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A POWERFULLY EVOCATIVE AND EMOTIONALLY CHARGED NOVEL FROM THE ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF CORELLI’S MANDOLIN They were an inseparable tribe of childhood friends. Some were lost to the battles of the First World War, and those who survived have had their lives unimaginably upended. Now, at the dawn of...

A riveting new novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winner that traverses the intimate landscape of one woman’s life, from the 1880s to World War II. Margaret Mayfield is nearly an old maid at twenty-seven in post–Civil War Missouri when she marries Captain Andrew Jackson Jefferson Early. He’s...

In this improbably joyous novel about two recovering concentration camp survivors, love is the best medicine. July 1945. Miklos is a twenty-five-year-old Hungarian who has survived the camps and has been brought to Sweden to convalesce. His doctor has just given him a death sentence — his...

“A perfect summer read [that] brims with heart . . . Don’t be surprised if you keep turning the pages long into the night, spellbound by its magic.”—The Denver Post A sweeping saga about four generations of a family who live and love on an enchanting island off the coast of...

In January 1945, in the waning months of World War II, a small group of people begin the longest journey of their lives: an attempt to cross the remnants of the Third Reich, from Warsaw to the Rhine if necessary, to reach the British and American lines. Among the group is eighteen-year-old Anna...

The long-lost first novel from literary titan Truman Capote: a razor-sharp account of love and wayward youth in 1940s New York City “Witness the coming together of Truman Capote’s voice, the electric-into-neon blaze that is surely one of the premier styles of postwar American literature...

As the 1938 hurricane approaches Rhode Island, another storm brews in this New York Times bestselling beach read from the author of The Golden Hour and Husbands & Lovers. Lily Dane has returned to Seaview, Rhode Island, where her family has summered for generations. It’s an escape not only...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Giver of Stars and the forthcoming Someone Else's Shoes, a post-WWII story of the war brides who crossed the seas by the thousands to face their unknown futures 1946. World War II has ended and all over the world, young women are beginning to...

In the aftermath of World War II, two women with unusual gifts must protect a mysterious baby in a poignant tale of family, sacrifice and magic. Barrie Anne Blythe and her aunt Charlotte have always known that the other residents of their small coastal community find them peculiar -- two women...

International bestselling author Tea Cooper's The Cartographer's Secret is a richly layered historical mystery about how a young woman's quest to heal a family rift becomes a quest to solve one of Australia's greatest puzzles. Perfect for fans of Kate Morton and Natasha Lester's The Paris...

Irresistible romance meets thrilling suspense in this historical short story from USA Today bestselling novelist Colleen Coble. At the turn of the 20th century, Elli Korpela boarded The Baltic as a mail order bride. But the threat she thought she was escaping somehow followed her to America...

Perfect for fans of the bestselling Becoming Mrs. Lewis as well as anyone interested in the story behind the story of Joy Davidman and C. S. Lewis. Includes additional podcast episodes, bonus chapters from Becoming Mrs. Lewis, and a special letter from author Patti Callahan to Joy Davidman. This...

In the spirit of We Were the Lucky Ones and We Must Be Brave, a heartbreaking World War II novel of one mother's impossible choice, and her search for her daughter against the odds. As a Russian Jewish émigré to France, Vera's wealth cannot protect her or her four-year-old-daughter, Lucie...

Inspired by the true story of a daring deception that plunges a courageous young woman deep into the horrors of a Nazi POW camp to be with the man she loves. In the dead of night, a Czech farm girl and a British soldier travel through the countryside. Izabela and prisoner of war Bill have...

On a dark and dangerous road, a daring British adventurer saves the life of a countess of royal blood. In all his travels, Colonel Tyrone Rycroft has never encountered a woman as breathtaking, alluring, and inscrutably mysterious as the bewitching Synnovea. But his selfless bravery has drawn him...

When Donald Prime opens his eyes, he finds himself lying on the shore of an unknown lake deep in the Canadian wilderness — his clothes on, his surroundings completely unfamiliar, and beside him a woman he has never seen before. Neither of them has any idea how they got there, or why. Their...

Eine Zuckerrohrplantage auf Martinique, eine große Liebe unter keinem guten Stern und die Flucht ins Paris der Cabarets – ein facettenreicher, bezaubernder historischer Roman von Erfolgsautorin Nora Berger. Insel Martinique, Anfang des 19. Jahrhunderts: Annabelle und Léon lieben sich. Doch ihre Familien, reiche Zuckerrohr-Plantagenbesitzer, sind verfeindet und gegen eine Verbindung. Léon, der in Paris sein Medizinstudium abschließen will, erleidet Schiffbruch und gilt als verschollen.

Wendy Louise neemt je mee naar het Amsterdam van de jaren veertig, vijftig en zestig van de vorige eeuw. Maak kennis met haar muzikale familie en geniet van het bijzondere liefdesverhaal van haar ouders in deze historische familiekroniek boordevol theater, liefde, muziek en vriendschap. Op 20 december 1940 wordt Ronald Schultze geboren. In Amsterdam wemelt het van de Duitsers en wordt de sfeer steeds grimmiger. Dit weerhoudt de vriendengroep van Ronalds ouders er niet van elke week te repeteren bij operettevereniging DOS. Ze zingen en dansen alsof de bevrijding nabij is.

Bloomsbury presents Lizzie’s Daughters by Rosie Clarke, read by Juliette Burton FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF LIZZIE'S SECRET and LIZZIE'S WAR. LONDON 1958. Lizzie Larch battles to keep her daughters safe and out of harm's reach. Perfect for the fans of Nadine Dorries and Lyn Andrews. Lizzie...

When rivals Violet Whittemore and Cyril Burke are forced to share leadership of Locke Hill College, their fierce competition turns to unexpected affection—and a lesson in love. Violet Whittemore has spent her life proving she’s every bit as capable as the men who doubt her. Opening Locke...