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Queen Isabella: Treachery, Adultery, and Murder in Medieval England by Alison Weir
Isabella arrived in London in 1308, the spirited twelve-year-old daughter of King Philip IV of France. Her marriage to the heir to England’s throne was designed to heal old political wounds between the two countries, and in the years that followed, she would become an important figure, a... more
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Born to Rule: Five Reigning Consorts, Granddaughters of Queen Victoria by Julia P. Ge...
Julia Gelardi's Born to Rule is the powerful epic story of five royal granddaughters of Queen Victoria, who reigned over the end of their empires, the destruction of their families, and the tumult of the twentieth century
Here are the stories of Alexandra, whose faith in... more
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The Private Lives of the Tudors: Uncovering the Secrets of Britain?s Greatest Dynasty...
England?s Tudor monarchs?Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I?are perhaps the most celebrated and fascinating of all royal families in history. Their love affairs, their political triumphs, and their overturning of the religious order are the subject of countless works of... more
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The Illusionist's Apprentice by Kristy Cambron
Wren Lockhart, apprentice to master illusionist Harry Houdini, uses life on a vaudeville stage to escape the pain of her past. She continues her career of illusion after her mentor’s death, intent on burying her true identity.
But when a rival performer’s act goes tragically... more
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Devoted by Dean Koontz
An epic thriller about a terrifying threat to humanity and the singular compassion it will take to defeat it. A mother, a boy, and a desperate battle against the night. Woody Bookman hasn’t spoken a word in his eleven years of life. Not when his father died in a freak... more
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Send for Me by Lauren Fox
An achingly beautiful work of historical fiction that moves between Germany on the eve of World War II and present-day Wisconsin, unspooling a thread of love, longing, and the powerful bonds of family.
Annelise is a dreamer: imagining her future while working at her parents' popular... more
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Queen of the Conqueror: The Life of Matilda, Wife of William I by Tracy Joanne Borman
Around the year 1049, William, Duke of Normandy and future conqueror of England, raced to the palace of Baldwin V, Count of Flanders. The count?s eldest daughter, Matilda, had refused William?s offer of marriage and publicly denounced him as a bastard. Encountering the young woman, William... more
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The Girl Who Came Home: A Novel of the Titanic by Hazel Gaynor
Praise for The Girl Who Came Home ?A beautifully imagined novel rich in historic detail and with authentic, engaging characters - I loved this book. Hazel Gaynor is an exciting new voice in historical fiction.? Kate Kerrigan, author of Ellis Island 'Our story lives on in this poignant novel.'... more
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Watch the Lady (Tudor, Bk 3) by Elizabeth Fremantle
The Queen's GodDaughter. Her Most Trusted Maid. Adultress. Enemy of The State. Who is The Real Penelope Devereux?
Penelope Devereux is a legendary beauty in the court of Elizabeth I, with a smile that would light up the shadows of hell. But it's not just her looks which have won her... more
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A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock, Bk 1) by Sherry Thomas
With her inquisitive mind, Charlotte Holmes has never felt comfortable with the demureness expected of the fairer sex in upper class society. But even she never thought that she would become a social pariah, an outcast fending for herself on the mean streets of London.
When the... more
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The Bohemians: The Lovers Who Led Germany's Resistance Against the Nazis by Norman Oh...
Summertime, 1935. On a lake near Berlin, a young man is out sailing when he glimpses a woman reclining in the prow of a passing boat. Their eyes meet -- and one of history’s greatest conspiracies is born.
Harro Schulze-Boysen already had shed blood in the fight against Nazism by the... more
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The Prisoner of Heaven (P.S.) by Carlos Ruiz Zafon & Lucia Graves (Translator)
Barcelona, 1957. It is Christmas, and Daniel Sempere and his wife, Bea, have much to celebrate. They have a beautiful new baby son named Julian, and their close friend FermÍn Romero de Torres is about to be wed.
