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No law but pleasure. No limit but acquiescence. No rule but secrecy. Welcome to the world of Far Hope, where wicked deeds rule the night and dangerous lovers wait in the shadows.

England is burning with Norman fires, and Tate—the youngest ever abbess of Far Hope Abbey—is determined to guard the abbey's ancient secrets with her very life. Her life may be what it takes, however, for a Norman warlord known only as The Wolf is pillaging his way right to the abbey's doors. But when The Wolf arrives, Tate finds not the brutal man she was expecting, but instead a cruel and beautiful woman who leads her men with a ferocity to rival that of her Viking ancestors.

Peregrine Hind, known to all as the bloodiest highwayman ever to bedevil the road, seeks only one thing—revenge against the Dartham family. And so when a robbery sends the second Dartham son and notorious rakehell Alexander Dartham tumbling to Peregrine’s feet, it seems like fate has given Peregrine his vengeance at last. Except then Alexander offers him a desperate bargain: to kidnap him instead, so Peregrine can harvest a generous ransom from Alexander’s family first.

He saved her from certain death, but is he more dangerous – to her heart? In 13th century France, attacked by those carrying out the Papal Inquisition, Magiste Enchantress Chantal Belliveau is thankful for rescue from certain torture and death. But she never expected it to be at the hands of Henri Marchand, one of a powerful pure-blooded line of ancient Magiste, the Zyndevines. Henri holds the key to her survival, but the danger he poses to her heart and soul could turn out to be even more perilous.

Geira Sorensdotter awaits her new husband, but she's filled with doubts about the man and the marriage. Those doubts are forgotten when the village is attacked, her husband is struck down, and she is tied up and carried off amidst the raid. Kori Thorfinnson has waited years to take revenge against the man who murdered his wife. But he soon finds the innocent young woman he's taken as his personal slave is not his enemy, despite her marriage to his foe. Her courage in defying him, her caring heart, and the fiery passion she shares stirs feelings Kori hasn't known since his wife died.

França, década de 1940. Os alemães, aos poucos, vão tomando espaço nas ruas parisienses, levando um constante clima de tensão à outrora despreocupada burguesia francesa. Nesse cenário, conhecemos Hélène, uma jovem sonhadora e individualista, e Jean, um rapaz bem-nascido que decide abandonar seus privilégios para lutar pelas causas operárias e, mais tarde, juntar-se à resistência antifascista. A partir da relação amorosa que os dois vivem e das relações com as pessoas que os cercam, mergulhamos numa inebriante espiral de sentimentos e questionamentos profundos: O que é o amor?

Schon früh begehrt Simone de Beauvoir gegen die bürgerlichen Regeln auf - sie will mehr, als die Tochter aus gutem Hause und später Ehefrau und Mutter zu sein. Sie will stattdessen studieren und Lehrerin werden, um ihr Leben in Freiheit zu leben und - vor allem - um schreiben zu können. Der Wunsch nach persönlicher Weiterentwicklung treibt sie an, doch die großen Widerstände, denen sie sich als selbständige Frau ausgesetzt sieht, lassen sie immer wieder zweifeln.

Simone de Beauvoir war eine große Analytikerin der Rolle der Frau in der Gesellschaft und in der Liebe. Aber sie war auch eine große Liebende. In ihrem biografischen Roman "Der andere Mann" beleuchtet Katja Kulin die vielleicht widersprüchlichsten Jahre im Leben der französischen Ausnahmeautorin. Ihr berühmtestes Werk "Das andere Geschlecht" entsteht Ende der 1940er-Jahre, während sie gleichzeitig erstmals eine Beziehung mit beinahe klassischer Rollenverteilung lebt.