Aria

Diva

By Daisy Goodwin - Published 2024

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

The drama that surrounded Maria Callas, onstage and in her personal life, is brought to life fully and sensitively in this complex novel. ...Read Review

The Enemy of Love (Aria Book)

By Annabelle Thorpe - Published 2023

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1943 was a difficult year for Italy.  Until July it fought as an ally of Germany against the British and Americans in Tunisia and ...Read Review

Escape to Florence (US) / Escape to Tuscany (UK)

By Kat Devereaux - Published 2023

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In Escape to Florence, Kat Devereaux has created an ambitious, moving novel that toggles between German-occupied Italy in 1944 and Italy in 2019. In one ...Read Review

No Life for a Lady

By Hannah Dolby - Published 2023

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Historical fiction usually takes itself seriously, often very seriously.  Readers seldom turn to it for light relief. No Life for a Lady is ...Read Review

The Girl Who Dared to Dream

By Diney Costeloe - Published 2022

Genres:

Saga

This is a simple tale narrated chronologically, mainly from the point of view of one principal character. No literary tricks, but beautifully crafted. ...Read Review

Beyond a Broken Sky

By Suzanne Fortin - Published 2022

Genres:

Saga

Beyond a Broken Sky is a dual-narrative novel in which a woman in a later time stream researches the life of a woman ...Read Review

A Very Modern Marriage (The Ladies of Carson Street)

By Rachel Brimble - Published 2022

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On the occasion of Nancy’s wedding, Octavia and Louisa are discussing the future of their brothel on Carson Street.  Meanwhile at his ...Read Review

The Woman with the Map

By Jan Casey - Published 2022

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There are many tricks one can play with dual narratives. In The Woman with the Map we have the same character in both ...Read Review

The Belladonna Maze

By Sinead Crowley - Published 2022

Genres:

Gothic horror meets modern romance. The historic stream of this dual-narrative novel (actually, there is a short third stream towards the end) is ...Read Review

Before the Dawn

By Emma Pass - Published 2022

Genres:

Saga

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