Posts Tagged ‘historical’
The Women in the Castle
Three women, haunted by the past and the secrets they hold Set at the end of World War II, in a crumbling Bavarian castle that once played host to all of German high society, a powerful and propulsive story of three widows whose lives and fates become intertwined—an affecting, shocking, and ultimately redemptive novel from…
Read MorePoldark 10 The Loving Cup
The Loving Cup is the tenth novel in Winston Graham’s sweeping series of Cornwall, Poldark.Cornwall 1813. A silver cup lies half-forgotten in a dank cave, amongst a pile of stolen goods. Yet the tiny vessel and its inscription Amor gignit amorem haunts the lives of the still-feuding Poldark and Warleggan families, as Ross, Demelza and…
Read MoreThe Orphan’s Tale
A powerful novel of friendship set in a traveling circus during World War II, The Orphan’s Tale introduces two extraordinary women and their harrowing stories of sacrifice and survival Sixteen-year-old Noa has been cast out in disgrace after becoming pregnant by a Nazi soldier and being forced to give up her baby. She lives above…
Read MorePoldark 11 Twisted Sword
Set in Cornwall in January, 1815. Demelza sees a horseman riding down the valley and senses disruption to the household. For Ross has no alternative but to accept the summons and travel to France as an “observer” of the French armed forces.
Read MoreSomeone to Love
The New York Times bestselling author of Only a Kiss launches a new series with the death of an earl and the revelation of a scandalous secret… Humphrey Westcott, Earl of Riverdale, has died, leaving behind a fortune that will forever alter the lives of everyone in his family–including the daughter no one knew he…
Read MoreSomeone to Hold
A reversal of fortune befalls a young woman in the latest Westcott novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Only a Kiss and Someone to Love. Humphrey Wescott, Earl of Riverdale, has died, leaving behind a fortune and a scandalous secret that will forever alter the lives of his family–sending one daughter on…
Read MoreThe MacGregors Rebellion
Her greatest love…with her worst enemy Scotland, 1745: the Battle of Culloden looms in the near future as Scottish forces, led by Bonnie Prince Charlie, attempt to overthrow the English monarchy and restore the House of Stuart to the throne. Serena MacGregor, the fiery daughter of the powerful MacGregor clan laird, despises Englishmen and all…
Read MoreTo Sir Philip, With Love
She wrote him a letter . . . and he stole her heart. Sir Phillip knew that Eloise Bridgerton was a spinster, and so he’d proposed, figuring that she’d be homely and unassuming, and more than a little desperate for an offer of marriage. Except . . . she wasn’t. The beautiful woman on his…
Read MoreBittersweet
“Returning to the sweeping romantic saga, Colleen McCullough presents a new major work: the story of four unforgettable sisters navigating work, love, and their dreams in 1920s Australia. Because they are two sets of twins, the four Latimer sisters are as close as can be. They are famous throughout New South Wales for their beauty,…
Read MoreAn Assembly Such as This
“She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me.” So begins the timeless romance of Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice. Jane Austen’s classic novel is beloved by millions, but little is revealed in the book about the mysterious and handsome hero, Mr. Darcy. And so the question has long remained:…
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