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The Berlin Girl by Mandy RobothamBerlin, 1938: It's the height of summer, and Germany is on the brink of war. When fledgling reporter Georgie Young is posted to Berlin, alongside fellow Londoner Max Spender, she knows they are enteri ng the eye of the storm. Arriving to a city swathed in red flags a...

The Secret Messenger by Mandy RobothamThe highly awaited new novel from the internationally bestseller, and author of The German Midwife (also published as A Woman of War).Venice, 1943The world is at war, and Stella Jilani is leading a double life. By day she works in the lion's den as a typist for...

The Girl Behind the Wall by Mandy RobothamFrom the internationally best selling author, Mandy Robotham, comes an unforgettable tale of unimaginable choices and love in the darkest of places.A city divided.When the Berlin Wall goes up, Karin is on the wrong side of the city. Overnight, she’s trappe...

Riviera House by Natasha LesterThe latest book from Natasha Lester is an extraordinary masterpiece of historical fiction that will have you wiping tears from your face.Paris, 1939 While working at the Louvre, Eliane Dufort falls for talented painter Xavier. But when the Nazis occupy the city, Xavier...

War rages, and, under cover of darkness, Rumi Orlstad and her fellow resistance fighters smuggle British agents, fugitives and supplies across the North Sea into Nazi-occupied territory.One night, when he braves a storm to complete an ill-fated mission, Rumi’s fiancé is lost to the dangerous wate...

Two cities. Two spies. Which woman survives?Pianist: NOUN. Informal. A person who operates or controls a radio transmitter – often in code.July, 1940Blitz-ridden London: Marnie Fern’s life is torn apart when her grandfather is killed in an air raid. But once she discovers that he’d been workin...

The heart-stopping historical romantic adventure from the bestselling author of The Orphans.Under the clamour of the Sydney Harbour Bridge being built nearby, Grace Fairweather is working in her father’s grocery shop in The Rocks when she begins making her own confectionery. Her colourful creation...

The Nightingale is a phenomenon that has enthralled a generation of readers. It's about what it's like to be a woman during the war when women's stories are all too often forgotten or overlooked.With courage, grace and powerful insight,Kristin Hannah captures the epic panorama of World War II and il...

The Perfumer's Secret Fiona SchneiderWhen the Second World War swept through Paris, Iris Penhallam paid the ultimate price to save the ones she loved. Fifty years later, her niece is determined to track down the truth of Iris's forgotten years.Stella Penhallam needs a miracle. So, when her estranged...

Desperate to protect her family, can Poppy put her trust in a stranger?When Poppy Robbins is targeted by a blackmailer threatening to reveal secrets from her family’s past, she turns to the mysterious Edward Taverner for help.Taverner proposes an escape to his country manor, and to maintain a resp...

Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club Martha Hall KellyTwo sisters living on Martha’s Vineyard during World War II find hope in the power of storytelling when they start a wartime book club – a spectacular novel inspired by true events from the bestselling author of Lilac Girls.2016Fresh from he...

Four generations of women experience love, loss, war and hope from the rise of Nazism to the Cuban Revolution and, finally, the fall of the Berlin Wall in this sweeping novel.Berlin, 1931: Ally Keller, a talented young poet, is alone and scared when she gives birth to a mixed-race daughter she names...

Following history from Scotland, to Belgium and to St Petersburg, The Firebird is a sweeping story of love, sacrifice, courage and redemption. A journey that spans centuries and lifetimes to connect the past with the future.When a woman brings a small wooden carving into the art dealership, claimin...

A sweeping, evocative, and compelling historical thriller that paints a vibrant portrait of a California buffeted by the turbulent crosswinds of a world at war and a society about to undergo massive change. Berkeley, California 1944: A former presidential candidate is assassinated in one of the room...

A moving and inspiring WWII novel of friendship and courage, based on the true events of the Bangka Island Massacre.In 1941, country girls Minnie Hodgson and Margot McNee set sail from Perth, Australia, for Singapore in search of adventure, full of excitement and keen to do their part working as nur...

A royal palace. A closed book. A betrayal that will echo through generations… Windsor, 1940: Secretly tasked with foiling a suspected plot, Sophie Klein is placed in the Royal Library at Windsor castle, where the princesses reside. But when she learns that Windsor is compromised, Sophie must sacri...

The Radio Hour is a charming, funny, pointed look at the golden years of radio broadcasting in post-war Australia, celebrating the extraordinary unseen women who wrote the radio plays that held a nation captive.Martha Berry is fifty years old, a spinster, and one of an army of polite and invisible w...

A stirring tale of mystery and romance, inspired by the life of 1920s Australian film icon and ‘million-dollar mermaid’ Annette Kellerman. BLUE MOUNTAINS, 2024: Working on a documentary at the historic Carrington Hotel, videographer Emma Quinn discovers a box of handwritten letters belonging to...

Alexandra Frobisher is a modern-thinking woman with hopes of a career in England's famous chocolate-making town of York. She has received several proposals of marriage, although none of them promises that elusive extra – love. Matthew Britten-Jones is a man of charm and strong social standing. He...

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society meets Lucinda Riley in this breath-taking story of how one woman's disappearance spurns the search of a lifetime.In Paris 1942 a woman disappears in the middle of the night, leaving behind the man she loves.French chef Sylvie was sent to Paris as par...

An emotional and inspiring World War Two time-slip novel of danger and courage. This is a story inspired by true events and stories of Irena Sendler and the women of the Polish egota. It's the worst time in humanity and yet there is still light in the darkness… 1942, Warsaw Young Zofia finds hers...

The King's Messenger Susanna KearsleyA story of treachery, betrayal and love… 1613: King James – sixth of Scotland, first of England, son of Mary, Queen of Scots - has unified both countries under one crown. But the death of his eldest son, Henry, has plunged the nation into mourning, as the rum...

The heart-stopping new historical adventure from the bestselling author of The Sugar Palace.Botanical artist Jane Saville is devastated when her manipulative mother banishes her to the countryside to protect someone else’s honour. Isolated far from home, she is forced to live an impoverished, secr...