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The Secret Wife

The Secret Wife
  • Author(s): Gill Paul
  • Location(s): New York State, Russia, San Francisco
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Early 20th Century and 2011

A Russian grand duchess and an English journalist. Linked by one of the world’s greatest mysteries . . . Love. Guilt. Heartbreak. 1914 Russia is on the brink of collapse, and the Romanov family faces a terrifyingly uncertain future....

The Second Marriage

The Second Marriage
  • Author(s): Gill Paul
  • Location(s): Europe, United States (USA)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950s-1970s

JACKIE When her first marriage ends in tragedy, Jackie Kennedy fears she’ll never love again. But all that changes when she encounters… ARI Successful and charming, Ari Onassis is a man who promises her the world. Yet soon after...

No Place For a Lady

No Place For a Lady
  • Author(s): Gill Paul
  • Location(s): Turkey
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): 1850s

FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE WASN’T THE ONLY HEROINE … 1854. Britain is fighting a gruesome war. There has been no news of Lucy Gray since she eloped with handsome and impetuous Captain Charlie Harvington and embarked with him to the Crimea....

Another Woman’s Husband

Another Woman’s Husband
  • Author(s): Gill Paul
  • Location(s): Paris, Brighton
  • Era(s): 20th Century

1911. Aged just fifteen, Mary Kirk and Wallis Warfield meet at summer camp. Their friendship will survive heartbreaks, continents, and the demands of the English crown, until it is shattered by one unforgivable betrayal… 1997. Kendall’s romantic break in...

The Affair

The Affair
  • Author(s): Gill Paul
  • Location(s): Rome
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1960s

A passionate, tender and captivating story of glamour, infidelity and love, behind the scenes of the most iconic Hollywood movie ever made Rome 1961. The cameras roll on the film set of Cleopatra and the explosive Elizabeth Taylor and...

The Collector’s Daughter

The Collector’s Daughter
  • Author(s): Gill Paul
  • Location(s): Luxor, Egypt
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Early 20th Century

Lady Evelyn Herbert was the daughter of the Earl of Carnarvon, brought up in stunning Highclere Castle. Popular and pretty, she seemed destined for a prestigious marriage, but she had other ideas. Instead, she left behind the world of...

The Manhattan Girls

The Manhattan Girls
  • Author(s): Gill Paul
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1921

NEW YORK CITY, 1921 An impossible dream. The war is over, the twenties are roaring, but in the depths of the city that never sleeps, Dorothy Parker is struggling to make her mark in a man’s world. A broken...

A Beautiful Rival

A Beautiful Rival
  • Author(s): Gill Paul
  • Location(s): New York City (NYC), Paris
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): Earlier 20th Century

The world is at war, but on the gilded streets of Fifth Avenue, New York, a battle of a different kind is brewing… New York, 1915. Elizabeth Arden has been New York’s golden girl since her beauty salon opened...

The Collector’s Daughter

The Collector’s Daughter
  • Author(s): Gill Paul
  • Location(s): Luxor, London
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1920s / 1970s

An unforgettable discovery In 1922, Lady Evelyn Herbert’s dreams are realised when she is the first to set foot inside the lost tomb of Tutankhamun for over 3,000 years. A cursed life But the months after the discovery are...

The Lost Daughter

The Lost Daughter
  • Author(s): Gill Paul
  • Location(s): Australia, Russia
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1919 - 1973

A Russian princess. An extraordinary sacrifice. A captivating secret… From the author of The Secret Wife, a gripping journey through decades and across continents, of love, devastating loss and courage against all odds. 1918 With the country they once...

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