. But then Mel, who works as an
events manager, asks her to come to an awards show and act as a babysitter to Liv, Ella and Mel’s
younger sister. Ella can’t think of anything worse, but in the end she agrees to go – little knowing Anne Pätzold
she’s just made a decision that will change her entire life. Because that’s the night she meets Jae- WHEN WE DREAM
yong. She has no idea he’s a member of the biggest and most successful K-pop group in the world.
All she knows is that she’s never felt so attracted to anyone as she is to the young man with the dark 408 pages
brown eyes and the smile that turns her world upside down from one moment to the next. The K-pop Paperback
world, however, has its own rules... May 2020
Available soon:
WHEN WE FALL WHEN WE
Anne Pätzold is 25 years old and HOPE
lives in Hamburg. She is a trained
Sep 2020 Jan 2021
bookseller and currently works for
an audiobook publisher. Her
greatest passions are books,
banana bread and South Korea.
15NEW ADULT
This book is everything you could want from a new adult series: romantic,
dramatic and gripping
A major title in our Spring list TRULY is the first book in the In Love trilogy by Ava Reed. The three novels tell three great love
stories. The first is the story of Andie Evans and Lane Cooper, and explores the search for identity
and the struggle to cope with guilt.
At last! 21-year-old Andie can’t wait to start university in Seattle and see her best friend June again.
When she first arrives, Andie has neither a student loan nor a place to live, but she doesn’t let that
get her down. She sleeps on June’s sofa for the first few nights, till she can find her own place. But
she has to leave her new accommodation sooner than expected. In desperation, she starts secretly
spending the night at the club where she works – until the owner catches her in the act, and
unexpectedly offers her a place to stay.
She gets on well with her new housemates; it’s just Cooper who’s a mystery to her. Sometimes he’s
there for Andie and helps her as much as he can. But other times he gives her the brush-off and Ava Reed
keeps her at arm’s length. Andie wants to know why, and who Cooper really is. But she quickly TRULY
realises that some mysteries are best left unsolved.
Approx. 400 pages
Paperback
June 2020
Available soon:
Ava Reed has always been a
bookworm. Leaving the house MADLY DEEPLY
without something to read –
unthinkable! Eventually she Oct 2020 Feb 2020
discovered writing and blogging for
herself, and has never looked
back. Ava Reed lives with her
fiancé in Frankfurt am Main.
16ROMANCE
Sawyer and Alice. Volume 3 in the King's Legacy series
For readers of Jamie Shaw HOLD ME TIGHT (Vol.3) : Sawyer Lee is tough as nails - and he has to be. As a successful lawyer,
and Samantha Young he knows all the tricks and has a reputation as ruthless. He’s a fighter and absolute winner, but as a
human being he’s a broken man. He had to take one punch, one loss, too many. But then he
Realistic contemporary encounters Alice. She’s different from anyone he’s ever met. A little like the way he used to be. Will
romance with great drama she be able to crack his hard shell? Or is he lost to true love forever?
and a lot of love
ONLY WITH YOU (Vol.2): Jaxon King is young and good-looking. On top of that, he owns the King's
Sexy, exciting, and touching Legacy, the hottest bar in New York. He could have any woman he wants. But Hope, the pretty new
waitress, seems immune to his rough charm. For Jaxon that’s something new. No matter how hard
he tries, she keeps him at a distance because she has a secret - one that makes love impossible for
her. Jaxon, however, is not willing to settle for that.
ALL FOR YOU (Vol.1): Logan Hill has reached the top. He loves his job and is about to marry his
boss's daughter who’s worth millions. But then Faye enters his life, and suddenly nothing feels right Amy Baxter
anymore. Has he been living a lie until now? Although Logan is on the verge of putting everything at KING‘S LEGACY. HOLD ME TIGHT
stake, there is something that Faye is hiding from him. Is he about to make the biggest mistake of his (Bartenders of New York 3)
life? Or is Faye his salvation
KING‘S LEGACY
300 pages
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Amy Baxter is the pen name of
May 2020
successful romance and fantasy
novelist Andrea Bielfeldt. She
started her literary career as a Also available:
self-publishing author in 2012 KING’S LEGACY. KING’S LEGACY.
with a fantasy saga and in the ALL FOR YOU ONLY WITH YOU
meantime, her success has (Vol.1) (Vol. 2)
enabled her to devote her entire
time to her writing. She lives with 316 pp 300 pp
her family and works in a small October 2019 February 2020
town in Schleswig-Holstein.
