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Lady Odelia's secret  by Jane Steen

Lady Odelia's secret

Jane Steen

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"Do you ever really know your family? In the 1880s a sixth daughter learns not to ask for much, even if she's the daughter of an earl. Even if she married the richest man in her corner of Sussex. Even if she's now a widow with a splendid Georgian mansion. Lady...

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The song of the partisans  by Kathryn Gauci

The song of the partisans

Kathryn Gauci

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"When she closed her eyes, the faces of those she had killed, surfaced like a grotesque scene from a Gothic novel. She had blood on her hands, and it could never be washed away. April 1944, Paris: Simone Guillot is ordered to shoot a collaborator before being...

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Changing times at Harpers  by Rosie Clarke

Changing times at Harpers

Rosie Clarke

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"London, Spring 1920. Harpers is beginning to flourish once more after the end of the war but for Sally Harper the problems continue. Husband Ben is moody, sometimes distant, and she feels he is shutting her out at home and at work, but why? It takes a...

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The cameraman  by Matthew Kneale

The cameraman

Matthew Kneale

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"Former cinema camera director Julius Sewell journeys across Europe with his family to his sister's wedding in Rome. But this will be an unusual road trip. For one thing, Julius has been in an institution and has only just been released from mental hospital to...

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A killer in the Crystal Palace  by Deb Marlowe

A killer in the Crystal Palace

Deb Marlowe

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"A grand showcase for technology, art, design and. . . murder. London, 1851, and the Great Exhibition is on. A soaring success despite months of dour predictions, it is the event of the year, on front pages and wagging tongues the world over--and Miss Kara...

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The runaway bride  by Felicity York

The runaway bride

Felicity York

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"1826. At first sight, Ellen Turner does not seem the type to elope with a stranger. So when the young heriess vanishes from her boarding school in the arms of the rugged scoundrel Edward Wakefield, and the pair are sighted in a carriage racing from Gretna...

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The drinker of horizons  by Mia Couto

The drinker of horizons

Mia Couto

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"Set against the backdrop of the war between the Kingdom of Gaza, one of the last great pre-colonial African kingdoms, and the Portuguese colonialists, a young African woman Imani and the Portuguese sergeant Germano de Melo have shared an unexpected love....

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Last house before the mountain  by Monika Helfer

Last house before the mountain

Monika Helfer

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"When the First World War breaks out and Josef is drafted into the army, Maria is left to provide for her family alone. Every day is a struggle against starvation, the harsh alpine climate and the hostile nearby villagers who see Maria as little more than a...

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The secrets we keep  by Theresa Howes

The secrets we keep

Theresa Howes

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"1944, the Cote d'Azur. Artist Marguerite Segal is recruited by British Intelligence into befriending Etienne Valade, a local priest. Her mission is to persuade him to pass on information from the high-ranking German officers who attend his church: evidence of...

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Four weddings and a duke  by Michelle (Romance fiction writer) McLean

Four weddings and a duke

Michelle (Romance fiction writer) M...

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"As the middle--and least marriageable--sister in a bevy of swans, Lavinia Wynnburn is quite content being the odd duck out. This way, she's free to commit social faux pas without anyone much noticing. Until the Duke of Beaubrooke turns up the morning after a...

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The duchess takes a husband  by Harper St. George

The duchess takes a husband

Harper St. George

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"Despite her illustrious title, Camille, Duchess of Hereford, remains what she has always been, a pariah. Though her title means she's technically accepted by London Society, the rebellious widow with her burgeoning interest in the suffrage movement and her...

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The Cuban heiress  by Chanel Cleeton

The Cuban heiress

Chanel Cleeton

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"In 1934, a luxury cruise becomes a fight for survival as two women's pasts collide on a round-trip voyage from New York to Havana. Inspired by the true story of the SS Morro Castle. New York heiress Catherine Dohan seemingly has it all. There's only one...

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Loving Lydia  by Susan Pope Sloan

Loving Lydia

Susan Pope Sloan

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"Lydia Gibson's life is overturned when the Union Army invades her hometown and burns down the cotton mill where she and her stepdaughter worked. Even worse, she and the other workers are arrested and sent to Marietta, where they wait for the army to send them...

