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Foreign Rights Guide
Spring/ Summer 2021
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Content Fiction
Thriller & Crime Novels Novels
Dubois, Julie: TRUFFLE GOLD 4 Jodl, Angelika: IN PRAISE OF A CAUCASIAN COW 25
Fölck, Romy: MURDERED IN THE SAND 5 Lankers, Katrin: LITTLE MIRACLES EVERYWHERE 26
Giovanni, Margherita: ADRIA MORTALE - BITTERSWEET DEATH 6 Mothes, Ulla: DIVIDED DREAMS 27
Kleindl, Reinhard: THE GOD MACHINE 7 Prettin, Anne: THE FOUR TIDES 28
Morelli, Valentina: A CONVENT, A KILLING, AND LA DOLCE VITA – DEATH AT 8
THE NOON HOUR (Vol.1) Women’s Novels
Rossmann, Dirk: THE NINTH ARM OF THE OCTOPUS 9 Lark, Sarah: THE VETERINARIAN – BIG DREAMS (Vol.1) 29
Strotmann Neubauer: THE COMMISSIONER AND THE LONG DEATH 10 Rosen, Ella: SEVEN DAYS BY THE SEA 30
Thode, Michael: IT‘S YOUR FAULT! 11 Steinlechner, Tanja: THE DANCER FROM THE MOULIN ROUGE 31
Thomas, Violet: A HEART FULL OF LIFE 32
Thriller & Crime Novels originally written in English
Costello, Matthew & Richards, Neil: CHERRINGHAM 12 Love & Landscape
Costello, Matthew & Richards, Neil: MYDWORTH MYSTERIES 13 Haran, Elizabeth: A DREAM IN AUSTRALIA 33
Marchmont, Helena: BUNBURRY 14 Conrad, Elena: THE JASMINE FLOWER SUMMER (Vol.2) 34
Jänicke, Greta: SUMMER LOVE ON THE FJORD (MS Kristiana Vol.1) 35
New Adult
Atkin, Kara: FOREVER CLOSE (San Teresa University Vol.3) 15 Romantic Comedy
Dawson, April: DARE TO TRUST (Dare-to Vol.1) 16 Adams, Rosie: LITTLE DOG, BIG LOVE 36
Iosivoni, Bianca & Laura Kneidl: MIDNIGHT CHRONICLES – BLOOD MAGIC 17 Erlenkamp: SPRINGTIME HAPPYNESS IN THE LITTLE CAFÉ BY THE MILL
(Midnight Chronicles Vol.2) (Vol.3) 37
Ocker, Kim Nin: EVERYTHING I DIDN’T SAY / EVERYTHING I EVER NEEDED 18 Günak, Kristina: BROKEN HEARTS CAN BE MENDED 38
Pätzold, Anne: WHEN WE HOPE (Love-Nxt Vol.3) 19 Jakobsson, Mia: A MIDSUMMER LOVE 39
Reed, Ava: DEEPLY (In-Love Vol.3) 20 Korte, Valerie: LOVE GROWS THE PRETTIEST BLOSSOMS 40
Savas, Anna: KEEPING SECRETS (Keeping Vol.1) 21 Mathes, Frida: TWO SORTS OF HAPPINESS 41
Sohail, Mehwish: LIKE WATER IN YOUR HANDS (Like This Vol.1) 22 Resinek, Nina: I DIDN‘T SEE YOU COMING 42
Sprinz, Sarah: WHAT IF WE STAY (University of British Columbia Vol.2) 23 Schwarzkopff, Marie: SEX IS COOL, BUT CHRISTMAS COMES MORE OFTEN 43
Stehl, Anabelle: BREAKAWAY (Away Vol.1) 24
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Content Non Fiction
Sagas & Family Secrets Nature
Corbi, Inez: THE GARDENS OF HELIGAN – TRACES OF A NEW BEGINNING 44 Eulberg, Dominik : MICROORGASMS EVERYWHERE 62
Grünig, Michaela: PALAIS HEILIGENDAMM – STORMY TIMES (Vol.2) 45 Romberg, Johanna: THE GARDEN TIGER FLIES ONLY AFTER MIDNIGHT 63
Kamecke, Luise von: THE STARS OF FALKENSEE MANOR (Vol. 2) 46
Lüders, Fenja: THE DREAM OF FREEDM (Vol. 3) 47 Memoir & True Story
Oliver, Sophie: THE GRANDHOTEL SCHWARZENBERG – RETURN TO BAD 48 Jones, Sophie: DELIVER ME FROM EVIL 64
REICHENHALL (Vol.2) Türkmen, Nilüfer: WHEN MOM TALKED TO THE LAMP 65
Winter, Elaine: HAYNBACH FASHION HOUSE – DAYS FULL OF HOPE (Vol.1) 49 Schunicht: KIMBA – HOW A DOG TOOK AWAY MY FEAR OF LIFE 66
Contemporary Romance Gift Book
Paris, Helen: LYNNWOOD FALLS – SUMMER OF LOVE (Vol.1) 50 Degen, Ragna: NOW LET‘S BE HONEST! 67
Welling, Nora: EVERYTHING YOU ARE FOR ME (Everything For You Vol.2) 51 Theuvsen, Bente: A LOVING SLAP IN THE FACE 68
Historical Novels
Dempf, Peter: THE HOUSE OF THE FUGGERS 52
Schirdewan, Claudia: THE WHALER OF BORKUM 53
Walter, Martina: THE VINTNER‘S DAUGHTER FROM THE RHINE VALLEY 54
NON FICTION
Guide Book & Self-Help
#DerApotheker: THE TRUTH ABOUT OUR MEDICINES 55
Arvay, Clemens G.: CORONA VACCINES – RESCUE OR RISK? 56
Esche-Belke, Susanne: RE-POWER 57
Marquardt, Dr. Matthias: EXHAUSTED 58
Matzko, Caro: WHATEVER YOUR SIZE 69
Praxmayer, Claudia: WILD PARADISE 60
Wallerstorfer, Daniel: THE POWER OF OUR GENES 61
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THRILLER & CRIME NOVELS
Madame le Commissaire Marie Mercier solves her first case in France’s Périgord region
A vacation thriller set in TRUFFLE GOLD is the first case of a culinary crime series featuring German-French detective
Périgord, France’s gourmet Marie Mercier.
paradise
Parisian detective Marie Mercier has inherited a farm in picturesque St. André in the Périgord region
Includes recipes for the and is enjoying some time off. Immediately after her arrival, however, the mysterious death of a
region’s delicious cuisine biker from Bordeaux clouds her idyll. The detective on the case, Michel Leblanc, suspects the man
has been murdered out of jealousy. The victim was having an affair with the village beauty, and all
the young men were in love with her. Marie knows from a secret source that this cannot be the
case. And Leblanc, meanwhile, senses that she will cause him some nasty surprises.
