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  • Kvinnene by Kristin Hannah

    Kvinnene by Kristin Hannah

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 87 ratings
    From the celebrated author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds comes Kristin Hannah's The Women—at once an intimate portrait of coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided. Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation...
  • The Dark of the Moon by Fiona Valpy

    The Dark of the Moon by Fiona Valpy

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From the bestselling author of The Dressmaker’s Gift. She’s spent a lifetime searching for him. Is this her last chance to find the truth? Philly Delaney risked everything during the war...
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  • The Secret Midwife by Soraya M. Lane

    The Secret Midwife by Soraya M. Lane

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    London, 1995: When on the fiftieth anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz a news broadcast runs an appeal for information on the identity of a midwife who saved hundreds of lives, Emilia knows it is time to finally tell her story...
  • Arch of Triumph by Erich Maria Remarque

    Arch of Triumph by Erich Maria Remarque

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    It is 1939. Despite a law banning him from performing surgery, Ravic – a German doctor and refugee living in Paris – has been treating some of the city’s most elite citizens for two years on the behalf of two less-than-skillful French physicians...
  • The Dance Teacher of Paris by Suzanne Fortin

    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 Occupation by Deborah Swift

    The Occupation by Deborah Swift

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    A page-turning historical saga that will pull at your heartstrings! For fans of Freda Lightfoot, Pam Jenoff, Sebastian Faulks and Kate Atkinson. One woman’s secret war against the Nazis. One man’s war against himself…. 1940, Jersey. When Nazi forces occupy Jersey in the English Channel Islands, Céline Huber, who is married to a German, must decide where her loyalty lies...
    Categorized as:
    military  war  historical  length-medium  audiobook
  • The Parisians by Marius Gabriel

    The Parisians by Marius Gabriel

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Paris, 1940. The Nazis have occupied the city—and the Ritz. The opulent old hotel, so loved by Parisians, is now full of swaggering officers, their minions and their mistresses. For American Olivia Olsen, working as a chambermaid at the hotel means denying her nationality and living a lie, every day bringing the danger of discovery closer...
  • The Oceans and the Stars: A Sea Story, A War Story, A Love Story by Mark Helprin

    The Oceans and the Stars: A Sea Story, A War Story, A Love Story by Mark Helprin

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Mark Helprin, the #1  New York Times best-selling author of  Winter’s Tale and A Soldier of the Great War , returns with a fast-paced, beautifully written novel about the majesty of the sea; a life dedicated to duty, honor, and country; and the gift of falling in love...
  • The German Midwife by Mandy Robotham

    The German Midwife by Mandy Robotham

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    For readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Kate Furnivall comes a gritty tale of courage, betrayal and love in the most unlikely of places. Germany, 1944. Taken from the camps to serve the Fuhrer himself, Anke Hoff has been assigned as midwife to one of Hitler’s inner circle. If she refuses, her family will die...
  • Fire and Fury for the Tobacco Girls by Lizzie Lane

    Fire and Fury for the Tobacco Girls by Lizzie Lane

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    As war rages, everyone has to do their bit. .. Bristol 1941. As the clouds of war grow bleaker both at home and abroad, the Tobacco Girls are determined to do their bit for King and Country. To that end Maisie Miles and Bridget Milligan become voluntary ambulance drivers...
  • Wedding Bells at Goodwill House by Fenella J Miller

    Wedding Bells at Goodwill House by Fenella J Miller

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    January 1941. As the residents of Goodwill House feel the hard bite of winter, land girl Charlie Somiton is still glad of the warm friendships she has made there. Not just her fellow land girls, Daphne and Sal, but also dashing local G. P. Dr James Willoughby who looked after Charlie when she was injured at work...
    Categorized as:
    war  military  historical  length-medium  audiobook
  • The Girl from Guernica by Karen Robards

    The Girl from Guernica by Karen Robards

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Inspired by Picasso’s great masterpiece Guernica, New York Times bestselling author Karen Robards returns with a riveting story of love, intrigue, deception and bravery in the face of war…. On an April day in 1937, the sky opens and fire rains down upon the small Spanish town of Guernica. Seventeen-year-old Sibi and her family are caught up in the horror...
  • People Like Us by Louise Fein

    People Like Us by Louise Fein

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    For fans of The Nightingale and All the Light We Cannot See, a spellbinding story of impossible love set against the backdrop of the Nazi regime. As the dutiful daughter of a high-ranking Nazi officer, Hetty Heinrich is keen to play her part in the glorious new Thousand Year Reich...
    Categorized as:
    war  military  historical  20th century  audiobook
  • Dragonfly by Leila Meacham