But their joy is eclipsed when a mysterious stranger visits the Sempere... more
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In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden
This extraordinarily sensitive and insightful portrait of religious life centers on Philippa Talbot, a highly successful professional woman who leaves her life among the London elite to join a cloistered Benedictine community. In This House of Brede was the basis of a 1975 made-for-television... more
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Matrix by Lauren Groff
Cast out of the royal court by Eleanor of Aquitaine, deemed too coarse and rough-hewn for marriage or courtly life, seventeen-year-old Marie de France is sent to England to be the new prioress of an impoverished abbey, its nuns on the brink of starvation and beset by disease.
At first taken... more
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The Betrayal by Kate Furnivall
'A real page-turner which puts you in France on the cusp of war from the very first page. Gripping. Tense. Mysterious. Kate Furnivall has a talent for creating places and characters who stay with you long after you've read the final word' JANE CORRY, bestselling author of Blood Sisters and My... more
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Stoner (New York Review Books Classics) by John Williams
William Stoner is born at the end of the nineteenth century into a dirt-poor Missouri farming family. Sent to the state university to study agronomy, he instead falls in love with English literature and embraces a scholar’s life, so different from the hardscrabble existence he has known.... more
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Eternal by Lisa Scottoline
A sweeping and shattering epic of historical fiction fueled by shocking true events, the tale of a love triangle that unfolds in the heart of Rome... in the creeping shadow of fascism.
What war destroys, only love can heal.
Elisabetta, Marco, and Sandro grow up as the best of friends... more
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The Whispers of War by Julia Kelly
The start of World War II looms over three friends who struggle to remain loyal as one of them is threatened with internment by the British government, from the author of the ?sweeping, stirring? (Kristin Harmel, internationally bestselling author of The Room on Rue Amélie) The Light Over... more
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The Velvet Hours by Alyson Richman
From the international bestselling author of The Lost Wife and The Garden of Letters, comes a story?inspired by true events?of two women pursuing freedom and independence in Paris during WWII.
As Paris teeters on the edge of the German occupation, a young French woman closes the door to her... more
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Florida by Lauren Groff
The bold new book from the celebrated New York Times-bestselling author of Fates and Furies.
"Lauren Groff is a writer of rare gifts." --The New York Times Book Review
In her vigorous and moving new book, Lauren Groff brings her electric storytelling and intelligence to a world in which... more
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Once We Were Here by Christopher Cosmos
As World War II intrudes upon their home, three young friends risk everything for freedom, love, and a chance at a better life.
On October 28th, 1940, Mussolini provides Greek Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas with an ultimatum: either allow Axis forces to occupy their country, or face war, and... more
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The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
A locked-room mystery, set in a Paris apartment building in which every resident has something to hide... Jess needs a fresh start. She’s broke and alone, and she’s just left her job under less than ideal circumstances. Her half-brother Ben didn’t sound thrilled when she asked... more
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The French Baker's War by Michael Whatling
Absence isn’t a hole. It’s a presence living inside you, eating its way out.
Occupied France, 1943. Returning home from the daily hunt for the rationed ingredients necessary to keep his family pâtisserie open, André Albert finds his four-year-old son in the street,... more
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Madame Fourcade's Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France's Largest Spy Net...
The little-known true story of Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, the woman who headed the largest spy network in occupied France during World War II.
In 1941 a thirty-one-year-old Frenchwoman, a young mother born to privilege and known for her beauty and glamour, became the leader of a vast... more
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Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada & Michael Hofmann (Translator)
This never-before-translated masterpiece -- by a heroic best-selling writer who saw his life crumble when he wouldn't join the Nazi Party -- is based on a true story.
