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The Sky Beneath Us by Fiona Valpy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAn inspiring, uplifting story of love and loss, courage and adventure, from the bestselling author of The Skylark’s Secret.1927. Violet Mackenzie-Grant is embarking on her dream of studying at the Edinburgh School of Gardening for Women... -
![The Sapphire Child by Janet MacLeod Trotter]()
The Sapphire Child by Janet MacLeod Trotter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the dying days of the Raj, can paths divided by time and circumstance ever find each other again?In 1930s Northern India, childhood friends Stella and Andrew have grown up together in the orbit of the majestic Raj Hotel. Spirited Stella has always had a soft spot for boisterous Andrew, though she dreams of meeting a soulmate from outside the close-knit community... -
![So Much Owed: An Irish World War 2 Story by Jean Grainger]()
So Much Owed: An Irish World War 2 Story by Jean Grainger
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIn a turbulent and uncertain world, the birth of two children revitalise a small Irish town and set the stage for a closer look into lives torn asunder by war. When Dr. Richard Buckley returns home to his wife and beloved hometown of Dunderrig, his mind is wearied by the ravages of The Great War... -
![Dreams of the Island by Kate Hewitt]()
Dreams of the Island by Kate Hewitt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHenry McAvoy leaned forward. “I have been looking for an artist just like you—a diamond in the rough, so to speak. And really, Miss Copley,” he said gently, “what do you have to lose?”1911, Amherst Island, Canada: When a chance encounter takes Ellen Copley away from the beautiful island she has called home since she was orphaned as a child—she believes it is the new start she has been waiting for...Categorized as:
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![Yours Is the Night by Amanda Joy Dykes]()
Yours Is the Night by Amanda Joy Dykes
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPlatoon Sergeant Matthew Petticrew arrives in France as part of the American Expeditionary Forces, an arrival which a war-weary France desperately hopes will help to end the turmoil. Having faced unthinkable things on the front, he is captivated by the sound of a lullaby, sung by a voice so pure he knows he must have imagined it... -
![The Long, Long Trail 1917 by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles]()
The Long, Long Trail 1917 by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn 1917 the Great War rages on, and for the Hunters, their friends and their servants the war is where they live now. David has returned from the Front a shadow of his former self; his sister Diana, newly married, copes with pregnancy alone, her husband at the Front... -
![The Emerald Affair by Janet MacLeod Trotter]()
The Emerald Affair by Janet MacLeod Trotter
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn this evocative tale of life in India between the wars, friendships will be tested and loyalties torn. But can love win the day? In Scotland in the aftermath of the First World War, nurse Esmie McBride meets handsome Captain Tom Lomax at her best friend Lydia’s home... -
![When the World Goes Quiet by Gian Sardar]()
When the World Goes Quiet by Gian Sardar
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn the final days of World War I, an aspiring artist’s courageous journey is just beginning in a powerful novel about love, danger, and survival by the author of Take What You Can Carry.It’s 1918 in German-occupied Bruges, Belgium. With luck, Evelien will make it to the end of the war and be given what she was a prized painting in exchange for safeguarding her employer’s possessions... -
![Half in Shadow by Gemma Liviero]()
Half in Shadow by Gemma Liviero
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of In a Field of Blue comes an unforgettable novel about courage, love, and consequences at the dawn of World War I.1915. In German-occupied Belgium, a tragic loss forces Josephine Descharmes to navigate dangerous new territory. By day it’s compliance, serving German officers at the Hotel Métropole... -
![Tabitha by Vikki Kestell]()
Tabitha by Vikki Kestell
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTabitha : Girls from the Mountain | Book 1 Available November 2, 2015. From the author of the groundbreaking series, A Prairie Heritage , comes the compelling story of fiery-haired, fiery-tempered Tabitha Hale. Rescued from a life of depravity, Tabitha gives her heart to God and her life to nursing... -
![When Stars Fall at Midnight by Tess Thompson]()