    Dragonfly by Leila Meacham

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    From the New York Times bestselling author of Roses comes a gripping new novel about five young spies embedded among the highest Nazi ranks in occupied Paris. At the height of World War II, a handful of idealistic young Americans receive a mysterious letter from the government, asking them if they are willing to fight for their country...
  • The Girl From the Island by Lorna Cook

    The Girl From the Island by Lorna Cook

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A world at war. One woman will risk everything. Another will uncover her story. 1940: When the island of Guernsey is invaded by the Nazis, two sisters are determined to rebel in any way they can. But when forced to take in a German soldier, they are shocked to find a familiar face on their doorstep – a childhood friend who has now become their enemy...
  • Island in the East by Jenny Ashcroft

    Island in the East by Jenny Ashcroft

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Set 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...
  • Marriage and Mayhem for the Tobacco Girls by Lizzie Lane

    Marriage and Mayhem for the Tobacco Girls by Lizzie Lane

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Discover the brand new instalment in Lizzie Lane's bestselling Tobacco Girls series! War is fleeting, but true love last forever. .. May 1944. Hope and excitement is in the air when news breaks of the allied forces landing in Normandy. D Day has arrived. However, the day-to-day struggles for the Tobacco Girls continue. Carole Thomas wants her old life back...
  • The Nanny Outside the Gates by Shari J. Ryan

    The Nanny Outside the Gates by Shari J. Ryan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Auschwitz, 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…...
  • The Riviera House by Natasha Lester

    The Riviera House by Natasha Lester

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Secret weaves a lush and engrossing novel of World War II inspired by a true story and perfect for fans of Kate Quinn and Pam Jenoff. Paris, 1939: The Nazis think Éliane can't understand German. They’re wrong. They think she’s merely cataloging art in a Louvre museum and unaware they’re stealing national treasures for their private collections...
  • The Riviera House by Natasha Lester

    The Riviera House by Natasha Lester

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Secret weaves a lush and engrossing novel of World War II inspired by a true story and perfect for fans of Kate Quinn and Pam Jenoff. Paris, 1939: The Nazis think Éliane can't understand German. They’re wrong. They think she’s merely cataloging art in a Louvre museum and unaware they’re stealing national treasures for their private collections...
  • The Book of Lost Children by Jenny O'Brien

    The Book of Lost Children by Jenny O'Brien

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A wartime nurse risks everything to protect mothers and babies in Nazi-occupied Guernsey. Decades later, a hidden record reveals a devastating family truth. Based on a remarkable true story of one woman’s extraordinary courage. Guernsey, 1943. As German forces tighten their grip on the Channel Islands, nurse Evelyn Nightingale guards a dangerous secret...
  • Winter Wishes for the Home Front Nurses by Rachel Brimble

    Winter Wishes for the Home Front Nurses by Rachel Brimble

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The BRAND NEW instalment in Rachel Brimble's emotional, heart-wrenching Home Front Nurses saga series A uplifting story of courage, friendship and love against the odds, perfect for fans of Lizzie Lane, Rosie Clarke, and Call the Midwife. Winter, 1942...
  • Dark Days for the Tobacco Girls by Lizzie Lane

    Dark Days for the Tobacco Girls by Lizzie Lane

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Nothing will stop the The Tobacco Girls not even war. .. BRISTOL 1940. The Tobacco Girls cling together as they realise that the clouds of war are turning dark, the world is becoming more dangerous and their lives more unpredictable. Bridget Milligan’s big, happy family fragments when her siblings are evacuated to North Devon, then a letter from America further fills her with dismay...
  • The Code Breaker's Secret by Catherine Law

    The Code Breaker's Secret by Catherine Law

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Love and duty, codes and spies. .. Kent, 1939. Soon to marry her childhood sweetheart, Eliza thinks her life is set. But when war breaks out, everything changes and, while helping the soldiers returning from Dunkirk, she bumps into Lewis, an unforgettable stranger from her past...
  • Something Dangerous by Penny Vincenzi

    Something Dangerous by Penny Vincenzi

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    The dazzling Lytton twins, Adele and Venetia, are born into the great Lytton publishing empire. In 1928, on their eighteenth birthday, they are rich and admired, with a confidence verging on arrogance. But the spectre of Nazi Germany is growing. .. Gradually their privileged world darkens in unimaginable ways - but it is not just the twins whose lives have been irrevocably changed...
  • The Grass Crown by Colleen McCullough

    The Grass Crown by Colleen McCullough

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    In this great drama, Marius, the general who saved Rome from barbarian invasion and became consul an unprecedented six times, has fallen into decline. Sulla, his closest associate, has withdrawn himself from his commander's circle in preparation for his own bid for power...
  • Heaven and Hell for the Tobacco Girls by Lizzie Lane

