Fiction - Sagas

A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR"The Hummingbird is a remarkable accomplishment, a true gift to the world." --Michael Cunningham"Long considered one of Italy's leading writers, Sandro Veronesi has re-written the family saga. Ardent, gripping, and inventive to the core, it has already...

A globe-spanning epic novel about a fractured New York family reckoning with the harms of the past and confronting humanity's uncertain future, from award-winning author Jess Row For fifteen years, the Wilcoxes have been a family in name only. Though never the picture of...

Inspired by the incredible true story of how the people of Denmark saved their Jewish neighbours during World War IIHelsing r, Denmark, 1943In the midst of the German occupation during World War II, Inger Bredahl joins the underground resistance and risks her life to...

'Draws you in from the start and doesn't let you go until the end' Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Wonderfully written and oozing wartime spirit. Couldn't ask for more!' Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐The second inspiring novel in the heartwarming and hopeful Bletchley Park Girls series from the queen...

April 1942. Enemy gunfire on Penzance beach brings the Cornish Girls rushing to the rescue...Yearning for adventure, Demelza dreams of one day joining the fire wardens. But before she can do so, gunfire during a trip to the beach provides her with an unexpected...

'Spellbinding. Once you start reading you don't want to put it down. It is emotional and your heart will go out to these children... I loved it. I couldn't put it down' NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐The USA Today Bestseller Two sisters. One secret. A daring...

The gripping new bestseller from the nation's favourite storyteller.Are some memories best forgotten?Maureen Bancroft has never learned the art of putting herself first. As a widow with a gentle temperament and humble ways, she's been easy to take advantage of.All that changes when an...

She can't trust herself to fall in love again.He can't ask a woman to join him in his pitiful existence.But will forced proximity and the spirit of Christmas be too powerful for their stubborn hearts?Grit and hard work are all Hugh Morris has even...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE International Booker-nominated virtuoso Hwang Sok-yong is back with another powerful story--an epic tale that threads together a century of Korean history. In contemporary Seoul, a laid-off worker stages a months-long sit-in atop a sixteen-story factory chimney. During...

A new standalone novel from the bestselling author Rosie Clarke.East End of LondonMaggie Bailey has not had an easy childhood. Her father, Michael, always too easy with his fists after spending the family's rent money down the pub.Just sixteen, in love and blinded by...

When Daisy asks Wade to teach her in the ways of love, it could mean trouble or everything he's ever wanted...It's Christmas, and this cowboy could use a miracle. Wounded rodeo cowboy Wade Cruz is back home to restore his run-down family ranch. The...

"A psychological portrait akin to Lord of the Flies." Midwest Book Review SOME TRUTHS ARE BETTER KEPT SECRET.SOME SECRETS ARE BETTER OFF DEAD. ALONG THE BANKS OF THE BOGUE FALAYA RIVER, sits the abandoned St. Francis Seminary. Beneath a canopy of oaks, blocked from...

A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE NOMINEE"An extraordinary work that will stand as blazing witness to the age that bore it." -- Sarah PerryA "masterpiece" (Daisy Johnson) of mortality, passion, and human connection, set against the backdrop of a deadly global virus--from the Booker-nominated writerYou...

A Powerful Love Story!"With your body and your touch, teach me once more..."As a submissive, Brie knows all about control. The beauty of giving her power to another satisfies her soul. But she has made dangerous enemies, and one of them has come to...

Welcome to the titillating world of the multibillion-dollar global companies and the love affairs of the families that control them. Now the passionate love affair of Harris and Kat's love story is complete!Intrigue My Desires Harris & Kat Part IScintillating Playboy Falls For The...

In 2014, Angel Dominguez was a beautiful business prodigy with a bright future. Jack "DJ" Johnson was head of the Las Vegas Kings, a black and Latino gang ruling the streets of Vegas. On the day DJ proposed to Angel, the two devised a...

