- Location(s): Mallorca
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
HENRY AND VIOLET FELL IN LOVE HERE. AND SO WILL YOU. Henry and Violet first met in the garden of The Orange House on the beautiful island of Majorca. They promised their lives to each other, poured their love...
- Location(s): Poland, Germany
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1944 - 1989
1945, the German-Polish border: With Nazis on one side and Soviet forces approaching on the other, a mother and her little boy are separated, and so begins an unforgettable tale of courage, heartbreak and motherhood in wartime. As snow...
The Other Side of the Mountain
- Location(s): Haiti
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 2001
It’s 2001, and amidst the political turmoil in Haiti, three disparate lives collide: Yolande, an impoverished farmer desperately looking for the sister her abusive husband has sold into slavery; Maddy, an eager British journalist on her first overseas assignment,...
- Location(s): Paris
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1920s
Paris, 1920s. Tatiana Vytenis has worked hard to leave her past behind. Once a ruined Russian princess in hiding, she is now a sought-after model and engaged to Gérard de Sainte-Vierge – a handsome, if occasionally overbearing, aristocrat. With...
- Location(s): Paris, United States (USA)
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): WWII and 1993
Paris, 1940: He pressed the tattered book into her hands. ‘You must go to the café and ask at the counter for Pierre Duras. Tell him that I sent you. Tell him you’re there to save the people of...
- Location(s): Antibes, Paris
- Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
- Era(s): Modern
Not every door should be opened . . . With stunning locations and page-turning tension, The Paris Secret is an intense and gripping tale from bestselling author Karen Swan. Somewhere along the cobbled streets of Paris, an apartment lies thick with...
- Location(s): Naples
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
In recent years, Naples has been the subject of countless books, films and TV series, making it even more difficult to imagine a Neapolitan normality, if it exists at all. As Naples becomes the most filmed city in Italy, where...
The Pearl that Broke its Shell
- Location(s): Afghanistan, Kabul
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 2007 looking back
In Kabul, 2007, with a drug-addicted father and no brothers, Rahima and her sisters can only sporadically attend school, and can rarely leave the house. Their only hope lies in the ancient custom of bacha posh, which allows young Rahima...
- Location(s): Berlin
- Genre(s): Historical, Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): 1948/1949
‘Smile, nod, and don’t breathe a word of what happens here. Or I’ll put you on the next train to Auschwitz myself.’ Four years later. Hanni Winter shivers in her thin coat as she hurries through the empty Berlin...
- Location(s): Michigan
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1980s
Michigan, 1985. The drowning of a teenage girl causes ripples in the small town of Kettle Lake, though for most the waters settle quickly. For sixteen year old Joanne Kennedy, however, the tragedy dredges up untold secrets and causes...
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