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A single photograph exposes a family secret that refuses to stay buried.
A Fire Sparkling
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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A single photograph exposes a family secret that refuses to stay buried. In A Fire Sparkling, Gillian Gibbons uncovers an image of her grandmother with a Nazi officer, sending her into the past to unravel a wartime love shaped by loyalty, betrayal, and survival. This dual timeline historical novel explores generational secrets, moral complexity, and the enduring cost of love during war.
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An Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestseller.
From the USA Today bestselling author of A Curve in the Road comes a spellbinding novel about one woman’s love, loss, and courage during wartime.
After a crushing betrayal by the man she loves, Gillian Gibbons flees to her family home for a much-needed escape, but when she finds an old photograph of her grandmother in the arms of a Nazi officer, Gillian’s life gets even more complicated. Rattled by the discovery, Gillian attempts to unravel the truth behind the photos, setting her off on an epic journey through the past…
1939. England is on the brink of war as Vivian Hughes falls in love with a handsome British official, but when bombs begin to fall and Vivian’s happy life is destroyed in the blitz, she will do whatever it takes to protect those she loves…
As Gillian learns more about her grandmother’s past, the old photo begins to make more sense. But for every question answered, a new one takes its place. Faced with a truth that is not at all what she expected, Gillian attempts to shine a light not only on the mysteries of her family’s past but also on her own future.
This gorgeously written multigenerational saga is a heart-wrenching yet hopeful examination of one woman’s struggle to survive, perfect for fans of The Nightingale and Beneath a Scarlet Sky.
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When war reaches a missionary school in northern China, teachers and children must find courage where safety once stood.
When We Were Young & Brave
Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · War Fiction · Women's Fiction · World War 2
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When war reaches a missionary school in northern China, teachers and children must find courage where safety once stood. In When We Were Young & Brave, Elspeth Kent and ten-year-old Nancy Plummer endure occupation and internment as Japanese forces seize control, testing faith and loyalty at every turn. This World War II historical novel traces resilience, sacrifice, and the fragile bonds that sustain hope.
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"Gaynor's story of courage and strength will make you believe in the heroic spirit in each of us." —Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours
The New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Came Home sets her unforgettable new novel in China during WWII, inspired by true events surrounding the Japanese Army’s internment of teachers and children from a British-run missionary school.
Their motto was to be prepared, but nothing could prepare them for war.
China, December 1941. Having left an unhappy life in England for a teaching post at a missionary school in northern China, Elspeth Kent is now anxious to return home to help the war effort. But as she prepares to leave China, a terrible twist of fate determines a different path for Elspeth,and those in her charge.
Ten-year-old Nancy Plummer has always felt safe at Chefoo School, protected by her British status. But when Japan declares war on Britain and America, Japanese forces take control of the school and the security and comforts Nancy and her friends are used to are replaced by privation, uncertainty and fear. Now the enemy, and separated from their parents, the children look to their teachers – to Miss Kent and her new Girl Guide patrol especially – to provide a sense of unity and safety.
Faced with the relentless challenges of oppression, the school community must rely on their courage, faith and friendships as they pray for liberation – but worse is to come when they are sent to a distant internment camp where even greater uncertainty and danger await . . .
Inspired by true events, When We Were Young and Brave is an unforgettable novel about impossible choices and unimaginable hardship, and the life-changing bonds formed between a young girl and her teacher in a remote corner of a terrible war.
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In Nazi-occupied Italy, the fate of stolen masterpieces rests in the hands of two women pulled into a dangerous race against time.
The Last Masterpiece
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · Women's Fiction · World War 2
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In Nazi-occupied Italy, the fate of stolen masterpieces rests in the hands of two women pulled into a dangerous race against time. In The Last Masterpiece, a German photographer and an American stenographer navigate shifting alliances and mounting destruction as Hitler’s plans threaten Florence’s artistic legacy. This World War II historical novel explores loyalty, conscience, and the cost of preserving beauty amid war.