It presents a richly detailed portrait of life in Berlin under the Nazis and tells the sweeping saga of one working-class... more
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The German Wife by Kelly Rimmer
Berlin, 1930: When a wave of change sweeps a radical political party to power, Sofie von Meyer Rhodes’s academic husband benefits from the ambitions of its newly elected chancellor. Although Sofie and Jürgen do not share the social views growing popular in Hitler’s Germany,... more
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At Summer's End by Courtney Ellis
When an ambitious female artist accepts an unexpected commission at a powerful earl's country estate in 1920s England, she finds his war-torn family crumbling under the weight of long-kept secrets. From author Courtney Ellis comes a captivating novel about finding the courage to heal after... more
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The Agincourt Bride by Joanna Hickson
The epic story of the queen who founded the Tudor dynasty, told through the eyes of her loyal nursemaid. Perfect for fans of Philipa Gregory. When her own first child is tragically still-born, the young Mette is pressed into service as a wet-nurse at the court of the mad king, Charles VI of... more
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The Glittering Hour by Iona Grey
1925. The war is over and a new generation is coming of age, keen to put the trauma of the previous one behind them.
Selina Lennox is a Bright Young Thing whose life is dedicated to the pursuit of pleasure; to parties and drinking and staying just the right side of scandal.... more
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The Vineyards of Champagne by Juliet Blackwell
Deep within the labyrinth of caves that lie below the lush, rolling vineyards of the Champagne region, an underground city of women and children hums with life. Forced to take shelter from the unrelenting onslaught of German shellfire above, the bravest among them venture out to pluck sweet... more
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Edinburgh Midnight (Ian Hamilton, Bk 3) by Carole Lawrence
Spiritualism has captured the public's imagination. Seances are all the rage, and Detective Ian Hamilton's otherwise sensible aunt Lillian is not immune to their allure. But for Ian, indulging her superstitions has its limits. When members of Lillian's circle of seance friends begin... more
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We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker
Duchess Day Radley is a 13 year-old self-proclaimed outlaw. At school, the other kids make fun of Duchess -- her clothes are torn, her hair a mess. But let them throw their sticks, because she’ll throw stones. Rules are for other people. She’s just trying to survive and keep her... more
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Bitter Greens: A Novel by Kate Forsyth
The amazing power and truth of the Rapunzel fairy tale comes alive for the first time in this breathtaking tale of desire, black magic and the redemptive power of love
French novelist Charlotte-Rose de la Force has been banished from the court of Versailles by the Sun King, Louis XIV, after a... more
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An American Beauty by Shana Abe
An American Beauty: A Novel of the Gilded Age Inspired by the True Story of Arabella Huntington Who Became the Richest Woman in the Country
1867, Richmond, Virginia: Though she wears the same low-cut purple gown that is the uniform of all the girls who work at Worsham’s gambling parlor,... more
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All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham
One year ago, Isabelle Drake's life changed forever: her toddler son, Mason, was taken out of his crib in the middle of the night while she and her husband were asleep in the next room. With little evidence and few leads for the police to chase, the case quickly went cold. However, Isabelle... more
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The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth
Domestic suspense amidst the tangled vines of family secrets... The Husband: A heart surgeon at the top of his field, Stephen Aston is getting married again. But first he must divorce his current wife, even though she can no longer speak for herself. The Daughters: Tully and Rachel Aston look... more
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The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors by Dan...
The dramatic and blood-soaked story of a tumultuous chapter in British history—from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Plantagenets
In this riveting follow-up to The Plantagenets, Dan Jones describes how the longest-reigning British royal family tore itself apart in a brutal blood... more
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The American Adventuress by C. W. Gortner
The story of Jennie Jerome Churchill, mother of Winston, a New York born heiress who always lived life on her own terms.
Daughter of New York financier Leonard Jerome, Jennie was born into wealth—and scandal. Upon her parents’ separation, her mother took Jennie and her sisters to... more
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The Secrets We Left Behind by Soraya M. Lane
How far will they go for family, friendship, and love?
