SAGAS, ROMANCE & HISTORICAL Sagas,
romance & historical
Lyssa Kay Adams Undercover Bromance Pamela Dorman Books, 12th March, pb, £12.99, 9781984806116 Braden Mack has read so many romance novels that he’s confident he’s an expert on women. Turns out he’s wrong.
Cecelia Ahern Postscript HarperFiction, 30th April, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780008194901 Holly Kennedy returns in the long-awaited sequel to the international bestseller PS, I Love You.
Charlene Allcott More Than a Mum Corgi Books, 5th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780552175807 What do you do when you want to be more than just a mum? An addictively fresh and sharp novel explores themes of motherhood and identity.
Ellen Alpsten Tsarina Bloomsbury, 14th May, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781526606419 Lover, murderer, mother, tsarina. Memoirs of a Geisha meets Game of Thrones in this page- turning epic charting the rags-to-riches tale of the serf who became empress.
Lyn Andrews A Mother’s Love Headline Book Publishing, 6th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781472256737 Moving 1930s Liverpool saga from bestselling author following the trials and tribulations of one family in their busy Liverpool pub.
Lyn Andrews When Tomorrow Dawns Headline Book Publishing, 9th July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781472256744 1945 and the war is finally over but nobody knows what the future may hold in this powerful and gripping saga.
Lyn Andrews Liverpool Songbird Headline Book Publishing, 9th July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781472267399 Rags-to-riches tale of a young woman escaping her bitter past through the gift of her voice.
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Lyn Andrews Angels of Mercy Headline Book Publishing, 9th July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781472267405 As the Great War looms, two sisters’ lives are about to change forever.
Lyn Andrews Liverpool Lamplight Headline Book Publishing, 9th July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781472267412 Powerful saga set in the years before the Second World War.
Lyn Andrews From This Day Forth Headline Book Publishing, 9th July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781472267429 Two feuding families, a secret friendship and a love doomed to heart- break? Unforgettable saga set in 1930s Liverpool.
Willem Anker, Michiel Heyns (tr) Red Dog Pushkin Press, 25th June, pb, £9.99, 9781782274230 Fiercely powerful novel of Africa in a time before boundaries between cultures and peoples were fixed.
Rosie Archer The Forces’ Sweethearts Quercus Publishing, 30th April, pb, eb, £6.99, 9781787474093 Emotional Second World War saga following the fortunes of singing trio the Bluebird Girls. For fans of Elaine Everest, Annie Groves and Nancy Revell.
Michael Arditti The Anointed Arcadia Books, 23rd April, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781911350729 Time-honoured story presented in a compelling new light, this centres on three fascinating and formidable women whose voices have hitherto been silenced.
Dani Atkins A Million Dreams Head of Zeus, 7th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781789546187 Thought-provoking, emotional and uplifting, this is a gripping love story for fans of Jojo Moyes and Amanda Prowse.
Anne Baker The Orphan’s Gift Headline Book Publishing, 16th April, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781472264053 When all seems lost, will her mother’s legacy keep her safe? Poignant and heartwarming Liverpool saga.
Steven Baker A Lost Child of Cyprus:
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Yasmin’s Story Book Guild Publishing, 28th March, pb, £9.99, 9781913208394 As unrest leads to war in 1960s Cyprus, one girl’s future is irrevocably changed. Yasmin travels to England for a new life.
Debra Barnes The Young Survivors Duckworth, 5th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780715653555 What if everyone you loved was taken away? Five orphaned siblings struggle to stay together during the Holocaust as war threatens to tear them apart. Based on a true story.
Damian Barr You Will Be Safe Here Bloomsbury, 2nd April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781408886052 Set in South Africa, this shocking début novel from the award-winning author of the memoir Maggie & Me explores legacies of abuse, redemption and the strength of the human spirit.
Anna Bell We Just Clicked HQ, 23rd July, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780008340773 Fabulously funny, feel- good novel that will make you laugh until you cry. For anyone who’s ever presented a perfectly filtered life online to hide the unglamorous reality.
Johanna Bell The Bobby Girls’ Secrets Hodder Paperback, 30th April, pb, eb, £6.99, 9781529330861 Second book in lively saga series centred around women entering the world of policing for the first time.
Kerry Bell Hope Comes to Emmerdale Trapeze, 20th February, hb, £12.99, 9781409195849 Bestselling saga series is back again.
Pamela Bell Spring Comes to Emmerdale Trapeze, 5th March, pb, £7.99, 9781409185055 Can the nation’s favourite village keep calm and carry on? The second in the popular saga series that follows the lives of Emmerdale’s families during World War I.
Gretchen Berg The Operator Headline Review, 3rd March, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781472264107 In this wise and funny debut, a switchboard
operator in 1950s Ohio gets the shock of her life when she listens on a phone call. Perfect for reading groups.
