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Heartwarming and nostalgic fiction from the best selling author of The District Nurses of Victory Walk. It’s 1943 and the district nurses have two new recruits… As the country ramps up for D-Day, the new nurses getting to know their patients on their patch in London’s East End. Lily is...

1918. The Great War is over, and Clara Carter has boarded a train bound for Cornwall - to meet a family that would once have been hers. But they must never discover her secret... 2020. Caroline has spent years trying to uncover the lies buried in her family history. And once she arrives in Cornwall, the truth finally seems to be in reach. Except with storm clouds gathering on the horizon, Caroline soon learns that some secrets are best left hidden....

The brand new book from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Lost Bookshop! 'Heartwarming and full of wonder … a spellbinding tale’ Barnes & Noble Reads 🎻🎻🎻 On any given day, there are thousands of items slowly gathering dust in the Lost and Found of Heathrow Airport. Unknown...

'A marvel… funny, thought-provoking and comforting all at once' Clare Leslie Hall, author of Broken Country 'A life-affirming novel of friendship, community and kindness' AJ Pearce, author of Dear Mrs Bird Can one note change everything? To be or not to be… Six little words, printed on...

WHEN PARADISE TURNS TO CHAOS, WHO WILL SURVIVE? An incredible true story of murder, romance and a fateful search for utopia in the Galápagos from the New York Times bestselling author of The Ghosts of Eden Park At the height of the Great Depression, Los Angeles oil mogul George Allan Hancock...

The brand new book from the international bestselling author of The Lost Bookshop! 'Heartwarming and full of wonder … a spellbinding tale’ Barnes & Noble Reads 🎻🎻🎻 On any given day, there are thousands of items slowly gathering dust in the Lost and Found of Heathrow Airport. Unknown...

The unputdownable new novel from international bestseller Jeffrey Archer! ‘An absolute page-turner’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review ‘Impossible to put down’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review ‘So many turns and twists’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review 'Master of the pager turner' – Daily...

‘The desert hides dark secrets…’ MARRAKECH 1966 Vicky Baudin steps onto a train winding through Morocco, looking for the grandmother she has never met. It’s an epic journey that’ll take her to the edge of Atlas Mountains – and closer to the answers she’s been craving all her life...

An island of secrets. A runaway. And a promise… A rebellious daughter 1925. Among the ancient honey-coloured walls of the tiny island of Malta, strangers slip into the shadows and anyone can buy a new name. Rosalie Delacroix flees Paris for a dancer’s job in the bohemian clubs deep in its...

1939. As Europe teeters on the brink of war, Alfred Kendall is tasked with carrying out a minor mission for the British Intelligence Service. Travelling to Prague, he takes his troubled young son, Hugh, as cover. When Hitler invades Czechoslovakia, Alfred is given an ultimatum by the Czech Resistance. They will arrange for him to return to England, but only if he leaves his son Hugh behind as collateral. Hugh is soon taken under the wing of a Nazi colonel - Helmuth Scholl. But even though Scholl treats Hugh well, his son Heinz is suspicious of this foreigner.

A new sweeping historical novel of World War II from the international bestselling author of The Tea Planter’s Wife France, 1944. In an old stone cottage, on the edge of a beautiful French village, three sisters long for the end of the war. Hélène, the eldest, is trying her hardest to steer...

A secret lies behind every door… ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Another heartstopping historical novel by Dinah Jefferies … Highly recommended’ 5-star reader review The Dordogne, 1936 Amid tangled gardens and crumbling walls, Chateau Rousseau guards its secrets well. Pushing open its faded door...

Three very different women are recruited to the mysterious Bletchley Park, where the best minds in Britain train to break German military codes. Vivacious debutante Osla has the dashing Prince Philip of Greece sending her roses - but she burns to prove herself as more than a society girl, working to translate decoded enemy secrets. Self-made Mab masters the legendary codebreaking machines as she conceals old wounds and the poverty of her East-End London upbringing. And shy local girl Beth is the outsider who trains as one of the Park’s few female cryptanalysts.

‘If you enjoyed The Tattooist of Auschwitz, read The Huntress by Kate Quinn’ The Washington Post ‘Fascinating, brilliantly written, enthralling – just phenomenal’ Jill Mansell *From the bestselling author of The Alice Network* On the icy edge of Soviet Russia, bold and reckless Nina...

Don't miss this heart-stopping drama from the nation's favourite storyteller! Will the sleeping shadows of a family’s past torment a new generation? Twenty years ago, an unspeakable crime tore Jack’s family apart. An evil that consumed his mother and ripped him away from everything and...

Adventure can be a deadly business. 'A marvelous, rollicking tale of derring-do' Peter James 'A beautifully written masterclass' Janice Hallett ‘007 meets Tintin meets Sharpe' Damien Lewis 'A delight!' Fern Britton 'A superb read' Simon Scarrow 'Brilliantly gripping' Susan Lewis 'An...

'Heartwarming, nostalgic and poignant' Lucy Clarke 'Both achingly funny and poignant' Sally Page 'Tender and uplifting' Kate Storey Buy a lottery ticket✅ Win your wildest dreams✅ Lose everything…? One lucky ticket is about to change everything. Edie and Ron have been together for nearly...

München, 1948: Drei Jahre ist es her, dass die Schwestern Anita und Emmi beschlossen haben, die im Krieg zerstörte Großbäckerei ihres Vaters wieder aufzubauen. Einst gehörten die Simmerl-Semmeln zu den beliebtesten der Stadt, und daran wollen die beiden jungen Frauen wieder anknüpfen. Doch das ist leichter gesagt als getan: Das Geld ist knapp, Rohstoffe sind Mangelware und auch das Privatleben kommt den beiden immer wieder in die Quere.

Oberbayern, 1936: Die junge Lehrerin Hedi hat die Leidenschaft fürs Bergsteigen von ihrem verstorbenen Vater geerbt. Zusammen mit ihm und den beiden Brüdern Thomas und Anderl, den Söhnen eines guten Freundes ihres Vaters, hat Hedi bereits viele Gipfel und Wände der Alpen bezwungen. Sie sieht die Chance, der Welt zu zeigen, dass eine Bergsteigerin nicht weniger kann als ihre männlichen Kollegen. Gemeinsam mit Anderl, Thomas und ihrem Bekannten Hias stellt sie sich der Herausforderung – doch nicht nur der Berg birgt viele Gefahren.

A powerful and moving anthology of poems, both familiar and less so, from the eighteenth century to our own days in the long shadow of the bomb. The poets evoke the glory and the horror, the exhilaration and the despair, the humanity and the insanity, of war. The selection of poems, both...