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  Forgotten Authors The - Volume...

  Josephine Tey, Hesba Stretton,...

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  Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society. 
  In literature the ambition is much narrower.  In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published.  And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading.  Obviously for most of humanity’s time people couldn’t read and texts couldn’t be published in any great number. 
  In the 15th Century Gutenberg’s printing press began the revolution to address the second and by the 19th century had gathered pace with startling speed and mass distribution.  Education for the many was brought in to help people understand more of their world and, with new skills, how to have a better place within it.  Now, if the powers that owned the presses and means of distribution agreed an audience would now be able to avail themselves of your ideas, your printed words.  
  Sadly, in the thirst for the new, the recent and the past fell from sight, relegated to dark corners and dusty shelves.   
  But the printed word is rarely without someone, somewhere busying themselves through piles of papers and books rediscovering what a good story is, whatever its age. 
  Sadly, in the thirst for the new, the recent and the past fell from sight, relegated to dark corners and dusty shelves.    
  But the printed word is rarely without someone, somewhere busying themselves through piles of papers and books rediscovering what a good story is, whatever its age. 
  In this volume we offer up a small selection of those talents whose time has now come again.

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  Hide Away

  Dermot Bolger

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  Hidden behind the walls of Grangegorman Mental Hospital in 1941, four lives collide, all afflicted by the human cost of wars, betrayals and trauma.
  Gus, a shrewd attendant, is the keeper of everyone's secrets, especially his own. Two War of Independence veterans are reunited. One, Jimmy Nolan, has spent twenty years as a psychiatric patient, unable to recover from his involvement in youthful killings. In contrast, Francis Dillon has prospered as a businessman, until rumours of Civil War atrocities cause his collapse, suffering delusions of enemies seeking to kill him.
  Doctor Fairfax has fled London after his gay lover's death. Desperate to rekindle a sense of purpose, Fairfax tries to help Dillon recover by getting him to talk about his past. But a code of silence surrounds the traumatic violence Ireland has endured. Is Dillon willing to break his silence to find a way back to his family?
  In this superb evocation of hidden worlds, master storyteller Dermot Bolger explores the aftershock within people who participate in violence and the fault-lines in all post-conflict societies only held together by collective amnesia.

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  The Shakespeare Sisters - An...

  Juliet Greenwood

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  Four motherless sisters, raised by a distant father in a crumbling, ivy-choked country estate. A terrible war on the horizon that will tear an ancient family apart. 
  
   
  Stratford-upon-Avon, 1940. Rosalind Arden, born into one of the oldest families in England, has grown up running wild through the walled gardens and secret passages of historic Arden House, known to have once been frequented by Shakespeare himself. But centuries of squandered wealth have left the family destitute, and Papa Arden plans to replenish the coffers by securing hasty marriages to the highest bidder for Rosalind and her sisters. Passionate and headstrong, Rosalind is quickly running out of ways to avoid this fate.
  
   
  But then war comes to England, and not even Arden House can remain untouched. As food shortages grip the villages and England is shrouded by black-outs, Rosalind is unexpectedly swept into the orbit of soft-spoken aspiring architect Guy Thompson… just weeks before he’s sent to fight. Heartbroken, Rosalind knows she can’t return to the golden prison of Arden. With little more than a leather-bound book of Shakespeare in tow – a secret bequest from her mother – she runs away to London. There, she throws herself into the war effort, photographing the heart-wrenching aftermath of the blitz – building a life for herself she never thought possible.
  
   
  Until death comes to Arden and Rosalind is called home to devastating news. With Guy having inexplicably cut contact and her father on the edge of ruin, Rosalind must choose between the life she has made for herself and saving her beautiful, broken Arden House, home to the man who has only ever tried to bend her to his will…
  
   
  A heartbreaking and unforgettable story full of mystery that will have you reaching for the tissues. Perfect for anyone who loves Fiona Valpy, Lucinda Riley and Dinah Jefferies.
  
