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Set during WW2, Saffron Skies and New Beginnings is a story of overcoming betrayal and learning to love once more. From Rita Bradshaw, author of A Woman of Courage. Bella McFadyen has led a privileged life but, from a young age, she has not been afraid to kick against the restrictive...

Brought to you by Penguin. Bolton, Lancashire: 1943 Livvy knows that her family’s survival rests on her shoulders. With her parents gone, it falls to her to support her grandfather and her younger sister, Joan. But times are tough in the midst of war and most jobs only afford meagre pay, so...

At RAF Fenthorpe, instrument repairer Thea is helping her sister, Pearl, plan her wedding alongside fellow WAAF and maid of honour Jenny. A misfit amongst the women on the base, though, Thea is struggling to get others onboard. When Flight Sergeant Fitz makes a point of befriending and standing by her, sparks fly between the two. And when Fitz’s crew member, Jack, faces being stripped of his rank due to cowardice, Thea throws herself into seeking justice and support for him.

22 июня 1941 года, когда радиоэфир взорвала весть о начале войны, Татьяна Метанова поступила скорее как легкомысленная француженка, чем рассудительная советская девушка. Надев белое с красными розами платье и радуясь летнему дню, она вышла на улицу родного Ленинграда навстречу своей судьбе. Да, такое могло случиться только с Татьяной. Из всех молодых людей ее сердце слепо выбрало поклонника сестры, а из всех русских солдат и офицеров ей приглянулся американец!

Febbraio 1954. La guerra di Corea è finita da un anno, dopo che è stato firmato l’armistizio. Eppure, per il paese è ancora difficile tornare alla normalità. Gli orfanotrofi sono pieni di bambini affamati e sopravvivere è molto difficile. Alice J. Kim è una dattilografa e traduttrice che lavora per l’esercito americano e che vorrebbe tornare alla vita che aveva prima che la Corea fosse distrutta. Decide così di accettare un lavoro di soli quattro giorni, ma ben pagato. Dovrà essere l’interprete di Marilyn Monroe, che è appena arrivata in Corea in tour per le truppe dell’esercito del suo paese.

Brought to you by Penguin. 'Live for the day' is the motto for the times, and our girls plan to waltz their worries away... Ever-ambitious Sylvia wants more from her life, so starts planning a Dance Weekend at the Winter Gardens – not easy in wartime when air raids could cancel an event at the...

“Noelle Salazar has an unerring instinct for writing tough women with big hearts . . . The Lies We Leave Behind is a globe-spanning wartime journey filled with pathos and heart!” —Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code For fans of Kate Quinn and Beatriz Williams...

When German forces invade the Channel Islands and the citizens of Jersey are cut off from the rest of the UK, the islands’ residents bond together to resist the enemy. East London native Helen Bowman was never meant to be here, but when she found herself alone and pregnant her beloved aunt’s home in Jersey was the only place she could go. But now, as the enemy start rounding up anyone not born on the island to be sent to a camp on the continent, Helen is forced to rely on the kindness of strangers, like her new friend Peggy Hamel, to keep herself and her son hidden.

Sweeping and evocative, The Hidden Girl is a lost treasure from the author of The Seven Sisters series, Lucinda Riley. Discover this reimagined novel from an author loved by millions of readers worldwide. You can’t alter destiny . . . Born and raised in a small village on the Yorkshire moors...

Die Fortsetzung der bewegenden Reihe um drei starke Frauen, die Wirren der Nachkriegszeit und die Kraft der Liebe. "Was bringt einen jungen Deutschen dazu ins Feindesland zu reisen, zu einem Volk, das ihn hasst?" Ein kleines Dorf in Süddeutschland 1951. Der Krieg ist vorbei, aber in den Herzen der Menschen ist der Frieden noch lange nicht angekommen. Während eine Gruppe treuer Nazi-Anhänger nach wie vor an der alten Gesinnung festhält und im Hinterzimmer der Dorfkneipe Pläne schmiedet, wartet die schöne Helene auf die Kriegsheimkehr ihres Mannes.