When Stars Fall at Midnight by Tess Thompson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings1921EstelleCast out and alone, I lost everything weeks before my wedding—my betrothed, my family, my future. With nowhere to turn, I accept the help of a compassionate stranger, not knowing it may lead me towards a path I swore never to tread.PercivalAfter my wife succumbed to a psychotic break, I placed her in an asylum, a decision that haunts me as I raise our daughter alone...Categorized as:
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![قصيدة بلقيس by نزار قباني]()
قصيدة بلقيس by نزار قباني
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsالتقى نزار "بلقيس " للمرة الأولى ولم يكن يعرف أن عقله وقلبه سيتعلقان بها إلى هذا الحد المجنون , الذي دفعه رغم الرفض المتواصل إلى التقدم لخطبتها حتى نال ما كان يحلم به , التقاها في حفل استقبال بسيط في إحدى السفارات العربية في بيروت , وكان خارجا لتوه من أزمة وفاة زوجته الأولى " زهراء" الدمشقية , وولدة " توفيق " الذي توفي إثر عملية جراحية للقلب في لندن , وهو ما يزال في الثانية والعشرين من عمره... -
![The Promise by Lesley Pearse]()
The Promise by Lesley Pearse
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLondon 1914 Belle Reilly finally has the life she's dreamed of thanks to a devoted husband in Jimmy and the hat shop she's wanted to own since she was a child. But as the storm clouds of World War One begin to gather, Belle's already turbulent life is to change in ways she never imagined possible... -
![The Poppy Field by Deborah Carr]()
The Poppy Field by Deborah Carr
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratings‘One to Watch’ Good Housekeeping This year marks the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War. Young nurse, Gemma, is struggling with the traumas she has witnessed through her job in the NHS. Needing to escape from it all, Gemma agrees to help renovate a rundown farmhouse in Doullens, France, a town near the Somme... -
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![The Spitfire Sisters by Margaret Dickinson]()
The Spitfire Sisters by Margaret Dickinson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFamily and friendship mean everything under the darkening skies of wartime Britain, by Sunday Times bestselling author Margaret Dickinson.It is the 1930s and the Maitland family have spent the years following the Great War struggling to come to terms with its catastrophic aftermath, and their hopes now lie with the next generation... -
![Millie by AnneMarie Brear]()
Millie by AnneMarie Brear
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA brand new series from the author of the Kitty McKenzie series and The Slum Angel. The Great War is over, and Millie is ready to leave her loving family home and be a wife to Jeremy who is everything she had hoped for. Until… Not long after their wedding, Millie discovers Jeremy is affected by shell shock and moving into his late father’s cold dark estate escalates the problem... -
![Daughters of War by Lizzie Page]()
Daughters of War by Lizzie Page
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn emotional tale of wartime love and sacrifice, inspired by an incredible true story… As a teenager in Chicago, May always dreamed of travelling the world. So when she meets handsome George Turner, she jumps at the chance to return to London as his wife. Ten years later, May is wondering if she’s made a terrible mistake. It’s 1914 and war has been declared in Europe... -
![The Girl from Snowy River by Jackie French]()
The Girl from Snowy River by Jackie French
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe year is 1919. Thirty years have passed since the man from Snowy River made his famous ride. But World War I still casts its shadow across a valley in the heart of Australia, particularly for orphaned sixteen-year-old Flinty McAlpine, who lost a brother when the Snowy River men marched away to war... -
![A Dream to Follow by Lauraine Snelling]()
A Dream to Follow by Lauraine Snelling
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt is 1893 and the first generation of immigrants who came to America for the promise of free land and a good life for their children have finally achieved their dreams. They labored hard on the land and now have a bountiful heritage to pass on to the next generation. However, many of the young people aren't interested in becoming farmersthey have aspirations of their own... -
![The ThornBearer by Pepper Basham]()
The ThornBearer by Pepper Basham
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAshley Dougall has a terminal disease and forgiveness is the only cure. Ashley Dougall’s father stole her innocence, her selfish fiancé stole her heart, and unforgiveness is slowly stealing her life. Drawn by the desire to help others, she tries to escape haunting memories and enlists her services as a nurse in war-torn Europe... -
