Death Brings a Shadow

Hornblower in the West Indies

1815, the Napoleonic Wars are over. Yet peace continues to elude Horatio Hornblower overseas . . . As an admiral struggling to impose order in

Sisters of War

A secret love. An impossible choice. For fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Pam Jenoff, and Kate Furnivall comes this unforgettable tale of love, loss,

The Winter King

Guinevere, meanwhile, no gentle creature waiting patiently in the moonlight, has designs and plots of her own. The story of these characters and others is

Forbidden

„La începutul secolului al XIX-lea Anglia, Josie, în vârstă de 16 ani, se află într-un loc sinistru, cu oameni misterioși, ostili, inclusiv rudele ei. Persistența

Daughter of the Dales

O saga emoționantă din Yorkshire, Daughter of the Dales este mult așteptatul final din trilogia Windfell Manor a lui Diane Allen. Moartea matriarhei familiei, Charlotte

The Lion and the Lamb

Condemned to a hovel, beaten by a merciless commander, crushed by the weather and forced to survive on starvation rations: no one looking at Paul

A Time for Renewal

In the wake of World War Two, the whole country is desperate for houses, with very little money available to rebuild. In the town of

The Apple of Her Eye

Saga familiei lui Pam Evans aduce la viață Londra postbelică, pe măsură ce, pe fondul raționalizării și lipsei de alimente, o tânără își găsește pasiunea

Friends Forever

Două tinere descoperă că legătura prieteniei de-a lungul vieții le dă puterea de a-și păstra visele, în dificultatea Liverpool din anii 1920. În Friends Forever,

A Silver Lining

In strictly chapel Pontypridd in 1938, tongues are quick to wag when Alma Moore, abandoned by her lover, is rushed to hospital with stomach pains.

You'll Never See Me Again

When her husband returns shell-shocked and broken from the Great War and his mother makes her life a misery, Betty Wellow discovers how bitter and

Folly

The haughty Beverley family is obsessed with regaining Mannerling, the exquisite seventeenth-century mansion gambled away by their now-deceased father, Sir Beverle...

Alexander

This historical fantasy, written by the son of the well-known German novelist Thomas Mann, takes Alexander the Great for its subject, charting his life and

The Girl from Pit Lane

Can two young, coal-miner's daughters survive on their own? When their mother tragically dies, Mary-Anne and Eliza are left under the care of their drunken

And Some Fell on Stony Ground

Visceral, affecting fictionalised report of a bombing mission, from a former tailgunner shot down over Germany. Introduced by Richard Overy.

The Devil's Mask

Meet Inigo Bright. He's a bored young lawyer working in Bristol after the abolition of the slave trade. A frustrated artist, at odds with his

Sir Gawain: Knight of the Goddess

Sir Gawain, the nephew of King Arthur, was once the most important knight at Arthur's court, a shining example of all that was best in

An Octagon for the Curriers

In the early 1840s, an enterprising New Englander from Vermont moved to frontier Michigan. It was there in the Village of Almont, that he built

Bring up the Bodies

Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2012, the 2012 Costa Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2013 Women's Prize for Fiction. An astounding

Without Sin

Meg Kirkland fears her impudent tongue has caused her father's dismissal from his job and forced her whole family from their home on Middleditch Farm.

Friday's Child

This story of mistaken love is a romantic fiction set in the English Regency period. It centres on Lord Sheringham who has been rejected by

The Last Year of the War

From the acclaimed author of Secrets of a Charmed Life and As Bright as Heaven comes a novel about a German American teenager whose life

Somewhere Over England

In 1930s England, Helen Carstairs braves the prejudice of friends and family to marry a German who has fled Nazi rule but once war is

Stories from Suffragette City

A collection of short stories from a chorus of bestselling writers all set on the same day, October 23, 1915, in which over a million

Last Hour

O siluetă singuratică stă siluetă în vârful Mausoleului lui Hadrian. În spatele lui, soarele apune peste centrul lumii cunoscute. În adțncuri, râul este în plină

The Resistance Girl

Paris, 1943. Sylvie Martone is the star of French cinema, and adored by fans. But as Nazi officers swarm the streets of Paris, she is

The Royal Succession (The Accursed Kings Book 4)

Louis X is dead, poisoned, murdered, by the hand of Mahaut d’Artois. Her plan is simple – to clear the path to the throne for

The Pearly Queen

'The Pearly Queen was really Aunt Edie. She was thirty-nine, had a good job in a factory, lived in a flat off Camberwell Green, and

Name Upon Name

Belfast in 1916, and 14-year-old Helen is shaped by her mixed background--rural, Catholic Irish values from her mother urban, Protestant Ulster ones from dad. Her

The Suicide Run

The four narratives which make up this posthumous collection draw upon William Styron's experiences in the US Marine Corps, and give us an insight into

The Commodore

First he must battle the terrible Baltic weather: fog, snow and icebound waterways overcome Russian political and commercial intrigues avoid the seductive charms of ro...

