Whether your passion is The Ancient Greeks, The Wars of The Roses or The Russian Revolution, you'll find stories of life during these eras and every other, often using factual accounts to build a fictional narrative.
Historical Fiction Books
Pan Macmillan The First Bright Thing
Book SynopsisJ. R. Dawson is a writer and educator with shorter works in places such as F&SF, The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018, and Lightspeed. Dawson lives in Omaha with a loving spouse and three dogs. Having earned a BFA from The Theatre School at DePaul and an MFA in Creative Writing from Stonecoast, Dawson works as a teaching artist with assorted nonprofits that bring the power of the performing arts to children in the Midwest. They are the author of The First Bright Thing.Trade ReviewMesmerizing and magical, The First Bright Thing gives friendship, love and found family top billing, puts the audacity of optimism on center stage and delivers a voice with artistry and flair worthy of the Ringmaster herself -- Rowenna Miller, author of TornIf this circus were real, I’d be in the front row; it’s the found family so many of us crave. Richly imagined and vividly depicted, The First Bright Thing shows both the joys and costs of power -- Sarah Pinsker, author of A Song for a New DayThis magical novel will invite you into an astounding circus and carry you along on its wild journey through time, struggling to survive in the shadow of world wars and the sinister threat of their greatest competitor. The cast of colorful, endearing characters will make you glad to know that, as the Ringmaster says, ’Circus people never say goodbye’ -- Louisa Morgan, author of A Secret History of WitchesThe First Bright Thing will break your heart and stitch it back together, again and again. A nearly perfect amalgam of Mrs. Peregerine’s Home for Peculiar Children and The X-Men, this story is inhabited by beautiful and imperfect characters. It is a delicious tale of magical outsiders, determined to find love and light, beauty and family, in a world that fears and often hates them. It is a wonderful tale of hope and heart and perseverance -- Rita Woods, author of The Last Dreamwalker
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Pan Macmillan Homecoming for the Chocolate Girls
Book SynopsisAnnie Murray was born in Berkshire and read English at St John's College, Oxford. Her first Birmingham novel, Birmingham Rose, hit the Sunday Times bestseller list when it was published in 1995. She has subsequently written many other successful novels, including War Babies and Girls in Tin Hats, and the bestselling novels Chocolate Girls, Sisters of Gold and Black Country Orphan. Annie has four children, all Birmingham-born, and lives near Oxford.Trade ReviewA heart-warming tale of friendship and family -- My Weekly on Wartime for the Chocolate GirlsThis warm-hearted and gritty chapter for the Chocolate Girls packs in all those ingredients – relationships, romance, the uncertainties of wartime and human compassion – which have made this series such a delicious treat for all saga fans -- Lancashire Post on Wartime for the Chocolate Girls
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Pan Macmillan The Pearl Button Girl
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Pan Macmillan The Pearl Button Girl
Book SynopsisAnnie Murray was born in Berkshire and read English at St John's College, Oxford. Her first Birmingham novel, Birmingham Rose, hit The Sunday Times bestseller list when it was published in 1995. She has subsequently written many other successful novels, including War Babies and Girls in Tin Hats and the bestselling novels Chocolate Girls, Sisters of Gold and Black Country Orphan. Annie has four children, all Birmingham born and she lives near Oxford.
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Pan Macmillan When We Were Bad
Book SynopsisCharlotte Mendelson's novels include Daughters of Jerusalem, When We Were Bad, Almost English, and The Exhibitionist. She has won both the Somerset Maugham Award and the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, has been longlisted for the Man Booker, and has been longlisted and shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction. She is also the author of one work of non-fiction, Rhapsody in Green, and is the gardening correspondent for The New Yorker. She lives in London.Trade ReviewAs intelligent as it is funny. A beautifully observed literary comedy as well as a painfully accurate description of one big old family mess. A joy -- Viv Groskop * The Observer *Fast-paced and engaging. Brilliant, touching and true -- Naomi Alderman, Women's Prize-winning author of The PowerA dazzling portrait of a family in crisis * The Guardian *A completely brilliant book. Breathtakingly good -- Barbara Trepido, bestselling author of Brother of the More Famous JackAssured, inventive and entertaining . . . Brilliantly climactic . . . Intelligent and witty. The Rubin family may be a singular one but the delights and the difficulties its members have with sex and spirituality, food and domesticity, expectation and achievement, will have a universal appeal * The Sunday Telegraph *Funny and emotionally true, this is a comedy with the warmest of hearts and the most deliciously subversive of agendas * Marie Claire *Charlotte Mendelson’s When We Were Bad will take its place among classic accounts of tribal misadventure with the same apparent effortlessness that proves so pleasurable in her writing. Rarely can