WW1
Waiting for Sunrise
In Boyd’s latest literary adventure (after Ordinary Thunderstorms, 2010), a young English actor begins a life of deception off-stage, mostly…
For the Love of Catherine
Crossing on the Titanic to see her sister on the New York stage, a young mother, Mair (the heroine of…
Walk to Paradise Garden
While serving as a stretcher bearer in World War I France, humanitarian John Armitage meets and falls in love with…
Promise Me This
This delightful romance begins in 1912 and spans into World War I, recreating some pivotal moments in history with excellent…
The Liberation of Celia Kahn
Glasgow, 1915. Celia Kahn behaves more like a mother than a daughter to her Jewish family, caring for her gambling…
The Wings of Morning
Murray Pura sets his tale of inspirational romance in the Amish community of Pennsylvania as the world prepares for the…
The Cove
Ron Rash’s new novel has all the elements I particularly enjoy in fiction: the story is set in the North…
Bereft
Quinn Walker returns to his home town of Flint, New South Wales, Australia after terrible experiences in the Great War.…
Armistice
Stafford begins his novel with the line “Some men had started a war, other men went off to fight it;…
Overseas
Editors' choice
I loved this book. It rates as one of the best romantic novels I’ve read. Not only does Beatriz Williams…
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