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In a race across Nazi-occupied Italy, two women—a German photographer and an American stenographer—hunt for priceless masterpieces looted from the Florentine art collections.
In the summer of 1943, Eva Brunner is taking photographs of Nazi-looted art hidden in the salt mines of the Austrian hinterland. Across the ocean in Connecticut, Josephine Evans is working as a humble typist at the Yale Art Gallery.
When both women are called to Italy to contribute to the war effort, neither imagines she will hold the fate of some of the world’s greatest masterpieces torn from the Uffizi Galleries and other Florentine art collections in her hands.
But as Italy turns from ally to enemy and Hitler’s plan to destroy irreplaceable monuments and works of art becomes frighteningly clear, each woman’s race against the clock—and against one another—might demand more than they were prepared to give.
The Last Masterpiece takes readers on a heart-pumping adventure up the Italian peninsula, where nothing is as it seems and some of the greatest works of art and human achievement are at stake. Who might steal and who might save a work of art—and at what cost?
Inspired by the incredible true story of the Monuments Women, the Fifth Army WACs, and the looted Florentine art collections during World War II, the latest historical novel by USA Today bestselling author and art historian Laura Morelli plunges readers into the heart of war-torn Italy.
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Code Name Verity unfolds through a confession written under captivity in Nazi-occupied France.
Code Name Verity
Historical Fiction · Teen + Young Adult · War Fiction · World War 2
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Code Name Verity unfolds through a confession written under captivity in Nazi-occupied France. After a spy plane crashes, one young woman is imprisoned and forced to recount her mission piece by piece. As her story circles back to friendship, sacrifice, and survival, truth becomes both weapon and shield. This historical novel blends espionage with emotional depth, examining courage under pressure and the cost of loyalty.
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The beloved #1 New York Times bestseller, a "fiendishly plotted" (New York Times)
"A heart-in-your mouth adventure (Washington Post) that "will take wing and soar into your heart" (Laurie Halse Anderson).
October 11th, 1943—A British spy plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France. Its pilot and passenger are best friends. One of the girls has a chance at survival. The other has lost the game before it's barely begun.
When "Verity" is arrested by the Gestapo, she's sure she doesn't stand a chance. As a secret agent captured in enemy territory, she's living a spy's worst nightmare. Her Nazi interrogators give her a simple choice: reveal her mission or face a grisly execution.
As she intricately weaves her confession, Verity uncovers her past, how she became friends with the pilot Maddie, and why she left Maddie in the wrecked fuselage of their plane. On each new scrap of paper, Verity battles for her life, confronting her views on courage, failure and her desperate hope to make it home. But will trading her secrets be enough to save her from the enemy?
A universally acclaimed Michael L. Printz Award Honor book, Code Name Verity is a visceral read of danger, resolve, and survival that shows just how far true friends will go to save each other.
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War reshapes lives long before the battlefield falls silent.
When the World Fell Silent
Historical Fiction · Historical Romance · War Fiction
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War reshapes lives long before the battlefield falls silent. In When the World Fell Silent, two women in wartime Halifax navigate loss, duty, and fragile hope as their paths converge after a devastating historical tragedy. One seeks purpose through nursing, the other survival after personal ruin. Their intertwined stories explore grief, resilience, and the possibility of renewal amid irrevocable change.
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The Canadian Globe & Mail Bestseller!
'Extremely compelling' Historical Novel Society
'Alward tells this story of the wounded survivors and the people who cared for them with affecting grace' Toronto Star
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 Corps. But trouble is looming and it won’t be long before the truth comes to light.
Having lost her beloved husband in the trenches and with no-one else to turn to, Charlotte Campbell now lives with his haughty relations who treat her like the help. It is baby Aileen, the joy and light of her life, who spurs her to dream of a better life.
