A breathtaking story of friendship, love and impossible choices, perfect for fans of Fiona Valpy, Lucinda Riley, and All the Light We Cannot See! ✨ Lake Maggiore, Northern Italy, 1943 In a quiet lakeside hotel nestled in the shadow of the Italian Alps, seventeen-year-old Giulia Leone lives a life untouched by war – until the day ruthless German SS officers arrive in the village.Her father’s hotel is no longer a pl...

A heartbreaking story of survival set in World War II Hong Kong, perfect for fans of Dinah JefferiesA country at war. A love to last a lifetime.Hong Kong 1941, Fifteen-year-old Kate lives a rarefied life of wealth and privilege in the pre-war Hong Kong expatriate community, but when the Japanese invade she’s interned in squalid Stanley Camp with her parents.Enduring cramped conditions, humiliation, disease, and starvation, Kate be...

A heartbreaking and immersive historical novel from bestseller Siobhan Daiko1944 - When an air raid strikes the hospital she’s been working in, Carrie’s life irrevocably changes. But as a nurse in the middle of wartime, she has no time to grieve, as she has too many people relying on her.For resistance fighter, Vito, nothing is more important than seeking vengeance for the atrocities his fellow comrades have suffered. But...

A heartfelt wartime story of love and betrayal, from bestseller Siobhan Daiko1943Lidia De Angelis has kept a low profile since Mussolini’s laws wrenched her from her childhood sweetheart. But when the Germans occupy Venice, she must flee the city to save her life.Lidia joins the partisans in the Venetian mountains, where she meets David, an English soldier fighting for the same cause. As she grows closer to him, harsh German reprisals and her own ...

Based on a true story, a tale of love and survival against all the odds set in Hong Kong at the start of the Pacific War.Can love conquer all?Spring 1939 - dashing young William Burton and the beautiful Constance Han set sail from London on the same ocean liner to Hong Kong.Connie is intrigued by Will’s talent for writing poetry, and as romance blossoms she offers to give him Cantonese lessons to help him with his new job — a cade...

A compelling, emotional wartime story, from bestseller Siobhan DaikoWhen Gina Bianchi returns to the beautiful Italian resort of Portofino to attend her father’s funeral, she is beset by vivid memories of World War 2, when she joined the Resistance, alongside her identical twin sister, Adele.In her childhood bedroom, Gina reads Adele’s diary, left behind during the war. As Gina learns the shocking truth about her sister, she’s compelled to face the harsh realities of her ...

A heart-wrenching wartime story of courage and resistance, from bestseller Siobhan Daiko1944Bologna, Italy, and the streets are crawling with German soldiers. Nineteen-year-old Leila Venturi is shocked into joining the Resistance after her beloved best friend Rebecca, the daughter of a prominent Jewish businessman, is ruthlessly deported to a concentration camp.1981Exchange student Rhiannon Hughes arrives ...

An utterly gripping and heart-wrenching tale of forbidden love, family loyalty, and long-buried secrets — perfect for fans of The Nightingale, The Island of Sea Women, and Kate Quinn. ✨Lucia loved her brother Dinu to the depths of her soul, but she also worried about him. He was intelligent yet ambitious, resilient yet hot-headed, and there was a dark side to him that could lead him into terrible trouble one day.Sicily, 1943: Luc...

A heartbreaking tale of love and courage in wartime ItalyTwo women, one village, and a war that changes everything…In wartime Italy, Rosa’s whole world is turned upside down when British POWs are sent to her father’s tenant farm on landowner Ginori’s Tuscan estate. Grieving her husband killed by the Allies, she is wary of the British soldiers.Meanwhile Emma, the landowner's daughter, sees an opportunity to help her childhood friend Marco, an Itali...

A heartfelt wartime story of love and betrayal, from bestseller Siobhan Daiko1943Lidia De Angelis has kept a low profile since Mussolini’s laws wrenched her from her childhood sweetheart. But when the Germans occupy Venice, she must flee the city to save her life.Lidia joins the partisans in the Venetian mountains, where she meets David, an English soldier fighting for the same cause. As she grows closer to him, harsh German reprisals and her own ...

From international bestselling author Siobhan Daiko comes a story that will transport you to Italy past and present.Heartbroken after the loss of her fiancé, Fern travels to her aunt’s house in Italy to find peace and solace. There, overcome by the beauty of the landscape and consumed by a history she finds fascinating, she is catapulted into the life of the beautiful but reckless Cecilia, a sixteenth century lady of Venice.The closer Fern comes to discovering why Cecilia...

A heart-wrenching wartime story of courage and resistance, from bestseller Siobhan Daiko1944Bologna, Italy, and the streets are crawling with German soldiers. Nineteen-year-old Leila Venturi is shocked into joining the Resistance after her beloved best friend Rebecca, the daughter of a prominent Jewish businessman, is ruthlessly deported to a concentration camp.1981Exchange student Rhiannon Hughes arrives ...