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  Riddle of the Gods

  Eric Schumacher

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  Riddle of the Gods is the riveting fourth novel in the bestselling series chronicling the life and adventures of one of Norway's most controversial kings, Olaf Tryggvason. 
   
   
   
  It is AD 976. Olaf Tryggvason, the renegade prince of Norway, has lost his beloved wife to a tragedy that turns the lords of the land he rules against him. With his family gone and his future uncertain, Olaf leaves his realm and embarks on a decades-long quest to discover his course in life. Though his journey brings him power and wealth, it is not until he encounters the strange man in the streets of Dublin that his path to fame unfolds. And in that moment, he is forced to make a choice as the gods look on—one that could either destroy him or ensure his name lives on forever.

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  What We Did in the War

  Jennie Walters

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  Can you ever let go of the past? Two women unhappy with their lives seize a chance to start over during a WWII bombing raid, in this dramatic and suspenseful novel. 
   
   
   
  London, 1944: As bombs start raining from the sky, two women rush out of a restaurant, leaving their possessions behind. Their chance meeting amid the chaos and destruction will have long-lasting consequences. Both beset by desperate problems, they take advantage of the wartime chaos to escape their humdrum lives and start again. 
   
   
   
  Sticking together, the pair live under the radar, using a stolen ration book to feed themselves and relying on a street kid's help to get by. Cecil eventually finds work, while glamorous, feckless Claude looks after the flat—or doesn't. Gradually their friendship sours and resentment creeps in. Just as Cecil is wondering whether she should ever have trusted Claude in the first place, she makes a shocking discovery—one that will expose a web of secrets, lead to an act of violence, and set the two on separate and very different paths.

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  Deliverance: A Justice Belstrang...

  John Pilkington

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  England, 1618. 
   
   
  At his manor of Thirldon, ex-Justice Belstrang - still at loggerheads with his old rival Justice Standish - receives devastating news: King James intends to purchase the estate for his favourite, the Marquis of Buckingham – and Belstrang must comply. 
   
   
  In the ensuing turmoil, while his son-in-law George petitions the King on his behalf, Belstrang receives a plea from a dying friend, Sir Richard Mountford, to visit him at Foxhill Manor. To take his mind off his troubles Belstrang goes - and discovers things are not so simple. 
   
   
  Sir Richard is not dying, but desperate. His brother John has been killed in an explosion at the family’s iron foundry, down in the remote Forest of Dean. They cast cannons for the Royal Armouries: a privileged and lucrative business. But Sir Richard does not believe John’s death was an accident. 
   
   
  Meanwhile, Mountford's cold-hearted son Francis treats him as an invalid. He fears things are being kept from him - and implores Belstrang to investigate. 
   
   
  The mystery deepens when a forester who was seen talking to Belstrang is murdered. 
   
   
  Only after a violent confrontation on the bleak salt-marshes does the truth begin to unfold - and its implications reach far beyond England’s shores. 
   
   
  This time Belstrang must follow the trail to a very bitter end, which could be the making of him - or cause his undoing.

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  Tracks - A Novel

  Louise Erdrich

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  “[Erdrich] captures the passions, fears, myths, and doom of a living people, and she does so with an ease that leaves the reader breathless.”—The New Yorker 
  From award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Louise Erdrich comes an arresting, lyrical novel set in North Dakota at a time when Indian tribes were struggling to keep what little remained of their lands. 
  Tracks is a tale of passion and deep unrest. Over the course of ten crucial years, as tribal land and trust between people erode ceaselessly, men and women are pushed to the brink of their endurance—yet their pride and humor prohibit surrender. The reader will experience shock and pleasure in encountering characters that are compelling and rich in their vigor, clarity, and indomitable vitality.

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  A Thimble for Christmas

  Dilly Court

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  Don’t miss the next utterly romantic historical saga from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author Dilly Court! 
  She ran along the snow-covered cobbles, gripping her sewing box – fate in her hands… 
  Living hand to mouth ever since her mother’s tragic death, Amelia sells the last of her treasured possessions to avoid being cast out of her home onto London’s streets. 
  Her estranged grandfather unexpectedly bequeaths a small, struggling factory making mourning dresses and Amelia dares to dream… Drawing sketches by candlelight, she longs to sew elegant gowns from fine silks and beautiful ribbons for the rich. 
  As the cold winter wind begins to bite, Amelia’s future hangs by a thread – can she keep her hopes alive?Readers LOVE A Thimble for Christmas! 
  ‘Love the author loved the book. Family saga at its best’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘I loved it from cover to cover, and I didn't want it to end’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘A wonderful book by my favourite author Dilly Court, I absolutely adore her style of writing and the rich and warm characters that are interwoven into the story’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘I'm a huge Dilly Court fan, and I've yet to read a book of hers that disappoints’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘Really enjoyed it and read it right through on this windy and wet Sunday’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘Heart-warming historical drama, full of ups and downs and full of lively and interesting characters’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘Another great read from Dilly Court, I was unable to put it down’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  Dilly’s novel Sunday’s Child hit #1 in the Sunday Times bestselling charts the w/e 25th June 2022 
  Set in the Victorian era, this bestseller is a saga of friendship, romance, and a young girl's coming of age. Amelia's dream of sewing elegant gowns for the rich is a captivating journey that has made this a Sunday Times bestselling book. 
  For fans of Rosie Goodwin (The Winter Promise), Katie Flynn (First Love, Last Love), Emma Hornby (The Maid’s Disgrace), Margaret Dickinson (Secrets at Bletchley Park), and Sheila Newberry (The Canal Boat Girl). 
  HarperCollins 2023

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  Follow the Stars Home

  Diane C. McPhail

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  It's a journey that most deem an insane impossibility. Yet on October 20th, 1811, Lydia Latrobe Roosevelt—daughter of one of the architects of the United States Capitol—fearlessly boards the steamship New Orleans in Pittsburgh. Eight months pregnant and with a toddler in tow, Lydia is fiercely independent despite her youth. She's also accustomed to defying convention. Against her father's wishes, she married his much older business colleague, inventor Nicholas Roosevelt—builder of the New Orleans—and spent her honeymoon on a primitive flatboat. But the stakes for this trip are infinitely higher. 
   
   
   
  If Nicholas's untried steamboat reaches New Orleans, it will serve as a profitable packet ship between that city and Natchez, proving the power of steam as it travels up and down the Mississippi. Success in this venture would revolutionize travel and trade, open the west to expansion, and secure the Roosevelts' future. 
   
   
   
  Lydia believes herself ready for all the dangers ahead—growing unrest among native people, disease or injury, and the turbulent Falls of the Ohio, a sixty-foot drop long believed impassable in such a large boat. But there are other challenges in store, impossible to predict as Lydia boards that fall day. Challenges which—if survived—will haunt and transform her, as surely as the journey will alter the course of a nation . . .

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