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The runaway wife by Rosie Clarke

The runaway wife

Rosie Clarke

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"The hedonism of London in the roaring 20's is a world away from Annabel Tarleton's ordinary country existence. Until a chance meeting with the charming Richard Fortescue at a society ball changes her life for ever. Swept off her feet by the dashing Richard,...

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The smuggler's secret by Lynne (Novelist) Francis

The smuggler's secret

Lynne (Novelist) Francis

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"1813. Haunted by her father's death and tired of watching her mother struggle, Meg Marsh will do anything to keep a roofover her family's head. Even if that means getting involved in a dangerous smuggling operation. When Meg catches the eye of a dashing...

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No life for a lady by Hannah Dolby

No life for a lady

Hannah Dolby

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"Violet Hamilton is a woman who knows her own mind - which, in 1896, can make things a little complicated. At 28, Violet's father is beginning to worry she will never find a husband. But every suitor he presents, Violet finds a new and inventive means of...

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The ambulance girl by Tania Anne Crosse

The ambulance girl

Tania Anne Crosse

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"Dartmoor, 1914. 24-year-old Marianne Warrington is in danger of being left on the shelf. But she has her future mapped out and it doesn't include marriage or babies. Instead, she vows to devote herself to rearing horses on her parents' farm. Then World War...

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The rose code by Kate Quinn

The rose code

Kate Quinn

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"A heart-stopping World War II story of three female code breakers at Bletchley Park and the spy they must root out after the war is over. 1940. As England prepares to fight the Nazis, three very different women answer the call to mysterious country estate...

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Yesterday's tides by Roseanna M. White

Yesterday's tides

Roseanna M. White

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"In 1942, Evie Farrow is used to life on Ocracoke Island, where every day is the same - until the German U-boats haunting their waters begin to wreak havoc. And when special agent Sterling Bertrand is washed ashore at Evie's inn, her life is turned upside...

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The white hare by Jane Johnson

The white hare

Jane Johnson

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"The White Valley in the far west of Cornwall cuts through bluebell woods down to the sea. The house above the beach has lain neglected since the war. It comes with a reputation, which is why Mila and her mother Magda acquire it so cheaply in the fateful...

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The wheelwright girl by Tania Anne Crosse

The wheelwright girl

Tania Anne Crosse

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"Dartmoor, 1914. Grace Dannings is a farmer's daughter but she dreams of making her mark as a London Suffragette. Too bad she's stuck in Walkhampton, the sleepy village where she was born. As a child, she could escape to the wheelwright's mill. Spellbound,...

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Return to paradiso by Francesca Scanacapra

Return to paradiso

Francesca Scanacapra

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"Italy, 1950. The dawn of a new decade brings with it the promise of lasting peace and prosperity as the hardships of war are consigned to the past. In Pieve Santa Clara, a tiny village in rural Lombardy, Graziella Ponti, now a teenager, lives a simple life...

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The Lipstick Bureau by Michelle Gable

The Lipstick Bureau

Michelle Gable

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"1944, Rome. Newlywed Niki Novotná is recruited by a new American spy agency to establish a secret branch in Italy's capital. One of the OSS's few female operatives abroad and multilingual, she's tasked with crafting fake stories and distributing propaganda to...

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The circus train by Amita Parikh

The circus train

Amita Parikh

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"At the World of Wonders, Europe's most magnificent travelling circus, every moment is full of magic, and nothing is as it seems--especially for the people who put on the show. Lena Papadopoulos has never quite found her place within the circus, even as the...

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The lost daughter of Venice by Charlotte Betts

The lost daughter of Venice

Charlotte Betts

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Venice, 1919. Seventeen years ago, the grand Venetian Palazzo degli Angeli was Phoebe Wyndham's home; now, the neglected walls of the palazzo are just a haunting reminder of all she has lost. Arriving back in Italy after a plea from her estranged relative, the...

