This author immerses herself in the richness of literature with a deep and abiding love, sharing her fascination with readers. Her writing delves into the exploration of the colonial era, particularly bringing to life the adventures of Georgian and Victorian explorers. Simultaneously, she gracefully captures the essence of 1950s Britain, a period she masterfully evokes in mystery narratives set against the backdrops of London and Brighton.
I'm not a princess, a pirate or a witch! Lovely Aunt Sara can pretend all she wants but Imogen doesn't want to be a princess, a pirate or a witch. She wants to go to the park with her aunt and play with a ball, swing higher than a tree and eat ice-cream.
First book in WWII-set series to be set in Edinburgh, Scotland, which is where the author lives, following the stylish sleuth, Mirabelle Bevan.
Glasgow, 1846, the second city of the British Empire is expanding rapidly and Ellory McHale, a working class woman receives an unexpected bequest which allows her to leave her job as junior assistant to a famous male photographer in Edinburgh to set up Glasgow's first professional photography studio, in a glass-roofed top floor within sight of the Clyde.There, Ellory crosses paths with wealthy heiress Annis Buchanan, and the two strike up a friendship based on a mutual understanding of what it means to be a woman trying to carve out her own path in a man's world. While Annis must fend off the advances of her cousin Forbes, who is determined to inherit the Buchanan fortune by hook or by crook, Ellory ventures into the dark underbelly of the city, using Glasgow's most famous performers as models in early erotic photography.But in a city where reputations can be destroyed at the drop of a hat, can both Annis and Ellory build lives on their own terms - especially when dark secrets are brought to light?
WWII is over but Mirabelle's time in the backrooms of Whitehall has made her the most stylish sleuth in Brighton. Perfect for fans of ITV's The Bletchley Circle.
WWII is over but Mirabelle's time in the backrooms of Whitehall has made her the most stylish sleuth in Brighton. Perfect for fans of ITV's The Bletchley Circle.
The Fair Botanists is a bewitching and immersive story for fans of The Miniaturist, The Doll Factory and The Signature of All Things.
A disgraced woman embarks on an unforgettable journey of forbidden love set between Victorian London and 1840s China, crafted by a promising young historical talent.
»Bogata i topla priča, kao čokolada!« Mary Chamberlain Brazil 1824. Proslavljena spisateljica Maria Graham kreće na opasno putovanje iz Brazila u London kako bi svome izdavaču dostavila svoja dva najnovija romana. Godinu dana nakon gubitka svog voljenog muža, Maria je puna nade u budućnost i odlučna živjeti svoj život kao slobodna žena i znanstvenica, daleko od ograničenja britanskog društva. Za ženu koja putuje sama to putovanje nosi mnoštvo opasnosti, a dok oko nje bjesni brazilski građanski rat, jedini brod koji kreće prema Europi pripada kapetanu Jamesu Hendersonu, šarmantnom krijumčaru kakaovca. Tijekom dugotrajne plovidbe prema Londonu, Maria otkiva dvije šokantne tajne- neodoljivu privlačnost prema zagonetnom kapetanu, kao i opasnu tajnu koja je može dovesti u pogibeljnu opasnost…
Ona je bila robinja. On je bio njezin gospodar. Oboje su čeznuli za slobodom... Godine 1833. okrutni lovci na roblje otimaju Zenu, odvažnu i odlučnu abesinsku ljepoticu, iz njezina rodnog sela, i prodaju je kao robinju na tržnici u Muscatu. Mladi poručnik James Wellsted naumio je posvetiti svoj boravak u Arabiji usponu prema slavi i bogatstvu. Međutim, svi mu se planovi pomrse kada dvojica njegovih kolega nestanu tijekom misije prikupljanja podataka u pustinji. Neočekivanim obratom sudbine, Zena postaje vlasništvo Wellsteda, koji polazi na smionu misiju spašavanja svojih kolega. Gospodar i robinja postaju sve bliskiji, no kako ih iza svakog ugla čeka nova opasnost, nijedno od njih ne zna kakva ih budućnost čeka dok putuju nestalnom, nemirnom pustinjom. Romansa koja će vas ganuti i zapanjujuća avantura od koje će povijest oživjeti.
