- Location(s): Norfolk, British Columbia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): present day
Life is for living and taking chances. Two single parents meet by chance and a spark is ignited but they live continents apart. They are made for each other but they have to take risks, take chances with family...
- Location(s): Oman
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Praised by the Horn Book as “both quiet and exhilarating,” this novel by the acclaimed poet and National Book Award Finalist Naomi Shihab Nye follows Aref Al-Amri as he says goodbye to everything and everyone he loves in his...
- Location(s): Barbados
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
She went in search of the past and found her own future. Becky has lost her job and her direction in life so is thrilled when she gets the chance to go to Barbados and research the fate of...
- Location(s): Tuscany
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1940s & 1970s
In 1944, British bomber pilot Hugo Langley parachuted from his stricken plane into the verdant fields of German-occupied Tuscany. Badly wounded, he found refuge in a ruined monastery and in the arms of Sofia Bartoli. But the love that...
- Location(s): Tuscany
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): Present looking back WW2
Present day: When her fiancé is tragically killed in an accident, twenty-six-year-old Alba is convinced she’s to blame. Heavy with grief and guilt, she flees to her childhood home – the tiny village of Rofelle, nestled in a remote...
- Location(s): Tuscany
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): WW2, contemporary
Mulino. An old crumbling mill, by a winding river, nestled in the Tuscan mountains. An empty home that holds memories of homemade pasta and Nonna’s stories by the fire, and later: the Nazi invasion, and a family torn apart...
- Location(s): Florence, Tuscany
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): Contemporary
(The Tuscan Sisters Book 2) Standing in the garden of her family’s Tuscan villa, Bianca inhales the sweet scent of roses. Closing her eyes, she begs her heart to stop longing for the one man she is forbidden to...
- Location(s): Cortona
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1940/50s
Italy, 1945. As war rages through Europe, a crumbling family villa that becomes a vital safe space for the people of Cortona during the war. But that sanctuary is lost the day its owner, Vivi, mysteriously vanishes… Manhattan, 1953....
- Location(s): Nepal
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 20th century
The Tutor of History is an ambitious social saga, a compelling tale of idealism, love and alienation, set in contemporary Nepal caught between tradition and modernity. The events of the novel unfold against the backdrop of a campaign for...
- Location(s): Africa
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): N/A
A magic cloak. A hidden passage. A secret underground world beyond imagining. Night after night, the princesses mysteriously wear out their shoes. But how are they doing it? The baffled king promises a great reward to any man who...
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