1932: When gardener Robert Bardsley arrives at Anderby Hall, an Elizabethan manor house in the Gloucestershire countryside, it is home to ‘Greenfields’, a community of artists and idealists. Robert has been employed to revive Anderby’s famous roses and restore the topiary garden, but he also soon befriends the other residents: from colourful neighbour Trudie, who… Continue reading The Best of Intentions by Caroline Scott
Dear Miss Lake by AJ Pearce
From the author of the Sunday Times bestseller Dear Mrs Bird, AJ Pearce’s Dear Miss Lake returns us to wartime London where Emmy Lake is facing her greatest challenge yet . . . England, July 1944. After nearly five years of war the nation is weary, and the readers of Woman’s Friend need agony aunt Emmy Lake more than ever.… Continue reading Dear Miss Lake by AJ Pearce
The Next Chapter by Rebecca Ryan @WriteBecsWrite @TeamBATC
Lily Brown is ready to turn the page and see what adventure awaits . . . Lily Brown prides herself on her organised, surprise-free life. Whether it’s charity yoga for polar bears or crafting a ninety-six-piece balloon arch, Lily always goes the extra mile. But when her adoptive father asks her to reconnect with her… Continue reading The Next Chapter by Rebecca Ryan @WriteBecsWrite @TeamBATC
Knave of Diamonds by Laurie R. King @AllisonandBusby
When Mary Russell was a child, she adored her Uncle Jake, the black sheep of the family. But she hasn’t heard from him in many years, until her ne’er-do-well relative presents himself at her door with an abundance of problems for his clever niece to deal with. Not the least of which is the reason… Continue reading Knave of Diamonds by Laurie R. King @AllisonandBusby
A Schooling in Murder by Andrew Taylor @AndrewJRTaylor @HarperFiction
England, May 1945 Monkshill Park School for Girls seems a world away from the violence that engulfed Europe during World War II. Yet its lonely, decaying grounds have witnessed a murder. Annabel Warnock, a teacher with a secretive past, left for the holidays and never came back. Both teachers and girls assume she simply walked… Continue reading A Schooling in Murder by Andrew Taylor @AndrewJRTaylor @HarperFiction
The Standing Stone on the Moor by Allie Cresswell
I’m pleased to be sharing a promotional post for a historical fiction novel today on my book blog. Synopsis Yorkshire, 1845. Folklore whispers that they used to burn witches at the standing stone on the moor. When the wind is easterly, it wails a strange lament. History declares it was placed as a marker, visible… Continue reading The Standing Stone on the Moor by Allie Cresswell
The Treasures by Harriet Evans @VikingBooksUK
Every family’s story starts somewhere.Alice and Tom’s begins here. On the eve of her sixteenth birthday, Alice Jansen collects her treasures – the keepsakes, figurines and mementoes that help her make sense of her fragile family. But the next day her heart is broken, and the final treasure, a gift from her father, is lost.… Continue reading The Treasures by Harriet Evans @VikingBooksUK
The Woman Who Met Herself by Laura Pearson @LauraPAuthor @BoldwoodBooks @rararesources
What would you do, if you met your double? Debbie Jones thinks life is an adventure. Even having lost her husband a year ago, she’s ready for whatever the world might throw her way. Being in her sixties doesn’t mean it’s all over for her yet, and she loves her new job doing neighbourhood support… Continue reading The Woman Who Met Herself by Laura Pearson @LauraPAuthor @BoldwoodBooks @rararesources
Stuck in the Midlife With You by Freya Kennedy @BoldwoodBooks @rararesources
Your forties just got fabulous… Becca Burnside is going to make this the year she turns her forties around, and creates a life her 16-year-old self would be proud of… A smidgen of romance wouldn’t go amiss either. And with a new job, and a blossoming friendship with handsome Conal, she’s off to a great… Continue reading Stuck in the Midlife With You by Freya Kennedy @BoldwoodBooks @rararesources
One Good Thing by Georgia Hunter
Ferrara, Italy. 1940. Lili Passigli is studying at the University of Ferrara when Mussolini’s Racial Laws deem her of ‘inferior’ Jewish descent, blindsiding her completely. As Hitler’s strength grows across Europe, Lili’s world begins to shrink around her, with the papers awash in Fascist propaganda and the city walls desecrated with anti-semitic slurs. When Germany… Continue reading One Good Thing by Georgia Hunter
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