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Kate Murray is deeply troubled. In front of her lies a dead man, a stranger who only minutes before had spoken to her - about a mystery, a long-forgotten murder and, most worryingly, her grandmother. His story was old, he had told her, but still deserving of justice. Soon Kate is caught up in a dangerous whirlwind of events that takes her back into her grandmother's mysterious war-time past and across the Atlantic as she tries to retrace the dead man's footsteps. Finding out the truth is not so simple, however, as only a few people are still alive who know the story.and Kate soon realises that her questions are putting their lives in danger. Stalked by an unknown and sinister enemy, she must use her tough journalistic instinct to find the answers from the past in order to have a future.

A love story and a road-trip novel, set against turbulent historical times. For fans of Diana Gabaldon and Philippa Gregory, courtly rivalry and intrigue. A story of treachery, betrayal and love...  ‘Thoroughly researched and told with brilliantly compelling authenticity. I loved it’ BARBARA ERSKINEHe is tasked with the most dangerous of missions. She is only there from duty. But in the face of treachery and injustice, might they need each other more than they could know…?  1613: Scotland and England, unified under one crown, are reeling from the sudden death of King James’ popular eldest son, Henry, as rumours swirl that the prince was poisoned.   Andrew Logan, one of the King’s Messengers, is sent north with secret orders to find and arrest the man the king suspects.   Phoebe Westaway cannot abide Andrew Logan. But when her ageing father is tasked with helping Logan, Phoebe finds herself with no choice but to join them in their quest to capture Sir David Moray, once Prince Henry’s trusted courtier, and carry him to London to stand trial for the prince’s murder.  It’s a journey rife with complications. Sir David has no intention of allowing himself to be delivered to London, and as he draws them deeper into the dark web of court alliances and rivalries, Phoebe realises she might have more need of Logan than she believes.

A love story and a road-trip novel, set against turbulent historical times. For fans of Diana Gabaldon and Philippa Gregory, courtly rivalry and intrigue. A story of treachery, betrayal and love...  ‘Thoroughly researched and told with brilliantly compelling authenticity. I loved it’ BARBARA ERSKINEHe is tasked with the most dangerous of missions. She is only there from duty. But in the face of treachery and injustice, might they need each other more than they could know…?  1613: Scotland and England, unified under one crown, are reeling from the sudden death of King James’ popular eldest son, Henry, as rumours swirl that the prince was poisoned.   Andrew Logan, one of the King’s Messengers, is sent north with secret orders to find and arrest the man the king suspects.   Phoebe Westaway cannot abide Andrew Logan. But when her ageing father is tasked with helping Logan, Phoebe finds herself with no choice but to join them in their quest to capture Sir David Moray, once Prince Henry’s trusted courtier, and carry him to London to stand trial for the prince’s murder.  It’s a journey rife with complications. Sir David has no intention of allowing himself to be delivered to London, and as he draws them deeper into the dark web of court alliances and rivalries, Phoebe realises she might have more need of Logan than she believes.

A sweeping love story set against the Jacobite revolution from much-loved, million copy bestselling author Susanna KearsleyThere are many who believe they know what happened, but they do not know the whole of it. The rumours spread, and grow, and take their hold, and so to end them I have been persuaded now to take my pen in hand and tell the story as it should be told…  Autumn, 1707. Old enemies from the Highlands to the Borders are finding common ground as they join to protest the new Union with England, the French are preparing to launch an invasion to carry the young exiled Jacobite king back to Scotland to reclaim his throne, and in Edinburgh the streets are filled with discontent and danger.  Queen Anne’s commissioners, seeking to calm the situation, have begun settling the losses and wages owed to those Scots who took part in the disastrous Darien expedition eight years earlier.  When Lily, the young widow of a Darien sailor, comes forward to collect her husband’s wages, her claim is challenged, and one of the men who’s assigned to examine her has only days to decide if she’s honest, or if his own feelings are making him blind to the truth, and if he’s being used as a pawn in an even more treacherous game.  A story of intrigue, adventure, endurance, romance…and the courage to hope.'A hugely engrossing book and a complete world created' Ian RankinPraise for Susanna Kearsley's books:  ‘A thrilling, haunting and deeply romantic story powerfully told by an engaging heroine…enchanting and beautifully evoked.’RACHEL HORE  'I've loved every one of her books! She has bedrock research and a butterfly's delicate touch with characters―sure recipe for historical fiction that sucks you in and won't let go!'DIANA GABALDON, bestselling author of Outlander  ‘A deeply-engaging romance and a compelling historical novel... a marvellous book.’BERNARD CORNWELL