readers of contemporary fiction feel themselves to be in such safe hands -- Hannah Betts * The Times *Written with tremendous authority, insight, humour and even wisdom . . . Convincing and moving . . . Funny, absorbing and certain to linger in the imagination * Spectator *Never has the perfect family cracked and crumbled with such elegance, warmth and humour -- Meg Rosoff, bestselling author of How We Live NowRarely has the suffocating hold of family life been so powerfully portrayed as it has here . . . Mendelson’s great achievement is to make us care . . . Uncompromising and brave * Daily Mail *With great delicacy and elliptical prose, Mendelson draws a subtle and compassionate picture of a family as it unravels. A novel about secrets and the damage they cause * Metro *Compelling . . . A poignant and compassionate novel of a family in crisis as one member after another faces some home truths * Woman & Home *Secret thoughts and unnameable hangups are teased out in glowing, metaphorical and often very funny prose . . . Mendelson explores the shadows and ghosts haunting a family which appears to outsiders to be a harmonious, messy, intellectual ideal * Times Literary Supplement *Brilliant . . . highly entertaining -- Matthew Reisz * Independent *Quite superlative * Scotsman *Immensely funny and affecting . . . A novel that wittily and searingly explores the relationships between parents and their adult children . . . an elegant comedy of longing and survival * LA Times *Astute, affectionately mocking prose and a wicked but merciful intelligence * Kirkus *Absolutely spellbinding, so funny, so moving, so totally believable -- Jacqueline Wilson
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Pan Macmillan New Horizons for the Woolworth Girls
Book SynopsisElaine Everest, author of bestselling novels The Woolworths Girls, The Butlins Girls, Christmas at Woolworths and The Teashop Girls, was born and brought up in north-west Kent, where many of her books are set. She has been a freelance writer for twenty-five years and has written widely for women's magazines and national newspapers, both short stories and features. Her non-fiction books for dog owners have been very popular and led to her broadcasting on the radio about our four-legged friends. Elaine has been heard discussing many topics on the airwaves, from canine subjects to living with a husband under her feet when redundancy looms.
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Pan Macmillan Celebrations for the Woolworths Girls
Book SynopsisIt's 1952 and with a new Monarch about to ascend the thrown, The Woolworths Girls will face fresh new challenges . . .At The Erith Store there is a new temporary manager and Sarah is getting more than a little concerned by problems he seems to be creating. The whole mess is enough to make her resign.Meanwhile, Ruby is extremely worried about her friend Vera, and with illness causing a problem from Vera's past to come flooding back, she knows it’s going to take a lot of strength and willpower to do what needs to be done.Then there is Freda, looking forward to the arrival of her first child – but sick with worry that her Tony won’t have returned home in time for the birth.As Coronation Day for young Queen Elizabeth II approaches, the girls from Woolworths celebrate friendship, family and overcoming anything that life can throw at them . . .Celebration for the Woolworths Girls is the ninth novel in ElainTrade ReviewA warm, tender tale of friendship and love . . . sweet as a Woolies pick’n’mix -- Milly Johnson on The Woolworth GirlsA heart-warming story about finding strength in the hardest of times * Woman’s Own *
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Pan Macmillan The Teashop Girls at War
Book SynopsisElaine Everest, author of bestselling novels The Woolworths Girls, The Butlins Girls, Christmas at Woolworths and The Teashop Girls, was born and brought up in north-west Kent, where many of her books are set. She has been a freelance writer for twenty-five years and has written widely for women's magazines and national newspapers, both short stories and features. Her non-fiction books for dog owners have been very popular and led to her broadcasting on radio about our four-legged friends. Elaine has been heard discussing many other topics on radio, from canine subjects to living with a husband under her feet when redundancy looms.Trade ReviewHeartwarming . . . a must-read -- Woman's Own on The Teashop GirlsA warm, tender tale of friendship and love . . . sweet as a Woolies pick’n’mix -- Milly Johnson on The Woolworths GirlsA lovely read -- Bella on The Woolworths GirlsElaine brings the heyday of the iconic high-street giant to life in her charming novel -- S Magazine on The Woolworths Girls
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Pan Macmillan A Christmas Wish at Woolworths
Book SynopsisElaine Everest, author of bestselling novels The Woolworths Girls, The Butlins Girls, Christmas at Woolworths and The Teashop Girls, was born and brought up in north-west Kent, where many of her books are set. She has been a freelance writer for twenty-five years and has written widely for women's magazines and national newspapers, both short stories and features. Her non-fiction books for dog owners have been very popular and led to her broadcasting on the radio about our four-legged friends. Elaine has been heard discussing many topics on the airwaves, from canine subjects to living with a husband under her feet when redundancy looms.
