- Location(s): Umbria
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): World War 2
Hidden loves and dangerous secrets may be uncovered as suspicion and lies swirl around trattoria Casa Maria and the Nazis tighten their grip on power in Italy in the powerful follow-up to Annabelle Thorpe’s The Village Trattoria. Family-run Casa...
- Location(s): Kentucky
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1920s onwards
It was Prohibition, and a big, hell-raising Son Martin had himself something special: $125,000 worth of Kentucky’s finest home-made whiskey, no one was going to steal it. Because when it came to shooting, fighting, and outsmarting the Big Boys,...
- Location(s): Kochi (Cochin), Mumbai (Bombay), Spain
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1900 onwards
Moraes ‘Moor’ Zogoiby is the last in line of a crooked and fantastical dynasty of spice merchants and crime lords from Cochin. He is also a compulsive storyteller and an exile. As we travel with him on a route...
- Location(s): Vienna, London
- Genre(s): Coming of Age, Fiction
- Era(s): WW2
A richly imagined story of unexpected love, independence, and belonging – The Morning Gift is a classic WWII romance from Eva Ibbotson, with an introduction from Sarra Manning. Eighteen-year-old Ruth lives in the sparkling city of Vienna with her...
- Location(s): Seville
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): modern day
A romance set in Seville, a tender love story which delves into the emotional highs and lows of being in love, friendship and trust. Music is almost an extra character, and colours the scenes, reflects the feelings of Valentina...
- Location(s): Morocco
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Also titled The Man Between Renowned author Kit Carradine is approached by an MI6 officer with a seemingly straightforward assignment: to track down a mysterious woman hiding somewhere in the exotic, perilous city of Marrakesh. But when Carradine learns the...
The Moscow Code: A Foreign Affairs Mystery
- Location(s): Moscow
- Genre(s): Mystery, Fiction
- Era(s): Current
In Moscow, the truth can be a dangerous commodity. Ottawa bureaucrat–turned-diplomat Charlie Hillier is back. Having barely survived his first posting in Havana, Charlie is eager to put what he learned there to good use. And it isn’t long...
- Location(s): Rome
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- Location(s): Delaware
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1950s
A warm Sunday in November 1957. As Sputnik 2 orbits the earth, carrying Laika, the doomed Soviet dog, a couple begin their day. Virgil Beckett, an insurance salesman, isn’t particularly happy in his job but he fulfils the role,...
The Most Beautiful Woman in Florence
- Location(s): Tuscany
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 15th Century
“In the tradition of Tracy Chevalier’s Girl with a Pearl Earring, Palombo has married fine art with romantic historical fiction in this lush and sensual interpretation of Medici Florence, artist Sandro Botticelli, and the muse that inspired them all.”...
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