Browsing: Great Britain

“Excellent” (Publishers Weekly starred review): During World War II, an American war correspondent is murdered in London — and sleuth Maisie Dobbs will stop at nothing to uncover the truth and catch the killer. “An immersive tale of wartime grit and grief” (Booklist) from a New York Times bestselling author.

Miss Mina Penny is finally ready for her first London season — and her hopeful conquest of the roguish Rafe Bentley. But when a twist of fate thrusts Mina into the arms of Rafe’s brother Drew, the stoic Duke of Thorndon, all bets are off! From a USA Today bestselling author.

This “wildly imagined, head-spinning, deeply intelligent novel” (The New York Times Book Review) follows Perdita Lee, her mother, and a gingerbread recipe that becomes a family legacy. “An enchanting masterpiece… Proves that Oyeyemi is one of the best English-language authors in the world today” (NPR).

Reed Valentine, Duke of Keswick, saves commoner Orelia while on a mission for the Crown. Together they look for answers, and it’s not long before they start to fall in love. But will society’s strictures keep them apart?

Ellen has one chance to avoid life as a spinster: a marriage of convenience to an earl’s son and her childhood crush, Marcus. But as their hearts grow closer, could their strictly practical arrangement lead them to true love?

A fantasy-filled Regency romance: Thomas Drake Saint-Clair, the Earl of Braden, is tasked with rescuing a missing boy to return to his warlock father. Coven protectress Merryn Pendraven is charged with finding the same boy — but she’s to return him to his mother instead. When Thomas and Merryn meet, sparks fly!

When the recently bereaved Earl of Brackenwood employs Annabelle as the governess to his young daughters, she doesn’t expect to enjoy his company. But she soon begins to question whether the earl knows more about his late wife’s death than he’s letting on… An engrossing historical love story!

“A skillful, rapid-fire historical spy thriller” (Kirkus Reviews) based on true events: In Nazi-occupied Norway, legendary British spy Eddie Chapman and enigmatic Norwegian resistance operative Dagmar Lahlum work together to help liberate the country — and face a daring fight against the Third Reich.