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The Proposition By Jan Selbourne

They met on the eve of a battle. One enlisted to avoid prison, the other enlisted to avoid the money lenders. On the bloodied fields of France, Harry Connelly collapses beside the corpse of Andrew Conroy. It’s a risk, a hanging offence, it’s his only hope for a future. Harry swaps identity discs. 

Now known as Andrew, he is just another face in post war London until a letter arrives with a proposition. Accepting will plunge him into a nightmare of murder, family jealousy and greed. 

To survive he must live this lie without a mistake, until he falls in love with Lacey. To keep her he must tell the truth and face the consequences.


“Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!” Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field, by Sir Walter Scott
It had seemed like a good idea at the time, isn’t that what they all say? It would be an adventure to fight for your country. A chance to see the world. And anyway, it would all be over by Christmas. However, Har…

The King of Dunkirk The King’s Germans Book #2 By Dominic Fielder




May 1793: The French border.
Valenciennes, Paris then home! Every common soldier knows the popular  refrain so why can’t the commanders see sense? 
The protracted siege of Valenciennes exposes the mistrust between the  allies. National interests triumph over military logic. The King’s Germans  find themselves marching north to the coast, not east to Paris. Dunkirk has  become a royal prize, an open secret smuggled to the French, who set a trap  for the Duke of York’s army. 
Lieutenant Erich von Bomm and Captain Werner Brandt find themselves in  the thick of the action as the 14th Nationals, the Black Lions, seek their  revenge. In the chaos of battle, Sebastian Krombach, working alongside  Major Trevethan, the engineer tasked with capturing Dunkirk, must make a  dreadful choice: to guide a battalion of Foot Guards to safety across the  Great Moor or carry a message that might save the life of a friend. 

The King’s Germans and the Black …

The Vogels: On All Fronts  (The Half-Bloods Book 2) By Jana Petken

“The Vogels are fighting on all fronts in this compelling story of intrigue and betrayal in a world at war.” 
European citizens feel the full force of German injustice, but not all are willing to bend the knee. From France to Poland, Resistance groups fight from the shadows to thwart Nazi rule and hinder their goal to exterminate Jews. 

In Russia, Wilmot Vogel struggles to survive the ravages of a frigid winter, compounded by the German army’s lack of progress. Hit by a surprise Russian attack on the front lines, however, he finds himself facing an even greater challenge than the freezing weather and Soviet bullets. 

In Łódź, Poland, an idealistic doctor is resolved to oppose the Third Reich, but is he willing to betray his country? Will a Gestapo major find the answers he’s looking for? Can a ghetto Jew avoid transportation to a Nazi extermination camp? 

Can two spies rekindle their friendship, or will past betrayals become …

Pit of Vipers (Sons of Kings #2) By Millie Thom

In Pit of Vipers, the second book in the Sons of Kings trilogy, the lives of Alfred of Wessex and Eadwulf of Mercia continue to unfold against the ever increasing threat of Danish raids. 
Now back in his homeland, Eadwulf sets out on his determined quest for revenge, whilst Alfred’s leadership skills develop at the courts of his successive brothers. Before long, those skills will be put to the test . . . 
The Danish invasion of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in 865 is merciless and relentless. Every year more Norse ships come to join their comrades in a quest to plunder for wealth and gain domination over the people. 
The Wessex king is now Aethelred, Alfred’s last surviving brother, and Alfred becomes his trusted second-in-command. Whilst the Danes take kingdom after kingdom, the brothers wait with baited breath for them to set their sights on Wessex. 


By 869 their worst fear is realised. 


In the meantime, Eadwulf pursues the objects of his revenge.