![As Dawn Breaks by Kate Breslin]()
As Dawn Breaks by Kate Breslin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMunitions worker Rosalind Graham longs to choose her own life and escape her guardian's manipulations. On Rose's last day at the Chilwell factory, co-worker Tilly Lockhart plans a farewell party and the two exchange IDs so Rose can await Tilly at her flat. But the factory explodes, killing hundreds, including Tilly. Realizing the world thinks she is dead, Rose sees her chance to escape... -
![Song of Songs by Beverley Hughesdon]()
Song of Songs by Beverley Hughesdon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the author of ROSES HAVE THORNS, a novel telling of a woman who walks with the ghosts of war by her side, and with shame in her heart, for past dreams forgotten, for loved ones dead, and for the awakened sexuality that binds her to her new husband... -
![The Light Heart by Elswyth Thane]()
The Light Heart by Elswyth Thane
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsVolume 4 of The Williamsburg Series... -
![The Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye]()
The Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 45 ratingsA magnificent romantic/historical/adventure novel set in India at the time of mutiny. The Far Pavilions is a story of 19th Century India, when the thin patina of English rule held down dangerously turbulent undercurrents. It is a story about and English man - Ashton Pelham-Martyn - brought up as a Hindu and his passionate, but dangerous love for an Indian princess...Categorized as:
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![At the Going Down of the Sun by Elizabeth Darrell]()
At the Going Down of the Sun by Elizabeth Darrell
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis family epic, set during World War I, follows the fortunes of three brothers and the women who loved and waited for them. One, heir to the exquisite family home of Tarant Hall in Dorset, will be driven to the Front by accusations of cowardice... -
![Through the Storm by Maureen Lee]()
Through the Storm by Maureen Lee
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe third novel in bestseller Maureen Lee's outstanding Liverpool sequence about family life during World War IITwo years of war have taken a terrible toll on Pearl Street, Liverpool. German bombs have reduced some houses to rubble and most of the inhabitants have lost friends and family... -
![Among the Poppies by J'nell Ciesielski]()
Among the Poppies by J'nell Ciesielski
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe ideal lady wears lace, speaks quietly, and never under any circumstances fixes her own automobiles. But Gwyn Ruthers has never cared two snaps for the ideal lady. With the war to end all wars exploding across the Channel, she leaves behind her restrictive life as a chauffer’s daughter to serve in an all-female ambulance unit in France... -
![Mistress of Greyladies by Anna Jacobs]()
Mistress of Greyladies by Anna Jacobs
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDuring World War I, the ancient manor house of Greyladies in rural Wiltshire is requisitioned for a hospital. Its mistress, Harriet Latimer, her husband Joseph and their two sons are allowed to stay in part of the house, but when tragedy strikes Joseph's brothers, his future at Greyladies is at risk... -
![Legacy of Greyladies by Anna Jacobs]()
Legacy of Greyladies by Anna Jacobs
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWiltshire, December 1915. Widow Olivia Harbury has been persuaded by her cousin Donald to live with him and his wife, but tensions soon rise between the pair. Then, much to Donald’s disapproval, Olivia becomes involved in starting a new Women’s Institute.A chance meeting brings Olivia to Greyladies, an ancient manor house run by Phoebe Latimer, and she feels as though she’s finally come home... -
![Arabian Winds by Linda Lee Chaikin]()
Arabian Winds by Linda Lee Chaikin
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAs World War I breaks upon the deserts of Arabia in 1917, Allison Wescott, a young nurse, arrives in British Cairo, torn between her love for a handsome officer and her feelings for a minister working in Oswald Chambers's Zeitoun camp... -
![Katherine's Marriage by D.E. Stevenson]()
Katherine's Marriage by D.E. Stevenson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsReaders who discovered Katherine Wentworth and Alec MacLaren in Katherine Wentworth will be delighted to learn more about this lively pair. Those who are meeting them for the first time will find that this romantic story stands independently and beautifully on its own. The story opens with the honeymoon of Katherine and Alec at Ardfalloch in the idyllic Scottish Highlands... -
