Susan Howatch This companion novel to "The Rich are Different" is a tale of revenge and retribution, set in the glamorous banking world of mid-20th century New York. It is...

Theodore DreiserA landmark in American literature, presented in its complete and unexpurgated version. Dreiser's unsparing story of a country girl's rise to riches as the mistress of a wealthy man...

Jean Bedford Kate Kelly grew up in a house of women: when the Kelly men were not in jail, they were outlaws. Kate's loyalty to her family becomes a bitter...

Louis L'AmourHe was born in the swamps of the Eastern States, but he came of age on the frontier. Now, Jean LaFarge finds himself swept up in an epic battle...

Emma Donoghue Set in London and Monmouth in the late 1700s, this is an extraordinary novel about Mary Saunders, the young daughter of a poor seamstress. Mary hungers greedily for...

Mary BaloghMeet the Bedwyns—six brothers and sisters—men and women of passion and privilege, daring and sensuality.Enter their dazzling world of high society and breathtaking seduction…where each will seek love, fight...

Andrea Levy   It is 1948 in an England still shaken by war. At 21 Nevern Street, London, Queenie Bligh takes into her house lodgers who have recently arrived from...

Clare Chambers1957, south-east suburbs of London.Jean Swinney is a feature writer on a local paper, disappointed in love and - on the brink of forty - living a limited existence...

Allen Hoffman   The first volume in Allen Hoffman's critically acclaimed series Small Worlds takes place in 1903 and introduces the wondrous rebbe of Krimsk—a small Hasidic settlement in Eastern...

Ross GilfillanFrom the clamour of P.T. Barnum's circus rushing through the dusty plains of Missouri to the bustle and noise of packed theatres in New York, The Snake-Oil Dickens Man...

Jane Gloriana Villanueva“Just the thing for a cold winter’s night between episodes.” —The Washington Post Book World“Fans of the show will undoubtedly enjoy the chance to read Jane’s book in...

Jane Gloriana Villanueva “Just the thing for a cold winter’s night between episodes.” —The Washington Post Book World“Fans of the show will undoubtedly enjoy the chance to read Jane’s book...