Published By: Headline ReviewPages: 416Released On: 30/01/2025 They whisper her name in every corner of town.The lady with a hundred faces, a thousand lives.Five moves, five days – for such are the rules of her game. 1898. Quinn Le Blanc, London’s most talented con woman, has five days to pull off the seemingly impossible: trickContinue reading “The Queen of Fives – Alex Hay”
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The Lost Past of Billy McQueen – Neil Alexander
Published By: Embla BooksPages: 304Released On: 01/12/2024 The past has never left Billy. It’s just been waiting for him to come and find it…It’s been over thirty years since Billy last called Northern Ireland home. Back then, his secret love for schoolfriend Conor was the only shining light that kept him going during troubled times.Continue reading “The Lost Past of Billy McQueen – Neil Alexander”
City of Silk – Glennis Virgo
Published By: Allison & BusbyPages: 352Released On: 21/11/2024 Justice in sixteenth-century Bologna is like the fine silk which the city produces: something only the rich and powerful can afford. Elena Morandi is a supremely talented seamstress, at home among the bolts of fabric and cutting shears of her trade. However, she is determined that herContinue reading “City of Silk – Glennis Virgo”
The Undoing of Violet Claybourne – Emily Critchley
Published By: ZaffrePages: 400Released On: 07/11/2024 1938. Gillian Larking is used to blending in and going unnoticed, until she is befriended by her new roommate at boarding school, the vibrant and spirited Violet Claybourne. As the Christmas holidays approach, Gilly can’t believe her luck when Violet invites her to spend them at her home, theContinue reading “The Undoing of Violet Claybourne – Emily Critchley”
The Portrait Girl – Nicole Swengley
Published By: Breakthrough BooksPages:Released On: 10th October 2024 1880 A young woman sits for the painting of a miniature portrait – a fashionable betrothal gift – while secretly contemplating a terrifying decision that will change everything. This Year Freya Wetherby’s life is falling apart. Her jewellery business has failed and her boyfriend has betrayed her.Continue reading “The Portrait Girl – Nicole Swengley”
The Rhino Keeper – Jillian Forsberg
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 From hidden desk drawers come unusual historical documents featuring a rhinoceros.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”
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”
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