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Twenty-eight pounds ten shillings by Tony Fairweather

Twenty-eight pounds ten shillings

Tony Fairweather

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It is 1948, and post-war Britain is on her knees. The call has gone out to the British Empire for volunteers to help rebuild the Mother Country, and young men and women from across the Caribbean have been quick to respond, paying the considerable sum of...

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The walled garden by Sarah Hardy

The walled garden

Sarah Hardy

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It is 1946, and in the village of Oakbourne, the men are home from the war. Their bodies are healing, but their psychological wounds run deep. Everyone is scarred - those who fought and those left behind. Alice Rayne is married to Stephen, heir to crumbling...

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The baker's sister by Gracie Hart

The baker's sister

Gracie Hart

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After two years, Meg Fairfax has finally started to make a success of herself. Her skills as a baker have made her enough to buy the bakery she loves and she's planning a wedding to her fiance. But Frankie hasn't been entirely honest and both the bakery and...

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The sixpenny orphan by Glenda Young

The sixpenny orphan

Glenda Young

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After the death of their parents, sisters Poppy and Rose are taken in by widow Nellie Harper. But whilst they have a roof over their heads, the young orphans are unloved and unwanted. Keen to make money, Nellie hatches a plan to sell the girls to the...

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Secret hopes for the West End girls by Elaine (Novelist) author. Roberts

Secret hopes for the West End girls

Elaine (Novelist) author. Roberts

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London, 1915. World War I has been raging for over a year, but despite it all Rose Spencer is feeling hopeful about the future. She's in love and planning her wedding to lovely, bicycle-shop owner Charlie. She loves working as a seamstress at the glamorous...

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The mothers of Victory Street by Pam Howes

The mothers of Victory Street

Pam Howes

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Liverpool, 1946. Bella Harrison cannot believe that the devastating war which stole the lives of her father and sister is truly over at last. She and her childhood sweetheart Bobby are happy newlyweds, doting on Levi, the son of Bella and Earl Franklin Junior,...

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The secrets of Pencarrack Moor by Terri Nixon

The secrets of Pencarrack Moor

Terri Nixon

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Cornwall, 1930. Bertie Fox has had her dreams of motorcycle racing cut short by a life-changing accident, but now her thrill-seeking ambitions have turned towards the skies. Along with her two friends, Gwenna and Tory, Bertie's joined the flight training...

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Dolly's dream by Dilly Court

Dolly's dream

Dilly Court

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1874. Dolly Blanchard dreams of a bigger life. She wants to make a mark on the world, not simply wait for a husband to come along. So when an impoverished actress offers her a lifeline, Dolly flees to London, determined to make it on the stage and prove to her...

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Ashes by Christopher De Vinck

Ashes

Christopher De Vinck

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"Belgium, July 1939: Simone Lyon is the daughter of a Belgian national hero, the famous General Joseph Lyon. Her best friend Hava Daniels, is the eldest daughter of a devout Jewish family. Despite growing up in different worlds, they are inseparable. But when,...

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The sound of light by Sarah Sundin

The sound of light

Sarah Sundin

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"When the Germans march into Denmark, Baron Henrik Ahlefeldt exchanges his nobility for anonymity, assuming a new identity so he can secretly row messages for the Danish Resistance across the waters to Sweden. American physicist Dr. Else Jensen refuses to...

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Remember me by Tracie Peterson

Remember me

Tracie Peterson

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"From the Yukon to Seattle, the hope of a new beginning waits just around the corner. Addie Bryant is haunted by her past of heartbreak and betrayal. After her beau, Isaac Hanson, left the Yukon, she made a vow to wait for him. When she's sold to a brothel...

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Odin's betrayal by Donovan Cook

Odin's betrayal

Donovan Cook

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Two kingdoms destined for war, one boy caught in the eye of the storm... Francia AD853 After a failed Viking raid on the Frankish coast over 20-years-ago, Jarl Sven the Boar is forced to leave his only son, Torkel, as a hostage and warned never to raid Francia...