Julie Dubois
TRUFFLE GOLD
A Case for Marie Mercier
Trüffelgold
320 pages
Paperback
July 2021
Julie Dubois is a German
author with French roots. After
making the Rhineland her home
for many years, today she lives
in a charming little place in the
Périgord region, which inspired
her to write an atmospheric novel
set in St. André.
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THRILLER & CRIME NOVELS
The new novel by the SPIEGEL bestselling author, and the fourth case for a
dissimilar investigator duo
Total German circulation to
date: over 200,000 copies A nameless corpse and clues of betrayal – buried deep in the sand
Sample translation of In the pristine natural setting of Bargsand, an idyllic island in the Elbe River, beach walkers make a
DEATH CHAMBER and gruesome discovery. The skull of a skeleton is protruding from the sand. This raises puzzling
DEATH LANE available questions for Frida Paulsen and Bjarne Haverkorn of the Itzehoe criminal investigation unit. The
dead man had been buried there in the silt for a good thirty years, in a sitting position and with his
hands tied. Who was this man? There are absolutely no clues to his identity except for a mysterious
“DEATH LANE turned out to
metal plate with a Cyrillic inscription. Then, shortly afterwards, a Hamburg building contractor is
be a fantastic page-turner
found dead, also bound and buried in the silt of the neighboring island. The two police officers
that can really cut into your
suspect that the murders are related, even though the victims seem to have no connection.
sleep. [...] I have no doubt
Romy Fölck
that Romy Fölck’s name will The investigation leads Frida and Haverkorn back into the past – to a dark chapter of GDR history MURDERED IN THE SAND
soon compete on the and four boys who served time in the "green hell" of Torgau Prison. At the time, they made a (Vol. 4)
bestseller lists in the same desperate pact to escape from the horrors of the notorious juvenile jail. But then one of the boys
league as Nele Neuhaus and Mordsand
committed a terrible betrayal, which years later gave rise to a cruel plan for revenge. 428 pages
co.” – WDR 2 Krimitipp
Hardcover
March 2021
Romy Fölck was born in Meissen in
1974. She studied law at Dresden
University and began a business Also available:
career with a major company in
DEATH LANE THE BLOOD DEATH
Leipzig where she was employed for
(Vol. 1) HOUSE (Vol. 2) CHAMBER
10 years. Today she works as an
(Vol. 3)
independent author and lives in the 412 pp 319 pp
Elbmarsch region near Hamburg. She Feb 2018 Oct 2018 430 pp
has published numerous short Oct 2019
mysteries in anthologies and
magazines.
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THRILLER & CRIME NOVELS
The smell of gorse, 1950s flair, and a mysterious death
For fans of Jean-Luc Excitement reigns in a small village on the Adriatic coast in the 1950s. A man has been found dead
Bannalec, Sophie Bonnet, on a secluded path. Was it an accident or murder? And if it was murder, who killed the unpopular
and Pierre Martin schoolteacher who had campaigned against the increase in tourism? Since there are more than
enough people in the village who want to profit from the tourist trade, there are also plenty with a
Nostalgically set in the motive for a murder.
Adriatic vacation milieu,
this holiday mystery Federica, the owner of a boarding house, has a burning interest in these questions. She is a widow,
combines a yearning for the has a razor-sharp mind, and is always well informed about everything that’s going on in the town
1950s and a cozy mystery and in the world.
novel
When Commissario Lorenzo Pellegrini from Pesaro finally arrives to investigate the case, Federica
is delighted that he takes quarters in her boarding house, of all places. This puts her right at the Margherita Giovanni
source of information. ADRIA MORTALE –
BITTERSWEET DEATH
Together with Commissario Pellegrini and two of her German vacationers, Federica sets off under
the warm Adriatic sun to hunt down the killer. But before they can bring the truth to light, they must
Adria Mortale – Bittersüßer
first untangle an intricate web of lies, half-truths, and intrigue.
Tod
383 pages
Paperback
June 2021
Margherita Giovanni is a
pseudonym for author Brigitte
Pons. She lives near Frankfurt
am Main, writes novels and short
stories, and is always looking for
new challenges.
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THRILLER & CRIME NOVELS
A riveting church thriller for fans of Dan Brown and Matilde Asensi
A doubting bishop and a A remote Benedictine monastery in the Mont Blanc region houses a little-known research facility
brilliant physicist on the with a powerful supercomputer. Scientists from across the globe are invited to come and conduct
track of a ruthless fanatic research, thereby proving that religion and science do not necessarily contradict each other.
Reinhard Kleindl is a The idyll is abruptly shattered when young Father Sébastien, a monk and remarkable scientist, is
physicist and one of found crucified in the computer room. Shortly thereafter, the power fails. A storm has apparently
Austria’s most renowned damaged the cable car, and the monastery is cut off from the outside world. Suffragan Bishop
science journalists Lombardi, who is visiting from the Vatican to find diversion from his problems, and physicist Samira
Amirpour begin to investigate but are baffled.
English sample translation
available Lombardi discovers that Father Sébastien was on the trail of a discovery that could change the
world forever. It’s not long before Lombardi and Amirpour narrowly escape an attempt to murder Reinhard Kleindl
them. Risking their lives, they continue to investigate and discover that Sébastien, with the help of THE GOD MACHINE
the supercomputer – actually a revolutionary quantum computer – was working on a proof of God
based on research by the eminent mathematician Kurt Gödel. In the process, Sébastien discovered
Die Gottesmaschine
evidence that seems to refute the existence of God.
