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A forgotten wartime letter draws a heartbroken researcher from an English country house to the streets of Florence, uncovering a lost love and a devastating family secret.
The Florence Letter
Historical Fiction · Women's Fiction · World War 2
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A forgotten wartime letter draws a heartbroken researcher from an English country house to the streets of Florence, uncovering a lost love and a devastating family secret. As past and present collide, forgiveness and belonging are put to the test. Readers rate this emotional dual narrative 4.3 stars on Amazon and 4.2 on Goodreads.
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Looking out over the twinkling city lights of Florence, Claire thinks of the letter that has brought her here. Written by a woman who escaped the Blitz, it holds a secret kept for a lifetime… but can Claire make the woman’s dying wish come true?
Claire arrives at her new job as researcher at a grand English country house, nursing a broken heart. But tucked into the back of a long-forgotten drawer she finds a letter written in an elegant hand. It tells of a wartime secret about the beautiful Lady Violet – whose passionate affair with an Italian prisoner of war scandalised the village and ended in tragedy.
Captivated, Claire promises to find Violet’s daughter, Tabitha, and reunite her with a priceless piece of her mother’s jewellery. With only the name of an Italian bakery, Pasticceria Mancini, to guide her, and the help of her handsome neighbour Jim, Claire travels to Tabitha’s last known location – Florence.
Winding through the colourful streets, the sun warm on her bare shoulders, a tantalising scent of freshly baked bread floats on the air and Claire’s heart leaps at the sight of an ageing bakery sign: Mancini. Although she learns that Tabitha hasn’t been there for many years, Claire refuses to give up. And as she and Jim talk late into the night over glasses of local chianti, Claire looks into his piercing blue eyes and finds herself growing closer to him…
But when they finally track Tabitha down, it isn’t the happy reunion she expected and Claire is left reeling in the wake of discovering a devastating family secret.
Violet’s story has an ending – but will the truth lead to forgiveness, or will it only bring more pain? And will Claire be forced to walk away from a chance of happiness with Jim at last?
Escape to Italy in this gorgeous story of past and present colliding. Readers of Lucinda Riley and Fiona Valpy will be utterly enchanted by this sweeping, romantic page-turner.
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In wartime Berlin, a woman with a dangerous secret enters a marriage of convenience that becomes something far deeper.
The Pianist’s Wife
Historical Fiction · Historical Romance · World War 2
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In wartime Berlin, a woman with a dangerous secret enters a marriage of convenience that becomes something far deeper. Friendship, loyalty, and love are tested as danger closes in from all sides. The Pianist’s Wife is a moving World War II novel about quiet resistance, earning 4.6 stars on Amazon and Goodreads from thousands of readers.
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A heartbreaking story of friendship, loyalty and the true cost of love, from the bestselling author of The Secret Midwife and Wives of War.
Berlin, 1944: Amira and Gisele have been best friends since they were children, and now Gisele is the only person who knows Amira’s secret. A secret that puts her and everyone she loves in unimaginable danger amid the daily horror and violence of Nazi Germany.
With the threat of exposure drawing closer, Gisele’s suggestion that Amira marries her friend Fred, a famous pianist, might just be the lifeline she needs to keep them both safe. Because Fred has secrets too.
As the two strangers promise to look after each other, a profound love develops. But while the war rages on, Amira, Fred and Gisele are soon faced with terrible choices that will test their loyalty—and their courage—to the ultimate limits. How far will they go to keep each other alive?
An unforgettable World War Two novel about those who chose to defy the Nazis from within Germany.
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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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A hidden diary reunites past and present.
Keeper of the Lost Diary
Historical Fiction · World War 2
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A hidden diary reunites past and present. When a Holocaust survivor’s childhood journal is rediscovered decades later, buried memories of loss and survival resurface. Spanning wartime Europe and modern America, this emotional historical novel explores courage, memory, and family bonds. Readers have rated it 4.6 stars on Amazon and praised its heart-wrenching honesty.
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“I promise to write only what I saw and lived through, not hide anything from you. I’ll tell you even the worst things I experienced, which may seem crazy or impossible... I remember them well. It all happened in the world we left behind.”
1942, Lvov. Bina Krakowski is almost seven when the Nazis decide to liquidate the ghetto and send its inhabitants to Auschwitz. As her family attempts to escape through the sewers, running through gunfire, Bina and her mother separate from her father and are left to fend for themselves. Surviving the war by hiding in forests and traveling from village to village in search of shelter, Bina cannot imagine when the horrors will ever end.
2018, Long Island. Eighty-year-old Bina Solomon has built a quiet life as a respected Holocaust scholar, but now she is facing her final move to a retirement community. Abigail, the granddaughter she practically raised, is about to move off to college and is helping her to pack away her previous life. While clearing the attic, Abigail finds a worn notebook written in a language she does not understand. Bina immediately recognizes her tattered childhood diary, the one she held on to dearly, documenting every painful moment so she would never forget.
As Abigail and Bina dive deeper into her traumatic wartime stories, Bina is flooded by painful memories she thought she would never speak of again. Though it feels like a lifetime ago, is she ready to face the darkness she had locked away deep inside?