Occupied France, 1940. When the staff at a field hospital draw straws to find out who will join the evacuation from Dunkirk, Nurse Cate is left behind. But when the Nazis arrive to claim prisoners of war, she takes her chance and flees... more
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The Isolated Seance (Irregular Detective, Bk 1) by Jeri Westerson
Watch out, Sherlock! Introducing one-time Baker Street Irregular Timothy Badger and his partner-in-crime Benjamin Watson, two exciting and unconventional young consulting detectives, mentored by the great man himself, tackling intriguing and unusual cases in Victorian London with endearing verve... more
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My Father's House (Rome Escape Line, Bk 1) by Joseph O’Connor
September 1943: German forces have Rome under their control. Gestapo boss Paul Hauptmann rules over the Eternal City with vicious efficiency. Hunger is widespread. Rumors fester. The war’s outcome is far from certain. Diplomats, refugees, Jews, and escaped Allied prisoners flee for... more
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The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman
From the beloved New York Times bestselling author of The Marriage of Opposites and the Practical Magic series comes an enchanting novel about love, heartbreak, self-discovery, and the enduring magic of books.
One brilliant June day when Mia Jacob can no longer see a way to survive, the... more
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A Brightness Long Ago by Guy Gavriel Kay
International bestselling author Guy Gavriel Kay's latest work is set in a world evoking early Renaissance Italy and offers an extraordinary cast of characters whose lives come together through destiny, love, and ambition.
In a chamber overlooking the nighttime waterways of a maritime city,... more
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The Widow Queen (The Bold, 1) by Elzbieta Cherezinska
Elzbieta Cherezinska's The Widow Queen is the epic story of a Polish queen whose life and name were all but forgotten until now.
The bold one, they call her - too bold for most.
To her father, the great duke of Poland, Swietoslawa and her two sisters represent three chances for an... more
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The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth
There’s a cottage on a cliff. Gabe and Pippa’s dream home in a sleepy coastal town. But their perfect house hides something sinister. The tall cliffs have become a popular spot for people to end their lives. Night after night Gabe comes to their rescue, literally talking them off the... more
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Where Coyotes Howl by Sandra Dallas
Except for the way they loved each other, they were just ordinary, everyday folks. Just ordinary.
1916. The two-street town of Wallace is not exactly what Ellen Webster had in mind when she accepted a teaching position in Wyoming, but within a year’s time she’s fallen in love --... more
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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill,... more
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The Surgeon's Daughter by Audrey Blake
Nora Beady, the only female student at a prestigious medical school in Bologna, is a rarity. In the 19th century women are expected to remain at home and raise children, so her unconventional, indelicate ambitions to become a licensed surgeon offend the men around her.
Everything changes when... more
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The New Life by Tom Crewe
In the summer of 1894, John Addington and Henry Ellis begin writing a book arguing that homosexuality, which is a crime at the time, is a natural, harmless variation of human sexuality. Though they have never met, John and Henry both live in London with their wives, Catherine and Edith, and in... more
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Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
Billie, Mary Alice, Helen, and Natalie have worked for the Museum, an elite network of assassins, for forty years. Now their talents are considered old-school and no one appreciates what they have to offer in an age that relies more on technology than people skills.
When the foursome is sent... more
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Doc (Doc Holliday, Bk 1) by Mary Doria Russell
Born to the life of a Southern gentleman, Dr. John Henry Holliday arrives on the Texas frontier hoping that the dry air and sunshine of the West will restore him to health. Soon, with few job prospects, Doc Holliday is gambling professionally with his partner, Mária Katarina Harony, a... more
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The Spectacular by Fiona Davis
From the New York Times Bestselling Author of The Magnolia Palace: A thrilling story about love, sacrifice, and the pursuit of dreams, set amidst the glamour and glitz of Radio City Music Hall in its mid-century heyday.
New York City, 1956: Nineteen-year-old Marion Brooks knows... more
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Fairy Tale by Stephen King
Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes deep into the well of his imagination in this spellbinding novel about a seventeen-year-old boy who inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at war, and the stakes could not be higher -- for their world or ours.
Charlie Reade looks... more
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Winter Sisters (Mary Sutter, Bk 2) by Robin Oliveira
New York, 1879: An epic blizzard descends on Albany, devastating the city. When the snow finally settles, two newly orphaned girls are missing. Determined not to give up hope, Dr. Mary Sutter, a former Civil War surgeon, searches for the two sisters.