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Pan Macmillan Death on the Lusitania
Book SynopsisR. L. Graham is a husband-and-wife team of historians and writers with a broad range of interests in many periods of history, including the belle époque and the tumultuous years leading up to the First World War and the post-war re-ordering of the world.They are very much drawn to the shadowy world of crime, espionage and political intrigue. They are particularly fascinated by historical mysteries: things which have happened but have no apparent explanation. Originally from Canada, they now live in a small village in Devon. Marilyn Livingstone, one half of R. L. Graham, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer while this book was being written. She passed away in September 2023.Trade ReviewWhat's not to love about a fast-paced, richly detailed crime thriller set on the doomed RMS Lusitania? The rich supporting cast, many of whom are suspects, means that this book is unputdownable. A real page turner! -- Ben Kane, the Sunday Times bestselling authorAn immersive, gripping book, a classic locked room mystery made even more compelling by the real-life story of the ocean liner’s demise and the political intrigues of the time * Historical Novel Society *Set on a doomed ocean liner, this engaging and well researched mystery is perfect for lovers of Agatha Christie and Dorothy L Sayers -- Philip Gray, author of Two Storm Wood, The Times Thriller of the YearVery much enjoyed this shipboard murder mystery with an appealing sleuth in Patrick Gallagher and a positive cornucopia of suspects. Totally absorbing! -- Leonora Nattrass, author of Blue WaterMasterfully weaves historical detail with an enthralling locked-room mystery. Impeccably researched, the story is not just a great crime tale, with a compelling central character in Patrick Gallagher, but a haunting imagining of the last hours of the Lusitania -- Chris Lloyd, author of Paris Requiem, the Winner of the HWA Gold Crown for Best Historical FictionA wonderfully gripping read, capturing a vanished age and an enduringly fascinating real-life mystery, with a brilliant cast of characters and mounting tension. I enjoyed it tremendously -- Oliver Harris, author of Ascension, BBC2 Between the Covers Book Club PickA vivid historical detective mystery coupled with an exciting WWI espionage drama, replete with sinister, devious characters -- Greg Mosse, author of The Coming DarknessDeath on the Lusitania is a complex and compelling debut novel, full of interwoven plotlines, snippets of history and unusual, nuanced characters -- Browser Books
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Pan Macmillan Death on the Lusitania
Book SynopsisR. L. Graham is a husband-and-wife team of historians and writers with a broad range of interests in many periods of history, including the belle époque and the tumultuous years leading up to the First World War and the post-war re-ordering of the world.They are very much drawn to the shadowy world of crime, espionage and political intrigue. They are particularly fascinated by historical mysteries: things which have happened but have no apparent explanation. Originally from Canada, they now live in a small village in Devon. Marilyn Livingstone, one half of R. L. Graham, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer while this book was being written. She passed away in September 2023.
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Pan Macmillan Be Careful What You Wish For
Book SynopsisBe Careful What You Wish For is the fourth incredible book in the epic Clifton Chronicles series, from master storyteller Jeffrey Archer.Trade ReviewProbably the greatest storyteller of our age * Mail on Sunday *If there was a Nobel Prize for storytelling, Archer would win * Daily Telegraph *
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Pan Macmillan This Was a Man
Book SynopsisSuspenseful and mesmerizing, This Was a Man is the seventh and final novel in international bestseller Jeffrey Archer's the Clifton Chronicles an epic and poignant conclusion. Harry Clifton is set to write his magnum opus, and as he reflects on his days, the lives of his family continue to unfold, unravel and intertwine in ways no one could have imagined.Harry's wife Emma completes her ten years as Chairman of the Bristol Royal Infirmary when she receives a surprise call from Margaret Thatcher.In Whitehall, Giles Barrington discovers the truth about his wife, but is she a pawn in a larger game? Sebastian Clifton finds himself in a new role after an unexpected resignation and his talented daughter, Jessica, goes to art school but gets into trouble. Can her aunt help?Lady Virginia is about to flee the country to avoid her creditors when the death of a duchess gives her another opportunity to clear her debts and finally trump the two families.The epic saga that has charted the lives, loves and adventures of the Clifton and Barrington families reaches its stunning conclusion in this, the final heart-stopping volume from the master storyteller, Jeffrey Archer.Trade ReviewArcher puts his entire formidable bag of storytelling tricks into this last in the series * Daily Mail *
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Pan Macmillan A Mothers Sorrow
Book SynopsisA Mother's Sorrow is a heart-rending family drama set around WW1 from bestselling author and Queen of the Saga, Margaret Dickinson.Three young women. Two families united. A bond that can’t be broken . . . Sheffield, 1892. Patrick Halliday rules his family with a rod of iron. He’s hard on both his wife and his elder daughter, Flora, but he spoils his youngest, Mary Ellen, because she reminds him of his beloved mother.When Mary Ellen, aged seventeen, finds that she is pregnant, Patrick throws her out of the family home and Flora goes with her. After wandering the Derbyshire countryside for miles, they find shelter on a farm, working for their keep.When Flora must return to her job as a buffer girl in Sheffield’s cutlery trade, she is reunited with her friend, Evelyn Bonsor. As both young women find love and fall pregnant, the Halliday and Bonsor families are united, despite the many trials that cross their path
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Pan Macmillan A Lasting Promise
Book SynopsisBorn the thirteenth child of fifteen to a middle-class mother and an East End barrow boy, Mary Wood's childhood was a mixture of love and poverty. Throughout her life, Mary has held various posts in office roles, working in the probation services, and brought up her four children and numerous grandchildren, step-grandchildren and great-grandchildren. An avid reader, she first put pen to paper in 1989 while nursing her mother through her final months, but didn't become successful until she began self-publishing her writing in 2011. Her novels include All I Have to Give, An Unbreakable Bond, In Their Mother's Footsteps and the bestselling Orphanage Girls series.
