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A A Gill

Andrew Swanston read law at Cambridge, but was inspired to write by his lifelong interest in early modern history. His Thomas Hill novels – The King’s Spy, The King’s Exile and The King’s Return – are set against the backdrops of the English Civil War, Cromwell’s Commonwealth and the early Restoration respectively. He is also the author of Waterloo: The Bravest Man and Beautiful Star and Other Stories. His first historical thriller set during the reign of Elizabeth I – Incendium (published in paperback as The Incendium Plot) – introduced readers to the academic, lawyer and intelligencer Dr Christopher Radcliff, whose adventures continue in Chaos. Andrew Swanston lives in Surrey.

A D Swanston

A E Langsford

A G Hopkins

A. J. BAIME is the New York Times best-selling author of The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War and Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans. Both books are in development for major motion pictures. Baime is a longtime regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, and his articles have also appeared in the New York Times, Popular Science, and Men’s Journal. He lives in Granite Bay, California. Visit him at facebook.com/ajbaime and trumanbook.com.

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A J Jacobs

A J P Taylor

Anthony James Pollard is a British medieval historian, specialising in the fifteenth century and in particular the Wars of the Roses. A leading authority in the field, he is profesor emeritus of Teesside University. His books include North-Eastern England during the Wars of the Roses, Richard III and the Princes in theTower, Imagining Robin Hood: the Late Medieval Stories in Historical Context and Warwick the kingmaker: Politics, Power and Fame.

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A J Rochester

A K Benjamin is a clinical neuropsychologist and the author of Let Me Not Be Mad: A Story of Unravelling Minds.

A K Benjamin

A. L. Berridge read English at Oxford, and taught for ten years before moving into television, where her production credits range from period drama and thrillers to long-running soaps. She has written two previous novels, Top Ten besteller Honour and the Sword and In the Name of the King. Into the Valley of Death is her third novel.

A L Berridge

Alison Gaylin's first job was as a reporter for a celebrity tabloid, which sparked a lifelong interest in writing about people committing despicable acts. More than a decade later, she wrote and published her Edgar-nominated first novel, HIDE YOUR EYES. 
 
She's since published nine more books, including the USA Today and international bestselling Brenna Spector suspense series, which has been nominated for the Edgar, Anthony and Thriller awards and won the Shamus award. 
 
She lives in upstate New York with her husband, daughter, cat and dog.

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A P Wavell

A.S. Webb is the Sunday Times bestselling author of Daughter of Chaos, the first instalment of The Dark Pantheon Trilogy. She is inspired by stories rooted in history and mythology, that push the boundaries of imagination and urge us to reflect on what it means to be human.

A S Webb

A. A. Dhand is the author of six previous novels, and has been shortlisted for the CWA Steel Dagger Award. His DI Harry Virdee novels are currently being adapted for TV by the BBC. He was raised in Bradford and spent his youth observing the city from behind the counter of a small convenience store. After qualifying as a pharmacist, he worked in London and travelled extensively before returning to Bradford to start his own business and begin writing. The history, diversity and darkness of the city have inspired all his novels. For more information about A. A. Dhand and his books, follow him on X @aadhand, and on Instagram @aa_dhand.

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A. A. Gill

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A. Anatoli

A. B. Poranek grew up sharing her time between Ontario, Canada and rural Poland, and eventually completed a veterinary degree at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. A lover of mythology and history, she enjoys exploring both in her writing. Her debut novel, Where the Dark Stands Still, an instant New York Times bestseller, is an ode to Poland's folktales, while A Treachery of Swans transports readers to a world inspired by 17th century France.

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A. Bradley

Professor A. C. Grayling is Principal of the New College of the Humanities at Northeastern University, London, and a Supernumerary Fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford. He has written and edited over thirty books on philosophy, history, science and current affairs. For several years he wrote columns for the Guardian newspaper and The Times and was the chairman of the 2014 Man Booker Prize.

