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Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A family torn apart. A daughter determined to stay together. When the parish guardians send Lydia , daughter of convict James Knowles, to be an apprentice in the cotton mill at Caton, she is distraught at being parted from her younger siblings and mother, Betty , but she has no choice. At the mill, Lydia is bullied by some of the other girls and things do not go well when she stands up to the ringleader. Fearing she has killed someone and with the...
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In this multigenerational family saga, a woman falls for a handsome French stranger, only to discover their families share a tragic Holocaust history.
Dominique Rappaport, New York heiress to her family's art world fortune, wants more out of life than fancy society parties. More than the man her parents want her to wed for the sake of the business merger their marriage would bring. Still, Dominique travels to Paris to spend time with Pierre,...
Author
Publisher
Bloodhound Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
By the author of Girl in Bed Three: At a Cornish castle, a writer finds a promising story, a surprising family connection-and a deadly threat . . .
Grace Haythorpe's family has claimed for generations that they're somehow related to the scandalous Trengrouse clan who live in Godwyne Castle. Grace thinks their history would make a great book and hopes to earn some money from the project.
After being welcomed as a guest at Godwyne, Grace soon...
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Series
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A heart-warming and atmospheric Christmas family saga set at the heart of wartime London, about finding hope in the darkest of times. Perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Rosie GoodwinA sheen of ice had sparkled on the pavement puddles as she made her way home from the shelter. She'd even caught the faint whiff of snow in the air, although this could have been just wishful thinking. After three months of nightly visits from the Luftwaffe, even a blanket...
Author
Publisher
Bloodhound Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A crime committed in desperation is brought to light generations later, in this emotional saga of family love, loyalty, and lies . . .
When Honey McCarthy is given a box containing trinkets left to her by her beloved great-aunty Beryl, she has no idea that hidden inside is a confession to a terrible crime dating back to a cold December night in 1940, when German bombs rained down on Manchester.
Beryl has been the guardian of this dark...
Author
Series
Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
She isn’t looking for trouble -- but trouble is coming to find her. Still grieving the death of her watchman husband in a terrorist attack during the Outrages, factory worker Rose is struggling to make ends meet when she encounters middle-class Annie , a newspaperman’s wife who devotes her time to lobbying for better working conditions. Rose is desperate to avoid making waves with three mouths to feed. But she can’t sit back and watch women...
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Series
Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A story of family, secrets and love set in the beautiful Devonshire countryside at Woodicombe House. Kate Bratton dreams of more. It’s 1914, and her life is mapped out ahead of her: continue working as a maid in the beautiful Woodicombe House, settle down with Luke the gardener and, of course, start a family. Desperate to run away in search of adventure, Kate’s plans are curtailed by the arrival of the Russell family at Woodicombe House. Tasked...
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Series
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Comprised with a sexy Regency duke… A panicked escape… ends in a surprising proposal! Evan Bellwether, the Duke of Fallon, is stunned when Madeline Goddard takes a tumble attempting to flee a ball...and accidentally falls into him! But that’s the least of the duke’s worries when the compromising situation forces them somewhere Evan didn’t want to be--the altar! At first, his new bride appears painfully shy. Could the key to discovering the...
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Series
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A sparkling, witty Regency romance
A convenient marriage
That could help them both!
Jasper Patterdale may be an earl's estranged younger son, but his efforts to help his brother have backfired, landing him in trouble. He's out of options when feisty stranger Penelope Brinsley offers him a lifeline-she'll pay off his debts if he'll marry her so she can gain control of her family business. It's a practical match on paper…until an inconvenient...
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Series
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Enjoy this lighthearted Victorian romance
A weekend with the duke
A temptation she must resist!
Illegitimate Georgina Daglish is used to staying in the shadows and letting her half sister, Olivia, shine. So when they arrive at the stately home of Luther Rosemont, the Duke of Southbridge, in the hopes of a proposal for Olivia, Georgina keeps to the wings. But when Olivia falls ill, Georgina's forced to entertain the devilish duke, and their time...
Author
Series
Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
After the Blitz, she’ll need to rebuild her life from nothing… Clemmie throws herself into volunteering with the very organisation who helped her and her sisters when they were homeless: the WVS. Demonstrating a natural flair, painfully-shy Clemmie is soon drafted to set up one of the British Welcome Clubs aimed at easing American troops’ integration into English life. There, she meets Squadron Leader Dunning who, shot down in the Blitz, has...
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Series
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A sweet family story set in the Victorian era
From determined bachelor
To family man?
Baron Elmstone's self-imposed isolation is shattered when he becomes guardian to two orphaned children. Forced to take a wife to provide them with a mother, their carer, Minerva Grant, seems the perfect choice for a convenient marriage. Yet her sunny personality, so opposite to his own reclusive disposition, and the emotions she's awakening are proving most...
Author
Series
Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
During war, nothing is ever at it seems... > Sally Hartley is a hopeless romantic. Her father died when she was a baby but she has lived off stories from her mother of what a wonderful man he was. Now, all she wants is a love like theirs. And she thinks she’s found it in Adam , the brother of a friend from home. When Adam is posted to Orkney, it’s like Sally’s dreams have all come true. After Italy changes sides in the war, the Italian POWs...
Author
Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
How much does she truly know about her husband?
Eliza Jones and her husband Bryn had a whirlwind romance and married shortly after meeting, but he was soon sent off to fight. In the midst of a Blitz attack on Liverpool, which leaves Eliza with amnesia, she gives birth to their baby son, Alfie. Still struggling with the aftermath of the birth, Eliza is distraught when Alfie is kidnapped from the nursery.
As the search for Alfie progresses and the...
Author
Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Can things ever be the same again?
Louise, Ellen, and Angel Bannister have enjoyed the comforts of a wealthy upbringing, but yearn for something more exciting than their anticipated lots in life.
When The Great War rumbles through London, bringing with it social upheaval and unprecedented opportunity, the three sisters see their chance to shape their lives however they want to.
But challenges lie ahead, ones that will test their resolve and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
With an enemy in their midst, can they still protect their fighters in the skies? Pearl has given up on her dreams of being a journalist after being denied a promotion because of her gender. Joining the WAAF as a radio telephone operator for Bomber Command, Pearl's new job at RAF Fenthorpe serves two purposes - providing an income for her grandmother, and keeping a close eye on her younger sister, Thea, an instrument repairer at another Lincolnshire...
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