    Heaven and Hell for the Tobacco Girls by Lizzie Lane

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    ALL NEW from the Tobacco Girls. BRISTOL 1943 and life for the Tobacco Girls isn’t getting any easier. .. Bridget Milligan has donned a uniform and joined the nursing services where she becomes intrigued with the miracles of modern medicine. She’s also torn between family loyalty, her new career and Lyndon O’Neill, the love of her life...
  • Wartime with the Tram Girls by Lynn Johnson

    Wartime with the Tram Girls by Lynn Johnson

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    ‘ Absolutely loved this book from start to finish, I couldn’t put it down ' ☆☆☆☆☆ Reader Review While the men are off fighting, the women keep the country moving… July 1914 : Britain is in turmoil as WW1 begins to change the world. While the young men disappear off to foreign battlefields, the women left at home throw themselves into jobs meant for the boys...
  • The Promise by Lesley Pearse

    The Promise by Lesley Pearse

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    London 1914. Belle Reilly finally has the life she's dreamed of thanks to a devoted husband in Jimmy and the hat shop she's wanted to own since she was a child. But as the storm clouds of World War One begin to gather, Belle's already turbulent life is to change in ways she never imagined possible...
  • The Secret of the Grand Hôtel du Lac by Kathryn Gauci

    The Secret of the Grand Hôtel du Lac by Kathryn Gauci

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    “Sometime during the early hours of the morning, he awoke again, this time with a start. He was sure he heard a noise outside. It sounded like a twig snapping. Under normal circumstances it would have meant nothing, but in the silence of the forest every sound was magnified. There it was again. This time it was closer and his instinct told him it wasn’t the wolves...
  • The Last Hours in Paris by Ruth Druart

    The Last Hours in Paris by Ruth Druart

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    From the author of  While Paris Slept  comes a story of great love, betrayal, and redemption, set in WWII and 1960s France and England. "Words are power. They can bring you down, lift you up, make your heart soar, make you fall in love. Or make you hate. " Paris 1944 .  Elise Chevalier knows what it is to love . . . and to hate...
  • The Girl from Bologna by Siobhan Daiko

    The Girl from Bologna by Siobhan Daiko

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    1944. Bologna, Italy , and the streets are crawling with German soldiers. Nineteen-year-old Leila Venturi is shocked into joining the Resistance after her beloved best friend Rebecca, the daughter of a prominent Jewish businessman, is ruthlessly deported to a concentration camp. 1981. Exchange student Rhiannon Hughes arrives in Bologna and meets Leila, her landlady...
  • New Recruits at Goodwill House by Fenella J. Miller

    New Recruits at Goodwill House by Fenella J. Miller

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    May 1940. There are new residents at Goodwill House – WAAF drivers Camilla ‘Millie’ Cunningham and Diane Forsyth, both eager to do their bit for the war effort and excited to be helping the brave boys who fly. And when Millie meets dashing and heroic Spitfire pilot Ted Thorrington, they strike up an instant connection...
  • Daughter of the Reich by Louise Fein

    Daughter of the Reich by Louise Fein

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    For fans of The Nightingale and All the Light We Cannot See, a spellbinding story of impossible love set against the backdrop of the Nazi regime. She must choose between loyalty to her country or a love that could be her destruction…. As the dutiful daughter of a high-ranking Nazi officer, Hetty Heinrich is keen to play her part in the glorious new Thousand Year Reich...
  • Caesar's Women by Colleen McCullough

    Caesar's Women by Colleen McCullough

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Colleen McCullough re-creates an extraordinary epoch before the mighty Republic belonged to Julius Caesar—when Rome's noblewomen were his greatest conquest. His victories were legend—in battle and bedchamber alike. Love was a political weapon he wielded cunningly and ruthlessly in his private war against enemies in the forum...
  • Girls on the Line by Aimie K. Runyan

    Girls on the Line by Aimie K. Runyan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    From the celebrated author of Daughters of the Night Sky comes a stirring novel inspired by the courage, dedication, and love of the unsung heroines of the Great War. December 1917. As World War I rages in Europe, twenty-four-year-old Ruby Wagner, the jewel in a prominent Philadelphia family, prepares for her upcoming wedding to a society scion...
  • The Lost Dressmaker of Paris by Suzanne Fortin

    The Lost Dressmaker of Paris by Suzanne Fortin

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When Darcie purchases several old suitcases at auction that had been abandoned in a railway station locker, she doesn't know what to expect. The first is disappointing but as she opens the second, she discovers rare and beautiful dresses for the 1940s, lovingly folded, and a notebook of designs to go with them. Written inside the cover is the name: Nathalie Leroux...
  • Welcome to Weaver Street by Chrissie Walsh

