Un cœur pur peut illuminer la nuit la plus noire. Même au cours de la plus terrible époque de l'Histoire. Jocelyne est la gardienne de la Bibliothèque de Saint-Malo, une orpheline qui se raccroche à la littérature et à son mari, Antoine. Mais le couple est en danger : l'arrivée des troupes allemandes dans la ville, notamment celle du commandant Adolf Bauman qui a pour mission de dérober certains des ouvrages incunables que protège jalousement la bibliothèque, a décidé de mettre un terme à son bonheur. Le capitaine Hermann von Choltitz, un amoureux des livres, est envoyé dans la région par les autorités allemandes pour en expurger les bibliothèques, mais il se refuse à détruire les ouvrages. Jocelyne et Hermann nouent alors une amitié impossible : unis par les livres, ils sont séparés par la violence et la guerre. Destinés à être ennemis et contraints de vivre dans un monde pris de folie, les inoubliables protagonistes de cette belle et émouvante histoire deviendront des héros dont l’amour vaincra tout, même la guerre.

Les lecteurs qui ont aimé Toute la lumière que nous ne pouvons voir d’Anthony Doerr ou Le chant du rossignol de Kristin Hannah ne manqueront pas d'apprécier cette histoire d'amour, de passion et de suspense.

«[Escobar] écrit des histoires qui vont droit au cœur ».—Jesús Alejo Santiago, Revista Milenio

MARIO ESCOBAR est romancier, historien et collaborateur régulier de National Geographic Historia, il a consacré sa vie à enquêter sur les plus grands conflits de l’Humanité. Ses ouvrages ont été traduits dans plus de douze langues et ont atteint le statut de best-seller aux Etats-Unis, au Brésil, en Chine, en Russie, en Italie, au Mexique, en Argentine et au Japon. Auteur d’ouvrages numériques en langue espagnole le plus vendu sur Amazon, il a reçu le Prix Empik (Pologne, 2020).

Biographie de l’auteur

Mario Escobar est romancier, historien et collaborateur régulier du National Geographic Historia, il a consacré sa vie à enquêter sur les plus grands conflits de l’Humanité. Ses ouvrages ont été traduits dans plus de douze langues et ont atteint le statut de best-seller aux Etats-Unis, au Brésil, en Chine, en Russie, en Italie, au Mexique, en Argentine et au Japon. Il est l’auteur d’ouvrages numériques en langue espagnole le plus vendu sur Amazon.

Critiques

« Mario Escobar est un historien et un romancier tout terrain qui passe du thriller au roman historique et du livre pour enfant à l’épouvante avec une facilité et une proximité déconcertantes. Il est devenu l’auteur capable d’aborder des sujets qui semblaient interdits aux auteurs espagnols ». David Yagüe, 20 minutos

Quatrième de couverture

Jocelyne est la gardienne de la Bibliothèque de Saint-Malo, une orpheline qui se raccroche à la littérature et à son mari, Antoine. Mais le couple est en danger : l'arrivée des troupes allemandes dans la ville, notamment celle du commandant Adolf Bauman qui a pour mission de dérober certains des ouvrages incunables que protège jalousement la bibliothèque, a décidé de mettre un terme à son bonheur. Le capitaine Hermann von Choltitz, un amoureux des livres, est envoyé dans la région par les autorités allemandes pour en expurger les bibliothèques, mais il se refuse à détruire les ouvrages. Jocelyne et Hermann nouent alors une amitié impossible : unis par les livres, ils sont séparés par la violence et la guerre. Destinés à être ennemis et contraints de vivre dans un monde pris de folie, les inoubliables protagonistes de cette belle et émouvante histoire deviendront des héros dont l’amour vaincra tout, même la guerre.

Una novela que te emocionará como la novela Inés del Alma mía de Isabel Allende.

Mario Escobar fue el ganador del Premio Empik 2020 a la mejor novela extranjera en Polonia.

Una bella historia de amor, lucha, traición y pasión.

