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An Act of Treachery

By Ann Widdecombe

Edith & Oliver: A Sunday Times Book of the Year

By Michele Forbes

Cape May

By Chip Cheek

Small Pleasures: The stunning new edition of the joyful bestseller

By Clare Chambers

One Enchanted Evening: From the #1 bestselling author of uplifting feel-good fiction

By Katie Fforde

The Affair: When in Rome ... fall in love

By Paul, Gill

Mother Of Pearl: A heart-wrenching Liverpool saga about families and their secrets

By Maureen Lee

House of Orphans

By Helen Dunmore, Dunmore, Helen

The Postmistress (Our Street at War, Book 1)

By Maggie Sullivan

Winter Games

By Johnson, Rachel

Cavendon Hall: Book 1 (Cavendon Chronicles)

By Bradford, Barbara Taylor

City of Women

By Gillham, David

Daughters of Paris

By Elisabeth Hobbes

A Wartime Nurse: Maggie Hope

By Hope, Maggie

Journey’s End

By Cox, Josephine

The Photographer of the Lost: A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK

By Scott, Caroline

The Light Between Oceans: The heartrending Sunday Times bestseller and Richard and Judy pick

By Stedman, M L

The Stationery Shop of Tehran

By Kamali, Marjan

The Lost Village: A heartbreaking World War 2 historical novel

By Daniela Sacerdoti

Trio

By Boyd, WILLIAM

One Week in August: An enchanting saga of friendship in 1950s Blackpool (Northern Lives)

By Margaret Thornton

The Bobby Girls' War: Book Four in a gritty, uplifting WW1 series about Britain's first ever female police officers

By Johanna Bell

The Ballroom Girls: A spellbinding and heart-warming new WWII romance (The Ballroom Girls Book 1)

By Jenny Holmes

The Ballroom Girls: Christmas Dreams: Curl up with this festive, heartwarming and uplifting historical romance book

By Jenny Holmes

Daisy Jones and The Six: Read the hit novel everyone’s talking about

By Jenkins Reid, Taylor

A Valley Dream: Book 1 in the uplifting new Backshaw Moss series

By Anna Jacobs

A Valley Wedding: Book 3 in the uplifting new Backshaw Moss series

By Anna Jacobs

The Saffron Trail

By Ley, Rosanna

By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept

By Smart, Elizabeth

I'll Be Seeing You: Picture House Girls 2

By Rosie Archer