SAGAS, ROMANCE & HISTORICAL
powerful story of a nation’s outpouring of grief and the search for hope in the aftermath of the First World War.
Lawrence Scott Dangerous Freedom Papillote Press, 27th February, pb, £10.99, 9781999776862 London in 1802 is dangerous for black people. Elizabeth d’Aviniere, the mixed- race great-niece of Lord Mansfield, fears for her children’s safety and yearns for her enslaved mother.
Jill Shalvis Love for Beginners Headline Eternal, 8th June, pb, £9.99, 9781472284402 The New York Times bestseller continues her Wildstone series with this moving story of a young woman who has to start her life—and her love life—over again.
Lizzie Shane Once Upon a Puppy Headline Eternal, 25th May, pb, £9.99, 9781472278678 Opposites attract when a straitlaced lawyer and whimsical party planner must fake- date as co-parents of a rambunctious Irish wolfhound.
Liz MacRae Shaw Had We Never Loved So Blindly Top Hat Books, 30th April, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781789046038 A Hebridean love story, swept up on the tides of World War II, from naval convoys to Bletchley Park.
Muna Shehadi Honest Secrets Headline Review, 4th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781472258755 What if you discover that your glamorous movie-star mother could never have given birth to you? A tale of explosive family secrets, for fans of Lucinda Riley and Santa Montefiore.
Laura Shepherd-Robinson Daughters of Night Mantle, 18th February, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781509880829 Second novel from the author of Blood & Sugar. Harry Corsham’s wife takes centrestage as she pursues a murder case that officials refuse to investigate.
Sara Sheridan The Fair Botanists Hodder & Stoughton, 29th April, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781529336207 Bewitching and immersive
story for fans of Jessie Burton, Sarah Perry and The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock.
Joanna Shupe The Heiress Hunt Avon Books, 13th May, pb, £6.99, 9780063045040 The Fifth Avenue Rebels, set once again in the glittering world of Gilded Age New York City, where within the elite Four Hundred survival means obeying the rules.
Harry Sidebottom The Return Zaffre, 27th May, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781785769658 Breakout Roman historical thriller about a war hero who returns home to a series of brutal murders. From the author of Fire in the East.
Naima Simone The Road to Rose Bend Mills & Boon, 24th June, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781848458512 Emotional story of love, loss and starting again, family feuds and grief.
Sjon Red Milk Sceptre, 9th March, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781529355895 Timely novel about a young neo-Nazi in post- World War II Iceland and the roots of the far-right global networks of today.
Jill Eileen Smith Miriam’s Song Revell, 5th April, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780800734725 Follow Miriam’s journey from childhood to motherhood, obscurity to notoriety, and yearning to fulfillment as she learns that what God promises he provides.
Michael Farris Smith Nick No Exit Press, 25th Febru- ary, hb, eb, £12.99, 9780857304544 Critically acclaimed novelist pulls Nick Carraway out of the shadows and into the spotlight in this exhilarating imagination of his life before The Great Gatsby.
Rebecca Smith The Ash Museum Legend Press, 3rd May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781789559019 Through ten decades and across three continents, an intergenerational story of loss, migration and the search for somewhere to feel at home.
Lauraine Snelling The Seeds of Change Bethany House, 23rd July, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780764235696
After turning the tables on a crooked gambler, Larkspur Nielsen looks for a new start for herself and her three sisters.
Mia Sosa The Wedding Crasher Avon, 22nd July, pb, £9.99, 9780062909893 Bestselling author of The Worst Best Man back with another hilarious and steamy #OwnVoices friends-to-lovers romantic comedy about a dating experiment gone very wrong.
Francis Spufford Light Perpetual Faber & Faber, 4th Febru- ary, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780571336487 From the bestselling, prize-winning author of Golden Hill a novel of the everyday, the miraculous and the everlasting.
John Spurling A Mirror for Monkeys Duckworth, 11th Febru- ary, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780715653623 Through memory and art, award-winning author Spurling reimagines the Glorious Revolution and brings to life historical figures Dryden, Vanbrugh, Swift, Pope and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.
Mary Jane Staples Love for a Soldier Corgi Books, 4th February, pb, eb, £6.99, 9780552178198 Must read for fans of Katie Flynn, Fiona Valpy and Kristin Hannah, an enthralling, gripping romantic adventure from multimillion-copy seller.
Brina Starler Anne of Manhattan William Morrow, 22nd July, pb, £10.99, 9780063020740 LM Montgomery’s classic tale Anne of Green Gables gets a charming and hilarious update in New York.
Sarah Steele The Missing Pieces of Nancy Moon Headline Review, 10th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781472270092 For readers of Joanna Cannon and Ruth Hogan, a standout début novel for summer about how to piece a life, and a heart, back together after loss.
Matteo Strukul, Richard McKenna Medici—Supremacy Head of Zeus, 7th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781786692153 The Medici family is preparing for the marriage of son and heir Lorenzo. His heart belongs
to another but this union will strengthen the alliance with a powerful Roman family.
