"Mei 1940. Met de vlucht van de koninklijke familie naar Engeland verdwijnt het kloppende hart uit de paleizen van de Oranjes. Verweesd en zonder instructies blijven de hofhouding en het personeel achter. Ingeklemd tussen angst voor de bezetter en loyaliteit aan de verdwenen 'principalen' vragen ze zich af of dit het einde van hun werk betekent. Zouden de Duitsers de paleizen bezetten en er de hakenkruisvlag hijsen? Als Seyss-Inquart de Oranje-eigendommen onteigent om te verkopen en Mussert daar ook op begint te azen, komt een even geraffineerd als heimelijk spel op gang om paleizen en hun kostbare inrichting, kunstcollecties, koetsen, archieven en wat al niet meer voor het vaderland te behouden. Zelfs de Duitse liquidator zal oogluikend toekijken hoe achterblijvers in en buiten de paleizen zich hiervoor inspannen. Voor het Hof is het belangrijkste dat Wilhelmina bij terugkeer alles aantreft zoals zij het had achtergelaten. Maar wat na vijf lange jaren de mooiste dag sinds 10 mei 1940 had moeten zijn, pakt voor vele achterblijvers toch anders uit dan gedroomd, zo laat Flip Maarschalkerweerd zien in deze uiterst boeiende reconstructie van een vergeten en pijnlijk hoofdstuk uit de geschiedenis van het Koninklijk Huis."--Page 4 of cover.

After a devastating heartbreak, a teen girl decides to spend her summer helping her eccentric great aunt manage her quaint Vermont inn--but this fixer-upper is hiding a magical secret--in this cozy and irresistable new fantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Spellshop. Sixteen-year-old Calisa is desperate for a change of scenery after her lying ex ruins her perfect Brooklyn summer. When her parents suggest she head to rural Vermont to help her great-aunt run her cozy bed and breakfast for a few months, she jumps at the chance. But when Calisa arrives at the B&B, she's shocked to find a rundown inn with only a handful of guests. And to make matters worse, upon meeting with her great-aunt it quickly becomes clear that Calisa was not invited. Auntie Zee is determined to keep anyone from messing with her beloved inn…even if it is clear she needs the help. To earn her keep, Calisa sets to work fixing up the inn, enlisting extra help from the groundskeeper's (handsome) son. But the longer she stays, the more it becomes evident that there is something strange about the B&B—and its residents. Something almost…otherworldly. The inn is keeping a magical secret—but to protect the place she's come to love, Calisa must unravel the truth of it, and her aunt, before it's too late.

In a galaxy powered by the current, everyone has a gift. Cyra is the sister of the brutal tyrant who rules the Shotet people. Cyra’s currentgift gives her pain and power—something her brother exploits, using her to torture his enemies. But Cyra is much more than just a blade in her brother’s hand: she is resilient, quick on her feet, and smarter than he knows. Akos is the son of a farmer and an oracle from the frozen nation-planet of Thuvhe. Protected by his unusual currentgift, Akos is generous in spirit, and his loyalty to his family is limitless. Once Akos and his brother are captured by enemy Shotet soldiers, Akos is desperate to get his brother out alive—no matter what the cost. Then Akos is thrust into Cyra's world, and the enmity between their countries and families seems insurmountable. Will they help each other to survive, or will they destroy one another? Carve the Mark is Veronica Roth's stunning portrayal of the power of friendship—and love—in a galaxy filled with unexpected gifts.

Maia D’Apliese and her five sisters gather together at their childhood home, “Atlantis”—a fabulous, secluded castle situated on the shores of Lake Geneva—having been told that their beloved father, who adopted them all as babies, has died. Each of them is handed a tantalizing clue to her true heritage—a clue which takes Maia across the world to a crumbling mansion in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Once there, she begins to put together the pieces of her story and its beginnings. Eighty years earlier in Rio’s Belle Epoque of the 1920s, Izabela Bonifacio’s father has aspirations for his daughter to marry into the aristocracy. Meanwhile, architect Heitor da Silva Costa is devising plans for an enormous statue, to be called Christ the Redeemer, and will soon travel to Paris to find the right sculptor to complete his vision. Izabela—passionate and longing to see the world—convinces her father to allow her to accompany him and his family to Europe before she is married. There, at Paul Landowski’s studio and in the heady, vibrant cafes of Montparnasse, she meets ambitious young sculptor Laurent Brouilly, and knows at once that her life will never be the same again. In this sweeping, epic tale of love and loss—the first in a unique, spellbinding series of seven novels—Lucinda Riley showcases her storytelling talent like never before.