Keeper of the Lost Diary is an emotional testament to the courage of a young girl in the face of unspeakable horrors, beautifully weaving the past with the present. This heart-wrenching tale of loss, love, and unimaginable courage will captivate readers of Kristin Harmel, Kelly Rimmer, and Barbara Davis.
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A Nazi spy carrying atomic secrets and a British double agent collide in a lethal contest of deception.
A Gathering of Spies
Historical Fiction · Historical Mystery · Historical Thriller · World War 2
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A Nazi spy carrying atomic secrets and a British double agent collide in a lethal contest of deception. As their pursuit spans America and Europe, every double cross raises the stakes of World War II in this fast-paced espionage thriller. Rated 4.0 stars on Amazon with over 900 Goodreads ratings.
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A beautiful Nazi spy and a British double agent match wits in this classic World War II thriller "full of action, suspense, and wheels within wheels" (Stephen Coonts).
Gorgeous, cunning, and lethal, Katarina Heinrich is America's worst nightmare. For years, the German spy has been deep undercover, posing as the happy wife of a Princeton scientist. Now she is rushing home with key intelligence pertaining to the atomic bomb. If she reaches her destination, the war will be lost.
To stop her, the Allies turn to Professor Harry Winterbotham, an MI5 agent whose brilliance is matched only by his inscrutability. As Winterbotham hatches his own secret plan—one with the potential to deliver the world's greatest weapon into the hands of the Nazis—the two spies play a deadly game of cat and mouse across the United States and Europe.
From one breathtaking double cross to the next, A Gathering of Spies builds to a stunning climax among the best in espionage fiction. Lightning-paced, atmospheric, and irresistible, it is a classic story of World War II that thrills from first page to last.
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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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Best for readers who like WWII historical fiction with resilience, romance, and fresh starts after loss.
Where the Sky Begins
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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From New York Times bestselling author Rhys Bowen, Where the Sky Begins follows Josie Banks as the Blitz destroys her London life and sends her to the English countryside, where she finds work, love, secrets, and second chances, with a 4.5-star rating from more than 39,600 Amazon reviewers. Best for readers who like WWII historical fiction with resilience, romance, and fresh starts after loss.
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A woman’s future is determined by fate and choice in a gripping WWII novel about danger, triumph, and second chances by the New York Times bestselling author of The Venice Sketchbook and The Tuscan Child.
London, 1940. Bombs fall and Josie Banks’s world crumbles around her. Her overbearing husband, Stan, is unreachable, called to service. Her home, a ruin of rubble and ash. Josie’s beloved tearoom boss has been killed, and Josie herself is injured, with nothing left and nowhere to go.
Evacuated to the English countryside, Josie ends up at the estate of the aristocratic Miss Harcourt, a reluctant host to the survivors of the Blitz. Awed as she is by the magnificent landscape, Josie sees opportunity. Josie convinces Miss Harcourt to let her open a humble tea shop, seeing it as a chance for everyone to begin again. When Josie meets Mike Johnson, a handsome Canadian pilot stationed at a neighboring bomber base, a growing intimacy brings her an inner peace she’s never felt before. Then Stan returns from the war.
Now a threat looms larger than anyone imagined. And a dangerous secret is about to upend Josie’s life again. Her newfound courage will be put to the test if she is to emerge, like a survivor, triumphant.
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Set against the secrecy and moral tension of the Manhattan Project, this sweeping historical debut follows Alice Katz, a brilliant young Jewish physicist working under Oppenheimer, and Caleb…
The Sound of a Thousand Stars
Historical Fiction · War Fiction · World War 2
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Set against the secrecy and moral tension of the Manhattan Project, this sweeping historical debut follows Alice Katz, a brilliant young Jewish physicist working under Oppenheimer, and Caleb Blum, an Orthodox scientist assigned to explosives. As they race against time in a desert city built on secrets, their bond deepens amid fear, ambition, and impossible choices. Inspired by the author’s grandparents, this is a powerful story about love under pressure, wartime ethics, and the cost of survival.
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Oppenheimer meets Hidden Figures in this sweeping historical debut where two Jewish physicists form an inseverable bond amidst fear and uncertainty.
Sure to captivate readers of Kate Quinn and Bonnie Garmus, The Sound of a Thousand Stars eerily mirrors modern-day questions of wartime ethics and explores what it means to survive—at any cost.
Alice Katz is a young Jewish physicist, one of the only female doctoral students at her university, studying with the famed Dr. Oppenheimer. Her well-to-do family wants her to marry a man of her class and settle down. Instead, Alice answers her country’s call to come to an unnamed city in the desert to work on a government project shrouded in secrecy.
At Los Alamos, Alice meets Caleb Blum, a poor Orthodox Jew who has been assigned to the explosives division. Around them are other young scientists and engineers who have quietly left their university posts to come live in the desert.
No one seems to know exactly what they are working on—what they do know is that it is a race and that they must beat the Nazis in developing an unspeakable weapon. In this atmosphere of fear and uncertainty, and despite their many differences, Alice and Caleb find themselves drawn to one another.
Inspired by the author’s grandparents and sure to appeal to fans of Good Night, Irene, The Sound of a Thousand Stars is a propulsive novel about love in desperate times, the consequences of our decisions, and the roles we play in history.
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