As private detective Peter O'Keefe's continues to heal from the burns he suffered from the blast of a car bomb, neither he nor the police can prove who his assailants were. The media speculates that "The Outfit," a mafia group in the city, is...

As private detective Peter O'Keefe's continues to heal from the burns he suffered from the blast of a car bomb, neither he nor the police can prove who his assailants were. The media speculates that "The Outfit," a mafia group in the city, is...

2023 IPPY GOLD MEDAL WINNER FOR BEST SUSPENSE/THRILLER2023 NIEA WINNER FOR BEST CRIME FICTION IN THE CITY OF HAMINGTON, MASKED VIGILANTES ROAM THE STREETS.Years of corruption and inaction from the local police force led a figure known as Hudson to start a movement of...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the author of Small Great Things and The Book of Two Ways comes "a powerfully evocative story of resilience and the triumph of the human spirit" (Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo...

--Grand Prize Winner, BookLife/Publishers Weekly 2022 Fiction ContestBOYS IN EXILE is the story of ten pre-adolescent boys housed together for eight weeks in Timber Wolf cabin at Camp Hemlock to "make new friends and learn life-long social skills." Physically weak and slight in stature,...

After years of hard work and saving all my pennies while working as Balsam Ridge's librarian, my dream of opening a combination book store and cafe is finally coming to fruition. Everything is on track until my old high school flame, Nashville's trouble-making superstar...

Summer Thomas thought she had it all; a great job as a professional in a major marketing firm, an amazing fiancé she adored and a life she loved in New York. But after a devastating realization comes to light and crumbles all of her...

Continuing in the exuberant tradition of Six of One, Bingo, and Loose Lips, New York Times bestselling author Rita Mae Brown returns to her much-loved fictional hamlet of Runnymede, whose memorable citizens are welcoming both the end of the Great War and the beginning...

In Ebb, Nebraska, things are pretty much as they were fifty years ago-aside from that coffee shop-and that's just the way folks like it. Plucky Wilma Porter is the proprietress of Ebb's only Bed and Breakfast, and she knows everything there is to know...

From exile and war to love and loss--every dynasty has a beginning. Henry Tudor was not born to the throne of England. Having come of age in a time of political turmoil and danger, the man who would become Henry VII spent fourteen years...

Born the day of the great mining disaster at Jane Pit, Merry Trent's start in life is marked with tragedy. She is brought up by her only surviving relative, her feisty grandmother Peggy, living in poverty-stricken isolation in the deserted village near the old...

The sweeping saga of a young woman uncovering her mysterious past, only to find herself at the epicenter of a power struggle that could shatter a nation.As an orphan who aged out of the system, Adira beat the odds, earning a nursing degree and...

From the internationally bestselling author of The Gilded Hour comes Sara Donati's enthralling epic about two trailblazing female doctors in nineteenth-century New York.Obstetrician Dr. Sophie Savard returns home to the achingly familiar rhythms of Manhattan in the early spring of 1884 to rebuild her...

Four extraordinary New York Times bestesellers--together for the first time. Misty...Trapped in the middle of her parents' bitter divorce, she hides an unspeakable secret deep inside: she hates them. Now, brought to Dr. Marlowe's therapy group, she's about to meet three other girls who...

An epic comedy about the quest for transcendence in an anything-but-transcendent America, set amid the gorgeous landscapes of the American west: A "spiritual journey" full of "fun, joy, love, courage and compassion" (Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Powers) from the author of the perennial cult...

An epic generational tale of loves lost, promises kept, dreams broken, and monarchies shattered, To Dance with Kings is a story of passion and privilege, humble beginnings and limitless ambition.On a May morning in 1664, in the small village of Versailles, as hundreds of...

When 16-year-old Sally is evacuated to the English south coast, she is terrified by what lies ahead of her. All she knows are the sights and sounds of London's East End--but Sally swallows her tears as they leave the familiar landmarks behind, knowing that...