When tragedy strikes in Halifax Harbour, nothing for these two women will ever be the same again. Their paths will cross in the most unexpected way, trailing both heartbreak and joy its wake…
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This will appeal to readers who want historical fiction about the Holocaust, family separation, and trauma across generations.
Daughters of the Occupation
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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Called “A gripping historical saga that skillfully addresses the trauma of the Holocaust.” by Kirkus, this novel follows a Jewish mother trying to protect her children in occupied Latvia and her granddaughter’s search for the son she left behind. This will appeal to readers who want historical fiction about the Holocaust, family separation, and trauma across generations.
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Inspired by true events in World War II Latvia, an emotionally charged novel of sacrifice, trauma, resilience, and survival, as witnessed by three generations of women.
On one extraordinary day in 1940, Miriam Talan’s comfortable life is shattered. While she gives birth to her second child, a son she and her husband, Max, name Monya, the Soviets invade the Baltic state of Latvia and occupy the capital city of Riga, her home. Because the Talans are Jewish, the Soviets confiscate Max’s business and the family’s house and bank accounts, leaving them with nothing.
Then, the Nazis arrive. They kill Max and begin to round up Jews. Fearing for her newborn son and her young daughter, Ilana, Miriam asks her loyal housekeeper to hide them and conceal their Jewish roots to keep them safe until the savagery ends.
Three decades later, in Chicago, 24-year-old Sarah Byrne is mourning the untimely death of her mother, Ilana. Sarah’s estranged grandmother, Miriam, attends the funeral, opening the door to shocking family secrets. Sarah probes Miriam for information about the past, but it is only when Miriam is in the hospital, delirious with fever, that she begs Sarah to find the son she left behind in Latvia.
Traveling to the Soviet satellite state, Sarah begins her search with the help of Roger, a charismatic Russian-speaking professor. But as they come closer to the truth, she realizes her quest may have disastrous consequences.
A magnificent, emotionally powerful story of family and the lingering devastation of war, The Daughters of the Occupation explores how trauma is passed down in families and illuminates the strength and grace that can be shared by generations.
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After Rome’s greatest military disaster, a captured tribune is cast beyond the edge of the known world.
Ends of the Earth
Historical Fiction · War Fiction
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After Rome’s greatest military disaster, a captured tribune is cast beyond the edge of the known world. As civil war looms in Rome, Valerius battles betrayal, pirates, and impossible distances in a desperate fight to return home. This epic historical thriller delivers survival, vengeance, and sweeping adventure, earning 4.5 stars on Amazon and thousands of Goodreads ratings.
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A lost legion. A Han emperor. An impossible journey. An epic adventure.
Roman Empire, 53BC: After the disastrous defeat at Carrhae, Roman tribune Valerius is captured at the far reaches of the Parthian Empire. Stranded beyond the edge of the known world, he swears he will find a way home.
In Rome, Pompey and Caesar fight for control of a collapsing Republic. Civil war brews. Old loyalties fracture.
Across deserts, oceans and lands no Roman has ever seen, Valerius faces shipwrecks, pirates and a rival tribune determined to destroy him. Driven by love for his wife - and a burning need for vengeance - he must survive impossible odds to reclaim his life and confront the friend who betrayed him.
Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell and Conn Iggulden.
'Blazing with adventure, epic in scope, and utterly compulsive.' Waterstone’s UK.
'Moves along at a cracking pace, the narrative fraught with action and tension at every turn.' Bookmuse.
'Falconer's grasp of period and place is almost flawless. He's my kind of writer.' The Australian.
Experience the Epic Adventure Series - bestselling stand-alone tales of courage, survival and destiny.
Part thriller. Part history. All adventure.
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With Dunkirk behind them, the Littlefield family faces the Battle of Britain from every front.
Eagles Over Britain
Historical Fiction · Historical Thriller · War Fiction · World War 2
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With Dunkirk behind them, the Littlefield family faces the Battle of Britain from every front. As Luftwaffe attacks intensify, secret missions, intelligence gambits, and captivity test courage and resolve. This sweeping World War II saga blends intimate family drama with historical detail, earning 4.5 stars on Amazon and 4.4 stars on Goodreads.
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The saga of the Littlefield family continues with this rich and evocative second installment in the AFTER DUNKIRK series.
The Battle of Dunkirk might be finished, but the war isn't over.
"...compelling fiction is masterfully woven in with the actual events of Britain’s Darkest Hour.” —John J. Gobbell author of The Last Lieutenant
The German Luftwaffe attacks Britain from the skies.
With no allies, she stands alone.
Her fate hangs in the balance.
As the first Axis aircraft streak across English Channel airspace, so begins a battle for the ages; one that will determine the trajectory of the war. Braced for engagement on their individual fronts, the Littlefields plumb the depths of courage and ingenuity to defend their beloved Britain.
Fresh from the slaughter of Dunkirk, youngest brother Jeremy is called upon to create a French Resistance network composed of former naval officers.
At MI-9 headquarters, Claire Littlefield has devised an intelligence coup that could change the tide of the war. But will it work?
Lance, captured and far from home, puts his resiliency and resolve to the test.
And frustrated at being sidelined from active combat, Paul is unaware that he is being groomed for a role beyond his imagination.
A sweeping story of war filled with intimate, day-to-day details of those closest to danger, EAGLES OVER BRITAIN is a captivating tale of bravery, sacrifice, and one family’s fight to bring Britain to victory.
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The Red Fields of France is a strong fit for readers who like World War II fiction with battlefield survival, historical figures, impossible choices, and wartime love under…
The Red Fields of France
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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Called “Sweeping and unflinchingly human” by New In Books Reviews, During WWII's Blitzkrieg, Private Bill Brooks fights in France while trying to reach his French bride as Churchill battles to keep Britain in the war, with a 4.6-star average from 80 Goodreads ratings. The Red Fields of France is a strong fit for readers who like World War II fiction with battlefield survival, historical figures, impossible choices, and wartime love under pressure.
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Hitler's Blitzkrieg erupts across Western Europe, thrusting British Private Bill Brooks into the hellish maw of modern war. Commanded by his elder brother, Lieutenant Jameson Brooks, Bill confronts staggering German assaults in the blood-soaked fields of Belgium and France. As the war darkens, Bill's hopes of making it to his French bride, Augusta, and keeping her safe from the Nazi wave, look more impossible.
In London, Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister on the very day the German offensive begins. Haunted by the ghosts of his Gallipoli failure, he battles a fractious Parliament, a contentious War Cabinet, wavering French allies, and the German steamroller.
As Bill claws for survival on the front lines, Winston fights to keep Britain in the war. Torn between conflicting duties, doubts and desires, both men wrestle with soul-crushing decisions that alter their lives and the course of history.
The Red Fields of France is great for fans of Band of Brothers, All Quiet on the Western Front, A Farewell to Arms, Gates of Fire, or anything by Mark Helprin.
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As war engulfs Eastern Europe, a young woman flees across Siberia carrying secrets powerful enough to change history.
Last Train to Freedom
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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As war engulfs Eastern Europe, a young woman flees across Siberia carrying secrets powerful enough to change history. Hunted by enemy agents aboard the Trans-Siberian Express, she races against time to expose the truth. This gripping WWII novel holds a 4.4-star Amazon rating and is praised for its tension and emotional depth.
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A moving, page-turning story about a little-known chapter of World War II. Perfect for fans of Kate Quinn and Anna Stuart.
1940. As Soviet forces storm Lithuania, Zofia and her brother Jacek must flee to survive.
A lifeline appears when Japanese consul Sugihara offers them visas on one condition: they must deliver a parcel to Tokyo. Inside lies intelligence on Nazi atrocities, evidence so explosive that Nazi and Soviet agents will stop at nothing to possess it.
Pursued across Siberia on the Trans-Siberian Express, Zofia faces danger at every turn, racing to expose the truth as Japan edges closer to allying with the Nazis. With the fate of countless lives hanging in the balance, can she complete her mission before time runs out?
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The Bookshop of Secrets follows a grieving woman who finds refuge in a Lisbon bookshop, only to uncover a web of secrets as war approaches.
The Bookshop of Secrets
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · Women's Fiction · World War 2
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The Bookshop of Secrets follows a grieving woman who finds refuge in a Lisbon bookshop, only to uncover a web of secrets as war approaches. This uplifting historical novel blends mystery, romance, and courage, earning 4.4 stars on Amazon and more than 5,700 Goodreads ratings.
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‘What a page turner!' Daisy Wood, author of The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris
'A delicious Art Deco novel with a delightfully acerbic heroine.' Marius Gabriel, author of The German Daughter
'Original and immersive.' Eva Glyn, author of An Island of Secrets
In a bookshop nestled in the sprawling streets of Lisbon, a shopkeeper leads a double life…
Looking for a new start after her father’s death, Lara Hope arrives in Lisbon in search of a family she’s never met.
As war storms across Europe, Lara finds solace and belonging in her landlady’s tranquil bookshop in one of the most beautiful corners of the city.
But when she witnesses a customer secretly swapping a book, she realises the bookshop is not all it seems. Lara is plunged into a labyrinthine world of mystery and facades, encountering new friends, an unexpected romance, and even royalty… Is she prepared to risk it all for this new life?
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A sweeping WWII story for readers who like history with an emotional center.
Of Windmills and War
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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Danny McClain is a Chicago boy whose distant war becomes personal after Pearl Harbor. Anya Versteeg is his Dutch pen pal, now fighting with the Resistance as occupation and starvation close around her. Their paths carry them through B-17 missions, danger, faith, and a love tested by a world at war. A sweeping WWII story for readers who like history with an emotional center.
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From eight time Amazon All-Star author Diane Moody comes Of Windmills and War. An Amazon Top 100 bestseller with over 100,000 copies sold, and over 7,000 reader reviews and ratings.
The rumblings of war in distant countries mattered little to Danny McClain. Growing up in Chicago, his world revolved around after-school jobs, a rescued beagle, his pen pal in Holland, and the Cubs' chance to go to the World Series. Then, in December of 1941, during his first year at Northwestern University, news of the attack on Pearl Harbor hit much too close to home. After a series of unexpected events over the next couple of years, Danny found himself in the co-pilot seat of a B-17, stationed with the 390th Bomb Group in Framlingham, England.
Anya Versteeg had been just a teenager when Hitler's troops invaded her homeland of Holland in May of 1940. Forced to grow up much too fast, the feisty preacher's daughter eagerly immersed herself in the Dutch Resistance and its many efforts to thwart the enemy. Certain that God had turned His back on Holland, she closed her heart and did whatever she had to do to save her country before it was too late.
By 1945, the people of Occupied Holland were starving. Cut off from the outside world in retaliation for their failed attempt to oust the Germans invaders, the Dutch had no food, no electricity, no fuel, and little hope of surviving. Thousands were dying every day. Then, just days before the war ended, help came to The Netherlands like manna from heaven. Operation Chowhound held special meaning for Lieutenant Danny McClain. Somewhere below in the battered land of tulips and windmills was the girl who needed rescuing—after rescuing so many others. And he would move heaven and earth to find her.
What readers are saying about Of Windmills and War:
"Without a doubt one of the finest World War 2 novels ever written! The storyline . . . is so well crafted, vivid and exquisite in character development, that reading this book not only informs but is also a lesson in writing."
"Action, romance, a page turner. I loved every minute of it, and was sad when it was finished. One of those books you wished never ended."
"One of the best books I've read. Scenes so clearly written I could see them."
"You felt like you were part of the story from the very beginning. The accuracy of events was amazing."
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