Published By: History Through FictionPages: 270Released On: 22/10/2024 2022 – College student Andrea Clarkson uncovers a historical mystery while studying abroad in Holland. From hidden desk drawers come unusual historical documents featuring a rhinoceros. On a lichen-covered eighteenth-century grave, the same animal is carved. When an expanding river forces exhumation, what she finds buried thereContinue reading “The Rhino Keeper – Jillian Forsberg”
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The Book of Witching – C.J Cooke
Published By: HarperCollinsPages: 384Released On: 10/10/2024 Four hundred years separate them. One book binds them. Glasgow 2024: Clem waits by her daughter’s hospital bed. Erin was found on an idyllic beach in Fynhallow Bay, Orkney with catastrophic burns and only one memory: her name is Nyx. But how did she get these burns? And how didContinue reading “The Book of Witching – C.J Cooke”
A Song to Drown Rivers – Ann Liang
Published By: TorPages: 336Released On: 03/10/2024 Her beauty hides a deadly purpose. Xishi’s beauty is seen as a blessing to the villagers of Yue – convinced that the best fate for a girl is to marry well and support her family. When Xishi draws the attention of the famous young military advisor Fanli, he presentsContinue reading “A Song to Drown Rivers – Ann Liang”
Circus of Mirrors – Julie Owen Moylan
Published By: Michael JosephPages: 368Released On: 12/09/2024 BERLIN, 1926: After the death of their parents, sisters Leni and Annette only have each other. Dreaming of better days, but desperate, Leni finds work at a notorious cabaret: the Babylon Circus. From the dancer’s barely-there costumes, to the glimmering mirrors that cover the walls, the Babylon Circus isContinue reading “Circus of Mirrors – Julie Owen Moylan”
The Instrumentalist – Harriet Constable
Published By: Simon and SchusterPages: 320Released On: 27/08/2024 Anna Maria della Pietà was destined to drown in one of Venice’s canals. Instead, she became the greatest violinist of the 18th century. Anna Maria has only known life inside the Pietà, an orphanage for children born of prostitutes. But the girls of the Pietà are luckyContinue reading “The Instrumentalist – Harriet Constable”
Costanza – Rachel Blackmore
Published By: Renegade BooksPages: 432Released On: 01/08/2024 Rome, 1636. History calls her a Muse. Temptress. Fallen woman. This is her story. In the scorched city of Rome, the cobbled streets hum with gossip and sin. Costanza Piccolomini is a respectable young wife – until she meets Gianlorenzo Bernini, the famed sculptor and star of Roman society, whoseContinue reading “Costanza – Rachel Blackmore”
A Poisoner’s Tale – Cathryn Kemp
Published By: BantamPages: 400Released On: 11/07/2024 Rome, 1656 In the shadowy backstreets of the Eternal City lies an apothecary – a place for women to take their heartbreaks and troubles. Herbs for childbirth. Tarot readings to tell their fortunes. An undetectable poison that can kill in four drops. Alongside her circle of female poisoners, GiuliaContinue reading “A Poisoner’s Tale – Cathryn Kemp”
Babylonia – Costanza Casati
Published By: Michael JosephPages: 400Released On: 04/07/2024 You are SEMIRAMIS. You are orphaned and raised on the outskirts of an empire, born into a life of toil and anonymity. But dreams of power and potential course through your veins. You’re strong, cunning and quick… and hungry for more. If you want the world to knowContinue reading “Babylonia – Costanza Casati”
The Midnight Hour – Eve Chase
Published By: Michael JosephPages: 368Released On: 27/06/2024 Notting Hill, London. One May evening, seventeen-year-old Maggie Parker’s mother walks out of their front door and doesn’t return . . . With her little brother in tow, desperate to find her mother, Maggie is drawn into a labyrinthine world of antiques and shadowy figures, far from theContinue reading “The Midnight Hour – Eve Chase”
The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to The Wastelands – Sarah Brooks
Published By: W&NPages: 384Released On: 20/06/2024 It is said there is a price that every passenger must pay. A price beyond the cost of a ticket. It is the end of the 19th Century and the world is awash with marvels. But there is nothing so marvellous as the Wastelands: a terrain of terrible miraclesContinue reading “The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to The Wastelands – Sarah Brooks”
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