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Author
Publisher
Magna
Pub. Date
2019
Description
In times of war, how do you know who to trust? Celia Ashton has driven ambulances throughout the Blitz for the Bloomsbury Auxiliary Ambulance Depot. Cool under fire, she revels in her exciting and extremely dangerous job. When her husband, a known Nazi supporter, is released from prison, Celia refuses to return to her unhappy marriage. Instead she joins forces with Simon Levy, a man who appears to despise her, to help a young Jewish orphan. In so...
823) Elsewhere
Author
Publisher
Magna
Pub. Date
2019
Description
Eleven-year-old Billy Clegg and his big sister Peggy disappear from their home in Leeds after a suspicious fire in a local mill. The owner says the children caused it by lighting fireworks on Mischief Night. Their widowed mother Betty, badly injured in the incident, doesn't know if her children are alive or dead. She prefers to think of them as being elsewhere. Following various adventures, the resourceful duo find themselves a long way away from...
824) Evie's story
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Appears on list
Description
1942. Determined to do her bit for the war effort, Yorkshire lass Evie Sinclair leaves her island home to become an ack-ack gunner girl, defending Britain from Luftwaffe attacks. Evie embarks on a gruelling training programme with fellow recruits Lily and Gloria - and the three become firm friends. At a local dance, Evie meets handsome young RAF pilot, Matt, and the pair begin a passionate romance. Then tragedy strikes. Forced to leave the services,...
Author
Publisher
Dales
Pub. Date
2021
Description
In the aftermath of the General Strike, times are tough for coal miners and their families. When Cally loses her beloved mum, she hopes her father will comfort her. But instead she soon acquires a cruel stepmother, and Cally begins to fear that she is on her own. Through uncomfortable years in service, to a terrifying brush with the streets, through hard work and determination, Cally finally finds a place for herself. She even trusts enough in the...
826) The Mallen streak
Author
Publisher
Magna
Pub. Date
2018
Description
In 1851, Thomas Mallen found himself a ruined man, forced, amid scandal and disgrace, to sell High Banks Hall, and adjust to a new way of living. With him went his two young wards, Barbara and Constance Farington.
827) Fairfield Hall
Author
Publisher
Pan Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Paperback edition of the latest saga by the bestselling author, set in Lincolnshire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, in the run-up to WWI. Also available in hardback this month.
828) Dakota home
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin MIRA
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
The second in a new trilogy from the much-loved Macomber, set in the small Dakota town of Buffalo Valley. Here you're sure to meet some new friends, and share their heartbreak and joy. Macomber has sold more than 70 million books worldwide, with her }Blossom Street{ and }Cedar Cove{ series being particular favourites.
829) Storm of war
Author
Series
Saxon warrior volume 2
Publisher
Boldwood Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
The fight for a torn Kingdom rests in the hands of a few brave men... 990AD. King Aethelred II, who men will one day call The Unready, rules over a land divided by the shadowy spin of his mother Queen lfthryth and the sprawling power of the Church. The Viking Warlord, Olaf Tryggvason smelling the Kingdoms weakness brings the vicious Jomsvikings to the Saxon coastline ravenous for war and plunder. Together Lord Byrthnoth, Ealdorman of the East Saxons...
Author
Series
Goodwill House volume 2
Publisher
Boldwood Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
May 1940. There are new residents at Goodwill House - WAAF drivers Camilla 'Millie' Cunningham and Diane Forsyth, both eager to do their bit for the war effort and excited to be helping the brave boys who fly. And when Millie meets dashing and heroic Spitfire pilot Ted Thorrington, they strike up an instant connection. But with Hitler gaining more ground in Europe, there is danger brewing across the Channel in Dunkirk and Ted is required to fly more...