Historical romance

This is the story of the Alderbrook sisters; of their volatile relationships with their parents, their friends and each other; of the dangers and deprivations of wartime London; of their roles in a secret intelligence department - and of Peter Suvarov, the dashing, mysterious Russian who recruited them.

It is 1968 and Flixe Suvarov, recently widowed and frighteningly short of money, is struggling to come to terms with her new life.

It is ten years after the end of the Second World War, and Mary Alderbrook - known to family and friends as Ming - feels life is passing her by.

Evelyn Markham, devastated by reports that her fiance is 'missing in action' in the trenches of France, leaves for Russia and the breathtaking opulence of her cousins' mansion in Petrograd.

For twenty-six-year-old Perdita Whitney, life in India with a father she hardly remembers seems just like a fairy tale.

The Mall, VE night 1945: the sky is glittering with fireworks and searchlights as jubilant Londoners celebrate the end the Second World War.

Shortlisted for Historical Romantic Novel in the Romantic Novelists Association Books Awards.

The Clippie Girls is a compelling story of love, loss and heartbreak in the Second World War, by the author of the Fleethaven Trilogy, Margaret Dickinson.

There are some things which even the closest friendship cannot survive .

A compelling saga from Margaret Dickinson, Fairfield Hall charts the changing fortunes of Annabel Constantine, in the devastating lead up to the First World War.

'Immersive, tense, seductive' - Sunday Times'Unputdownable' - Sunday ExpressScott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Pablo Picasso, Cole and Linda Porter, Ernest Hemingway, John Dos Passos - all are summer guests of Gerald and Sara Murphy.

The magnificent sequel to Sharon Penman's acclaimed novel When Christ and His Saints Slept, Time and Chance recounts the tempestuous marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II in an epic tale of love, power, ambition and betrayal.

From New York Times bestselling author Sharon Penman, The Reckoning completes the captivating sequence of novels on the struggle between the independent Welsh Princes and the growing English strength which began with Here be Dragons and continued with Falls the Shadow.

Sharon Penman's Fall the Shadow brilliantly portrays the struggle for power in England in the Middle Ages.

Sharon Penman's Here Be Dragons is an absorbing historical novel of power and betrayal, loyalty and political intrigue in thirteenth-century England, Wales and France.

The River Folk is a spellbinding story of Lincolnshire life in the inter-war years, by the author of The Fisher Lass, Margaret Dickinson.

Margaret Dickinson's The Fisher Lass brilliantly evokes the dramas of those who are born to the fishing way of life.

The Tulip Girl is Margaret Dickinson's captivating Lincolnshire saga about the endurance of true love in the face of adversity.

Unlocking the past is the key to the future .

The Seven Sisters is the story that began it all.

Featuring some of the characters from Sons and Daughters, Jenny's War is an epic story of loss and heartbreak from Margaret Dickinson.

Ross Poldark is the first novel in Winston Graham's hugely popular Poldark series.

'Part mystery, part war story, part romance, The Winter Soldier is a dream of a novel' - Anthony Doerr, bestselling author of All The Light We Cannot See.

An unmissable and much-loved favourite, Birmingham Blitz by Annie Murray is the tale of everyday courage and determination in wartime Britain.

Set in the epic years before and after the First World War, Chaff Upon The Wind is a moving novel of Lincolnshire life from Margaret Dickinson.

'This is my tale and I will leave you to tell whether it be high romance or tragedy.

It is 1946 in Birmingham: the Second World War is over and three young women face a new kind of life.

As the pressures of rationing, bombing raids and sleepless nights grow, two sisters must decide what they really want from life - and if they're brave enough to fight for it.

In the late 1860s, as America was recovering from Lincoln's assassination, a man named P.

Forgive and Forget is a heart-wrenching historical tale, from the much-loved Margaret Dickinson.

**AS SEEN ON BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS**25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION - WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR'A true diamond of a novel, glinting with comedy and tragedy' Daily MailIt is 1941 and Captain Antonio Corelli, a young Italian officer, is posted to the Greek island of Cephallonia as part of the occupying forces.

THE SECOND NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING OUTLANDER SERIES - now a major TV series!

To the student nurses at The Nightingale hospital, the ward sisters are heartless and frightening, with impossibly high standards.

Perfect for fans of Kitty Neale, Dilly Court and Rosie Goodwin, this is the powerful sequel to Madeleine written by multi-million copy seller Elvi Rhodes.

A must read for fans of Katie Flynn, Fiona Valpy and Kristin Hannah - this is an enthralling and gripping romantic adventure from the multi-million copy seller Mary Jane Staples.

Vivacious Gabriella St.

To escape an arranged marriage, spirited Lily Bainbridge has staged her own death and, disguised as a boy, fled to London and a life of freedom.

Lessons in seduction Anne Beddington is in a desperate situation: she s on the run for a crime she didn't commit.

He drives a hard bargain, but the pleasure is all hers.

It is London's most secretive gentlemen's club - a place where no well-bred lady would dare to be seen.

Only one thing could convince Sir Tobias Aldridge, an incorrigible libertine, to profess undying fidelity to a woman he's just met.

Desperate to escape a loveless marriage and society's constraints, pampered heiress Sophia Hathaway jilts her groom, packs up her paints and sketchbook, and assumes a new identity, posing as a governess to secure passage on the Aphrodite.

Ever the bold adventuress, Lucy Waltham has decided to go hunting for a husband.

For five turbulent years, Ariane of Claredon has dutifully prepared herself for marriage to King Henry's most trusted vassal, the feared Norman knight Ranulf de Vernay.

Violet Brantford has always longed for the passionate embrace of Adrian Winter, the wealthy Duke of Raeburn.

The bastard son of a nobleman, Julian Bellamy is now polished to perfection, enthralling the ton with wit and charm while clandestinely plotting to ruin the lords, ravish the ladies, and have the last laugh on a society that once spurned him.

Luck is a double-edged sword for brooding war hero Rhys St.

A handsome and reclusive horse breeder, Spencer Dumarque, the fourth Duke of Morland, has a reputation as the dashing "e;Duke of Midnight.

Perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Rosie Goodwin, this is the emotional third instalment in The Cordwainers series by bestselling author Iris Gower.