Approx. 400 pages
Paperback
Reinhard Kleindl is an Austrian August 2021
thriller writer, science journalist,
and extreme athlete. He studied
theoretical elementary particle
physics and numbers among
Austria's most prolific science
commentators. He has written for
newspapers, magazines, and
universities, among others.
Currently, he is a freelance writer
for the Austrian Science
Foundation (FWF).
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THRILLER & CRIME NOVELS
A crime series that’s like a vacation under the Italian sun
Cosy Crime meets Italian Sister Isabella leads a contemplative life in a picturesque Tuscan village – in a nunnery. One
„Dolce Vita“ day, however, she is drawn into a murder investigation and quickly develops a liking for
detective work. Matteo, the young carabiniere in the village, is delighted to have her support.
An unlikely but charming duo, After all, he’s the only policeman in town. Unfortunately, their hunt for the criminal all too often
Sister Isabella and the puts then at odds with the convent’s Mother Superior and the mayor of Santa Caterina.
carabiniere Matteo, investigate
with humour in the It's noon at the convent of Santa Caterina, and Sister Isabella wonders why the bells aren't
scenographic backdrop of ringing for prayer. When she looks into the matter, she makes a terrible discovery: Sister
Tuscany Raffaela is lying lifeless in the convent courtyard. The cheerful nun must have fallen from the
bell tower. But was it really an accident, as the Mother Superior unshakably contends? And
Ideal reading for the holidays what is the meaning behind the number drawn in the dust next to the nun’s body? Together
with the young carabiniere, Matteo, Isabella investigates on her own and soon uncovers a Valentina Morelli
Over 30,000 units sold dark secret. At this point, only divine assistance can help! A CONVENT, A KILLING, AND
LA DOLCE VITA – DEATH AT
THE NOON HOUR (Vol.1)
Kloster, Mord und Dolce Vita
– Tod zur Mittagsstunde
137 pages
March 2020
Valentina Morelli has been writing
Also available:
novels for many years. In A
Convent, a Killing, and la Dolce Vita
(Vol.2) (Vol.3) (Vol.4) (Vol.5) (Vol.6)
she has created a tribute to the Apr 2020 May 2020 Aug 2020 Oct 2020 Dec 2020
place her heart calls home, and 138 pp 132 pp
134 pp 145 pp 138 pp
captures the incomparable feeling of
life under the Tuscan sun. For
Morelli, crime novels are a means of
telling deeply human stories.
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A climate alliance as humanity’s last chance? A fascinating ‘what-if’ scenario
A highly topical thriller In the early 2020s, climate change is threatening to destroy life on earth. Its progress seems
about the themes of our inexorable. But then the superpowers China, Russia and the USA embark on a radical course of
time: climate change, action: they form a climate alliance to try to save the earth. The alliance imposes compulsory
population growth, measures worldwide in an attempt to save the planet. But these measures have a dramatic impact
technological progress on people’s lives, and not everyone is willing to accept them without a fight. The opponents of the
alliance will use any means in their power to thwart it. The situation reaches crisis point – and
Sensational, international, suddenly humanity’s fate rests in the hands of an anxiouss chef and an unassuming secret agent.
controversial
Total print-run since its publication in November 2020: over 300.000 copies
Dirk Rossmann
#1 on the SPIEGEL Bestseller Hardcover list THE NINTH ARM OF THE
OCTOPUS
Full English translation available
Der neunte Arm des
Oktopus
Dirk Rossmann was born in 1946,
400 pages
and in 1972 he founded Germany’s
Hardcover
first self-service drugstore. Today
November 2020
the ROSSMANN Group has 4,100
branches in Germany and seven
foreign subsidiaries. Dirk Rossmann
is deeply committed to the fight
against climate change. The threat
which climate change poses to
humanity, our children and our
children’s children concerns him not
only as a businessman but also as a
father and grandfather.
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A long-hidden secret and the five people who share it
– two of whom are already dead
The debut of an author
team whose detective
novels feature not only As a single mother of a physically handicapped daughter, detective Antje Servatius already has
exciting cases but also enough problems. Kira is highly intelligent, but has difficulty with social contact. After changing
intriguing characters schools, the fourteen-year-old seems to be hiding something from her mother. As the situation at
home escalates, Antje gets a new case. Two men were murdered and their corpses are staged in
This true-to-life although the same enigmatic position …
not overly gruesome crime
story leaves readers
wanting to know what
happens next for Antje
Servatius and her daughter, Strotmann Neubauer
Kira THE COMMISSIONER AND
THE LONG DEATH
For readers of Romy Fölck
Die Kommissarin und der
lange Tod
302 pages
Paperback
Peter Strotmann lives and June 2021
works in Cologne. He has been
active as a journalist, editor,
German lecturer, screenwriter,
and author of juvenile literature
Annette Neubauer is a
freelance author of children's
books and also lives in Cologne.
Her titles have been translated
into more than 20 languages.
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A glimpse into the heart of darkness
An exciting page-turner IT’S! YOUR! FAULT! is the second thriller in a series featuring the investigator team of Rolf
Degenhardt and Jana Liebisch. It takes readers on an emotional roller coaster. IT’S! YOUR! FAULT!
The second case for the has been written for speed, using short, highly eventful scenes that create a strong desire to read on.
investigator team Rolf
Degenhardt and Jana In the Lüneburg Heath, a homeless man and a retired policeman commit suicide under great agony.
Liebisch What connects these two people? And what is the meaning of the tarot cards that are found next to
their bodies?
Chief detective Rolf Degenhardt and detective Jana Liebisch recognize the connection: in both
suicides a clue leads to the past. Time is pressing, because it seems the killer has only just begun
his spree.
Michel Thode
IT’S! YOUR! FAULT!
Schuld! Seid! Ihr!