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A new year for the seaside girls by Tracy Baines

A new year for the seaside girls

Tracy Baines

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Cleethorpes - 1940. As the new year dawns the show at the Empire comes to an end and it's time for the girls to move on. Years of struggle are over for Frances O'Leary when Johnny Randolph returns to make things right for her and their daughter - do they have...

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Shameful secrets on Coronation Close by Lizzie Lane

Shameful secrets on Coronation Close

Lizzie Lane

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There are no secrets that time does not reveal... Bristol 1937. The year is 1937 and the country is still reeling from the abdication of King Edward the Eighth the year before. His brother, the Duke of York has become King George the Sixth and will be crowned...

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The lost daughters of Ukraine by Erin Litteken

The lost daughters of Ukraine

Erin Litteken

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A story of the strength of the human spirit, the personal cost of conflict and how love can be found even in the darkest times. Summer 1941. War rages in Europe. The Germans march towards Ukraine. Halya, Liliya and Vika are no strangers to sorrow. They lost...

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A mother's war by Helen Parusel

A mother's war

Helen Parusel

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A forbidden romance in occupied Norway... Narvik, 1940. After Laila awakens to the sight of warships in the fjord, it isn't long before she turns resistor to the brutal Nazi regime. She is horrified when local girls begin affairs with enemy soldiers, yet...

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The sugar merchant's wife by Lizzie Lane

The sugar merchant's wife

Lizzie Lane

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In the face of changing fortunes, the Strong family must unite to keep their wealth and status... or risk losing it all. As Cholera sweeps through the streets of Bristol, no one is immune. Blanche and her husband Conrad Heinkel, sugar merchant and master sugar...

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Hard times on Weaver Street by Chrissie Walsh

Hard times on Weaver Street

Chrissie Walsh

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As Liverpool and its residents begin to heal from the wounds and memories of World War I, life on Weaver Street in 1924 is blessedly peaceful. At number eleven, widow Kitty Conlon is dreaming about her upcoming wedding to John, while at number nine her best...

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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 terrible...

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The circus train by Amita Parikh

The circus train

Amita Parikh

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"Europe, 1938. Even as the daughter of the extraordinary headlining illusionist, Lena Papadopoulos has never quite found her place within the World of Wonders - a travelling circus that traverses the continent in a luxury steam engine. Brilliant and curious,...

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Good taste by Caroline Scott

Good taste

Caroline Scott

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"When Stella Douglas, author of a much-loved but not very successful biography of a forgotten cookery writer, is summoned to see her editor in London, she is dreading being told her writing career is over before it's even started. But much to her surprise, she...

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The railway girl by Tania Anne Crosse

The railway girl

Tania Anne Crosse

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"It is 1887 and times are lean. When West Country farm labourer Emmanuel Ladycott and his dairymaid daughter, Tresca, lose their jobs on the land, they head for Tavistock where Emmanuel hopes to join the hundreds of navvies working on the new railway line...

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Paradiso by Francesca Scanacapra

Paradiso

Francesca Scanacapra

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"Italy, 1937. In a tiny village in rural Lombardy, Graziella Ponti is born into a loving family. Though they are not rich and life is full of challenges, Graziella and her family are content and safe, surrounded by the tightly-knit community of Pieve Santa...

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Warriors by Jack Ludlow

Warriors

Jack Ludlow

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"Eleventh century Italy. The Byzantines rule the South, but do so in the face of constant revolt from their unwilling subjects - a strife that extends from the great trading ports to the rich agricultural lands of Apulia. The Lombards, heirs to a northern...

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A mother's fight by Libby Ashworth

A mother's fight

Libby Ashworth

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"After her husband Jack is transported to Australia as a convict, Hannah and her children are sent to the workhouse. Hearing nothing from Jack and believing he's dead, Hannah reluctantly agrees to marry widower Ellis Duxbury. But her children must remain in...

