Author: deborahswift
When the Nazis invade the island of Jersey, Céline and her German husband, Fred, find their loyalties tested as they’re separated by the war — and forced to make impossible choices… A gripping historical novel with over 1,400 five-star ratings on Goodreads!
The second novel in the Mr Pepys series by popular historical novelist Deborah Swift, featuring the Great Plague Sometimes the pursuit of money costs too much… Ambitious Bess Bagwell is determined that her carpenter husband, Will, should make a name for himself in the Navy shipyards. To further his career, she schemes for him to meet Samuel Pepys, diarist, friend of the King and an important … friend of the King and an important man in the Navy. But Pepys has his own motive for cultivating the attractive Bess, and it’s certainly not to benefit her husband. Bess soon…
London 1666. Elizabeth ‘Bird’ Carpenter has a wonderful singing voice, and music is her chief passion. When her father persuades her to marry horse-dealer Christopher Knepp, she suspects she is marrying beneath her station, but nothing prepares her for the reality of life with Knepp. Her father has betrayed her trust, for Knepp cares only for his horses; he is a tyrant and a bully, and will allow … allow Bird no life of her own. When Knepp goes away, she grasps her chance and, encouraged by her maidservant Livvy, makes a secret visit to the theatre. Entranced by the…
Sweethearts Rhoda and Peter were engaged when the beginning of World War II tore them apart. Ten years later, their marriage is hanging by a thread — and both must come to terms with their wartime secrets in order to save it.
To secure her inheritance after her father’s death, Elspet must journey from London to Seville. Soon, she finds herself immersed in the world of a charismatic swordsman — and the Golden Age of 17th-century Spain.
When bold Ella runs away to London, she takes her shy, plain sister Sadie with her. But they soon become rivals — and find themselves in danger — in this historical saga “filled with action and sparked with romance” (Booklist).
In 17th-century England, Alice discovers the last surviving specimen of a rare orchid — but she isn’t the only person who wants to claim the flower… “Compelling and intriguing, this is a well-told story full of wonderful prose and surprising events” (RT Book Reviews).