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”
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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”
A Short Walk Through a Wide World – Douglas Westerbeke
Published By: Jonathan CapePages: 400Released On: 04/07/2024 If you could never stay, where would you go? Paris, 1885: Aubry Tourvel, a spoiled and stubborn nine-year-old girl, comes across a wooden puzzle ball on her walk home from school. She tosses it over the fence, only to find it in her satchel that evening. Days later, atContinue reading “A Short Walk Through a Wide World – Douglas Westerbeke”
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”
How to Solve Murders Like a Lady – Hannah Dolby
Published By: AriaPages: 400Released On: 06/06/2024 Violet Hamilton is no ordinary lady… She is a Lady Detective, who spends her time solving mysteries and unveiling scandals in the bustling seaside town of Hastings and St Leonards, a popular spot for the Victorian middle classes. But when the body of a local woman is found onContinue reading “How to Solve Murders Like a Lady – Hannah Dolby”
The Burial Plot – Elizabeth MacNeal
Published By: PicadorPages: 336Released On: 06/06/2024 She wants him. He’ll take everything. London, 1839. With the cemeteries full and money to be made in death, tricksters Crawford and Bonnie survive on wicked schemes and ill-gotten coin. But one blistering evening, their fortunes flip. A man lies in a pool of blood at Bonnie’s feet andContinue reading “The Burial Plot – Elizabeth MacNeal”
The King’s Witches – Kate Foster
Published By: MantlePages: 336Released On: 06/06/2024 Women whisper secrets to each other; it is how we survive. 1589. Princess Anne of Denmark is betrothed to King James VI of Scotland – a royal union designed to forever unite the two countries. But first, she must pass the trial period: one year of marriage in which sheContinue reading “The King’s Witches – Kate Foster”
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