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A bold and brilliant contemporary reimagining of the six wives of Henry VIII. What does it mean to love – and leave – a Henry? And how do you become the main character of your own life, when you're cast opposite the anointed star? 'With relentless intelligence Caroline Wray’s Henry wonders...

Crumford, Kent, 1915 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...

From New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict comes the story of the richest woman of the Gilded Age, the brilliant and controversial Hetty Green. The Gilded Age, New York City: Hetty Robinson is not your average young woman. Instead of marrying a proper young man as her family and...

Glamorous silent film star Eula Hartwin and her manager Winnie had a devoted partnership through the 1920s. So how did Winnie end up on trial for stealing from Eula a decade later? London, present day. Andie, an academic falling out of love with her job, is reeling from the discovery that she is...

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...

Desperate to save her sisters, Miss Darcy Whitley travels to London seeking Sebastian, the Earl of Raine, whose connection to them could secure their futures. Yet his cold indifference suggests he could cast them aside at any moment. Unwilling to trust their future to his mercy, Darcy accepts a...

Thirteen powerful champions. Twelve deadly trials. One golden crown. And a prophecy that could ruin them all. For the second time in history, the throne of Olympus sits empty. With only one way to appease godly egos and negate a civil war, a brutal tournament is announced. The champions are...

Lady Penelope Dodge has always followed the rules—until the day she learns she is promised to a powerful duke she does not love. Determined to claim a piece of happiness before duty steals it away, Penelope dares the unthinkable: one night in the arms of Alexander Sutton, the enigmatic and...

New York Times bestselling author Sarah MacLean returns with the fiery conclusion to her blazingly sexy Hell’s Belles series.The world knows her as the Duchess of Trevescan, the brightest star in London, the clever, beautiful wife of a hermit husband. What they do not know is that Duchess is...

Ein Liebesbrief an die Literatur und eine romantische Reise nach Guernsey: der Longseller, verfilmt unter dem Titel »Deine Juliet« London, Ende der 1940er Jahre: Die junge Schriftstellerin Juliet erhält einen ungewöhnlichen Brief. Absender ist Dawsey Adams, ein Bauer von der Kanalinsel Guernsey, der antiquarisch ein Buch erworben hat, das zuvor ihr gehörte.

Fünen in Dänemark, 1875: Nach den Flitterwochen in Paris kehren Baron Julius und Baroness Jessie auf Schloss Egeskov zurück – doch heimliche Affären und tief verwurzelte Traditionen drohen ihr Glück zu zerstören. Julius wagt es, die Regeln des Schlosses infrage zu stellen, während Jessie zwischen Leidenschaft, Mutterschaft und Pflichten ringt.

In the poverty-stricken streets of Sunderland's East End in the early 1900s, orphan Rose Lumley lives with her alcoholic uncle Stan, thieving aunt Bea and beloved but forceful Granny. Granny urges Rose to forge a better life for herself, away from the East End, and when she gets a job at a local...

'You must always tell the story,' Mr Dickens says. 'If you tell it first, yours will be the version that people believe.' Isa Rose can hardly believe her luck when she lands a job as a maid to Charles Dickens' family. She has writing ambitions of her own and it isn't long before the charming...

A bride arrives at the remote family estate of her new husband full of hope for the future, but Cloud Mountain is haunted by a curse and the ghost of another bride who died far too young 1806, Cloud Mountain. Jiayi is the lowliest of the Gu family’s servants, so she is thrilled when their son...

Miss Agatha Woodville never imagined life would lead to the infamous pleasure palace, Aphrodite. Desperate to save her family from ruin, she makes a daring choice: auctioning her virginity. To succeed, she must craft an image of allure and innocence, captivating the gentlemen who will bid for...

TWO BRIDES. A CENTURY APART. BOUND TOGETHER BY FATE . . . The haunting, romantic book club novel for readers of Kristin Hannah and Kate Morton, with a touch of Jane Eyre 1806, Cloud Mountain. Jiayi is the lowliest of the Gu family's servants, so she is thrilled when their son and heir chooses...

"A brilliant, page-turning novel...This is storytelling at its finest—immersive, transporting, and destined to captivate readers everywhere."—Heather Morris, #1 bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz From the national bestselling author of The Lotus Shoes, a haunting historical...

London, 1850 Young May Forrester grew up in the slum tenements of London with no family other than her drunken mother to call her own. When her mother decides she can't look after her anymore, May is taken in by Bess as domestic help at the local brothel. Despite being abandoned by the one...

Read by Moira Quirk (The Locked Tomb Trilogy) They’ve accidentally travelled two centuries into the past. But will the Regency era turn rivalry into romance? Lucy Bright and Francis de Montmort never intended to (literally) blow up their life’s work and get thrown back in time. Yet now the...

#EnemiestoLovers #Oppositeattracts #Olderbrotherbestfriend Jaded by fortune hunters who covet her wealth rather than her heart, American heiress Miss Elizabeth Armstrong has abandoned the pursuit of marriage. Resigned to enjoy her London visit before returning to New York, Elizabeth’s deep...