But emily arrives to find her cousin’s cottage empty and a criminal at work in the neighbourhood. A deadly scandal still haunts this place – the death of John Langton, the rumour of his hoard of wartime spoils, leaving his older brother to bear the disgrace. An original, summer, authentic period mystery that keeps you guessing, with a strong female protagonist’ Jane Hunt Book ReviewsThe Cotswolds, 1947 In the aftermath of war, Emily Sutton struggles to find her place in a world irrevocably changed by conflict.
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In the Shadow of Winter: A gripping historical novel with murder, secrets and forbidden love
The cotswolds, 1947a relentless winter holds post-war Britain in its deadly grip, and Eleanor Phillips rides out from her beleaguered Cotswold farm to rescue a stranger lost in the storm. With a wanted man hidden in her home and stealing back into her heart, eleanor must be on her guard – for the net is closing in on them both and enemies are all around…Praise for In the Shadow of Winter:‘An enchanting debut’ Romance Junkies‘I now have another author to add to my ever growing list of excellent historical fiction writers!’ BitsnBooks‘I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed reading this book…sweet, provocatively steamy, and absolutely swoony’ Feminist Reflections .
Her sweetheart has returned from the war. Suspicion, the police and the panicked flight of a desperate man beat a path to her door.
The War Widow
Kate can trust no one, adam hitchen, not even the reclusive war-veteran-turned-crime-novelist, a reserved widower and the only source of kindness in a shadowy world of suspicion and fear. And as ghosts old and new rise to haunt her, Kate must rely on all her strength and courage to uncover the shocking truth hidden within a twisted web of lies….
While the bells of a royal wedding peel out to the fading echoes of war, 1947Injured and terrified after an attempted abduction, danger stalks the coastline of Wales…Wales, desperation drives artist Kate Ward to the idyllic scene of her ex-husband’s recent suicide.
Part of the Furniture: A Novel
With nowhere to call home, she seeks out the man’s father, Robert Copplestone, who lives on a quiet Cornwall estate where Juno is able to earn her keep by helping him tend to his animals. But when juno’s fractured past catches up with her, the fragile and unlikely bond Robert and Juno have formed may be in danger of breaking under the strain.
A smart, sharply written novel from a talent whose “fresh and original” works made her one of England’s most beloved authors The New York Times. Abandoned by her mother and betrayed by the men she thought she loved, Juno Marlowe is alone. So alone that when the air raid sirens ring out, she has nowhere to hide until a kind but frail man offers to take her in for the night.
This “heartwarming story of may-december love” is a gentle look at the folly of humanity, weaving a tale of friendship, love, and healing Publishers Weekly.
The House at Tyneford: A Novel
The start of an affair, the end of an era. Nineteen-year-old elise landau is forced to leave her glittering life of parties and champagne to become a parlor maid in England. When the master of tyneford’s young son, returns home, Kit, he and Elise strike up an unlikely friendship that will transform Tyneford—and Elise—forever.
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Rosalia's Bittersweet Pastry Shop
Kidnapped and separated from her family, Rosalia is subjected to a terrible ordeal—until the nuns find her. But the convent’s most famous dessert—a cassata cake—is what really intrigues Claudia. Everyone who samples the cake agrees it is like none other they’ve tasted. Bravissima for carissima!" --susan wiggs, # 1 new york times bestselling author"Fantastico! I couldn't put it down!" --Lisa Jackson, # 1 New York Times bestselling authorBella Fortuna"Chiofalo brings the Italian immigrant community and neighborhoods richly to life.
Publishers weekly"Well-drawn characters…A charmer. Bookpage"sometimes tough, family and friendship, always heartfelt and honest, and a zest for cose Italiane!" --Peter Pezzelli, sometimes tender, Bella Fortuna is a lively, finely-stitched tale of life and love, author of Home to Italy . But her heart still aches for the family she lost.
As she heals, she learns the art of pastry making, and soon she even finds love with Antonio—an apprentice in the pastry shop. But when she hears about the remarkable desserts that are created in a pastry shop operated out of a convent in the sleepy Italian hillside town of Santa Lucia del Mela, she wants to write a book featuring the sweets and the story behind their creator—Sorella Agata.
Secrets of a Charmed Life
. Beginning with who she really is. As hitler wages an unprecedented war against London’s civilian population, hundreds of thousands of children are evacuated to foster homes in the rural countryside. Acting at cross purposes just as the Luftwaffe rains down its terrible destruction, the sisters are cruelly separated, and their lives are transformed.
. What kendra receives from Isabel is both a gift and a burden—one that will test her convictions and her heart. But even as fifteen-year-old emmy downtree and her much younger sister Julia find refuge in a charming Cotswold cottage, Emmy’s burning ambition to return to the city and apprentice with a fashion designer pits her against Julia’s profound need for her sister’s presence.
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Lisette's List: A Novel
The boston Globe. When war breaks out, andré goes off to the front, but not before hiding Pascal’s paintings to keep them from the Nazis’ reach. Find the paintings in my lifetime. Pascal once worked in the nearby ochre mines and later became a pigment salesman and frame maker; while selling his pigments in Paris, he befriended Pissarro and Cézanne, some of whose paintings he received in trade for his frames.
Her search takes her through the stunning french countryside, her neighbors, where she befriends Marc and Bella Chagall, and acquaints her with the land, who are in hiding before their flight to America, and even herself in ways she never dreamed possible. Tiffany, comes a richly imagined story of a woman’s awakening in the south of Vichy France—to the power of art, to the beauty of provincial life, and to love in the midst of war.
Inspired by pascal’s advice to “Do the important things first, ” Lisette begins a list of vows to herself #4.
The Silent Woman: The USA TODAY BESTSELLER - a gripping historical fiction Cat Carlisle, Book 1
Would you sell your secrets?Catherine Carlisle is trapped in a loveless marriage and the threat of World War Two is looming.
Murder in Mayfair: An Atlas Catesby Mystery
A library journal best book of the year!in 1814, atlas catesby, a brilliant adventurer and youngest son of a baron, is anxious to resume his world travels after being injured in a carriage accident in London. Fortunately, atlas is a master at solving complicated puzzles, with games as well as the intricacies of human motivation, and finds himself uniquely suited to the task, despite the personal peril it may put him in.
. But soon altas learns the dead man had many secrets--and more than a few enemies willing to kill to keep them quiet--in Murder in Mayfair, the first in a new historical mystery series by D. Quincy.
The Italian House: A gripping story of passion and family secrets
As carrie reads the secrets of her grandmother’s diaries and the enchantment of the house exerts itself, Carrie finds herself irresistibly drawn to him. It could be her only escape from the mundane and suffocating routine of life with Arthur, her repressive husband. Arriving late at night and in the midst of a violent storm, she discovers that she is not alone.
For readers of santa montefiore and victoria hislop, a gripping story of passion and family secrets set in a glorious Tuscan villaWhen Carrie Stowe unexpectedly inherits her eccentric grandmother’s Italian villa, she sets her heart on going to Tuscany.