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The loner  by Josephine Cox

The loner

Josephine Cox

"When an accident causes him to lose both parents, Davie leaves home searching for peace until another tragedy makes him realize that he must return home to face the past."--Provided by publisher.

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The sealwoman's gift  by Sally Magnusson

The sealwoman's gift

Sally Magnusson

"In 1627, Barbary pirates raided an island off the Iceland coast - and abducted the 400 inhabitants into slavery in Algiers. Among them was a pastor, his wife and their three children. The pastor was sent back on a failed mission to seek ransom. But what...

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The girl with no name  by Diney Costeloe

The girl with no name

Diney Costeloe

"Lise is thirteen when she arrives in England in August 1939, with just one precious letter from the mother she will never see again. Bullied at school for being German, worse is to come when the Blitz blows her new home apart and she wakes up in hospital,...

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No angel  by Penny Vincenzi

No angel

Penny Vincenzi

"In pre-war London, Lady Celia Lytton is the perfect host. Beautiful, intelligent and determined, she throws glittering parties, publishes bestselling books, and enjoys her young family and loving husband. But there are tragedies her family will not escape:...

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Water for elephants  by Sara Gruen

Water for elephants

Sara Gruen

"This is a great, glorious, big-hearted novel set in a travelling circus touring the backblocks of America during the Great Depression of the early 1930s. It's a story of love and hate, trains and circuses, dwarves and fat ladies, horses and elephants -- or to...

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Liverpool gems  by Anne Baker

Liverpool gems

Anne Baker

"It is 1935 and as Carrie Courtney watches her twin sister, Connie, marry the man of her dreams, she longs to find a love of her own. Having lost their mother at an early age, the girls were brought up by their maiden aunts and, with Connie leaving home,...

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A new chapter at the Little Penguin Bookshop  by Joanna Toye

A new chapter at the Little Penguin Bookshop

Joanna Toye

"Carrie Anderson's business selling books at her local train station is thriving and, with her beloved Mike returned from war, everything feels as though it is falling into place. That is, until Mike is sent to Washington as a liaison between Britain and...

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The unexpected diva  by Tiffany L. Warren

The unexpected diva

Tiffany L. Warren

"Born into slavery on a Mississippi plantation, Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield has been raised in the safety of Philadelphia's Quaker community by a wealthy adoptive mother. Sheltered and educated, Eliza's happy childhood always included music lessons to nurture...

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The lotus shoes  by Jane (Writer) Yang

The lotus shoes

Jane (Writer) Yang

"1800s China. Tightly bound feet, or 'golden lilies,' are the mark of an honorable woman, eclipsing beauty, a rich dowry and even bloodline in the marriage stakes. When Little Flower is sold as a maidservant to Linjing, a daughter of the prominent Fong family,...

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The oyster girl  by Margaret Pemberton

The oyster girl

Margaret Pemberton

"The Oyster Girl by Margaret Pemberton follows the lives of three families in a small oyster fishing town on the south-east coast of England - whose lives are changed forever by the First World War. May, 1910. The village of Oystertown is home to Janna...

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Tread softly, Alice  by Jessica Blair

Tread softly, Alice

Jessica Blair

"At the age of eighteen, Alice Ware is pretty, charming and impetuous. Back home in Yorkshire at the start of a new century, she is determined to seize any fresh opportunities and experiences that come her way. The arrival of a new neighbour, the elegant and...

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Her mother's secret  by Natasha Lester

Her mother's secret

Natasha Lester

"1918, England. Armistice Day should bring peace into Leonora's life. Rather than secretly making cosmetics in her father's chemist shop to sell to army nurses such as Joan, her adventurous Australian friend, Leo hopes to now display her wares openly. Instead,...

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The king's general  by Daphne Du Maurier

The king's general

Daphne Du Maurier

"As civil war rages across England, the weak prove their courage and the privileged become traitors. In this sweeping, bittersweet saga, spellbinding author Daphne du Maurier recreates a most memorable and true love story. Honor Harris was glorious and...

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Flight of dreams  by Ariel Lawhon

Flight of dreams

Ariel Lawhon

"On the evening of May 3rd, 1937, ninety-seven people board the Hindenburg for its final, doomed flight to Lakehurst, New Jersey. Among them are a frightened stewardess who is not what she seems; the steadfast navigator determined to win her heart; a naive...