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Coming home to Byland Crescent by Bill Kitson

Coming home to Byland Crescent

Bill Kitson

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"Yorkshire, 1946. World War Two is finally over. But for the Cowgill family there are fresh challenges to face and new battles to be fought. At last, Sonny and Rachel Cowgill hear the news they've been so desperate for. Their son Mark, who was injured in the...

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The house of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson

The house of Eve

Sadeqa Johnson

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"Fifteen-year-old Ruby Pearsall is on track to becoming the first in her family to attend college, in spite of having a mother more interested in keeping a man than raising a daughter. But a taboo love affair threatens to pull her back down into the poverty...

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Cursed bread by Sophie Mackintosh

Cursed bread

Sophie Mackintosh

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"Still reeling in the aftermath of the deadliest war the world had ever seen, the small town of Pont-Saint-Esprit collectively lost its mind. Some historians believe the mysterious illness and violent hallucinations were caused by spoiled bread; others claim...

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Earth's the right place for love by Elizabeth Berg

Earth's the right place for love

Elizabeth Berg

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"This beautiful novel tells the love story of young Arthur Moses and Nola, and how a young man grew up to become the wise old man known as Arthur Trulove. Set in the 1950s in the warm community of Mason, Missouri, Arthur is a shy, unathletic teenage boy, in...

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Somebody's business by Irene Bennett Brown

Somebody's business

Irene Bennett Brown

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"Jocelyn Pladson buys the livery stable in Skiddy to aid the widow of the previous owner. Citified newcomers with shady pasts and newly invented motorcars, Maretta Rudd and J. L. Cochran intend to replace the livery with a motorcar business. Fools, who ignore...

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The three lives of Alix St Pierre by Natasha Lester

The three lives of Alix St Pierre

Natasha Lester

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"1943. War is raging, and after developing a successful propaganda campaign to recruit women into the workforce, Alix finds herself enlisted as a spy in America's fledgling intelligence organization, the Office of Strategic Services. Managing to make it...

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Loyalty by Lisa Scottoline

Loyalty

Lisa Scottoline

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"Franco Fiorvante is a handsome lemon-grower who has toiled for years on the estate of boss Baron Zito. Franco dreams of owning his own lemon grove, but the rigid class system of Sicily thwarts his ambitions. Determined to secure a prosperous future, Franco...

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Storm clouds over Byland Crescent by Bill Kitson

Storm clouds over Byland Crescent

Bill Kitson

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"From humble origins, the Cowgill family have bettered their lot. Through love and loss, hope and heartbreak, they face their troubles together, no matter what life throws at them. Yorkshire, 1923. Sonny Cowgill is slowly regaining his memory. He was declared...

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The quarry girl by Tania Anne Crosse

The quarry girl

Tania Anne Crosse

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"August 1883. The future for Ling Southcott, a quarryman's daughter, seems to be already mapped. Marriage to her childhood sweetheart, Barney, a cluster of children, a life contained to the hamlet of Foggintor Quarry. For Ling, with her sharp, enquiring mind...

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The leviathan by Rosie Andrews

The leviathan

Rosie Andrews

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"Norfolk, 1643. With civil war tearing England apart, reluctant soldier Thomas Treadwater is summoned home by his sister, who accuses a new servant of improper conduct with their widowed father. By the time Thomas returns home, his father is insensible, felled...

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Godmersham Park by Gill Hornby

Godmersham Park

Gill Hornby

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"January 1804. Anne Sharpe arrives at Godmersham Park in Kent to take up the position of governess. At thirty-one years old, she has no previous experience of either teaching or fine country houses. But her mother has died and she desperately needs an...

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Lessons in chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Lessons in chemistry

Bonnie Garmus

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"Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing. But it's the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute take a very unscientific view of equality....

