Showing results by publisher "Renegade Books" in Historical Fiction

'Amazing' Reese Witherspoon 'Heart-rending' Taylor Jenkins Reid 'Luminous and moving!' Kate Quinn 'Unforgettable' Kristen Harmel The heartbreaking and completely unputdownable instant New York Times bestseller and Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick about the pain and sacrifice of forbidden love...

Born on a plantation in Charles City, Virginia, Pheby Brown was promised her freedom on her eighteenth birthday. But when her birthday finally comes around, instead of the idyllic life she was hoping for with her true love, she finds herself thrust into the bowels of slavery at the infamous Devil's Half-Acre, a jail where slaves are broken, tortured, and sold every day. Forced to become the mistress of the brutal man who owns the jail, Pheby faces the ultimate sacrifice to protect her heart.

'A powerful and beautifully told novel about hidden secrets and the hunger to belong. I loved it' Clare Leslie Hall, author of BROKEN COUNTRY 'Has future classic written all over it' Red Magazine 'I loved everything about this book' Julia Quinn, author of BRIDGERTON A BBC RADIO 2 BOOKCLUB PICK A...

'A seductive and secretive novel, simmering with threat. And the ending! Just glorious. I loved it.' Emma van Straaten, author of This Immaculate Body 'I read it in one sitting.' Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin, author of Ordinary Saints White Lotus meets The Talented Mr Ripley in this sun-drenched...

'In Blackmore's striking fictional retelling of this true history, Costanza refuses to accept a fate as nothing more than a victim of male exploitation' SUNDAY TIMES, BEST HISTORICAL FICTION 'Emotionally intense' DAILY MAIL 'A stunning, visceral portrait of a woman and her life and a story as...

'A lush and sensory novel . . .This is a story that lingers' - Emma Pei Yin, author of When Sleeping Women Wake 'Feast held me in its thrall from the first page and never let go . . . an immersive, enthralling, extraordinary piece of historical fiction' - Rachel Blackmore, author of Costanza In...

Freshly twenty-one and sporting a daring new bob, Greta Gatsby - younger sister to the infamous Jay - is finally free of finishing school. An idyllic summer stretches ahead of her at the Gatsby Mansion, the jewel of West Egg. But when Greta arrives at the secluded white-stone estate bathed in the late-afternoon light, she finds she isn't the only visitor. Jay is hosting an intimate gathering of New York's fashionable set: Daisy and Tom Buchanan, along with his brother Edgar, Nick Carraway and Jordan Baker. That evening, the guests enjoy a candelabra-lit dinner party.

'An utterly mesmerising gothic fairytale and a love letter to all the women who are marked as witches simply for being different. Wild, darkly woven and overflowing with courage, this novel is an enchantment you cannot miss' LUCY ROSE, author of The Lamb Cornwall, 1779: On a late August evening...