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Unveiled  by Roseanna M. White

Unveiled

Roseanna M. White

"Each year, head weaver Tamar supervises a team of young women to craft the temple veil - a beautiful, sacred curtain that separates the Holy Place from the Holy of Holies in the tabernacle in Jerusalem. Tamar takes great care to ensure that the curtain meets...

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Grace of the Empire State  by Gemma Tizzard

Grace of the Empire State

Gemma Tizzard

"After the death of their father, it's up to Grace O'Connell and her twin brother Patrick to support their family as the Great Depression takes its toll on New York City. When Grace is laid off from her dancing gig and Patrick is injured at work on the...

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A calamity of noble houses  by Amira Ghenim

A calamity of noble houses

Amira Ghenim

"Tunisia, 1930s. Against the turbulent backdrop of a country in search of its identity, the destinies of two prominent families intertwine: the Ennaifer family, with its rigidly conservative and patriarchal mentality; and the Rassaas, open-minded and avowedly...

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Bitter passage  by Colin John Mills

Bitter passage

Colin John Mills

"In May 1845, Sir John Franklin, commander of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, departed England to seek a navigable route across the top of the Americas. He and his 128 men never returned. Four years later, Royal Navy Lieutenant Frederick Robinson and Assistant...

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The new internationals  by David Wright Faladé

The new internationals

David Wright Faladé

"A novel of post-war Paris that interweaves a coming-of-age story, a cross-cultural romance, and a portrait of the international youth at a definitive moment in contemporary history. Paris, 1947. The city, recovering from the Nazi occupation, suffers from an...

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Home and away  by Rochelle Alers

Home and away

Rochelle Alers

"Harper Fleming is done with being passed over. As a journalist for a Chicago newspaper, she's been refused a shot at the sportswriter position she longs for. And her on again/off again relationship is going nowhere. Leaving both behind, she heads to...

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The woolgrower's companion  by Joy Rhoades

The woolgrower's companion

Joy Rhoades

"Australia 1945. Until now Kate Dowd has led a sheltered life on Amiens, her family's sprawling sheep station in northern New South Wales. The horrors of war have for the most part left her untouched. But with her father succumbing to wounds he's borne since...

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Dark times for the Clarks factory girls  by May Ellis

Dark times for the Clarks factory girls

May Ellis

"1916: As fighting in Europe continues, the Clarks Factory Girls find themselves caught in a divided community...With the country in the grips of conscription, the pacifism at the heart of Street village comes under scrutiny, and when Kate befriends Gerald, a...

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The governor, his wife and his mistress  by Sue Williams

The governor, his wife and his mistress

Sue Williams

"When future governor Philip Gidley King sailed with the First Fleet to the new colony, he had his pick of the convict women to look after him. Two years, and two sons later, he set out back to England to provide a report on Sydney and its newly tamed Norfolk...

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The heirloom  by Julie Brooks

The heirloom

Julie Brooks

"Brisbane, 2024: Barista and budding artist Mia Curtis is shocked to receive a package all the way from England informing her she's the heir to her late grandmother's cottage. Feeling lost in her own life, Mia travels across the world to claim her inheritance,...

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The artist  by Lucy Steeds

The artist

Lucy Steeds

"All Joseph wants is to be let into Tartuffe's world. All Ettie wants is to escape it. The year is 1920. The place is a remote farmhouse in Provence, home to the reclusive painter Edouard Tartuffe and his niece, Ettie. Into this strange, silent house walks...

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An orphan's story  by Cathy (Domestic fiction writer) Sharp

An orphan's story

Cathy (Domestic fiction writer) Sha...

"In a time of war, an orphaned boy must embark on an epic journey. After the death of his beloved father, Arthur and a group of other young evacuees are sent far away to Canada for their own safety on the eve of the Second World War. Alone and afraid, with no...

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The spirit circle  by Tara Calaby

The spirit circle

Tara Calaby

"For Ellen Whitfield, the betrothal of her dear friend Harriet to Ellen's brother has brought both loss and solace. But when Harriet suddenly breaks off the engagement, ostensibly at the insistence of her deceased mother, Ellen is bewildered. And when she...

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The glass-blowers  by Daphne Du Maurier

The glass-blowers

Daphne Du Maurier

"Faithful to her word, Sophie Duval reveals to her long-lost nephew the tragic story of a family of master craftsmen in eighteenth-century France. The world of the glass-blowers has its own traditions, it's own language - and its own rules. 'If you marry into...

