SAGAS, ROMANCE & HISTORICAL
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Sagas,
romance & historical
Elizabeth Acevedo Family Lore Canongate, 4th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781805300526 Big-hearted novel about three generations of women preparing for a living wake.
Sarah Adams The Rule Book Headline Eternal, 2nd April, pb, £10.99, 9781035409051 College sweethearts meet again after many years in this highly anticipated romance and companion story to The Cheat Sheet on TikTok.
Sarah Adler Happy Medium Quercus, 30th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529429220 Perfect for fans of Emily Henry, Beth O’Leary and Tessa Bailey, a romcom from the author of Mrs Nash’s Ashes.
Joan Aiken Deception Pan, 4th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529093476 Tegency romance from critically acclaimed author who has been compared to Georgette Heyer and Jane Austen.
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Te Paget Family Saga Joan Aiken Pan, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529093 Romance in the Regency era with lots of appeal for fans of Bridgerton, reissued with beautiful new covers. 1: The Smile of the Stranger 16th May, 520 2: The Weeping Ash 4th April, 483 3: The Girl From Paris 4th April, 513
Joan Aiken The Five-minute Marriage Pan, 4th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529093544 “Her sheer storytelling zest [is] a phenomenon”— Philip Pullman.
Molly Aitken Bright I Burn Canongate, 6th June, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781786898388 Blazing tale of power, patriarchy and sexuality, based on the story of the first recorded woman in Ireland to have
Eve Ainsworth Somebody I Used to Love Canelo, 27th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781804367742 Can Will and Gem find their way back to each other, or are some relationships best left undone and some secrets left untouched?
Nigar Alam Under the Tamarind Tree Bedford Square, 25th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781915798695 A story of love tested to its limits by moral dilemmas, and the beauty and fragility of childhood friendships.
Isabel Allende The Wind Knows My Name Bloomsbury, 4th June, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781526660336 Powerful new novel from global bestseller traces the effects of war and immigration on one child in Europe in 1938 and another in the US in 2019.
Diane Allen A War in the Dales Macmillan, 4th July, hb, eb, £22, 9781529093063 Another heartfelt novel from Allen, a tale of two young girls doing all they can to get home to Yorkshire in 1939.
Jane Allison The Headmaster’s Daughter Cahill Davis, 24th May, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781915307095 Elizabeth Manners knows her parent’s love story and what they both sacrificed during the First World War. Now, with a new war upon them, will Elizabeth’s story have the same happy outcome?
Rosanna Amaka Rose and the Burma Sky Penguin, 7th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781804991909 Gripping historical novel of a black soldier’s experience in the Second World War, a rare and moving tale of love and sacrifice.
Rosie Andrews The Puzzle Wood Raven, 9th May, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781526637376 Deeply atmospheric, historical novel from author of Sunday Times bestseller The Leviathan. Deep in the woods, something is stirring...
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William Warwick Jeffrey Archer Pan, 11th July, pb, eb, £9.99, 97810350 Reissues of the three-part series by master storyteller and bestselling author of the Clifton Chronicles and Kane and Abel.
Nothing Ventured 35045
Hidden in Plain Sight 40711
Turn a Blind Eye 40728
John Manuel Arias Where There Was Fire Picador, 22nd February, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781035041374 Incredible new voice in fiction with a novel of love, murder and greed set in Costa Rica and the US.
Diane Armstrong Dancing With the Enemy HQ, 1st April, pb, £9.99, 9781867287261 “It was a perfect June evening that began with hope and ended in despair.” So begins the journal of Hugh Jackson, whose world is shattered when Britain abandons the Channel Islands.
Trisha Ashley The Wedding Dress Repair Shop Penguin, 28th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781804991930 Gloriously romantic, feelgood novel. Wedding dresses can be repaired, but can hearts?
Ellen Baker The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson HarperCollins, 11th April, hb, £20, 9780063351196 Sprawling delight of a novel spanning nearly a century as four generations gradually peel back the layers of long-buried family secrets that may just change everything.
CJ Barker Hungry Ghosts Te Book Guild, 28th March, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781916668447 Multigenerational family saga set against the backdrop of the Second World War and the late 1960s, reflecting on the indelible scars left by war.
Lawrence Battersby Dead Reckoning Tre Cappelli, 31st March, pb, £8.99, 9781913332013 Anti-war novel which has at its heart the true story of Britain’s wartime internment and transportation of innocent civilians and refugees.