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The house of doors  by Twan Eng Tan

The house of doors

Twan Eng Tan

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"The year is 1921. Lesley Hamlyn and her husband, Robert, a lawyer and war veteran, are living at Cassowary House on the Straits Settlement of Penang. When "Willie" Somerset Maugham, a famed writer and old friend of Robert's, arrives for an extended visit with...

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Artfully yours  by Joanna Lowell

Artfully yours

Joanna Lowell

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"Sparks fly between a lordly art critic and a lady forger in this enthralling Victorian historical romance. Nina Finch isn't suited for a life of crime. Raised by her art-forger brother, she can paint like Boticelli. But she'd so much rather be baking...

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Death at the terminus  by Edward Marston

Death at the terminus

Edward Marston

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"1865. A passenger train stands ready to depart amid the bustle at York station. The flurry of passengers and porters, the swooping pigeons and barking dogs are thrown into a state of turmoil when an explosion ripsthrough the brake van of the train killing...

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The tumbling girl  by Bridget Walsh

The tumbling girl

Bridget Walsh

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"1876, Victorian London. Minnie Ward, a feisty scriptwriter for the Variety Palace Music Hall, is devastated when her best friend is found brutally murdered. She enlists the help of private detective Albert Easterbrook to help her find justice. Together they...

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In the shadow of the river  by Ann H. Gabhart

In the shadow of the river

Ann H. Gabhart

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"In 1881, Jacci Reed is only five years old when a man attempts to kidnap her from the steamboat her mother, Irena, works on. Badly wounded during the confrontation, Irena takes Jacci aboard the Kingston Floating Palace, a showboat tied up beside them. There,...

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Sepulchre Street  by Martin Edwards

Sepulchre Street

Martin Edwards

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"London, 1930s: Rachel Savernake is attending renowned artist Damaris Gethin's latest exhibition, featuring live models who pose as famous killers. But that's just the warm-up act... Unsure why she was invited, Rachel is soon cornered by the artist who asks...

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Hang the moon  by Jeannette Walls

Hang the moon

Jeannette Walls

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"Most folk thought Sallie Kincaid was a nobody who'd amount to nothing. Sallie had other plans. Sallie Kincaid is the daughter of the biggest man in a small town, the charismatic Duke Kincaid. Born at the turn of the twentieth century into a life of comfort...

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Lady Whistledown strikes back

Lady Whistledown strikes back

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"A disastrous dinner party during which a ruby bracelet goes missing - and four couples discover or rediscover their soul mates - sparks the collection. Each tale follows one pair as they tackle the obstacles to love, but the stories are skillfully interwoven...

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The Paris deception  by Bryn Turnbull

The Paris deception

Bryn Turnbull

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"Paris, 1940. Three years ago, talented art restorer Sophie fled to Paris to escape the horrors of the Nazi regime. But now, with her beloved adoptive city under occupation, Sophie is forced to work at the renowned Jeu de Paume, restoring the art ruthlessly...

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A thief's justice  by Douglas Skelton

A thief's justice

Douglas Skelton

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"The city is caught in the vice-like grip of a savage winter. Even the Thames has frozen over. But for Jonas Flynt, thief, gambler, killer, the chilling elements are the least of his worries. Justice Geoffrey Dumont has been found dead at the base of St Paul's...

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The king's pleasure  by Alison Weir

The king's pleasure

Alison Weir

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"Young Henry began his rule as a magnificent and chivalrous Renaissance prince who embodied every virtue. He had all the qualities to make a triumph of his kingship, yet we remember only the violence. Henry famously broke with the Pope, founding the Church of...

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The chocolate tin  by Fiona McIntosh

The chocolate tin

Fiona McIntosh

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Alexandra Frobisher, a modern-thinking woman with hopes of a career in England's famous chocolate-making town of York, has received several proposals of marriage, although none of them promises that elusive extra - love. Matthew Britten-Jones is a man of charm...

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Where light meets water  by Susan (Editor) Paterson

Where light meets water

Susan (Editor) Paterson

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"An evocative novel of love and art, and one man's journey to find his place in the world. Where Light Meets Water is a moving debut traversing nineteenth-century London, Melbourne and New Zealand's rugged South Island. London, 1847. Sailor Tom Rutherford has...

