Garlands of Gold
"Filled with rich period detail, this historical romance will appeal to readers who enjoy learning about other cultures and times." -- Booklist In seventeenth-century Rotterdam, young Saskia is lady's maid to wealthy... See More
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Quick View"Filled with rich period detail, this historical romance will appeal to readers who enjoy learning about other cultures and times." -- Booklist In seventeenth-century Rotterdam, young Saskia is lady's maid to wealthy... See More
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Quick ViewThe year is 1847. After the tragic death of her parents Tansy Marlow is surprised to discover her father has left her half shares in young colt and a large house, suggesting a life far superior to the poverty she and her... See More
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Quick ViewDaniel Lombard falls in love with Louise de Vailly on the day she arrives in New York, a refugee from the French Revolution which has destroyed the lives of Louise, her sister Delphine and so many other French aristocrats... See More
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Quick ViewAfter a shattering betrayal, a Frenchwoman finds a new role during the birth of the film industry, in a "truly interesting" historical novel (Booklist). When Lisette Decourt discovers her fiancé in the arms of her newly... See More
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Quick ViewThe year is 1903. Lisa Shaw is an English orphan from Leeds who is sent to Canada as a "home girl". They were children and young people that were "exported" from Great Britain to her colonies in Australia, Canada, and... See More
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Quick ViewA NEW LIFE; A NEW WORLD. Recently orphaned and disappointed in love, Sarah Kingsley leaves England and joins the flow of emigrants to Canada in the early years of the nineteenth century to make a new life for herself. But... See More
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Quick ViewSuccessful in life but not love... Louise Vernet was raised in the slums of Paris, coming of age amid the splendor and corruption of the Second Empire. She ruled the world of fashion, clothing the most fabled women of... See More
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Quick ViewA "compelling" historical novel of a seamstress in Imperial Russia and Paris (Booklist). Marguerite Laurent has been summoned to the Imperial Court of Empress Elizabeth to work as her personal embroiderer. The journey is... See More
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Quick ViewA British secret agent lives among the Nazis in secret. Two decades after the end of the Second World War, Anna Marlow stands among a crowd of spectators gathered around a lake in Norway. She is watching an aircraft being... See More
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Quick ViewAfter losing her husband in World War II, an English widow finds a new life -- and the promise of new love -- in Norway... When Anna Harvik travels to Norway in 1946 in order to visit her late husband's father, she... See More
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Quick ViewBride to one man - bewitched by another... From the moment young Harriette Mead first laid eyes on Benedict Sutcliffe on the streets of Regency London, she felt the spell of this powerfully built, darkly handsome man. But... See More
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Quick ViewIn 1761 Hester Bateman became the first woman to register her own silver hallmark. But how did an illiterate orphan, sent to work in her half-brother's tavern in the Strand, become recognised as one of England's finest... See More
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Quick ViewC17th England. Julia Pallister, daughter of Sotherleigh, was born in 1641 and unknowingly heir to the only remaining gown of Elizabeth I's exquisite wardrobe. This pearl-encrusted gift to Julia's grandmother, Katherine... See More
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Quick ViewOf love and violence in a time of change... Fostered out at birth, Theresa Marlow, highwayman's daughter, grew up on a farm in the tiny hamlet of Bognor. The town expanded rapidly and turned into a fashionable and elegant... See More
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Quick ViewLondon, 1890 It is the last decade of the nineteenth century - a time of opulence, decadence, and, above all, style. Art Nouveau is the latest fashion and it arouses a passionate response from Irene Lindsay, daughter of a... See More
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Quick ViewAn enthralling tale of romance and tragedy between feuding families in Victorian England 'Never trust a Radcliffe' has been the Warwyck family motto for over three generations. For young Tom Warwyck, a budding yacht... See More
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Quick ViewJohanna will defend the country she loves at any cost. But what if the man she loves is in danger? Dawn April 9th, 1940. The Germans arrive, and change Johanna Ryen's life forever. During an air raid Johanna meets the... See More
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Quick ViewShe belonged to one man, yet loved another - torn between love and honour... Juliette Delahousse came to Norfolk from France to be a bride. Like all Frenchwomen, fiercely passionate, Juliette knew the arts of love. Exiled... See More
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Quick View'Filled with rich period detail... ' - Booklist In the aftermath of the French Revolution, Lyons is re-establishing its reputation as silk capital of the world. Gabrielle Roche, daughter of the infamous Maison Roche silk... See More
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Quick View1793. Revolutionary France. Sophie Delcourt, the enchanting talented daughter of a Parisian confectioner, is forced to flee the country in the midst of revolution and bloodshed with a four-year-old aristocrat and elderly... See More
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Quick View'As her heroine wends her way through perilous times, readers will be swept along in Laker's latest compelling tale' - Booklist Raised by nuns in an Italian orphanage and abandoned by her mother Claudine, beautiful young... See More
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Quick ViewFlush in the pocket with winnings from his most recent fight, renowned pugilist Daniel Warwyck finds himself bidding at a strange and barbaric auction in Brighton for a young woman named Kate. Kate, who has seen more than... See More
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Quick View1840. Paris est une ville hostile quand on est une orpheline de dix ans, comme Louise. Sa rencontre avec la couturière Catherine Allard la sort de l'enfer des bas-fonds. La prenant sous son aile, Catherine l'initie à son... See More
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Quick ViewGET THREE CAPTIVATING HISTORICAL TALES OF LOVE, LOSS, AND FAMILY IN ONE GREAT-VALUE BOX SET. Set in the seaside resorts of Regency and, later, Victorian England, this enchanting historical romance trilogy, rich in period... See More
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Quick ViewFew women have gone to war more defiantly and courageously than Scotswoman Ellen Sinclair. After fleeing her cruel mother, a neurotic, self-proclaimed invalid and her strange cousin, she scandalously disregards her father... See More
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Quick ViewIn the summer of 1737, a young apprentice carpenter at Nostell Priory in Yorkshire lovingly creates an invalid chair for a convalescent visitor. But although the tender love born between the humble carpenter, Thomas... See More
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Quick ViewA strange mansion. A handsome lord. A lover's ghost. When Caroline Tucker arrives to take up her post as librarian at Shripney Manor House in Sussex, she has no idea that danger awaits her, or that she is about to fall... See More