Blogs in January 2022

I Must Betray You 24th January 2022

Trapped by an evil dictatorship, will Cristian be forced to betray his family or will he risk everything he loves to resist? A powerful YA thriller, inspired by real events, from a Carnegie Medal-winning author. Cristian has lived his...

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And I Darken 22nd January 2022

No one expects a princess to be brutal. And Lada Dragwlya likes it that way. Ever since she and her gentle younger brother, Radu, were wrenched from their homeland of Wallachia and abandoned by their father to be raised...

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Resilience 29th October 2021

A big meaty tale and powerfully told – Ian Rankin Stelian Munteanu has had enough of fixing other people’s problems: all he wants to do is make the long-distance relationship with his wife Sofia work. But when a notorious...

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A Contrary Journey with Velvel Zbarzher, Bard 3rd October 2021

In nineteenth-century Eastern Europe, Jewish life was ruled by Hasidic rebbes or the traditional Mitnagdim, and religious law dictated every aspect of daily life. Secular books were forbidden; independent thinkers were threatened with moral rebuke, magical retribution, and expulsion....

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Dogs n Dracula: A Road Trip Through Romania 7th May 2021

Romania Insider Awards Finalist* Ever considered giving up work to escape into the wide, blue yonder? Jackie and Mark Lambert did just that. They rented out their house and took off in a caravan with their four dogs. With...

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