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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501112454Author Linda HoganFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

Summer, 1814. Thomas Hammond is an apothecary surgeon in a village near London whose dreams of a grand medical career were ruined by a shameful secret. He longs to see his apprentice, his son Edward, become a great surgeon. His other apprentice is...

In a hazy 1960s Rhode Island summer, three disparate lives converge and combust in this riveting story of the empowerment women find in friendship, solidarity, and rage, from the author of Halfway to You. Winifred is blunt, opinionated, and outrageously...

For three women in postwar Germany, 1945 is a time of hope-lost and found-in this powerful novel by the bestselling author of The Woman on the Orient Express. Just weeks after World War II ends, three women from different corners of the world arrive...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781837940653Author Barbara GreigFormat PaperbackPage Count 346Imprint Vanguard PressPublisher Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers

Once the Oversight, the secret society that polices the lines between the mundane and the magic, counted hundreds of brave souls among its members. Now their number can be tallied on a single hand. When a drunkard brings a screaming girl to the...

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Hereward's story concludes in this brutal, bloody and thrilling page-turner - perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell and Conn Iggulden. "With great gusto...James Wilde has succeeded in giving new and convincing life to a half-forgotten English hero." --...

From the winner of the National Book Award for Fiction, 2012 comes this elegantly crafted novel that explores the strange power that lost children exert on the memories of those they leave behind When Faye Travers is sent to appraise a family...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783347753686Author Joss SheldonFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Rebel BooksPublisher Rebel BooksWeight(grams) 417gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 16mm

'One woman's tragic tale, beautifully told' Independent on Sunday FROM KEI MILLER, WINNER OF THE FORWARD PRIZE FOR BEST COLLECTIONOnce upon a time in Jamaica a young woman went somewhere that no one had visited for years. It may have been nestled in a...

From Andrea Camilleri, the bestselling author of the Inspector Montalbano mysteries, comes The Brewer of Preston, a hilarious standalone comedy.1870s Sicily. Much to the displeasure of Vigata's stubborn populace, the town has just been unified under the...

'A truly beautiful, heartbreaking story' Kristin Hannah, bestselling author of The NightingaleIn pre-World War II Prague, the dreams of two young lovers are shattered when they are separated by the Nazi invasion. Then, decades later, thousands of miles...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780786050697Author William W. JohnstoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Pinnacle Books,U.S.Publisher Kensington Publishing

'Atmospheric and fascinating' - Hilary Mantel Shortlisted for the McKitterick Prize and winner of the Medical Journalists' - Association Open Book AwardIn the winter of 1790, a mysterious and deadly disease strikes the unsuspecting town of Aberdeen. The...

Set in 1820 London, landscape artist William Daniell hires Jesse Cloud, a homeless teenager, to be his apprentice. But all is not as it seems. Both William and his prentice must make their own inner journeys to expose others' betrayals and explore their...

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE BALLROOM AND EXPECTATION'Poetic, philosophical and wildly captivating... I swam in this book and didn't want to come up for air' Emma Jane Unsworth, author of Animals and Adults___________________They are separating,...

A little girl is found abandoned on a beach one chilly Monday in October, alone apart from the body of her mother, cold beside her.Rendered completely silent by her traumatic experience, she is given the name Monday by the woman who discovers her and...

Superb historical novel set in the Jacobean court, in which Princess Elizabeth strives to avoid becoming her father's pawn in the royal marriage market. The daughter of a king - on sale to the highest bidder. As First Daughter of...

Two children trapped in the same attic, almost a century apart, bound by a secret.1907: Twelve-year-old Celestine spends most of his time locked in an attic room of a large house by the sea. Taken from his homeland and treated as an unpaid servant, he...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910559826Author Bridget SuppleFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint Womancraft PublishingPublisher Womancraft Publishing

'Salah ad-Din, or Saladin as he is known to the Franks, was a Kurd, the son of despised people, and yet he became Sultan of Egypt and Syria. He united the peoples of Allah, recaptured Jerusalem, and drove the Crusaders to the very edge of the sea. He...