Isabel Barreto es una joven gallega que se embarca hacia el Nuevo Mundo para escapar de la pobreza, allí conocerá a Álvaro de Mendaña, descubridor de las Islas Salomón. Isabel acompañará a su marido a través de un viaje épico por el Océano Pacífico , donde tendrá que asumir el cargo de almiranta y gobernadora, hasta ese momento reservado a los hombres. La joven Isabel anhela también una vida de aventuras, vetada a las mujeres en la pacata sociedad del siglo XVI. La joven gobernadora tendrá que defender sus derechos en un mundo de hombres, que le niega convertirse en dueña de su propio destino.

En esta novela épica el aliento del amor concede una tregua a la rudeza, la violencia y la crueldad de un momento histórico inolvidable. A través de la pluma de Mario Escobar se confirma que la realidad puede ser tan sorprendente o mas que la mejor ficción, e igualmente cautivadora.

Reseñas:
«Escobar desvela esperanza, bondad y fe en la humanidad.»
Publishers Weekly

«Mario Escobar utiliza la empatía y la humanidad para llegar al gran público y adentrarlo en la historia.»
David Yagüe, 20 Minutos

«Un narrador excepcional.»
Manuel P. Villatoro, ABC

«Escribe historias que llegan al corazón.»
Jesús Alejo Santiago, Revista Milenio

Mario Escobar nació en Madrid, es licenciado en Historia y diplomado en Estudios Avanzados, en la especialidad de Historia Moderna. Es novelista, ensayista y conferenciante, director de la revista Nueva historia para el debate y colabora habitualmente con las publicaciones Más allá e Historia National Geographic.

Presencia habitual en la lista de 100 libros más vendidos de Amazon, ha publicado obras de diversos géneros entre las que destacan novelas de suspense como El círculo (traducida al inglés, alemán e italiano) o En el lugar más oscuro, y las novelas de ficción histórica Canción de cuna de Auschwitz y El país de las lágrimas.

Ha sabido aunar su vocación académica, su pasión por la historia de las religiones y su oficio literario en ensayos de figuras tan relevantes como Martin Luther King o en libros como Francisco, el primer papa latinoamericano (traducido a doce idiomas).

Following his vision of the coming Messiah, the prophet Daniel creates a select group of men who will count down the calendar to the arrival of Israel's promised king. Centuries later, as the day nears, Myrad, a young magi acolyte, flees for his life when his adoptive father and others are put to death by a ruthless Parthian queen.

Having grabbed only a few possessions, Myrad escapes the city, and searching for a way to hide from the soldiers scouring the trade routes, he tries to join the caravan of the merchant Walagash. The merchant senses that Myrad is hiding secrets, but when the young man proves himself a valuable traveler, an epic journey filled with peril, close escapes, and dangerous battles begins.

With every day that passes, the calendar creeps closer to the coming Messiah. And over everything shines the dream of a star that Myrad can't forget and the promise that the world will never be the same.

When Cohen Marah steps over his father's body in the basement embalming room of the family's funeral home, he has no idea that he is stepping into a labyrinth of memory. As the last one to see his father, Cohen is the primary suspect.

Over the next week, Cohen's childhood memories come back in living color. The dramatic events that led to his father being asked to leave his pastoral position. The game of baseball that somehow kept them together. And the two children in the forest who became his friends--and enlisted him in a dark and dangerous undertaking. As the lines blur between what was real and what was imaginary, Cohen is faced with the question he's been avoiding: Did he kill his father?

In Light from Distant Stars, master story weaver Shawn Smucker relays a tale both eerie and enchanting, one that will have you questioning reality and reaching out for what is true, good, and genuine.