A. C. Grayling

A.D. Miller is the author of Snowdrops, The Earl of Petticoat Lane and The Faithful Couple. Snowdrops was a bestseller and was shortlisted for many prizes including the Man Booker and the CWA Gold Dagger. It was translated into 25 languages. As Moscow Correspondent of The Economist A.D. Miller has travelled across the former Soviet Union and covered the Orange Revolution in Ukraine; he is now the magazine’s Culture Editor based in London. 
 
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A. E. Ellis

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A. Humphreys

A. Igoni Barrett was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, in 1979 and lives in Lagos. He is a winner of the 2005 BBC World Service short story competition, the recipient of a Chinua Achebe Center Fellowship, a Norman Mailer Center Fellowship, and a Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Residency. His short story collection, Love is Power, or Something Like That, was published in 2013. In 2014 he was named on the Africa39 list of sub-Saharan African writers under 40. Blackass is his first novel.

A. Igoni Barrett

The short life of A.J.A. Symons (1900-41) was described by his biographer as an intricate and largely harmless confidence trick. His many interests included the collection of musical boxes and rare books as well as the study and practice of forgery; they left him time to edit an anthology of Edwardian verse and compose studies of H.M. Stanley and other notable figures. He is remembered for The Quest for Corvo, one of the most remarkable biographies ever written, and for co-founding the Wine and Food Society.

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Catherine Cookson

The classic novel of love and betrayal from the beloved bestselling author, Catherine Cookson. 
 
Elaine and Joe Remington's marriage was not a happy one. As soon as Joe brought his new bride to his home, Fell Rise, it was clear she wouldn’t settle easily into married life. Elaine’s disapproval of Joe’s familiarity with the servants soon put a strain on their relationship, while her haughtiness quickly turned the tight-knit community against her, too. 
 
When Elaine falls pregnant, she is filled with dread at the thought of spending her confinement alone in Fell Rise. Thankfully, her sister Betty agrees to stay with her, and her arrival helps to ease the bitter loneliness that Elaine has grown used to. 
 
Elaine’s relief is short-lived, though, as she watches Betty grow increasingly comfortable with life at Fell Rise and in her relationship with Joe. And soon, Elain begins to question whether Betty's presence will do more harm than good in the Remington household…

A Sister's Betrayal

Gracie Hart

January 1945. The end of the war at last feels within reach, and the Rowntrees workers dream of returning to work on chocolate rather than munitions. Within the Freeman household, there are also dreams of a romantic nature. 
 
Rose cannot wait for the day she will marry Ned, and he no longer flies off on terrifying raids over Germany. Landgirl Annie is also to be wed, after accepting a romantic proposal from farmer, Mike. 
 
Youngest sister Molly has a less happy romantic adventure, though mother Winnie is determined to play cupid with someone much more suitable. 
 
The Freemans have never had their hands so full. But with VE Day approaching, a street party to plan for as well as the weddings, they look to a future filled with hope . . .

The Chocolate Box Girls Find Love

Ellie Dean

THE TWENTY-SECOND CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEAN 
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Cliffehaven, 1947In the wake of heartbreaking loss, Roisin Reilly makes a promise to her granddaughter Bella that they will cross the Wye Valley and travel to Cliffehaven to find the family she left with no warning nearly fifty years ago.As the pair embark upon their journey, there’s no telling who they will find – and whether they will be welcomed with open arms – when they get there.Meanwhile Roisin’s estranged brother Ron has been drawn back into his own memories of the past – even in spite of his daughter-in-law Pauline going missing and his son Jim suffering as years spent fighting in Burma catch up with him.The war may be over, but there are plenty of storms still to weather.Will love be enough to hold the Reilly family together?

The Long Road Home

Emma Hornby

Two of Emma Hornby’s most beloved and page-turning historical sagas available for the first time in a 2-for-1 edition. Two mothers will stop at nothing to protect their children . . . 
 
A Shilling for a Wife 
 
A dismal cottage in the heart of Bolton, Lancashire, has been Sally’s prison since her abusive husband ‘bought’ her from the workhouse for just a shilling. When Sally gives birth, she knows she needs to save her child from her husband’s clutches. But a fresh start does not come without a price . . . 
 
