Apr 27
A Daughter’s Hope is the conclusion to the Yorkshire Blitz trilogy by Donna Douglas. I do hope it’s not the last we see of the MacGuire family who are a fantastic bunch of characters – or are they real? They seem like it when you’re reading. It’s like peering into a window and watching as their …
Dec 07
This fun and comforting read is perfect for Christmas. For the first time, a Nightingale nurses novel set during the First World War. Follow the senior staff as they overcome the trials of their training years. From Sunday Times top ten bestselling author, Donna Douglas. East London, 1914: Britain is preparing for war. As young …
Oct 18
A Nightingale Christmas Promise by Donna Douglas East London, 1914: Britain is preparing for war. As young men queue up across the country to enlist, the Nightingale Hospital has its own set of new recruits… Anna has had a happy upbringing in her parent’s bakery in Bethnal Green. But as war descends her family’s German roots …
Nov 11
Christmas 1941 and the nurses at the Nightingale are facing their toughest winter yet. With shortages everywhere, and every news bulletin announcing more defeats and losses, the British people are weary and demoralised and The Nightgale Hospital is suffering too.Millie is recently widowed and dealing with the demands of her family’s estate. It’s not long …
Jul 07
Five Days Later by Julie Lawson Timmer This book was hard to put down. A beautiful and heart-breaking novel on love and lost, it is simply stunning. A must-read. Mara is a successful lawyer, and devoted wife and mother. Struggling with a devastating illness, she has set herself five days to make the ultimate decision …
Nov 09
Who doesn’t love a good book? Not many people and why the hell would you be friends with anyone who didn’t? Good question. Here are our picks. The Happiness of Pursuit by Chris Guillebeau This book is perfect not only because it is a great idea brilliantly executed, but also because after Christmas comes New …
Jun 06
We have sourced some excellent holiday books to pack in your suitcase. Read on and let us know what you think. The White Russian By Vanora Bennett From the author of Midnight in St Petersburg, a novel of love, art, music and family secrets set amongst the Russian émigré community of Paris in 1937. Evie, …
