Fiction - Sagas

Welcome back to Rosie Clarke's next instalment of her bestselling Blackberry Farm series. The war continues to touch everyone's lives and loves on Blackberry Farm. Cambridgeshire - 1943 As Spring blossoms, it seems love is in the air. 21-year-old, John Talbot dreams of a...

It's 1859, and Josef's family suffers as most Bohemian families suffered for generations under the heavy thumb of the Habsburgs. Will Josef fight to survive, or will he finally give up and take his own life putting an end to his suffering? Josef decides...

Don't miss the new heartwarming festive novel from No.1 Sunday Times best-selling author Dilly Court!As snow falls outside Abbotsford vicarage on Christmas Eve, Rose Northwood finds a child lying destitute in the manger of the town's nativity display.Reminded of her younger brother, who died...

Welcome back to Rosie Clarke's next instalment of her bestselling Blackberry Farm series. The war continues to touch everyone's lives and loves on Blackberry Farm. Cambridgeshire - 1943 As Spring blossoms, it seems love is in the air. 21-year-old, John Talbot dreams of a...

With their city under fire, can they find hope in each other? 'Rich, evocative and spellbinding' KATE THOMPSON 'A heartwarming tale of courage, friendship and hope' MILLY JOHNSON *** In December 1940, the Blitz has reached Sheffield, but Steel Girl Hattie is more concerned...

Discover the emotional and unforgettable brand-new novel from Jennie Felton. When war is declared in September 1939, Rosie Mitchell reluctantly returns from London to the Somerset mining town of Hillsbridge to be with her widowed mother. She had fled to the city some years...

The 1929 Series continues with Purgatory Cove.Elizabeth William's mind is full of fissures and hairline fractures held together by the love of fellow patient, Simon Sinclair. But when the staff at the Massachusetts Asylum for Feeble Minds and Lunatics informs her that her soul...

Author: Patricia Beasley-RachitaISBN-13: 9798822963856Publisher: Palmetto PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/14/2025Pages: 688Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.73lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.38d

Feisty, independent heiress Winifred de la Coeur never wanted to live according to someone else's rules-but even she didn't plan on falling in love with a bank robber. Winifred de la Coeur is a wealthy, nontraditional beauty who bridles against the strict rules and...

"addictive and enjoyable...full of suspense"for a "mature audience"In this, the second of four volumes, Carole Love-Forbes continues in telling the stories of those prominent women in American history... that we never knew. From her fascination with the women behind, beside and around the shakers...

The second gripping instalment in the Guernsey Girls trilogy, from the bestselling author of The Jam Factory Girls.Author: Mary WoodISBN-10: 1529089778ISBN-13: 9781529089776Publisher: Pan PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/20/2024Pages: 400Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.95lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.89d

This diverse and fascinating collection explores the creation, distribution, and response to literature in medieval Iceland. This volume brings together twenty-one articles by M. J. Driscoll, professor of Old Norse philology at the University of Copenhagen, written between 1991 and 2024. The articles have...

She must fight to keep her new freedom The Great War is over at long last, and with it comes an inheritance that will free Serena Fleming from her bullying father. She can finally lead the life she has always wanted. But little does...

Perfect for fans of Barbara Pym'Rebecca's wit, humour and brilliant observational skills put her in the forefront of village storytelling. I never tire of reading her wonderful novels' Jack Sheffield 'Winning novels of village life' The Times 'A delightful beginning that suddenly gets darker...

In a tapestry woven through the ages, "The Pearl on the String" takes readers on a profound journey that runs parallel to the spiritual history of humanity. The tale unfolds across millennia, revealing the interplay of karma and destiny that shapes the journey of...

She won. Nonetheless, she lost. Lilia is desperately in search of a formula for a new perfume. Her search takes her to Karelia in the north of Russia. She has almost given up when Sasha, a young boy, comes to her rescue. The perfume...

From New York Times Bestselling author, Kristen Proby, comes the first in an all-new trilogy in her beloved Big Sky Series! Hannah Malone loves her new town. Despite living in Cunningham Falls for five years, she's still considered a "move in" by most of...

Linh Dinh is already one of the secret masters of short fiction. Love Like Hate is something like a traditional cross-cultural novel that's been shocked into life by Dinh's uncanny ability to tell us stories we didn't even know we wanted to hear. --...

Since they were pupils in the village school, it had been obvious that Becca the ploughman's daughter and George the blacksmith's son would one day marry. But Becca's scheming younger sister, Ellen, upsets their plans with a shocking announcement: she is pregnant with George's...

After fleeing her divided Dutch homeland, Jannekyn van der Hest comes to Colchester, Essex, looking to make a new life for herself. Though she seeks comfort and community, she finds herself at the mercy of her cruel uncle, who condemns her to a demeaning...

In the illustrious history of the theatrical Fishers, there are two Georges. One is a peculiar but endearing 11-year-old, raised in the seedy world of 70s boarding houses and backstages, now packed off to school for the first time; the other, a garrulous ventriloquist's...

Author: Fiona FordISBN-10: 1471415392ISBN-13: 9781471415395Publisher: Embla BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/08/2023Pages: 352Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.76lbsSize: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.79d

New York Times bestselling author Terry Brooks makes his triumphant return to the world of Shannara, delving deep into the origin story of the druid order and its enigmatic creator that will change the face of the Four Lands forever. One of the most...

A dark, harrowing novel about a nine-year-old girl's disappearance and the lasting impact it has on her close-knit community On an evening like any other, nine-year-old Katie Mackey, daughter of the most affluent family in a small town on the plains of Indiana, sets...

Shield up, eyes open, swing when it counts.Arya has decided now is the time to step out of her mother's long shadow, and the legacy she spent her childhood preparing for in favor of the legacy she spent her childhood dreaming about. Life as...

