Stephanie Burgis 
Scales and Sensibility 

"The Marbeck Inn: A Novel" by Harold Brighouse is a captivating work of English literature that delves into the drama and complexities of family, relationships, and community dynamics …

"The Child of Pleasure BOOK I" by Gabriele D’Annunzio is a captivating novel that epitomizes the essence of Italian literature within the context of the Decadent movement. D’Annunzio’s …

"A Laodicean: A Story of To-day" by Thomas Hardy intricately weaves elements of Victorian literature into a captivating romance, exploring themes of social class, industrialization, and the …

”An epic tale and a brutal evocation of a disappearing world” The Times Summoning up more than twenty years of Japan”s most dramatic history, Memoirs of a Geisha uncovers a hidden world of erotici …

A heartbreaking debut about family, love, grief and food. Perfect for fans of Joanne Harris” Chocolat and Julia Powell”s Julie & Julia. Victoria, eighty and recently bereaved, is lonely and needs t …

”Spellbinding” Daily Mail From the award-winning author, a hauntingly beautiful coming of age novel set in the Welsh valleys of the 1970s Tirzah has lived a life of seclusion in a staunch …

The riveting story of two sisters, one raised in the United States, the other in South Korea, and the family that bound them together even as the Korean War kept them apart ”A gorgeous achieve …

With this ring, he will claim what’s his!Arriving in the kingdom of Dharia clutching an ornate ring – the only link to her hidden past – Polly Dixon never expected to be arrested and deposited at the …

”A Japan that never was, a future lost, ghosts that are not dead … not even a partial list of ingredients can do justice to this wonderful cake of a book … A time-defying thriller” ROBIN HOBB …

Can a magical Christmas under glass……bring them back together for good?Adam Masterson doesn’t understand why Joy Boston left Indian Lake and broke his heart all those years ago. Now she’s returned to …