Two men offer Leila two very different futures. Will she choose with her heart or with her faith? Leila Lantz has been in love with Jesse Glick from the day she first saw him at his father's store, but she can't make sense of his intentions. One day he wants to come courting, the next he seems to be putting distance between them. Jesse may be the bishop's son, but his faith has been wavering of late. If he is so unsure, is it fair to give Leila false hope for a future he doubts he can provide? Then there's Will, Jesse's cousin. He has been trying to keep his feelings for Leila a secret, but he also knows Jesse is wrestling with his faith. Would declaring his feelings for Leila be in her best interest or simply serving his own selfish desires? Leila knows she can choose Will and be secure in her own future. But when her heart speaks, it's Jesse's name she hears. When will God make His will known to her? Could leaving everything she knows-even her own faith-be a part of God's plan?

Readers will take a journey across America and through time in this collection of three novellas from some of Christian fiction's top historical romance writers. Originally released only as ebooks, these novellas--deeply moving and deeply romantic--now find print for the first time. The collection includes:

Karen Witemeyer's "Worth the Wait" takes readers to the Harper's Station women's colony where a young mother must overcome pains and fears of the past in order to trust again.

Jody Hedlund's "An Awakened Heart" follows a young woman into the shadows of New York's tenements where she and a newly appointed minister spar over the best way to care for the poor and orphaned.

Elizabeth Camden's "Toward the Sunrise" finds a young female medical student trying to overcome the ramifications of a decision that leave her at the mercy of a stubborn but handsome attorney.

As the daughter of King Saul, Michal lives a life of privilege--but one that is haunted by her father's unpredictable moods and by competition from her beautiful older sister. When Michal falls for young David, the harpist who plays to calm her father, she has no idea what romance, adventures, and heartache await her.
As readers enter the colorful and unpredictable worlds of King Saul and King David, they will be swept up in this exciting and romantic story. Against the backdrop of opulent palace life, raging war, and desert escapes, Jill Eileen Smith takes her readers on an emotional roller-coaster ride as Michal deals with love, loss, and personal transformation as one of the wives of David. A sweeping tale of passion and drama, readers will love this amazing story.

Terwyl die 17-jarige Marta se pa in haar arms sterf, vra hy haar om na haar ma om te sien. Sy vertolk hierdie belofte letterlik en verlaat die skool. Marta verwerf 'n diploma in haarkappery en begin 'n haarsalon in haar tuisdorp, sodat sy haar ma kan versorg. Mettertyd kring haar dienslewering wyer uit: na die ouetehuis in Lambertsbaai en werk by die kerk. Sy en haar Ma het 'n roetine van Bybellees en bid in die aand, maar dis net nog 'n plig en hul gebede steek vas by afgerammelde rympies. Sy neem haar kort-kort voor om haar lewe beter in te rig, maar dit gebeur nie. Eendag word dit alles te veel vir haar - die dag toe haar blinde bewondering vir Deon Swanepoel haar in groot verleentheid bring.

Dit is Marta se verhaal en hoe sy uit 'n web van pligpleging, onderdrukking, skewe waardes en onmoontlike drome bevry word.

Hierdie treffende verhaal van onvervulde drome, leë werke en liefdelose pligplegings wat geen bevrediging bring nie, maar net hartseer en verwyte, wys dat alles omgedraai kan word wanneer mense tyd maak vir Jesus. Deur sy vergifnis en sy liefde te aanvaar, kan jy met dankbaarheid die toekoms tegemoet gaan.

Die ontroerende verhaal van ’n jong ma wat haar seuntjie se dood moet leer verwerk.

Die kunstenares Ragel Naudé is getraumatiseer ná die dood van haar tweejarige seuntjie.Niks maak meer saak nie, behalwe die herinnering aan sy kort lewetjie. Sy en haar man dryf uitmekaar. Ragel besef dat sy iets moet doen. Sy beland op ’n klein dorpie. Hier ontmoet sy ’n ma wat net soos sy nie kan ophou treur nie. Saam leer die twee vroue geleidelik wat die sin van lyding is en hoe God in Jesus kan troos.

