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  Enemy’s Wife The: Don’t miss...

  Deborah Swift

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  'A fast-paced, beautifully written, and moving story. Refreshing to read a book set in a different theatre of war. Wartime Shanghai jumped off the page' CLARE FLYNN 
  'Wow what a stunning read this was … All the moments in this book held me' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  'Unputdownable read' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  1941. When Zofia’s beloved husband Haru is conscripted into the Imperial Japanese Army, she is left to navigate Japanese-occupied Shanghai alone. 
  Far from home and surrounded by a country at war, Zofia finds unexpected comfort in a bond with Hilly, a spirited young refugee escaping Nazi-occupied Austria. 
  As violence tightens its grip on the city, they seek shelter with Theo, Zofia’s American employer. But with every passing day, the horrors of war and Haru’s absence begin to reshape Zofia’s world – and her heart. 
  Can she still love someone who has become the enemy? 
  A poignant story of the impossible choices we make in the shadow of war, for fans of Daisy Wood and Marius Gabriel.Readers love The Enemy's Wife: 
  'A gorgeous novel that will truly pull at your heartstrings' CARLY SCHABOWSKI 
  'One of this year’s most powerful and affecting reads' SHEFFIELD STAR 
  'I loved The Enemy’s Wife – a gripping, fast-paced and evocative story about the Japanese occupation of Shanghai during WW2 – and really rooted for the brave and selfless central character, Zofia. Highly recommended' ANN BENNETT 
  'Such an emotional and moving read, grounded in immaculate research that never overshadows the heart of the story' SUZANNE FORTIN 
  'A side of WW2 that isn't often written about. Great characters, high stakes and a satisfying love story' KATHLEEN MCGURL 
  'A unique insight into the resilience of the human spirit and the power of love' CANDIS 
  'Deborah Swift delivers another beautifully written World War II novel that is impossible to put down. The Enemy's Wife is a poignant and powerful story' LANA KORTCHIK 
  'The Enemy’s Wife is an absorbing, compassionate novel with emotional depth and ethical complexity. Highly recommended' TONY RICHES 
  'I seldom give books of this type five stars, but this one fully deserves it for bringing something new and refreshing to the genre' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  'What a fantastic read this was' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  'Another stunning achievement in historical fiction from Deborah Swift' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  'Grips you from the beginning and does not let go until the end' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  In this 20th century romance, military loyalties and the shadow of the holocaust collide, forcing Zofia to decide what “best” means when the man she loves is now the enemy. A top, latest addition to Deborah Swift’s stories of wartime survival, it asks how far you’ll go for him when every choice could be final. 
  For fans of Lucinda Riley (The Seven Sisters), Elizabeth Chadwick (The Royal Rebel), Siobhan Curham (The Storyteller of Auschwitz), Catherine Hokin (The German Child), and Marion Kummerow (Three Children in Danger). 
  HarperCollins 2026

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  Follow the Angels Follow the...

  Sidney Thompson

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  Follow the Angels, Follow the Doves is an origin story in the true American tradition. Before Bass Reeves could stake his claim as the most successful nineteenth-century American lawman, arresting more outlaws than any other deputy during his thirty-two-year career as a deputy US marshal in some of the most dangerous regions of the Wild West, he was a slave. 
   
   
   
  After a childhood picking cotton, Reeves became an expert marksman under his master's tutelage, winning shooting contests throughout the region. His skill had serious implications, however, as the Civil War broke out. Reeves was given to his master's mercurial, sadistic, Moby-Dick-quoting son in the hopes that Reeves would keep him safe in battle. The ensuing humiliation, love, heroics, war, mind games, and fear solidified Reeves's determination to gain his freedom and drew him one step further on his fated path to an illustrious career. 
   
   
   
  Follow the Angels, Follow the Doves is an important historical work that places Reeves in the pantheon of American heroes and a thrilling historical novel that narrates a great man's exploits amid the near-mythic world of the nineteenth-century frontier.

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  The Brandy Mud

  Rozi Peters

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  The year is 1840 and the perilous trade of whaling threatens to dash both fortune and sanity against the rocks for seasoned schooner Captain Stanley Knowles. Professionally adrift and beset by passionate entanglements, Stanley charts a course through hazardous waters, seeking to salvage his affairs while clinging to personal morals amidst mounting turmoil.
   