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Pan Macmillan The Wonder
Book SynopsisNow a major Netflix film from the makers of Normal People and Room, starring Florence Pugh.'An old-school page turner with crackling intensity' – Stephen King'Powerful, compulsively readable' – The Irish TimesEleven-year-old Anna O'Donnell stops eating, but remains miraculously alive and well. A nurse, sent to investigate whether she is a fraud, meets a journalist hungry for a story . . .Set in the Irish Midlands in the 1850s, Emma Donoghue's The Wonder – inspired by numerous European and North American cases of 'fasting girls' between the sixteenth century and the twentieth – is a psychological thriller about a child's murder threatening to happen in slow motion before our eyes.Part of the Picador Collection, a series celebrating fifty years of Picador books and showcasing the best of modern literature.
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Pan Macmillan Magic Flutes
Book SynopsisEva Ibbotson was born in Vienna in 1925 and fled to England with her family when the Nazis came to power. She became a writer while bringing up her four children in Newcastle. Her bestselling novels have been published and loved by readers around the world.Her novels for adults, all rich historical romances, convey her deep love of the arts, the Austrian countryside, and the importance of belonging.In 2001, her children's novel Journey to the River Sea won the Nestle Gold Award and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.Eva passed away peacefully in October 2010 at the age of eighty-five.
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Pan Macmillan The Hidden Girl
Book SynopsisLucinda Riley was born in 1965 in Ireland and, after an early career as an actress in film, theatre and television, wrote her first novel aged twenty-four. Her books have been translated into thirty-seven languages and continue to strike an emotional chord with cultures all around the world. The Seven Sisters series specifically has become a global phenomenon, creating its own genre.Her books have been nominated for numerous awards, including the Italian Bancarella Prize, the Lovely Books Award in Germany and the Romantic Novel of the Year Award. In 2020, she received the Dutch Platinum Award for sales over 300,000 copies for a single novel in one year a prize last won by J. K. Rowling for Harry Potter.In collaboration with her son Harry Whittaker, she also devised and wrote the Guardian Angels series of books for children.Though she brought up her four children mostly in Norfolk, England, she fulfilled her dream in 2015 of buying a remote farmhouse in West
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Pan Macmillan The Hidden Girl
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Pan Macmillan Secrets in the Dales
Book SynopsisDiane Allen was born in Leeds, but raised on her family's farm, deep in the Yorkshire Dales. After working as a glass engraver, raising a family and looking after her ill father, she found her true niche in life, joining a large-print publishing firm in 1990. She now concentrates on her writing full time, and is Honorary Vice President of the Romantic Novelists' Association. Diane's novels include A Precious Daughter, The Girl from the Tanner's Yard and The Miner's Wife.Diane and her husband Ronnie live in the Dales market town of Settle, and have two children and four beautiful grandchildren.
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Pan Macmillan Secrets in the Dales
Book SynopsisDiane Allen was born in Leeds, but raised on her family's farm, deep in the Yorkshire Dales. After working as a glass engraver, raising a family and looking after her ill father, she found her true niche in life, joining a large-print publishing firm in 1990. She now concentrates on her writing full time, and is Honorary Vice President of the Romantic Novelists' Association. Diane's novels include A Precious Daughter, The Girl from the Tanner's Yard and The Miner's Wife.Diane and her husband Ronnie live in the Dales market town of Settle, and have two children and four beautiful grandchildren.
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Pan Macmillan Mere
Book SynopsisDanielle Giles is a writer and researcher based in Bristol. She has been published (writing as Danielle Vrublevskis) in Extra Teeth and Dear Damsels, shortlisted for the Bristol Short Story Prize and the Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize, and longlisted for the Galley Beggar Press Short Story Prize. She won the Local Prize in the 2023 Bath Short Story Award. Mere is her first novel.
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Pan Macmillan Miss Jane
Book SynopsisBrad Watson was the author of two critically acclaimed novels, The Heaven of Mercury and Miss Jane, and three collections of stories, Last Days of the Dog-Men, Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives, and There Is Happiness. His work has been recognized by the short list and long list of the National Book Award, the International Dublin Literary Award, the PEN/Faulkner Award, the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Great Lakes New Writers Award, the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award in Fiction (twice), the Southern Book Critics Circle Award in Fiction, a National Endowment of the Arts Grant in Fiction, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Harper Lee Award, and the Award in Letters granted by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He taught creative writing at Harvard University, the University of Alabama, and the University of Wyoming, Laramie.