When King Hezekiah discovers that God's Law forbids him to take multiple wives, he must choose one woman to love. He must also choose to trust God's promises when he decides to rebel against his powerful Assyrian overlords. Hezekiah seeks to strengthen his nation's fortifications by building a tunnel in Jerusalem to hide his water supply. The tension mounts as the Assyrians march closer--and Hezekiah's tunnel remains incomplete.With his officials advising him to submit to the Assyrians, Hezekiah's faith is once more severely tested. Chronicles of the King Book 2.

Tender Romance from Bestselling Author Kim Vogel Sawyer
Ostracized by her tribe because of her white father, Lizzie Dawson lives alone in the mountains of Alaska, practicing the ways of her people even as she resides in the small cabin her father built for her mother. She dreams of reconciling with her grandparents to fulfill her mother's dying request, but she has not yet found a way to bridge the gap that separate her from her tribe.
Clay Selby has always wanted to be like his father, a missionary who holds a great love for the native people and has brought many to God. Clay and his stepsister, Vivian, arrive in Alaska to set up a church and school among the Athbascan people. Clay is totally focused on this goal...until he meets a young, independent Indian woman with the most striking blue eyes he's ever seen.
But Lizzie is clearly not part of the tribe, and befriending her might have dire consequences for his mission. Will Clay be forced to choose between his desire to minister to the natives and the quiet nudging of his heart?

Marc Royce works for the State Department on special assignments, most of them rather routine, until two CIA operatives go missing in Iraq--kidnapped by Taliban forces bent on generating chaos in the region. Two others also drop out of sight--a high-placed Iraqi civilian and an American woman providing humanitarian aid. Are the disappearances linked? Rumors circulate in a whirl of misinformation.
Marc must unravel the truth in a covert operation requiring utmost secrecy--from both the Americans and the insurgents. But even more secret than the undercover operation is the underground dialogue taking place between sworn enemies. Will the ultimate Reconciler between ancient enemies, current foes, and fanatical religious factions be heard?

He’s a cop trying to stop a serial bomber. And she’ll stop at nothing to clear her own name.

When a deadly bomb goes off during a climate change debate, librarian and event coordinator Jackie Santoro becomes the prime suspect. Her motive, according to Detective Avery Wick: to avenge the suicide of her prominent father, who was accused of crimes by a city councilman attending the event.

Though Avery has doubts about Jackie’s guilt, he can’t exonerate her even after an extremist group takes responsibility for the bombing and continues to attack San Antonio’s treasured public spaces.

As Jackie tries to hold her shattered family together, she has no choice but to proceed with plans for the Caterina Ball, the library system’s biggest annual fundraiser. But she also fears the event provides the perfect opportunity for the bomber to strike again.

Despite their mistrust, Jackie and Avery join forces to unmask the truth—before the death toll mounts even higher.

Bestseller Kelly Irvin is back with a nail-biting romantic suspense where nothing is certain until the very last page.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury comes a heart-wrenching and redemptive new story in the Baxter Family series about a couple desperately waiting to bring their adopted child home and a young mother about to make the biggest decision of her life.

Cole Blake, son of Landon and Ashley Baxter Blake, is months away from going off to college and taking the first steps towards his dream—a career in medicine. But as he starts his final semester of high school he meets Elise, a mysterious new girl who captures his attention—and heart—from day one.

Elise has her heart set on mending her wild ways and rediscovering the good girl she used to be. But not long after the semester starts, she discovers she’s pregnant. Eighteen and alone, she shares her secret with Cole. Undaunted by the news, and in love for the first time in his life, Cole is determined to support Elise—even if it means skipping college, marrying her, and raising another man’s baby.

When Elise decides to place her baby up for adoption, she is matched with Aaron and Lucy Williams, who moved to Bloomington, Indiana to escape seven painful years of infertility.

But as Elise’s due date draws near, she becomes focused on one truth: she has two weeks to change her mind about the adoption. With Cole keeping vigil and Lucy and Aaron waiting to welcome their new baby, Elise makes an unexpected decision—one that changes everyone’s plans.

Tender and deeply moving, Two Weeks is a story about love, faith, and what it really means to be a family.

