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The London Restoration

The London Restoration
  • Author(s): Rachel McMillan
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): Around WW2

From author Rachel McMillan comes a richly researched historical romance that takes place in post-World War II London and features a strong female lead. Determined to save their marriage and the city they love, two people divided by World...

The Lonely Hearts Travel Club (Destination India)

The Lonely Hearts Travel Club (Destination India)
  • Author(s): Katy Colins
  • Location(s): India
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

Georgia Green is about to board a plane to India, alone – again. Things were supposed to be different this time, but Georgia backpacked solo to Thailand and survived, what could possibly go wrong? Only she is about to...

The Lonely Londoners

The Lonely Londoners
  • Author(s): Sam Selvon
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950s

Atmospheric London of the 50s when Trinidadians started to come to England – from the sunny homeland to the grey pavements of England. This is the story of lives and experiences, in a Creole voice.

The Lord’s Tusks

The Lord’s Tusks
  • Author(s): Jeffrey Ulin
  • Location(s): Kenya
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): 1960s

Big game hunter Richard Keeton unexpectedly finds himself in line to inherit a British Lordship, but with the family’s wealth in tatters Richard cannot afford the lifestyle commensurate with his pending title. Hell-bent on restoring riches, Richard realizes he...

The Lost Continent

The Lost Continent
  • Author(s): Bill Bryson
  • Location(s): United States (USA)
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): Modern

‘I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to’ And, as soon as Bill Bryson was old enough, he left. Des Moines couldn’t hold him, but it did lure him back. After ten years in England, he returned to the...

The Lost Daughter of India

The Lost Daughter of India
  • Author(s): Sharon Maas
  • Location(s): India
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Later 20th Century

One woman. One impossible choice. Her daughter or her happiness … When Caroline meets Kamal the attraction is instant. He’s enchanting, charismatic and she can’t wait to set up a new life with him in India. Both their families are against the union...

The Lost Garden

The Lost Garden
  • Author(s): Helen Humphreys
  • Location(s): Devon, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): WW2

It’s Spring 1941 and London is being destroyed by the Blitz. Gwen Davis, a young horticulturist, leaves the city for the Devon countryside. In charge of a troop of Land Girls, her job is to rebuild the grounds of...

The Lost Lover

The Lost Lover
  • Author(s): Karen Swan
  • Location(s): Paris, St Kilda
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): Turn of the 1930s

(The Wild Isle Series, 3) An epic, sweeping historical novel of second chances and lovers reunited . . . Flora MacQueen has always dreamt of more than life on the small Scottish island of St Kilda. So, when she...

The Lover of No Fixed Abode

The Lover of No Fixed Abode
  • Author(s): Carlo Frutterro, Franco Lucentini, Gregory Dowling (translator)
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Fiction, In Translation
  • Era(s): 1980s

It begins with a troubling encounter on a flight to Venice. She is a Roman aristocrat and art dealer on the search for undervalued paintings and he a mysterious tour guide. She is invited to cosmopolitan parties by Venetian...

The Lovers’ Guide to Rome

The Lovers’ Guide to Rome
  • Author(s): Mark Lamprell
  • Location(s): Rome
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

This is the place where passions are aroused, senses inflamed, and lovers fall into each other’s arms. It all appears to unfold like magic – but I will tell you what really happens. Rome – glorious, eternal, intoxicating. Could...

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