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Pan Macmillan The Nightingale
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Pan Macmillan Seek the Fair Land
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Pan Macmillan The Silent People
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Pan Macmillan Doctor Copernicus
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Pan Macmillan The Hiding Game
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Headline Publishing Group The Air Raid Book Club
Book Synopsis''Touching and heartwarming . . . get those tissues ready'' - Jill Mansell ''A warm and tender tale about the power of books'' - Ruth Hogan As the bombs began to fall, the book club kept their hopes alive...London, 1938. Bookseller Gertie Bingham is facing difficult times, having just lost her beloved husband, Harry, and with a lingering sadness at never having been able to have a child of her own. Struggling to face running the bookshop she and Harry opened together, Gertie is preparing to sell up and move away when she is asked if she would be willing to take in a young Jewish refugee from Germany. Gertie is unsure and when sullen teenager Hedy Fischer arrives, Gertie fears she has nothing left to give the troubled girl. But when the German bombers come and the lights go out over London, Gertie and Hedy realise that joining forces will make them stronger, and that books have the power to bring young and old together and unite a community in need in its darkest hour...Readers adore The Air Raid Book Club:''I loved this . . . a sweet and nourishing ode to books that historical fiction fans will love'' - Kate Thompson ''A charming, uplifting story of resourceful women and the healing power of books'' - Clare Chambers''Tender, touching and utterly heart-warming'' - Sarah Steele''A wonderful story of strong female friendship and found family . . . I absolutely adored it'' - ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Real reader review''Beautiful and moving in a way that we need right now'' - ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Real reader review''A beautiful depiction of a community striving to survive together'' - ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Real reader review''A gentle, heartwarming read'' - ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Real reader reviewTrade ReviewA warm and tender tale about the power and healing of friendship and community and the magic of books . . . Annie writes her characters with humanity, humour and respect and their stories will stay with me for a very long time. A wonderful, heart-warming read -- Ruth HoganFull of heart . . . Annie Lyons has cleverly woven the horror and heartbreak of war with the resilience of human nature, the strength of love, and the importance of friends . . . satisfying, funny, uplifting . . . A fabulous story, perfect for fans of Lissa Evans and AJ Pearce. I adored it. -- Kerry BarrettAnnie Lyons has the rare gift of bringing an unfamiliar world alive in such a way that the reader drops right into the heart of the action . . . This is a book to be read and re-read - each time there will be something new to discover . . . a triumph -- Celia AndersonIf you're looking for a warm and nostalgic read, The Air Raid Book Club will definitely be your cup of tea. This story of love, bravery and found family is heart-wrenching and utterly charming. I sobbed my way through the final chapters. -- Fiona LucasThis story of grief, community, friendship and the restorative power of books, is charming, witty and thoroughly absorbing from first page to last. Gertie is the very best of heroines: feisty and compassionate. I adored following her and Lyons' cast of colourfully drawn characters through the desperate landscape of the Second World War to the swooping joy of an ending which left tears rolling down my face. This book is exactly what we need right now to remind us that, with kindness, love and compassion for our fellow man, there is always light beyond the darkness -- Lisa TimoneyI devoured it . . . and was caught up in the world of Gertie and Hedy and the Book Club in WW2, turning the pages to find out more . . . a beautifully written story and a book full of heart. -- Beezy MarshA tender, touching and utterly heart-warming tale, set against the horrors of the Blitz. Readers will adore Gertie and Hedy -- Sarah SteeleA charming, uplifting story of resourceful women and the healing power of books -- Clare Chambers, bestselling author of Small PleasuresImmersive and thought-provoking . . . Through the agony of grief and the darkness of war, Annie weaves persistent hope . . . a triumphant success! -- Laura CarlinI loved this . . . a sweet and nourishing ode to books that historical fiction fans will love -- Kate ThompsonThe Air Raid Book Club is a total gem of a book - it completely swept me away -- Miranda DickinsonI loved The Air Raid Book Club . . . Gertie and Hedy are wonderful characters and their intertwined stories are just so touching and heartwarming. What a beautiful novel this is. And as for that ending . . . get those tissues ready -- Jill Mansell
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Headline Publishing Group Dancing Till Midnight
Book SynopsisSunday Times bestselling author Rosie Goodwins brings us a heartbreaking saga of one woman''s struggle to escape her past and find happiness.Life has been cruel to Grace Collins...Orphaned as a child, she is raised by her severely religious aunt, Emily. Starved of love, she falls for the first man who shows her affection, Barry Swan. And when Grace falls pregnant, Emily disowns her.Barry and Grace marry and, for a while, she knows happiness. Barry adores her and is a wonderful father, but Grace feels that something is missing. When Barry indulges her passion for ballroom dancing, the gap seems to be filled - until she meets Philip Golding. He sweeps Grace off her feet, showing her what she believes is a better way of life. But as he draws her into a web of deceit, she discovers that all that glitters is not gold...Trade ReviewAn absorbing story in the grand tradition of the best saga authors -- Margaret DickinsonA wonderful heroine, plucky, determined and warm-hearted. A believable and compelling read -- Jennie FeltonRosie writes such heart-warming sagas -- Lyn AndrewsA heart-throbber of a story that puts so many other so-called emotional blockbusters in the shade * Northern Echo *Not only is Goodwin's characterisation and dialogue compelling, her descriptive writing is a joy * Nottingham Evening Post *The new Catherine Cookson * Coventry Evening Telegraph *A touching and powerful new novel from a wonderful writer * Bookseller *Goodwin has the enviable knack of putting the past into focus with wonderfully warm and credible characters, lively dialogue and fascinating period detail of everyday life. A Rose Among Thorns is another moving and inspirational story from a writer who knows how to tug at the heart strings * Lancashire Evening Post *
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Headline Publishing Group Skylarks At Sunset
Book SynopsisSkylarks at Sunset by Rita Bradshaw is the heartrending saga of a young woman battling to protect her family amid the storm clouds of war and prejudice.
