Reader Offer: Summer Fiction
Fresh fiction, fresh authors, fresh reading. With settings from war-torn Paris, the Norfolk Broads and the Scottish Highlands there is sure to be something for everyone. Stock up now for summer so as not to be disappointed later. All books are discounted at half-price – at only £4 each, with a free book of our choice with every order of six or more. Just add postage and packaging (£6.99; £7.99 for remote areas; £4 for 1-4 books only) to your total order value and we’ll deliver straight to your door.
1 SERVANTS
From the butler, the footman, the maid and the cook of 1900 to the au pairs, cleaners and childminders who took their place seventy years later. A previously unheard class offers a fresh perspective on a dramatic century in their own voices and stories.
2 EASTERLEIGH HALL
When Evie Forbes starts as an assistant cook at Easterleigh Hall, she goes against her family’s wishes for ruthless Lord Brampton also owns the mine where her father and brothers work. Although there is animosity between the two families. Evie’s training offers her a way out of a life below stairs.
3 CALL ME SISTER
Jane Yeadon leaves behind her adventures as a student midwife and fulfills her dream of becoming a district nurse in the Highlands. With a brand new job Jane faces up to fresh challenges with her usual positive outlook and good humour.
4 PROUD OF YOU
Alice, an upper-class Londoner, is recruited into the Special Operations Executive and sent to Paris where she meets Gertrude, an ex-prostitute working for the Resistance Movement. Together they discover that they have a connection to the same man and vow to unravel the mystery of his death.
5 WAIT FOR THE DAWN
Taking up lodgings in Redbury, Lydia meets a handsome Guy Anderson and begins a friendship which blossoms into love. Until one day, a telegram from Italy brings devastating news for Guy and they find their passionate leave-taking has dramatic consequences for them both.
6 MADELEINE
Madeleine - daughter of a tyrannical father who worked in the Parkinson mill - spent her time either at chapel, or working as housemaid at Mount Royd. From the moment a visiting son of a French wool baron notices her dignity and beauty, everyone’s lives are changed, and Madeleine steps into a new and challenging future.
7 SEALED SECRETS
1858 - When Jim Fenwick comes to Betsy’s rescue, a special relationship develops. Love also blossoms between Robert Addison and Adele Jordan. But when Robert discovers something scandalous, he changes his identity and disappears. As these lives become interwoven some unexpected and dramatic truths are revealed.
8 ECHOES OF THE PAST
Dr Bennett is determined to save shipwrecked Katherine from an institution by asking his sister to take care of her. Amelia Bennett takes a cruel pleasure in her predicament but until Katherine can remember her past, her future is far from certain.
9 STILL WATERS
Living on the edge of the Norfolk Broads, the only ripple in Tess’ life is the disturbing dream about her dead mother which haunts her. She yearns to know more and as she grows up, Tess slowly puts together the pieces herself. But the outbreak of war brings tragedy and upheaval, changing Tess’s priorities.
10 WINDS OF CHANGE
After her father’s death, Miranda begins to make plans for her own future - funded by the inheritance she was promised. Sebastian, her controlling brother, has very different ideas but a chance encounter teaches here to stand up for herself and her dreams.