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A Light Beyond the Trenches
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In 1915 the first chemical weapons attack, loosed by the German Army at Ypres, injures German soldiers in a case of “friendly fire,” and ...Read Review
Matilda’s Secret (The Inheritance)
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Having lost both her parents, 17-year-old Matilda is all alone in the world. Then she gets a shocking surprise when a countess, Agneta ...Read Review
Before the Dawn
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WW2 launched a huge movement of people, particularly young men of marriageable age, between countries and between continents. The multitudes of romantic encounters ...Read Review
Perseverance Place
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1890 Edinburgh. When Brabazon Nairn’s husband Duncan is bankrupted, they and their two teenage sons, Henry and Laurence, must start over, taking up ...Read Review
The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle
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One doesn’t often think of World War II novels as “juicy,” but that’s a good way to describe the latest book ...Read Review
The Woolworths Saturday Girls
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1950. The war is over, but rationing is still in place as the original Woolworths girls Sarah and Freda tackle the responsibilities of promotion ...Read Review
The Truth Keepers
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In January of 1793, the French king loses his head during the country’s revolution. For young Amelia Nicolau, this is just the beginning, ...Read Review
Summer Secrets at Bletchley Park
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September 1939, and Dulcie—known as Dale—Treadwell is a junior reporter on the Kensington Evening Post. She longs to write about ‘real’ news, ...Read Review
Goodnight, Vienna
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Katya, daughter of Russian nobles who fled the Bolsheviks, dreams of practicing medicine, but her impecunious parents, now living in Paris, arrange for ...Read Review
A Woman of Gallantry
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Edinburgh, 1788: McNeill’s novel (first published in 1989) begins with the hanging of Deacon William Brodie, apparently upstanding member of the community by day ...Read Review