Lidija Vinković Livres

From the cozy confines of a tiny seaside village to the glittering crush of the a fashionable London soiree comes an enthralling tale of a thoroughly mismatched couple . . . poised to discover the rapture of love. There was no doubt about it. What Miss Harriet Pomeroy needed was a man. Someone powerful and clever who could help her rout the unscrupulous thieves who were using her beloved caves to hide their loot. But when Harriet summoned Gideon Westbrook, Viscount St. Justin, to her aid, she could not know that she was summoning the devil himself. . . . Dubbed the Beast of Blackthorne Hall for his scarred face and lecherous past, Gideon was strong and fierce and notoriously menacing. Yet Harriet could not find it in her heart to fear him. For in his tawny gaze she sensed a savage pain she longed to soothe . . . and a searing passion she yearned to answer. Now, caught up in the Beast’s clutches, Harriet must find a way to win his heart–and evade the deadly trap of a scheming villain who would see them parted for all time.

Apres un revers sentimental, Honor fuit les regards compatissants des membres de sa communauté quaker. Elle s’embarque pour les États-Unis avec sa sour, Grace, qui doit rejoindre son fiancé. A l’éprouvante traversée s’ajoute bientôt une autre épreuve : la mort de Grace, emportée par la fievre jaune. Honor décide néanmoins de poursuivre son voyage jusqu’a Faithwell, une petite bourgade de l’Ohio. C'est dans cette Amérique encore sauvage et soumise aux lois esclavagistes, contre lesquelles les quakers s’insurgent, qu’elle va essayer de se reconstruire. Portrait intime de l’éclosion d’une jeune femme, témoignage précieux sur la vie des quakers et le «chemin de fer clandestin» – ce réseau de routes secretes des esclaves en fuite –, La derniere fugitive confirme la maîtrise romanesque de l’auteur du best-seller La jeune fille a la perle.

In the distant future, when cities move about and consume smaller towns, a fifteen-year-old apprentice is pushed out of London by the man he most admires and must seek answers in the perilous Out-Country, aided by one girl and the memory of another.

U najnovijoj knjizi autorica nas vodi u 19. stoljeće na široka prostranstva Amerike gdje će doseljenici iz različitih krajeva svijeta naći svoj novi dom. Tako će i glavna junakinja, Honor Bright, mlada kvekerica, zbog nesretne ljubavi napustiti rodnu Englesku i otisnuti se u nepoznato. Traumatično putovanje brodom preko Atlantika zauvijek će odrediti njezinu sudbinu – nema povratka. Svoj će novi dom pronaći u Ohiju gdje se neočekivano susreće s odbjeglim robovima na njihovu putu u slobodu ali i s potresnom ljubavlju koja je osuđena na neispunjenje. U okrutnom i neizvjesnom životu ona mora staviti na kocku svoja uvjerenja, svoju savjest pa i ljubav. Odmah po objavljivanju književna je kritika označila ovu knjigu najboljom što je T. Chevalier dosada napisala.