A bone-sculpted angel and the woman who wears it––heretic, Devil’s servant, saint.Midwife Héloïse has always known that her bastard status threatens her standing in the French village of Lucie-sur-Vionne. Yet her midwifery and healing skills have gained the people’s respect, and she has won the heart of the handsome Raoul Stonemason. The future looks hopeful. Until the Black Death sweeps into France.Terrified that Héloïse will bring the pestilence ...

How does an innocent French countryside girl become a cold-blooded killer?Seven decades after German troops march into her village, Céleste Roussel is still unable to assuage her guilt.German soldiers occupy provincial Lucie-sur-Vionne, and as the villagers pursue treacherous schemes to deceive and swindle the enemy, Céleste embarks on her own perilous mission as her passion for a Reich officer flourishes.When her loved one...

Classé 'Best of 2012' par les sites de lecture suivants :http://darleneelizabethwilliamsauthor.com/blog/2012-top-10-historical-fiction-novels/http://abookishaffair.blogspot.fr/2012/12/best-books-of-2012.htmlhttp://thequeensquillreview.com/2012/12/10/holiday-picks-from-the-queens-quill/Cité en référence et recommandé par la Historical Novel Conference de 2013Prix du EFestival of Words 2013 dans la catégorie Meilleur Roman HistoriqueVictoire vo...

Three French village midwife-healers. Three standalone stories spanning six hundred years. Three women linked by an ancient bone talisman and bonded by living through turbulent times: the Black Death, the French Revolution, the WWII Nazi Occupation. Each brings its own threats and dangers, in this boxset of historical novels based on real events.

Three women. One shared struggle. Can they survive?When Adrienne Chevalier’s perfect life in a chic quartier of Lyon unravels, she flees to rural Sainte-Marie-du-Lac to escape her controlling husband, Emile.Taking refuge at the idyllic L’Auberge de Léa, Adrienne befriends Blanche Larue, who is herself trapped by her husband’s infidelity. Adrienne begins to understand the subtle strictures that keep women chained across generations.But to wh...

All eleven-year-old Tanya Randall wants is a happy family. But Mum does nothing besides housework, Dad’s always down the pub and Nanna Purvis moans at everyone except her dog. Then Shelley arrives –– the miracle baby who fuses the Randall family in love for their little gumnut blossom.Tanya’s life gets even better when she meets an uncle she didn’t know she had. He tells her she’s beautiful and could be a model. Her family refuses to talk about him. But that’s okay, it’s their litt...

Winner, EFestival of Words 2013, Historical Fiction category.Shortlisted, Writing Magazine Self-Publishing Awards, 2013.Featured in “Off the Beaten Path” recommendations, Historical Novel Society Conference, 2013.They drowned Victoire’s mother, claiming she was a witch. Then her father died beneath the wheels of a nobleman’s carriage.Forced to leave her village, Victoire finds work in Paris. But domestic employment comes at a high price and the orphaned girl...

The thunderclap of sexual revolution collides with the black cloud of illegitimacy.Sixteen-year-old Lindsay Townsend is pretty and popular at school. At home, it’s a different story. Dad belts her and Mum’s either busy or battling a migraine. So when sexy school-teacher Jon Halliwell finds her irresistible, Lindsay believes life is about to change.She’s not wrong.Lindsay and Jon pursue their affair in secret, because if the school finds out, Jon will lose his job. I...

‘A powerful story of sisters cruelly torn apart by a shameful event in British-Australian history.’ Clare Flynn, author of The Pearl of PenangLondon 1962. A strict and loveless English children’s home, or the promise of Australian sunshine, sandy beaches and eating fruit straight from the tree. Which would you choose?Ten-year-old Lucy Rivers and her five-year-old sister Charly are thrilled when a child migrant scheme offers them the chance to escape their miserable past.

An eclectic collection of, funny, shocking, heart-breaking and distinctly Australian short stories, each with its own message.

A vanished daughter. A failing marriage. A mother’s life in ruins.As France seethes in the wake of social unrest, eight-year-old Juliette is caught up in the turmoil of her parents’ fragmenting marriage.Unable to bear another argument, she flees her home.Neighbours joining the search for Juliette are stunned that such a harrowing thing could happen in their tranquil lakeside village.But this is nothing compared to h...

They drowned Victoire's mother, claiming she was a witch. Then her father died beneath the wheels of a nobleman's carriage. Forced to leave her village, Victoire finds work in Paris. But domestic employment comes at a high price and the orphaned girl suffers gruesome abuse at the hands of a diabolical aristocracy.Accused of a heinous crime, they imprison her in the depraved lunatic asylum, La Salpêtrière. With the help of ruthless seductress, Jeanne de Valois—con-woman of the Neckl...