A Mother’s Dilemma 
 
Seventeen-year-old Jewel knows nothing of her true origins. Assaulted and left pregnant by her hateful cousin, she desperately follows an advertisement to a house in Bolton’s slums, where a woman promises to help her when the child is born. But she is faced with the shocking reality that fleeing from her past is not an option – and with the most heartbreaking dilemma of her life . . .

A Shilling for a Wife & A Mother's Dilemma: Omnibus Edition

Gill Hornby

‘A richly imagined family saga, love story and social comedy’ Times 
'Gripping and moving and also so sharp and funny. I loved it!’ Sabine Durrant 
‘Has all the wit and wisdom of a Jane Austen novel’ Red 
 
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‘It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.’ 
 
1820. Mary Dorothea Knatchbull is living under the sole charge of her widowed father, Sir Edward – a man of strict principles and high Christian values. 
 
But when her father marries Miss Fanny Knight of Godmersham Park, Mary’s life is suddenly changed. 
Her new stepmother comes from a large, happy and sociable family and Fanny’s sisters become Mary’s first friends. Her aunt, Miss Cassandra Austen of Chawton, is especially kind. Her brothers are not only amusing, but handsome and charming. 
 
And as Mary Dorothea starts to bloom into a beautiful young woman, she forms an especial bond with one Mr Knight in particular. 
 
Soon, they are deeply in love and determined to marry. They expect no opposition. After all, each is from a good family and has known the other for some years. 
 
It promises to be the most perfect match. Who would want to stand in their way? 
 
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Praise for The Elopement: 
 
‘Hornby’s Austen books are funny, bittersweet family sagas, impeccably researched and lavishly imagined’ The Times 
 
'Tremendous . . . Darker than Miss Austen but rendered with her characteristic lightness of touch and quick wit' Nigella Lawson 
 
'Has all Austen’s wit and unnerving powers of observation with an extra twenty-first century zap' Ferdinand Mount 
 
‘Few writers are as perspicacious or half as delightful as Hornby’ Karen Joy Fowler 
 
‘A captivating return to the world of the Austens’ Woman & Home 
 
‘Combines meticulous period research with a fine feeling for the characters' inner lives, hopes and fears’ Daily Mail

The Elopement

Maggie Campbell

The roaring twenties have come to an end and the upstairs and downstairs residents of Holcombe Hall begin a new era. Full description to follow.

A New Era for Holcombe Hall

Nancy Revell

From the Sunday Times bestselling author, Nancy Revell comes the third novel in the compelling Cuthford Manor series. 
 
When Lucy’s estranged mother dies unexpectedly, her grief is overwhelming. Lucy was disowned when she married penniless horse-trainer Danny for love, leaving her blue-blooded family’s fortune in tatters. But Lucy always dreamed that one day, they’d reconcile.So when her widowed father Edward begs her and Danny’s forgiveness for his part in their argument, she’s overjoyed. Newly pregnant, she’s determined to give her baby the family she longed for.Danny, however, isn’t convinced: Edward’s mended ways feel too good to be true. But Lucy’s pregnancy is difficult, and she can’t hear his worries. Until the worst happens, and their fragile family is tested to its very limit… 
 
Will love be enough to get them through? 
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Readers love Nancy Revell: 
 
'This was so worth waiting for' 
'An unforgettable story' 
'Nancy is a fantastic storyteller' 
'A great read and a superb writer' 
'Everything I expected and more' 
'This book held me from beginning to end' 
'So looking forward to the next one' 
'Wow. What an amazing read!' 
'Just brilliant!' 
 