It's been more than two years since homicide detective Livy Reynolds's cousin disappeared from Logan Point. Unlike most people in her hometown, Livy has never believed that Robyn left voluntarily. When Dallas private investigator Alex Jennings contacts Livy concerning a missing senator's daughter who was last seen in Logan Point, she notices eerie similarities between the two disappearances.

But with self-doubt plaguing her and an almost instant dislike of Jennings, Livy is finding this investigation an uphill battle. With her future in law enforcement on the line, can she find a way to work with a man who is her polar opposite?

Award-winning author Patricia Bradley keeps readers on the edge of their seats as they anticipate the outcome of the case--and the relationship between Livy and Alex--which is anything but certain.

Two brothers fight to claim one father’s blessing.
Two sisters long to claim one man’s heart.

In the autumn of 1788, amid the moors and glens of the Scottish Lowlands, two brothers and two sisters each embark on a painful journey of discovery.

Jamie and Evan McKie both want their father Alec’s flocks and lands, yet only one brother will inherit Glentrool. Leana and Rose McBride both yearn to catch the eye of the same handsome lad, yet only one sister will be his bride.
A thorny love triangle emerges, plagued by lies and deception, jealousy and desire, hidden secrets and broken promises. Brimming with passion and drama, Thorn in My Heart brings the past to vibrant life, revealing spiritual truths that transcend time and penetrate the deepest places of the heart.

The fourth installment in the Jesus Chronicles, from the bestselling author of the Left Behind series.
This story in the Jesus Chronicles depicts the life of the most unlikely of apostles-a sinner turned saint-and his time with the Lord. With Matthew, readers walk alongside Jesus as He gives the Sermon on the Mount, performs the miracles of healing the sick and raising the dead, contemplates His fate at the Last Supper and in the Garden of Gethsemane, is crucified, and most important, resurrected. Thrilling and uplifting, "Matthew's Story" shows how the true Messiah changed the life of one man, and forever altered the course of history.

As an act of atonement for a tragic hit and run accident, Esther runs a second-rate clinic in a small Minnesota town bordering Canada. When a storm ravishes the town and a young child is found abandoned, Esther must come face to face with the reality of her actions and learn to forgive herself.

Ben's life is in tatters. He lost the love of his life in a tragic accident and never finished grieving. Turning to the bottle for support, he lost sight of what was important. While making his last border patrol run before the storm rolls in, Ben finds a young child in the woods and is compelled to care for it.

Brought together by the life of a child Ben and Esther become each other's reason to change.

The thrilling new novel of the Jesus Chronicles from the authors of the multi-million bestselling Left Behind series. The phenomenal multi-million-selling Left Behind series has won legions of fans. Now Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins give us the second book in their bestselling Jesus Chronicles-biblically inspired novels that bring to life the story of Jesus as never told before. Mark's Story is a thrilling account that vividly depicts the last day before Jesus' crucifixion and the danger that early believers faced as they boldly proclaimed him Christ the Lord. Readers will discover firsthand the growth of the early Church, the struggles of Jesus' followers, the persecution they endured-and their bravery and passion, which laid the foundation for the Christian Church and still reverberates throughout the world today.

Annie Warren never talked much about her oldest son, Brad. Years of failures & bad choices created heartbreaking separation between mother & son. But one dramatic night, a terrible tragedy reveals things about her grown boy that Annie never suspected. He was a good friend, an honest worker, a hero, & a dad.

The brand-new bestselling series from the authors of the phenomenal multi-million-selling Left Behind books. Now in paperback! Here is the first in the Biblically inspired series, The Jesus Chronicles, which brings to life the story of Jesus, told in the voices of those who knew and loved him best-the Gospel writers John, Mark, Matthew, and Luke. In this volume, readers will discover John's story, a thrilling account of the life of the man who came to fulfill the prophecies of the Old Testament and to save all of humankind-and the disciple who was the last eyewitness to Jesus' glory. Readers will experience firsthand the creation of the Gospel of John as well as the Book of Revelation-Scripture that still has profound meaning for the world 2,000 years later.