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The unbreakable heart of Oliva Denaro  by Viola Ardone

The unbreakable heart of Oliva Denaro

Viola Ardone

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"As provincial Sicily bursts into life with the jaunty hum of pop music and the heady scent of wild jasmine, fifteen-year-old Oliva Denaro dares to challenge convention, ignoring the taunts of peers, her mother's scolds, and her own changing body. Spirited and...

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Queen Charlotte  by Julia Quinn

Queen Charlotte

Julia Quinn

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"In 1761, on a sunny day in September, a King and Queen met for the very first time. They were married within hours. Born a German Princess, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was beautiful, headstrong, and fiercely intelligent... not precisely the attributes...

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Chasing the Black Eagle  by Bruce Geddes

Chasing the Black Eagle

Bruce Geddes

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"Against a backdrop of Harlem Renaissance and Haile Selassie's Ethiopia, a young man tails Hubert Julian - a pilot, inventor, adventurer, charlatan, and possible threat to America. Facing an attempted murder charge, seventeen-year-old Arthur Tormes is in no...

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The German messenger  by M. J. (Michael J.) Hollows

The German messenger

M. J. (Michael J.) Hollows

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"Liverpool, 1940. "Where's George?" Ruth didn't realise that she had grabbed hold of the other woman's arms. "Where's my son?" Journalist Ruth Holt is struggling in the terror of the Blitz when her young son is suddenly snatched away in broad daylight. Soon...

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The Nightingale affair  by Timothy Mason

The Nightingale affair

Timothy Mason

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"Who is stalking Florence Nightingale and her nurses? Is it the legendary Beast of the Crimean, or someone closer to home? In 1855, Britain and France are fighting to keep the Russians from snatching the Crimean Peninsula from the Ottoman Empire, and...

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Night wherever we go  by Tracey Rose Peyton

Night wherever we go

Tracey Rose Peyton

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"On a struggling Texas plantation, six enslaved women slip from their sleeping quarters and gather in the woods under the cover of night. The Lucys, as they call the plantation owners, after Lucifer himself, have decided to turn around the farm's bleak...

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The English Führer  by Rory Clements

The English Führer

Rory Clements

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"Autumn 1945 - Off the east coast of England, a Japanese sub surfaces, unloads its mysterious cargo, then blows itself to pieces. Former spy Professor Tom Wilde is enjoying peacetime in Cambridge, settling back into teaching and family life. Until a call from...

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Beauvallet  by Georgette Heyer

Beauvallet

Georgette Heyer

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"When Nicholas, a notorious pirate, captures Dona during a raid on a Spanish ship, they soon fall in love with each other, but after returning her home, Nicholas must outwit enemies who want to kill him when he comes back for her."--Provided by publisher.

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The Polish wife  by Gosia Nealon

The Polish wife

Gosia Nealon

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"Germany, 1934. Surrounded by beautiful wedding china, we share our first dinner alone as husband and wife. But, instead of sharing affections, all he talks of is his admiration for Hitler. I force a smile, but my blood runs cold. How can I stay with him, now...

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Water borne  by Octavia Randolph

Water borne

Octavia Randolph

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"It is water Dwynwen lifted in her cup of silver. Water, too, the Lady Luned uses in her scrying bowl. And it is over water one must travel to resolve an old conflict. Set high upon its seaside cliff, the hall of Kilton is racked by inner turmoil. Ceric, on...

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My dearest duke  by Kristin Vayden

My dearest duke

Kristin Vayden

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"With the new title of Duke, something he never wanted, Rowles Haywind, in desperate need of help, reconnects with Lady Joan Morgan, and as romance blossoms between them, he discovers she is hiding a dark secret that could cause a terrible scandal should it be...

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The lost daughters of Ukraine  by Erin Litteken

The lost daughters of Ukraine

Erin Litteken

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"Summer 1941. War rages in Europe. The Germans march towards Ukraine. Halya, Liliya and Vika are no strangers to sorrow. They lost family during the Holodomor, loved ones in Stalin's purges, and war looms once more on the horizon. Vika lives in fear for her...