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The lake pavilion  by Ann Bennett

The lake pavilion

Ann Bennett

"India 1935: Amelia Collins, a missionary's daughter, left destitute by the death of her parents, leaves their home in the Himalayan foothills to find work in Darjeeling. There she meets District Officer Reginald Holden, a powerful older man, who spirits her...

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As the storm clouds gather  by M. B. Henry

As the storm clouds gather

M. B. Henry

"May 1915. Nineteen-year-old German-American Ilse Stahl experiences the tragedy of war firsthand when a German U-boat attacks the RMS Lusitania off the coast of Ireland, killing more than a thousand passengers, including her parents. Somehow, she survives and...

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A different world  by Judith Lennox

A different world

Judith Lennox

"In the summer of 1939, nineteen-year-old Olivia Goodland arrives in London. Working for a society dressmaker, she meets wealthy, beautiful Grace Ruthwell. Beguiled by the glamour of Grace's world, it's only slowly and too late that she becomes aware of the...

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Poppy's choice  by Dilly Court

Poppy's choice

Dilly Court

"Desperate to protect her family, can Poppy put her trust in a stranger? When Poppy Robbins is targeted by a blackmailer threatening to reveal secrets from her family's past, she turns to the mysterious Edward Taverner for help. Taverner proposes an escape to...

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Mother of Rome  by Lauren J. A. Bear

Mother of Rome

Lauren J. A. Bear

"A powerful and fierce reimagining of the founding of the Roman empire and the legend of Romulus and Remus - and the mother whose sacrifice made it all possible. The twins Romulus and Remus may be known as the mythical founders of Rome, but history is silent...

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The last fashion house in Paris  by Renee Ryan

The last fashion house in Paris

Renee Ryan

"France, 1942. Once, Paulette Leblanc spent her days flirting, shopping and drawing elegant dresses in her sketch pad. Then German tanks rolled into France, and a reckless romance turned into deep betrayal. Blaming herself for her mother's arrest by the...

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A history of the big house  by Charif Majdalani

A history of the big house

Charif Majdalani

"This vibrant family saga chronicles the rise and fall of the Nassar clan, as they navigate the great events of the 20th century in Lebanon, from the Ottoman Empire to the French Mandate. At the end of the 19th century, a man is forced to flee his village...

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The endeavour of Elsie Mackay  by Flora Johnston

The endeavour of Elsie Mackay

Flora Johnston

"1927. Flight fever is running rampant and daring flyers are all anyone can talk about. And now the Honourable Miss Elsie Mackay, glamorous former film star and regular name in gossip columns, has a new ambition - to be the first woman to fly the Atlantic....

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The night watch  by Sarah Waters

The night watch

Sarah Waters

"Moving back through the 1940s, through air raids, blacked out streets, illicit liaisons, sexual adventure, to end with its beginning in 1941, this is the story of four Londoners - three women and a young man with a past. Kay, who drove an ambulance during the...

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Family ties on Beamer Street  by Sheila Riley

Family ties on Beamer Street

Sheila Riley

"Liverpool May 1926. Peggy and Dar Tenant's dream for security and respectability has been their driving force since they married. Just as they prepare to buy their own home, tragedy strikes, when Dar is involved in a devastated accident at the docks and...

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The last light over Oslo  by Alix Rickloff

The last light over Oslo

Alix Rickloff

"Cleo Jaffray is an American. The war in Europe has nothing to do with her. Or so she tells herself until the man she loves goes missing in Poland and Cleo is forced to turn to the only person who might be able to help find him - her aunt Daisy, the US...

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Daughter of Hong Kong  by Siobhan Daiko

Daughter of Hong Kong

Siobhan Daiko

"Based on a true story, a tale of love and survival against all the odds set in Hong Kong at the start of the Pacific War... Spring 1939 - dashing young William Burton and the beautiful Constance Han set sail from London on the same ocean liner to Hong Kong....

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The deadening  by Jim Beane

The deadening

Jim Beane

"Set in 1921, Harrell Hickman and Willem Redd have returned home from no man's land and the brutality of war in the trenches in France. Neither has been able to resume what they were or might have been after living through the senselessness of bodies blown up...

