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Sous les regards distraits de sa famille, Mary Bennet se façonne en secret un autre destin. Tandis que ses sœurs brillent dans les salons et poursuivent de beaux mariages, dans la solitude d'un laboratoire secret, Mary rêve de science, d'indépendance, et cherche à percer le mystère de la vie elle-même… Mais lorsqu'elle rencontre Georgiana Darcy, c'est un tout autre mystère qui s'empare d'elle : celui du désir. Celui d'un impossible bonheur dans un monde où les femmes n'ont aucun pouvoir, si ce n'est celui qu'elles arrachent.

London. 1928. For centuries, the establishment has suppressed public knowledge of lesbian love. Now, a celebrated writer is set to fight back. Award-winning author, Radclyffe Hall, hopes her new novel, The Well of Loneliness, will transform attitudes to same-sex relationships. It soon comes...

Philadelphia, 1837. On six occasions, twelve-year-old tomboy Rian Krieger has escorted self-emancipated fugitives to the next station on their flight from enslavement. When Rian’s father, factory owner Otto Krieger, learns that she is a conductor on the Underground Railroad, he renews his plans to send her to a finishing school in Switzerland. This is a fate Rian cannot abide, as it means she would have to wear a dress all the time.

People “Best Sapphic Historical Romances” Harper’s Bazaar “Most Anticipated Books Coming Out This Spring” Autostraddle “Most Anticipated Queer Books for March 2026” Time “New Books You Should Read in March” “Hargrave has a great eye and ear for close-focus...

Meisterschützin Patricia Merton freut sich darauf, mit ihrem Bruder an der Jagdgesellschaft ihres alten Freundes Jimmy Lord Witton teilzunehmen. Ein Dilemma, denn sie ist Jimmys Verlobte und damit für Pat tabu. Als ein Gast der Gesellschaft ermordet aufgefunden wird, bleibt Pat keine Wahl: Mit Hilfe von Fenella will sie den Mörder finden, um Jimmys Ruf zu schützen. Dabei merkt Pat schnell: Fenellas Charme ist mindestens ebenso gefährlich wie die Intrigen und Geheimnisse, die das Haus durchziehen und einen Schatten auf die aufblühende Liebe der beiden werfen.

This is a novel that portrays a love affair between two men in the late 1950s. In turn, they each tell their story in their own voices. The men are British. One of them is a young wardrobe assistant. The other is a stuntman who had served in action during World War Two. The pair meet on the set of a film being shot on location in Italy.

'A dirty little jewel of a novel' Julia Armfield 'Malory Towers meets The Conjuring' Alice Slater 'Gory, tender, sexy' Krystelle Bamford 'Compulsively readable' Guardian In 1928, Emily Locke's final year at the isolated Briarley School for Girls is derailed when Violet, the school's brightest...

In the land of gods and war, Princess Iphigenia stands at the precipice of destiny—torn between a life of regal sacrifice and the forbidden love that dares to defy ancient tradition. Bound by family curses, divine edicts, and the ruthless ambitions of kings, her carefully concealed heart now trembles with the hope of reclaiming her agency. As the Trojan War looms and the gods demand blood to appease wrath, will Iphigenia surrender to fate or forge her own path toward redemption?

Brand new from the bestselling author of THE HOUSE OF THE WITCH.A totally unmissable, spellbinding historical fiction novel.✨ Perfect for fans of Evie Woods, Philippa Gregory and Elena Collins.📚 ‘Her immersive stories have me completely hooked.’ Martina Cole on Clare Marchant Now: When...

In the quiet, stifling embrace of a 1950s small town, one young man embarks on a journey of self-discovery. Meet Paul Wells, a nerdy nineteen-year-old, who lives with his aunt, and finds solace between the pages of Les Misérables. But when he sets his sights on handsome, enigmatic neighbor, Asher Holdren, Paul's aimless existence takes an unexpected turn. As the sun-drenched days of summer unfold, Paul and Asher begin to see there’s more between them than just pals.

Florence Cooper has spent most of her life caring for her niece, Cam Langley. Now she shares a house with her niece and Cam's beautiful girlfriend, Gloria Edwards, but at fifty-five, arthritis is slowing Florrie's body and solitude is settling on her soul.

Selected by the New York Times as a "Dazzling, Immersive New Historical Fiction" Title! A gripping novel of two young women fighting for survival on the edge of the wilderness, and the love that simultaneously sustains them and threatens their very existence, from the author of the Good Morning...

On a train to Berlin in late 1930, William Bradshaw locks eyes with Arthur Norris. This chance encounter ignites a close friendship between the two Englishmen, one that draws Bradshaw into the seedier quarters of the city. Here, Norris runs a dubious import–export business and lives in excited fear of his bullying secretary, his creditors and his dominatrix girlfriend, Anni. Yet there is something sinister about Norris himself. Bradshaw’s new companion is a man of contradictions: heavily in debt but extraordinarily lavish, excessively polite but sexually deviant.

In Converso Jews: A Hidden Family Story, the author, Gordon Blitz, offers a dual storyline following Jews who practiced their faith in secret during the period of the Inquisition and the current love story of Isaac and Pablo, a Sephardic Jew and a Catholic who meet at a gay Jewish synagogue. We ultimately encounter people of faith who are attempting to uncover their converso heritage trying to explain why their families have continued to practice certain traditions for the last five hundred years without understanding why.

1791. The dressmaker, his lover and his lover's wife. A house full of secrets where danger lies behind every door. Matthew came from nothing. Now he is a skilled corset-maker adored by high society. But he must hide his true self from prying eyes, seeking love in the riotous underbelly of...

Inspired by true, long-buried stories of enslaved people who dared to fight back, a searing portrayal of resistance for readers of Colson Whitehead, Jesmyn Ward, and Percival Everett, from Clay Cane, award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author of The Grift. INSTANT NEW YORK...

Full-cast dramatisations of three insightful novels by Christopher Isherwood, plus a bonus interview Novelist and playwright Christopher Isherwood is best known for The Berlin Stories of pre-Hitler Germany, which inspired the musical Cabaret. Many of his works have been adapted for stage and...

Etta è giovane e affamata di vita quando si trasferisce a New York da Philadelphia, dov'è cresciuta, per lavorare come infermiera all'ospedale di Ellis Island, l'isola degli arrivi, il lembo di terra dove approdano le speranze e i sogni di tanti. Siamo nel 1910 e solo vent'anni prima nello stesso porto sbarcava la nave su cui viaggiavano i suoi genitori, partiti insieme a migliaia di altri migranti dalla Sicilia. Ed è in quel mondo a sé, sospeso tra lacrime ed euforia, che Etta incontra per la prima volta Tessie. Ne rimane subito colpita.

A creeping story of sibling rivalry and dangerous obsession from the multi-award nominated author of Sunburn January 1965. The orphaned O'Leary siblings - Tom, Jack, Anna and Peggy - arrive in the village of Ballycrea, tight-lipped about their troubled past and desperate for a fresh start. After...

Oxford, 1883. Young men are being found bound, gagged, and hooded at the gates of their colleges in the small hours. Basil Rice, Jesus College fellow, is asked by the senior proctor to investigate. But investigating matters of sexual purity is dangerous, as it lays Basil open to unwelcome scrutiny of his own private life. Meanwhile, the University Vice Chancellor's Court has wrongly imprisoned a young shopgirl from the town, and she seeks the services of Non Vaughan, a young academic and budding journalist, to clear her name.