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Mary Jane Staples

A Sister’s Secret

By Mary Jane Staples - Published 2013

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The American War of Independence has been won, and reconciliation with Britain is the order of the day. Enter two sisters, Southern belles, ...Read Review

Love for a Soldier

By Mary Jane Staples - Published 2012

Genres:

Romance

Spring 1918. Crash-landed in German-occupied France after an aerial duel with the Red Baron, wounded and desperate for escape, Captain Peter Marsh thinks his ...Read Review

Natasha’s Dream

By Mary Jane Staples - Published 2010

Genres:

Saga

This is a thriller and romance set in Berlin during 1925, when the Nazi party is gathering strength and Berlin is home to many ...Read Review

A Wartime Marriage

By Mary Jane Staples - Published 2008

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Romance Thriller

It is 1918 and Captain Harry Phillips is a prisoner of war in a Romanian hospital. When Major Carlsen tells Harry that he can ...Read Review

The Soldier’s Girl

By Mary Jane Staples - Published 2007

Genres:

Romance

This is the story of how Maisie Gibbs met Daniel Adams and it all began. Maisie was born in 1876 in London’s East ...Read Review

Escape to London

By Mary Jane Staples - Published 2007

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Military

Austria in 1938 sees Hitler’s tanks rolling through the streets of Vienna amid crowds of cheering supporters. Baroness Anne von Korvacs looks on ...Read Review