For the Sake of Her Family

But their purpose there is not an entirely honest one. For a while everything runs smoothly, but corruption, attempted murder and mis-placed love are just

Sugar Money

Based on a remarkable and little-known true story. Martinique, 1765, and brothers Emile and Lucien are charged by their French master with a mission. They

Victory for the Ops Room Girls

Cu Jess proaspăt promovată la funcția de ofițer de filtrare la RAF Fighter Command HQ, ea este încântată să se reîntâlnească cu Evie și May.

Edith and Oliver

Edith and Oliver fell in love after meeting in the glitzy world of the music hall in its Edwardian heyday. Edith is a spirited young

Mrs Whistler

Chelsea, 1876 Struggling artist Jimmy Whistler is at war with his patron. Denied full payment, he and muse Maud Franklin face ruin. As Jimmy's enemies

The Baghdad Clock

Bagdad, 1991. Războiul din Golf face ravagii. Două fete, ascunse într-un adăpost de raid aerian, spun povești pentru a ține frica și întunericul la distanță

Wartime for the District Nurses

The compelling new bestseller from the author of The Mersey Daughter and Winter on the Mersey. Alice Lake and her friend Edith have had everything

Winter on the Mersey

Belles Kitty has seen her fair share of tragedy and instead of thinking about romance, is determined to do her bit for King and country.

Past Remembering

1941. In Pontypridd, Ronnie Ronconi has returned home from war-torn Italy. The family are certain he will once again take charge of the family in

A Lucky Sixpence

It's 1937 and for sisters Lizzie and Milly Travis there's nothing quite like the thrill of the funfair at New Brighton. Amid the bright lights

The Apple Of Her Eye

It is 1945 and April Green and her cousin Heather wonder if the war will ever end. Then tragedy strikes when the local pub in

Daughters of the Mersey

With the scars of World War I still fresh, the Dransfield family face further challenges. When Steven Dransfield loses his fortune in the Depression, his

One Quiet Woman (Ellindale Saga Book 1)

From the beloved and bestselling Anna Jacobs' comes a new Lancashire-based saga. 1930, Lancashire:Leah Turner's father has been killed in an accident at the laundry,

When Daylight Comes

Jessica Brennan's world falls apart when her father is lost at sea. The death of her mother soon after is almost too much to bear.

Soldier Girl

A sequel to The Hopscotch Summer Molly Fox has grown up in the back streets of Birmingham at the mercy of her cruel grandfather and

Those Were The Days

There's seldom a dull moment at Jolly's holiday camp in high season, with the campers and staff intent on having the time of their lives.

Betsy and Lilibet

What is left the daughter

Seventeen-year-old Wyatt Hillyer is suddenly orphaned when his parents, within hours of each other, jump off two different bridges--the result of their separate involveme...

Wartime Girls

It is the day of the Grand National, 1933, when Susie Ingram’s fiancé, Danny, is killed in a tragic accident. In a cruel twist of

The Ties that Bind

Tessa O'Leary is the only daughter of a family of fatherless boys. When her mother dies she's her brothers' lifeline to survival. So for Tessa

Extreme Silent Kill

Northern Ireland, 1993. For high-flying MI5 officer Avery Chance the real war has only just begun. When Chance is abducted by the IRA's notorious Nutting

The Cuckoo Child

Când Dot McCann, jucându-se cu prietenii ei, decide să se ascundă în coșul de gunoi aproape gol al lui Butcher Rathbone, ea aude o conversație

The Wartime Midwives: Vol. 1

In the dark days of war a new hope is born . . . 1939. Mary Vale, a grand and imposing Mother & Baby Home,

The Eagle and the Wolves

It's 44 AD, and Vespasian and the Second Legion are forging ahead in their campaign to seize the south-west of Britain. Macro and newly appointed

Pengarron Land

Kerensa Trelynne is overjoyed to be marrying her childhood sweetheart, Clem Trenchard, even though it will be a wrench to leave the idyllic cove and

Pengarron's Children

Jessica Trenchard is a spirited and wayward daughter - to the point that her father Clem is considering remarrying, to provide her with a suitable

Patrol to the Golden Horn

Nicholas Everard is ready to run the gauntlet in his most dangerous mission yet… The menacing bulk of the German battlecruiser Goeben lurks in the

A View Across The Mersey

The youngest of five siblings, Lottie Mortimer has never felt like she belonged. Her mother died shortly after she was born, leaving her father and

Sixty Minutes for St. George

Churchill called it the finest feat of arms of the Great War… After a punishing winter patrolling the Strait of Dover aboard HMS Mackerel ,