In this haunting and richly imagined dual-narrative tale that echoes the eerie mystery of Rebecca and The Little Stranger, two women of very different eras are united by the secrets hidden within the walls of an English manor house.In 1933, naive twenty-two year-old Alice--pregnant...

A gifted surgeon, Galen Hall, walked away from the horrors of the Civil War when an orphanage was shelled three days after Lee surrendered to Grant. Ten years later, a young boy is kidnapped from St. Louis and held for ransom. Wade Phelps, a...

She walked out on the only man she's ever loved. What Andy Friessen doesn't know is the secret she's hiding. And when he finds out, he'll risk everything to get her back.Andy Friessen has been looking for his wife for six months. After Laura...

Set in 1820, Betsey is the prequel to the much-loved Hartford Manor Series.Betsey, a sadly neglected child, is shouldering responsibilities far beyond her years. As she does her best to care for her little brother, Norman, she is befriended by Gypsy Freda, an old...

Darcy McCary came to Nashville with some big expectations--to find her birth parents. She had no plans of making a life in Tennessee. But when her sources lead her to Eduardo Keller, her heart took over, and plans changed. Eduardo Keller is a man...

"In the tradition of Jean Auel, this well-researched novel authentically recreates the world of the Clovis people." --Publishers Weekly These children had never seen a tapir. They had never seen a mammoth. So reflects Willow, clan elder of the Clovis tribe, hunters and gatherers...

At the close of the First World War, two sisters' battles are only just beginning... The Leaving of Liverpool is a poignant saga about the friendship between sisters, the threat of dangerous men and the promise of true love in post-World War I Liverpool....

Set against the glorious backdrop of World War Two Ireland, this dramatic, emotional and romantic novel is perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy, Lorna Cook, Tracy Rees and Jenny Ashcroft 'A romantic saga writer to watch' PETERBOROUGH TELEGRAPH She lost everything in one night....

'Real sagas with female characters right at the heart' Woman's Hour If you love Dilly Court and Rosie Goodwin, you'll LOVE Glenda Young's 'amazing novels!' (ITV's This Morning presenter Sharon Marshall) 'In the world of historical saga writers, there's a brand new voice' My...

This story with photos alongside each unfoldment covers broad spaces and diverse times... from Yorkshire-born George Alderson's journey to Egypt in 1888 to fit a pump and staying in Alexandria for his lifetime, to his son Alex running their engineering company until ousted by...

"A breathtaking story of an extraordinary friendship. Molly Fader has penned an unforgettable novel that is sure to be one of the year's best." --Kristy Woodson Harvey, New York Times bestselling author of The Wedding VeilTwo friends. A lifetime of secrets. One sparkling story.1967...

Now a Netflix Series, The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem is a dazzling story about mothers and daughters, secrets and betrayals, and a binding curse. The #1 International Bestseller Gabriela's mother Luna is the most beautiful woman in all of Jerusalem, though her famed beauty...

Sitting beneath a willow tree, Beth is visited by the otherworldly essence of her maternal grandmother, Milly, a woman she had neither liked nor considered in many years. The visitation triggers a journey of research into a life she had not understood and into...

Sitting beneath a willow tree, Beth is visited by the otherworldly essence of her maternal grandmother, Milly, a woman she had neither liked nor considered in many years. The visitation triggers a journey of research into a life she had not understood and into...

Life has a time limit. Love doesn't. For most of her 78 years, Maddie Cole has done things the 'wrong' way. But throwing out the societal rule book meant sacrificing romantic success for career highs - a move she's never regretted...much. Now retired, she...

The siege of Lisfort rages on and the defenders, outnumbered and surrounded, fight for survival. The Huronians have gained a foothold on the walls of the capital and Vyder's Great Highland Army is stranded on the outside, unable to assist. Miriam, a loaded blunderbuss...

The beginning of the 20th century was great for Italians in the north. Wealth and prosperity were everywhere and the country seemed to be doing well. The poorer citizens that occupied much of South Italy, however, weren't having the same experience. It was for...