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The monster of the mere  by Philip Purser-Hallard

The monster of the mere

Philip Purser-Hallard

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"When Watson's holiday in the Lake District takes a sinister twist, he and Holmes must uncover the truth hidden by superstitious locals, folklore and rumours of prehistorical monsters far away from the familiar streets of London... A serene walking holiday in...

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A Stepney girl's secret  by Jean Fullerton

A Stepney girl's secret

Jean Fullerton

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"East London, 1940. Prue Carmichael never dreamed that she'd end up working at a railway yard. But when her reverend father is called up to Stepney, she and her family are uprooted from their country home for a new life in the turbulent city. Determined to...

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Can't I go instead  by Kŭm-i Yi

Can't I go instead

Kŭm-i Yi

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"Two women's lives and identities are intertwined-through World War II and the Korean War--revealing the harsh realities of class division in the early part of the 20th century. Can't I Go Instead follows the lives of the daughter of a Korean nobleman and her...

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Viviana Valentine goes up the river  by Emily J. Edwards

Viviana Valentine goes up the river

Emily J. Edwards

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"Viviana Valentine--Girl Friday turned partner to New York's top investigator, Tommy Fortuna--is drawn into a sordid new case when Buster Beacon, a wealthy man of science, beckons them to a party at his mansion north of the city. There, Buster entertains...

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The heart's choice  by Tracie Peterson

The heart's choice

Tracie Peterson

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"Rebecca McCutcheon is the first female court reporter in Montana. During a murder trial she's covering, she's convinced that the defendant is innocent, but no one but the handsome new Carnegie librarian, Mark Andrews, will listen to her. In a race against...

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Secrets of the Viscount's bride

Secrets of the Viscount's bride

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Secrets of the Viscount's bride: "When Martha Lington's sister begs for help in stopping her convenient marriage to Zachary Chilton, Viscount Elderwood, kind-hearted Martha finds herself pretending to be his bride-to-be. But Martha is shocked to discover...

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The girl who escaped  by Angela Petch

The girl who escaped

Angela Petch

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"Italy, 1940. The girl sobs and rages as her father tells her the terrible news. "Italy is entering the war alongside Germany. Jews are to be arrested and sent to camps. We have to be ready." As fascists march across the cobbled piazzas and past the towered...

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The Swiss nurse  by Mario Escobar

The Swiss nurse

Mario Escobar

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"Elisabeth Eidenbenz left Switzerland in 1937 to aid children orphaned during the Spanish Civil War. Now, her work has led her to France, where she's determined to provide expectant mothers and their unborn children a refuge amid one of the worst humanitarian...

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Pact with the devil  by Jeff Steel

Pact with the devil

Jeff Steel

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"Max had enjoyed the camaraderie in the Hitler Youth organisation. His week at the Berlin Olympics was a life-time highlight. He saw the Fuehrer and fell in love with Inge. He loved the Third Reich. Russia was where it started going wrong. He knew primal fear...

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The strawberry field girls  by Karen (Novelist) Dickson

The strawberry field girls

Karen (Novelist) Dickson

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"The strawberry harvest is finally ready. This delicious fruit makes up the main source of income for the small hamlet of Strawbridge; and good friends Leah, Alice and Dora are ready to spend their summer months working on Isaac Whitworth's farm. But when Leah...

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The darlings of the asylum  by Noel O'Reilly

The darlings of the asylum

Noel O'Reilly

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"In 1886, a respectable young woman must acquire a husband. But Violet Pring longs to be a professional artist and live on her own terms. When she turns down a desirable marriage proposal from an eligible Brighton gentleman, her family have had enough of her...

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A rogue for the dutiful duchess

A rogue for the dutiful duchess

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A rogue for the dutiful duchess : "Widowed duchess Sophie will do anything to protect her son and his inheritance. Even ask roguish Lord Nicholas Pascoe to retrieve her late husband's diaries, before the secrets they contain bring down the government and the...

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Never seduce a duke  by Vivienne Lorret

Never seduce a duke

Vivienne Lorret

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"Mistaken for a notorious thief known for seducing men to distraction while on holiday, Margaret Stredwick, longing for adventure, eagerly plays along until she returns to her ordinary life, soon discovering that her grand flirtation with the Duke of Merleton...