When Pixie Tate is summoned to the wild Cornish coast to unravel a curious mystery at the stately St Sidwell Manor, she knows that something quite extraordinary must be hiding in its shadows. Over one hundred years ago, in the dark of night, a...

This is the story of the world after it ended . . . Five thousand years after the apocalyptic event known as The Death, Per Hiero Desteen - priest, telepath, assassin - has been working to find ancient information to save his people.The Brotherhood...

A private battle rages at court for the affections of a childless queen, who must soon name her successor--and thus determine the future of the British Empire. It is the beginning of the eighteenth century and William of Orange is dying. Soon Anne is...

When an empire is at stake, one woman stands between the past and the future In post-Restoration England, King Charles II has fathered numerous bastards, but not a single legitimate heir. Because of this, his brother, James, Duke of York, is heir-presumptive to the...

"I read this book on KU and then had to go buy it, the characters are hilarious I could not put it down, it reminded me of the way I felt when I read The rock chick series, I can't wait for more "...

Charles II is restored to the English throne, and his court is lively and even scandalous. The country is eager for succession to be clear and certain: The next king will be the son of Charles II and his queen, Catherine of Braganza. Yet...

Lady Caroline Sutton accepted an offer from Lord Francis Fernleigh during a ball one evening. This was to be the last time she saw him for some years. Her father had refused her hand and thereafter, circumstance kept them separated. Now, through the tragic...

In the high desert cliff-dwelling city of Puye, a young astronomer apprentice named Blue Water is about to become a mother. In the Tewa society in which Blue Water lives, women are the keepers of power, property and wisdom. The collective belief system is...

"KALEIDOSCOPE does for the CIA what THE SOPRANOS did for the mob. " MICHAEL APTED, Academy Award nominated director of COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER, JAMES BOND 007 - THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, ENIGMAWith Spy Game: The Aiken Trilogy, award-winning novelist and screenwriter Michael Frost...

The Brand NEW book from bestselling author Lizzie Lane's Cottage Hospital seriesTimes are changing as secrets unfold...Somerset, 1931Doctor Frances Brakespeare continues to settle into her new life in rural Somerset at Orchard Cottage Hospital, striving to improve the medical treatments on offer to the...

Aaron must live with the guilt that he turned one brother against the other. Being in the middle of his stubborn brothers was trying enough. But when a spirited woman is thrown into his path, he forgets everything else. One unforgettable night of passion...

"KALEIDOSCOPE does for the CIA what THE SOPRANOS did for the mob. " MICHAEL APTED, Academy Award nominated film director of COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER & JAMES BOND 007 - THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH With Spy Game: The Aiken Trilogy, award-winning novelist and screenwriter...

The Bondman (1890) is a novel written by British author Hall Caine. Inspired by the epic scale of the ancient Icelandic sagas as well as the Biblical tale of Jacob and Esau, Caine sought to explore the narrative possibilities of brotherhood and fate while...

As a sleepy town in rural Ireland starts to wake, a road subsides, trapping an early-morning bus and five passengers inside. Rescue teams struggle and as two are eventually saved, the bus falls deeper into the hole.Under the watchful eyes of the media, the...

When I look back over my long and tempestuous life, I can see that much of what happened to me--my triumphs and most of my misfortunes--was due to my passionate relationships with men. I was a woman who considered herself their equal--and in many...

"I read this book on KU and then had to go buy it, the characters are hilarious I could not put it down, it reminded me of the way I felt when I read The rock chick series, I can't wait for more "...

Meet Cairo Banks, defender of Banks Cay, a rugged little Florida island that a whole bunch of folks are willing to kill for.Author: David Neal BensonISBN-10: 0595652530ISBN-13: 9780595652532Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/25/2002Pages: 332Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.50lbsSize: 9.34h x 6.42w x 1.03d

Stevie Stepanek's upbringing in a mill town past its prime has taught him to expect the worst from life, which is exactly what he gets the day his big brother returns from war, his body intact but his mind clearly missing in action. Impelled...

The daughter of an affluent Black family pieces together the connection between a childhood tragedy and a beloved heirloom in this moving novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Black Cake, a Read with Jenna Book Club PickWhen ten-year-old Ebby Freeman heard...

In 1811, Handy Boyd, aided by an ancient Lenni Lenape Indian known as "Man," finds a home site for himself and his young bride on a remote blueberry-rich hill in Sullivan Country, New York. Man provides essential support for Handy and Henrietta and their...

Author: Fern MichaelsISBN-10: 1496745493ISBN-13: 9781496745491Publisher: Kensington Publishing CorporationLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/21/2023Pages: 352Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.68lbsSize: 8.23h x 5.48w x 0.92d

Lady Samantha Barrett is determined to find the man of her dreams. Of course, he must be devastatingly handsome and just a bit dangerous. Now, her coach is filled with a collection of gothic novels and her head with romantic notions as she eagerly...

Recently widowed Sara Ness moves to Cliffside Bay to hide from her painful past and the scandal that cost her far too much. With a baby daughter to raise alone, the peaceful privacy of small town life, and the comfort of the local grief...

The Perfect Storm of Psychic Ranchers and Sexy Nights is brewing in the Wyoming Mountains in the Paranormal Romance, LEGACY FOUND, by Jillian David-- Copper River, Wyoming - Present Day --Following a traumatic accident in the Army, Kerr Taggart returns to Hell's Valley to...

A BRAND NEW instalment in the wartime saga series from May Ellis 1916: As fighting in Europe continues, the Clarks Factory Girls find themselves caught in a divided community... With the country in the grips of conscription, the pacifism at the heart of Street...