SAGAS, ROMANCE & HISTORICAL Sagas,
Romance & Historical
Anna Abney The Master of Measham Hall Duckworth, 15th July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780715654354 When Alethea finds herself cast out, a long road to Derbyshire lies ahead. But an unlikely travelling companion will help this determined country girl to navigate a perilous new world.
Helly Acton The Couple Bonnier Zaffre, 27th May, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781838773847 The author of The Shelf returns. In a near-future where the norm is to be single, would you risk everything for love?
Michelle Adams Little Wishes Trapeze, 18th March, pb, £7.99, 9781409195047 Sweeping love story about a couple kept apart for 50 years who reunite when the man has only months to live.
Kaia Alderson Soldier Girls William Morrow, 10th June, pb, £10.99, 9780062964588 Untold true story of the Six Triple Eight, the only all-black battalion of the Women’s Army Corps, who made the dangerous voyage to Europe.
Isabel Allende A Long Petal of the Sea Bloomsbury, 4th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781526615947 “A defiantly warm and funny novel by somebody who has earned the right to argue that love and optimism can survive whatever history might throw at us”—Daily Telegraph.
Ellen Alpsten Tsarina’s Daughter Bloomsbury, 24th June, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781526608635 The tsar and tsarina’s daughter had it all, lost it all, and vowed to get it back—at any price.
Lyn Andrews The Girls From Mersey View Headline, 10th June, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781472269683 Heartwarming 1930s Liverpool saga about friendship, community
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and love. For fans of Nadine Dorries and Dilly Court. “An outstanding storyteller”—Woman’s Weekly.
Rosie Archer The Picture House Girls Quercus, 18th February, hb, eb, £20.99, 9781529405279 1st April, pb, £6.99, 9781529405309 Heartfelt World War II saga of hope, love and female friendship and how women pull together through good times and bad. Perfect for fans of Dilly Court.
Michael Arditti The Anointed Arcadia Books, 11th March, Book, eb, £9.99, 9781911350880 Arditti’s masterly new novel centres on three fascinating and formidable women whose voices have hitherto been silenced and presents a time-honoured story in a compelling new light.
Diane Armstrong The Collaborator Harper AU, 10th June, pb, £8.99, 9781867207948 An act of heroism, the taint of collaboration, a doomed love affair and an Australian woman who travels across the world to discover the truth.
Chris Aslan Mosaic Lion Fiction, 23rd April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781782643388 With her best friend Sholum dead and her brother Phanuel paralysed, Tabita struggles to imagine how life can go on.
Afia Atakora Conjure Women Fourth Estate, 15th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008293956 Impressive début with echoes of Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing and Sara Collins’ The Confessions of Frannie Langton.
Dani Atkins A Sky Full of Stars Head of Zeus, 4th Febru- ary, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781789546200 A love story about four strangers whose lives are changed by the death of a professional stargazer. By the winner of the Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2018.
Stefania Auci
The Florios of Sicily HarperCollins, 13th May, pb, £10.99, 9780062931689 In this epic yet intimate tale of power, passion and revenge, the rise and fall of a family taps into
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the universal desire to become more than who we are.
Bolu Babalola Love in Colour Headline, 13th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781472268884 Love stories that truly represent the world we live in celebrated and retold in this unique collection by début author.
Mandy Baggot Staying Out for the Summer Aria, 3rd June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781800243095 For Lucie Burrows it’s time to embrace Greek life and put the past behind her.
Mary Jayne Baker Meet Me At the Lighthouse Aria, 1st April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781800246003 A birthday, a lighthouse and the love of her life.
Marco Balzano, Jill Foulston I’m Staying Here Apollo, 4th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781789545098 Broad historical novel about the struggle of one woman and one village against war, racism and ecological devastation.
Nancy Barone No Room At the Little Cornish Inn Aria, 3rd February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781800245969 There’s magic in the Cornish air this Christmas. A sweet and uplifting Christmas romance, great for fans of Philippa Ashley, Holly Martin and Jenny Hale.
Judith Barrow The Heart Stone Honno Welsh Women’s Press, 18th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781912905270 It’s 1914 and everything changes for Jessie the day war is declared and her young love Arthur joins up. Alone now, and unsafe at home, Jessie must fight for survival.
Clare Beams The Illness Lesson Black Swan, 10th Febru- ary, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781784164386 Sarah Waters meets The Girls in this haunting, wickedly perceptive début set in an all-girl school and seeking to answer the timeless question: Who has authority over a woman’s body?
Anna Bell
The Man I Didn’t Marry HQ, 3rd February, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780008340803 Funny, charming and
feelgood romcom about a husband and wife who fall in love with each other all over again.