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Masters of Rome  by Robert Fabbri

Masters of Rome

Robert Fabbri

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"Britannia, AD 45. In the shadow of Stonehenge, Vespasian's brother, Sabinus, is captured by druids. The druids want to offer a potent sacrifice to their gods - not just one Roman Legate, but two. They know that Vespasian will come after his brother and they...

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Murder on the home front  by Jessica Ellicott

Murder on the home front

Jessica Ellicott

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"1940. It's been a month since rector's daughter Billie Harkness left her rural village to make a fresh start in the northern city of Hull. Now she has a new home and an exciting new job as one of only two female police constables in the whole city. But Hull...

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All the pretty places  by Joy Callaway

All the pretty places

Joy Callaway

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"In the little town of Rye, New York, it seems everyone-like the rest of the country-is in an economic panic. Once acclaimed for its rare and exotic plant species, Rye Nurseries-the largest nursery on the East Coast-is the supplier of choice for the most...

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The cargo from Neira  by Alys Clare

The cargo from Neira

Alys Clare

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"February, 1605. A series of killings shake the quiet life of Devon's Tavy Valley. Country doctor Gabriel Taverner, summoned by the coroner to examine the bodies, believes that the murders are somehow connected to a mysterious woman recently discovered in...

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In feast or famine  by Mesu Andrews

In feast or famine

Mesu Andrews

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"Thrust into an arranged marriage, the daughter of ancient Egypt's high priest plays a pivotal role in Joseph's biblical narrative in powerful novel"--

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The Lazarus solution  by Kjell Ola Dahl

The Lazarus solution

Kjell Ola Dahl

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"Summer, 1943. Daniel Berkak works as a courier for the Press and Military Office in Stockholm. On his last cross-border mission to Norway, he carries a rucksack full of coded documents and newspapers, but before he has a chance to deliver anything he is shot...

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The lost wife  by Susanna Moore

The lost wife

Susanna Moore

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"Summer, 1855. Sarah Brinton sets out from Rhode Island, leaving an abusive husband and child behind to head west across the country, looking for a refuge where nobody knows her history, or cares to discover it. Sarah's journey ends at a small frontier post in...

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Mortal arts  by Anna Lee Huber

Mortal arts

Anna Lee Huber

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"Scotland, 1830. Lady Kiera Darby is no stranger to intrigue - in fact, it seems to follow wherever she goes. After her foray into murder investigation, Kiera must journey to Edinburgh with her family so that her pregnant sister can be close to proper medical...

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A marriage of scandal  by Catherine Cookson

A marriage of scandal

Catherine Cookson

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"Even the approach of Christmas, 1913, fails to excite the restless Agnes Conway, the twenty-two-year-old manager of her feckless father's adjoining sweet and tobacconist shops. There are dark secrets in Arthur Conway's past, and these come tragically to light...

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The Queen's fool  by Philippa Gregory

The Queen's fool

Philippa Gregory

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"It is winter, 1553. Pursued by the Inquisition, Hannah Green, a fourteen-year-old Jewish girl, is forced to flee Spain with her father. But Hannah is no ordinary refugee. Her gift of 'Sight,' the ability to foresee the future, is priceless in the troubled...

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The year of jubilee  by Cindy Morgan

The year of jubilee

Cindy Morgan

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"Stifled by tragedy, thirteen-year-old Grace Mockingbird yearns to escape her mother's controlling, grieving hand and find her voice in a small Kentucky coal mining town. A tragic family loss has driven a wedge between Grace and her mother, who seems to be...

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The net of steel  by Fiona Buckley

The net of steel

Fiona Buckley

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"April, 1590. Ursula Stannard, the queen's half-sister and occasional secret agent, has just left Sir Francis Walsingham's funeral when she is summoned back to her childhood home, Faldene House, by her aunt. Uncle Herbert has died suddenly from natural causes,...

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Return to Satterthwaite court  by Mimi Matthews

Return to Satterthwaite court

Mimi Matthews

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"Lieutenant Charles Heywood has had his fill of adventure. Battle-weary and disillusioned, he returns to England, resolved to settle down to a quiet, uneventful life on an estate of his own. But arranging to purchase the property he desires is more difficult...