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A stunning novel about life plans and new beginnings
The new novel by the Dunja lives with her two children and their father in the big city; her twin sister, Saphie, in a small
German book prize- village on the former inner German border. When both of their husbands - in an absurd stroke of
nominated author fate - die within a short time of each other, the sisters once again become closer. Dunja moves into
Saphie's hotel and thus back into the world of her childhood. This is a story about two very different
A magnificent story of two women and the human ability to reinvent oneself over and over.
very different sisters
Set in the former border area, this generational novel uncovers old stories, secrets, and lies, while
at the same time providing the means to forgive the past and accept the present.
“A book of impressive clarity and power that allows a look behind the façade.”
Buchkultur about THE THUNDERSTORM SWIMMER Franziska Hauser
THE GLASS SISTERS
DIE GLASSCHWESTERN
432 pages
Hardcover
March 2020
Franziska Hauser born in Pankow / Also available:
East Berlin in 1975, has two THE
children. She studied photography THUNDERSTORM
with Arno Fischer at the SWIMMER
Ostkreuzschule. Her novel THE
THUNDERSTORM SWIMMER was
nominated for the GERMAN BOOK 432 pp
PRIZE. March 2018
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Three families, one country - a grand novel about Israel
"Much like a well-made The fertile land on the south-eastern coast of the Mediterranean has been inhabited for thousands
documentary film." of years. Canaanites, Hebrews, Philistines, Israelites, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Ptolemies,
Frankfurter Rundschau on Seleucids, Romans, Byzantines, Muslim Arabs, Crusaders, and Ottomans—the succession of
Avi Primor’s SÜSS UND peoples and empires that settled there is vast. Today both the Israelis and the Palestinians claim
EHRENVOLL [SWEET AND the territory, invoking their ancestry and history and facing off against one other with virtually
HONORABLE] incompatible interests.
An important book penned Yet there was also an age of coexistence at the end of the 1870s. Taking us back to those times
by a man who has spent and from there to the founding of the state of Israel in 1947, Avi Primor tells the story of three
decades striving for families who were on friendly terms.
reconciliation between
Israel and Palestine The year is 1869. For Palestine, it is a time full of upheaval and turmoil that create suffering for Avi Primor
many families. Neta and David, a young Jewish couple, arrive in Jerusalem from Odessa; the VAST WAS THE SKY OVER
Templars Oswald and Gertrud find their way to the Holy Land from Protestant Württemberg; while PALESTINE
Mustafa and Raissa are Muslims who live in Jaffa. They are of different faiths and origins, and yet
they become friends. WEIT WAR DER HIMMEL
Avi Primor was born in 1935 in Israel as ÜBER PALÄSTINA
the son of a Dutch emigrant and a 336 pages
German mother. He spent many years in Paperback
the diplomatic corps and served as March 2020
Israeli ambassador to Germany from
1993 to 1999. Primor now heads a
trilateral course of study for Israeli,
Palestinian, and Jordanian students at
the Centre for European Studies, which
he founded at the Interdisciplinary
Centre Herzliya, Israel, in close
cooperation with the University of
Düsseldorf.
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A novel about dying – but above all about surviving
A book as sensitive as it is Paula never used to need much in life: just her flat, enough money for food, and her little brother
funny and wise Tim, whom she loved more than anything in the world. Tim was always making plans, always
wanting to be off on an adventure. He wanted to fly and swim and run and dive. Tim the fish, Tim
An unforgettable road trip who loved the sea and who, two years ago, drowned in it. That was the moment Paula lost control of
featuring two very different her previously well-organised life. She has always struggled with closeness and distance. The only
characters person she ever felt emotionally close to was Tim – and when he drowned in the ocean, he pulled
her down with him into the Mariana Trench. The diagnosis: severe depression; a daily routine that
For readers of Mariana Leky
used to be a life but is now nothing more than an existence.
English sample available
Until, that is, Paula meets an eccentric old man called Helmut and rediscovers the will to live.
