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A Dark and Deadly Journey by Julia Kelly

23 September 2025 By Editor

After being sidelined for a pesky gunshot wound, typist-turned-field agent Evelyne Redfern is ready for her next assignment with Britain’s secretive Special Investigations Unit. When a British Intelligence informant in Portugal mysteriously disappears just after hinting that he has vital information about German plans that could tip the balance of World War Two, Evelyne and […]

The Dressmakers of London by Julia Kelly

18 February 2025 By Editor

Isabelle Shelton has always found comfort in the predictable world of her mother’s dressmaking shop, Mrs Shelton’s Fashions, while her sister Sylvia turned her back on the family years ago to marry a wealthy doctor whom Izzie detests. When their mother dies unexpectedly, the sisters are stunned to find they’ve jointly inherited the family business. […]

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