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Headline Publishing Group Eve and her Sisters
Book Synopsis She gave them everything and asked for nothing in return... Rita Bradshaw''s heart-stopping saga, Eve and Her Sisters, is a captivating tale of poverty, family and unrequited love. Perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Kitty Neale.Following their father''s death in a mining accident, sisters Eve, Mary and Nell journey to the Michaelmas fair at Gateshead to be put up for hire - it is that or face the workhouse. Eve, who has looked after her younger sisters since their mother''s death, cannot bear the thought of them being separated so she is indebted to innkeeper, Caleb Travis, when he takes pity on her and agrees to hire them all. Over the years, Eve''s gratitude towards him turns to love, but Caleb is blind to Eve''s feelings as he is infatuated with Mary. It is to take many more years of heartache before he realises his mistake... What Amazon readers are saying about Eve and Her Sisters
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Headline Publishing Group Let The Bells Ring
Book Synopsis The devastation of war has dramatic consequences for a mother and daughter... Let the Bells Ring is an evocative wartime saga from much-loved author Anne Baker, as a family face battles in life and love. Perfect for fans of Sheila Newberry and Cathy Sharp.Hannah and her mother Esme are lucky to escape when their home is destroyed during a bombing raid. Forced to move in with Esme''s difficult sister-in-law, they make the best of things, and soon Hannah falls for the boy next door, Eric Goodwin. But Esme''s worried; she''s always been afraid of Eric''s father Arnold, and she suspects that Eric is a chip off the old block, full of charm but up to no good. Is innocent Hannah being drawn into an unpredictable and dangerous world of crime? What readers are saying about Let the Bells Ring: ''I have read 14 of Anne Baker''s books and have enjoyed every one of them. The books
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Headline Publishing Group The Good The Bad and The History
Book SynopsisBook 14 in the bestselling Chronicles of St Mary's series which follows a group of tea-soaked disaster magnets as they hurtle their way around History.
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Headline Publishing Group To Woo and to Wed
Book Synopsis''[E]ffervescent... Sophie is a refreshingly candid protagonist, whose ability to stand up to the duke is evenly matched with the care and concern she has for her sisters. Waters''s fans will be sad to see this series end but deeply satisfied by this fetching finale'' Publishers WeeklyThe final instalment in the hilarious and steamy (PopSugar) Regency Vows series follows the heir to a dukedom and a young widow, once very much in love, as they reunite years later to fake an engagement for the benefit of her sister.They have the best of intentions...and the worst luck in love.West, the Marquess of Weston, and Sophie, Lady Fitzwilliam Bridewell, have lately been spending a considerable amount of time together. But West and Sophie are not new acquaintances.In fact, years ago, they were almost engaged, until West''s almost fatal curricle accident and his meddling father threw them off course.
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Headline Publishing Group Miss You Forever
Book SynopsisA woman''s tale of stolen dreams must end happily in this unforgettable saga from the No. 1 bestselling author and national treasure Josephine Cox. One winter''s night, in the coalhole in her yard, Rosie finds a woman sheltering there who has been severely beaten by thugs.At a glance, Kathleen looks like an unkempt, aged vagabond who tramps the roads carrying all her worldly possessions in a grubby tapestry bag. Her only friend is the mangy old dog who accompanies her; the sum of her life is in the diaries she zealously guards. Yet close up, Rosie can see that Kathleen has a gracious beauty - the look of a respectable lady of means.In hospital, fighting for her life yet moved by Rosie''s care and compassion, Kathleen entrusts the diaries, urging her to look at them. There, in the soft glow of the lamp, Rosie reads a heart-rending tale of stolen dreams, true love, heartache and loss. A tale that, somehow, must have a happy ending . . .
