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Leah Fleming

The Rose Villa

By Leah Fleming - Published 2022

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The Rose Villa is a gorgeous read, a historical romance spanning the years between 1918 and 1944. The two protagonists, Kit and Flora, battle their ...Read Review

The Glovemaker’s Daughter

By Leah Fleming - Published 2018

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The novel opens with an account of the persecution of Quakers in 17th-century England, set out in the journal of Rejoice (or Joy) ...Read Review

The Last Pearl

By Leah Fleming - Published 2016

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1879, York. Greta Costello is poor. She helps her widowed mother and two siblings to survive poverty by working as a Saturday girl for ...Read Review

The Captain’s Daughter

By Leah Fleming - Published 2013

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Saga

The Captain’s Daughter opens with two very different women taking the famed ship Titanic to America, neither anxious to be aboard, and ...Read Review

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