For twenty years Claire Randall has kept her secrets. But now she is returning with her grown daughter to Scotland’s majestic mist-shrouded hills. Here Claire plans to reveal a truth as stunning as the events that gave it birth: about the mystery of an ancient circle of standing stones …about a love that transcends the … More Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
Step into The City of Brass, the spellbinding debut from S. A. Chakraborty—an imaginative alchemy of The Golem and the Jinni, The Grace of Kings, and One Thousand and One Nights, in which the future of a magical Middle Eastern kingdom rests in the hands of a clever and defiant young con artist with miraculous … More The City of Brass by S.A Chakraborty
What if your future was the past? 1946, and Claire Randall goes to the Scottish Highlands with her husband Frank. It’s a second honeymoon, a chance to learn how war has changed them and to re-establish their loving marriage. But one afternoon, Claire walks through a circle of standing stones and vanishes into 1743, where the … More Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
A classic coming-of-age story… Mary, the daughter of a poor seamstress, longs for fine clothes as her neighbours hunger for food and warmth. For the love of a gorgeous red ribbon, she is seduced into a life on the cold, murky streets of late 1700’s London. Her saviour is Doll, a gaudy young woman who … More Slammerkin by Emma Donoghue
Audrey Hart is on the Isle of Skye to collect the word-of-mouth folk tales of the people and communities around her. It is 1857, the Highland Clearances have left devastation and poverty, and the crofters are suspicious and hostile, claiming they no longer know their stories. Then Audrey discovers the body of a young girl … More The Story Keeper by Anna Mazzola
I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Thanks to Penguin UK – Michael Joseph for sending me a copy! Title: The Glass Woman Author: Caroline Lea Publisher: Penguin UK – Michael Joseph Publication Date: 25th March 2019 Plot Overview: 1686, Iceland. An isolated, windswept land haunted by witch trials … More The Glass Woman by Caroline Lea
Do you ever get the feeling that you’re sometimes fated to read a certain book at a certain time? If so, then you’ll know just how surreal that experience can be. When a book really speaks to you and you can relate so deeply it feels like it was written just for you? yup, that … More Three Daughters of Eve by Elif Shafak
