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Alan, Sam, Alice and Aurora continue to attack German forces who are taking part in Operation Thor: the invasion of Scotland. The Partisans discover that the Fascist Government has begun a program to exterminate all disabled orphan children and that an SS Death Squad is coming to Britain with a secret list of targets to eliminate. The Resistance plan—to sabotage Operation Sea lion anniversary celebrations.

A richly woven coming-of-age novel about family secrets, rebellion, and the inheritance of women's resilience. Sixteen-year-old Deepa lives under the weight of her family's expectations. After her mother's sudden disappearance, she and her younger brother Avi are sent to live with their strict...

Herxheim in der Pfalz, 1948: Sein Name ist alles, was Liese bleibt von ihrem kleinen Sohn: Johannes. Und die Erinnerung an seine blauen Augen. Die hat er von seinem Vater, einem französischen Besatzungssoldaten und Lieses großer Liebe. Von einem gemeinsamen Leben in Paris hatten sie geträumt, bis er aus Deutschland abgezogen wurde und aus ihrem Leben verschwand. Als Johannes zwei Jahre alt ist, wird er im Rahmen eines großangelegten Kindertransfers der französischen Regierung als »französisches« Kind seiner Mutter entrissen und in Frankreich unter neuem Namen zur Adoption freigegeben.

At her charming house in the Tuscan hills, Jen pictures the beautiful opal ring that brought her here. Will this inherited jewel finally unravel the secrets her family has been holding so close? Italy, 1944. Despite the war raging across Europe, Liliana is overjoyed when her childhood love...

1940. Britain has invaded neutral Iceland, but Daphne Devine has bigger problems. She has sailed into allied territory to track down a clairvoyant suspected of collaborating with the Nazis. As an undercover operative, Daphne must thread her way through a land steeped in shadow and riddled with...

Gilmore Girls meets Oppenheimer in this dual-timeline family saga, set in a Manhattan Project town, about a granddaughter who uncovers her grandmother's nuclear-age secrets and her own toxic inheritance. What is the half-life of O'Toole family secrets? In 2013, Saige is stuck living with her...

1938, Paris. War is looming and eighteen-year-old Daisy Blakely arrives in Paris as apprentice to the renowned fashion designer Coco Chanel. Enchanted by the beauty and glamour of the City of Light, Daisy's life is a whirlwind of couture and culture. And when she meets charming and enigmatic...

She spent fifty years pruning the world of monsters. Now, she has one last secret to dig up. Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. January 1992. To the staff at Valley Hospice, Jessica Freeman is just another patient fading into the winter night—a frail, eighty-one-year-old woman with paper-thin skin and a quiet demeanor. But Jessica has never been just an old woman. She is a retired gardener. And for fifty years, her garden was the world, and her weeds were the men who hurt the powerless.

A page turning historical fiction novel that's guaranteed to warm your heart, perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Rosie Goodwin! Will her spirits be lifted this Christmas? Despite the hardships of wartime, Iolanthe Inverdale is determined to make the best of things. With her new job at The...

When Buck is kidnapped from his comfortable California home, he quickly learns the ways of the wild as he is forced to become a sled dog in the Yukon Gold Rush. He must learn the law of Club and Fang if he is to survive the punishing and merciless ways of the frozen North. As he grows stronger...

Budapest, 1944. One woman. One house. One final act of courage. As German troops enter Hungary and tighten their grip on the city, Catholic sister Sára Salkaházi continues to run a women's home on Bokréta Street. Soon she opens the doors to Jewish women and children, and her refuge quickly...

April 1945. British Commandos go deep in to Nazi Germany to capture a much sought after Nazi Scientist who is critical in the production of an atomic bomb. British Intelligence want the man in custody before the Soviets launch their own mission to grab him. With the Third Reich on its knees, Western Allies are keen to seize such talent for themselves before the Soviets can take advantage in the chaos of a war smashed Europe.

A sprawling multi-generational saga based on Maisie Mosco’s bestselling trilogy about Jewish refugees in northern England 1905. Fleeing the Russian pogroms, the Sandberg clan arrive in the Jewish ghetto of Strangeways, Manchester. Destitute but resilient, they set out to forge a new life in...

Paris, 1942: From the far side of the cobbled street Sadie locks eyes with a thin woman wearing a yellow star and clutching a newborn baby. Her eyes carry a pleading message that Sadie cannot ignore. As the woman is hustled onto a bus by cold-eyed soldiers, she calls out a desperate appeal. Moments later, Sadie hears the tiny cry. Scooping the abandoned baby under her jacket, she runs to where she works: La Maison Bleue. A place of glittering chandeliers and velvet armchairs, beloved by the German soldiers. A dangerous place for a young girl to hide a Jewish child.

Europe is on the brink of catastrophe. In a small village in rural Lincolnshire, a wife kisses her husband goodbye. Childhood sweethearts, Eliza and Joe have only been married two years. They could not have imagined how soon they would be torn apart by war, nor that the most unexpected of guardians would offer them hope during their darkest hours.

Elle est venue enseigner. Elle va bouleverser leur vision de la vie. Canterbury, janvier 1916. Mayfield, pensionnat de garçons où règnent discipline et compétition, doit faire face au départ d'enseignants appelés sur le front. Pour la première fois, le lycée se résout à recruire une femme, Mary Campbell, venue spécialement d'Écosse. Très vite, cette femme mystérieuse fascine autant qu'elle dérange par ses méthodes hors norme qui lui attirent l'hostilité de ses collègues.

The life and tribulations of Lotte, a German girl in Nuremberg, after WW2 ends. How she copes with life after the Nazis are gone is lived by a young woman trying to survive occupation by the Allies unlucky in various ways.

A gripping novel of America’s King of Swing stranded in Nazi Germany—inspired by true events. Big band leader George Alton is savoring his climb to fame in America when war begins to consume Europe. Determined to serve, he enlists in the Army and is soon sent across the Atlantic—not to fight, but to lift the spirits of Allied soldiers with his trumpet and his music. When the war is nearing its end, George’s plane crashes inside Nazi Germany. With the help of a brave tavern-keeper, he hides in a quiet town where danger lurks in hidden corners and trust is never certain.

Auf Gut Traubnitz entscheidet sich das Schicksal zweier Schwestern: Ein bewegender Roman über verbotene Liebe, dunkle Geheimnisse und den Mut zum Widerstand von Kindle-#1-Bestsellerautorin Margit Steinborn Berlin, 1913: Helena von Traubnitz trotzt den Erwartungen ihrer Familie und verfolgt ihren Traum, Lehrerin zu werden. Doch in der Großstadt lauert eine Bedrohung aus der Vergangenheit. Auf Gut Traubnitz zerbricht unterdessen die Welt ihrer Schwester Johanna, als ihre große Liebe Edgar ohne Erklärung in die Nacht verschwindet.

Giuseppe Levi, biologiste renommé, est intraitable et tonitruant. Tout le contraire de sa femme Lidia, tendre, d’une gaieté obstinée. Pourtant, ils ne peuvent se passer l’un de l’autre. Dans une maison pleine de tumulte et de vie, de livres et de discussions politiques, d’amis et de...