Lisa Berne Engaged to the Earl Avon Books, 5th March, pb, £6.99, 9780062852359 If you like Eloisa James and Tessa Dare, you will love Lisa Berne in the newest in her Penhal- low Dynasty series.
L Annette Binder The Vanishing Sky Bloomsbury, 11th June, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781526616722 For readers of Warlight and The Nightingale, an intimate story about love, loss and sacrifice seen through the eyes of a German family during the Second World War.
Caroline Bishop The Other Daughter Simon & Schuster, 9th July, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781471190056 London 2016, and Switzer- land 1976. Set against the rich historical backdrop of the women’s rights movement, two women, separated by a genera- tion, must summon the courage to face the truth.
Benjamin Black The Secret Guests Viking, 19th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780241305317 For fans of The Crown comes an enthralling historical mystery set during the Second World War.
Neil Blackmore The Intoxicating Mr Lavelle Hutchinson, 11th June, hb, £12.99, 9781786332028 Random House Audio, 11th June, audiobook, £13, 9781473577480 1764: Two brothers are sent off on a grand tour of Europe to meet people of quality. Instead they meet the man who will destroy everything.
Tracy Borman The Devil’s Slave Hodder Paperbacks, 16th April, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781473662513 Second novel from a celebrated historian and author of The King’s Witch.
Tracy Borman The Fallen Angel Hodder & Stoughton, 11th June, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781473662537 Concluding novel in the Frances Gorges trilogy brings our heroine face to face with one of the most colourful and monstrous characters in English history.
Niamh Boyce Her Kind Penguin, 27th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780241983232 Thrilling story of love, superstition and betrayal inspired by the first witch trial of Ireland.
Irene F Brandt Folk of the Loch Matador, 28th February, pb, £9.99, 9781838592493 Geographical and historical saga in which each chapter is based on an artefact, place or event which occurred near Loch Broom in Wester Ross, Scotland.
Isabelle Broom Hello, Again Hodder Paperbacks, 9th June, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781529325072 Unforgettable love story from a bestselling author.
Jaci Burton Ignite on Contact Headline Eternal, 4th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781472270818 From the New York Times- bestselling author of the Play-by-Play, Hope and Wild Riders series comes the story of a firefighter who’s only interested in one thing.
Jaci Burton The Best Man Plan Headline Eternal, 2nd June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781472270825 Burton kicks off a dreamy new series with a sweep- you-off-your-feet friends- to-lovers romance.
Sarah Burton The Strange Adventures of H Legend Press, 1st May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781789551266 During a career from clergyman’s daughter to celebrated courtesan, H survives abuse, disgrace, plague and the Great Fire of London, emerging triumphant only to face one final test.
Luke Butler
Living Inside Raindrops Book Guild Publishing, 28th May, pb, £9.99, 9781913208677 Coming-of-age novel beginning in 1917 when 12-year-old Jimmy Ford awakes to find himself confined to an asylum.
Amanda Cabot Out of the Embers Revell, 3rd April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780800735357 When a fire destroys the orphanage where she works, Evelyn Radcliff flees to the Texas hill country with an orphan in tow and a killer in pursuit.
Christian Cameron The Last Greek Orion, 16th April, hb, £20.99, 9781409176596 Second in a series about the last great hero of ancient Greece from the king of historical fiction.
Maggie Campbell Nurse Kitty’s Secret War Trapeze, 9th July, pb, £7.99, 9781409191773 Saga novel based on the history of Trafford General, the first NHS hospital.
Laura Carlin Requiem for a Knave Hodder & Stoughton, 6th February, hb, eb, £17.99, 9781473661424 Page-turning historical mystery full of twists and turns from the author of The Wicked Cometh.
Janet Skeslien Charles The Paris Library Two Roads, 2nd June, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781529335446 Inspired by the true story of librarians who risked their lives during the Nazis’ war on words, a story of courage and betrayal inspired by real-life defiance in Occupied Paris.
Jennifer Chiaverini Resistance Women William Morrow, 5th March, pb, £10.99, 9780062841124 Based on the passionate and courageous life of Mildred Fish Harnack who helped lead the resistance in Nazi-era Berlin.
Sophie Claire A Forget-me-not Summer Hodder Paperback, 31st March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529392814 Cosy and charming second novel from the author of The Christmas Holiday. Perfect for fans of Trisha Ashley and Cathy Bramley.
Kate Clayborn Love Lettering Hodder Paperback, 5th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529303759 One little word is about to change everything in this beautiful romance.
Ajay Close What We Did in the Dark Sandstone Press, 13th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781912240890 Historical novel vividly portrays the early life of novelist Cath- erine Carswell.
Catherine Clover The Templar’s Garden Duckworth, 14th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780715653890 A woman fighting
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