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Headline Publishing Group The Gilded Cage
Book SynopsisPowerful, hard-hearted Leonard Mears is a man with a dark secret; an illegitimate daughter that he forced his sister to bring up.The girl is now a young woman who, unbeknown to him, is determined to find the father that abandoned her.James Peterson, a gifted young man, runs Mears'' factory with more success than Leonard''s own sons. He lives for the day he can have his own business and make his fortune. Only then will he be able to declare his love for beautiful Isabel Mears who he means to release from the gilded cage her father has created. But when the lonely, lovely Sally comes in to his life, his heart and dreams are turned upside down.
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Headline Publishing Group The Woman Who Left
Book SynopsisThe Woman Who Left is a dramatic and gripping tale of jealousy, sibling rivalry and revenge.Louise and Ben Hunter''s loving marriage is marred only by their unfulfilled longing for a child. Living and working with Ben''s father, Ronnie, they are quietly contented. But when Ronnie dies, their whole world changes.Ben''s lazy brother, Jacob, returns, convinced he stands to inherit Ronnie''s small fortune. And he means to have his brother''s wife; though just as she did years before, Louise warns him off. Jacob, however, is not so easily dismissed. When he realises Ben will inherit everything, Jacob is beside himself with rage, and commits a terrible deed, one that threatens to destroy everything his brother and Louise hold dear . . .
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Headline Publishing Group Jinnie
Book SynopsisIn Jinnie, the sequel to The Woman Who Left, Josephine Cox weaves an unforgettable and dramatic tale of the lingering power of past betrayals.Ten years ago, Louise Hunter''s life was torn apart by tragedy. Her husband, Ben, killed himself; her brother-in-law, Jacob, was murdered; and her sister, Susan, abandoned her new-born daughter, revealing the baby is Ben''s child. Louise remains haunted by guilt over the one night she spent with Ben''s friend Eric, and refuses to return Eric''s love. But after adopting Jinnie, she finds new happiness - until Susan decides she wants Jinnie back.Meanwhile, Adam and Hannah, whose mother was killed with Jacob, are on the run. What Adam witnessed on that dreadful night has put them all in danger, but their beloved grandmother knows that one day they must return to the place where it all began . . .
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Headline Publishing Group Let It Shine
Book SynopsisLet It Shine is a dramatic and enthralling tale of bad choices, family ties and second choices by Josephine Cox, one of the nation''s best-loved storytellers.As her past catches up with her, can she ever hope to restore happiness?Ada Williams once believed money and power would bring her happiness. But now she is all alone except for her greedy son Peter, who waits only for the day he will inherit her fortune. Ada, however, has a different plan altogether.She enters the lives of the Bolton family, living just a few miles away in Blackburn. The Boltons may be poor - but the love they share means they can overcome almost any adversity. But no one could have foreseen the shocking events of Christmas night, 1932, which split the family asunder, leaving Larry crippled and the twins, Ellie and Betsy, in a foster home. Events that Ada Williams, even after all these years, will never forget . . .
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Headline Publishing Group Looking Back
Book SynopsisA story of love, sacrifice and a girl who has to grow up too fast . . .From the moment she learns of the stranger''s visit, Molly Tattersall is filled with a sense of fear. Then her mother disappears, leaving behind a letter asking Molly to take care of her five brothers and sisters. Molly''s wayward father rejects his responsibilities, leaving Molly to choose between the young man she has given her heart to and the family she adores.It is the cruellest decision of her life, with long-reaching and heart-breaking consequences. Only one thing is certain: Molly''s life will never be the same again.
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Headline Publishing Group Where You Go I Will Go
Book SynopsisTwo women search for a place of belonging, in this stunning novel that will break your heart and lift you up.''Evocative and exhilarating. Christina Fonthes is a fresh and powerful new writer with a beautiful voice and bold talent''Salena Godden, author of Mrs. Death Misses Death''A wonderful, vital novel exploring familial legacies and queer lives. Fonthes deftly charts the complex paths of these characters with real verve and authenticity''Irenosen Okojie MBE''A captivating read from an exciting new voice''Cherie Jones, author of How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House______London, 2004. Bijoux has a secret. To the world, she is the obedient child, dutifully attending prayer meetings and following the rigid expectations of her silent and austere Pentecostal aunt, Tantine Mireille. But Bijoux is in love with a woman. She has been for a year. When her aunt wants her to marry one of the young men from the church, Bijoux has to make a decision. Kinshasa, 1980s. Mira is the teenage daughter of a family on the rise. When she falls in love with an impoverished singer, a criminal the eyes of her parents, her choices will set her on a dramatic path that winds its way across oceans and decades.Vividly bringing to life the Congo and its diaspora, Where You Go, I Will Go weaves Bijoux and Mira''s stories together across two continents, two generations, through the mess of love and sexuality, and the pull of mother-daughter relationships, to finally bring them to a place of belonging - home. ______''Actually can''t believe this is a debut!'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Real reader review ''I was totally immersed in Mira and Bijoux''s world'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Real reader review ''I sobbed multiple times'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Real reader review''These characters [will] have you holding your breath and hoping they will find true happiness'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Real reader review
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Headline Publishing Group Hero
Book SynopsisHero is a love story for our times: a novel that exposes the precious things women give up in order to be loved, and in order to be free.''Pulls no punches... A fearless interrogation of female desire'' Observer''The truest representation of the headiness and power of female longing I''ve ever read'' Kirsty Capes, author of Girls and Careless''Thrilling and dynamic'' Andrew McMillan, author of Pity and Playtime''Fierce and thrillingly subversive'' Financial TimesShe''s a waitress. He''s a chef. They used to be best friends, but now, they''re in love and living together in a studio apartment. She''s also a selkie, Odysseus, and a cowgirl called Quick Fingers. He''s a really good man.When he asks her to marry him, Hero panics. She is lots of things but one thing she doesn''t want to be is anybody''s wife.Drawing on a rich history of myth and legend, Hero is a story about what it means for women to be supporting characters in a world written by men. How can you be yourself when you are a product of other people''s imaginations? How can you love another person and be free?