  When ship and shore alike promise danger, every decision carries gut-wrenching risk. Stanley’s path requires outmanoeuvring lethal storms, hostile pirates, political schemes and amorous pitfalls alike with equal dexterity. One false move could reduce all – his principles, his mind, and his crew’s very lives – to flotsam in the winds of fate.
   
  This steamy and exciting historical saga captures the adventures of a desperate captain warring within while struggling to steer crew and lovers toward a better life. Yet time and chance wait for no one. On the waves or in the sheets, one thing is certain: explore forbidden treasures at your own peril, lest the rising tide swallow you whole.

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  Sister Deborah

  Scholastique Mukasonga

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  In a four-part narrative brimming with historical asides, alluring anecdotes, and murky questions left in the margins of colonial records, Sister Deborah heralds "a life that is more alive" as it explores the tensions and myths of Rwanda's past. 
   
   
   
  When time-worn ancestral remedies fail to heal young Ikirezi's maladies, she's rushed to the Rwandan hillsides. From her termite perch under the coral tree, health blooms under Sister Deborah's hands. Women bear their breasts to the rising sun as men under thatched roofs stand, "stunned and impotent before this female fury." 
   
   
   
  Now grown, Ikirezi unearths the truth of Sister Deborah's passage from America to 1930s Rwanda and the mystery surrounding her sudden departure. In colonial records, Sister Deborah is a "pathogen," an "incident." Who is the keeper of truth, Ikirezi impels us to ask, Who stands at the threshold of memory? Did we dance? Did she heal? Did we look to the sky with wonder? Ikirezi writes on, pulling Sister Deborah out from the archive, inscribing her with breath. 
   
   
   
  A novel that works in the slippages of history, Sister Deborah at its core is a story of what happens when women—black women and girls—seek the truth by any means.

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  The Women's Pages

  Victoria Purman

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  From the bestselling author of The Land Girls comes a beautifully realised novel that speaks to the true history and real experiences of post-war Australian women. 
    
  Sydney 1945 The war is over, the fight begins. 
  The war is over and so are the jobs (and freedoms) of tens of thousands of Australian women. The armaments factories are making washing machines instead of bullets and war correspondent Tilly Galloway has hung up her uniform and been forced to work on the women's pages of her newspaper - the only job available to her - where she struggles to write advice on fashion and make-up.  
  As Sydney swells with returning servicemen and the city bustles back to post-war life, Tilly finds her world is anything but normal. As she desperately waits for word of her prisoner-of-war husband, she begins to research stories about the lives of the underpaid and overworked women who live in her own city. Those whose war service has been overlooked; the freedom and independence of their war lives lost to them. 
  Meanwhile Tilly's waterside worker father is on strike, and her best friend Mary is struggling to cope with the stranger her own husband has become since being liberated from Changi a broken man. As strikes rip the country apart and the news from abroad causes despair, matters build to a heart-rending crescendo. Tilly realises that for her the war may have ended, but the fight is just beginning...PRAISE 
  'A richly crafted novel that graphically depicts life during those harrowing years. A touching tale and an enthralling read.' Reader's Digest 
  'A powerful and moving book.' Canberra Weekly

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  Five Weeks in a Balloon - Soar...

  Jules Verne

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  Before space travel, there was the endless sky—embark on the aerial expedition of a lifetime where one man's mad scientific vision defies the boundaries of the known world! 
  In 1862, the brilliant and unflappable Dr. Samuel Ferguson shocked the Royal Geographical Society with an audacious proposition: he will cross the perilous, uncharted wilderness of the African continent from east to west. His vessel? A revolutionary hot-air balloon named the Victoria. Joined by his skeptical, sharpshooting friend Dick Kennedy, and his endlessly optimistic servant Joe, Ferguson launches into the stratosphere. Together, this intrepid trio must survive raging storms, treacherous environments, and hostile tribes as they soar over roaring rivers and scorching deserts in search of the fabled source of the Nile. 
  Why you will love this: Fans of Adventure Fiction will be absolutely captivated by this foundational sci-fi epic. Combining geographical exploration, Victorian-era technological marvels, and pulse-pounding survival stakes, this classic novel perfectly captures the unbridled thrill of discovery. If you love tales of survival, tight-knit camaraderie, and soaring escapades over deadly terrain, this audiobook will take your imagination to breathtaking new heights! 
  About the Author: Jules Verne (1828–1905) was a pioneering French novelist who profoundly influenced the science fiction genre. Through his iconic Voyages Extraordinaires series, he captured the technological imagination of the 19th century, leaving behind an immortal legacy as the Father of Science Fiction.

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