Rowan Beaird The Divorcées Manilla Press, 28th March, hb, eb, £14.99, 9781786583659 pb, £13.99, 9781786583666 Set in the dizzying world of 1950s Reno, The Divorcées is a riveting page-turner and a dazzling exploration of female friendship, desire and freedom.
Lucy Barker The Other Side of Mrs Wood Fourth Estate, 15th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008597245 “I want your reputation,” the girl said to Mrs Wood. “I want everything you have...”
Kevin Barry The Heart in Winter Canongate, 6th June, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781805302117 Savagely funny, achingly beautiful tale set in the Wild West from the award-winning author of Night Boat to Tangier.
Erin Bartels The Lady with the Dark Hair Revell, 21st May, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780800741662 When questions arise about Esther’s ancestor’s greatest work—The Lady with the Dark Hair—her once-solid family history wobbles on shaky ground as a search for the truth begins.
Pepper Basham Loyally, Luke Tomas Nelson, 6th June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780840716583 A flannel-wearing man finds himself living out all the romcom movie tropes as he falls in love with a true-blue princess. Contemporary romance told mainly through emails.
Vicki Beeby A Wedding for the Bomber Girls Canelo, 25th April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781804367193 With an enemy in their midst, can the girls of bomber command protect their fighters in the skies?
Angela Bell A Lady’s Guide to Marvels and Misadventure Bethany House, 23rd April, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780764242137 When Clara’s ex-fiance spreads rumors that her family suffers from insanity it is all she can do to protect them from society’s prejudice.
Anna Bell Once Upon a Leap Year HQ, 1st February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9780008467661 High-concept romcom about daring to take a chance. If Lucy is going to find a love that is rarer than a leap year, then she must take a leap of faith.
Kimberly Belle The Paris Widow HQ Digital, 20th June, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781848459311 Utterly gripping thriller from USA Today bestselling author.
Ginny Bell Return to the Dover Cafe Zaffre, 9th May, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781804183335 “Perfect for those days when all you want is a book to lose yourself in”— Fiona Ford, author of The Liberty Girls.
Lenora Bell You’re the Duke That I Want Avon, 15th February, pb, £8.99, 9780063316881 Bell returns with a “Grease”-inspired romcom about an innocent lady who clashes with a sexy, hard-riding rake.
Jeremy Bending Gwendoline Cranthorpe Millner, 30th April, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781803781891 Based on true events, a young woman’s tragic story as she struggles to deal with the pressures placed on her as a woman, nurse and mother in the 1900s.
Julia Bennet The Worst Woman in London Sterling, 7th May, pb, £8.99, 9781454954484 Bridgerton-inspired, humorous, Victorian romance featuring a defiant heroine who fights to escape a bad marriage.
Anya Bergman The Tarot Reader of Versailles Manilla Press, 20th June, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781786582560 Set against the background of the French Revolution, this is a novel where allegiances and romances can be forged or broken by the turn of a card.
Franco Bernini, Oonagh Stransky (tr) The Throne Europa Editions, 27th June, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781787704992 Machiavelli is famous the world over but who was he before he penned The Prince?
Freya Berry The Birdcage Library Headline Review, 28th March, pb, £9.99, 9781472276391 Addicting, haunting and devious, The Birdcage Library invites the reader to uncover a heart- pounding story of entrapment and obsession. From the author of The Dictator’s Wife.
Steve Berry The Atlas Maneuver Hodder & Stoughton, 20th February, hb, eb, £22, 9781399706414 From celebrated New York Times bestselling author comes the latest Cotton Malone adventure.
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Cesare Aldo DV Bishop Atmospheric thrillers set against the backdrop of the Medici dynasty in 1530s Renaissance Florence.
3: Ritual of Fire Pan, 15th February, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529096507 4: A Divine Fury Macmillan, 20th June, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781529096538
Cecily Blench Secrets of Malta Bonnier, 29th February, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781804181782 Malta, 1943. The war in the air above the island is over but the battle for Europe is about to begin.
Jacquie Bloese The Golden Hour Hodder & Stoughton, 22nd February, hb, eb, £22, 9781529377361 Richly atmospheric, historical novel about three women fighting for a different future in fin-de- siecle Brighton. For fans of The Doll Factory and Sarah Waters.
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