How do you start a new life leaving behind all you love? Its 1641 & when Midori Kumashiro the orphaned daughter of a warlord is told she has to leave Japan or die she has no choice but to flee to Engl&. Midori is trained in the arts of war but is that enough to help her survive a journey with a lecherous crew & an attractive captain she doesnt trust? Having come to Nagasaki to trade the last thing Captain Nico Noordholt wants is a female passenger especially a beautiful one. How can he protect her from his crew when he cant keep his own eyes off her? During their journey Nico & Midori form a tentative bond but they both have secrets that can change everything. When they arrive in England a civil war is brewing & only by standing together can they hope to survive - ...

If you are a fan of books by Philippa Gregory then you might like The Gilded Lily by Deborah Swift.. . Winter 1661. In her short life Sadie Appleby has never left rural Westmorl&. But one night she is rudely awoken by her older & bolder sister Ella. She has robbed her employer & is on the run. Together the girls flee their home & head for London hoping to lose themselves in the teeming city. But the dead man's relatives are in pursuit & soon a game of cat & mouse ensues amongst the freezing warren that is London in winter. Ella is soon seduced by the glitter & glamour of city life & sets her sights on the flamboyant man-about-town Jay Whitgift owner of a beauty parlour for the wives of the London gentry. But nothing in the capital is what it seems least of all Jay Whitgift. Soon a rift has formed between Ella & Sadie & the sisters are threatened by a menace more sinister than even the law. Set in a brilliantly realised Restoration London The Gilded Lily is a novel about beauty & desire about the stories we tell ourselves & about how sisterhood can be both a burden & a saving grace. ...

The most audacious heist in history is about to commence & Tom Kirk is right in the middle of it! Whilst investigating the theft of a stolen Da Vinci reformed art thief Tom Kirk is confronted with the horrifying sight of a cat nailed to the wall where the painting once stood. He instantly recognises the sign as a greeting from his old enemy Milo. Then Tom finds out that a long time friend in Seville has been murdered & whilst visiting his friends daughter Eva she is kidnapped by Milo. Suddenly Tom finds himself in a frantic race against time to save her life. Meanwhile in New York FBI agent Jennifer Browne has been asked to investigate a possible art fraud. The trail leads to an Iranian art dealer who denies all knowledge but when a lawyer who he had dealings with is murdered Jennifer knows she has stumbled across something very sinister. Are the reappearance of Milo Evas kidnapping & the theft of the Da Vinci connected? Are Tom & Jennifers paths destined to cross again as they descend into a maelstrom of betrayal & murder? ...

A heartrending tale of two sisters & their quest for a place to belong from much-loved author Rita Bradshaw. Lily & Sarah Browns childhood is an unhappy one. Sarah escapes by marrying Ralph Turner a Sunderland dock worker but Lily doesnt trust Ralph
- a dark volatile man with a hidden cruel streak. When he tries to seduce Lily on his wedding day her worst fears are confirmed. Ralphs younger brother John is cut from a different cloth though & Lily is increasingly drawn to him. But just when Lily sees a future for them a terrible incident destroys her happiness. Heartbroken Lily agrees to accompany the family she works for as a nursemaid to New York. As Lily boards RMS Titanic little does she realise that her decision will change the course of her life for ever...
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In 1956 toward the end of Reverend John Ames's life he begins a letter to his young son a kind of last testament to his remarkable forebears. ' It is a book of such meditative calm such spiritual intensity that is seems miraculous that her silence was only for 23 years; such measure of wisdom is the fruit of a lifetime. Robinson's prose aligned with the sublime simplicity of the language of the bible is nothing short of a benediction. You might not share its faith but it is difficult not to be awed moved & ultimately humbled by the spiritual effulgence that lights up the novel from within' Neel Mukherjee The Times ' Writing of this quality with an authority as unforced as the perfect pitch in music is rare & carries with it a sense almost of danger
- that at any moment it might all go wrong. In Gilead however nothing goes wrong' Jane Shilling Sunday Telegraph
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Enjoy the 20th century's greatest cartoonist's work once more with this superb collection of some of Giles' wittiest cartoons. ...

As she sits in her Bloomsbury home with her two birds for company elderly Harriet Baxter sets out to relate the story of her acquaintance nearly four decades previously with Ned Gillespie a talented artist who never achieved the fame she maintains he deserved. Back in 1888 the young art-loving Harriet arrives in Glasgow at the time of the International Exhibition. After a chance encounter she befriends the Gillespie family & soon becomes a fixture in all of their lives. But when tragedy strikes
- leading to a notorious criminal trial
- the promise & certainties of this world all too rapidly disintegrate into mystery & deception...

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As she sits in her Bloomsbury home with her two birds for company elderly Harriet Baxter sets out to relate the story of her acquaintance nearly four decades previously with Ned Gillespie a talented artist who never achieved the fame she maintains he deserved. Back in 1888 the young art-loving Harriet arrives in Glasgow at the time of the International Exhibition. After a chance encounter she befriends the Gillespie family & soon becomes a fixture in all of their lives. But when tragedy strikes
- leading to a notorious criminal trial
- the promise & certainties of this world all too rapidly disintegrate into mystery & deception...

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