Praise for Nancy Revell: 
 
'Nancy Revell knows how to stir the passions and soothe the heart!' Northern Echo 
'Stirring and heartfelt storytelling' Peterborough Evening Telegraph 
‘A well-written story with vivid characters’ Anna Jacobs 
‘An uplifting read with a very satisfying conclusion’ Rosie Goodwin

A Daughter’s Love

Val Wood

In 1860’s Yorkshire, a woman’s fortune belongs to her husband – regardless of a so-called-gentleman’s character… 
 
When Lydia Mercer’s marriage scandalously disintegrates, she faces some impossibly hard choices. Refusing to hide ashamedly away in the shadows she decides to take control of her future… 
 
A future that seems inexplicably intertwined with that of widowed carpenter Matthew Wade and his brood of motherless children? Lydia is magnetically drawn to this very special family, and especially to the strong, honourable, doing everything to keep his family together... 
 
When dark secrets and society’s expectation threaten their path to happiness, plucky, determined Lydia refuses to give in to despair. Can she follow her dreams of establishing her own independence and find the family she’s always dreamed of?

A Woman of Fortune

Kirsty Dougal

Richmond, Surrey, 1940. Overhead, the Battle of Britain rages. Below, at the Poppy Factory, disabled WWI veterans assemble remembrance wreaths while working on a secret wartime project. 
 
Meanwhile, on the estate where they live, three of their daughters are coming of age. 
 
Studious Carrie wants nothing to do with war and is intent on going to university. Sarah, the daughter of a war hero, is desperate to get involved on the home front, while newcomer Mabel keeps herself to herself.These young women have nothing in common, but as the Blitz begins, everyone within the estate must do their bit, and they are thrown together in ways they couldn’t ever have imagined.Can the Poppy Girls put aside their differences for the greater good?

The Poppy Girls

Elif Shafak

'My mother died twice. I promised myself I would not let her story be forgotten' 
 
And so begins the story of Esma, a young Kurdish woman in London trying to come to terms with the terrible murder her brother has committed. Esma tells the story of her family stretching back three generations; back to her grandmother and the births of her mother and Aunt in a village on the edge of the Euphrates. 
 
Named Pembe and Jamila (meaning Pink and Beautiful rather than the names their mother wanted to call them, Destiny and Enough), the twin girls have very different futures ahead of them, all of which will end in tragedy on a street in East London in 1978. 
 
Honour is a powerful, brilliant and moving account of pain and loss, loyalty and betrayal, the clash of tradition and modernity, as well as the love and heartbreak that can tear any family apart.

Honour

At the end of the Second World War, Matthew Wallingham returns to his family home, blinded by his injuries and uncertain about his future. There he finds his father ill, his mother obviously unhappy, and his brother, who has made a success of running the farm on the family's estate during the war years, resentful that Matthew should think he can now offer help. 
 
Forced to realise that his plans for the future are not going to work, Matthew starts to look for a new career. He finds himself becoming dependent on Liz - his nurse and, increasingly, the focus of all his thoughts and hopes. But Liz herself has a shadow hanging over her that will bring a terrifying violence into the Wallingham's family life... 
 
Set in the aftermath of the Second World War, A House Divided encompasses the social change taking place and the pains and pleasures of the brave new world of peace.

A House Divided

Emma Royal

Buckingham Palace, Christmas 1952 
 
When plucky young Caroline Stratton is offered a secretarial job at the Palace, she can’t believe her luck. Moving upstairs from her friends in the Royal Household’s staff is daunting, but she’s determined to make her East End family proud. 
 
Then, just days later, her brother is framed for murder and arrested. Caroline is devastated. How can she help him, when she risks losing the livelihood that keeps her family afloat if the story came out? 
 
With the Palace preparing for the first festive season of the new Queen's reign, can Caroline find the strength to trust her friends, and prove her brother’s innocence in time for Christmas? 
 
This heart-wrenching, inspiring historical saga for fans of Downton Abbey and The Crown is the perfect novel to curl up by the fire with.