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The distant legacy by AnneMarie Brear

The distant legacy

AnneMarie Brear

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Bridget Kittrick, headstrong and independent, is ready to show her worth when she's left in charge of her family's estate. She meets Lincoln Huntley, a man with a mysterious past which only heightens her attraction to him. A vicious neighbour, Mr Roache, holds...

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A rose and a promise by Katie Flynn

A rose and a promise

Katie Flynn

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1944. Cadi, a WAAF corporal, is married to Jez, an RAF mechanic. Though their respective bases are miles apart, their love for one another is stronger than ever - until Jez is grievously wounded in a German raid on RAF Finningley. Cadi races to his bedside,...

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A mother's hope for the Cornish girls by Betty (Novelist) author. Walker

A mother's hope for the Cornish girls

Betty (Novelist) author. Walker

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St Ives, 1943. At sixteen years old, Sonya gave up her illegitimate baby for adoption. Now, twenty-five years later, she is inspired by her work at the orphanage to discover what happened to her daughter. Reunited, they struggle to bond whilst braving the war...

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Orphans of war by Sylvia Broady

Orphans of war

Sylvia Broady

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Sixteen-year-old Charlotte Kirby believes she's all alone in the world when her mother is killed in a bombing raid. But then a mysterious aunt comes forward and offers her a home in the small Yorkshire village where she and her husband George run the local...

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Wedding bells on Victory Street by Pam Howes

Wedding bells on Victory Street

Pam Howes

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Liverpool, 1943. For Bella Rogers, life is looking up. She loves performing with The Bryant Sisters, the singing trio who have become the country's sweethearts, putting a smile on the faces of the brave boys fighting the Nazis. But then tragedy strikes when a...

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The ops room girls by Vicki Beeby

The ops room girls

Vicki Beeby

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It is 1939 and working-class Evie Bishop has received a scholarship to study mathematics at Oxford when tragedy turns her life upside down. She must seek a new future for herself; inspired to contribute to the war effort, she joins the Women's Auxiliary Air...

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A lesson learned by Rosie Goodwin

A lesson learned

Rosie Goodwin

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Nuneaton, 1869. When Saffie's parents fell in love, her mother was cast out by her well-to-do family. Choosing love over money, they eloped, deciding to raise their daughter on the canals. For as long as she can remember, Saffie has loved learning, and she...

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The strawberry field girls by Karen (Novelist) author. Dickson

The strawberry field girls

Karen (Novelist) author. 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 ragged valley by Joanne Clague

The ragged valley

Joanne Clague

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From the wreckage, they must piece together new lives for themselves. Determined not to waste his life toiling for his cruel brother, Silas arrives in town to seek his fortune. Harriet has reconciled herself to a life of domestic service for her austere uncle....

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The orphan girl by Chrissie Walsh

The orphan girl

Chrissie Walsh

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West Yorkshire, 1901. When Eli Simmonite takes in a heavily pregnant woman fleeing from peril, he feels sure no good will come of it. After all, settled folk don't need much reason to take against the travellers, so having one seek safety amongst his people is...

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The girls of Victory Street by Pam Howes

The girls of Victory Street

Pam Howes

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Liverpool, 1939. Bella Rogers can't wait to get married to her sweetheart Bobby. But when war is declared and Bobby is called up, his letters stop, leaving her heartbroken. Grieving for her lost love, Bella finds a job at the Bryant and May factory. When she...

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The Dover Cafe under fire by Ginny Bell

The Dover Cafe under fire

Ginny Bell

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1940. As firebombs fall on Dover, Edie Castle's life is thrown into turmoil when the garage where she lives and works as a mechanic is damaged, and her beloved boss Mr Pearson is arrested. With no job and nowhere else to go, Edie returns to Castle's Cafe and...

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The flour mill girls by Anna Cliffe

The flour mill girls

Anna Cliffe

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Sandwich, Kent, 1913. There are rumours of war besetting the country, but sisters Daisy, Violet and Holly Graham have other things on their minds. With the family smock mill keeping them busy and the local Brewer boys turning their heads, the girls are looking...

