Celia Rees

World War II has just ended, and Britain has established the Control Commission for Germany, which oversees their zone of occupation. The Control Commission hires British civilians to work in Germany, rebuild the shattered nation, and prosecute war crimes....

It is the dawn of the 18th century, when girls stay home and sew while men sail the high seas finding adventure, danger, and gold....

It is 1659 and Mary Newbury, theyoung granddaughter of a witch, sees her wise and beloved grandmother tortured and hanged as a servant of the Devil. Then a stranger with hauntingly familiar eyes approaches her with an opportunity - safe passage to America....

It’s 1946 and the dust of war has settled over Europe. But for Edith Graham, an ordinary woman living an ordinary life, her journey is only just beginning....

As rich as she is lovely, Sovay may often be found sitting for portraits - when she's not disguised as a man and robbing travelers, that is....

Finn's not at all sure about the Salt House. Overlooking Westwater Bay, it brings back all her nightmare fears of drowning. Of the ghosts of the dead reaching for her. And Westwater is dangerous.

Ellen is 16 and dying of an unknown illness. She begins to read her great-grandmother's diary, but it soon becomes difficult to distinguish her own life from the events recorded in the book....

At the start of summer vacation, 15-year-old Richard discovers that a family has moved in to the usually deserted Wish House. Their beautiful daughter draws him utterly into their bohemian world....

Young and beautiful Violetta may be of royal blood, but her kingdom is in shambles when she arrives in London on a mysterious mission....

Reports of miraculous phenomena are coming in...a crying statue. A bleeding crucifix. Around the globe, strange signs point to the end of days.....

Der Zweite Weltkrieg ist zu Ende: Die Briten haben die Kontrolle über weite Teile Deutschlands und suchen nun nach Personen, die ihnen...

Everyone says that Caro is bad ...but Jamie can't help himself....

Wild and beautiful, spoilt and wilful, Sovay finds that her cosseted life in rural England has not prepared her for life as a highway robber, for defending the honour of her family or for trying to save herself from corruption and evil.

It all started as stories - playground tales handed down for generations, plague graves, vanished children, and hidden steps leading to a festering underworld....