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The rest is memory  by Lily Tuck

The rest is memory

Lily Tuck

"First glimpsed riding on the back of a boy's motorcycle, fourteen-year-old Czeslawa comes to life in this mesmerizing novel by Lily Tuck, who imagines her upbringing in a small Polish village before her world imploded in late 1942. Stripped of her modest...

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More than riches  by Josephine Cox

More than riches

Josephine Cox

"When Rosie's parents were involved in a train accident, her mother was killed and her father left crippled, unable to earn a living and relying on Rosie to keep the wolf from the door. With her mother gone and her sweetheart Adam away in the army, Rosie is...

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Drums of autumn  by Diana Gabaldon

Drums of autumn

Diana Gabaldon

"How far will a woman travel to find a father, a lover a destiny? Across seas, across time - across the grave itself. It began in Scotland, at an ancient stone circle. Claire Randall was swept through time into the arms of James Fraser whose love for her...

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Let it shine  by Josephine Cox

Let it shine

Josephine Cox

"Ada Williams once believed money and power would bring her happiness. But now she is all alone except for her greedy son Peter, who waits only for the day he will inherit her fortune. Ada, however, has a different plan altogether. A few miles away in...

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The journey  by Josephine Cox

The journey

Josephine Cox

"The gravestone's inscription reads, 'A man of courage. He made the greatest sacrifice of all.' ... At the final resting place of Barney Davidson, in the hills of Bedfordshire, Ben Morgan first encounters Lucy and her grown daughter, Mary, on a snowswept...

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Mother Naked  by Glen James Brown

Mother Naked

Glen James Brown

"The City of Durham, 1434. Out of a storm, an aging minstrel arrives at the cathedral to entertain the city's most powerful men. Mother Naked is his name, and the story he's come to tell is the Legend of the Fell Wraith: the gruesome 'walking ghost' some say...

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The stolen sisters  by Ann Bennett

The stolen sisters

Ann Bennett

"'The lorry is ready to take you to the train station,' the soldier announced, and Marta clung to her little sister. 'I want to stay with her,' Marta said, voice shaking. 'It is not possible. You belong in the Reich,' the officer said. 'And she does not.'...

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A golden life  by Ginny Kubitz Moyer

A golden life

Ginny Kubitz Moyer

"It's 1938, and twenty-five-year-old secretary Frances Healey is ready for a fresh start. Hoping to forget her painful past, she takes a job working for Hollywood producer Lawrence Merrill. She quickly becomes absorbed in VistaGlen Studios's biggest project: a...

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Bring up the bodies  by Hilary Mantel

Bring up the bodies

Hilary Mantel

"'Bring Up the Bodies' unlocks the darkly glittering court of Henry VIII, where Thomas Cromwell is now chief minister. Henry is disenchanted with Anne Boleyn and has fixed his eye on the demure Jane Seymour. Anne has failed to give England an heir and rumors...

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Ever faithful  by Karen Barnett

Ever faithful

Karen Barnett

"Vibrant historic Yellowstone National Park comes to life in this romantic mystery about a man hiding the truth, braving the west to become something more--and the woman who must confront his deception. A man who can't read will never amount to anything--or so...

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The road to paradise  by Karen Barnett

The road to paradise

Karen Barnett

"An ideal sanctuary and a dream come true--that's what Margaret Lane feels as she takes in God's gorgeous handiwork in Mount Rainer National Park. It's 1927 and the National Park Service is in its youth when Margie, an avid naturalist, lands a coveted position...

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Dragonfly in amber  by Diana Gabaldon

Dragonfly in amber

Diana Gabaldon

"For twenty years Claire Randall has kept her secrets. But now she is returning with her grown daughter to the majesty of Scotland's mist-shrouded hills. Here Claire plans to reveal a truth as stunning as the events that gave it birth- about the mystery of an...

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Black wood women  by Michael Stewart

Black wood women

Michael Stewart

"Yorkshire. 1649. Caragh has hidden her true name and her Irish identity, and since her family fled Ireland in secret they have been proud to own land of their own in England. But one morning, Caragh's father tells her that they must leave their beloved home...

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Vagabonds  by Josephine Cox

Vagabonds

Josephine Cox

"Twenty-two years ago Emma Grady was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to transportation to Australia. Just before her departure she bore and lost her baby daughter - conceived during a passionate affair with Marlow Tanner. It is now 1885, and Emma has...