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Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese

Hester

Laurie Lico Albanese

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"A vivid reimagining of the woman who inspired Hester Prynne, the tragic heroine of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, and a journey into the enduring legacy of New England's witchcraft trials. Who is the real Hester Prynne? Isobel Gamble is a young...

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In love's time by Kate Breslin

In love's time

Kate Breslin

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"At the height of World War I, two sweethearts face impossible odds in this powerful tale of courage, duty, and heartbreak. In the summer of 1918, Captain Marcus Weatherford arrives in Russia on a secret mission, with a beautiful ballerina posing as his...

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River sing me home by Eleanor Shearer

River sing me home

Eleanor Shearer

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"The master of the Providence plantation in Barbados gathers his slaves and announces the king has decreed an end to slavery. As of the following day, the Emancipation Act of 1834 will come into effect. The cries of joy fall silent when he announces that they...

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The Mitford affair by Marie Benedict

The Mitford affair

Marie Benedict

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"Between the World Wars, the six Mitford sisters - each more beautiful, brilliant, and eccentric than the next - dominate the English scenes. Though they've weathered scandals before, the family falls into disarray when Diana divorces her wealthy husband to...

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Twice royal lady by Hilary Green

Twice royal lady

Hilary Green

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"Destined from childhood to be an important piece in the intricate chess game of power, Matilda is the granddaughter of William the Conqueror but also descended, through her mother, from the ancient line of Anglo-Saxon kings. Betrothed to Emperor Henry of...

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Her father's daughter by Lizzie Lane

Her father's daughter

Lizzie Lane

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A young girl's tragic loss will shape her dreams and her future... 1930 - Douro Valley, Portugal. Twelve-year-old Catherine is watching the Rabalo race in Porto when the sound of a shot being fired changes her life forever. Her beloved mother, mistress for...

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Women in war by Lizzie Lane

Women in war

Lizzie Lane

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She must face the terror of war alone to survive... 1939 - India. When headstrong Nadine Burton learns that the woman she thought was her Indian Ayah was in fact her mother, she rebels against her father in a flamboyant display of disrespect and dares to dance...

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Storm of war by Peter Gibbons

Storm of war

Peter Gibbons

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The fight for a torn Kingdom rests in the hands of a few brave men... 990AD. King Aethelred II, who men will one day call The Unready, rules over a land divided by the shadowy spin of his mother Queen Ælfthryth and the sprawling power of the Church. The Viking...

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Mr. Singer's seamstress by Karla Wakefield Stover

Mr. Singer's seamstress

Karla Wakefield Stover

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"In 1883, less than ten years after the Northern Pacific Railroad established a terminus on Commencement Bay and helped create a city called New Tacoma, the community is thriving. Stores, stables, a new hospital, and the beginnings of a hotel to rival San...

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The half life of Valery K by Natasha Pulley

The half life of Valery K

Natasha Pulley

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"How can you save a city that doesn't exist? In 1963, in a Siberian gulag, former nuclear specialist Valery Kolkhanov has mastered what it takes to survive: the right connections to the guards for access to food and cigarettes, the right pair of warm boots to...

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Joan by Katherine J. Chen

Joan

Katherine J. Chen

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"1412. France is mired in a losing war against England. Its people are starving. Its king is in hiding. From this chaos emerges a teenage girl who will turn the tide of battle and lead the French to victory, becoming an unlikely hero whose name will echo...

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Electra by Kerry Greenwood

Electra

Kerry Greenwood

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Princess of Mycenae, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, sister of the sacrificed Iphigenia and the cursed Orestes. Electra is forced to flee her home after witnessing the shocking revenge-murder of her father, by her mother, on his return from the Trojan...

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The Dover cafe on the front line by Ginny Bell

The Dover cafe on the front line

Ginny Bell

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Dover, 1940. As the Battle of Britain rages, the Castles are standing their ground at the heart of the community, running their family cafe. German guns shell Dover and danger lurks around every corner, but despite this, Lily is excited to be starting her...