    Welcome to Weaver Street by Chrissie Walsh

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    If you love Nadine Dorries and Katie Flynn, you'll love Chrissie Walsh's WWI story of love, loss and triumph! Kitty and Tom Conlon arrive in Liverpool in July 1916 to claim the house Tom’s great-uncle has bequeathed him in his will. The move to England couldn’t have come at a better time. Dublin is in turmoil following the Easter Uprising and Kitty’s brother is now in prison...
  • Weaver Street at War by Chrissie Walsh

    Weaver Street at War by Chrissie Walsh

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The BRAND NEW release from Chrissie Walsh. Praise for Chrissie Walsh. 'Full of joy, sorrow and a big pinch of fun. I loved it' Elizabeth Gill. 'A captivating story of family, relations and the complexities of life. With truly heart-tugging moments that make you shed a tear. The Child from the Ash Pits is everything a good read should be' Diane Allen...
  • The Nurse's Secret by Amanda Skenandore

    The Nurse's Secret by Amanda Skenandore

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    The unflinching, spellbinding new book from the acclaimed author of The Second Life of Mirielle West...
  • Winter at Bletchley Park by Molly Green

    Winter at Bletchley Park by Molly Green

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    ‘Draws you in from the start and doesn’t let you go until the end’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐. ‘Wonderfully written and oozing wartime spirit. Couldn’t ask for more! ’ Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐. The second inspiring novel in the heartwarming and hopeful Bletchley Park Girls series from the queen of saga, Molly Green…. When Rosie Frost was jilted on her wedding day, she didn’t think life could get any worse...
    Categorized as:
    war  military  historical  length-long  audiobook
  • The Promised Land by Roberta Kagan

    The Promised Land by Roberta Kagan

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The Holocaust robbed Zofia Weiss of all she holds dear. The Secret State Police have confiscated her home, killed her friends, and imprisoned the man she loves. After searching through displaced persons camps and finding nothing, Zofia is sure that her lover is dead. With only her life, a dream, and a terrifying secret, Zofia illegally boards The Exodus, bound for Palestine...
  • Gruppenführer's Mistress by Ellie Midwood

    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...
  • The Lieutenant's Girl by Shari J. Ryan

    The Lieutenant's Girl by Shari J. Ryan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Pearl Harbor, 1941. War planes hurtle across the horizon, skimming the clouds. Gunpowder fills the air as the earth shatters. Everett’s hands cup my cheeks. “If I lose you, Elizabeth, please know that the time I’ve spent with you has been worth every second I’ve been alive. ”...
    Categorized as:
    military  war  historical  length-medium  audiobook
  • Touching the Wire by Rebecca Bryn

    Touching the Wire by Rebecca Bryn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Librarian 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 Longest Echo by Eoin Dempsey

    The Longest Echo by Eoin Dempsey

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Against 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 Broken Vow by Luisa A. Jones

    The Broken Vow by Luisa A. Jones

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Marriage was what Charlotte had been brought up to. After all, it provided a happy ending for all the heroines in the novels she sometimes read. So it would be for her… right? Born into luxury, Charlotte Fitznorton has always known a life filled with lavish parties and a line of suitors, all part of a future neatly laid out for her by her father, Sir Lucien...
  • The War Pianist by Mandy Robotham

    The War Pianist by Mandy Robotham

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Pianist: NOUN. Informal. A person who operates or controls a radio transmitter – often in code. July, 1940. Blitz-ridden London: Marnie Fern’s life is torn apart when her grandfather is killed in an air raid. But once she discovers that he’d been working undercover as a radio operative – or Pianist – for the Dutch resistance, Marnie knows she must complete his mission – no matter the cost…...
  • Watch and Ward: A Becky & Flynn WWI Mystery by Anna Elliott

    Watch and Ward: A Becky & Flynn WWI Mystery by Anna Elliott

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A wounded heroine. Mysterious murders. And a new baby on the way. London, December 1915. It’s a wartime Christmas in London. In the night sky, Santa’s sleigh has been upstaged by Zeppelin bombers. On the ground, Becky and Flynn are investigating a military clinic for wounded soldiers, where mysterious deaths may indicate new dangers from a deadly experimental German poison...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  war  historical  mystery  length-short
  • The Last Restaurant in Paris by Lily Graham

    The Last Restaurant in Paris by Lily Graham

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Paris 1944. To save her people, she served the enemy. In enemy-occupied Paris, as the locals go to bed starving and defeated by the war, music and laughter spills through the door of a little restaurant, crowded with German soldiers. The owner Marianne moves on weary feet between its packed tables, carrying plates of steaming, wholesome food for the enemy officers...
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