Explore the latest books of this year!
Bookbot

Hazel Gaynor

    May 16, 1971

    Hazel Gaynor is an internationally acclaimed author whose works primarily explore resilient female characters navigating extraordinary circumstances. With a keen eye for historical detail and emotional depth, she transports readers to bygone eras, delving into themes of love, loss, and survival. Her ability to illuminate historical events through compelling narratives and vivid characters makes her an exceptional storyteller.

    Hazel Gaynor
    Meet Me in Monaco
    A Memory of Violets
    Three Words for Goodbye
    The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter
    When We Were Young & Brave
    Last Christmas in Paris
    • 2025
    • 2024

      Christmas with the Queen

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      Set against a festive backdrop, this heartwarming historical novel blends royal intrigue with romantic comedy. It captures the charm of a love story reminiscent of classic films, exploring themes of love, tradition, and the spirit of the season. With the combined talents of bestselling authors Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb, readers can expect a delightful narrative filled with warmth and engaging characters, perfect for the holiday spirit.

      Christmas with the Queen
    • 2023

      ‘Heart-wrenching . . . a story that needs to be remembered’ FERN BRITTON ‘Enthrallingly told . . . it’s extraordinary how despite everything hope for the future shines out’ RACHEL HORE

      The Last Lifeboat
    • 2021

      Three Words for Goodbye

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
      4.0(3098)Add rating

      New York, 1937: When estranged sisters Clara and Madeleine Sommers learn their grandmother is dying, they agree to fulfill her last wish: to travel across Europe - together. They are to deliver three letters, in which Violet will say goodbye to those she hasn't seen since travelling to Europe forty years earlier. Constantly at odds with each other as they explore the luxurious Queen Mary, the Orient Express, and the sights of Paris and Venice, Clara and Madeleine wonder if they can fulfill Violet's wish, until a shocking truth about their family brings them closer together. Authors of "Meet Me in Monaco." Print run 30,000.

      Three Words for Goodbye
    • 2020

      When We Were Young & Brave

      • 448 pages
      • 16 hours of reading
      4.1(6491)Add rating

      During World War II, when the Japanese intern everyone at a British-run missionary school in northern China, teacher Elspeth Kent inspires her charges by instituting the Girl Guide patrol

      When We Were Young & Brave
    • 2019

      Set in the 1950s against the backdrop of Grace Kelly’s whirlwind romance and unforgettable wedding to Prince Rainier of Monaco, New York Times bestselling author Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb take the reader on an evocative sun-drenched journey along the Côte d’Azur in this page-turning novel of passion, fate and second chances... Movie stars and paparazzi flock to Cannes for the glamorous film festival, but Grace Kelly, the biggest star of all, wants only to escape from the flash-bulbs. When struggling perfumer Sophie Duval shelters Miss Kelly in her boutique to fend off a persistent British press photographer, James Henderson, a bond is forged between the two women and sets in motion a chain of events that stretches across thirty years of friendship, love, and tragedy. James Henderson cannot forget his brief encounter with Sophie Duval. Despite his guilt at being away from his daughter, he takes an assignment to cover the wedding of the century, sailing with Grace Kelly’s wedding party on the SS Constitution from New York. In Monaco, as wedding fever soars and passions and tempers escalate, James and Sophie—like Princess Grace—must ultimately decide what they are prepared to give up for love.

      Meet Me in Monaco
    • 2018

      The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter

      • 416 pages
      • 15 hours of reading
      4.0(65)Add rating

      From the bestselling author of The Girl Who Came Home and The Girl From The Savoy comes a novel inspired by the extraordinary story of a remarkable young woman. 1838: Northumberland, England. When lighthouse keeper's daughter, Grace Darling, is involved in the daring rescue of the stranded survivors of a terrible shipwreck, she becomes one of the most celebrated women of her age. But the friendship that develops between Grace and an artist who sets out to capture her subtle beauty, is far more precious to her than her unwanted fame. 1938: Newport, Rhode Island. Nineteen-years-old, pregnant and in disgrace, Matilda Emmerson has been banished from Ireland to stay with her reclusive relative, Harriet, the assistant lighthouse keeper. When a discarded, half-finished portrait opens a window into her family history, Matilda finds her destiny inextricably linked to Grace Darling. The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter is a sweeping novel that speaks of the ties that bind mothers to daughters, of the love story that reunites a family and two women learning that where you are has the power to shape who you are.

      The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter
    • 2017

      The New York Times bestselling author turns the clock back to a time when two young girls convinced the world that fairies really did exist...

      The Cottingley Secret
    • 2017

      An epistolary novel that spans four Christmases--1914-1918- Last Christmas in Paris explores the ruins of war, the strength of love, and the enduring hope of the Christmas season.

      Last Christmas in Paris
    • 2016

      `Addictive, charming and gleaming with Jazz Age glitz' The LadyThe fabulous new novel from the author of The Girl Who Came Home

      The Girl From The Savoy