Approx. 384 pages
Paperback
July 2021
Michael Thode was born in
Heide/Holstein in 1974. He
studied law and specialized
Also available:
journalism at the universities of
Bayreuth, Göttingen, Kiel, and THE MUTE CHILD
Berlin. He has published
381 pp
numerous short mysteries for Aug 2014
which he received a number of
awards: The author lives with his
wife, dog, and two horses in
Lüneburg Heath.
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Cherringham Mysteries
Cherringham is a serial novel à la Charles Dickens set in the sleepy English village of Cherringham.
English manuscript available
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 meets Inspector Barnaby. Each of the self-contained episodes is a quick read for the morning
Jackson Braun's THE CAT WHO commute, while waiting for the doctor, or when curling up with a hot cuppa.
series, Caroline Graham's
Every year Lady Reptonopens up her grand estate to host 'Cherringfest' -the Cotswold's
MIDSOMER MURDERS, and the
TV series MURDER SHE WROTE, favouritemusic festival. But what should be a summer weekend of fantastic music, food and fun for
starring Angela Lansbury all, turns frightening when murder is threatened, and one performer is nearly killed. Soon Jack and
Sarah are in a race against time, trying to untangle a web of jealousy, egos and revenge before this
OVER 1,25 MILLION UNITS Cherringfestends in a deadly climax...
SOLD!
39 episodes & 2 novels available PRAISE for the series Matthew Costello &
“Comparisons with Midsomer Murders are inevitable, but Cherringham comes out on top when it Neil Richards
Rights to the series have been
comes to originality and – probably most crucially – the avoidance of irritating stereotypes.” CHERRINGHAM –
sold to 6 territories
– Killing Time Crime Killer Track
(Episode 39)
“A bit of a cross between Midsomer Murders and Johnathan Creek […] It’s very cleverly written …! A
great little whodunit with some super characters!” – brookcottagebooks.blogspot.de Approx. 130 pages
June 2021
Co-authors Neil Richards (based in
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, Murder under the Killing Time Still Dead
ABC, Eidos, and Nintendo to name Sun (Episode 37) (Episode 38)
but a few. Their transatlantic (Episode 36)
collaboration has underpinned
133 pp 54 pp 144 pp
scores of TV drama scripts,
Feb 2020 May 2020 Nov 2020
computer games and radio shows.
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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 been denied them so long. For most people in the English Home Counties, life goes on, comfortably
novella-length mysteries,
enough.
published in English and
German The Wrong Man (Episode 7): When young Ben Carmody is found murdered in an alleyway one snowy
For all fans of CHERRINGHAM, night in Mydworth, all the evidence points to his best pal, Oliver. And though Oliver swears he is
MISS FISHER‘S MURDER innocent, judge and jury are quick to convict the young man. But at the eleventh hour, Harry and Kat
MYSTERIES and DOWNTON become involved, and aren’t convinced. With just days left before Oliver is to hang for the crime, they
ABBEY investigate. With the clock ticking can they find the real culprit in time ... to save a life?
Over 180,000 units sold! Matthew Costello &
Neil Richards
MYDWORTH MYSTERIES –
The Wrong Man
(Episode 7)
141 pages
February 2021
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 MYDWORTH
the BBC, Disney Channel, Sony, MYSTERIES – MYSTERIES – MYSTERIES – MYSTERIES –
London Murder Wore a Deadly Cargo Danger in the Air
ABC, Eidos, and Nintendo to name Calling! Mask
but a few. Their transatlantic (Episode 5) (Episode 6)
(Episode 3) (Episode 4)
collaboration has underpinned
137 pp 151 pp 147 pp
scores of TV drama scripts, 138 pp
Oct 2019 June 2020 July 2020
computer games and radio shows. Apr 2020
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Welcome to Bunburry!
English manuscripts available Miss Marple meets Oscar Wilde in this new series of cosy mysteries set in the
picturesque Cotswolds village of Bunburry. In "Murder at the Mousetrap," the first Bunburry book,
A cosy crime series set in the fudge-making and quaffing real ale in the local pub are matched by an undercurrent of passion,
Cotswolds jealousy, hatred and murder – laced with a welcome dose of humour.
Over 280,000 units sold Harold Wilson, police sergeant in the picturesque Cotswolds village of Bunburry, loathes Alfie
McAlister. Alfie is handsome, popular, a self-made multimillionaire – and worst of all, he and his
friends Liz and Marge are much better than the police at catching villains. But Sergeant Wilson
loathes one person even more – Bunburry’s vicar, Philip Brown – and is thrilled by the chance of
locking him up for a local crime. When Reverend Brown refuses to defend himself or produce an
alibi, it’s up to the Bunburry Triangle to uncover what’s going on.
Helena Marchmont
BUNBURRY –
Sinners and Saints
(Episode 10)
136 pages
March 2021
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 Sweet Revenge Sheep Secrets Deadlier than
teacher, Iona M. Cameron. Olga (Episode 7) (Episode 8) Fiction
won a Scottish Book Trust New (Episode 9)
Writers Award in 2015, has had 121 pp 120 pp
more than 30 short stories March 2020 July 2020 133 pp
published in magazines. Oct 2020
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San Theresa University - A new-adult series set in California
Romantic and moving FOREVER FREE: When she starts university in California, young Raelyn gets the chance to move
far away from home and make a fresh start. But she soon realises that it’s not always easy to stand
For readers of Laura Kneidl
on your own two feet, and that her old life has a more powerful hold over her than she’d thought.
and Bianca Iosivoni
Especially when she meets the mysterious Hunter, whom she feels a strong attraction to – despite
the fact that he embodies everything Raelyn had wanted to leave behind.
FOREVER MINE: When the whole university finds out about Kate’s one night stand with Alec, the
campus playboy, her wholesome image as a blogger is shot to pieces. Kate tries to forget what’s
happened, and moves into a new, quieter dorm room until the scandal has blown over. But her new
neighbour turns out to be none other than Alec himself. And not only does she seem to run into him
at every turn – she suddenly finds she can’t stop thinking about him either...