A sweeping love story set against the Jacobite revolution. Told in dual timelines, The Vanished Days is a captivating story of intrigue, adventure, endurance, romance - and the bold courage to hope when it seems all hope is lost.   'An engrossing and deeply romantic novel' RACHEL HORE‘Fascinating and immersive’ DIANA GABALDON‘An absolute tour de force of historical storytelling, tender and dramatic, gripping and authentic’ JANE JOHNSON‘A beautiful and nuanced deep dive into Scottish history’ LAUREN WILLIG‘Perfect for fans of Outlander’ WOMAN & HOME‘Absolutely fantastic . . . Immersive, fabulous, terrific!’ HANK PHILLIPPI RYANHe is tasked with the most dangerous of missions. She is only there from duty. But in the face of treachery and injustice, might they need each other more than they could know…?1613: Scotland and England, unified under one crown, are reeling from the sudden death of King James’ popular eldest son, Henry, as rumours swirl that the prince was poisoned. Andrew Logan, one of the King’s Messengers, is sent north with secret orders to find and arrest the man the king suspects.Phoebe Westaway cannot abide Andrew Logan. But when her ageing father is tasked with helping Logan, Phoebe finds herself with no choice but to join them in their quest to capture Sir David Moray, once Prince Henry’s trusted courtier, and carry him to London to stand trial for the prince’s murder.It’s a journey rife with complications. Sir David has no intention of allowing himself to be delivered to London, and as he draws them deeper into the dark web of court alliances and rivalries, Phoebe realises she might have more need of Logan than she believes.A story of justice, honour, truth and love – and survival against impossible odds…

An unforgettable story that takes readers on a journey of discovery from contemporary times to the spring of 1708, set in a gorgeous part of Scotland, this is a tale of love, loyalty and ultimate betrayal. 1707An ill-fated expedition for the New World left Sophia Paterson an orphan, cared for by her uncle. On his passing, a distant relative offers what Sophia longs for most: a home. Slains Castle, on the rugged Scottish coast, is much more comfortable than she is accustomed to. But danger is right around the corner, as rebels conspire to bring the exiled James Stewart to Scotland to reclaim his crown.Present dayEnchanted by the ruins of the castle, Carrie McClelland hopes to turn this all-but-forgotten story into her next novel. Settling in the nearby village, she creates a heroine named after one of her ancestors and starts to write. Discovering her novel contains more than she researched, Carrie wonders if this is ancestral memory – making her the only living person to know what truly happened all those years ago. With each new chapter she uncovers the secrets of the past in a sweeping tale of love, loyalty and ultimate betrayal.

An epic story of love, sacrifice, courage and redemption. Historical fiction with romance, betrayal, and magic you'll never forget. A journey that spans centuries and lifetimes to connect the past with the future.When a woman brings a small wooden carving into the art dealership, claiming it once belonged to a Russian Empress, Nicola Marter’s boss believes it is worthless. But Nicola has an unwanted, if rare, psychic gift. Holding 'The Firebird' in her hands, she knows this woman is telling the truth.Compelled to uncover its true history, Nicola must put her own past behind her. She contacts an old flame who can access the past in a way no one else can. Together they can find the real story of 'The Firebird'…