![The Last Rose of Shanghai by Weina Dai Randel]()
The Last Rose of Shanghai by Weina Dai Randel
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsIn Japanese-occupied Shanghai, two people from different cultures are drawn together by fate and the freedom of music...1940. Aiyi Shao is a young heiress and the owner of a formerly popular and glamorous Shanghai nightclub. Ernest Reismann is a penniless Jewish refugee driven out of Germany, an outsider searching for shelter in a city wary of strangers... -
![Aurélien by Louis Aragon]()
Aurélien by Louis Aragon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDans cette chronique parisienne de l'entre-deux guerres, Aragon décrit la toute nouvelle société surréaliste. Aurélien, jeune homme sensible et oisif, fréquente les salons parisiens d'avant-garde, y côtoie les poètes, les actrices, les peintres qui ne sont autres que Picabia ou Cocteau... -
![The Woman at the Front by Lecia Cornwall]()
The Woman at the Front by Lecia Cornwall
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA daring young woman risks everything to pursue a career as a doctor on the front lines in France during World War I, and learns the true meaning of hope, love, and resilience in the darkest of times.When Eleanor Atherton graduates from medical school near the top of her class in 1917, she dreams of going overseas to help the wounded, but her ambition is thwarted at every turn... -
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![In My Father's House by Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene]()
In My Father's House by Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Shiloh Legacy series covers the lives of four young soldiers and their families through these great events: the end of World War I in France, the return of the soldiers to America, the Roaring Twenties, the stock-market crash, the resulting Great Depression, and the rebuilding of lives that must follow... -
![The Pearl of Penang by Clare Flynn]()
The Pearl of Penang by Clare Flynn
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"Following the death of my wife, I am in need of support and companionship. I am prepared to make you an offer of marriage." Evie Fraser, paid companion to a crotchety spinster, seems destined for a lonely life. Then out of the blue, a marriage proposal arrives by post. She met the handsome Douglas Barrington just once – at his wedding – but never forgot him... -
![The Nurses of St Croix by Diney Costeloe]()
The Nurses of St Croix by Diney Costeloe
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis book was previously published as The Ashgrove. In 1921, eight ash trees were planted in the dorset village of Charlton Ambrose as a timeless memorial to the men killed in World War One. Overnight a ninth appeared, marked only as for 'the unknown soldier'. But now the village's ashgrove is under threat from developers... -
![When I Was Yours by Lizzie Page]()
When I Was Yours by Lizzie Page
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWe stand in the back of the hall as the children troop in. Big ones, little ones. Straggly hair, cropped hair, curls… the adults surge forward to choose and soon there is just one child left, a little girl sitting on the floor. She is thin as a string bean and her sleeve is ragged and damp – like she’s been chewing it. 1939... -
![When the World Fell Silent: A Novel of the 1917 Halifax Explosion by Donna Jones Alward]()
When the World Fell Silent: A Novel of the 1917 Halifax Explosion by Donna Jones Alward
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA story of loss, hope and redemption against the most impossible odds. 1917. Halifax, Nova Scotia.Nora Crowell wants more than her sister’s life as a wife and mother. As WWI rages across the Atlantic, she becomes a lieutenant in the Canadian Army Nursing Corp. But trouble is looming and it won’t be long before the truth comes to light... -
![Three Little Things by Patti Stockdale]()
Three Little Things by Patti Stockdale
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne forbidden love. Two broken hearts. Three Little Things.Hattie Waltz should forget the troubled neighbor leaving for boot camp in 1917. He forgot about her ages ago. It had always been the Waltzes verses the Kregers, his family pitted against hers. When she hands him a farewell gift, a chemistry lesson unfolds. The good kind. Arno Kreger can't leave Iowa or his old man fast enough... -
![Sebastian by Christoph Fischer]()
