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September 1941. The war is closing in on every shore. For Marge, Dover doesn't feel like home anymore - and her long-awaited transfer is her ticket out. But freedom comes with a catch. Whisked away to a shadowy outpost in Folkestone, she joins an elite group of Wrens chosen for "The Game," a top-secret wargame that could turn the tide against the deadly U-boats prowling the Atlantic.

As a noted coastal architect, Jason Barlow designs homes that evoke the sea. Gabled, shingle-style New England cottages are his forte. Cottages that beautifully weather in the salt air. Cottages with grand porches; and rounded turrets; and fortress-like stonework speaking of the land, as well as his father's legacy. Cottages with floor-to-ceiling windows bringing in the sea, the sky, that his brother so loved. But it's not only incredible homes Jason builds and restores—it's relationships and friendships and histories, all set against the backdrop of a beach that's defined him.

Born into an aristocratic German Jewish family, Ernst Baerwald is a gifted linguist, talented musician, and fearless idealist. When he’s recruited in 1900 to become a spy—his cover working for a company that would become the notorious chemical conglomerate IG Farben—his life becomes an extraordinary adventure spanning two continents, two world wars, and impossible choices that will haunt him forever.

A scandalous affair. A power struggle for the throne. A sensational rivalry between an English queen and an American social climber. In this electrifying novel, the New York Times bestselling author of The Swans of Fifth Avenue tells the story of the Abdication of Edward VIII—and the two women...

As a young Queen Elizabeth II prepares to take the throne, three women in her employ will discover where they belong in a rapidly changing world in this heartwarming novel from the bestselling author of The Chilbury Ladies' Choir. London, 1953. Buckingham Palace and the many employees vital to...

Present Day: Angie Cook is wholly devoted to her business, Coffee Girl, investing every ounce of her energy into its success. The only distraction in her otherwise single-minded focus is Java Joe, the rival coffee shop across the street, though Angie considers it and the guy who owns it as more...

Apples Never Fall meets Maine in this captivating novel of family secrets, summer celebrations, and putting things back together again after they’ve all fallen apart— from the acclaimed author of The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson. Lindy has the summer of a lifetime planned at her family’s...

Lara Perryman has spent her life carefully planning and saving for her future. She is looking forward to the prospect of spending the rest of her days in comfort in a leisure village in Wiltshire and the adventure that her new life will bring. But when long-standing arrangements crumble, her situation quickly becomes worrying. With her dreams in disarray, Lara makes friends with the other residents and finds herself entangled in the ups and downs, triumphs and tragedies of her new community, hoping against hope that her independence will one day be restored.

England, 1889. In her family’s rambling manor house in Dorset, fifteen-year-old Theodora Hallewell dreams of magic, adventure, and Toby Meriwether. As Toby prepares to leave for university, Theo plans a midnight gathering—one last chance to make Toby notice her. By dawn, a tragic mistake will shatter the world as they know it.

In 1946, two German sisters, child refugees in a program dubbed Operation Shamrock, arrive in Ireland to live in foster care while Europe recovers from war. Nearly fifty years later, on a fateful day in a bustling Maine farmhouse, an Irish newspaper clipping threatens to unravel Faye Sullivan’s carefully constructed life with husband William and daughters Maeve and Molly, a life already on the brink of collapse.

Ein verschollen geglaubter Ring und ein norwegisches Wappen enthüllen ein dramatisches Geheimnis. Charlotte umklammert ein kleines Kästchen und weiß, dass sie nach Hause zurückkehren muss. Im angesehensten Hotel Norwegens tritt sie ihren Traumjob als Chefköchin an und begegnet dem charismatischen Harrison. Doch als sie ihre Urgroßmutter Amalie mit dem Inhalt des Kästchens konfrontiert, enthüllt diese ein tragisches Geheimnis, das auch Charlottes Welt ins Wanken bringt. Zwei dramatische Liebesgeschichten auf zwei Zeitebenen im Land der Fjorde und Nordlichter.

When working class Christy Craig marries the wild and wealthy Andrew Melville, an unequal union is formed, frowned upon by both families. While Andrew is away at sea, Christy pursues a career producing perfume and cosmetics, causing tension with Andrew who believes she should devote herself to their two small children and himself. When a family tragedy drives Andrew to New Zealand, Christy is left at home juggling family life and revitalising her father's soap-making business.

Isla McAdam is summoned to Paisley by a lawyer following her husband's suicide, only to discover that she was never truly married to Kenneth McAdam, a shameless man who had been leading a double life. Kenneth's unscrupulous actions have left very little to support either of his families and when tragedy strikes, Ainslie's mother, Catherine, becomes increasingly unstable, creating havoc for both Isla and Ainslie. Despite being thrown together in unexpected and distressing circumstances, Isla and Ainslie gradually realise that they can offer one another support.

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.

The quintessential dramatisations of Homer’s two masterpieces, with exceptional casts including Derek Jacobi, Christopher Eccleston, Tim McInnerny and Benedict Cumberbatch Attributed to the Greek poet Homer, The Iliad and The Odyssey are among the greatest and most influential works of the...

Three marriages, two weddings, one affair which threatens them all. Is it ever too late for happily ever after? A woman in 1960s New York struggles to place duty before passion, when her son's wedding plans throw the limitation of her marriage and apparently perfect life into the spotlight. 1939...

'You read her, laughing, and want to do your best to protect her characters from any reality but their own' New York Times It is summer 1939 and the social event of the year is about to take place: Rose Birkett, a flighty beauty with a penchant for breaking engagements and hearts, is finally...

Three semi-autobiographical plays by Victor Pemberton telling the story of one family across the 20th century Novelist and playwright Victor Pemberton was best known for scripting Doctor Who and working on Jim Henson’s Fraggle Rock. His many plays for BBC Radio included The Slide, Kill the...

BY THE BOOK … With her high school reunion coming up, librarian Jayne Gilbert was determined to go with a handsome man on her arm. The finding one. So Jayne decided to rely on her favorite source of books. Riley Chambers had no room in his life for women—especially not this gorgeous innocent...

Nach dem Tod ihrer Mutter kehrt Roz Australien den Rücken und trägt nur einen Ring mit einem leuchtenden Opal bei sich, ein Erbstück, das sie bei der Räumung ihres Zuhauses entdeckt hat. In London, zwischen den antiken Schätzen eines kleinen Ladens, fühlt sie sich auf beinahe mystische Weise von einem Gemälde angezogen, das vier Felsen an der Küste Schottlands zeigt. Von einer unstillbaren Sehnsucht getrieben, reist sie nach Skara, in die Heimat der verstorbenen Malerin.