'Salah ad-Din, or Saladin as he is known to the Franks, was a Kurd, the son of despised people, and yet he became Sultan of Egypt and Syria. He united the peoples of Allah, recaptured Jerusalem, and drove the Crusaders to the very edge of the sea. He...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780786049851Author William W. JohnstoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Pinnacle Books,U.S.Publisher Kensington Publishing

The Malabar coast is full of dangers: greedy tradesmen, fearless pirates, and men full of vengeance. But for a Courtney, the greatest danger might just be his own family... After his father's gambling debts leave him penniless and in danger,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593158661Author Louis L'AmourFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint Bantam Dell Publishing Group, Div of Random House, IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

A SUNDAY TIMES, NEW STATESMAN AND SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Vivid, illuminating and unbearably tense ... A masterly meditation on trauma, on beauty, on the idea of home and the limits of love' Guardian Charlie's experiences at the Battle of...

A heart-warming story of love and friendship in wartime from the bestselling author of Where the Heart is and London Belles. It's September 1940 and the London Blitz has begun. For the four girls living at No. 13 Article Row, life must go on,...

An expert's take on how a coup in China could launch a transition to democracy. This short book predicts-contrary to the prevailing consensus-that China's leader Xi Jinping will very soon be removed from office in a coup d'etat mounted by rivals in the...

Deverell, Viscount Paignton, is in desperate need of a wife. Unmoved by the matchmaking 'herd', he seeks help from his aunt, who directs him to a lady she vows is perfect for him. Dispatched to a country house party, he discovers the lady not swanning...

Deverell, Viscount Paignton, is in desperate need of a wife. Unmoved by the matchmaking 'herd', he seeks help from his aunt, who directs him to a lady she vows is perfect for him. Dispatched to a country house party, he discovers the lady not swanning...

A society darling A rake never far from scandal A deal that will change everything... 'Eva Leigh once again displays her literary prowess for creating marvelously...

From the bestselling author of Yellow Crocus and Mustard Seed comes the empowering novel of two generations of American women connected by the past and fighting for a brighter future. It's 1894. Jordan Wallace and Sadie Wagner appear to have little in...

With an undercurrent of sensual excitement, C?line paints an almost unbearably vivid picture of society and the human condition.About the AuthorLouis-Ferdinand Celine (1894-1961) was a French writer and doctor whose novels are antiheroic visions of human...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989025980Author Micah HansenFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint Heather Ridge ArtsPublisher Heather Ridge ArtsWeight(grams) 140g

Burgundy, 1861. Christine 'Kiki' Vellay, the daughter of vineyard workers, is forced to marry an older man in exchange for a piece of land. He abuses her. Seduced by a young naval cadet she plots to run away. When her husband is killed during the...

'Reader, I murdered him.' JANE STEELE is a brilliant Gothic retelling of JANE EYRE from Edgar-nominated Lyndsay Faye, for fans of LONGBOURN and PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES.'I loved it' - Elly Griffiths ** JANE STEELE HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR AN EDGAR...

'This sweeping historical novel tells the dramatic tale of that most intriguing of Renaissance women', - Lucrezia Borgia. Incest. Poison. Betrayal. Three wedding presents for the Borgia bride! Italy 1492 Pope Alexander VI is elected. And so begins the...

They loved to the full - and fought to the death... Like his father before him, Andrew Maclaren was born to lead the 148th Foot Regiment. But his life changed forever when he found Maud Westburn brutalised and homeless in the horror of the Indian mutiny...

'Gripping . . . Vividly evokes 17th-century Devon' Publishers Weekly'An engaging cast and plenty of genuine suspense' Booklist Starred ReviewDevon, 1607. Gabriel Taverner, former ship's surgeon turned country physician, is called to examine a rotting...