Sara Wilson
The House of Rajani
In the late 19th century, Isaac Luminsky and his new wife, “Her Ladyship,” travel from Europe to Jaffa. They are…
Scandal at the Dower House
When Catarina’s elderly husband dies she moves into the Dower House to make way for the new Earl of Rasen,…
The Courtesan and the Samurai
Editors' choice
Hana is a true Samurai wife, enduring humiliation and beatings at the hands of her husband without complaint. Her first…
Summer by the Sea
Helen Moore has left her farming family behind for the summer to work as an apprentice housekeeper at the Seaview…
Season of Storms
In the early years of the 20th century, the famous playwright Galeazzo D’Ascanio falls in love with an actress named…
Snares and Nets
When Nesta Davies moves from bustling Oxford to sleepy Hollyhill to look after her son’s wife, Joan, she expects to…
The Seven Fires of Mademoiselle
Young Carlota is the daughter of an Argentinian diplomat in the US during the Kennedy years. Her governess – the…
Rebels and Traitors
Editors' choice
Like many an adolescent, Gideon Jukes is a young man rebelling against family constrictions and looking for his own path…
Claudius
Editors' choice
Emperor Claudius needs to secure his tenuous position in Rome and sets his sights on victory in Britain as a…
The Summer House
Lady Helen Barstairs marries her soldier husband at her family’s request and regrets it almost instantly when she meets Oliver…
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