Published By: PanPages: 320Released On: 17/08/2023 Life is hard for the Fothergill family as they try to make a living on their farm in the Yorkshire Dales. Bob Fothergill has set his sights on buying his own farm instead of renting the one they currently hold. Sally his teenage daughter, wishes her father would seeContinue reading “The Yorkshire Farm Girl – Diane Allen”
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The Drums of War – Michael Ward
Published By: Sharpe BooksPages: 237Released On: 18/08/2022 London 1642. The King has fled London with the drums of war ringing in his ears. Across the country, lines are being drawn and armies raised. Influential royalist Lady Carlisle switches sides and presses spice trader Thomas Tallant and his partner Elizabeth Seymour into Parliament’s service. Soon ThomasContinue reading “The Drums of War – Michael Ward”
The Birdcage Library – Freya Berry
Published By: HeadlinePages: 400Released On: 22/06/2023 Dear Reader, the man I love is trying to kill me…1932. Emily Blackwood, a young adventuress and plant hunter, travels north for a curious new commission. A gentleman has written to request she catalogue his vast collection of taxidermied creatures before sale. On arrival, Emily finds a ruined castle, itsContinue reading “The Birdcage Library – Freya Berry”
Fyneshade – Kate Griffin
Published By: ViperPages: 384Released On: 18/05/2023 Many would find much to fear in Fyneshade’s dark and crumbling corridors, its unseen master and silent servants. But not I. For they have far more to fear from me…On the day of her beloved grandmother’s funeral, Marta discovers that she is to become governess to the young daughterContinue reading “Fyneshade – Kate Griffin”
My Friend Anne Frank – Hannah Pick-Goslar with Dina Kraft
Published By: RiderPages: 320Released On: 08/06/2023 When five-year-old Hannah Pick-Goslar and her family fled Nazi Germany to live in Amsterdam, she soon struck up a friendship with a precocious, outspoken and fun-loving girl named Anne Frank. For several blissful years, the girls were inseparable, enjoying carefree childhood games and sleepovers in their neighbourhood of Rivierenbuurt.Then,Continue reading “My Friend Anne Frank – Hannah Pick-Goslar with Dina Kraft”
Mindfulness in Baking: Meditations on Bakes & Calm – Julia Ponsonby
Published By: Leaping Hare PressPages: 144Released On: 15/06/2023 The Art of Mindful Baking is a delightful insight into how the act of baking is a practical meditation by its very nature. Julia Ponsonby, head of food at Schumacher College, looks at what it means to use our hands and why kneading promotes wellbeing, and explores theContinue reading “Mindfulness in Baking: Meditations on Bakes & Calm – Julia Ponsonby”
The Lost Daughters of Ukraine – Erin Litteken
Published By: BoldwoodPages: 420Released On: 24/04/2023 Summer 1941. War rages in Europe. The Germans march towards Ukraine. Halya, Liliya and Vika are no strangers to sorrow. They lost family during the Holodomor, loved ones in Stalin’s purges, and war looms once more on the horizon. Vika lives in fear for her children. She and her sister survivedContinue reading “The Lost Daughters of Ukraine – Erin Litteken”
For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy On My Small Pain – Victoria MacKenzie
Published By: BloomsburyPages: 176Released On: 19/01/2023 In the year of 1413, two women meet for the first time in the city of Norwich. Margery has left her fourteen children and husband behind to make her journey. Her visions of Christ – which have long alienated her from her family and neighbours, and incurred her husband’sContinue reading “For Thy Great Pain Have Mercy On My Small Pain – Victoria MacKenzie”
Lady MacBethad – Isabelle Schuler
Published By: BloomsburyPages: 368Released On: 02/03/2023 Power. History. Love. Hate. Vengeance.She will be Queen. Whatever it takes… Daughter of an ousted king, descendant of ancient druids, as a child it is prophesied that one day Gruoch will be queen of Alba. When she is betrothed to Duncan, heir elect, this appears to confirm the prophecy.Continue reading “Lady MacBethad – Isabelle Schuler”
Weyward – Emilia Hart
Published By: HarperCollinsPages: 384Released On: 02/02/2023 Kate, 2019Kate flees London – abandoning everything – for Cumbria and Weyward Cottage, inherited from her great-aunt. There, a secret lurks in the bones of the house, hidden ever since the witch-hunts of the 17th century. Violet, 1942Violet is more interested in collecting insects and climbing trees than inContinue reading “Weyward – Emilia Hart”
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