The Silent Hen is fiction based on actual events of WWII, written by Helen Montague Foster as a tribute to her parents and other courageous men and women of the OSS, whose secret struggles and relationships continue to impact the world. This morally complex story follows a Jewish child sheltered by a Muslim couple in Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia, and a Virginia woman named Lucy whose conscience compels her to enlist in the OSS, forerunner to the CIA, for service in Egypt.

During World War II, a girl makes an unbreakable connection with a boy sheltering in her family’s Tuscan villa, where the treasures of the Uffizi Galleries are hidden. A moving coming-of-age story about the power of art in wartime, based on true events. As Allied bombs rain down on Torino in...

Il secondo conflitto mondiale ha avuto in Polonia uno dei suoi centri più sanguinosi. La deportazione e lo sterminio di milioni di ebrei, le difficoltà e i pericoli vissuti dalla popolazione civile, la dura vita militare con le sue regole assurde e feroci... La Guerra riesce a unire elementi solo all'apparenza alieni e ostili in una narrazione cristallina dove, al buio orizzonte, sorge un sole nuovo, un astro di speranza per l'umanità intera.Un racconto ambientato nei giorni più duri della Seconda Guerra Mondiale e in cui, nonostante tutto, a prevalere è l'amore.

"Calin's versatile characterizations, subtle accents, and comfortable pacing capture this privileged world wherein modern ideas clash with traditional values" —AudioFile on The Last Dance of the Debutante With mystery, intrigue, and the hints of romance international bestselling author Julia...

Brought to you by Penguin. Books can change lives, even in wartime. . . When World War II breaks out, Carrie Anderson sets up a bookstall at her local train station in the hope of providing a sense of escapism for travellers, troops and evacuees. Driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and armed...

Segunda Guerra Mundial. Navidad de 1943. Clarice y sus compañeros de la División OpenMind reciben un mensaje decodificado, que ha sido interceptado a la Ahnenerbe, la asociación ocultista nazi. En él informan a sus superiores de que han derribado un avión americano sobre los bosques de Bélgica y han conseguido acabar con una enemiga a la que identifican como “la princesa lectora”. El sexto sentido de Clarice le hace pensar que con ese nombre pueden estar refiriéndose a Sally, su mejor amiga en el Pentágono, que destacaba por sus capacidades para leer las mentes ajenas.

From the winner of the National Jewish Book Award Theodore “Teddy” Hartigan is the scion of a wealthy Washington, D.C. family who place him into a comfortable job at the State Department and a placid diplomat’s career. In 1938, as Hitler’s inexorable rise continues, Teddy is re-assigned...

In 1938, the world was at a crossroads. For Michael Fernsby, it was a choice between surrender and survival. But even he could not predict the lengths he would go to in order to stay alive. In the heart of Nazi Germany, Michael and his brother David embark on a dangerous mission to rescue their Jewish family members trapped in Bavaria. However, when their plan goes awry and they find themselves on the run from the Gestapo, they turn to an underground resistance movement for help.

When American WWII bombardier Micah Lund dies on a mission over Japan, his spirit remains trapped as a yurei ghost. Dazed, he follows Kiyomi Oshiro, a war widow struggling to care for her young daughter, Ai, as food is scarce, work at the factory is brutal, and her in-laws treat her like a servant. Watching Kiyomi and Ai together, Micah's intolerance for the enemy is challenged. As his concern for the mother and daughter grows, so does his guilt for his part in their suffering.

1944. Paul Brandt, a German soldier, returns wounded and ashamed from the chaos of the Eastern front to find his village home existing in the dark shadow of an SS rest hut - a luxurious retreat for those who manage the concentration camps, run with the help of a small group of female prisoners. When Brandt glimpses one of these prisoners, he realises that he must find a way to access the hut. For inside is the woman to whom his fate has been tied since their arrest five years before, and now he must do all he can to protect her.