HQ The War Girls James Rosie

The Lost Girls of Paris is an emotional story of friendship and betrayal during the second world war, inspired by true events – from the international bestseller Pam Jenoff • 1940s With the world at war, Eleanor Trigg leads a mysterious ring of female secret agents in London. Twelve of these women are sent to aid the resistance • They never return home • 1946 Passing through Grand Central Station, New York, Grace Healey finds an abandoned suitcase tucked beneath a bench. The case is filled with a dozen photographs, each of a different woman • Setting out to find the women behind the pictures, Grace is drawn into the mystery of the lost girls of Paris. And as she delves deeper into the secrets of the past, she uncovers a story of fierce friendship, unthinkable bravery – and, ultimately, the worst kind of betrayal

In a luxury lodge on Botswana's sun-soaked plains, four friends reunite for a birthday celebration… • The Birthday Girl • Has it all, but chose love over her friends… • The Teacher • Feels the walls of her flat and classroom closing in… • The Mother • Loves her baby, but desperately needs a break… • The Introvert • Yearns for adventure after suffering for too long… • Arriving at the safari lodge, a feeling of unease settles over them. There's no sign of the party that was promised. There's no phone signal. They're alone, in the wild • The Hunt Is On

"Стальные девчонки" - роман Мишель Роулинс о дружбе, мужестве и надежде • Когда разразится война, дружба поможет им пережить это • Шеффилд, 1939 год. С объявлением войны эти храбрые женщины сделают шаг вперед и внесут свой вклад в развитие своей страны • Домохозяйка Нэнси никогда не мечтала, что окажется на заводе Vickers steelworks, но когда мужа Берта призывают служить, ей нужно накормить двоих своих маленьких детей • Возлюбленный Бетти Уильям вступил в резерв Королевских ВВС, поэтому она не может сидеть сложа руки - даже если для этого придется отказаться от своих амбиций изучать юриспруденцию в вечерней школе • Юная Пэтти наслаждается волнением, которое приносит война. Но этой продавщице придется быстро повзрослеть, особенно сейчас, когда она выполняет такую непосильную и опасную работу на фабрике

The first in a heartwarming saga series set during the Second World War. Perfect for fans of Pam Howes and Elaine Everest • 1942 • Working in the greengrocers and playing the piano in the pub a couple of nights a week isn't fulfilling nineteen-year-old Trixie Smith's idea of helping Britain win the war. One day she sees a poster advertising the Women's Timber Corps and decides to sign up - soon she is on her way to Scotland for four weeks of training to become a Lumberjill • On her journey north she meets Cy, an American soldier on leave. Their attraction is instant and they both feel that fate has brought them together. Although their time with one another is brief, they promise that they'll be together as soon as the war is over • But training to become a Lumberjill is hard; working in all weathers, felling trees and hauling timber is dangerous and exhausting

A new powerful and heartwarming saga featuring the same characters as The Munitions Girls • In love and war, who can you trust? • 1944, Hampshire • Her face still bearing the scars from the explosion at the factory, Rita Brown is nonetheless back on her feet. She's caught the eye of local wide boy Blackie Bristow, who's sweeping her around the country in a life of shady glamour • But there's a war on, and life is not all fun and games. Some of the local men are taking advantage of the topsy-turvy world to break more than just hearts, and standing up to them comes with its own costs • Rita keeps calm and carries on with a little help from her friends at the factory. But then she discovers someone there has been leaking secrets to the Germans. With D-Day on the horizon, Rita must work out who she can rely on - and fast

A traditional, WW2-set saga following a group of women working in an armaments factory on the Hampshire coast • It's 1944, after D-Day. Doodlebugs are the latest threat to war-battered southern England • Local crook Samuel Golden is still finding ways to exploit people's hardship for his own gain. Heroine Em, who we first met in THE MUNITIONS GIRLS, finds herself caught up in one such scheme while having to deal with her daughter's unexpected pregnancy • Female friendship; wartime drama; mothers and daughters; and finding a good man in the end - it's all there in this sparkling new saga from Rosie Archer

An enthralling, eventful WW2 saga from the popular writer of the Daisy Lane novels • An enthralling, eventful WW2 saga from the popular writer of the Daisy Lane novels - perfect for fans of Daisy Styles • 1943, Gosport, Hampshire. Pixie Saunders is 19 and employed in the local armaments factory. Not for the first time, her mother has run off with a dodgy-looking bloke, leaving Pixie to pay the rent and fend for herself. Pixie, along with her best friend Rita, Em, the factory overseer, and the rest of the girls are making the most of the war while trying to stay alive. The work is dangerous and the hours long, but in the evenings they take off their overalls and go to the pub or, better still, go dancing. Pixie meets American serviceman Cal and falls in love

The heartwarming final chapter in the Bluebird Girls series. As war finally draws to a close and the lights come back on across Europe, what will victory and peacetime bring for the south coast's favourite singing trio? • In their rise to fame over the course of the war, Bea Herron, Ivy Sparrow and Rainey Bird have faced down bombs and looked tragedy in the eye. They have also found love, created their own families and had careers that they never thought possible • With peace finally on the horizon, what will the new world hold for them?

Aisha Moore is eight months pregnant. She’s thrilled, and a little scared. Not least because her husband Jason hasn’t quite wrapped his head around the fact • Lucy is having her first child too. She has finally got her wish – although the circumstances aren’t quite what she had hoped. Oscar will be a great dad though, won’t he? • When the two women join the same baby group, they quickly become friends and before long they’re confiding in each other • Only there’s one thing Lucy hasn’t told Aisha. And while a baby may turn your life upside-down, a secret this big will change everything

The latest unforgettable timeslip novel from the USA Today bestselling author of The Secret of the Chateau • Will love lead her to a devastating choice? • 1942. Three years into the war, Pam turns down her hard-won place at Oxford University to become a codebreaker at Bletchley Park. There, she meets two young men, both keen to impress her, and Pam finds herself falling hard for one of them. But as the country’s future becomes more uncertain by the day, a tragic turn of events casts doubt on her choice – and Pam’s loyalty is pushed to its limits… • Present day. Julia is struggling to juggle her career, two children and a husband increasingly jealous of her success. Her brother presents her with the perfect distraction: forgotten photos of their grandmother as a young woman at Bletchley Park

England: 1944 • When psychologist Maddie Gresham is sent a mysterious message telling her to report to Trent Park mansion, she wonders how she will be helping the war effort from a stately home • She soon finds captured Nazi generals are being detained at the house. Bugged with listening devices in every room, it’s up to Maddie to gain the Nazis’ trust and coax them into giving up information • When Max Weitzler, a Jewish refugee, also arrives at Trent Park with the same mission, Maddie finds herself trapped in a dangerous game of chess • The two met in Germany before the war, and Maddie’s heart was his from the moment they locked eyes • But Maddie has finally gained the trust of the Nazi officers at the house, and her love for Max must remain a secret

From the author of The Lost Ones, a mesmerising gothic novel which was shortlisted for the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award and the Historical Writers’ Association Debut Crown Award… • May, 1945. When bells ring out for Victory in Europe, young wife and mother Gwen wonders if her world is about to change • Six years ago, on their wedding night, her husband Jack promised he would leave for the war and never return • But Jack is coming home, unable to keep the promise he so faithfully made, and full of hope that he may at last win a place in Gwen’s life and her heart • As events of the past return to haunt them, threatening all they hold dear, Jack and Gwen find themselves facing their greatest battle yet • To win, they will have to stand together and fight as one