SAGAS, ROMANCE & HISTORICAL
Jojo Moyes The Peacock Emporium Hodder, 13th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780340960370 Irresistible multi- generational saga from the bestselling author of The Last Letter from your Lover.
Jojo Moyes
The Ship of Brides Hodder, 13th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780340960387 Shortlisted for the 2005 RNA Novel of the Year award, a moving and gorgeously written book based on a true story.
Jojo Moyes The Last Letter From Your Lover Hodder, 18th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529364743 Spanning 40 years, two women’s stories of love, loss and betrayal are intertwined. 2011 RNA Noverl of the Year.
Annie Murray Black Country Orphan Macmillan, 4th February, hb, eb, £20, 9781529011791 Pan, 15th April, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781529011807 Inspirational story of a young girl’s courage.
Donald S Murray In a Veil of Mist Saraband, 11th March, pb, £9.99, 9781913393007 Evocative, poignant literary fiction explores the human cost of war and the Cold War arms race. The perfect follow-up to Murray’s Paul Torday Award-winning first novel.
Alix Nathan Sea Change Profile Books, 8th July, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781788163491 Mother, widow, radical: Sarah Battle has been missing since 1802 but has she really gone?
Kitty Neale A Mother’s Secret Orion, 4th March, hb, £20.99, 9781409197331 By the undisputed queen of gritty family saga.
Caleb Azumah Nelson Open Water Viking, 4th February, hb, eb, £12.99, 9780241448779 Shattering début novel about two black British artists falling in and out of love.
Sheila Newberry The Canal Girl Bonnier Zaffre, 6th May, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781838773007 For fans of Katie Flynn and Dilly Court, The Canal Girl is a heartwarming yarn from author of The Nursemaid’s Secret.
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Maggie O’Farrell Hamnet Tinder Press, 30th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781472223821 Winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction and a Sunday Times bestselling novel, Hamnet reveals for the first time in fiction the story that inspired Shakespeare’s most celebrated play.
Jenny Oliver Untitled HQ, 24th June, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780008297572 The best beach read of 2021 from author of uplifting women’s fiction books such as The Summer We Ran Away and The Summerhouse by the Sea.
AJ Pearce Yours Cheerfully Picador, 24th June, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781509853946 From the bestselling author of Dear Mrs Bird comes this sequel, an inspirational, funny and rousing story of courage at the height of World War II.
Sharon Penman The Land Beyond the Sea Pan, 4th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781447287551 Epic novel tells the story of a clash of cultures.
SERIES
Te Jackdaw Mysteries SW Perry 3: The Saracen’s Mark Corvus, 4th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781786498991 Tale of conspiracy, murder and espionage in Elizabethan London and Marrakesh. 4: The Heretic’s Mark Corvus, 1st April, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781786499035 New instalment in Elizabethan crime series takes hero Nicholas Shelby and his new wife to Padua, where danger follows with every turn.
Tracie Peterson Forever My Own Bethany House, 26th July, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780764232374 Kirstin Hallberg arrives to care for her grandmother but when she opens their front door one day she finds the brother she long thought dead on the other side.
The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Fiction
Anne O’Brien The Queen’s Rival HQ, 7th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008225537 The forgotten story of Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, a strong woman who claimed the throne for her family in a time of war.
Susan Elizabeth Phillips Dance Away With Me Avon Books, 4th March, pb, £6.99, 9780062973078 Philips returns with a deeply felt novel where running away isn’t just a way to find yourself and romance.
Rosamunde Pilcher A Place Like Home Hodder & Stoughton, 18th February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781529350340 Absorbing new collection of stories from international bestselling author.
Jia Pingwa, Christopher Payne (tr) The Mountain Whisperer Sinoist Books, 2nd April, hb, eb, £15.99, 9781838905255 High in the mountains of central China a dying funeral singer tells four interweaved tragedies of all-too-human players caught in a mythic cycle of avarice, vengeance and suffering.
Bethany W Pope The Hungry and the Lost Parthian Books, 2nd July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781913640200 Literary Southern Gothic saga set in Edwardian Florida. A young woman struggles to protect her home and self during a time of conflict.
Victoria Princewill In the Palace of Flowers Cassava Republic Press, 16th February, pb, £11.99, 9781911115755 Atmospheric historical novel about an Abyssinian slave who stands at the funeral of a Persian nobleman. Magnificent tale about the fear of being forgotten.
Kate Quinn The Rose Code HarperCollins, 3rd March, hb, £12.99, 9780008455842 Brand new from internationally bestselling author of The Alice Network and The Huntress. Available to pre-order now.
Alisha Rai First Comes Like Avon Books, 18th March, pb, £9.99, 9780062878151 Author of The Right Swipe and Girl Gone Viral returns with a story about finding love in all the wrong inboxes.