An enchanting, timeless tale of forbidden love, treachery and secrets.The first time Julia Beckett saw Greywethers she was only five, but she knew that it was her house. And now that she’s at last become its owner, she suspects that she was drawn there for a reason. As if Greywethers were a portal between worlds, she finds herself transported into seventeenth-century England, becoming Mariana, a young woman struggling against danger and treachery, and battling a forbidden love. Each time Julia travels back, she becomes more enthralled with the past…until she realizes Mariana’s life is threatening to eclipse her own, and she must find a way to lay the past to rest or lose the chance for happiness in her own time.Some lives are worth reliving . . . Praise for Susanna Kearsley‘I’ve loved every one of Susanna’s books! She has bedrock research and a butterfly’s delicate touch with characters - historical fiction that pulls you in and won’t let go!’ DIANA GABALDON ‘Kearsley has a poetic sensibility and a sense of mystery; she could write the modern Rebecca’ THE BOOKSELLER ‘Evocative and romantic’ NICOLA CORNICK‘Sometimes an author catches lightning in a bottle, and Susanna Kearsley does just that’ NEW YORK JOURNAL OF BOOKS‘A deeply engaging romance and a compelling historical novel…Susanna Kearsley has written a marvellous book’ BERNARD CORNWELL‘One of Canada’s best historical fiction writers’ THE GLOBE AND MAIL‘Kearsley is nothing less than a magician weaving together the past and the present… utterly unputdownable’ M J ROSE‘A master storyteller’ LESLIE HOWARD

One house. Two worlds. A love that defies time.When Eva’s filmstar sister Katrina dies, she leaves California and returns to Trelowarth, Cornwall, where they spent their childhood summers, to scatter Katrina’s ashes and in doing so return her to the place where she belongs.But Eva must also confront the ghosts from her own past, as well as those from a time long before her own. For the house where she so often stayed as a child is home not only to her old friends the Halletts, but also to the people who had lived there in the eighteenth century. When Eva finally accepts that she is able to slip between centuries and see and talk to the inhabitants from hundreds of years ago, she soon finds herself falling for Daniel Butler, a man who lived – and died – long before she herself was born.Eva begins to question her place in the present, and in laying her sister to rest, comes to realise that she too must decide where she really belongs, choosing between the life she knows and the past she feels so drawn towards.Praise for Susanna Kearsley:  ‘I’ve loved every one of Susanna’s books! She has bedrock research and a butterfly’s delicate touch with characters - historical fiction that pulls you in and won’t let go!’ Diana Gabaldon  ‘Kearsley has a poetic sensibility and a sense of mystery; she could write the modern Rebecca’ The Bookseller  ‘Evocative and romantic’ Nicola Cornick ‘Sometimes an author catches lightning in a bottle, and Susanna Kearsley does just that’ New York Journal of Books ‘A deeply engaging and compelling historical novel... Susanna Kearsley has written a marvellous book’ Bernard Cornwell ‘One of Canada’s best historical fiction writers’ The Globe and Mail ‘Kearsley is nothing less than a magician weaving together the past and the present… utterly unputdownable’ M J Rose ‘A master storyteller’ Leslie Howard

Divided by centuries, two women are united in a quest to discover the limits of trust and are forever changed by a clash of love and fate. A gripping timeslip romance from the New York Times bestselling author of The King's Messenger.For nearly 300 years, the mysterious journal of Jacobite exile Mary Dundas has lain unread, its secrets safe from prying eyes. Now, amateur codebreaker Sara Thomas has been hired by a once-famous historian to crack the journal's cipher. But when she arrives in Paris, Sara finds herself besieged by complications from all sides: the journal's reclusive owner, her charming Parisian neighbour, and Mary, whose journal doesn't hold the secrets Sara expects. As Mary's tale grows more and more dire, Sara, too, must carefully choose which turning to take... to find the road that will lead her safely home.Praise for Susanna Kearsley:  ‘I’ve loved every one of Susanna’s books! She has bedrock research and a butterfly’s delicate touch with characters - historical fiction that pulls you in and won’t let go!’ Diana Gabaldon  ‘Kearsley has a poetic sensibility and a sense of mystery; she could write the modern Rebecca’ The Bookseller  ‘Evocative and romantic’ Nicola Cornick ‘Sometimes an author catches lightning in a bottle, and Susanna Kearsley does just that’ New York Journal of Books ‘A deeply engaging and compelling historical novel... Susanna Kearsley has written a marvellous book’ Bernard Cornwell ‘One of Canada’s best historical fiction writers’ The Globe and Mail ‘Kearsley is nothing less than a magician weaving together the past and the present… utterly unputdownable’ M J Rose ‘A master storyteller’ Leslie Howard