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The secret war of Julia Child  by Diana R. Chambers

The secret war of Julia Child

Diana R. Chambers

"Before she mastered the art of French cooking in midlife, Julia Child found herself working in the secrets trade in Asia during World War II, a journey that will delight both historical fiction fans and lovers of America's most beloved chef, revealing how the...

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The teacher of Auschwitz  by Wendy Holden

The teacher of Auschwitz

Wendy Holden

"Fredy built a wall against suffering in their hearts... At the dark heart of the Holocaust, there was a wooden hut whose walls were painted with cartoons; a place where children sang, staged plays and wrote poetry. Safely inside, but still in the shadow of...

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The pearl button girl  by Annie Murray

The pearl button girl

Annie Murray

"Working at the local pearl button factory, Ada Fletcher is doing her best to make ends meet in trying times. When tragedy strikes and her siblings are taken to a workhouse orphanage, Ada is saved from a similar fate by her neighbour, Sarah Connell. But the...

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The seaside homecoming  by Julie Klassen

The seaside homecoming

Julie Klassen

"Claire Summers replies to an advertisement to help run a Sidmouth boarding house, but her handsome, secretive business partner might send her packing if he learns her genteel façade hides a less-than-respectable past. And will a hoped-for reunion with her...

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Her father's sins  by Josephine Cox

Her father's sins

Josephine Cox

"Queenie seemed born to suffer. Her mam died giving birth to her, her drunken father George Kenney ignored her unless he was cursing her, and only beloved Auntie Biddy provided an anchor for the little girl. Growing up in post-war Blackburn, life could be...

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Outcast  by Josephine Cox

Outcast

Josephine Cox

"On a fateful night in 1860, Thadius Grady realises, too late, that he has made a grave mistake. In blind faith he has put himself and his daughter Emma at the mercy of his sister and her conniving husband, Caleb Crowther - for he has entrusted to them his...

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Bad boy Jack  by Josephine Cox

Bad boy Jack

Josephine Cox

"Unable to cope with raising his children alone, Robert Sullivan abandons three-year-old Nancy and seven-year-old Jack to those he believes can provide them with a better life. However, he quickly has a change of heart and goes back for them. But on the way...

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Born to serve  by Josephine Cox

Born to serve

Josephine Cox

"Jenny's mistress seduces her sweetheart, Frank, and overcome with shame he leaves the household for a new life. Losing Frank is just the first of many disasters that leave Jenny struggling to cope alone."--Provided by publisher.

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Texas  by Carmen Boullosa

Texas

Carmen Boullosa

"Loosely based on the little-known 1859 Mexican invasion of the United States, Texas: The Great Theft is a richly imagined evocation of the volatile Tex-Mex borderland. Boullosa views border history through a new lens decentering US narratives, and her...

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Cradle of thorns  by Josephine Cox

Cradle of thorns

Josephine Cox

"Prima Nell Reece has never known her mother, and her father's burden of guilt about his wife has kept him cowed for years, working as a common labourer on his sister's farm. But for all her aunt's spiteful attempts to break Nell's independent spirit, she has...

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Nobody's darling  by Josephine Cox

Nobody's darling

Josephine Cox

"With her rich brown hair and lovely blue eyes, Ruby Miller has a special place in her mother's heart. Money is short in the Miller household and, though her mother tells her that she will never be able to exchange poverty for riches, Ruby hatches a plan to...

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Rainbow days  by Josephine Cox

Rainbow days

Josephine Cox

"David and Cathleen are childhood sweethearts. Throughout their childhood their love grows stronger and now, in 1900, they start to plan a life together. But an envious woman is determined to ruin their happiness and uses David's father to do so."--Provided by...

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Lonely girl  by Josephine Cox

Lonely girl

Josephine Cox

"Rosie's mother is a cruel woman and has Rosie's kind and loving father wrapped around her finger. Though John Tanner does his best to protect her, Rosie often bears the brunt of her mother's rage. And his protection can't last forever. In one tragic moment...

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Sand roses  by Hamza Koudri

Sand roses

Hamza Koudri

"Tourists know it as the City of Joy. For Ouled Nail dancers, Bousaada is a city of horrors. It is 1931 when two sisters arrive in Bousaada bursting with dreams of becoming successful dancers. But the city, occupied by the ruthless French colonial army,...

