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The Distant Hours by Kate Morton, author of the bestselling The House of Riverton, is a heart-breaking story of love and loss with a devastating secret at its heart • Edie Burchill and her mother have never been close, but when a long lost letter arrives with the return address of Milderhurst Castle, Kent, printed on its envelope, Edie begins to suspect that her mother's emotional distance masks an old secret • Evacuated from London as a thirteen year old girl, Edie's mother is chosen by the mysterious Juniper Blythe, and taken to live at Millderhurst Castle with the Blythe family • Fifty years later, Edie too is drawn to Milderhurst and the eccentric Sisters Blythe. Old ladies now, the three still live together, the twins nursing Juniper, whose abandonment by her fiance in 1941 plunged her into madness

Kate Morton’s heartbreaking novel, The Secret Keeper, is a spellbinding story of mysteries and secrets, murder and enduring love, moving between the 1930s, the 1960s and the 2010s • 1961: On a sweltering summer’s day, while her family picnics by the stream on their Suffolk farm, sixteen-year-old Laurel hides out in her childhood tree-house dreaming of a boy called Billy, a move to London, and the bright future she can’t wait to seize. But before the idyllic afternoon is over, Laurel will have witnessed a shocking crime that changes everything • 2011: Now a much-loved actress, Laurel finds herself overwhelmed by shades of the past. Haunted by memories, and the mystery of what she saw that day, she returns to her family home and begins to piece together a secret history

1961: Знойным летним днем, пока ее семья устраивает пикник у ручья на своей ферме в Саффолке, шестнадцатилетняя Лорел прячется в своем детском домике на дереве, мечтая о мальчике по имени Билли, переезде в Лондон и светлом будущем. Но прежде чем этот идиллический день закончится, Лорел станет свидетельницей шокирующего преступления, которое изменит все • 2011: Став горячо любимой актрисой, Лорел обнаруживает, что ее переполняют тени прошлого. Преследуемая воспоминаниями и тайной того, что она увидела в тот день, она возвращается в дом своей семьи и начинает собирать воедино тайную историю. История о трех незнакомцах из совершенно разных миров - Дороти, Вивьен и Джимми, - которых случай свел вместе в Лондоне военного времени, и вплетает их жизни в жестокую и роковую историю

Потерянный ребенок • Накануне Первой мировой войны маленькую девочку находят брошенной на корабле, идущем в Австралию. Таинственная женщина по имени Писательница обещала присмотреть за ней - но бесследно исчезла • Ужасная тайна • В ночь своего двадцать первого дня рождения Нелл Эндрюс узнает секрет, который навсегда изменит ее жизнь. Десятилетия спустя она отправляется на поиски истины, которые приводят ее на продуваемое всеми ветрами побережье Корнуолла и в странное и красивое поместье Блэкхерст, некогда принадлежавшее аристократической семье Маунтраше • Таинственное наследство • После смерти Нелл ее внучка Кассандра неожиданно получает наследство. Коттедж Клифф и его забытый сад печально известны среди местных жителей Корнуолла своими секретами

The Black Mountain is a Quick Read short story from bestselling author Kate Mosse • It is May, 1706. Ana, a young Spanish woman, lives in a small town on the north-west coast of Tenerife with her mother and twin younger brothers. The town is in the shadow of a mighty volcano, which legend says has the devil living inside it. However, there has been no eruption for thousands of years and no one believes it is a threat • One day, Ana notices that the air feels strange and heavy, that the birds have stopped singing. Tending the family vineyard, a sudden strange tremor in the earth frightens her. Very soon it will be a race against time for Ana to help persuade the town that they are in danger and should flee before the volcano erupts and destroys their world

Каркассон, 1562 год. Девятнадцатилетняя Мину Жубер получает анонимное письмо в книжном магазине своего отца. Запечатанный фамильным гербом, он содержит всего пять слов: "она знает, что ты жив" • Но прежде чем Мину успевает расшифровать таинственное послание, случайная встреча с молодым новообращенным гугенотом Питом Рейдоном навсегда меняет ее судьбу. Потому что у Пита есть своя собственная опасная миссия, и ему нужна помощь Мину, если он хочет выбраться из Ла Сите живым • Захватывающее приключение и душераздирающая история любви, "Пылающие палаты" Кейт Мосс - исторический роман, полный волнения, заговоров и опасностей • Книга на английском языке • Carcassonne 1562. Nineteen-year-old Minou Joubert receives an anonymous letter at her father's bookshop

