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In the chaos of that terrible night, her secret went down with the Titanic. But secrets have a way of floating to the surface…  Trapped in an unhappy aristocratic marriage, Elinor Coombes sees only lonely days ahead of her. So a present from her father -...

Preorder the BRAND NEW instalment in J C Duncan's action-packed Last Viking seriesThe greatest threat to the empire is not a foreign army, but the thirst for power at all costs.1038 AD, ConstantinopleHarald Sigurdsson has risen through bravery and glory...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781837942886Author Robert BrookeFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint Vanguard PressPublisher Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers

Was she incredibly brave or incredibly stupid? Neither. Just a bookshop girl doing what she could against her country’s oppressors.The banned books club was only the beginning; a place for the women of Prague to come together and share the tales the...

Osira was born and raised in the insular, suffocating town of Curdle Creek. Stuck in time and entrenched in elusive traditions, Curdle Creek has one particularly strict policy: one in, one out - and one day, it is Osira's turn. Forced into the great...

New York Times bestselling author Daisy Goodwin returns with a story of the scandalous love affair between the most celebrated opera singer of all time and one of the richest men in the world. 'An extraordinary, vivid, and skilful re-imagining of a...

Three girls seem to have the world at their feet in the summer of 1914. But World War 1 is coming and things will change forever - especially for women. Lucinda McFarlane is engaged to be married to dashing Sir David Melcome, but their society wedding...

As the war continues, the library girls face their greatest challenge yet...With the echoes of war reverberating around London, Cordelia, Mavis, and Jane are delighted to be blessed with some good news: the King and his Queen will be making a visit to...

He kept his secret for a lifetime. Now the truth will rock New York.It is 1901, and Dr Gallagher has just pronounced Murray Hall dead. New York politico, gambler, womaniser - Hall is all these things, but when the press break the news of his death to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780008598754Author Pepsi Demacque-CrockettFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins PublishersWeight(grams) 270g

Preorder the BRAND NEW instalment in J C Duncan's action-packed Last Viking seriesThe greatest threat to the empire is not a foreign army, but the thirst for power at all costs.1038 AD, ConstantinopleHarald Sigurdsson has risen through bravery and glory...

This is the story of three women - one an orphan and refugee who finds a place in the studio of a famous French artist, the other a wife and mother who has stood by her husband for nearly forty years. The third is his daughter, caught in the crossfire...

Sister. Rival. Protector. The spellbinding story of a forgotten daughter and a forgotten goddess.Quiet and reserved, Clemmie is happy in the background. But although her parents may overlook her talents, her ability to read hieroglyphs makes her...

A second case for Samson Kolecho in war-torn, revolutionary Kyiv. By the author of the International Booker Prize-longlisted The Silver Bone

Edinburgh, 1736: an indignant crowd has gathered in the Grassmarket to watch the execution of a smuggler. Opening with the start of the Porteous Riots, The Heart of Midlothian is one of Walter Scott’s most famous historical novels, featuring murder,...

The Binding meets The Vanishing Half in this extraordinary historical debut - perfect for readers who love gothic mysteries with books at the heart of them, as well as stories about people often overlooked by history.The library is under lock and key...

A powerful and gripping crime novel based on the Wallace Murder, a national cause célèbre of the 1930s and still unsolved today, by the author of Curtain Call and Our Friends in BerlinOne night in 1931 William Wallace was handed a phone message at his...

Was she incredibly brave or incredibly stupid? Neither. Just a bookshop girl doing what she could against her country’s oppressors.The banned books club was only the beginning; a place for the women of Prague to come together and share the tales the...

A riveting and epic family drama set in WWII-era Norway, award-winning author Lars Mytting's The Night of the Scourge is the final novel in the internationally bestselling Sister Bells trilogyButangen, Norway, the years before WWII: Astrid Hekne has...

When London hansom cab driver Henry Gough is forced to cross the line of Victorian respectability in order to feed his family, he is drawn towards city districts awash with vice and crime. Stumbling upon a clandestine plot that will imperil his country,...