Alexandria Bellefleur Hang the Moon Avon, 10th June, pb, £9.99, 9780063000841 Queer romcom about a guy who vows to show his childhood crush that romance isn’t dead by recreating iconic dates from his favorite films.
Kerry Bell Hope Comes to Emmerdale Trapeze, 4th February, pb, £7.99, 9781409195856 The bestselling saga series is back again.
Gretchen Berg The Operator Headline Review, 16th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781472264138 Delightful, uplifting tale about a 1950s switchboard operator who learns a shocking secret when she eavesdrops on a phone conversation. “Irresistible”—Kathryn Stockett.
Lisa Berne The Worst Duke in the World Avon Books, 4th March, pb, £6.99, 9780062852373 A wayward duke must choose: will he be the bad hero in a love story gone awry or the brave and clever hero who risks everything for true love?
L Annette Binder The Vanishing Sky Bloomsbury, 8th July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781526616746 For readers of All the Light We Cannot See an intimate story about love, loss and sacrifice seen through the eyes of a German family during the Second World War.
Katy Birchall The Secret Bridesmaid Hodder, 13th May, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781529340877 Heartwarming and hilarious, The Secret Bridesmaid celebrates the joys (and foibles) of weddings, the nuances of female friendship and the redeeming power of love in its many unexpected forms.
Chris Bishop Bloodlines RedDoor Press, 18th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781913062521 Fourth book in the atmospheric Shadow of the Raven series. Alfred’s kingdom is threatened by the Vikings again. Can a boy with an uncertain
bloodline lead them to victory?
DV Bishop City of Vengeance Macmillan, 4th February, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781529038774 Explosive historical thriller set against the backdrop of the Medici dynasty in 1530s Renaissance Florence.
Neil Blackmore The Intoxicating Mr Lavelle Windmill Books, 22nd April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781786090997 When Benjamin and Edgar Bowen embark on a grand tour of Europe, they are ready to meet people of quality. Class, they learn, is not something that can be studied.
Neil Blackmore Dangerous Kingdom of Love Hutchinson, 3rd June, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781786332677 The author of The Intoxicating Mr Lavelle returns with more scandal, sex and intrigue, but set in the court of King James I with added philosophers, murderers and playwrights.
Carly Bloom Must Love Cowboys Headline Eternal, 27th April, ebookreader, £1.99, 9781472263001 Bookish beauty needs fake boyfriend in steamy and heartwarming new western.
Alistair Ian Blythe (tr), Ludovic Bruckstein With an Unopened Umbrella in the Pouring Rain Istros Books, 1st Febru- ary, Book, £9.99, 9781912545223 Stories capture the lives and struggles of a wonderful variety of characters living in Romania in the years leading up to the Second World War.
JR Bonham Family Reunited Book Guild, 28th June, pb, £8.99, 9781913551940 Jan is estranged from her children. On discovering she has a great-granddaughter she strives to mend broken relationships in order to bring the family back together.
Stephen Anthony Brotherton Fractures, Dreams and Second Chances Book Guild, 28th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781913551896
Explores how Freddie and Jo-Jo fell in love as teenagers, why they drifted apart and what happened in their lives apart and concludes with them meeting more than 35 years later.
Alex Brown A Postcard From Paris HarperCollins, 7th April, pb, £7.99, 9780008421984 “Very lovely”—Jill Mansell. “Be whisked away in this sunny, heartwarming read”—Woman’s Own. “I adored it”—Milly Johnson.
Gregory Brown The Lowering Days Harper, 1st April, hb, £20, 9780062994134 Evocative family saga and début novel that explores family love, the power of myths and storytelling, the intersection of land and cultural identity and a call for social and environmental action.
Andrew Bullas Charlie Echo Matador, 28th April, pb, £7.99, 9781800462267 A story about the last wishes of a dying soldier in Normandy in 1944. Charlie is the soul that hears this and must set about fulfilling it.
Jaci Burton
The Engagement Arrangement Headline Eternal, 6th July, pb, £9.99, 9781472270856 From New York Times bestselling comes an accidentally-in-love romance sure to warm the heart.
Jaci Burton All Consuming Headline Eternal, 2nd March, pb, £9.99, 9781472270863 Sizzling Brotherhood by Fire series returns with a tale of searing passion and rekindled love.
Rachel Burton The Summer Island Festival Aria, 10th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781800246065 When Willow walks out on her own wedding there’s only one place she can go: Seaview village, on the island she once called home.
Amanda Cabot Dreams Rekindled Revell, 5th April, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780800735364 Dorothy Clark dreams of writing something that will challenge people. But in 1850s Mesquite Springs, there are few opportunities for writers— until newspaperman Brandon Holloway arrives.
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