Eventually she sets off with him on an adventurous journey, driving to the Alps in a camper van. In
Jasmin Schreiber
this confined space, two people who couldn’t be more different learn to negotiate closeness and
MARIANA TRENCH
distance in a way they have never done before. Paula gradually re-emerges from the Mariana
Trench. And in the end, when she finally feels as though the worst is over, she realises she hasn’t MARIANENGRABEN
got to know Helmut quite as well over the course of their trip as she might have imagined. 254 pages
Jasmin Schreiber, born in 1988, Hardcover
graduated with a degree in biology March 2020
and now works as an author and
communications expert. In 2018 she
won the Digital Female Leader
Award and was named Blogger of
the Year for her blog Sterben Üben
[Practising Dying]. She works on a
voluntary basis as an companion for
the dying and a photographer of
stillborn children. She can be found
unsettling the Internet on Twitter at
@LaVieVagabonde. Jasmin
Schreiber lives in Frankfurt am Main.
20WOMEN‘S NOVEL
A delightful page-turner in a picturesque Italian setting
Detailed English outline and Tabea Bach’s first saga, CAMELLIA ISLAND, was an instant success. It was ranked on the Spiegel
sample translation available bestseller list for weeks on end. More than 300.000 copies of the trilogy were sold.
‘Tailor-made for curling up Readers were enthralled by the vivid language and the impressive description of the scenic and
with a good book!’ Christiane atmospheric backdrops. Despite the comparative shortness of her books, the author was able to
Beel, Brigitte Wir on create nuanced settings and well-drawn out characters. Readers identified closely with the central
CAMELLIA ISLAND characters and were gripped by the storylines. In CAMELLIA ISLAND, Tabea Bach combines all the
core components of great romance novel in a highly professional way.
Rights of THE CAMILLA
ISLAND-trilogy have been In her new saga, the author manages the same feat once again. Following a tragic stroke of fate,
sold to: Croatia, Czech the protagonist must reinvent herself and find her place in new surroundings. The story makes the
Republic, France, Italy, reader question: What would I have done? How would I have reacted? Surprising twists and
Latvia, Slovenia, Slovakia repeated setbacks allow the reader to feel and root for the protagonist right to the end. Tabea Bach
THE SILK VILLA
THE SILK VILLA is set in Veneto in northern Italy. Tabea Bach tells the gripping story of a woman
DIE SEIDENVILLA
who, following the death of her beloved husband, saves an old silk mill from being broken up and
Tabea Bach worked as an opera 368 pages
turned into luxury apartments in picturesque Asenza. Together with the silk weavers, she seizes the
dramaturg before devoting herself Paperback
chance for a new beginning. April 2020
completely to writing. She was born
in Tübingen and studied in Munich
and Florence, Italy. Today, she
lives with her husband in an idyllic
village in the Black Forest, the Available soon:
starting point for numerous THE THE LEGACY THE CAMELLIA
journeys to places all over the SPLENDOUR OF THE SILK ISLAND -
world. The magnificent landscapes OF THE SILK VILLA Trilogy
she encounters during her travels VILLA
320 pp each
find their way into her women’s
Aug 2020 Jan 2021
novels where they become
atmospheric settings for her stories.
21WOMEN‘S NOVEL
Landscape, love, and (family) secrets
Total print run of Sofia THE LITTLE GUESTHOUSE BY THE SEA is a touching story about love and family set against the
Caspari’s novels: magnificent summertime backdrop of the Croatian Island of Krk. Six years ago, Jule’s friend Ivan, a
350,000 copies freelance artist, disappeared from her life without even a hint of warning, leaving her behind with their
son, Johan, and no way to contact him.
For female readers of page-
turners from age 25+, In the meantime, Jule has become accustomed to her life as a single mother, but it is not always easy to
travellers to Croatia, and have sole responsibility for an autistic boy. When a serious crisis arises at school, Johan is suspended
readers of Jenny Colgan’s from classes for several weeks. Jule urgently needs a break from her day-to-day routine and decides to
“Little Beach Street Bakery” travel to Krk with her son. After all, he has Croatian roots on his father’s side. When she searches the
Internet for accommodations on the island, she discovers a charming guesthouse and books a room for
Rights of Sofia Caspari‘s herself and Johan. And then Jule recognizes from the names of the owners that they are - of all things -
previous novels have been the parents of her ex-boyfriend Ivan. Her heart pounding, she sets off for Krk to meet Ivan's family, who
sold to: Czech Republic, The know nothing of her son.
Netherlands, Latvia, Poland, Sofia Caspari
Russia, Spain The grandparents are very warm and caring toward Johan, their little German guest. And then Jule THE LITTLE GUESTHOUSE
suddenly comes face to face with Ivan's older brother. She met him through Ivan in Germany years BY THE SEA
before, and at the time he fell undyingly in love with her.
DIE KLEINE PENSION AM
MEER
368 pages
Sofia Caspari, born in 1972, has Paperback
frequently traveled to Central and March 2020
South America. This is also where Also available (a.o.):
part of her family lives. She spent
THE SCENT OF THE SONG OF THE DANCE
an extended period of time in
THE DEEP THE WATERFALL OF THE
Argentina, a country with people,
BLUE SEA HUMMINGBIRD
landscapes, and a history that have
559 pp
left a deep impression on her. She 429 pp May 2014 496 pp
lives with her husband and little son July 2018 May 2016
in a small village in the Nahe
Valley.
22WOMEN‘S NOVEL
A romantic comedy that asks the question: what exactly is ‘true love’?
A romantic comedy about Lucy Bradford, a translator and aspiring author, is heading home for the holidays, and manages to
the question how much hitch a lift with a doctor called Ben (who, luckily for her, happens to be very attractive). A heavy
closeness love needs snowstorm forces them to seek shelter in a farmhouse belonging to a jolly elderly lady. And the
three of them end up having an unexpectedly merry Christmas together.
Wonderful entertainment
with heart and humour Weeks later, Lucy is shocked to receive a letter telling her the old lady has died – and that she has
left the farmhouse to Lucy and her “husband”. As a couple, of course. And so they meet again at the
For all readers of Petra house: Lucy, who is stony broke and writing a novel, and Ben, whose stressful job as a hospital
Hülsmann and Mhairie doctor is causing him to suffer from panic attacks. They decide to stay at the house for a while and
McFarlaine take some time out. Together, but just as friends. They are both seeking something: Lucy (as an
author) is in search of true love, and Ben wants to know the meaning of life. And living here in this
close-knit village community will prove eye-opening for both of them. Kristina Günak
LOVE COMES ON TIPTOE
DIE LIEBE KOMMT AUF
ZEHENSPITZEN
Approx. 252 pages
July 2020
Kristina Günak was born in
Northern Germany in 1977. Also available:
Having worked as an estate
agent for several years, she now WHO CAN HAPPINESS
works as a mediator and SAY HOW IS MY
LOVE IS FAVORITE
systemic coach. LOVE COMES
SPELLED COLOR
ON TIPTOE is the third novel
she published with Bastei 268 pp 288 pp
Lübbe. April 2017 June 2019
23WOMEN‘S NOVEL
A wonderful outback novel with a 1950s flair
Elizabeth Haran's new novel is a touching family story that unfolds between the outback and England,
English manuscript available
spanning a period of over 20 years.
Total print-run of Elizabeth
The outback, 1936. Willie McGregor has left England to seek his fortune down under. Together with his
Haran’s books:
best friend, he is searching for gold in a remote area. Their only contact is with a clan of Aboriginals
1.5 million copies
who occasionally set up camp nearby. Willie begins a love affair with a young Aboriginal who calls
A young woman in search of herself Nellie. When Nellie one day announces that she is pregnant, he is determined to provide for his
her roots discovers a secret child and see it regularly.
that was never meant to
England, 1957. Young Kate is an exotic beauty and a celebrated film star. Suddenly, though, ugly
surface
rumours start to circulate. She flees from the press and her wicked husband to Australia to live with her
father. Yet the small village in the outback is unfamiliar territory. Her father is a stranger to her, and
nobody knows anything about her mother, Willie's deceased Greek wife.
Although a panic-stricken Willie tries to prevent it, one day Kate meets Nellie and her second daughter, Elizabeth Haran
who is to be taken away from her mother by the Australian authorities, since all Aboriginal children are LOVE IN AUSTRALIA
to be raised in homes. This brings out Kate's courageous temperament, which in turn makes a big
impression on Dusty, the young English teacher in Tibooburra. Kate is still married, however. EINE LIEBE IN AUSTRALIEN
Approx. 512 pages
Hardcover
July 2020
Elizabeth Haran grew up in
Zimbabwe and England before she
Also available (a.o.):
migrated with her parents to
Australia. After finishing her IN THE VALLEY BEYOND THE THE SKIES
schooling in Adelaide she went on OF THE SOUTHERN OVER THE
to work in different occupations. EUCALYPTUS STARS OUTBACK
She has already successfully FORESTS
524 pp 576 pp
published several novels. She lives
443 pp August 2018 August 2019
with her family in a beachside
suburb in Adelaide, South Australia. August 2017
24WOMEN‘S NOVEL
An impressive family saga about the fate of a coffee house dynasty
in the 20th century
For all readers of Jeffrey The CAFÉ ENGEL trilogy tells the thrilling story of a tradition-steeped café in the spa district of
Archer‘s Clifton Chronicles Wiesbaden, from the post-war years through the 1950s to the economic miracle of the 1960s. The
series and Anne Jacobs‘ café becomes the setting for a stirring family saga full of secrets and passions. Simultaneously, it
“The Cloth Villa“ represents hopes for a new beginning. CAFÉ ENGEL is exciting and at the same time wonderfully
human and warm-hearted.
English sample translation of
vol. 1 available DAUGHTERS OF HOPE is the third and final part of the trilogy and focuses on the 1960s.
Total number of books in Wiesbaden, 1959. Hilde Koch, the new manager at Café Engel, fights bravely against a competitor
print for Marie Lamballe: who is attracting increasing numbers of customers with dancing in the evening. And ever since
over 100,000 copies making his dream of owning a vineyard come true, her husband, Jean-Jacques, has not been
offering her great support. Marie Lamballe
CAFÉ ENGEL.
When the new pastry chef at the Café begins to seriously romance Hilde, her marriage is put to a DAUGTHERS OF HOPE (Vol.3)
tough test. Meanwhile, completely new horizons are opening up for Hilde’s brother, Wilhelm, as the
booming film industry lures him with seductive offers. CAFÉ ENGEL.
TÖCHTER DER HOFFNUNG
480 pages
Paperback
February 2020
Marie Lamballe was born in
Hanover. Early in her life she Also available:
discovered her love for France.
She studied French and started CAFÉ ENGEL. CAFÉ ENGEL.
writing shortly after having FATEFUL YEARS A NEW ERA
completed her studies. Today, (Vol. 2) (Vol. 1)
the mother of two grown-up
children lives near Frankfurt. She 559 pp 559 pp
enjoys developing ideas for her July 2019 March 2019
stories in her favorite café.
25WOMEN‘S NOVEL
A stirring tale of love and betrayal, despair and courage, set against the
background of the First World War
Total print-run of Sarah
Lark’s books: In this novel, Sarah Lark tells a wonderful love story that plays out against the great panorama of world
4.6 million copies political events in the early 20th century. A young couple has to leave Germany in order to lead a happy life
without anti-Jewish sentiment. Yet when the First World War breaks out, they suddenly find themselves just
Translation rights of Sarah as unwanted in their new home country of New Zealand.
Lark’s previous books have
already been sold to over Hanover, just before the First World War. For Mia, the daughter of a Jewish banker, and Julius, a young
20 countries aristocratic officer, it’s love at first sight. In order to have a future together, they emigrate to New Zealand,
where they plan to establish a horse breeding farm. When war breaks out, however, they are suspected of
For readers of century- espionage and are interned separately. It is only through the efforts of young Wilhelmina, who loves nothing
spanning, generational more than horses, that the farm can be saved. But it comes at a high price, and after the war nothing is the
sagas same anymore.
A grand saga that sets itself Sarah Lark
far apart from any genre STARS OF DESTINY
SCHICKSALSSTERNE
656 pages
Hardcover
August 2020
Sarah Lark, born 1958, worked as
Also available (a.o.):
a tour guide for many years. She THE YEAR OF THE SECRET WHERE THE
discovered her love for New THE DOLPHINS OF THE DAY BEGINS
Zealand very early in life. Its WINTER HOUSE
breath-taking landscapes have
attracted her magically ever since.
Sarah Lark is the pseudonym of a 463 pp 576 pp 656 pp
successful German writer. Dec 2016 Dec 2017 May 2019
26WOMEN‘S NOVEL
Europe‘s gate to the world, the alluring smell of coffee and a merchant’s daughter
with big plans
Detailed English outline The Speicherstadt, Hamburg: huge warehouses, sacks of coffee, the smell of the big wide world. A man’s
available of THE SCENT OF world – in the early years of the century, at least. Young Mina Deharde has the coffee trade in her blood,
THE WIDE WORLD and spends every spare minute at the offices of her father’s coffee company in the heart of the
Speicherstadt. They both know that as a woman she cannot take over the company, and her father has
Part 2 of the sweeping no male heir. But Mina refuses to give up, and clings to her dreams against all the odds.