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Headline Publishing Group Take this Woman
Book Synopsis After growing up in bitterness, can she overcome past events to find the happiness she deserves? Take This Woman is a powerful saga about learning to put your past behind you in the pursuit of happiness, from bestselling author Josephine Cox. Perfect for fans of Rosie Goodwin and Kitty Neale.Blackburn, 1947. In the tiny front parlour fourteen-year-old Laura Blake watches her beloved father die. But not before he tells her she will make something of her life. Laura never forgets his words. Yet her path to success proves to be a rocky one. Forced to trundle a cart around the back streets, selling other folk''s cast-offs to support her family, Laura learns enough to start work in her uncle''s furniture shop. But then fate deals another cruel blow when Laura is brutally raped. Bearing the child of her attacker in secret, she vows to make the world pay for its injustice towards her.As she grows older her protective shell hardens even as her beauty blossoms, and her new toughness helps her forge a successful career in the antiques business. But it is in affairs of the heart that Laura stumbles, and before she can find fulfilment, she must learn to put the past behind her, and give as well as take. What readers are saying about Take This Woman: ''Has you gripped from first page onwards. You get lost in amongst the characters, feeling like you are there with them every inch of the way''''The story was full of twists and turns. I found it difficult to put down, reading well into the night sometimes! Brilliant''''Loved it. Fantastic read and very exciting''
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Headline Publishing Group Jessicas Girl
Book SynopsisJessica''s Girl by Josephine Cox, the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lonely Girl and Whistledown Woman, is a classic that will appeal to fans of Catherine Cookson and Lyn Andrews alike. ''Cox''s talent as a storyteller never lets you escape'' - Daily Mail.''Don''t let him break you, child.''Despite a deathbed warning from her beloved mother, Phoebe Mulligan has no choice but to throw herself on the mercy of her uncle, Edward. Wrenched from all she holds dear, the tragic young girl is delivered to Blackburn town, where she must live in a household terrorised by the cold, forbidding presence of her mother''s brother.Phoebe cannot understand why she is treated so harshly by Edward Dickens. She is not to know the guilty secret that lies in his past, a secret that casts a sinister shadow over his feelings for his lovely niece . . .But Phoebe''s spirit will not be broken. Her natural warmth and cheerfulness win her many friends and although she must endure horror and heartbreak, all the riches a woman can have come within her reach . . . What readers are saying about Jessica''s Girl: ''A very good read, keeps you guessing until the end. Found it hard to put down''''Great story like always - [Josephine Cox] takes me to another world''''[Josephine Cox''s] books never fail to keep me interested and intrigued as to the outcome. Really enjoyable''
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Headline Publishing Group The Moonlit Maze
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Headline Publishing Group The Lost Baker of Vienna
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Headline Publishing Group An Orphans Dream
Book SynopsisAS RECOMMENDED BY LYN ANDREWSWill her secret past threaten her dreams?Liverpool, 1864. When Jemima Jenkins''s beloved Pa passes away leaving her orphaned, she is cruelly thrown out of her lodgings and dismissed from her cherished job as a schoolmistress.Offered a temporary home with her best friend Betty, Jemima is determined to avoid the workhouse and get back on her feet, even daring to hope about one day opening her own school for poor children.But when she uncovers a mysterious letter, revealing shocking revelations about her past, Jemima''s plans are cast into doubt.Will Jemima''s dreams come true or will the secret about who she really is jeopardise her one chance at finding happiness?An enthralling and empowering Victorian saga, perfect for fans of Maggie Ford, Lyn Andrews, and Rosie Goodwin. PRAISE FOR JUDY SUMMERS:''I thoroughly enjoyed this book . . . The characters are well drawn and believable'' Lyn Andrews''Fascinating insights into Victorian Liverpool and a heart-warming story make for an inspiring read'' Mollie WaltonREADERS LOVE JUDY SUMMERS!''I was enthralled throughout . . . an absolute rollercoaster of emotions''''I simply could not put it down!''''Judy Summers has left an impression on me, and my is it a good one!''
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