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In the ranks of death  by DJG Palmer

In the ranks of death

DJG Palmer

"As Albert and Jack finally come to embrace their affection for one another, they face the realities of love in war, sharing stolen moments together as they attempt to avoid discovery. Settling into their place in Fort Penfold, the Royal Engineers must cope on...

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The winter runaway  by Katie Flynn

The winter runaway

Katie Flynn

"Tammy and her mother, Grace, are desperate to escape Tammy's violent bully of a father. But when an unforeseen tragedy strikes, mother and daughter must flee Scotland in the dead of night. To survive the severest of penalties, they leave behind everything...

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A day of fire

A day of fire

"Pompeii was a lively resort flourishing in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius at the height of the Roman Empire. When Vesuvius erupted in an explosion of flame and ash, the entire town would be destroyed. Some of its citizens died in the chaos, some escaped the...

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A better tomorrow for the East End library girls  by Patricia (Novelist) McBride

A better tomorrow for the East End library girls

Patricia (Novelist) McBride

As the war nears its end, the library girls rally for their community...With London still in the grip of war, Cordelia, Mavis, and Jane find themselves facing a new challenge. Determined to make a difference, the librarians band together to organise rent...

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In the skin of a lion  by Michael Ondaatje

In the skin of a lion

Michael Ondaatje

"Before the real city could be seen it had to be imagined, the way rumours and tall tales were a kind of charting. It is the 1920s, and Patrick Lewis has arrived in the bustling city of Toronto, leaving behind his Canadian wilderness home. Immersed in the...

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The beachcomber  by Josephine Cox

The beachcomber

Josephine Cox

"In the summer of 1952, two lonely people arrive in the pretty seaside hamlet of West Bay. Strangers coming from very different backgrounds, they are there for the same reasons: to find peace of mind and the chance to start a new life. Tom Arnold has abandoned...

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The artist's daughter  by Catherine Law

The artist's daughter

Catherine Law

"1936. Brought up in Cornwall by her grandparents, Aster thinks often of her parents, who were taken from her at a tragically early age. The only thing she has to remember her mother by is her Flower Book, a journal of pressed flowers that charts Violet's life...

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An echo in the bone  by Diana Gabaldon

An echo in the bone

Diana Gabaldon

"In the wake of a devastating fire in the mountains of North Carolina, Highlander Jamie Fraser and his English wife, Claire, find themselves homeless and without family, in the midst of the gathering storm of revolution. And thanks to his time-travelling...

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The general  by C. S. (Cecil Scott) Forester

The general

C. S. (Cecil Scott) Forester

"Herbert Curzon is a former cavalry officer who earned fortuitous distinction in the Boer War. He knew little then; he learned nothing since. But the army, desperate for officers in the opening months of WW I, hands Curzon, a new division to train. A few...

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The mountain  by Drusilla Modjeska

The mountain

Drusilla Modjeska

"1968: Papua New Guinea is on the brink of independence, and everything is about to change. Amidst the turmoil, filmmaker Leonard arrives from England with his Dutch wife, Rika, to study and film an isolated village high in the mountains. The villagers'...

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The last letters from Villa Clara  by Sarah (Freelance editor) Steele

The last letters from Villa Clara

Sarah (Freelance editor) Steele

"1939. Europe is on the brink of change and in the fear and chaos of pre-war Italy, a painting disappears and is never seen again. 1963. London is on the cusp of change in the swinging 60s. Nightclubs and exclusive parties are in their heyday, as are the art...

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The Guernsey girls find peace  by Mary Wood

The Guernsey girls find peace

Mary Wood

"Winter, 1941. Olivia's life in Guernsey is uprooted by the Nazi occupation. Forced to flee in the dead of night, she escapes to London's East End. As she steps foot in Bethnal Green, Olivia's former life is there to greet her, and she's ordered to spy for the...

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Untethered  by Angela Jackson-Brown

Untethered

Angela Jackson-Brown

"In the small college town of Troy, Alabama, amidst the backdrop of 1967, Katia Daniels lives a life steeped in responsibility. At the Pike County Group Home for Negro Boys, she pours her heart into nurturing the young lives under her care, harboring a longing...