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A child of the Dales by Diane (Romantic fiction writer) author. Allen

A child of the Dales

Diane (Romantic fiction writer) author....

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Abandoned as a baby on the steps of a remote inn, Ruby Blake has been raised by the innkeeper's wife Martha Metcalfe, unknowing of the family searching for her. One wild stormy night, Ruby is reunited with her long-lost father, who wants to whisk her away to...

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Silver wishes by Anna Jacobs

Silver wishes

Anna Jacobs

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Lancashire, 1895. When her controlling stepfather suddenly dies, it seems that Elinor Pendleton finally has a chance of freedom. But her hopes are soon dashed when she learns that the thuggish Jason Stafford has inherited every penny, and is determined to have...

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Winter's daughter by Valerie Wood

Winter's daughter

Valerie Wood

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Hull, 1856. James Ripley and his wife Moira have always looked out for the poor of Hull. When, during one stormy night, there is a flood in a nearby cellar - a popular shelter for the homeless - James rushes to help. Among those rescued is a dark-haired little...

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Goodbye, Mersey View by Lyn Andrews

Goodbye, Mersey View

Lyn Andrews

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Monica Eustace and Joan McDonald met as next-door-neighbours living in Mersey View in Liverpool. Though theyre both now married, their friendship is as close as ever, and they happily share Monica's grand house on the other side of the city. But war clouds are...

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The Potteries girls on the home front by Lynn Johnson

The Potteries girls on the home front

Lynn Johnson

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Needing to find a job, Betty Dean is sent into service at Stowford House. The work is gruelling, and her dreams of making something of herself seem further out of reach. When Betty is forced to leave after a scandalous incident, she feels that her life is over...

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Life and love at Mulberry Lane by Rosie Clarke

Life and love at Mulberry Lane

Rosie Clarke

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With Mulberry Lane's favourite pub, The Pig & Whistle undergoing renovation, proprietors Peggy and Able Ronoscki leave the chaos behind and head off on a trip of a lifetime to America. But disaster hits and Peggy finds herself in a critical condition in...

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The ragged orphan by Lindsey Hutchinson

The ragged orphan

Lindsey Hutchinson

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When 12 year-old Jared Johnson's little sister dies, just hours after his mother breathes her last after wasting away so her children could eat, he knows he is on his own. Desperate to avoid the workhouse, he does everything he can to survive the inhospitable...

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The matchmaker's gift by Lynda Cohen Loigman

The matchmaker's gift

Lynda Cohen Loigman

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"Is finding true love a calling or a curse? Even as a child in 1910, Sara Glikman knows her gift: she is a maker of matches and a seeker of soulmates. But among the pushcart-crowded streets of New York's Lower East Side, Sara's vocation is dominated by devout...

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Daughters of victory by Gabriella Saab

Daughters of victory

Gabriella Saab

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"Russia 1917: Beautiful, educated Svetlana Petrova defied her stifling aristocratic family to join a revolution promising freedom. Now, released after years of imprisonment, she discovers her socialist party vying for power against the dictatorial Bolsheviks...

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The marriage portrait by Maggie O'Farrell

The marriage portrait

Maggie O'Farrell

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"Florence, the 1550s. Lucrezia, third daughter of the grand duke, is comfortable with her obscure place in the palazzo - free to wonder at its treasures, observe its clandestine workings and devote herself to her own artistic pursuits. But when her older...

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The girl who dared to dream by Diney Costeloe

The girl who dared to dream

Diney Costeloe

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"London, 1912. It is two years before WWI and the conflict which will change the role of women forever. But for now, young Mabel Oakley is caught between her own dreams of becoming a teacher and what is conventionally expected of a girl from her class and...

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Operation Kingfisher by Hilary Green

Operation Kingfisher

Hilary Green

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"Occupied France is a dangerous place for two teenagers, especially when they are the children of a French mother and a British father. Desperate to escape and get back to England they take refuge on a canal barge and find themselves immersed in the complex...

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The river girl by Tania Anne Crosse

The river girl

Tania Anne Crosse

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"Brought up on her uncle's lowly tenant farm, Elizabeth Thornton yearns to escape his clutches. But when a vengeful obsession from another source comes back to haunt her - and the man she loves reveals a dark secret - each of them is forced to confront a...

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The hidden prince by Tessa Afshar

The hidden prince

Tessa Afshar

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"The beloved daughter of Jewish captives in Babylon, Keren is sold into Daniel's household to help her family survive. She becomes Daniel's most trusted scribe, while taking lessons and swordsmanship training alongside Daniel's sons and their best friend,...

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The Blackout Book Club by Amy Lynn Green

The Blackout Book Club

Amy Lynn Green

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"In 1942, an impulsive promise to her brother before he goes off to the European front puts Avis Montgomery in the unlikely position of head librarian in small-town Maine. Though she has never been much of a reader, when wartime needs threaten to close the...

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New neighbours for Coronation Close by Lizzie Lane

New neighbours for Coronation Close

Lizzie Lane

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Bristol 1936. Jenny Crawford has resigned herself to a loveless marriage living hand to mouth with their two children. Like many others, husband Roy struggles to find work at the docks but a chance encounter turns his outlook and the family's fortunes around....

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Haven by Emma Donoghue

Haven

Emma Donoghue

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In seventh-century Ireland, a scholar and priest called Artt has a dream telling him to leave the sinful world behind. Taking two monks - young Trian and old Cormac - he travels down the river Shannon in search of an isolated spot on which to found a...

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Cassandra by Kerry Greenwood

Cassandra

Kerry Greenwood

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Bored by the tedious perfection of Olympus, the gods seek to amuse themselves by playing games with the lives of mortals. Aphrodite asserts that the power of human love will triumph over even the worst the gods can inflict: Apollo, confident that love is...

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The Dover Café at war by Ginny Bell

The Dover Café at war

Ginny Bell

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Dover, 1939. At the heart of Market Square lies Castle's Cafe, run by the formidable Nellie Castle and her six children. Nellie's eldest daughter Marianne has suffered the scorn and gossip of the townsfolk since the scandalous birth of her illegitimate baby...

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A season for hope by Rosie Goodwin

A season for hope

Rosie Goodwin

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Whitby, 1845. Amber Ainsley works as a laundry maid for the wealthy Greenwoods. But when she falls pregnant with Barnaby Greenwood's illegitimate child, he orders her to get rid of it. Amber refuses and flees to Scarborough, where she will stay with her Uncle...

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A very modern marriage by Rachel Brimble

A very modern marriage

Rachel Brimble

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Manchester industrialist William Rose was a poor lad who pulled himself up by his bootstraps, but in order to achieve his greatest ambitions he must become the epitome of Victorian respectability: a family man. But the only woman who's caught his eye is...

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The timber girls by Rosie Archer

The timber girls

Rosie Archer

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1942. Working in the greengrocer's and playing the piano in the pub isn't fulfilling 19-year-old Trixie Smith's idea of helping Britain win the war. One day she sees a poster advertising the Women's Timber Corps and decides to sign up - soon she is on her way...

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Wartime with the tram girls by Lynn Johnson

Wartime with the tram girls

Lynn Johnson

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July 1914. Britain is in turmoil as WW1 begins to change the world. While the young men disappear off to foreign battlefields, the women left at home throw themselves into jobs meant for the boys. Hiding her privileged background and her suffragette past,...

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The wartime bookshop by Lesley Eames

The wartime bookshop

Lesley Eames

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Alice moves to the village of Churchwood with her retired father just as WWII breaks out. She is desperate to be useful but, nursing both an injured hand and a broken heart, she expects her prospects of finding employment are poor, and worries that she won't...

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