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WWI is now in full swing and with their brothers away fighting the Graham sisters have an increasingly important role to play at the family smock mill. But while Daisy and her cousin Olive are both nursing and Holly has taken on the role of a busy mother and wife, Cynthia is stretched to her ends trying to help her husband keep the business afloat. Violet, meanwhile, having lost interest in the bakery, is heavily involved in the suffragette movement, causing rifts among the family. But through the ups and downs of war, love could be blossoming.

When Maria Bertram is summoned to Czechoslovakia for a secret mission against the Allies, she has absolutely no idea what the Germans have planned. Her goal is to avenge her family that was brutally murdered by a Nazi SS officer who used them as an example to scare the rest of her town into submission. The last thing she expects is to meet a mysterious man who is as equally determined to stop the Wehrmacht as she is.

In New York City a century apart, two women’s fates are bound by the dark legacy of the Midnight Diamond 2010. Jennie is working as a runner in the Diamond District when a friend’s sudden death leaves her with a cryptic note: “Not Safe.” Her search for answers leads her to an antique...

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...

The second volume of Antonio Scurati's masterful trilogy, acclaimed as one of the great historical novels of the 21st century, and an international bestseller. M: The Ascent to Power takes the reader through the 1930s as Benito Mussolini transcends his youth as a small-time newspaperman...

1923. Diana Gold, owner and impresario, throws open the doors to the most opulent new hotel in London. As the champagne flows and the chandeliers shimmer, millionaires and gamblers rub shoulders with film stars and royalty. Everyone who’s anyone is here. Everyone, that is, except two guests...

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Set against the backdrop of mid-century Parisian glamour and the timeless art of perfumery, a captivating tale of resilience, love, and the intoxicating pursuit of passion. Élodie Limeaux's beloved mother, Aurore, was the most legendary perfumer in France before World War II, renowned for the...

An inspiring story about the power of books and the indomitable ideas inside them as inspired by the true events of the Berlin book burnings during World War II. Berlin, 1930s. Helene Nathan, one of Germany's first female librarians, finds herself caught in the rising tide of censorship and...

In 1912 aboard the RMS Titanic, Nabiha “Bea” Nohra is traveling to America to find work, eager to earn the funds necessary to afford passage for the family she left in Lebanon. On the same ship, heiress Marguerite Ashby sails home to celebrate her engagement to a dull British lord, a...

An exquisite Arabian mare. A small boy leaving home. A young woman in France fighting to survive. The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Ride of Her Life braids a sweeping novel of love, war, empire, and the power of kindness in a world descending into darkness. Beddou is six years old...

Malta, 1942. A sun-drenched jewel in the Mediterranean - now battered to rubble by relentless German bombs. With more explosives raining down than London endured in the Blitz, the island's starving citizens trade sparrows for mice in a desperate bid to survive.

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London, 1942: The threat of German invasion has abated, and the war has entered a new chapter, famously summed up by Winston Churchill as "the end of the beginning." While Churchill faces mounting pressure and calls for his resignation, a dark new horror is unfolding across the channel, as the Nazis move forward with their plan to murder Europe's Jews.

In this gripping, emotionally-layered novel set in Prohibition-era Martha’s Vineyard, a young woman from a Black seafaring family plunges into the dangerous world of rum-running to save her home and uncover the truth about her father’s death. Martha’s Vineyard, 1923. The sea is a gift...

Featuring the beloved character from The Piano Maker, bestselling novelist Kurt Palka is back with a heart-wrenching story of courage, family, and enduring friendship. The Autumn of Madame Hélène takes us back to the small town of St. Homais in Nova Scotia, Canada, where Hélène Giroux is...

Based on true events, The Secret Society of Librarians is a gripping and uplifting page-turner—perfect for fans of The Riviera House and The Paris Apartment...

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If all happy families are alike, the Kennedys of Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, are the exception. Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. governs his silver-spoon sons and daughters, all nine of them, with the same firm hand that earned him a fortune, an ambassadorship, and enough clout to plant the seeds of an...

From the author of Florence Adler Swims Forever and The House Is on Fire, a novel set on a remote Italian island, about a navy wife’s reckoning with power, love, and the price of staying silent in the Atomic Age. “A captivating, whip-smart novel about love, loyalty, and a woman torn between...