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Sweet Vidalia  by Lisa Sandlin

Sweet Vidalia

Lisa Sandlin

"She made herself see Robert with the kids, telling stories of crafty, talking rabbits and determined turtles, his face bright with meanings, with silliness. Made herself see the two of them laughing together in bed, they had done that. That was true. Through...

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The judgement  by William Napier

The judgement

William Napier

"The infamous leader of the Huns stills thirsts for blood and supremacy as he crosses the Danube and prepares to attack the Western Empire and face once more his boyhood friend-turned-foe: Aetius the Roman. For Attila is set on a plan that will take him right...

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The watchers of Pencarrack Moor  by Terri Nixon

The watchers of Pencarrack Moor

Terri Nixon

"1931, Cornwall. Gwenna Rosdew had no choice but to step up as head of the family after her father was arrested for his role in a smuggling scandal. As his release date nears, she must start planning her own future - but when her journey of self-discovery...

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The secret they hid  by Roberta Kagan

The secret they hid

Roberta Kagan

"All's not fair in love and war.As the Great War rages, two brothers, Leo and Alex, are ensnared in a captivating love triangle with the stunning Adelaide. While Leo is the unwavering protector, Alex, the enigmatic seducer, ultimately captures Adelaide's...

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Wartime arrivals at Harbour House  by Fenella-Jane Miller

Wartime arrivals at Harbour House

Fenella-Jane Miller

"London July 1939. Elizabeth Roby lives a content and privileged life in London with husband Jonathon and children, Emily and George. But with the outbreak of war, everything changes. Jonathon informs his family that they have to move from their smart London...

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The fiery cross  by Diana Gabaldon

The fiery cross

Diana Gabaldon

"The year is 1771, and war is coming. Jamie Fraser's wife tells him so. Little as he wishes to, he must believe it, for hers is a gift of dreadful prophecy - a time-traveler's certain knowledge. Born in the year of Our Lord 1918, Claire Randall served England...

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Voyager  by Diana Gabaldon

Voyager

Diana Gabaldon

"Jamie Fraser is lying on the battlefield of Culloden, where he rises wounded, to face execution or imprisonment. Either prospect pales beside the pain of loss - his wife is gone. Forever. But sometimes forever is shorter than one thinks. In 1746, Claire...

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Rites of passage  by William Golding

Rites of passage

William Golding

"Edmund Talbot is sailing to Australia in the early nineteenth century. In his journal, he records mounting tensions aboard the ancient, stinking warship, as officers, sailors, soldiers and emigrants jostle in the cramped darkness below decks. But when...

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Close quarters  by William Golding

Close quarters

William Golding

"In a wilderness of heat, stillness and sea mists, a ball is held on a ship becalmed halfway to Australia. In this surreal, fete-like atmosphere the passengers dance and flirt, while beneath them thickets of weed like green hair spread over the...

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The missionary's wife  by Claire McGregor

The missionary's wife

Claire McGregor

"Nova Scotia, 1871: Annetta Stewart boards a ship bound for the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu) in the South Pacific, unaware she is travelling to a life of loss and a trial of her own beliefs. Leaving everything and everyone she has ever known, Annetta is young,...

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The dark room  by Rachel Seiffert

The dark room

Rachel Seiffert

"Retells the history of twentieth-century Germany through the experiences of three ordinary Germans. Helmut: A boy born with a physical deformity finds work as a photographer's assistant during the 1930s and captures on film the changing temper of Berlin, the...

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Fires in the dark  by Louise Doughty

Fires in the dark

Louise Doughty

"Chronicles thirty years in the lives of a single gypsy family, the Ruzickas, nomadic farm workers, beginning with the birth of the Ruzickas' son, Frantisek, on the eve of Hitler's reign of terror."--Provided by publisher.

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Alexander  by Valerio Manfredi

Alexander

Valerio Manfredi

"All his life, Alexander defied the limits the gods gave mortals. That passion overwhelmed cities and armies...and united a vast empire. Alexander was no longer simply King of Macedonia: The Pan-Hellenic League had named him Supreme Leader. Egypt crowned him...

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A time for defiance  by James D. Shipman

A time for defiance

James D. Shipman

"In a gripping tale of sisterhood, survival, and resistance ... a young woman in Nazi-occupied Holland joins a unique taskforce within the Dutch Resistance, wielding her youthful innocence and beauty to lure Nazis to their death. May 1940: In the months since...

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