Item category 1: FICTION

The war to end all wars has come to an end and Nell Tanner is overjoyed to have her father home. But the harsh reality of post-war Britain soon leaves her dreams of a brighter future in tatters. And when her best friend, Alfie, is posted miles away from home, Nell's already fractured heart breaks...

Camden, 1890. London is a city of gaslight, gossip and grisly headlines. Hannah Teale is a bright young woman newly engaged to Cosmo, a budding Fleet Street reporter. Her interest in journalism is largely confined to the advice and short stories in her beloved? Girl's Own Paper, but when news bre...

When Amelia, Sophie and Charlotte arrive in the dusty outback town of Garnet Creek during their gap year, they expect nothing more than a quick stop at the campground attached to an abandoned hotel. What they don't expect is to find themselves completely charmed by a town that's barely changed in...

When German forces invade the Channel Islands and the citizens of Jersey are cut off from the rest of the UK, the islands' residents bond together to resist the enemy. East London native Helen Bowman was never meant to be here, but when she found herself alone and pregnant, her beloved aunt's hom...

Sisters Alice and Annie have always been close but will a man come between them? Annie and Alice love their life working at the Beach Hotel together and each is thrilled to have finally found a sweetheart. Yet the path of true love never did run smooth and they soon find themselves facing conflic...

Can Rosina discover the hidden secrets of Moonshadow Manor? When spirited Rosina Wills is driven from her London home by a conniving stepmother, she seeks refuge in the wild heart of Dartmoor. But Moonshadow Manor is a house of secrets - and her ailing Aunt Jane is not the only one in need. As Ro...

Bodie's trek to the town of Sorrow plunges him into all kinds of trouble. For a start, he's beginning to have doubts as to the guilt of his prisoner, Henry Purcell - it doesn't seem likely that the man could have killed his business partner. As Bodie rides north, the weather in the timberline bec...

Widowed Annie Ellis is searching for a way to support herself. When she runs into Harry Moon - an old flame from her teenage years - her life takes a direction she never expected. Separated from his wife and now working as a concierge at Moondreams House, Harry understands what it is like to feel...

After a breakup and the failure of her acting career, Ellie seeks refuge with her grandmother Pearl in Cornwall, helping out in her café. Successful entrepreneur Jasper finds this new arrival as refreshing as the sea air, but friendship is all he's interested in. His heart is fragile, and he can'...

James Answell is paying a visit to his future father-in-law, the champion archer Avory Hume, at his Grosvenor Street townhouse. Invited into the study and offered a drink, Answell suddenly swoons - and awakes to find the door and windows locked from the inside. His host is dead, skewered with an ...