Caroline Lea
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"The story of true innocents caught up in the machinery of war. Exquisitely researched, beautifully told, this tiny corner of Scotland came alive for me in all of my senses and I found myself rooting for the central characters with all my heart." —Mary Beth Keane, author of Ask Again, Yes
In the dark days of World War II, an unlikely romance blossoms between a Scottish woman and an Italian prisoner
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A tale in the tradition of Jane Eyre and Rebecca, in which a young woman follows her new husband to his remote home on the Icelandic coast in the 1680s, where she faces dark secrets surrounding the death of his first wife amidst a foreboding landscape and the superstitions of the local villagers
"Haunting, evocative and utterly compelling. The Glass Woman transports the reader to a time and place steeped in mystery, where nothing is ever quite...
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The critically acclaimed author of The Glass Woman and The Metal Heart reimagines the shocking story of one of the most controversial contests in history, the Great Stork Derby, in which a wealthy millionaire's death spawns a furious competition for his inheritance.
Toronto, 1926. Knowing that he will die without an heir, childless millionaire Charles Millar leaves behind a controversial will: the recipient of his fortune will be decided in a contest...
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El paisaje inhóspito y desfigurado por la lava puede tragarse a un hombre sin que los volcanes exhalen un solo suspiro.
Islandia, 1686. Tras su inesperado compromiso matrimonial con Jon Eriksson, Rosa abandona su hogar para instalarse en la remota e inhóspita aldea de Stykkisholmur. Pero sus nuevos vecinos desconfían de los forasteros. Sobre todo, de una mujer que, como ella, procede de los misteriosos umbrales de la civilización.
Pero Rosa también...