FOREVER CLOSE: The last year at college has begun, but while everyone else is excitedly making Kara Atkin
plans and looking for their first jobs, April feels paralysed. Unlike the others, she doesn’t want her FOREVER CLOSE – SAN
TERESA UNIVERSITY
time as a student to be over – all the uncertainty makes her anxious. So it’s a good thing she’s got
(Vol.3)
Taylor, who’s repeating a year and who does his best to spur April into action, however much she
tries to resist his efforts to help – and her feelings for him.
Approx. 352 pages
Paperback
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Kara Atkin lives in Osnabrück,
where she studies psychology. Also available:
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as she can remember, though FREE – SAN MINE - SAN
when she started out it was TERESA TERESA
mainly for her own enjoyment. UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY
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Seeing her books published by
her favourite publisher is a 469 pp 474 pp
dream come true for Kara. May 2020 Nov 2020
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A sexy CEO with the world at his feet – and a long-lost love who turns that
world upside down
Over 150,000 copies sold of DARE TO TRUST – Book 1
April Dawson´s books
Hayden Millard has the world at his feet. He rules New York’s financial sector with an iron fist, and
Romantic, charming and closes million-dollar deals as easily as breathing. Until he meets his new assistant, Tori, and the
outrageously sexy! walls he’s spent years carefully building up around his heart suddenly threaten to come tumbling
down. When he realises she has no idea who he is, Hayden sees his chance.
For readers of Helena
Hunting and Kylie Scott He’s determined to get even with Tori, who was homecoming queen when they were at high
school together, and to pay her back for the suffering she caused him. But the more time he
For all fans of New Girl, spends with her, the clearer it becomes that they’ve both changed – and the feelings of dislike
Friends and Sex and the City from their schooldays are suddenly mingled with feelings Hayden has never felt before.
“Entertaining, yet so DARE TO DREAM - Book 2 April Dawson
profound!” – GLITTERY DARE TO TRUST
FAIRY.READS on UP ALL Quinn Millard is going to marry New York’s most eligible bachelor. But her plan hits a snag when (Dare-to Vol.1)
NIGHT she meets the owner of the luxury hotel where she’s staying on holiday. It’s none other than 425 pages
Jackson Orwood, who she used to be in love with. When their relationship ended, she never Paperback
wanted to see him again – and yet the chemistry between them is still strong. Quinn is faced with February 2021
the biggest decision of her life: should she marry her Prince Charming, or risk everything for the
childhood sweetheart she’s never been able to forget?
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April Dawson lives in Austria with (Dare-to Vol.3)
(Dare-to Vol.2)
her family. She has been writing for - Up All Night (Vol.1)
ten years. Writing romantic novels Approx. 350 pp Approx. 350 pp - Next to You (Vol.2)
with a hint of action, a little drama, Aug 2021 Feb 2022 - More Than This (Vol.3)
a portion of humour and plenty of
emotion is what she likes best.
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Two SPIEGEL Bestseller authors. Six novels. A major fantasy saga
Book 2 of a New Adult fantasy
series from Bianca Iosivoni Laura Kneidl and Bianca Iosivoni are SPIEGEL Bestseller authors and superstars of the German
and Laura Kneidl New Adult community. Combined, LYX has sold over 800,000 of their books.
Action-packed, exciting and In MIDNIGHT CHRONICLES the authors transport their readers to a world in which a group of
sexy young hunters band together to fight evil – putting not only their lives at stake, but their hearts too.
For readers of Cassandra Blood Magic: Since 19-year-old Cain completed her training as a Blood Huntress, it’s been her job
Clare, Sarah J. Maas and to protect the citizens of Edinburgh from dark creatures. She takes her work very seriously and
Jennifer L. Armentrout always obeys the rules of the Hunters – making her the exact opposite of Warden Prinslo. Since his
For all fans of Buffy and parents were attacked by vampires, the secretive Hunter has had only one aim: to find those
Supernatural responsible and hold them to account, whatever the cost. The fact that he and Cain were once
comrades-in-arms who trusted one another implicitly is hard for them to believe these days. The
Rights to the titles by Laura differences between them are too great, and the pain they suffered after hurting each other so badly Bianca Iosivoni &
is still too raw. Laura Kneidl
Kneidl have been sold to 9
MIDNIGHT CHRONICLES –
countries
But the return of Isaac the vampire king leaves Cain with no choice other than to work with Warden Blood Magic (Vol.2)
again. And as they fight side by side in a life-or-death struggle, they can’t help wondering whether
Ever since her early childhood, perhaps this might be a second chance for them. 431 pages
Bianca Iosivoni, born in 1986, has Paperback
been fascinated by stories. These February 2021
stories have accompanied her
throughout her life for almost as Also available: Soon available:
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Laura Kneidl was born in Erlangen CHRONICLES Sep 2021 Sep 2022
March 2022 June 2022
in 1990 and early on, she developed – Shadow
a penchant for everything that has to Gaze (Vol.1)
do with writing. Inspired by countless
fantasy novels, she started in 2009 448 pp
to work on her first own book Sep 2020
project.
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Stories about wrong decisions, missed chances,
and the one true love of a lifetime
For readers of Mona Kasten EVERYTHING I DIDN’T SAY
and Bianca Iosivoni
The moment Jamie and Carter lay eyes on each other for the first time, sparks are flying.
But they both know they have to keep their hands off each other: Jamie has just started Kim Nina Ocker
her new job as an assistant movie director and Carter is the star of the show and cannot EVERYTHING I
DIDN‘T SAY
show up with a woman by his side. Still, with every day they spend together, the sexual
(Everything Vol.1)
tension between them gets more intense. And then they succumb to their passion –
517 pages
without knowing that this decision will turn their lives upside down. Jamie gets pregnant
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from Carter and it will take three years until they meet again. November 2019
EVERYTHING I EVER NEEDED
When Ava meets Dexter at a freshman seminar at her university, she has no idea that
this encounter will change her life forever. Not only is Dexter sexy and mysterious, he
also makes her laugh, which few men before him every accomplished. On the same
evening, the two end up in bed together - only to discover shortly thereafter that a
relationship between them is impossible.