Michelle Rawlins The Steel Girls HQ, 1st April, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780008427290 Based on the true story and experiences of the forgotten heroines who became the backbone of Sheffield’s steel industry during World War II.
Celia Rees Miss Graham’s Cold War Cookbook HarperCollins, 10th June, pb, £7.99, 9780008354329 An ordinary woman and a book of recipes: the perfect cover for spying. Beautifully crafted, gripping novel about loss, betrayal and female friendship.
Joanna Rees The Hidden Wife Pan, 18th March, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781529018875 Second novel in dazzling historical trilogy follows The Runaway Daughter.
Alex Reeve The Butcher of Berner Street Raven Books, 1st April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781526612748 An anonymous letter summons fledgling journalist Leo Stanhope to an East End club only for the owner to be found murdered in this highly atmospheric, characterful Victorian mystery.
Annette Purdey Pugh A Murder at Rosings Honno Welsh Women’s Press, 17th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781912905355 When Mr Collins is found murdered in Lady Catherine de Bourgh’s garden the prime suspect is Mr Bennet. Can his clever daughter save him from the gallows?
Vanessa Riley An Earl, the Girl and a Toddler Zebra, 27th April, pb, £12.99, 9781420152258 Swoon-worthy second instalment in which a shipwrecked woman searches for her memories and becomes entangled with a conflicted nobleman.
Elaine Roberts Big Dreams for the West End Girls Aria, 8th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781800246096 1914. Annie, Rose and Joyce are three girls with
very different dreams but the same great friendship.
Annie Robertson The Guesthouse At Lobster Bay Welbeck, 13th May, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781787396203 Old-fashioned escapist romance set on a windswept corner of Scotland in a little fishing village.
Diana Rosie Pippo and Clara Mantle, 4th February, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781447293057 Story about love and loss and how much of our lives depends on chance.
Jennifer Rosner The Yellow Bird Sings Picador, 18th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529032475 Powerfully moving and utterly gripping début about a mother and daughter forced into hiding at the height of World War II and the bond between parent and child.
Dianna Rostad You Belong Here Now William Morrow, 13th May, pb, £10.99, 9780063027893 Three orphans journey westward from New York City to Montana on their own hoping for a better life. They find haven in a place where beautiful wild horses roam free.
Hannah Rothschild House of Trelawney Bloomsbury, 13th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781526600653 “Succession” from the pen of the modern Nancy Mitford—a razor-sharp, diamond-bright new novel from the Baileys Prize shortlisted author of The Improbability of Love.
Edward Rutherfurd China Hodder & Stoughton, 13th May, hb, eb, £20, 9781444787832 Unforgettable, exhaustive tale of 19th-century China.
Jennifer Ryan Love of a Cowboy Avon Books, 13th May, pb, £6.99, 9780062851987 Skye Kennedy has always loved the close-knit community of Sunrise Fellowship but when she witnesses the new leader commit a terrible crime, she flees.
Jennifer Saint Ariadne Wildfire, 29th April, hb, £14.99, 9781472273864 In one of the most famous Greek myths, Ariadne betrayed her father, King Minos, to help Theseus defeat the Minotaur. But
Theseus in turn betrayed her. This is her story.
Susan Sallis An Ordinary Woman Corgi Books, 29th April, pb, eb, £6.99, 9780552178174 Wonderfully evocative novel, perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy, Fiona Valpy and Rosamunde Pilcher.
Polly Samson A Theatre for Dreamers Bloomsbury, 1st April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781526600592 Intoxicating novel set on Leonard Cohen’s Hydra in 1960, a place and a bohemian society that has captivated the world for decades.
Lynsay Sands Highland Treasure: Highland Brides Avon Books, 18th February, pb, £6.99, 9780062855404 A Buchanan brother finds a love to treasure in this scintillating historical romance.
Helen Scarlett The Deception of Harriet Fleet Quercus, 1st April, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781529407549 Dark and brimming with suspense, an atmospheric Victorian chiller set in brooding County Durham for fans of Stacey Halls and Laura Purcell.
Simon Scarrow The Emperor’s Exile Headline, 18th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781472258458 Sardinia, AD 57. Roman soldier Cato finds himself isolated on a plague- ridden island simmering with tensions. Thrilling new Macro and Cato drama.
Simon Scarrow Blackout Headline, 18th March, hb, £20, 9781472258540 War has begun and winter blankets Berlin in snow and ice while a serial killer gets to work.
Matthew Schultz, Jordan Lepore We, the Wanted Cosmic Egg Books, 30th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781789043259 Revealing the mysterious and tragic history of the American Northeast, We, The Wanted is a gothic tale of isolation and the monsters hoping to lure us into their darkness.
Caroline Scott When I Come Home Again Simon & Schuster, 24th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781471183775 Based on true events, a deeply moving and
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