London, 1945. The capital is the backdrop for many struggling with demons unleashed by the recent World War. Maisie Dobbs is drawn into the story of a group of squatters, including an ill demobbed soldier, who have set up camp in the Belgravia mansion of her former in-laws Lord and Lady Julian Compton. Her attempt… Continue reading The Comfort of Ghosts by Jacqueline Winspear @allisonandbusby
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The Porcelain Maker by Sarah Freethy
For fans of Heather Morris and Kristin Hannah, a sweeping, epic story of love, betrayal and art, set across Europe from the 1920s Weimar Republic, to dark and glittering 1930s Berlin. Germany, 1929. When Max, a Jewish architect, and Bettina, a beautiful and celebrated German avant-garde artist, meet at a party, their attraction is instant.In… Continue reading The Porcelain Maker by Sarah Freethy
The Wartime Book Club by Kate Thompson
Jersey, 1943. Once a warm and neighbourly community, now German soldiers patrol the cobbled streets, imposing a harsh rule on the people of the island. Grace La Mottée, the island’s only librarian, is ordered to destroy books which threaten the new regime. Instead, she hides the stories away in secret. Along with her headstrong best… Continue reading The Wartime Book Club by Kate Thompson
Murder in a Country Village by FL Everett
England, 1941. With World War Two shaking the nation, rookie reporter Edie York wants to write the front-page news. But she ends up as the headlines when she stumbles over a body on the moors… Eager to follow Churchill’s order to keep calm and carry on, Edie York has left the bombed-out streets of Manchester… Continue reading Murder in a Country Village by FL Everett
An Italian Secret by Ella Carey
Tuscany, 1944. Did she fight for the resistance or betray her people? When the Nazis storm into northern Italy, Contessa Evelina Messina, the owner of the beautiful Villa Rosa, welcomes the Germans to her valley. In a dazzling rose silk dress, she entertains soldiers with priceless wine from her ancient cellars. Privately, she tells the… Continue reading An Italian Secret by Ella Carey
Nineteen Steps by Millie Bobby Brown and Kathleen McGurl
Love blooms in the darkest days… London, 1942. Despite the raging war, spirited 18-year-old Nellie Morris lives a quiet life in the tight-knit East End community of Bethnal Green. Her family and friends all tease that she will marry air raid warden Billy, the boy next door who’s always been sweet on her. The arrival… Continue reading Nineteen Steps by Millie Bobby Brown and Kathleen McGurl
A Beautiful Rival by Gill Paul
The world is at war, but on the gilded streets of Fifth Avenue, New York, a battle of a different kind is brewing… New York, 1915.Elizabeth Arden has been New York’s golden girl since her beauty salon opened its famous red door five years prior. Against all odds, she’s built an empire. Enter Helena Rubinstein: ruthless, revolutionary… Continue reading A Beautiful Rival by Gill Paul
The Echoes of Love by Jenny Ashcroft
Under the Cretan sun, in the summer of 1936, two young people fall in love… Eleni has been coming to Crete her entire life, swapping her English home for cherished sun-baked summers with her grandfather in his idyllic shoreside villa. When she arrives in 1936, she believes the long, hot weeks ahead will be no… Continue reading The Echoes of Love by Jenny Ashcroft
Steel Girls at War by Michelle Rawlins
In their darkest days, they’ll find the courage to carry on… Summer 1940. The war is raging on but the Steel Girls are fighting their own battles closer to home. After patching things up with Archie, Patty is miffed when he appears to have forgotten all about her 18th birthday. New girl Hattie has a lot to… Continue reading Steel Girls at War by Michelle Rawlins
The Last Letter from London by Pam Lecky
Her letters can save the country. But can she be trusted? A double agent. As World War Two rages, MI5 agent Sarah Gillespie is faced with her toughest challenge yet: handling Adeline Vernier, a mysterious double agent from Paris. A dangerous mission. Adeline’s coded letters could help the Allies defeat the Germans – but, in return, she… Continue reading The Last Letter from London by Pam Lecky
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