Waheed Rabbani
Glamorous Illusions (Grand Tour Series)
This novel’s conflict builds from the start as 20-year-old Cora arrives from school to spend the holidays at home. She’s…
Bell of the Desert
Editors' choice
In 1888, 20-year-old Gertrude Bell is presented to Queen Victoria. She is intrigued by Gertrude and invites her to tea!…
A Secret in Her Kiss
Constantinople, 1815. Outside an opium den, an attractive woman in Turkish garments and a handsome British officer in uniform are…
A Partial History of Lost Causes
In 1979 Leningrad, a stranger, Aleksandr Bezetov, arrives in town from the eastern USSR. He befriends three dissidents, and although…
The Last Romanov
We know Tsarina Alexandra’s lady-in-waiting was with the Romanov family at the time of their assassination in 1918. Mossanen has…
The Rose of Winslow Street
Editors' choice
On a hot humid night in late May 1879, spinster Libby Sawyer and her father are out on the lawn…
The Bungalow
The Bungalow by Sarah Jio is another wonderful tale from the South Pacific. In 1942, 21-year-old Anne, born into an…
The Orchid House
Julia Forrester, a renowned concert pianist, returns from the south of France to a coastal village in Norfolk, and her…
Manu
This well researched novel covers a period of the British Raj prior to the 1857 Mutiny. In 1849, a young…
In the Arms of a Marquess
In 1812, sixteen-year-old Octavia arrives in Madras to reside with her aunt and sister, whose husbands are East India Company…
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