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  City of Silk

  Glennis Virgo

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  Bologna, 1575. A talented seamstress. A powerful merchant. A fierce battle of wills Elena Morandi has gained a fragile foothold in a master tailor's workshop, despite the profession being barred to women. But then Antonio della Fontana, a powerful man from her past, crosses her path and threatens everything she has built. Fontana has every corner of the city in his pocket and Elena knows all too well of his past abuses, but driven to fight for justice, she hatches a daring plan to get retribution for herself, a lost friend and his other victims. The sights, sounds and textures of Renaissance Italy are brought to vivid life in this breathtaking historical fiction debut.

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  Unmentionables

  Laurie Loewenstein

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  Marian Elliot Adams, an outspoken advocate for sensible undergarments for women, sweeps onto the Chautauqua stage under a brown canvas tent on a sweltering August night in 1917, and shocks the gathered town of Emporia with her speech: How can women compete with men in the work place and in life if they are confined by their undergarments? The crowd is further appalled when Marian falls off the stage and sprains her ankle, and is forced to remain among them for a week. As the week passes, she throws everything into turmoil. 
  The recently widowed newspaper editor Deuce Garland, his lapels glittering with fraternal pins, has always been a community booster, his desire to conform rooted in a legacy of shame—his great-grandfather married a Black woman, and the town will never let Deuce forget it, especially not his father-in-law, the owner of the newspaper and Deuce’s boss. 
  But Marian’s arrival shatters Deuce’s notions of what is acceptable versus what is right, and Deuce falls madly in love with the tall activist from New York. During her stay in Emporia, Marian pushes Deuce to become a greater, braver, and more dynamic man than he ever imagined was possible. Marian is a powerful catalyst that forces nineteenth-century Emporia into the twentieth century; but while she agitates for enlightenment and justice, she has little time to consider her own motives and her extreme loneliness. Marian, in the end, must decide if she has the courage to face small-town life and be known, or will continue to be a stranger always passing through.

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  The Duke's Secret Heir

  Sarah Mallory

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  A wary wife can’t resist her own husband in this compelling Regency romance from the award-winning author of The Chaperone’s Seduction. 
   
  “This, madam, changes everything.” 
   
  Years ago, in the Egyptian desert, Ellen Tatham fell wildly in love and exchanged vows with Max Colnebrooke. But, when made to believe Max could not be trusted, she fled . . .  
   
  Now, Max is back in England to take up the reins as Duke of Rossenhall. And when he spies Ellen at a ball, the sparks are hard to contain. Little does Max know, though, that Ellen has a secret . . . And soon, he must learn to embrace an unexpected heir, and an unexpected—and disconcertingly defiant—duchess! 
   
  “Well-written . . . an entertaining, angsty read, and one that should appeal to those who enjoy second-chance romances.” —All About Romance

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  King Without a Kingdom The (The...

  Maurice Druon

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  ‘This was the original GAME OF THRONES’ George R.R. Martin 
  Available for the first time in English, THE KING WITHOUT A KINGDOM is the seventh and final volume of The Accursed Kings series. 
  The reign of the Capetian kings has ended and John II, ‘The Good’, second of the Valois dynasty, has taken the throne. 
  Under his leadership the Hundred Years War, one of the longest and bloodiest conflicts in history, escalates and England and France begin to tear each other apart. 
  Cardinal Périgord, narrating the drama, shows us a monarch as vain and cruel as he is incompetent. Under his turbulent reign, warring factions plunder the land, famine threatens the people and the Black Death spreads far and wide. France is bleeding to death around the new king. 
  Druon's historical fiction is a thrilling adventure that takes readers on a journey through mediaeval politics and military strategies. The book, hailed as one of the best in its genre, is a top-rated fantasy that paints a vivid picture of a kingdom in turmoil. 
  For fans of Ben Kane (Rome), Patrick O'Brian (The Commodore), Ken Follett (Circle of Days), Stefan Zweig (The Collected Stories of Stefan Zweig), and Robert Harris (The Cicero Trilogy).

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  The First and Last Dance - Story...

  Ferenc Herczeg

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  The bookshelves of European literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors.  From this continent their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure.  Among them is the very talented Hungarian writer Ferencz Herczeg.

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  The Medicine Woman of Galveston

  Amanda Skenandore

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  Once a trailblazer in the field of medicine, Dr. Tucia Hatherley hasn't touched a scalpel or stethoscope since she made a fatal mistake in the operating theater. Instead, she works in a corset factory, striving to earn enough to support her disabled son. When even that livelihood is threatened, Tucia is left with one option—to join a wily, charismatic showman named Huey and become part of his traveling medicine show. 
   
   
   
  Her medical license lends the show a pretense of credibility, but the cures and tonics Tucia is forced to peddle are little more than purgatives and bathwater. Loathing the duplicity, even as she finds uneasy kinship with the other misfit performers, Tucia vows to leave as soon as her debts are paid and start a new life with her son—if Huey will ever let her go. 
   
   
   
  When the show reaches Galveston, Texas, Tucia tries to break free from Huey, only to be pulled even deeper into his schemes. But there is a far greater reckoning ahead, as a September storm becomes a devastating hurricane that will decimate the Gulf Coast—and challenge Tucia to recover her belief in medicine, in the goodness of others—and in herself.

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