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The lady knows best  by Susanna Craig

The lady knows best

Susanna Craig

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"Serving as the advice columnist, 'Miss Busy B.', for an often-subversive ladies' magazine is the perfect outlet for Daphne Burke's outspoken nature. But when she advises a young lady of the ton, to break off her engagement to a notorious rake, the...

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The magpie's sister  by Kerri Turner

The magpie's sister

Kerri Turner

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"1911: Sydney, Australia. From the moment the tumours appeared on her face, Maggie Bright knew she would never live a normal life. Abandoned by her mother and then given away by her father, she spent her childhood learning to become the 'Lagoon Creature': part...

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That Bligh girl  by Sue Williams

That Bligh girl

Sue Williams

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"Mary Bligh is no shrinking violet. After an horrific six-month sea voyage from Britain, she proves as strong-willed as her bloody-minded father, the newly appointed Governor William Bligh. The pair immediately scandalise Sydney with their personalities, his...

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The silk merchant's son  by Peter Burke

The silk merchant's son

Peter Burke

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"The road to hell is paved with good intentions, silk and sermons. In 1846, linguistics professor Fabrice Cleriquot is despatched from Lyon to the Swan River Colony, sent away with a box full of silkworms to stop him from bringing more disgrace upon the...

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A rogue's rules for seduction  by Eva Leigh

A rogue's rules for seduction

Eva Leigh

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"After Dominic Kilburn left Lady Willa Ransom at the altar, she vowed never to reveal how badly she was hurt. Following a year abroad, Willa wants to move on with her life, so she accepts an invitation to a house party. She's determined to leave her...

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A heart worth stealing  by Joanna L. Barker

A heart worth stealing

Joanna L. Barker

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"Sowerby, England, 1802. Miss Genevieve Wilde--a magistrate's daughter and independent heiress--is determined to meet life's challenges all on her own, just as her late-father had taught her. So when her father's pocket watch is stolen, she will do anything to...

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Verona in autumn  by Tom Lloyd

Verona in autumn

Tom Lloyd

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Romeo and Juliet - one of the most famous tales ever told. But what if their violent delights had not ended in tragedy? What then for the star-crossed lovers, doomed to burn so bright and brief? When Romeo Montague fails to kill himself at his wife's side, he...

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The runaway daughter  by Libby Ashworth

The runaway daughter

Libby Ashworth

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"A family torn apart. A daughter determined to stay together. When the parish guardians send Lydia, daughter of convict James Knowles, to be an apprentice in the cotton mill at Caton, she is distraught at being parted from her younger siblings and mother,...

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Where coyotes howl  by Sandra Dallas

Where coyotes howl

Sandra Dallas

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"Where Coyotes Howl is a vivid and deeply affecting ode to the early twentieth century West, from master storyteller Sandra Dallas. Except for the way they loved each other, they were just ordinary, everyday folks. Just ordinary. 1916. The two-street town of...

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Mastering the art of French murder  by Colleen Cambridge

Mastering the art of French murder

Colleen Cambridge

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"As Paris rediscovers its joie de vivre, Tabitha Knight, recently arrived from Detroit for an extended stay with her French grandfather, is on her own journey of discovery. Paris isn't just the City of Light; it's the city of history, romance, stunning...

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The Dutch orphan  by Ellen Keith

The Dutch orphan

Ellen Keith

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"When the Nazis invade Amsterdam, singer Johanna Vos watches in horror as the vibrant music scene she loves is all but erased, her Jewish friends forbidden from performing with her onstage. Alongside her friend Jakob, Johanna helps organize the Artists'...

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Empire's edge  by Damion Hunter

Empire's edge

Damion Hunter

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"Centurion Faustus Valerianus marched with Julius Agricola on his six-year campaign to conquer the north of Britain. With Agricola now returned to Rome, Faustus is sent to Hibernia with exiled Irish prince Tuathal Techtmar to reclaim his throne, to crown a new...