Kim Nina Ocker
EVERYTHING I EVER NEEDED
(Everything Vol.2)
457 pages
Kim Nina Ocker, born in 1993, Paperback
grew up in the picturesque town of June 2021
Büren in North Rhine-Westphalia.
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The final book in the LOVE-NXT series
A trilogy that combines two K-pop stands for South Korean pop music, and is one of the biggest global phenomena of our time.
of 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.
"Anne Pätzold has written an
enchanting love story – its Anne Pätzold’s Love-Nxt K-Pop trilogy tells the enchanting love story about an ordinary girl who falls
pages feel like home.” – Mona in love with a member of the biggest K-Pop boyband in the world.
Kasten on WHEN WE DREAM
WHEN WE HOPE: Jae-yong is a member of the biggest K-pop group in the world; Ella is a perfectly
ordinary student from Chicago. It should have been obvious to both of them that they could never
make a relationship work. Not only do they live thousands of miles and several time zones apart, but
the worlds they inhabit are completely different. And however close Ella and Jae-yong have grown Anne Pätzold
over the past few months, they now have to ask themselves whether their love is strong enough to WHEN WE HOPE
survive against all the odds. (Love-Nxt Vol.3)
391 pages
Paperback
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WHEN WE WHEN WE
Anne Pätzold is 25 years old and DREAM FALL
lives in Hamburg. She is a trained (Love-Nxt Vol.1) (Love-Nxt Vol.2)
bookseller and currently works for
an audiobook publisher. Her 408 pp 464 pp
greatest passions are books, May 2020 Sep 2020
banana bread and South Korea.
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The third book of the IN LOVE trilogy, from bestselling author and fan
favourite Ava Reed
New Adult the way it should DEEPLY is the third book in the In Love trilogy by Ava Reed. The three novels tell three great love
be: moving, dramatic and stories.
deeply romantic
For too long, Zoey has been running away from a terrible experience in her past. Now she wants to
From a young author and take control of her life again and go to university. She moves to Seattle to make a fresh start; luckily
blogger with great there’s a room free in her brother’s shared apartment. One of her new roommates, Dylan, has a
storytelling talent and a big secret that leads him to keep ignoring Zoey, even as he starts to feel more and more at ease around
fan base her. Gradually, the pair grow closer and realise how hard it really is to let go of the past, stand up for
yourself and open up to other people.
Ava Reed
DEEPLY (In-Love Vol.3)
410 pages
Paperback
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bookworm. Leaving the house TRULY MADLY
without something to read – (In-Love Vol.1) (In-Love Vol.2)
unthinkable! Eventually she
discovered writing and blogging for 383 pp 414 pp
herself, and has never looked June 2020 Oct 2020
back. Ava Reed lives with her
fiancé in Frankfurt am Main.
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The first book in a new New Adult trilogy set at Faerfax University
A young author who is part KEEPING SECRETS is the first book in a gripping new New Adult trilogy, a story about the pain of
of the target audience letting go and the joy of new beginnings.
For readers of Mona When young actor Tessa Thorn learns that her new film is set at Faerfax University – and
Kasten, Laura Kneidl and therefore in her home town – it’s already too late for her to back out. Because if Tessa doesn’t
Bianca Iosivoni want to endanger her career, she has to make sure the world never finds out what happened eight
years ago. Tessa is far from happy that budding journalist Cole Williams is going to be writing a
profile on her, which will involve him spending time on set during the shooting of the film. Cole’s
future depends on the article, however, and the deeper he digs into her past, the closer he comes
to a side of Tessa which she keeps carefully hidden from the world, and which Cole falls head
over heels in love with. But he also comes closer to uncovering her great secret, which could
destroy more than just their love for one another.
Anna Savas
KEEPING SECRETS
(Keeping Vol.1)
478 pages
Paperback
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Anna Savas was born in 1993, KEEPING DREAMS KEEPING HOPE
and can’t imagine a life without (Keeping Vol.2) (Keeping Vol.3)
books. Since she was a child,
writing has been like breathing to Approx. 352 pp Approx. 350 pp
Sep 2021 Dec 2021
her. And because ideas often come
out of nowhere, she always carries
a notebook with her.
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Romantic, dramatic, thrilling – everything New Adult should be
An authentic first-person- What if you have two hearts beating in your breast?
voice novel with its finger
on the pulse of our times LIKE WATER IN YOUR HANDS is a first-person-voice novel by a Muslim woman writer. Love stories
by and for young Muslims have thousands of readers on WATTPAD: there is a target audience here,
A young author who is part but it is poorly served by the book market, which is why readers seek out stories online. With this
of the target audience novel, LYX is addressing that target audience.
For readers of Laura Kneidl 19-year-old Arwa has just moved to Vienna to study. But instead of making friends, she shuts herself
and Brittainy C. Cherry off and immerses herself in her art, avoiding contact with others as much as possible. All that
changes, however, when she meets Tariq. From the moment she sets eyes on him, he awakens
English sample translation feelings in her that she’s never felt before. But Tariq, who is finding it increasingly difficult to reconcile
available in due course his family's traditional expectations with his desire for freedom, is struggling with his own demons. Mehwish Sohail
And the closer Arwa and Tariq become, the clearer it is that their love will only stand a chance if they LIKE WATER IN YOUR
can manage to face up to their past once and for all. HANDS
(Like This Vol.1)
Approx. 452 pages
Paperback
July 2021
Soon Available:
LIKE FEATHERS LIKE WORDS ON
BETWEEN MY RIBS OUR SKIN
Mehwish Sohail was born in (Like This Vol.2) (Like This Vol.3)
Pakistan and grew up in the
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Austrian state of Styria. She now
Dec 2021 June 2022
lives and works as a writer in
Vienna.
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A moving and romantic New Adult trilogy about wrong decisions, new
beginnings and true love
2 and 3 Book of the WHAT IF What If We Stay – Book 2
Trilogy
Amber has gone too far. After she is thrown out of university, her father’s contacts at UBC are her
Special setting: Vancouver, last chance to salvage her studies. In return, she has to prove herself at her parents’ architecture
Canada firm back in Vancouver. The situation seems hopeless – until Emmett offers her his help. He is
intelligent, obliging and enthusiastic. And he embodies everything Amber has failed to achieve.
