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An epic wartime novel from the no.1 bestselling author of labyrinth and the city of tears 1942, nazi-occupied france. sandrine, a spirited and courageous nineteen-year-old, finds herself drawn into a resistance group in carcassonne – codenamed ‘citadel’ – made up of ordinary women who are prepared to risk everything for what is right. and when she meets raoul, they discover a shared passion for the cause, for their homeland, and for each other. but in a world where the enemy now lies in every shadow – where neighbour informs on neighbour; where friends disappear without warning and often without trace – love can demand the highest price of all…

Sent with her governess to live with the dreadful carter family in exotic brazil in 1910, maia endures many hardships before fulfilling her dream of exploring the amazon river.

“the highly anticipated new novel from david nicholls, author of the mega-bestselling fiction sensation one day, which follows one man’s efforts to salvage his marriage–and repair his troubled relationship with his teenaged son–during the course of a trip around europe”–

Tess brookes has always been a girl with a plan. but when her carefully constructed plan goes belly up, she’s forced to reconsider. after accidently answering her flatmate vanessa’s phone, she decides that since being tess isn’t going so well, why shouldn’t she try out being vanessa? with nothing left to lose, she accepts vanessa’s photography assignment to an exotic island – she used to be an amateur snapper, how hard can it be? right? but tess is soon in big trouble – she isn’t a photographer, she isn’t vanessa, and the gorgeous journalist on the shoot with her, who is making it very clear he’d like to get into her pants, is an egotistical monster.

Fern’s warmth, insight and humour combine to deliver a novel that will speak to women everywhere. christie lynch is a journalist and single mother of two when she gets a lucky break – an appearance on daytime tv talk show, tart talk.

At eighteen, milly was up for anything. so when a friend asked her to marry him just so that he could stay in england, she didn’t hesitate. to make it seem real she dressed up in wedding finery and posed on the steps of the registry office for photographs. now, ten years later, milly is a very different person. engaged to simon – who is good-looking, wealthy and adores her – she is about to have the biggest and most elaborate wedding imaginable, all masterminded by her mother. nobody knows about her first marriage, so it’s almost as though it never happened – isn’t it? but with only four days to go, it looks as though milly’s past is going to catch up with her. can she sort things out before her fairytale wedding collapses around her? how can she tell simon? and worse still, how can she tell her mother …?

From the sunday times bestselling author of last letter home, a richard & judy book club pick, comes a thrilling novel about a woman with an extraordinary life, based on a true story.

A priceless titian masterpiece. a sumptuous french chateau with a deadly secret. and a mystery hidden in a bordeaux village that will change their lives forever… when elegant anouk, a dealer in american antiques, dies unexpectedly, she leaves the metropolitan museum an uncatalogued, multimillion dollar painting by titian. her son, mischa, had no idea she had even owned it and becomes determined to discover the story behind the painting. this mystery sends him on the trail of his own history, back to the french village of his childhood. there he hopes to uncover the origins of the gypsy madonna; he never expects to find himself. lose yourself in this story of epic romance and dark mystery set against the backdrop of occupied france and post-war america.