Best historical fiction book of 2023 - Bjørn Larssen, blogger at Queen’s Book Asylum⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'So good I read it twice,' Lesley Walters, goodreadsShortlisted for the 2022 Selfies Award and the 2022 Chaucer Award; Quarter-Finalist in The Booklife Prize.Loyalty has a price the children payIn the twilight of the old gods, when the last Vikings rule the seas, two cursed orphan...

A Duke of many rules. A Lady of independence.Since her cheating husband created a scandal by dying beneath his whore, Darcy de Merle is determined to enjoy widowhood, and refuses to mourn a man she grew to loathe. Setting the ton ablaze, Darcy holds a ball to re-launch herself into Society on the anniversary of his death.Cameron, the Duke of Athelby plays by the rules. Always. He’s lived through the terrible consequences of what revelry, carelessness, and l...

Award-winning historical fiction. Like Game of Thrones with real history.'Believable, page-turning and memorable.' Lela Michael, S.P. Review1150: Provence, where making love and making paper are crimes against the Church.Death on her heels, Estela runs towards a new identity. Her life depends on her golden voice and the patronage of Eleanor of Aquitaine but her heart cares more for the judgement of her tutor, Dragonet...

Epic eco-fantasy. 2020 Kindle Book Awards Finalist. Standalone Bk 1 in an award-winning trilogy. 2020 Royal Dragonfly Award winner.One misfit girl and 50,000 bees against the might of the Citadel.Mielitta, a despised servant of mysterious parentage, yearns to be an adult and fit into Citadel society but the all-powerful mages won’t even consider her for the Maturity Test. As they fight amongst themselves, Mielitta overhears their secrets and plans to...

The No.1 bestselling author of the Why Mummy series is back with her second book for young YA readers!In the throes of her first heartbreak, 14yo Emily flees to her dad’s house to lick her wounds. To make things worse, she’s fallen out with her best friend Poppy about it all. No one can possibly understand how awful she feels.But through another of her mother's old diaries from the 90s, Emily learns that Lila Mackay’s teen love life was also messy, unfair, ...

Raised in the warmth of her mother's love, Lily's childhood in Rwanda feels safe and full of promise—until everything starts to unravel. Her father has been murdered, her country is sliding toward catastrophe, and the world she knows is about to break open. Years later, carrying the weight of loss and unanswered questions, Lily journeys to Australia in search of identity, belonging, and a place to finally call home. This powerful, deeply personal memoir spans continents and decades, tracin...

After months spent in hiding, Princess Holly is finally ready to take her rightful place as ruler of Atharia. All she has to do now is survive her murderous uncle’s attempts to steal the throne for himself. But when a mysterious gentleman washes up on the shores of her beach, she’s shocked to realize she needs his help almost as much as he needs hers …When Drew Meyers left his estate, his plan was to escape the arranged marriage, his scheming father brokered for him. The storm that...

TWO WOMEN. ONE HISTORY. A SECRETS THAT CROSSES CENTURIES.** The USA Today Bestseller****The number one Kindle bestseller**‘A cleverly crafted novel and an enthralling story… A triumph.’ DINAH JEFFERIES, author of The Tuscan ContessaLove. Guilt. Heartbreak.1914: Russia is on the brink of collapse, and the Romanov family faces a terrifyingly uncertain future. Grand Duchess Tatiana has ...

“Scandal, sabotage and spies. Who knew the beauty industry was so cutthroat! This was a thoroughly compulsive and addictive read." — Kate Thompson, bestselling author of The Little Wartime LibraryBestselling author Gill Paul reveals the history of cosmetic titans Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubinstein and their infamous rivalry that spanned decades in a world that was changing dramatically for women—perfect for fans of Fiona Davis, Marie Benedict, a...

‘Sight of Death’ a fast-paced retro thriller that hurls you into the heady pulse of 1980s rock, compelling and surprising, laced with wit, romance, and twists.Journalist Mahina King has the psychic ability to foresee death. April 1985, Mahina joins a British rock band on tour in Texas, where a tarot reading reveals that one of them will die! When tragedy strikes back in the UK on the North York Moors, only Mahina believes it’s murder! Even her detective best friend can’t prove it. ...

The reigning queen of London society, Lady Elizabeth Worthingham, has her future set out for her. Marry well, and marry without love. An easy promise to make and one she owed her family after her near ruinous past that threatened them all. And the rakish scoundrel Henry Andrews, Earl of Muir who's inability to act a gentleman when she needed one most would one day pay for his treachery.Returning to England after three years abroad, Henry is determined to make the only woman who cap...

To Bedevil a DukeA Duke of many rules. A Lady of independence.Since her cheating husband created a scandal by dying beneath his whore, Darcy de Merle is determined to enjoy widowhood, and refuses to mourn a man she grew to loathe. Setting the ton ablaze, Darcy holds a ball to re-launch herself into Society on the anniversary of his death.Cameron, the Duke of Athelby plays by the rules. Always. He’s lived through the terribl...