Books like Peacock's Walk by Jane Corrie

During World War II, a foster girl in Nazi Germany steals books to share with neighbors and a hidden Jewish man, proving literature’s power to nourish the soul amid darkness.

Caseworker Linus travels to a remote orphanage to investigate ragged kids and their enigmatic caretaker Arthur, only to discover that the island’s magical children—and his own heart—are part of something larger than he imagined.

Monsieur Perdu, a literary apothecary aboard a Seine barge, prescribes novels to heal broken hearts. When his own love remains a mystery, he journeys south of France to find closure and prove stories can mend souls.

An orchardist's lonely existence torn by love and pain, captured in vivid nature and human relationships.

In turn‑of‑the‑century England, Jessica Clavering, scorned at her family home, marries into an opal‑mine empire and follows her inheritance to Australia, where she confronts her family's dark past.

"I very much need to be dead." These are the chilling last words left by a man who had everything to live for but took his own life. In the void that remains stands his widow, FBI agent Jane Hawk, surrounded by questions destined to go unanswered unless she does what all the grief and fury inside her demand: Find the truth, no matter what. People of talent and accomplishment, people seemingly happy and sound of mind, have recently been committing suicide in surprising numbers. A disturbing pattern is beginning to emerge. Jane is determined to give up everything to find out why. And if that means going rogue and becoming America's Most Wanted, then so be it. Those arrayed against her are legion, and devoted to protecting something profoundly important-or terrifying-enough to exterminate any and all in their way. But Jane is as clever as these enemies are cold-blooded, as relentless as they are ruthless. And she is driven by a righteous rage they can never comprehend. Because it is born of love.

It was only by chance that Charmian had met the worldly Alex Dimitriou in Paris, and it was only a brief meeting, but it was long enough for her to learn his philosophy - "Love and marriage are two very different things." She would never have the chance to prove him wrong, for he also said, "We shall never meet again." But they did!

A large type book of English fiction by Mervyn Jones.

An unlikely American soldier becomes the hero in this thrilling World War II story of sniper skills and survival.