Julie Owen Moylan

A gripping and evocative debut about the secrets we keep to protect those we love. 1955 - In an apartment on the Lower East Side, school teachers Dovie and Gillian live as lodgers. Dancing behind closed curtains, mixing cocktails for two, they guard their private lives fiercely. Until someone guesses the truth... 1975 - Ava Winters is keeping her own...

Soho, London, 1958. Three women. One boarding house. A secret that could shatter everything. When Edie Budd arrives at a shabby West London boarding house in October 1958 with a broken suitcase and an envelope of cash, it's clear she's hiding something. And she's not the only one... Tommie, who lives on the second floor, waits on the eccentric Mrs...

Circus of Mirrors by Julie Owen Moylan is a dazzling tale of love, courage, and sisterhood, spanning 40 years of tumult in Berlin. It's perfect for fans of Cabaret and The Whalebone Theatre. Berlin, 1926. After the death of their parents, sisters Leni and Annette only have each other. Desperate to support her younger sister, Leni finds work at a...

1956. Queen Elizabeth II and Marilyn Monroe are the two most famous women on the planet. Their lives are worlds apart. But what if a momentous summer brought them closer than anyone ever knew? 1956. Elizabeth II is an elegant young mother and wife who has embraced her patriotic duty despite never expecting to take the throne. Marilyn Monroe is...

Soho, London, 1958. Three women. One boarding house. A secret that could shatter everything. One wet afternoon in 1954, after a whirlwind romance, Edie Fletcher married Frank Budd in a South London registry office. With a spool of blue ribbon tied around her bouquet, she promised to love, honour, and obey him—for better, or worse. Two years later, Edie arrives...