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Through the story of one family in post-Soviet Lviv, The Apartment on Lepky Street is the story of a city and a nation grappling with the meaning of homeland and history, narrated by an inimitably charming abandoned dog. The story follows three generations of the family of an old Soviet military...

Everyone loves Johanna Bell: 'A heartwarming story of women discovering their inner strength . . . I couldn't put it down' Vicki Beeby 'I absolutely loved this book series, it's one of those where you feel lost when you've finished, like what am I going to do now? A definite must read' Reader...

Getting caught was not part of the plan. Nor was falling in love.London, 1974. Bookseller Jane Beaumont has two ambitions: to see the world, and to finally be herself. So when she strikes up a friendship with a (secretly) gay diplomat and learns that his career is hindered by his bachelor status...

'A powerful and wise novel . . . read this now' - Crystal Hana Kim, author of If You Leave Me Before the little girl became a Missing Child, she was Jouvay Marcelin from Flatbush . . . Serenity Marcelin is still reeling from the recent loss of her beloved mother when she agrees to take her...

A new masterpiece of modern queer fiction, Wife & Wife is a sharply observed and deeply moving story of love, discovery, and defiance. It is 1955 in the affluent suburb of Pearl’s Cove, New York. Twenty-five-year-old housewife and mother of two Ruth Wolf is a glamorous platinum blonde who...

Atmosphere meets Lessons in Chemistry in We are All in the Stars set against the riveting backdrop of the 1960s Space Race and inspired by real events. Lida, a former Soviet astrophysicist, lost her family and career in WWII, and after marrying an American soldier and settling into 1950s...

A daughter must decide whose life she will defend when a murder divides the Hmong community of Minneapolis and her father becomes the lead suspect in this gripping novel by the author of The Quiet Librarian. Police detective Niki Vang always knew that her father kept secrets. He’d been...

"A beautifully written and gorgeous novel." —Marjan Kamali, New York Times bestselling author of The Lion Women of Tehran Minbak (n.) a lodging in a private home Korea, 1985: Hana Park's future is bright. A star student and beloved daughter, she dreams of a life beyond working at her family's...

Blackpool, 1939 Elsie Harper has spent her whole life fighting to escape poverty. Touring the country with her best friend Kathleen O'Rourke and a small variety troupe, she finally dares to dream of love and happiness when she falls for charming performer Alec Morrison. But when war tears her...

Sweep away to Greece with this uplifting, escapist summer read, for fans of Lucinda Riley, Victoria Hislop and Karen Swan. Sometimes we find love where we least expect it … When Victoria escapes New York for the Greek island of Folegandros, she hopes a new life there will heal her marriage and...

Are you here for some smut? Or a salad bowl? When housewife Mitzy Barlow starts hosting Tupperware parties one grey afternoon in 1969, she has no idea of the power it has to transform lives. It is necessity that has led her here: when her husband's carpentry hours drop, so too does their family...

'What a magical five-star read this is' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Full of warmth, emotion and female relationships, I thoroughly enjoyed this' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'What a stonker of a family saga, told with care and wit as well' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Take a step back in time with bestselling author Lucy Diamond to...

'GRIPPING...I LOVED IT' Lisa Jewell 'A DELICIOUS TALE OF RIVALRY AND SISTERHOOD' Laura Shepherd-Robinson 'RICHLY IMAGINED, DARK AND POWERFUL' Rowan Coleman 'A WHITE-KNUCKLE RIDE' Louise Candlish IN A WORLD THAT WANTED WOMEN GROUNDED, THEY TOOK TO THE SKIES. In 1911, the skies above Alexandra...

She built an advertising empire on Madison Avenue. Then she walked away . . . Manhattan, 1962. Josephine "Jo" Carmichael is the fashion world's reigning It Girl on the runways of Europe until she's forced back to New York for her estranged father's funeral. When she discovers his prestigious...

One Day meets Daisy Jones and the Six in this decades-spanning story of fate, love, and ambition, when a single photo taken one hot summer night forges an unforgettable bond for two star-crossed strangers. When Abraham Ford and Rebecca Garavano meet as teenagers in 1977 at a Grateful Dead...

When her elderly mother starts making impulsive choices, Gwen panics – but her mother insists everyone, regardless of age, has the right to choose their own happiness in this new novel by beloved author, Susan Meissner. San Diego, 1969. As Apollo astronauts prepare to take the first steps on...

'A haunting, stunningly poetic journey into the darkness at the edge of town' - S.A. Cosby, New York Times bestselling author of King of Ashes In the deep woods of Alabama, the trees of the Devilwood hide secrets too dark to name . . . Looking for a gentler beat, veteran cop Wilbur Miller has...

The new novel from the Women's Prize-shortlisted author of The Impossibility of Love and The Baroness. Tuscany, 1470: in the bright light of a new day, an artist is lying awake. He is thinking about a new painting, a fresco, that will shape his future, and echo down the centuries. In the 1920s...

Inspired by true events and her own family history, New York Times bestselling author Pam Jenoff tells a sweeping story of missing husbands, buried secrets, and the women who come together to reclaim their power ""You want to place an ad for your missing husband?"" New York, 1919.  After...

In 1942, American historian Lydia Burgess has remained in France to study its past, but when a Jewish family in her apartment building is arrested, she can no longer remain a quiet observer of history. Joining a relief agency escorting children to safety, she accompanies them to Le...