   
  What readers are saying about Juliet Greenwood:
  
   
  “I really loved this book – I picked it up to read on a sunny afternoon in the garden and read it in a single sitting, swept away into the world the author created. This is my new favourite from this very talented author, and I recommend it most highly.” Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
  
   
  “A story of female solidarity and friendship, brilliantly written… What I love about Juliet Greenwood’s books is the way her fiction is set in the past yet feels so very contemporary. She creates stories around timeless issues that never fail to strike a chord, and her books quickly draw you in and are really hard to put down.” Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
  
   
  “A truly lovely read.” Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
  
   
  “Top-notch historical fiction in the tradition of Sarah Waters or Tracey Chevalier… This book is authentic historical fiction… Highly recommended… Not enough stars.” Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
  
   
  “I adored this book from Juliet Greenwood, a wonderful heroine, a gorgeous landscape and a plot to carry you away.” Faith Hogan, bestselling author of The Ladies’ Midnight Swimming Club
  
   
  “Absolutely loved it' Heidi Swain, bestselling author of The Secrets Seaside Escape
  
   
  “This book is well written and so descriptive that you can imagine yourself there... I highly recommend this book it’s a great read.” Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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  Scottish Dreams Trilogy

  May McGoldrick, Jan Coffey

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  Scottish Dreams Trilogy
  Three Complete Novels: Borrowed Dreams, Captured Dreams, Dreams of Destiny
  Pennington Family Novels
  Three women. Three Pennington men. One unforgettable journey through danger, desire, and the wilds of Scotland.
  Borrowed Dreams
  Recently widowed Millicent Wentworth is determined to right the wrongs of her late husband and save the people and estate he left behind. Her only chance is a marriage of convenience to Lyon Pennington, the reclusive and brooding Earl of Aytoun. What begins as a practical arrangement soon becomes a tender and passionate bond that neither expected—and both will fight to protect.
  Captured Dreams
  Portia Edwards is desperate to uncover the truth about the family she's never known. When she meets the enigmatic Pierce Pennington, a successful merchant and secret Son of Liberty, she finds herself drawn into a world of intrigue and forbidden attraction. But Pierce's alter ego—Captain MacHeath, a smuggler with a price on his head—may be the key to both her past and her future.
  Dreams of Destiny
  Haunted by scandal and tragedy, David Pennington has become a hardened man—until his childhood friend Gwyneth Douglas calls on him for help. Charged with protecting the spirited Scottish heiress from a web of fortune hunters, David accompanies her to Scotland. But danger shadows their every step, and as old feelings reignite, they'll risk everything for a chance at lasting love.
  From windswept estates to rebel strongholds, the Scottish Dreams Trilogy is a sweeping saga of second chances, enduring passion, and the unbreakable bonds of family.

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  Tracks to Freedom

  Michael Reit

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  The only way you’ll leave Auschwitz is through the chimney. 
  The words still rang in Agnes Markx’s head as she left the Judenramp and the hive of activity around the train behind. As a nurse assigned to Block 10, she realizes the stories of the horrors transpiring here weren’t exaggerated. Now an unwilling accomplice in the Nazi doctors’ medical experiments, she vows to save as many women under her care as possible. 
  Electrician Joel Kozak has access to all areas of the gargantuan camp. When the underground camp resistance reaches out to him one day, he discovers his appointment wasn’t by accident. 
  As a stoker in Birkenau’s crematoria, Samson Tarski witnesses more death in an hour than most people in a lifetime. The thought of stepping into the gas chambers and ending his struggle is always on his mind. But when one of his friends shares a bold plan to rise up and destroy the buildings of death, he finds a renewed sense of purpose. 
  These three strangers are now part of an attempt to achieve the impossible without knowing each other. 
  To rise up, destroy the Auschwitz-Birkenau death factory, and escape to tell the world about it. 
  Based on actual events, Tracks to Freedom is a story of bravery and the battle to retain one’s humanity in a place where there is none.

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  Dear FIN

  Andrea Layne Black

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  Andrea Layne Black's LGBQT novella Dear FIN tells the story of Jack Wilson, a young man mourning his beloved dog, on the eve of his 17th birthday and the six-year anniversary of the tragic death of his parents, as he struggles with friends, family, sexuality, and his troubled feelings in the small coastal community of Old Riverdam.
  Dear FIN creates the dazzling, funny, and raw world of a troubled teenager; coming of age; coming out; coming to terms; and coming together with new friends and loves.
  The narrator Jack is an instant friend to the reader, too ― and Jack will make you look at life more differently than ever before.
  A book that dives deep into the pressures of how mental health and loss can take a toll on your life, Dear FIN is a fun heart-pounding novella that looks at coping with loss.
  To read Dear FIN is to step with Jack as he struggles with friends, family, sexuality, and his troubled feelings in the small coastal community of Old Riverdam. A funny and charismatic tale from Canada, Dear FIN is a satisfying and thoughtful novella, within which the reader can unusually participate.

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