For readers of Mona Kasten What she doesn’t realise is that, as the two of them grow closer, she is putting not only Emmett’s
and Laura Kneidl trust but also his whole family’s existence at risk.
What If We Trust – Book 3
Sarah Sprinz
Hope has spent the whole of her school life being judged for her fanfiction about masked singer WHAT IF WE STAY
PLY, which hardly anyone else in Vancouver has ever read. Until it’s picked up by a publisher, that (University of British
is. Not long afterwards, she finds herself face to face with Scott Plymouth. His inscrutable blue eyes Columbia Vol.2)
are startlingly familiar to Hope. She has seen them before – behind a mask. What Hope doesn’t
realise is that her story comes dangerously close to Scott’s deepest, darkest secret – and soon the
whole world will be able to read about it. 477 pages
Sarah Sprinz was born in Paperback
Tettnang in 1996, and later moved March 2021
to Aachen to study medicine. When
she’s not writing she likes to go for Also available: Soon available:
long walks along the lakeshore,
thinking up new ideas for stories WHAT IF WE DROWN WHAT IF WE TRUST
and dreaming of her next trips to (University of British (University of British
Canada and Scotland. She loves Columbia Vol.1) Columbia Vol.3)
spending afternoons writing in
cafés, maple syrup, and keeping in 390 pp Approx. 400 pp
Nov 2020 July 2021
touch with her readers on
Instagram. (@sarahsprinz).
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The first book in a major New Adult trilogy about three siblings from a rich
family
A new trilogy dealing with A single night proves to be Lia’s undoing, and her whole world comes crashing down around
female empowerment and her. After that, not only do the looks and whispers of her fellow students follow her all over
self-determination campus, but even her friends start to turn away from her. Eventually Lia can’t stand it any
longer – she stuffs a few of her most precious possessions into a bag and boards a bus to
The author is a successful Berlin. She’s hoping to clear her head in the anonymous hustle and bustle of the capital, and
influencer and very active to find her way back to the person she used to be. But then she meets Noah, and in an instant
on social media he manages to turn her world upside down all over again.
For readers of Laura Kneidl
and Bianca Iosivoni
Anabelle Stehl
BREAKAWAY
(Away Vol.1)
464 pages
Paperback
December 2020
Anabelle Stehl studied linguistics Soon Available:
in Leipzig and Cork, and now
works for an online marketing FADEAWAY RUNAWAY
agency in Leipzig. Under the name (Away Vol.2) (Away Vol.3)
‘Stehlblüten’ she runs her own
successful blog, Instagram channel 438 pp Approx. 452 pp
and YouTube channel. Apart from Apr 2021 Aug 2021
New Adult, her favourite genre is
fantasy.
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A declaration of love to Georgia and its culture
A love triangle, a trip to A turbulent journey from Munich to Tbilisi and back
Georgia, and a reconciliation
Olga has almost made it. The daughter of Georgian immigrants, she is going to be a doctor, and in her
with one's own roots – an
colleague Felix she has also found Mr. Right. At least that's what she thinks until Jack, a bon vivant,
irresistible mix
bursts into her life. Jack thinks Olga is great in every way, and he triggers feelings in her that are
completely new. But then Olga's mother is thought to have fallen terminally ill. She insists on traveling to
Georgia with the entire family so she can die in her homeland. On the spur of the moment, Jack decides
to follow by plane. Although Olga is only lukewarm about Jack's intrusion, her relatives in Tbilisi
immediately and enthusiastically welcome him as her long-awaited fiancé.
When Felix shows up unexpectedly in Tbilisi, he sets off a chain reaction. Olga’s mother has a nervous
breakdown; guns are drawn at a Georgian wedding party; and Olga admits before all her relatives that
Felix, not Jack, is her true fiancé. Angelika Jodl
IN PRAISE OF A
Yet it takes a cow in distress, a wedding party at gunpoint, and the unraveling of old family lies before CAUCASIAN COW
Olga realizes which path is right for her.
Laudatio auf eine
kaukasische Kuh
336 pages
Hardcover
May 2021
Angelika Jodl teaches German to
students from all over the world. In
addition, she writes stories, lectures
on German syntax, and collects
orchids – as well as a foreign
language or two. Angelika Jodl lives
in Munich with her husband, son,
and a host of animals.
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Warm-hearted, charming and moving
Strong women who take Charlotte has the daily routines of her family of four firmly under control. She does have plans of her own,
responsibility for their own but somehow she just never seems to get around to them. Then suddenly her mother Barbara turns up at
happiness and don’t wait for her door. When Charlotte was younger, Barbara abandoned the family and went to lead a free, wild life in
the ‘right time’ Lanzarote. Now, at 66, she has terminal lung cancer. And that’s not all: she also has no money and
nowhere to live. Reluctantly, Charlotte takes her mother in. It’s not long before Barbara plunges
A conflict-ridden mother- Charlotte’s perfectly organised life into chaos. Charlotte barely has time to process her conflicting
daughter relationship: an emotions. On the one hand, she’d vowed never to let Barbara back into her life. On the other, she’s
issue that affects many shaken at the thought of her mother’s impending death.
women
When Charlotte catches her husband kissing a client at an office party, her carefully maintained
The perfect tearjerker: a emotional armour starts to crumble. Panic-stricken, she flees the party. But Barbara follows her and takes
serious theme, dealt with in control of the situation. She takes Charlotte to the train station and they board the next train to Paris. In
an accessible way this foreign environment, mother and daughter learn to relate to each other in a new way and to confront Katrin Lankers
the wounds of the past. And Charlotte realises she and her mother have much more in common than LITTLE MIRACLES
she’d thought. EVERYWHERE
Kleine Wunder überall
336 pages
As a child, Katrin Lankers used to
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make up entire novels in her head,
April 2021
but never managed to get more
than a page down on paper. After
university she worked as a
journalist, until she decided to give
her dream of writing a book one
more go. LITTLE MIRACLES
EVERYWHERE is Katrin Lankers’
first novel for adults. The author
lives with her family and a black-
and-white beast of prey in Bornheim
near Bonn.