The Wronged Daughter by Mary Wood is an emotional and moving novel that reunites old friends and heals old wounds • Mags has never forgotten the friendship she forged with Flora and Ella, two fellow nurses she served with at the beginning of World War I. Haunted by what she experienced during that time, she fears a reunion with her friends would bring back the horror she's tried so desperately to suppress • Now, with her wedding on the horizon, this should be a joyful time for Mags. But the sudden loss of her mother and the constant doubt she harbours surrounding her fiance, Harold, are marring her happiness • Mags throws herself into running the family mill, but she's dealt another aching blow by a betrayal that leaves her reeling. Finding the strength the war had taken from her, she fights back, not realizing the consequences and devastating outcome awaiting her

Will Ella ever find what she's looking for? • Voluntary nurse Ella is haunted by the soldiers' cries she hears on the battlefields of Dieppe. But that's not the only thing that haunts her. When her dear friend Jim breaks her trust, Ella is left bruised and heartbroken. Over the years, her friendships have been pulled apart at the seams by the effects of war. Now, more than ever, she feels so alone • At a military hospital in France, Ella befriends Connie and Paddy. Slowly she begins to heal, and finds comfort in the arms of a French officer called Paulo - could he be her salvation? • With the end of the war on the horizon, surely things have to get better? Ella grew up not knowing her real family but a clue leads her in their direction. What did happen to Ella's parents, and why is she so desperate to find out? • The Abandoned Daughter by Mary Wood is the second book in The Girls Who Went To War series

My real name, no one remembers • The truth about that summer, no one else knows • In the depths of a nineteenth-century winter, a little girl is abandoned in the narrow streets of London. Adopted by a mysterious stranger, she becomes in turn a thief, a friend, a muse, and a lover. Then, in the summer of 1862, shortly after her eighteenth birthday, she retreats with a group of artists to a beautiful house on a quiet bend of the Upper Thames . . . Tensions simmer and, one hot afternoon, a gunshot rings out. A woman is killed, another disappears, and the truth of what happened slips through the cracks of time • Over the next century and beyond, Birchwood Manor welcomes many newcomers but guards its secret closely – until another young woman is drawn to visit the house because of a family secret of her own

With a will of steel, Florentyna Rosnovski is indeed Abel’s daughter • Inheriting all of her father’s drive but none of his wealth, she is in pursuit of an ambition that far exceeds either her father or his great rival William Kane – to be the first female president • Born into a life of luxury, Richard Kane is determined to carve his own path in the world whilst building a future with Florentyna, the woman he loves • With Florentyna’s ultimate goal only a heartbeat away, both are about to discover the shattering price of power as a titanic battle of betrayal and deception reaches out from the past – a blood feud between two generations that threatens to destroy everything they have fought to achieve

The Buffer Girls is an inspiring tale of love, heartache and ambition from bestselling author Margaret Dickinson • It is 1920 in the Derbyshire dales. The Ryan family are adjusting to life now that the war is over. Walter has returned home a broken man and so it falls to his son and daughter, Josh and Emily, to keep the family candle-making business going • The Ryan children grew up with Amy Clark, daughter of the village blacksmith, and Thomas 'Trip' Trippett, whose father owns a cutlery business in Sheffield. Romance blossoms for Josh and Amy while Emily falls in love with Trip, but she is unsure if the feeling is mutual. Martha Ryan is fiercely ambitious for her son and so she uproots her family to Sheffield, but all Josh wants is to continue the family business and marry Amy

The enemy is close to home in The Manor, a gripping gangland thriller from the top five bestseller Jessie Keane • Charlie Stone and Terry Barton have been blood brothers since the cradle. They grew up in the East End skimming along the bottom of the underworld, until Charlie took over the manor from the local mob and a twist of fate put him and his best mate on the road to the high life • When Charlie and Terry both marry and have kids, everything is set. Both families have everything they ever wanted. But things begin to turn sour when Charlie's adopted son Harlan starts to cause trouble • It soon becomes clear that Harlan doesn't just want to be number one son; he wants to be number one, full stop, and he wants Terry's daughter Belle Barton by his side