Speicherstadt saga
transports readers back to Hamburg in the 1920s. The coffee importing company Kopmann and Deharde has survived the war and
the razzle-dazzle of the 1920s the period of inflation, though it has been hit hard. Mina’s husband Frederik has returned from the war
unscathed. He and Mina have been married for twelve years, and they have a ten-year-old daughter
named Klara. But Mina’s father’s prediction – that Mina would learn to love her husband in time – has not
come to pass. The couple actually go out of their way to avoid each other.
When her father becomes seriously ill, Mina is forced to choose: between duty and freedom, family and Fenja Lüders
love. She starts conducting business herself in secret. But the Hanseatic merchants still subscribe to the THE SPLENDOUR OF A
idea that ‘a man’s word is as good as his bond’. Women don’t even enter the picture. NEW TIME
Mina can think of only one man who might be able to help her – her childhood friend Edo. She finds out DER GLANZ DER NEUEN
that he didn’t return to New York after the war, and persuades him to come back and work for Kopmann ZEIT
Approx. 450 pages
and Deharde. She also files for divorce and takes over the running of the firm herself. Eventually, Mina
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becomes the first woman ever to be admitted to the coffee exchange.
July 2020
Fenja Lüders, born in 1961, is a
true Frisian. She grew up on a farm Also available: Available soon:
on the coast of the North Sea as THE DREAM OF
THE SCENT OF
the youngest of four siblings. She THE WIDE FREEDOM
moved to Oldenburg to study WORLD
history and politics, where she
continues to live. Alongside writing,
she has a strong passion for 319 pp Approx. 450 pp
classical music. Nov 2019 Nov 2020
27WOMEN‘S NOVEL
Witty family novel about love and life in times of parenting and puberty crises
Every day Henriette Henkemeier (43) has to deal with the peculiarities and wishes of her three
A feel-good women’s novel
daughters Saskia (18), Nelli (12) and Ida (8) and the teasing of her newly retired mother Marlies.
with humour and depth
Nevertheless, the experienced housewife has the daily chaos under control, from which husband
Patrick keeps out as far as possible. Lately Patrick has been behaving suspicious. He is increasingly
absent, and Henriette has the feeling that her marriage is stuck in a dead end.
Until Max appears, a photographer and brother of their neighbour, who makes Henriette advances.
Although Henriette has never thought about having an affair, she suddenly feels the butterflies she
thought were long extinct back in her stomach and enjoys the flirt.
But then the shock: She realizes that Max is not interested in her at all, but in her daughter Saskia!
And Saskia, who suffers from her obsessive-compulsive mother, responds. Henriette is besides
herself! When Max invites Saskia to his villa on the Cote d'Azur, Henriette knows only one goal: She
must rescue Saskia from the clutches of this womanizer. Frida Matthes
LOVE AND THE YEARS IN-
But her plan fails, and her daughter disappears to France. Henriette leaves Patrick alone with her
BETWEEN
two younger daughters and follows Saskia. But while she stumbles from one adventure to the next in
the South of France to find Saskia, she realizes that she does not only want to save her daughter, VON DER LIEBE UND DEN
but also herself: She is afraid that as the children grow older, she will become superfluous, that she JAHREN DAZWISCHEN
will never prove herself on the job market and that she will soon face the ruins of her marriage. 320 pages
Paperback
Frida Matthes worked for radio and July 2020
television for many years. After
hundreds of reports about Fabergé
eggs, edible algae, dog nutrition
advice, children's football and other
strange phenomena, she felt well
prepared for the fictional world of
writing. Frida Matthes lives in
Cologne, together with her family.
28WOMEN‘S NOVEL
A young woman travels to faraway Cornwall in search of her roots, family, love
and happiness
For all readers of Jojo Moyes, Aimée Thaler lives with her partner Per, a successful architect, and their six-year-old son Len in a
Nina George and Lori Nelson beautiful house in a nice suburb. She has a little workshop where she restores antiques for Per’s
Spielmann clients – her dream job. But despite her apparent happiness, lately Aimée has started to feel
increasingly dissatisfied with her life.
