Karen Cass

Venice, 1943: The world is at war, and Stella Jilani is leading a double life. By day she works in the lion's den as a typist for the Reich; by night, she risks her life as a messenger for the Italian resistance. Against all odds, Stella must impart Nazi secrets, smuggle essential supplies and produce an underground newspaper on her beloved typewriter. But when German commander General Breugal becomes suspicious, it seems he will stop at nothing to...

Svetlana Stalina, who died on November 22, 2011, at the age of eighty-five, was the only daughter and the last surviving child of Josef Stalin. Beyond Stalina's controversial defection to the US in a cloak-and-dagger escape via India in 1967, her journey from life as the beloved daughter of a fierce autocrat to death in small-town Wisconsin is an astonishing saga. Publicly she was the young darling of her people; privately she was controlled by a...

"Lucian, the newly minted Duke of Penning, has much to prove--to himself, his family and the ton. Craving spotless respectability, he must find an aristocratic wife. Unfortunately, he can't keep his eyes--and thoughts--off his deliciously distracting housekeeper. Such a dalliance can only mar the facade he's constructed to protect his sisters' future from the demons of his past...but this fiery passion is a temptation he cannot resist. While Susanna...

The new Duke of Claremont, who is devoted to shocking the ton with his exploits, finds himself saddled with debt, and, forced to return to his family's estate, must confront the beautiful woman he left behind who desperately needs his help.

When she discovers that her great-great-grandmother was the author Evelyn Aubrey, whose shocking disappearance in 1898 led London society to believe she was murdered, Abigail journeys to England in search of answers, suspecting Evelyn wrote a new chapter of her life to take charge of her future.

While repairing his ramshackle manor house in time for a royal visit, the Duke of Ashmore is captivated by a local woman Madeline Ravenwood, and as his love for her grows, he must convince her that she is the woman he's been waiting for.

The Duchess of Waverly's personal secretary, Miss Aurelia Graves, mistaken for her employer until Alexander Fennessey learns the truth, agrees to let others think she's the duchess for a fortnight, while making it clear she has no interest in marrying him, until the tables turn, and he wants to marry her.

"Dragon fire no longer blisters the skies over Penterra, but inside the lavish palace, life is still perilous...especially for Tamsyn. Raised in the glittering court alongside the princesses, it's her duty to be punished for their misdeeds. Treated as part of the royal family but also as the lowliest servant, Tamsyn fits nowhere. Her only friend is Stig, Captain of the Guard...though sometimes she thinks he wants more than friendship. When Fell, the...

Pre-order the BRAND NEW laugh-out-loud fake relationship romantic comedy from top 10 bestseller Portia MacIntosh!Cara and Millsy have broken up... sort of. After years of being everyone's favourite couple, always up for a party and having fun wherever they go, things have fizzled out. But when they realise they have a whole calendar of events and celebrations with friends and family coming up, Cara and Millsy can't face letting them down. So they...

From the author of The Littlest Library-a heartwarming novel about a widowed children's book author who moves into a cottage in the English countryside and finds herself face-to-face with the handsome and brooding blacksmith who lives next door. In her books she can write "happily ever after"-but real life? That's another matter… For children's book author Imogen, an idyllic life in the English countryside seems like the perfect fit for her and...