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A young woman torn between two families, and between East and West
A grand family novel about Berlin, 1992. Ingke's mother is hospitalized with leukemia and urgently needs a bone marrow donation.
the GDR, happiness at the To save her mother’s life, Ingke undergoes testing – although against her parents' will – and discovers
micro-level, and the struggle that her parents are not her parents. Only now, when the secret can no longer be kept, does Ingke learn
for survival in the greater that she was adopted as an infant. Who are her real parents? Why did they give her away back then. And
context what does it mean for her life today?
With the help of her cousin Rosa, Ingke embarks on a search that gradually reveals the story of her birth
family. They had opposed the GDR regime and, after a failed attempt to escape, lost their daughter to a
family more loyal to the government. As well, she learns more about the background of her adoptive
family, who own an estate in Brandenburg. After the invasion and occupation by the Russians, Emma,
the family matriarch, was able to save the estate from looting but only through great sacrifice and
ingenuity. In the following decades, she relied on clever adaptation and the use of the smallest possible
Ulla Mothes
spaces to preserve it from total collectivization by the GDR’s Socialist Unity Party.
DIVIDED DREAMS
Suddenly, Ingke has two families vying for her. Her biological mother, who paid for her failed escape The Story of a German
attempt with a prison sentence, was ransomed by the FRG at some point, and has never been in touch Family
since. And her supposed parents, who provided her a loving and sheltered upbringing.
Geteilte Träume
Ulla Mothes was born in 1964. She Ingke no longer knows where she belongs. But does she really have to make a decision? 447 pages
grew up in Mark Brandenburg and Paperback
East Berlin. As a university student, March 2021
she applied for an exit visa from the
GDR because she didn't want her
children to have to grow up with a
muzzle. She was subsequently
expelled from the university, worked
as a checkroom attendant, and then
left the country in 1986. Today she
lives in Berlin as an editor, author,
and writing coach.
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A grand family saga spanning three time frames
A novel as powerful and Members of the Kiessling family are just like the island they live on – as rough and secretive, and as
sweeping as the ebb and flow shrouded in mystery as Juist Island itself. When patriarch Eduard is scheduled to receive the Federal
of the tide Cross of Merit, everyone gathers at the family hotel. There is Eduard's wife, Adda, who hopes for a
harmonious celebration; their adult daughters Frauke, Theda, and Marijke, who are locked in conflict; and
Immerse yourself in a real then Adda's mother, Johanne. In the middle of the preparations, Helen from New Zealand bursts in,
page-turner with lasting claiming to be related to the Kiessling clan. But who is this young woman who so strikingly resembles
emotional appeal Adda?
A family saga full of Adda does not share her family's mistrust. She suspects that everything is interconnected and joins
fascinating characters and Helen in exploring the mystery of her origins. And the key to the truth lies in the Hotel de Tiden, where it
touching fates all began. The fate of her mother, who set foot in the hotel as a chambermaid in the 1930s and then
purchased it as a young widow. Her mistakes will continue to affect the lives of the Kiesslings decades
For readers of Carmen Korn, Anne Prettin
later. Adda's great love, which she sacrifices for a disastrous marriage behind a perfect facade. The lives
Brigitte Glaser, and Eva THE FOUR TIDES
of their daughters, who are as different as the tides. And Adda's oldest daughter, who no one ever
Völler
mentions.
Die vier Gezeiten
The closer the big day approaches, the more cracks appear in the image of the model family. It's time for 480 pages
the truth. Hardcover
March 2021
Lies and a long-held secret come to light in a broad family saga spanning multiple time periods (30s, 50s,
Anne Prettin is an author and 70s, and 80s).
speech writer for clients in politics,
business, and science. She studied
political science and sociology in
Hamburg and Bordeaux and has
worked as a freelance journalist for
a range of daily newspapers. She is
married and lived with her family in
New Zealand for several years,
where this novel was written.
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Two friends, one promise – a great saga about female veterinarians!
Total print-run of Sarah BIG DREAMS is the introduction to a two-volume saga about two young women who are determined to live
Lark’s books: their dreams and work as the first female veterinarians. The story plays out from 1906 to about 1931 in
5 million copies Belgium, the Netherlands, and Berlin.
Translation rights of Sarah Two friends, one promise. In order to work as a veterinarian in Belgium in 1912, Nellie marries her childhood
Lark’s previous books have friend, Philipp, who has taken over his father’s veterinary practice. However, she promises to set him free as
already been sold to over soon as he sees a chance to fulfill his own career aspirations as a concert violinist. When an opportunity
20 countries presents itself to him after World War I, he vanishes out of Nellie’s life from one day to the next. Meanwhile,
Nellie travels to Berlin, where women are finally being allowed to study veterinary medicine and take their
For readers of century- official exams.
spanning, generational
sagas Nellie receives help from Walter von Prednitz, a young German lieutenant. He fell in love with her when she
cared for his horse during the war. Yet after Philipp leaves, Nellie now realizes that she is pregnant. Sarah Lark
A grand saga that sets itself THE VETERINARIAN –
far apart from any genre Together with Walter's sister, Maria, who also studied veterinary medicine, Nellie tries to establish a Big Dreams (Vol.1)
veterinary practice in 1920s Berlin. While Maria is an extremely talented and knowledgeable veterinarian,
dealing with people, especially the animals‘ owners, is less to her liking. When she falls in love with a Jewish Die Tierärztin
656 pages
colleague, a number of people do not take kindly to the idea. Not only that, Maria is suddenly threatened with
Hardcover
a prison sentence for a different offense.
May 2021
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a tour guide for many years. She THE STARS OF WHERE THE
discovered her love for New VETERINARIAN – DESTINY DAY BEGINS
Zealand very early in life. Its Full of Hope (Vol.2)
breath-taking landscapes have 592 pp 656 pp
attracted her magically ever since. Approx. 608 pp Aug 2020 May 2019
Sarah Lark is the pseudonym of a Oct 2021
successful German writer.
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