The Palace Girls at Christmas

Donna Douglas

A heartbreaking story of love and forgiveness in The Nightingale Daughters series from Sunday Times bestselling author Donna Douglas. Perfect for fans of Call the Midwife! 
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London's East End, 1940: a frightened young woman gives birth to a tiny baby. Clearly alone, she refuses to hold the child: she can’t let herself bond with the baby she must give up. But sometime in the night, a terrifying air raid forces the maternity unit to evacuate, and in the chaos, mother and baby are separated… 
 
Eighteen years later, student nurse Amy begins her career at the Nightingale Hospital. Finally away from the unhappy confines of home, she finds a friend and mentor in Sister Elizabeth Clyde. But Elizabeth is hiding a secret – one that could change both of their lives, forever… 
 
Will past mistakes destroy two families, or can love finally put an end to heartbreak? 
 
Readers love Donna Douglas: 
 
'Loved every second of this book!' 5* reader review 
 
'First class reading as always from Donna Douglas' 5* reader review 
 
'Just wonderful' 5* reader review 
 
'I have read all the Nightingale books twice!' 5* reader review

A Nurse’s Secret

It is the late 1850s and a tired woman holding a baby walks from Hull to one of the big houses in Anlaby – the home of the wealthy Rayners. She knocks at the door, and shoves the baby at young James Rayner. The father was ‘young Mr Rayner’, and the mother is dead. Then she vanishes. 
 
The respectable shipping family of Hull are shattered. No one wants to take responsibility for the baby and it is about to be put into an orphanage when Sammi, James’s cousin, decides to take the baby back to her parents’ home on the Holderness coast. James is banished to London, and disaster begins to beset the three branches of the Rayners. 
 
The third novel in The Hungry Tide sequence, this epic, many-faceted story of three related families tells the triumphs and tragedies of their lives, as the whaling industry of Hull begins to decline, and the farmlands and homes continue to slip into the sea.

Children Of The Tide

York, 1940 
 
World War Two has arrived for the girls of the Rowntrees factory, and with rationing crippling the country, chocolate production has been driven to a bare minimum. It's all change for the Freeman sisters when the Rowntrees factory is turned over to making munitions. 
 
Molly is put on the fuse and detonator line, soon becoming skilled at her work despite the dangers. Rose copes with husband Ned&rsquo;s absence with the RAF by relishing her position on the Board. And Annie joins the Land Army, billeted to a pig farm in Lancashire. 
 
Despite the heartache and worry, nothing will stop the Freeman sisters from doing all they can for their 
men and country.

The Chocolate Box Girls at War

Lily Fielding

1876. Life is happy for ten-year-old Rebecca Wheeler in the small fishing village of St. Leonard's Cove. Until one day a violent storm strikes and her father and older brothers are lost at sea. 
 
Destitute, Rebecca and her mother Lydia make their way to Dartmouth. Lydia is relieved when a man named Mickey Fox seemingly takes pity on them and offers her work and lodgings… but is horrified to discover that the work is in a brothel, and there’s no way to back out now. 
 
While conditions in the brothel are harsh, Rebecca and Lydia soon find a sort of family among the women who work there. But when things turn violent, it falls on Lydia’s new friends to devise a plan to help Rebecca escape… 
 
Alone and hunted by Mickey, Rebecca must make her own way in the world. With her family gone, will she ever find a place she truly belongs?

A Locket Full of Hope

Rosie Meddon

Devon, 1939. 
 
Young widow Julia Nance has found happiness again running her beloved Guesthouse, Fairlight, but with the arrival of war, even her last bookings are being cancelled. Step-daughter Elowen immediately offers to find work with arch rival Alma Jennings, but Julia prefers to keep her close, and searches desperately for alternatives. 
 
Offering up her beloved home to be requisitioned, looking for any opportunity for work herself, she finds herself thwarted at every turn, and unwilling to accept the help of unscrupulous brother-in-law Pasco. With the threat of invasion growing, she ends up throwing herself into plans to protect the village and locals and through this finds an unexpected way to save her home and livelihood.

Julia's War

Adriana Trigiani

Lake Como, New Jersey: Jess Capodimonte Baratta is divorced, residing in her parents' basement and helping her Uncle Louie with his marble business. When she learns that her family made choices over the years that stifled her dreams, she's furious. Determined to start living, she heads off to her family's ancestral home. 
 
In Italy, Jess finally begins to stand on her own two feet. But just as she's finding happiness with dreamy Angelo, she learns there is even more to her family story . . .Will the hidden corners of Uncle Louie's past send Jess back home? Or help her finally live life on her own terms?

The View from Lake Como

Lesley Eames

They won't let the war stop them from finding happiness... 
 
Naomi is upset to find a nasty, anonymous letter land on her doorstep. Who could’ve sent something like this? Naomi, Bert and the Churchwood bookshop organising team are determined to figure out who it is sending her these poison pen letters. Because it must be someone they know… 
 
Ruby is preparing for her wedding to Kenny. But for some reason, she can’t figure out why she isn’t excited. Can she get to the root of her feelings and enjoy her special day? 
 
Suki has fallen in love, with a handsome but unlikely suitor. Can she convince him she’s ready for love? Or will she be forced to accept rejection?

Wedding Bells at the Wartime Bookshop

Donal Ryan

WINNER OF THE IRISH BOOK OF THE YEAR 
WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR FICTION 
SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO NOVEL OF THE YEAR 
SHORTLISTED FOR THE KERRY GROUP IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR 
 
'Donal Ryan’s writing has earned him a place among the greatest names in Irish literature and this lyrical novel speaks to the very heart of modern Irish society.' Maria Dickenson, Chair of the IBA judges 
 
'Beautiful...a book full of love and hope, more needed in these days than ever' Kit de Waal 
 
'I am blown away by the ambition and scope of this exquisite piece of writing...sublime in both its sentiment and beauty' Rachel Joyce 
 
Some things can send a heart spinning; others will crack it in two... 
 
In a small town in rural Ireland, the local people have weathered the storms of economic collapse and are looking towards the future. The jobs are back, the dramas of the past seemingly lulled, and although the town bears the marks of its history, new stories are unfolding. 
 
But a fresh menace is creeping around the lakeshore and the lanes of the town, and the peace of the community is about to be shattered in an unimaginable way. Young people are being drawn towards the promise of fast money whilst the generation above them tries to push back the tide of an enemy no one can touch… 
 
Told in twenty-one voices, Heart, be at Peace is a heartfelt, lyrical novel that can be read independently, or as a companion to Donal Ryan’s multi-award-winning novel, The Spinning Heart, voted ‘The Irish Book of the Decade’. 
 
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PRAISE FOR DONAL RYAN: 
 
'One of the finest novelists writing today.' RACHEL JOYCE 
 
'His paragraphs are unnoticeably beautiful, his heart always on show' ANNE ENRIGHT 
 
'Endlessly surprising and incredibly moving' DAVID NICHOLLS 
 
'A life-enhancing talent' SEBASTIAN BARRY 
 
'I would struggle to think of any other Irish author working today who writes with as much compassion as Donal Ryan' LOUISE O'NEILL 
 
'Beautiful, compassionate...Donal Ryan at his inimitable best.' MAGGIE O'FARRELL 
 
'Beautifully poised, sad, poetic and human....I loved every single line.' IAN RANKIN 
 
'The prose drips like honey off a spoon' SUNDAY TIMES 
 
 
Nero Book Awards Shortlisted, 2024 
An Post Book Awards, November and December 2024 
Irish Times bestseller, August 2024

Heart, Be at Peace

In Christine Winter's youth, her family home was always full of love and laughter. Along with her brother Ronnie and their neighbours, Don and Sam Dowling, Chrissie passed a happy, untroubled childhood, even when the strains of the outside world darkened her family's doorstep. 
 
As she grew up, though, Chrissie quickly realised that she’d have to leave her carefree youth behind. As a young woman, she found that she was seemingly cursed with an indefinable charm that drew men to her, and in some cases led them to the brink of obsession. 
 
Chrissie was used to refusing men's advances, preferring to keep to herself even in the face of their passion. Until one day, Chrissie met a stranger on the river bank near her home and found her life irreversibly changed.

Fenwick Houses

**The irresistible new novel in Ellie Dean's bestselling Cliffehaven series** 
 
The year of 1947 is almost upon them, and the community of Cliffehaven is still reeling from the tragic loss of Gracie, who left behind her two young orphans. 
 
Polish refugee and nurse Danuta made Gracie a promise: to love and cherish her children as her own. But with her husband’s health failing, can Danuta’s promise be fulfilled? 
 
Then a bitter winter storm cuts the town off. Peggy Reilly and the rest of Cliffehaven must pull together to survive. 
 
Keeping a promise in the face of adversity is never easy. With the support of those around her, can Danuta find a way? 
 
 
READERS LOVE THE CLIFFEHAVEN SERIES:‘Fantastic… So heartfelt and… told in an easy manner, with real life and emotions throughout. Absolutely love.’‘Like tucking into your favorite comfort food, curling up by warm fire on a snowy evening. I… feel like these people are a part of my family… my “home away from home”.’‘Perfection!! I really feel like all the characters are my best friends… I just cannot wait for the next book!!’‘I've read all of the series. I just can't get enough of the tales of the people of Cliffehaven.’

With Promises to Keep

Libby Ashworth

Kitty Cavanah has been fighting for her children ever since they left Dublin in 1848. 
 
Their life in Ireland feels like a lifetime ago, and now, settled in Blackburn Kitty continues to fight for a better future for her family. 
 
With her daughter, Agnes, settled and married, Kitty must focus on her youngest children and their dream of making it across the sea to America, and a better life. 
 
She may only have a few shillings to her name, but Kitty never gives up on fighting for her a better future for her family, and working her way up in the mills of Blackburn could be the making of her fortune.

The Widow’s Shillings

The fifth brilliantly heart-warming novel in the Wartime Bookshop series, perfect for fans of Maisie Thomas and Elaine Everest. 
 
Victoria is astonished when she discovers an abandoned newborn baby on her doorstep, along with a note begging her to 'take care of little Rose'. Who is the mother? Victoria, Naomi and the Churchwood bookshop organising team set about trying to identify her, concerned for her welfare and hoping to give her a chance to reclaim her baby. 
 
As they piece together the heartbreaking story, all sorts of surprises emerge. But they can't keep the baby a secret for long: can they reunite the little family before the authorities take Rose away?

A Foundling at the Wartime Bookshop

'An epic follow-up to the bestselling Shipyard Girls series' Peterborough Telegraph 
'A brilliant family saga' The Sun 
_______________________________1945, Sunderland. Ida Boulter makes the heart-wrenching decision to leave her five children behind as she escapes her husband and moves to London to start afresh with the love of her life. 
 
1953, County Durham. Ida’s children have since built a new life in the beautiful home of Cuthford Manor – looked after by their eldest sibling Angie and her husband. 
 
But their world is about to be rocked once again when their mother turns up out of the blue for the first time in eight years. 
 
She has come back bearing a secret she can no longer keep from her family. 
 
Will telling the truth cause more harm than good? 
 
Only their love for one another will carry them through the turbulent times ahead. 
_______________________________Readers love Nancy Revell: 
 
'This was so worth waiting for' 
'An unforgettable story' 
'Nancy is a fantastic storyteller' 
'A great read and a superb writer' 
'Everything I expected and more' 
'This book held me from beginning to end' 
'So looking forward to the next one' 
'Wow. What an amazing read!' 
'Just brilliant!' 
 
Praise for Nancy Revell: 
 
'Nancy Revell knows how to stir the passions and soothe the heart!' Northern Echo 
'Stirring and heartfelt storytelling' Peterborough Evening Telegraph 
‘A well-written story with vivid characters’ Anna Jacobs 
‘An uplifting read with a very satisfying conclusion’ Rosie Goodwin

A Secret in the Family

Zadie Smith

First published in the year 2000, Zadie Smith’s White Teeth was one of the most celebrated novels of the new millennium. Adored by critics and readers alike, it remains a perennial bestseller, which still delights with the audacity of its scope and vision, its fresh-minted style, and the wit and warmth of its voice. 
 
Funny, generous and big-hearted, it deals – among many other things – with friendship, love, war, three cultures and three families over three generations, one brown mouse, and the tricky way the past has of coming back and biting you on the ankle. 
 
A life affirming, riotous must-read of a book, it won the Guardian First Book Award, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction and the Whitbread First Novel Award.

White Teeth

25th Anniversary Edition

Joanna Toye

New stories are being written at The Little Penguin Bookshop… 
 
Carrie Anderson’s business selling books at her local train station is thriving and, with her beloved Mike returned from war, everything feels as though it is falling into place. That is, until Mike is sent to Washington as a liaison between Britain and America. 
 
When her twin brother, Johnnie, a fighter pilot, is injured, and her bookstall falls on hard times, Carrie misses the sage advice and comfort of Mike more than ever. 
 
Bolstered by her supportive station community, can Carrie battle through this challenging new chapter and reach the happy ending she deserves? 
 
Praise for Joanna Toye: 
 
'Romance, nostalgia, family, and books! The Little Penguin Bookshop has it all' Elaine Everest 
'Endearing characters [...] wartime loves, laughter and heartbreak' Annie Murray 
'A charming heroine, a dashing hero and books! I loved it!' Lesley Eames 
'An uplifting wartime saga with family at its heart' Tracy Baines 
'Meticulously researched and beautifully written' Helen Yendall

A New Chapter at the Little Penguin Bookshop

Holderness, Yorkshire, 1988. 
 
Elizabeth Foster has lived in Tillington all her life. She knows everything about the local community… Everything except why another family, the Reedbarrows, now live in her ancestral home, Foster's Mill. 
 
When Christopher, a man from 'down south', arrives and begins asking questions about the Mill that no one has dared to ask for generations, secrets begin to surface, and Liz may finally find the answers she's been looking for. And perhaps, at last, Liz and her father will be able to return to their family home. 
 
But Liz soon realises that if the sea continues to ravage the cliffside, the land which the mill is built on will fall away. If she doesn't take action soon, there may not be a home for her to return to. 
 
With the help of Chris and the local community, can Liz save the village and claim what's rightfully hers?

Foster's Mill

James Holland

A Times 2024 Best Summer Read 
 
The village of Alvesdon has been home to the Castells for generations. But the year is 1939 and the peace and tranquillity there is about to be shattered once more by the stormclouds of war in Europe. As three generations of the family gather, they must all face the prospect of their lives being transformed beyond recognition the moment Britain declares war on Germany. 
 
When the inevitable happens and Britain finds itself at war, the younger members of the family and farm workers are called up to fight and those who remain must battle to keep the home fires burning and the farm afloat. The gentle certainties of rural life are replaced by the urgent clamour of war, in the air, at sea and on land, where events unfold with dizzying rapidity and unexpected consequences. 
 
Stretching from the glorious summer of 1939 to the Battle of Britain the following year, acclaimed historian James Holland paints a compelling and immersive fictional portrait of how the war changed everything. For one family and for a community, their way of life can never really be the same again…

Alvesdon

Beryl Matthews

1949, London. 
 
In the aftermath of the war, Angie Westwood thinks the hard times are behind her. But when her cousin, Jane, dies of heart failure at the tender age of twenty, leaving a three-year-old son and an unresolved mystery over his father's identity, her life changes beyond all expectations. 
 
Angie immediately adopts Danny and decides to bring him up as her own, but she is torn between a desire to trace his father - for the boy's sake - and her fear of losing him to this unknown man. 
 
Concerned about Danny's well-being, Angie takes him to visit John and Hettie Sawyer, whose farm she and Jane were evacuated to during the war. The moment they lay eyes on him it is immediately apparent to the Sawyers who Danny's father is. But should they share this news with Angie? For his identity will be the most enormous shock to her...

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