Maggie Sullivan The Land Girls From Coronation Street HarperCollins, 3rd February, hb, £14.99, 9780008393960 Charming, nostagic read for fans of “Coronation Street” and readers who love stories set in wartime.
Heidi Swain A Taste of Home Simon & Schuster, 29th April, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781471195822 audiofile, £14.40, 9781398500594 Fliss finds out she has a family of her own after her mother dies. Discovering her estranged grandfather owns a fruit farm, can she resurrect its glory days?
AD Swanston Chaos Corgi Books, 1st July, pb, eb, £6.99, 9780552172394 Tense historical thriller set against the backdrop of treason, terror and civil unrest in Elizabethan England and marks the return of Dr Christopher Radcliff.
Harris Tessa Beneath a Starless Sky HQ Digital, 4th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008400378 Gripping, emotional historical fiction novel for fans of My Name is Eva and The Woman of War.
John Theobald The Drowned Land Head of Zeus, 8th July, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781788545525 The story of a refugee who cannot deny her destiny no matter how hard she tries, a crippled young man searching for strength, and a warrior’s desperate will to survive.
Jo Thomas Untitled Corgi Books, 10th June, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780552176866 Delightfully escapist new product from bestselling author of Escape to the French Farmhouse and the focus of a major Transworld relaunch.
SERIES
Quality Street Penny Thorpe 2: The Mothers of Quality Street HarperCollins, 3rd March, pb, £7.99, 9780008307837 3: The Quality Street Wedding HarperCollins, 27th May, hb, £12.99, 9780008406868 The ups and down of three plucky factory girls, set in a chocolate factory.
Georgia Toffolo Meet Me in Hawaii Mills & Boon, 18th March, pb, eb, £7.99, 9780008375881 Escape to the beach with a heartwarming romance of sun, surf, friendship and love from bestselling author of Meet Me in London.
Paige Toon
Someone I Used to Know Simon & Schuster, 24th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781471198526 audiofile, £14.40, 9781471185083 After half a lifetime have Leah and George healed the scars of their pasts? Will coming back home set their hearts in a different direction?
Joanna Toye The Victory Girls HarperCollins, 1st April, pb, £7.99, 9780008441999 New in the heartwarming World War II family saga series.
Peter Tremayne The Shapeshifter’s Lair Headline, 4th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781472265388 The 31st mystery in Tremayne’s longstanding and much loved series, featuring 7th-century Irish super-sleuth Sister Fidelma.
Liz Trenow The Secrets of the Lake Pan, 13th May, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781529036619 Heartbreaking, gripping novel about loyalty, love and lies set just after the Second World War.
Christos Tsiolkas Damascus Atlantic Books, 4th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781838950224 Powerful new novel from the acclaimed author of The Slap and Barracuda.
Antonin Varenne The Canvas of the World MacLehose Press, 8th July, hb, eb, £20, 9781529403855 Final volume of Varenne’s epic historical trilogy.
Eva Verde Lives Like Mine Simon & Schuster, 10th June, hb, eb, £12.99, 9781398502826 audiofile, £14.40, 9781398502864 With her children in school Monica finds herself wondering if this is all there is. Then along comes Joe, a catalyst for change in the guise of a flirtatious parent.
Jeremy Vine The Diver and the Lover Coronet, 8th July, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781529308457
Soaked in sunlight, love and the mysteries surrounding a famous artist The Diver and the Lover is a novel inspired by true events.
Becky Wade Let It Be Me Bethany House, 31st May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780764235610 When heart surgeon Sebastian meets maths teacher Lea his fast- spinning world comes to a sudden stop.
Jess Walter The Cold Millions Viking, 18th February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780241374573 Wonderfully rich novel of early 20th-century America from bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins.
Minette Walters The Last Hours: The Complete Omnibus Edition Allen & Unwin, 3rd June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781911630654 Definitive edition of thrilling tale of courage and defiance set in the time of the Black Death, featuring The Last Hours and The Turn of Midnight.
Mollie Walton The Orphan of Ironbridge Bonnier Zaffre, 15th April, pb, eb, £7.99, 9781838773144 “An addictive, heartwarming book with an unputdownable plot. I didn’t want it to end”— Dinah Jefferies on The Secrets of Ironbridge.
Amanda Eyre Ward The Jetsetters Viking, 13th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780241491324 A family reunited on a holiday of a lifetime— what could possibly go wrong?
Martha Waters To Love and to Loathe Headline Eternal, 6th April, pb, £9.99, 9781472283870 Effervescent historical romcom about a man and woman who never agree on anything but embark on a no-strings affair. Perfect for fans of Julia Quinn’s Bridgertons.
Jo Watson Untitled Headline Eternal, 16th March, pb, £9.99, 9781472265579 From 500,000-copy- selling author. It all started with a faulty elevator for Becca in You, Me, Forever and Frankie in Truly, Madly, Like Me. Now it’s time for Zoe’s story.
Alison Weir Six Tudor Queens: Katharine Parr, the Sixth Wife
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