This is the second book in the continuing saga of the Baird family, following the ebbs and flows of its fortunes through the fears and uncertainties of the interwar years. The Great War is over, but peace brings little respite to the ongoing enmity felt...

The gripping new novel from internationally bestselling master of historical fiction Bernard Cornwell – Pre-order now! War against Napoleon rages across Europe. As Britain prepares to invade France for the first time, the formidable Richard Sharpe and...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lady of Hay comes this stunning new novel... Barbara Erskine returns with a gripping new novel in 2024... Cadi's pen was in her hand, her mind in the past with Elen... She ran her fingers...

‘Sophie Irwin is an exciting and original voice. She's a must-buy author for me.’ Taylor Jenkins Reid ‘A delicious Regency romp for fans of Bridgerton.’ Red A lifetime of duty Widowed at just seven-and-twenty from her marriage of convenience,...

Mad Men meets the world of publishing in million-copy bestselling author Gill Paul’s new novel about Jackie Collins and Jacqueline Susann 1966: In London, Jackie Collins’s racy The World is Full of Married Men hits bookshops and launches her career. In...

Two women, one community, everyone’s war…With the arrival of British prisoners of war on Marchese Ginori’s farmhouse estate, Rosa is immediately wary. Her husband was killed by the Allies and she will not trust any inglesi around her daughter.The...

'Chillingly gothic' - The Guardian, Best Crime and Thrillers of the YearInspired by the haunting true story of the Winchester Mystery House, Ray Celestin's Palace of Shadows is an outstanding historical thriller set against the awe-inspiring terror of...

She helped her brothers soar… but was the flight worth the fall?It all started with two boys and a bicycle shop. Wilbur and Orville Wright, both unsuited to college and disinclined to leave home, jumped on the popular new fad of bicycle riding and opened...

"A whirlwind…A truly wonderful read."—Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The SpectacularFrom the acclaimed author of The Arctic Fury:Based on a real woman from history, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo meets The Haunting of Hill House in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385550161Author Caroline WoodsFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Doubleday & Co Inc.Publisher Random House USA Inc

Kehinde must put everything on the line to find herself during a time of war. Lagos, 1939 With the announcement of World War Two and a change that sends shockwaves through her family, Kehinde is forced to put aside her dreams of writing and become...

‘A spellbinding tale of love, lust, magic and betrayal in Imperial Russia…..I couldn't put it down' Santa Montefiore A city in flames. A revolution raging. A woman on the run. Nadezhda has never wanted to be a witch. But the occult is in her blood. Her...

Preorder the BRAND NEW instalment in J C Duncan's action-packed Last Viking seriesThe greatest threat to the empire is not a foreign army, but the thirst for power at all costs.1038 AD, ConstantinopleHarald Sigurdsson has risen through bravery and glory...

The final breathtaking part on The Trenwith Trilogy from Rosie ClarkeThe war has changed everything, but has it changed society enough?London, 1917.Rose Barlow has loved and lost. She has done her fair share during the war and seen her dreams shattered...

A brilliant and ambitious young woman strives to find her place amid the promise and tumult of 1920s Wall Street in a captivating historical novel by the author of The Lobotomist’s Wife. Bea Abramovitz has a gift for math and numbers. With her father,...

Readers love Emma Hornby:***** 'Similar to Rosie Goodwin and Dilly Court, Emma Hornby tells a brilliant story that will keep you guessing . . . Pure talent.'***** 'Emma Hornby's books just keep getting better and better. Honest, gritty, lovely characters...

The charioteer in his purest form. The supreme master of destiny and the elements. A man who made a circus out of life, and life out of a circus.'A.D. O'Neill peels back the veil of time and shines a light on the intrigue and excitement of chariot racing...

The Beati Paoli’s unrelenting campaign to restore justice is compromised by an act of betrayal and a plot that threatens its very existence. Set against the backdrop of the island’s increasing disillusionment with its new rulers from Savoy and a...

Step into the thrilling world of historical crime with A Case of Desecration in the West, the sixth instalment in the gripping John MacKenzie series set in late 17th-century Scotland. Join investigative advocate John MacKenzie and his witty sidekick...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593184066Author Fiona DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Dutton / SignetPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc