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The Dance Teacher of Paris by Suzanne Fortin
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 26 ratings'But how will I look after them? Where can I hide them? ' She looked up at me and didn't try to stop the tears from falling. 'I'm begging you. Please, save our children. '. Paris, 1942. As the Germans occupy the city she calls home, Adele Basset is determined to keep her pupils' spirits up. Their dance class offers a moment of solace in the dark days of occupation... -
The German Daughter by Marius Gabriel
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe band new absolutely gripping and heartbreaking World War II historical novel from master storyteller Marius Gabriel. What readers are saying about Marius 'A must read for fans of WW2 books , it not only educates you. .. but also breaks your heart . .. . Five stars for this book. .. I loved it and cried at the end' Reader review, 5 stars'A wonderful, unputdownable book. . -
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Star by B.B. Easton
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIn 1999, I met my Prince Charming. He was the tall, tattooed, wickedly handsome bass player for the up-and-coming rock band, Phantom Limb. But, more importantly, he was mine. I knew it the moment he flashed me that shy, dimpled smile. And he knew it too. Hansel "Hans" Oppenheimer wore his heart on one sleeve and scrawled lyrics about me on the other... -
Fatal by Design by Cara Devlin
A summer house party in the English countryside. A missing rare jewel. An abducted viscountess. The secrets and complications keeping Audrey and Hugh apart begin to unravel when they team up to solve a puzzling mystery surrounding the disappearance of Audrey’s sister, the Viscountess Redding, and a long-lost ring worth a fortune...Categorized as:
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After Paris by Mary Ellen Taylor
Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars · 3 ratingsFrom the author of The Brighter the Light comes a haunting tale of hope that spans generations, intertwining the lives of three women who fight for survival in 1940s France and present-day Virginia. At twenty-five, Ruby Nevins has already endured more than most. But after two years of battling cancer, she’s warily determined to move forward... -
Greek Island Escape by Patricia M Wilson
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe new escapist novel from the author of Island of Secrets . Perfect for fans of Santa Montefiore and Lucinda Riley. 'I am Sofia. I am searching for my daughter, born 1st November 1972 . Can you help me? '. On the beautiful beaches of Crete, an old woman is handing out scraps of paper. Sofia, eighty-five years old, unable to speak, is desperate to find a daughter she has never known... -
Courier of Death by Cara Devlin
Months after a devastating discovery about the murder of her family, Leonora Spencer is still struggling to cope. She has kept her distance from Scotland Yard—and from Detective Inspector Jasper Reid—just as she has vowed to do... -
The Boy Who Granted Dreams by Luca Di Fulvio
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 30 ratings1909. Ellis Island. Arriving off one of the many transatlantic freighters are Cetta Luminita and her illegitimate baby boy Natale, fleeing the poverty and violence of their Southern Italian hometown. Having sacrificed everything, and endured every possible shame, Cetta has but one wish: that her baby should be an American, and grow up with the freedom to decide his own destiny... -
The Devil's Deception by Wendy Vella
Hiding in plain sight. When your life is destroyed by a faceless villain and the grief cuts so deep it could destroy you, there are two choices. Give up or fight. Lord Montgomery chose the latter. Society sees him as a bumbling fool, but in fact Theo is far from it. With the return of his childhood friend, Lady Iris Challoner, everything suddenly changes...Categorized as:
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The Governess Diaries by Chasity Bowlin
Love lost and found…. As a girl, Euphemia Darrow had fallen desperately in love with the younger son of the Duke of Clarenden, Nicholas Montford. But he broke her heart with a cold dismissal before he left to join the army. Rather than pine for him, Effie found another purpose for her life...Categorized as:
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Under a Greek Moon by Carol Kirkwood
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe escapist Sunday Times bestselling debut from the nation’s best loved TV presenter, Carol Kirkwood. ‘Loved it! It sizzles with secrets and passion. A real page turner! ’ Jo Thomas‘Utterly engaging, deliciously escapist, with a heart as warm as its author's’ Cathy Kelly, bestselling author of The Family GiftOne woman returns to the island that changed her life forever... -
Island in the East by Jenny Ashcroft
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsSet in 1890s and 1940s Singapore, the stunning Island in the East is a story of love, sisterly rivalry and the true cost of betrayal. Vivid, authentic and utterly beautiful, it's the perfect read for fans of Victoria Hislop, Fiona McIntosh and Kate Morton. 1897: twenty-year-old identical twins, Harriet and Mae, born from a scandalous affair, have spent their lives slighted by gossips... -
The Nanny Outside the Gates by Shari J. Ryan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAuschwitz, 1944. With trembling hands, Halina unfolds the letter hidden in the book her mother left her, then drops it with a strangled cry. The letter contains the answers she’s always searched for—and puts her in unimaginable danger…... -
A Devil in Silk by Adele Clee
Two weeks, one scandalous list — and a love neither of them planned. After a tragic accident leaves Clara Dalton blind in one eye, she’s determined to seize one last taste of freedom before retiring to the country. Her list of daring pursuits includes everything a lady should avoid — duels, séances, and moonlit swims — not to mention the handsome viscount she can’t seem to shake from her mind...Categorized as:
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The Women of Fishers Wharf by Tracy Baines
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsCan you leave the past behind and embrace the future? - A brand new series from Tracy Baines. Great Grimsby, 1912. Newlywed fisherman Alec Hardy decides to make a fresh start with his young wife Letty and move to the thriving fishing port of Grimsby in search of a brighter future... -
The Country Bride by Dilly Court
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe third book in the dramatic new Village Secrets trilogy from the Sunday Times bestselling author. The time had come to leave Creek Manor. Their relationship was doomed from the start, he was the master of the house and she the servant…. Summer, Little Creek 1879. For most of her life, Judy Begg has been a loyal servant at Creek Manor and to Jack Fox, its future lord... -
Hold Me Close by Siobhan Davis, Kelly Hartigan (XterraWeb)
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsSons pay for the sins of their fathers…. Bodhi and Easton Lancaster O’Donoghue have grown up sheltered from the truth. Until it’s time for their parents to reveal what happened and how it shaped the events that came later. Bodhi is quiet. An intelligent, introspective boy who hides his pain deep inside... -
An Hour Unspent by Roseanna M. White
Once London’s top thief, Barclay Pearce has turned his back on his life of crime and now uses his skills for a nation at war. But not until he rescues a clockmaker’s daughter from a mugging does he begin to wonder what his future might hold...Categorized as:
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The Whisper Sister by Jennifer S. Brown
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe author of Modern Girls delivers an atmospheric coming-of-age story set in Prohibition-era New York, tracing one immigrant family’s fortunes and a young girl’s journey from the schoolyard to the speakeasy. The streets of New York in 1920 are most certainly not paved with gold, as Minnie Soffer learns when she arrives at Ellis Island... -
Silver Wings by H.P. Munro
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWINNER - 2014 Golden Crown Literary Society - Historical Fiction. When in 1943, twenty-five-year-old Lily Rivera is widowed, she finally feels able to step out of the shadows of an unhappy marriage. Her love of flying leads her to join the Womens Airforce Service Pilots, determined to regain her passion and spread her wings, not suspecting that she would experience more than just flying...Categorized as:
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The Midnight Secret by Karen Swan
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIf there’s one thing Jayne Ferguson has learnt in her life, it’s that every blessing comes with a curse. She married the most handsome man on the isle of St Kilda - but he’s a bully. She inherited her mother’s gift of second sight - but only ever forsees her fellow islanders’ deaths. She has learnt to keep to herself, treading in the shadows and shirking the highs for fear of the lows... -
A Dangerous Passion by Chasity Bowlin
He felt as if he’d been born to want the woman before him, as if desiring her was simply his destiny. On a whim, the Hound of Whitehall saved widowed reformer, Honoria Blaylock, from a terrible fate… and in so doing, sealed his own...Categorized as:
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Beyond That, the Sea by Laura Spence-Ash
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 49 ratingsA sweeping, tenderhearted love the tale of two families living through the Second World War on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean, and the young woman who calls them both her own. As German bombs fall over London in 1940, working-class parents Millie and Reginald Thompson make the impossible choice to send their eleven-year-old daughter, Beatrix, to America... -
Miss Devoted by Grace Burrowes
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsPsyche Fremont has known two constants in life: Her passion for her art, and society’s determination to ignore her talent. She isn’t looking for anything other than a handsome model when she crosses paths with Michael Delancey, and he’s only interested in making a few discreet coins lounging about in the altogether... -
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The Marriage of Mary Russell by Laurie R. King
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsLaurie R. King takes readers way back in her bestselling series with this exclusive ebook short story, as Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes embark upon the riskiest adventure of their their wedding. Includes a special preview of the highly anticipated new mystery from Laurie R... -
The Last Convertible by Anton Myrer
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe Last Convertible by Anton Myrer They called it the last convertible—the shining 1939 Packard that carried five Harvard friends through the bright promise of youth and into the heart of a changing America. From the carefree summer days before World War II to the uncertainty and loss that followed, The Last Convertible is a sweeping story of friendship, love, and the passage of time... -
The Angel of Warsaw by Rebecca Scott
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsInspired by true events, blending white-knuckle suspense with wartime romance, a woman who would become known as the female Schindler, risks everything to smuggle children out of the ghetto and away from the grasp of the Gestapo…. Warsaw, 1939. The Nazi invasion shatters the city, as Nazi banners rise, hunger gnaws, and walls create a ghetto... -
A Song in the Dark by Kimberley Woodhouse
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAgainst the simmering backdrop of the impending WWII, blind virtuoso pianist Chaisley Frappier embarks on a concert tour through a rapidly changing Europe despite the dangers. When she learns that Hitler's escalating regime of injustice is targeting other disabled people, Chaisley realizes she is in a prime position to help those who are threatened reach safety... -
Murder in Manhattan by Julie Mulhern
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsInspired by one of the first real-life female columnists at the New Yorker, this enticing historical mystery follows Freddie Archer as she solves crimes while reporting on the glamorous world of the rich and famous in 1920s Manhattan. This writer just found her next scoop . . . and it’s deadly... -
The Lies We Leave Behind by Noelle Salazar
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFor readers of Kate Quinn and Beatriz Williams, this sweeping story follows a fearless nurse who must leave love behind when duty calls her back to the front. Somewhere in the Pacific, 1943. Kate Campbell is a nurse who bravely flies back and forth from the front to rescue wounded soldiers, amid long days, harsh conditions and often dangerous weather... -
The Forgotten Wife: The most gripping, heartwrenching page-turner of summer 2019 by Lorna Cook
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA timeless story of love and sacrifice, perfect for fans of Martha Hall Kelly and Pam Jenoff and Gill Paul. 'I was so absorbed that I read it in a single day' KATE RIORDAN, author of The Girl in the Photograph. ‘A gripping tale of secrets and love… I loved it’ LIZ FENWICK, author of The Cornish House... -
The Long Road Back To You by Buck Turner
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey say it only takes a moment to fall in love with someone, but a lifetime to forget them! From the author of Evergreen comes a stirring story that proves it is never too late for love. Eighteen-year-old Charlie Ross, a shy, backward teen from Tennessee, does the one thing you should never do before going off to war - he falls in love... -
Once Upon an Accidentally Bewitching Kiss by Bree Wolf
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIn this second-chance Regency romance by USA Today bestselling and HOLT Medallion winning author BREE WOLF, a jilted lord and a young widow are forced to risk their hearts all over again. Once, he loved her. Once, he lost her. Now, he must fight for her. England 1803: TROY BEAUMONT, only son to the EARL OF WHICKERTON, risked his heart once…and came to regret it... -
One Night to Remember by Erica Ridley
Meet the unforgettable men of London's most notorious tavern, The Wicked Duke. Seductively handsome, with charm and wit to spare, one night with these rakes and rogues will never be enough…... -
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On the Cliffs of Foxglove Manor by Jaime Jo Wright
1885. Adria Fontaine has been sent to recover goods her father pirated on the Great Lakes during the war. But when she arrives at Foxglove Manor--a stone house on a cliff overlooking Lake Superior--Adria senses wickedness hovering over the property... -
A Daughter's Sorrow by Cathy Sharp
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHeartache and hardship in London’s East End, from the bestselling author of The Orphans of Halfpenny Street. Bridget has always been the one to take on the responsibility for looking after her family... -
Inseparable: Hardcover by Siobhan Davis, Kelly Hartigan (XterraWeb)
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsA gritty, angsty, friends-to-lovers standalone romance from USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author Siobhan Davis. A childhood promise. An unbreakable bond. One tragic event that shatters everything. It all started with the boys next door…. Devin and Ayden were my best friends. We were practically joined at the hip since age two... -
The Girl from Ballymor by Kathleen McGurl
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWhat would you sacrifice for your children? Ballymor, Ireland, 1847. As famine grips the country Kitty McCarthy is left widowed and alone. Fighting to keep her two remaining children alive against all odds, Kitty must decide how far she will go to save her family. Present day... -
Gruppenführer's Mistress by Ellie Midwood
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 13 ratings"Gruppenführer’s Mistress" is book two in the series “The Girl from Berlin,” which continues to follow Annalise’s story... -
A Daughter's Disgrace by Kitty Neale
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA heartrending story of family shame from Sunday Times bestseller, Kitty Neale. A gritty London tale, perfect for fans of Katie Flynn, Nadine Dorries and Maureen Lee. 1950s Battersea is no place for a shamed woman…. Fractured. Alison is the ugly duckling of her family and has always been treated with disdain by her mother... -
Cave of Silence by Kostas Krommydas, Maria Christou
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA Love So Strong, It Ripples Through The Ages. Dimitri, a young actor, is enjoying the lucky break of his life—a part in an international production shot on an idyllic Greek island and a romance with Anita, his beautiful co-star. When his uncle dies, he has one last wish: that Dimitri scatters his ashes on the island of his birthplace... -
The Girl in the Picture by Kerry Barrett
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsTwo women. One house. Centuries of secrets. East Sussex Coast, 1855. Violet Hargreaves is the lonely daughter of a widowed industrialist, and an aspiring Pre-Raphaelite painter. One day, the naïve eighteen-year-old meets Edwin; a mysterious and handsome man on the beach, who promises her a world beyond the small costal village she’s trapped in... -
Touching the Wire by Rebecca Bryn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsLibrarian note: alternate cover edition ASIN - B00MX5TRPY. Part One - In the Shadow of the Wolf. In a death camp in 1940’s Poland, a young doctor and one of his nurses struggle to save lives. As their relationship blossoms, amid the death and deprivation, they join the camp resistance and, despite the danger of betrayal, he steals damning evidence of war-crimes... -
The Orphan House by Ann Bennett
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsTwo women uncover the secrets of the past in this emotional and poignant story that’s perfect for fans of Lisa Wingate and Kristina McMorris. 1934: Connie Burroughs loves living in the orphanage that her father runs in the English countryside... -
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The Longest Echo by Eoin Dempsey
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAgainst the backdrop of WWII-ravaged Italy comes a powerful and emotional novel of love, survival, justice, and second chances by the bestselling author of White Rose, Black Forest. Occupied Italy, 1944. In the mountain regions south of Bologna, Liliana Nicoletti’s family finds escaped POW James Foley behind German lines... -
The Year in Between: A Sense and Sensibility Variation by Christina Morland
Marianne Dashwood was "born to an extraordinary fate. .. to discover the falsehood of her own opinions, and to counteract, by her conduct, her most favorite maxims" (Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility)... -
Walking on Hidden Wings by Rachel Scott McDaniel
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"A tangled web, a sleuthing adventure, a rekindled romance . . . Walking on Hidden Wings has it all. ". --Rachel Fordham, author of The Letter Tree. Geneva Ashcroft Hayes's marriage to a newspaper mogul might have been arranged, but the New York socialite is devastated when her husband's plane crashes a few short months after their nuptials... -
A Better Tomorrow for the East End Library Girls by Patricia McBride
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe next instalment in the Library Girl series, a heartwarming and rousing story of women standing up for their rights! As the war nears its end, the library girls rally for their community. .. With London still in the grip of war, Cordelia, Mavis, and Jane find themselves facing a new challenge... -
Indecent by Darcy Burke
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSociety’s most exclusive invitation. .. Welcome to the Phoenix Club, where London’s most audacious, disreputable, and intriguing ladies and gentlemen find scandal, redemption, and second chances. If Bennet St... -
The Dressmaker’s Secret by Lorna Cook
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsParis, 1941: As Coco Chanel’s assistant, Adèle lives side by side with German officers in the splendor of The Ritz hotel. But Adèle has a secret. She is working for the resistance, right under the German’s noses. As occupied Paris becomes more and more dangerous, Adèle will have to decide if she can risk everything to save innocent lives and protect the man she loves…...
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