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Milton Roberts was born into the silence that followed the Great War, the son of a veteran who carried the weight of the trenches home to the Texas panhandle. In the heart of the Dust Bowl, Milton's youth is defined by a sky that turns to iron and a family farm that refuses to die. Amidst the grit and the drought, he finds a reason to hope in Lottie Lavery, the girl who represents everything worth saving in a world falling apart.

The German priest, Martin Luther, said, "Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying." This being said, we learn, borrow, and can even restore our faith with the help of our loved ones. This story is about two brothers, Jeff and Joe Bauer. Jeff is a commercial fisherman in Alaska. His older brother Joe is a farmer in North Dakota. Joe discovers a mysterious cornerstone in the foundation of his 1905 farmhouse that holds the power to alter history.

As the bombs fall, three women are forced to remake their lives… When the uniform factory is reduced to rubble in a devastating air raid, Amanda, Maisie and Bethan are left without work, and without the sense of safety they once clung to. Shocked by the devastation she sees around her, Amanda signs up as an ambulance driver, putting her life on the line to save those in the poorest areas of the East End. Meanwhile, Maisie and Bethan find work in the heart of Petticoat Lane, trying to scrape pennies together to put dinner on the table.

For the people on the rugged Irish island of Winding Gale, life has always been hard. Now in the wake of the second World War, the island is dying, the young taken away by death or the appeal of better lives elsewhere, leaving behind only a handful of adults. But on the night the men of the island disappear while fishing in uncharted waters, the women are forced into a conflict with something both new and unfathomably old. A strange greenish mist rolls in, cutting off the island from the mainland. Spiral symbols appear in the sand, fashioned from dead fish and stones.

When Hell was forged… Guadalcanal was the model! Death from the sky… death from the sea… or death from a savage horde of enraged Japanese… From the best-selling author of the USS Bull Shark series… Yamamoto and Hyakutake must retake Henderson Field at all costs… General Vandegrift and the Marines must hold it at any price… and the butcher’s bill keeps rising. Pouring on the pressure, the Japanese launch deadly aerial assaults by day and terrifying battleship bombardments by night.

When Yvette Dubois's husband inherits a remote chateau, she reluctantly leaves Lyon behind – only for Armand to abandon her there to manage the vineyard alone. Everything changes the day she hears a mysterious knocking in the library. Behind a tapestry, she discovers a hidden tunnel – along with two frightened orphans. Yvette vows to continue the important work, wanting to honour the legacy. But Armand insists their safety depends on appeasing the occupiers.

In this evocative retelling of the real-life German-born Jewish immigrants known as the Ritchie Boys, That Such Men Live is a gritty and emotional story of sacrifice, war, and maintaining hope when all seems lost.

Young Julia Fowler's life revolves around Poole Harbour and its lifeboat – her older brother Wilbur is a volunteer crew member, and every blast of the mortar fills her with fear for his safety. When news of the Titanic disaster reaches the town, the close-knit seafaring community is rocked to its core. Julia and her friends – Kathy, Flora, and Betsy – are discovering new opportunities for themselves, stepping up in a world that is slowly beginning to open doors to women. Opposition rises at home and in the community, and tensions grow as the country edges closer to war.

Best friends Jana and Eva are carefree eight-year-olds in Prague – until Nazi occupation tears them apart. As their mothers are taken away and the girls face the horrors of war, survival becomes all that matters. In Theresienstadt, two desperate women make unimaginable sacrifices to one day find their children. But will love and hope be enough to help them reunite?

'Every time I think Kristin Harmel's books can't get any better, they do' Sally Hepworth 'A gorgeous, ensemble novel that will have you packing your bags for France!' Evie Woods 'Romantic, sweeping, and deeply emotional-this is Kristin Harmel at her absolute best' Christina Lauren Julia Glover...

Bernried am Starnberger See, 1944: Die Landung der Alliierten in der Normandie steht kurz bevor, doch die Familie von Falkenbach muss ihre eigenen Kämpfe ausfechten. Paul-Friedrich von Falkenbach orchestriert eine waghalsige Rettungsaktion, um den Bruder von Viktor Sander vor dem skrupellosen Hauptsturmführer Alfred Breuer in Sicherheit zu bringen. An der italienischen Front erlebt Gustav von Falkenbach das sinnlose Sterben junger Soldaten und möchte nur eines: seine Familie wiedersehen.

During World War II, a Jewish mother and her two daughters flee from Nazi-occupied Poland to Uzbekistan, in this sweeping tale of resilience and connection despite impossible odds from the acclaimed author of The View from Stalin’s Head and Hotel Cuba. At the dawn of World War II, Devora...

Italy, 1945. As war rages through Europe, a crumbling family villa becomes a vital safe space for the people of Cortona during the war. But that sanctuary is lost the day its owner, Vivi, mysteriously vanishes…

Two Lives by Alexis Schaitkin is a forthcoming title from Celadon Books...

Valencia, 1938. Paz Granell es apenas una niña cuando ve cómo su vida se desmorona con el estallido de la Guerra Civil. Huérfana de madre y con un padre republicano y masón, no tienen más opción que huir a Francia en busca de refugio. La oportunidad de escapar llega gracias a Pablo Neruda y el barco Winnipeg, que los lleva a Chile, un nuevo mundo lleno de promesas y desafíos. Allí, Paz deberá reinventarse, luchar por sus sueños y encontrar el amor en un país que no es el suyo, pero que pronto se convertirá en su hogar.

A gripping historical novel about a daring escape from Nazi Germany. The courage of the siblings and their helpers is put to the test as they risk everything to escape the horrors of war. The responsibility weighs heavily on the shoulders of twelve-year-old Holger. Ever since their Jewish parents were deported, it has been up to him to hide his younger siblings from the Gestapo. When a bomb hits the hiding place, the members of the network hatch a daring plan to help them escape from the Reich.

Kate Atkinson’s dazzling Life After Life, one of the top selling adult books of 2014, explored the possibility of infinite chances, as Ursula Todd lived through the turbulent events of the last century again and again. In A God in Ruins, Atkinson turns her focus on Ursula’s beloved younger...

What if you had the chance to live your life again and again, until you finally got it right? During a snowstorm in England in 1910, a baby is born and dies before she can take her first breath. During a snowstorm in England in 1910, the same baby is born and lives to tell the tale. What if...

Search and Deception Brian O’Sullivan, an art history professor, discovers letters written by his mother, Katrina, sixty years earlier — letters that ignite a desperate search for the truth about her disappearance. Before he can begin, Interpol summons him to Amsterdam to help unravel a Nazi...

La historia de una mujer que lo arriesga todo para conquistar su libertad. Navarra, finales de los años 40. La guerra ha pasado, pero sus consecuencias aún pesan. La familia de la joven Amalia sobrevive vendiendo ajos, pero la sequía ha arrasado con las cosechas. Amalia tiene entonces una...