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The Secrets at Ocean’s Edge
Set on the coast of Western Australia during the Great Depression years, this is the story of four members of…
Her Mother’s Secret
Leonora (Leo) East has been running her father’s pharmacy business in Sutton Veny when World War I finally ends. In…
See What I Have Done
Lizzie Borden’s acquittal for the murder of her father and stepmother has already generated numerous books, films and plays, even…
A Letter from Italy
Editors' choice
Brindisi, 1917. Rebecca Quinn says farewell to Jack, her husband and fellow journalist, who is off on a secret investigation…
The Joyce Girl
Editors' choice
In Zurich in 1934, Lucia, the emotionally frail daughter of iconic Irish author James Joyce, is undergoing the “talking cure”…
Hamilton Hume: Our Greatest Explorer
Few of the thousands who daily travel the 800km road between Sydney and Melbourne are likely to give thought as…
A Kiss from Mr. Fitzgerald
Evelyn Lockhart lives a conservative life in Concord, Massachusetts with her parents and sister. She’s expected to marry her childhood…
The War Bride
Returned Aussie digger Frank waits eagerly on the wharf in Sydney for the arrival of his English bride, Margaret. But…
The Soldier’s Wife
This book opens in 1915 in the midst of World War I as Jimmy Hawkins is about to be sent…
The Secret Chord
King David needs little introduction to those raised in the Judeo-Christian faiths (he’s also a prophet of Islam), but readers…
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