When we talked with author Jennifer Robson for the Modern Mrs. Darcy Book Club, she recommended Gill Paul as a talented writer who is well known in the UK, but who should be better known here in the States. I've got several of hers on my shelves, but I've never read any. Now they're on my TBR. From the publisher: "A Russian grand duchess and an English journalist. Linked by one of the world’s greatest mysteries . . . 1914. Russia is on the brink of collapse, and Grand Duchess Tatiana has fallen in love with cavalry officer Dmitri, but events take a catastrophic turn, placing their romance – and their lives – in danger. 2016. Kitty Fisher escapes to her great-grandfather's remote cabin in America, after a devastating revelation makes her flee London. There she discovers the spectacular jewelled pendant that will lead her to a family secret."

From the publisher: "It is 1912. Against all odds, the Titanic is sinking. As desperate hands emerge from the icy water, a few lucky row boats float in the darkness. On the boats are four survivors. Reg, a handsome young steward working in the first-class dining room; Annie, an Irishwoman travelling to America with her children; Juliet, a titled English lady who is pregnant and unmarried, and George, a troubled American millionaire. In the wake of the tragedy, each of these people must try to rebuild their lives. Haunting, emotional and beautifully written, Women and Children First breathes fresh life into the most famous disaster of the 20th century. A gripping read from the bestselling author of The Secret Wife."

When we talked with author Jennifer Robson last week for the Modern Mrs. Darcy Book Club, she recommended Gill Paul as a talented writer who is well known in the UK, but who should be better known here in the States. Now they're next on my TBR. From the publisher: "The year is 1854, and Britain is in the grip of a gruesome war. Dorothea Gray has not seen her little sister Lucy since she eloped with the handsome Captain Charlie Harvington and set sail for the Crimea. Now, as the war worsens and the battlefields darken with blood, Dorothea must risk everything to find her sister and join Florence Nightingale in the Crimean hospitals, nursing the injured soldiers back to health. Can these two sisters find their way back to each other? A spellbinding tale of courage, adventure and true love."

From the publisher: "If you loved I Was Anastasia by Ariel Lawhon you won't want to miss this novel about her sister, Grand Duchess Maria. What really happened to this lost Romanov daughter? A new novel perfect for anyone curious about Anastasia, Maria, and the other lost Romanov daughters, by the author of The Secret Wife."

When we talked with author Jennifer Robson for the Modern Mrs. Darcy Book Club, she recommended Gill Paul as a talented writer who is well known in the UK, but who should be better known here in the States. From the publisher: "Jackie Kennedy was beautiful, sophisticated, and contemplating leaving her ambitious young senator husband. Life in the public eye with an overly ambitious--and unfaithful—man who could hardly be coaxed to return from a vacation after the birth of a stillborn child was breaking her spirit. So when she's offered a holiday on the luxurious yacht owned by billionaire Ari Onassis, she says yes...to a meeting that will ultimately change her life. Maria Callas is at the height of her operatic career and widely considered to be the finest soprano in the world. And then she's introduced to Aristotle Onassis, the world's richest man and her fellow Greek. Stuck in a childless, sexless marriage, and with pressures on all sides from opera house managers and a hostile press, she finds her life being turned upside down by this hyper-intelligent and impeccably charming man... The President's Wife; a Glamorous Superstar; the rivalry that shook the world..."