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Provence, 1919. When Elodie Sinclair is sent from Boston to a glamorous finishing school for socialites in training, she is determined to do all she can to rebel. Setting up The Wildflowers Club with best friends Genevieve and Lucille, the women make secret plans to escape their insufferable conversation classes. But just weeks later, a terrible scandal leaves the women reeling. And Elodie Sinclair is presumed dead.

Bloomsbury presents Lizzie’s Daughters by Rosie Clarke, read by Juliette Burton FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF LIZZIE'S SECRET and LIZZIE'S WAR. LONDON 1958. Lizzie Larch battles to keep her daughters safe and out of harm's reach. Perfect for the fans of Nadine Dorries and Lyn Andrews. Lizzie...

James Thomas Morrow has been moving through life as though in a fog, struggling to find happiness ever since losing the man he loved. One day, while James is working as a footman for a wealthy family in London, he finds out that the White Star Line is in need of crew members for their newest ocean liner. Almost immediately, James secures a position as a first-class saloon steward with the hope that the exciting change might help him clear the haze of melancholy and remind him what it is to really live.

Paris, 1909: A forbidden love. A devastating betrayal. A secret as sweet – and as bitter – as the most decadent chocolate… In the windows of Paris’s Pâtisserie Clermont, chocolate éclairs gleam, caramel glistens, and macarons shimmer. For a poor railway worker Guillaume, this...

Spain, 1928. One postcard. A lifetime of lies. A woman running from the truth. In the dead of night, Alejandra flees. Accused of murder, she crosses the sea to Tangier – the glittering port city on the edge of two worlds. There, she hides in the maze-like streets, where the air is scented with...

Gabriela sueña con Enriq, pero acaba de casarse con Nicolau, un hombre al que aún no conoce. Ni siquiera le han preguntado su opinión; entre su madre y el párroco han orquestado el matrimonio y entregado a Gabriela a un destino lejos de su hogar. Giulio ha visto morir a todos sus compañeros en el frente austrohúngaro y, si ha logrado sobrevivir, es tan solo por la esperanza de regresar a su pueblo en la Toscana y estrechar de nuevo a Francesca entre sus brazos.

Don't miss the next utterly heartbreaking WWII historical novel from Joanne Kormylo, based on true stories of the Lebensborn program in Austria...

A breathtaking novel set during the days of World War Two, in Boston, which honours the courage of three ordinary young women who are swept up in extraordinary true events. 'A story about friendship, resilience and the bond three women form in the face of fear. Rich in historical detail and full...

Rêveuse et solitaire, Danielle est prisonnière d'un mariage toxique et sans amour. Son seul refuge se trouve dans l'écriture de son journal intime dans lequel elle raconte ses déboires, ses peines et ses espoirs... Et depuis l'incident qui a bouleversé sa vie, elle s'est promis une chose : éviter ces maudits envahisseurs ! Pas facile lorsqu'on tient un bar et que son mari se trouve être un membre actif de la résistance. Mais quand Patrick prend part à l'insurrection de Paris en ce mois d'août 1944 et ramène à son retour rien de moins qu'un officier SS, tout change.

Drei Romane über die Frauen von Bloomsbury von Stefanie H. Martin. Ein so überraschender wie mitreißender Roman über Virginia Woolf – Ikone der literarischen Moderne und der Frauenbewegung. Die Bloomsbury Group steht bis heute für geistige Freiheit und Liebe in all ihren Facetten. Eine große Liebesgeschichte zwischen zwei Frauen, die für Literatur leben: Virginia Woolf und Vita Sackville-West.

A Distant Shore, a new Avon book, full description to follow when available...

Schiff der verlorenen Träume: Ein historischer Liebesroman über die Titanic Ein Schiff der Wunder. Eine Liebe, die nicht sein darf. Ein Schicksal, das alles entscheidet. Im Frühjahr 1912 sticht die Titanic, das größte und prächtigste Schiff der Welt, in See – ein Meisterwerk der Technik, das als "unsinkbar" gilt. An Bord befindet sich die junge Catherine Harding, deren Reise von Southampton nach New York ihr Leben für immer verändern wird. Was als luxuriöser Traum beginnt, entwickelt sich zu einem Albtraum aus Geheimnissen, verbotener Leidenschaft und unausweichlichem Schicksal.

Scarlett O'Hara vive en Tara, una gran plantación del estado sureño de Georgia, y está enamorada de Ashley Wilkes, que en breve contraerá matrimonio con Melanie Hamilton. Estamos en 1861, en los prolegómenos de la guerra de Secesión, y todos los jóvenes sureños muestran entusiasmo por entrar en combate, excepto el atractivo aventurero Rhett Butler. A Butler le gusta Scarlett, pero ésta sigue enamorada de Ashley, que acaba de hacer público su compromiso con Melanie.

Kings Cross station, 1943: As the bombs fall, Rose loses her heart to a pilot but will lose so much more before the war has done its worst. Las Vegas, present day: A beautiful woman in a wedding dress walks into a seedy bar and asks the first man she sees to marry her. So when Jane meets Rose...

Christmas 1926: the Forbes family are hosting a celebration at Eden Hall. Eighteen-year-old Daisy is preoccupied by a sense of change. Overnight, her relationship with Stephen Jessop, the housekeeper’s son, has shifted and every encounter seems fraught with tension. Before the festivities are...

In 1914, despite the threat of war in Europe, Pearl Gibson’s future is bright. She has secured a desirable position as a lady’s maid for Lady Ottoline Campbell. Her new role sees her transported from a life of drudgery to the Campbell’s vast Scottish estate. Pearl is quickly drawn into a...

Despite her privileged upbringing, Daisy Lennox has always longed to make something of her life. She is drawn to the suffragette movement, but when her father faces ruin they are forced to move to the country and Daisy’s first duty is to her family. Here she becomes engaged to her childhood...

18 June, 1940 Oh, my Margaret, You have no secrets from me, but I've kept a part of myself locked away, always. A part of me that started scratching at the wall the day this other war started, that started howling to get out right now, the day you ran off to meet your soldier. I should have told...

In 1942, Cork-born Kay Summersby’s life is changed forever when she is tasked with driving General Eisenhower on his fact-finding visit to wartime London. The pair takes an immediate liking to one another and so begins a tumultuous relationship against all military regulations. Kay becomes...

Deeply in love and about to marry, students Misha and Sophia flee a Warsaw under Nazi occupation for a chance at freedom. Forced to return to the Warsaw ghetto, they help Misha's mentor, Dr Korczak, care for the two hundred children in his orphanage. As the noose tightens around the ghetto...