Dit is 1950 en Pasgatyd in Oudtshoorn. Leah Abrams, ’n jong entoesiastiese navorser in antieke tale, kuier by haar Joodse rabbi pa en sy tweede vrou, Daniela. Hulle is albei navorsers oor, onder andere, die geskiedenis van Israel. Maar daar heers konflik in die huis want Leah wil gesels oor die Messias wie sy leer ken het in haar studies, en haar Joodse gesin is nie ontvanklik daarvoor nie.

Diverse kultuur- en geloofsgroepe en na-oorlogse politieke kwessies skep ook probleme vir die Abrams-gesin en hul tuisdorp. ’n Sluipmoordaanval krap wonde en geheime in die dorp en Leah se gesin oop en die plaaslike polisie se vooroordele help nie die ondersoek na die skuldige aan nie …

Leah is oorweldig deur seer en onsekerheid. Maar sy begin stadig maar seker by mense wie sy nooit sou verwag het leer dat vergifnis, verhoudings en liefde die dinge is wat mense bymekaar bring, ongeag van hulle stand of kultuur. Sy besef ook met die hulp van ander dat God nie tussen die blaaie van ’n boek leef nie, maar in jou hart. Dalk het die Here nog heeltyd ’n ander plan gehad vir die mense in Die huis op die hoek.

Mara is uiteindelik vry van haar toksiese huwelik en trek terug Stellenbosch toe waar sy destyds gestudeer het. Sy koop ’n boekwinkel en begin stadig weer die toue van ou vriendskappe en haar lewe optel. Kort voor lank is sy betrokke by die lief en leed van haar vriende en kollegas wat soos familie vir haar raak.

Maar alles is nie idillies nie. Mara sukkel om haarself en haar geloof weer te vind ná alles wat in haar huwelik gebeur het. En sy maak boonop onverwagse vyande … Soos boeke wat een vir een van ’n lendelam boekrak aftuimel begin Mara en die mense om haar se omstandighede hulle inhaal.

En dan is daar Bart, die professor met die goeie siel en sagte oë wat in haar hart en boekwinkel kom rondkrap. Miskien kan hy vir Mara wys daar is meer vir haar bestem hier en by hom as wat sy in haar verlede agtergelaat het.

Isabella voel nie soos die tradisionele beeldskone heldin wat jy op ’n silwerskerm gaan raaksien nie, want sy is ietwat sag om die kante en haar hare het ’n onbuigbare wil van hul eie. Sy besluit die tyd het aangebreek vir opwinding en avontuur, want sy wil nie meer stry teen die knaende begeerte in haar om skaamteloos aan die ontvangkant van ’n man se hartstogtelike liefde te wees nie.

Sy vlug uit die stad om van haar oorbeskermende ouers weg te kom en asem te skep in die oop ruimtes waar niemand vir haar voorskryf wat om te doen nie. Isabella soek ’n man wat haar voete onder haar gaan uitslaan en sy is vasbeslote om hom te kry. Iemand wat haar gaan liefhê vir wie sy in al haar volrondheid is. Tydens haar soektog ontmoet sy ’n hele paar mans wat nou nie almal eintlik as goeie mans met suiwer intensies beskou kan word nie. En wie is die geheimsinnige man wat oral onverwags opduik en pal op haar spoor bly?

Maar toe gebeur die ondenkbare tydens ’n gesinskrisis wat opduik. Al die geraamtes wat uit die kas begin tuimel dwing Isabella om tot stilstand te kom en die waarheid in die oë te staar. Sommige antwoorde kan ’n vrou net op haar knieë by die Here kry. Hulle sê die waarheid maak vry en die liefde bedek ’n menigte van sondes. Miskien sal die kronkelpaaie van Isabella se lewe haar ook na liefde en vryheid lei sodat selfs ’n verlore woestynblom soos sy kan blom.