A moving story about the
strength of family, the power Per’s relationship with Len is strained: Len is a sensitive and imaginative child, not the ‘perfect’ son
of dreams and the enduring Per had been hoping for. And then one day in February comes the straw that breaks the camel’s
nature of love back. First Aimée hears that Barbara, a motherly friend from her childhood, has died. Then she
discovers that Per has not actually been selling her lovingly restored antiques but squirrelling them
away in an old garage on their property.
When the situation between Per and Len escalates one night and Per hits Len, Aimée doesn’t
hesitate: she bundles herself and her son into an old VW camper van (which she once lived in, but
which has been rusting away in the garage for the past eight years) and off they go. It’s just like Hanna Miller
BECAUSE LIFE IS A JOURNEY
when Aimée was a child and lived with her mother in a caravan. In windswept St Ives on the Cornish
coast, Aimée tries to make a fresh start. But her old life soon catches up with her, and suddenly she DENN DAS LEBEN IST EINE
finds herself face to face with Daniel, her childhood sweetheart. Aimée has to confront the past – so REISE
that she can find herself. 352 pages
Hanna Miller, born in 1977, grew up Paperback
in the Rhineland. She has a degree May 2020
in German and cultural studies, and
has worked as a publisher and
editor and authored two travel
guides about her favourite place on
Earth: Cornwall. For Because Life is
a Journey, she travelled around the
south of England with her son in a
VW camper van. Hanna Miller lives
with her family in Hamburg.
29WOMEN‘S NOVEL
A young woman in chaos of life and love finds her way to happiness
Mari Thaler is used to pull herself together. Having just moved to Berlin, she swats day and night as
A romantic and cheerful love
a lawyer in a business law firm, although she does not like to argue or give advice to other people.
story for all fans of Mhairi
She would much rather be invisible and make up stories.
McFarlane and Jo Platt
But then she meets her warm and bossy landlady Alexandra and her boyfriend Tom - the most
A novel with the important
caring and talkative property manager you can imagine - and with them little Toby, whom Mari
message: Life is not just
invents half a petting zoo of imaginary animal friends at the next opportunity. And then there's Leo,
about work
Alexandra's rejecting brother and temporary handyman, who makes Mari tremble with a single touch
at her very first encounter - and her self-discipline begins to crumble.
Nina Resinek
THAT SOUNDS SUSPICIOUSLY
LIKE LUCK
DAS KLINGT VERDÄCHTIG
NACH GLÜCK
Approx. 320 pages
Paperback
July 2020
Nina Resinek, born in Toronto in
1977, worked for seven years as a
lawyer in a large business law firm
in Frankfurt am Main. Now she lives
in Siegen with her husband, her
daughter and a few fictitious pets.
THAT SOUNDS SUSPICIOUSLY
LIKE LUCK is her first novel.
30WOMEN‘S NOVEL
A thrilling story about a new beginning, the courage to follow one's dreams,
and the incomparable power of great love
For all fans of Nicholas
Sparks, Jodi Perry, Priscille Charlotte is a young nurse in a children's hospice. When she hears a song by Sam, a street
Sibley, and Anna McPartlin musician, she is moved to tears. The song is called “Daisy“ - the same name as her daughter who
passed away. Sam notices Charlotte, is moved by his listener’s reaction, and becomes curious.
Happy tears at its best Charlotte and Sam get to know each other through the song, and after a few dates they fall in love.
Charlotte tells him about Daisy and also about her work at the children's hospice, where she cares
for Hamish, a street kid suffering from leukemia. She is trying to find his best friend Stella for him, so
the two can say goodbye to one another.
Sam is so impressed with Charlotte that he writes a beautiful song about her and performs it on the
street. Someone films the performance and it becomes a hit online. A big record company promptly
offers Sam a contract, which is something he has been dreaming about for years. But the recording
company insists on knowing the identity of the woman Sam was singing about. Sam doesn't want to Violet Thomas
make Charlotte's story public, but his agent has fewer scruples. When Charlotte receives the first A NEW SKY EVERY DAY
unsolicited interview requests from major newspapers, she flies into a rage and ends her relationship
with Sam. JEDEN TAG EIN NEUER
HIMMEL
Approx. 320 pages
Paperback
July 2020
Violet Thomas is a pseudonym of
Ann-Kathrin Karschnick, born 1985,
who is known in the fantasy scene
as "Woman in a green dress". She
has already published numerous
fantasy novels with various
publishers and was awarded the
German Fantasy Prize for "Phoenix
- Daughter of Ashes" in 2014.
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