Kilteegan Bridge, County Cork 1958For eighteen year old Lena O'Sullivan, life is predictable and dull. A future of hard work, marriage to a local boy, and a family of her own one day is all she has to look forward to. People from her background know not to expect too much, but Lena yearns for something different.Malachy Berger was different, for him, the world is at his feet. An only child of a wealthy, if peculiar German father, a large inheritance, a beautiful house and a fine education are his due. Malachy's family history is shrouded in mystery but in the decades after the war, the arrival to Kilteegan Bridge of an autocratic German and his manservant, was the cause of much speculation.Neither family is in favour of Lena and Malachy’s friendship, but why not? What harm are they doing? Why is everyone so dead set against it?Then fate takes a hand, and Lena realises that secrets and lies have bound her and Malachy in an impossible situation. And their future seems determined by events that happened long before they were born.Beginning in rural Ireland and post-war Cardiff, Lena and Malachy’s story winds its way back to wartime Germany where the fate of millions was decided by an evil ideology, and the young couple find themselves in web of deceit that threatens to destroy them both.

The secret of their identities is the only thing keeping them safe.Czechoslovakia, 1944. Hilda and Sheindy’s quiet lives are overturned the day the Nazis march them out of their village home and onto a train bound for the unknown. Separated from their parents and five older siblings, the girls cling to each other for survival in their new reality – between the cold, lonely walls of Auschwitz.Hilda knows that if they want to live, they will have to escape. So, when an opportunity presents itself, she makes a daring decision, risking both her life and her sister’s in a bold move that will take them out of the Nazis’ hands… and directly into the German countryside.The sisters find themselves stranded in a foreign, enemy land, with no money to their name, no papers, and even worse – with incriminating Auschwitz tattoos prominent on their arms. Hilda and Sheindy know they will have to muster their every wit and ounce of courage if they ever want to live through the war and see their home again. The identities they take on as German orphans seeking shelter are the only thing keeping them safe – and the very thing that could send them straight back into the Nazis’ deadly hands.This heart-wrenching true story of two sisters’ unbelievable survival against the odds speaks to the courage of the human heart and the unbreakable bond between sisters. Readers who love Kelly Rimmer and Ellie Midwood will not be able to resist The Secret Orphan Sisters.

Sebastian Faulks’s Birdsong meets Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale in this moving and powerful novel about love, loss and the resilience of the human spirit.Scarred by his experiences in World War One, German doctor, Sebastian Braun lives a quiet life tending to his patients and his beloved garden. Until Sophie Hathaway bursts into his life and challenges his dearly-held beliefs. And just at the moment Sebastian discovers love for the first time war is on the horizon once again, threatening not just his peace of mind…As the Germans approach the Channel Islands, Sebastian has to make choices: be the peace-loving man he has become or stand up and fight for his principles? When he and Sophie are separated, Sebastian is left realising love may have eluded him forever. Until a chance meeting in Paris sets the wheels in motion for a dangerously devastating love affair.Readers are loving The Paris Affair:‘A brilliant and very unique book…phenomenal’ Kayla‘Thoughtful and unpredictable…it took me by surprise’ Christy‘Riveting…suspensful, tense and emotional’ Karyn‘A great read… highly recommended’ Lesley‘Carefully plotted… I hated to put the book down’ Sheri‘The plot is well paced and structured and it pulled me into the deception, suspense and tension…I hope to see this on the silver screen one day’ Norma‘Quite simply epic! It should be made into a film, as the writing is so beautifully visual and presses all the emotional buttons’ Mandy‘An absolutely enthralling read from beginning to end…The historical research that has gone into this book is incredible. A fantastic story. A definite must read’ Amy‘I read this in a single sitting…Romance, history, and of course, the beautiful writing of Melanie Hudson make this an excellent addition to the WWII canon and one that you should not miss!!’ Tiffany