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Whose business is to die  by Adrian Keith Goldsworthy

Whose business is to die

Adrian Keith Goldsworthy

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"In the Spring of 1811 the military situation in the Iberian Peninsula is looking grim for Britain and her allies. While Wellington has pushed the French out of Portugal, the price of victory has been high, and there is every chance that Napoleon's forces are...

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Orphia and Eurydicius  by Elyse John

Orphia and Eurydicius

Elyse John

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"Orphia dreams of something more than the warrior crafts she's been forced to learn. Hidden away on a far-flung island, her blood sings with poetry and her words can move flowers to bloom and forests to grow ... but her father, the sun god Apollo, has...

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Estella  by Kathy George

Estella

Kathy George

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"At just three years of age, Estella is taken from her mother, adopted by the wealthy but eccentric Miss Havisham and taught how to break men's hearts. Satis House is dark and oppressive and life with the vengeful Miss Havisham a confusion of contradictory...

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Music in the dark  by Sally Magnusson

Music in the dark

Sally Magnusson

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"1884. In a tenement room and kitchen in the town of Rutherglen, near Glasgow, a woman with stark injuries to her face and her mind, and a man who has recently arrived from America, spend the night together. As the night progresses, the couple discover that...

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Sparrow  by James Hynes

Sparrow

James Hynes

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"Meet Jacob - aka Sparrow - a boy slave in a brothel in the Spanish city of New Carthage in the last years of pagan Rome. Raised in a brothel at the edge of a dying empire, a boy of no known origin creates his own identity. He is Sparrow, who sings without...

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Murder on Bedford Street  by Victoria (Victoria E.) Thompson

Murder on Bedford Street

Victoria (Victoria E.) Thompson

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"Nobody could accuse Frank Malloy of being a snob. As a former Irish Catholic policeman, he was, in fact, the kind of person snobs usually looked down on. He might be a millionaire now, but lots of people still looked down on him because he'd always be Irish...

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For a Scot's heart only  by Gina Conkle

For a Scot's heart only

Gina Conkle

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"Corset maker Mary Fletcher lives a life of duty to her sister, her league, and to the Highland clan that took her in years ago. But as she continues the work of her fellow league members, hunting the lost Treasure of Arkaig, a deadly enemy encroaches - and...

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The secret book of Flora Lea  by Patti Callahan Henry

The secret book of Flora Lea

Patti Callahan Henry

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"1939: Fourteen-year-old Hazel and five-year-old Flora are evacuated from London to a rural village to escape the horrors of the Second World War. Living with the Aberdeen family in a charming stone cottage, Hazel distracts her young sister with a fairy tale...

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Playing it safe  by Ashley Weaver

Playing it safe

Ashley Weaver

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"As the Blitz continues to ravage London, Ellie McDonnell - formerly a safecracking thief, but currently determined to stay on the straight and narrow to help her country - is approached by British Intelligence officer Major Ramsey with a new assignment. She...

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Highland beast  by Heather (Heather D.) McCollum

Highland beast

Heather (Heather D.) McCollum

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"Bàs Sinclair is the cold and brutal hand - and sword - of justice across the Highlands. He has one destiny: to bring fear into the hearts of guilty men. But when he is called to execute a midwife for her crimes, he cannot raise his weapon. For Bàs already...

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A call to courage  by Holly (Historical fiction writer) Green

A call to courage

Holly (Historical fiction writer) G...

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"21-year-old Alix is studying in Paris, far away from Sasha, her Serbian father and Leonora, her English mother, as World War Two breaks out. Finding hope even in troubled times, romance sparks with fellow student Raoul; but she soon learns young love can be...

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Usurper  by Paul (Crime fiction writer) Finch

Usurper

Paul (Crime fiction writer) Finch

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"The throne of England is under threat, but one lad's battle is much closer to home.Storm clouds gathering at England's shores...Autumn, 1066. Saxon England, a realm at peace for fifty years, unknowingly enjoys its last peaceful harvest. For a Viking horde,...

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The fire and the rose  by Robyn Cadwallader

The fire and the rose

Robyn Cadwallader

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"England, 1276: Forced to leave her home village, Eleanor moves to Lincoln to work as a housemaid. She's prickly, independent and stubborn, her prospects blighted by a port-wine birthmark across her face. Unusually for a woman, she has fine skills with ink and...

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