Sebastian by Christoph Fischer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSebastian is the story of a young man who has his leg amputated before World War I. When his father is drafted to the war it falls on to him to run the family grocery store in Vienna, to grow into his responsibilities, bear loss and uncertainty and hopefully find love...Categorized as:
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![The Wings of Morning by Murray Pura]()
The Wings of Morning by Murray Pura
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLovers of Amish fiction will quickly sign on as fans of award-winning author Murray Pura as they keep turning the pages of this exciting new historical romance set in 1917 during America's participation in World War I. Jude Whetstone and Lyyndaya Kurtz, whose families are converts to the Amish faith, are slowly falling in love...Categorized as:
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![Lions of the Desert by Linda Lee Chaikin]()
Lions of the Desert by Linda Lee Chaikin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLions of the Desert opens up in 1915, over a year after the conclusion of Arabian Winds. Nurse Allison Wescott arrives in busy Cairo to serve the British military confronting Kaiser's Germany and their ally, Turkey. In Cairo, Allison meets Major Bret Holden again after his return from London, and their previous romantic but rocky relationship is resumed... -
![The Fallen Kings by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles]()
The Fallen Kings by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings1918: German troops flood back from the Eastern Front for an all-out assault in France, before the Americans can join the war. The under-strength British retreat, and for the first time the real possibility of defeat comes home to a shocked nation... -
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![The White Road by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles]()
The White Road by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAugust 1914 The whole country is thrilled by the declaration of war. The British Expeditionary Force goes off to France to defend gallant little Belgium, and thousands more young men rush to volunteer, hoping to see action before the war ends at Christmas. At home everyone competes to be doing the most for the war effort... -
![The Question by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles]()
The Question by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings1898 - Late Victorian/Edwardian; the Second Boer War; Automobiles; the Suffragettes On the brink of a new century, the great stability of Victorian England is under threat. Europe is dividing into armed camps, while at home socialism and the suffragette movement challenge traditional values... -
![In Love's Time by Kate Breslin]()
In Love's Time by Kate Breslin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the summer of 1918, Captain Marcus Weatherford arrives in Russia on a secret mission, with a beautiful ballerina posing as his fiancée. Marcus searches for the Romanov Tsarina and her son--who both allegedly survived the murdering Bolsheviks--and the information behind an allied plot to assassinate Lenin. But Marcus's sense of duty battles his desire to return home to Clare--his actual love... -
![Windswept by Annabelle McCormack]()
Windswept by Annabelle McCormack
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA British nurse in WWI Egypt races to deliver explosive intelligence that could change the course of the war in this novel of suspense, adventure, and love. May, 1917. Ginger Whitman left a life of wealth and privilege in England to train as a battlefield nurse and serve in the Great War. Working on the brutal frontlines in Palestine, she finds a wounded soldier hiding in her camp... -
![Love and Honor by Leslie Arlen]()
Love and Honor by Leslie Arlen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSaga of the Borodins, one of the families who for centuries steered the golden destiny of Russia, amid the fabled Court of the Tsars. The dynasty that rode high to the crest of power-only to reach the brink of a rebel-torn New Age. Prince Peter: the unbending heir to the tempest of change. Ilona: the heartstrong Princess, slave to a renegade passion... -
![The Hungry Hills by Janet MacLeod Trotter]()
The Hungry Hills by Janet MacLeod Trotter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith the Great War still raw in the memory and life in the 1920s mining village of Whitton Grange hard and dangerous, Louie Kirkup dreams of a better future. But with a sick mother and a large family of pitman brothers and father, the daily burdens fall heavily on her young shoulders...
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