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Can she overcome her past to find love again? Belfast, 1939. When World War Two is declared, Maisie Canavan is working as a newly-qualified midwife in Belfast's Royal Maternity Hospital, helping women and babies across the community - no matter what their families' background is. She's just...

An all-new edition of the the charming multi-generational novel by Jojo Moyes, internationally bestselling author of Me Before You. In the sixties, Athene Forster was the most glamorous girl of her generation. Nicknamed the Last Deb, she was also beautiful, spoiled, and out of control. When she...

Bloomsbury presents Mulberry Lane Babies by Rosie Clarke, read by Polly Edsell. 1941, Mulberry Lane, London. War rages but new arrivals bring new hope. Perfect for fans of Katie Flynn and Cathy Sharp. Life is hard for all on Mulberry Lane as the war rages into yet another year. Desperate times...

Inspired by true events, Christy Hall of Fame author Cathy Gohlke delivers a powerful new historical novel weaving together the discovery of insulin―a breakthrough that revolutionized modern medicine―and one woman’s brave fight to cling to her family and hope against unspeakable odds. New...

In a world full of darkness, can love prevail? An emotionally gripping and heartbreaking WWI novel. May, 1915. Nineteen-year-old Isle Marie Stahl experiences tragedy travelling on board the RMS Lusitania with her parents from New York to a new life in England, when the ship is sunk by a German...

Following the atmospheric and award-winning gothic historical mystery debut, The Curse of Penryth Hall, USA Today bestselling author Jess Armstrong's heroine, Ruby Vaughn, returns in The Secret of the Three Fates, where the Scottish Hills hold ghosts of the past that threaten Rubys present...

After the Great War, American heiress Ruby Vaughn made a life for herself running a rare bookstore alongside her octogenarian employer and house mate in Exeter. Shes always avoided dwelling on the past, even before the war, but it always has a way of finding her. When Ruby is forced to deliver a...

A witch is cursed to relive a doomed love affair through many lifetimes, as both troubled muse and frustrated artist, in this haunting debut novel. Helen Lambert has lived several lives-a young piano virtuoso in 1890s Paris, an actress in 1930's Hollywood, a rock star in 1970s Los Angeles --...

Sons and Lovers is the moving and explicit account of a young man growing up in a closed mining community. Born into a difficult marriage, Paul Morel is shy, introverted and impressionable. As a young adult he becomes violently caught between the attentions of three women; his influential mother...

'Absolutely not to be missed' - Kate Quinn on this sumptuous historical epic from the author of Mexican Gothic. Golden Age Hollywood - a city overflowing with gossip, scandal, and intrigue. Every actress wants to play Salome, the star-making role in a big-budget movie about the legendary...

Maria wächst im Waisenhaus auf und wird im Jahre 1933 von einer Bauernfamilie adoptiert, allein aus dem Grunde, neben den zwei Söhnen, als billige Arbeitskraft zu dienen. Mit siebzehn begegnet sie Jakob. Nur ein Jahr währt ihre Liebe, als er und seine jüdische Familie eines Nachts deportiert...

Passport to Danger is a thrilling story of espionage during the height of the Cold War with the action racing from posh office towers in New York City to a crescendo in the resort towns of Cuernavaca and Acapulco with stakes of nuclear proportions. The CIA-backed invasion of the Bay of Pigs had...

After losing her fiancé and brothers in the Great War, and with her family's wealth gone, Beatrice must make her own living against her mother's disapproval. Fiercely independent, she dreams of becoming a headmistress one day. When a nearby country house is requisitioned for use as a military hospital, she volunteers to help, and works alongside David, the new doctor. Though drawn to him, Beatrice has loved and lost once, and her heart is buried with her fiancé in France.

A Starkfield, piccolo villaggio del Massachusetts stretto nella morsa di lunghi e implacabili inverni, tutti conoscono Ethan Frome e tutti sembrano custodire il segreto della sua vita. Quando un ingegnere giunto da fuori ne incrocia il cammino, rimane colpito da quell'uomo silenzioso e dall'ombra della tragedia che pare accompagnarlo ovunque. Poco alla volta, attraverso racconti frammentari, allusioni e ricordi, si ricompongono gli eventi che hanno segnato per sempre il suo destino...

Die junge Christine ist der neue Star der Pariser Oper! Sie verzaubert das Publikum mit ihrem Gesang und trifft darüber hinaus ihren Kindheitsfreund Raoul wieder. Doch ihr Glück wird von einer geheimnisvollen Figur überschattet: Einer maskierten Gestalt, Christines Engel der Musik, für andere hingegen das gefürchtete Phantom der Oper.

Wild whispers abound the Yorkshire Moors where someone means trouble… Penrith, Yorkshire Dales 1901 Tor Hardy has prospered in Cornwall but remains tied to the Pennines and the troubled mine at Penrith Scar. When a strike erupts, he returns to help his friend Jonathan Crossley, only to uncover...

1901, Wiltshire. Young Kathleen Keller is being forced into marriage with a man she despises by her cruel father. In an act of desperation, she runs away in a bid for a safer life, although one she might not have otherwise chosen. But when tragedy strikes, Kathleen is left vulnerable and one man threatens the fragile peace she has made for herself.

It is 1910 and life in Wiltshire is far from pleasant for Mattie Willitt and her sisters. Bullied by her stepfather, who attempts to force her into an unwelcome marriage, Mattie decides her only hope for happiness is to run away. With nowhere else to go, Mattie stays with Jacob and the two of them grow close. Their relationship is complicated by Emily Newington, the elderly landowner, who wishes to protect her property from her greedy cousin.

"Married? But you've only known him a year!" "Trevor says that if we get married before he goes for his National Service, then he'll get the Marriage Allowance." "But…!" Married life isn’t what they promised it would be… Romantic young Maureen Matthews has always dreamt of a life beyond...

'Georgina only knew that she envied Josie Ford and her friends. They might be poor, and, as her mother described them, ‘rough’ but Georgina daydreamed of how much happier life must be inside their small terraced houses than her own.' Will she pick true friendship or forbidden love? Josie and...