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  District Nurses Make a Wish The:...

  Annie Groves

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  The new heartwarming and nostalgic read in the bestselling wartime District Nurses series 
  For the district nurses of Victory Walk, there's been little time to bask in the triumph of D-day as London is facing a new threat – the buzz bombs. Everyone is terrified, never knowing where the next one will strike. Into this tense atmosphere, new nurse, Iris, must make her mark. She’s had more experience of nursing than many, but since arriving in East London from the countryside, she has struggled to fit in with the other staff. 
  Meanwhile Alice is facing an agonising wait to hear if her boyfriend Joe has survived D-day – she can barely sleep for wondering if he ever received her letter in which she promised to wait for him? Others too are in limbo, not knowing if their loved ones have made it through. With the end almost in sight, the district nurses must dig deep if they are to keep London going… 
  Set in the 20th century, during World War II, The District Nurses Make a Wish is a historical fiction that will tug at your heartstrings. The romance and medical sagas are beautifully intertwined, making it a must-read bestseller. 
  For fans of Lizzie Lane (Tough Times on Coronation Close), Fenella J Miller (The Nurse's Homecoming), Rosie Clarke (Dangerous Times on Dressmakers' Alley), Pam Howes (Dreams on Mersey Square), and Daisy Styles (A Mother's Love).

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  Dry Road to Nowhere

  J.A. Johnstone, William W....

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  Some call it the most dangerous stagecoach in the West. But the hard-driving owners of the Frontier Overland Company will get you where you want to go—if you don't mind a detour through hell . . .  
   
   
   
  The Civil War is over. But Wyoming Territory is still a battleground for the native tribes who live there. Most folks avoid the area like the plague. But not former Texas Ranger Butch Keeler and his saloon fight buddy Tucker Cobb. They figured Wyoming would be the perfect place to launch the Frontier Overland Company—a rough-and-ready stagecoach operation that dares to go where others fear to tread. Butch and Cobb aren't afraid of much—but their next stagecoach trip could change all that. And it just might be their last . . .  
   
   
   
  The passengers are good people: Colonel McBride, who's delivering much-needed supplies to Fort Washington, and his lovely niece, who wants to visit her dying father. Even though the road to get there is overrun with armed Lakota, Cheyenne, and other deadly threats, Butch and Cobb are determined to help an old friend. Problem is, their worst enemy—a power-hungry business rival and self-described "King"—is out there. Waiting for them. Laying a trap to destroy their operation. And plotting to burn everything to the ground. Over Butch and Cobb's dead bodies . . .

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  The Jacaranda House -...

  Deborah Challinor

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  Bestselling author Deborah Challinor returns with a spellbinding novel about a woman living in Sydney's notorious King's Cross in 1964. 
    
  Polly Manaia is living in Sydney's notorious Kings Cross, working as an exotic dancer. She's desperate to bring her young daughter to live with her, but beneath her brash confidence lie dark secrets which threaten to drag her under. 
  Gina is excited to live with her mum again. She's mature for an eleven-year-old, but can this young girl cope with Polly's demons? 
  Rhoda and Star, transgender performers and Polly's flatmates, bring stability to Polly and Gina's lives. Yet this unlikely little family will find themselves threatened in more ways than one. 
  The Jacaranda House is a fascinating portrayal of a shifting society and a beautiful portrait of motherhood and identity. 
  'Australia's answer to Philippa Gregory' Brisbane Times 
  'A meticulously researched and compellingly readable story injected with heart and humour, From the Ashes is perfect for fans of Fiona McIntosh and Kate Furnivall. A five-star read' Better Reading

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  The Real Minerva - A Novel

  Mary Sharratt

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  A “memorable [and] entertaining” novel of three strong women in 1920s small-town Minnesota by the author of Revelations (The Washington Post Book World). 
   
  Winner of the Willa Literary Award 
   
  Finalist for the Minnesota Book Award 
   
  In a Midwestern farming community in 1923, as book-loving Penny enters adolescence, her mother, Barbara, pulls her out of school to send her to work. Destined to become a cleaning woman like her mother, Penny sees no escape from her bleak existence—until a scandalous figure arrives in the town of Minerva, Minnesota: Cora, very pregnant, very headstrong, and very alone, has come to make a home on her grandfather’s farm.  
   
  Intrigued by this curious new resident, Penny sets out to work for Cora, setting into motion events that will change multiple lives. Drawing on her mother’s and grandmother’s stories of Minnesota farm life in the early twentieth century, acclaimed author Mary Sharratt has created a suspenseful and moving novel about the strength of women and the unexpected friendships that form between them.  
   
  “A paean to the bond between mothers and daughters . . . engrossing.” —Booklist 
   
  “Wonderful.” —Caroline Leavitt, New York Times-bestselling author of With or Without You

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  Uncle Bernac: A Memory of the...

  Sir Aarthur Conan Doyl

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  Looking for a replacement to Sherlock Holmes after the author had killed him off in 1894, Doyle wrote this murder mystery in the dying years of the 19th century. Set in Napoleon's era, it involves a Frenchman returning to his native land to join the Emperor's ranks. (Summary by Cathy Barratt)

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  The Optickal Illusion - A Novel

  Rachel Halliburton

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  Based on a true story, Rachel Halliburton’s novel The Optickal Illusion is about a female artist seeking renown in patriarchal British high society. 
   
  It is 1797 and in Georgian London, nothing is certain anymore: the future of the monarchy is in question, the city is aflame with conspiracies, and the French could invade any day. Amidst this feverish atmosphere, the American painter Benjamin West is visited by a dubious duo comprised of a blundering father and vibrant daughter, the Provises, who claim they have a secret that has obsessed painters for centuries: the Venetian techniques of master painter Titian. 
   
  West was once the most celebrated painter in London, but he hasn’t produced anything of note in years, so against his better judgment he agrees to let the intriguing Ann Jemima Provis visit his studio and demonstrate the techniques from the document. What unravels reveals more than West has ever understood?about himself, the treachery of the art world, and the seductive promise of greatness.  
   
  Drawn from a genuine scandal that deceived the British Royal Academy, The Optickal Illusion demonstrates the lengths women must go to make their mark on a society that seeks to underplay their abilities. 
   
  “A remarkable true story of vanity and delusion, which Halliburton turns into a gripping and only partly fictional whodunnit . . . brings the artists and their art to colorful life and brushes in streaks of feminism, via Mary Wollstonecraft, as well as dark shadows of the French Revolution.” —Award–winning Author John Spurling 
   
  “A vibrant portrait of an age of political and artistic revolution as well as a gripping story.” —Library Journal

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