A retelling of the early life of Merlin that frames his psychic visions and uncertain parentage within the fractured, post-Roman kingdoms of Britain.

Set in England in 1818, the story follows Venetia Lanyon, a young woman raised in sheltered country seclusion, whose quiet life is disrupted when a rakish neighbor forms an unexpected friendship with her handicapped younger brother and draws Venetia into closer contact.

Set during World War II in England, the novel follows a wounded young soldier convalescing at a military hospital who confronts feelings for men with very different positions and temperaments.

Set in the early 1950s, the novel follows a developing romantic relationship between two women whose attraction collides with social expectations and practical responsibilities.

Set in the Regency period, the novel follows Sophia Stanton-Lacy — an outspoken, worldly young woman sent to stay with relatives while her diplomat father accepts another posting.

Set in an early 20th-century Ontario village, the novel follows a woman constrained by family and social expectation who faces a decision point that lets her imagine a different life.

Four disparate Englishwomen arrange a month-long holiday at a sunlit Italian castle to escape damp London and the pressures of their social lives.

Jane Eyre is a first-person bildungsroman that follows an orphaned woman's development from childhood into adulthood and her fraught attachment to the brooding master of a country estate.

Anne Elliot, a woman in her late twenties, confronts the social consequences of having broken an earlier engagement after others persuaded her to do so.