When what happened to them is finally... more
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Daughter of the Morning Star (Walt Longmire, Bk 17) by Craig Johnson
When Lolo Long's niece Jaya begins receiving death threats, Tribal Police Chief Long calls on Absaroka County Sheriff Walt Longmire along with Henry Standing Bear as lethal backup. Jaya Longshot Long is the phenom of the Lame Deer Lady Stars High School basketball team and is following in... more
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Of Hoaxes and Homicide: A Dear Miss Hermione Mystery (A Dear Miss Hermione Mystery, 2...
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All We Were Promised by Ashton Lattimore
Philadelphia, 1837. After Charlotte escaped from the crumbling White Oaks plantation down South, she’d expected freedom to feel different from her former life as an enslaved housemaid. After all, Philadelphia is supposed to be the birthplace of American liberty. Instead, she’s locked... more
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The Nightingale's Castle: A Novel of Erzsébet Báthory, the Blood Countess by Sonia Ve...
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The Phoenix Bride by Natasha Siegel
A passionate tale of plague, fire, and forbidden love. It is 1666, one year after plague has devastated England. Young widow Cecilia Thorowgood is a prisoner, trapped and isolated within her older sister’s cavernous London townhouse. At the mercy of a legion of doctors trying to cure her... more
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Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea
This is a searing epic based on the magnificent and true story of courageous Red Cross women. In 1943, Irene Woodward abandons an abusive fiancé in New York to enlist with the Red Cross and head to Europe. She makes fast friends in training with Dorothy Dunford, a towering... more
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The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden
January 1918. Laura Iven was a revered field nurse until she was wounded and discharged from the medical corps, leaving behind a brother still fighting in Flanders. Now home in Halifax, Canada, Laura receives word of Freddie’s death in combat, along with his personal effects—but... more
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In Memoriam by Alice Winn
It’s 1914, and World War I is ceaselessly churning through thousands of young men on both sides of the fight. The violence of the front feels far away to Henry Gaunt, Sidney Ellwood and the rest of their classmates, safely ensconced in their idyllic boarding school in the English... more
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The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh (MR. DARCY & MISS TILNEY MYSTERY) by Claudia G...
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The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civ...
The pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War—a slow-burning crisis that finally tore a deeply divided nation in two.
On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the fluky victor in a tight race for president. The country was bitterly at... more
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Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
Can you stop a murder after it’s already happened?
Late October. After midnight. You’re waiting up for your seventeen-year-old son. He’s past curfew. As you watch from the window, he emerges, and you realize he isn’t alone: he’s walking toward a man, and... more
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The Bear and the Nightingale (Winternight, Bk 1) by Katherine Arden
At the edge of the Russian wilderness, winter lasts most of the year and the snowdrifts grow taller than houses. But Vasilisa doesn't mind. She spends the winter nights huddled around the embers of a fire with her beloved siblings, listening to her nurse's fairy tales. Above all, she... more
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Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by...
The extraordinary New York Times-bestselling account of James Garfield's rise from poverty to the American presidency, and the dramatic history of his assassination and legacy, from bestselling author of The River of Doubt, Candice Millard.
For a man forced into the presidency, the legacy of... more
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The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan
Tracking the natural beauty that surrounds us, The Backyard Bird Chronicles maps the passage of time through daily entries, thoughtful questions, and beautiful original sketches. With boundless charm and wit, author Amy Tan charts her foray into birding and the natural wonders of the... more
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A Newlywed's Guide to Fortune and Murder (Countess of Harleigh, Bk 6) by Dianne Freem...
With her new husband George busy on a special mission for the British Museum, Frances has taken on an assignment of her own. The dowager Viscountess Winstead needs someone to sponsor her niece, Kate, for presentation to Queen Victoria. Frances -- who understands society’s quirks and... more
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After Annie by Anna Quindlen
When Annie Brown dies suddenly, her husband, her four young children and her closest friend are left to struggle without the woman who centered their lives. Bill Brown finds himself overwhelmed, and Annie’s best friend Annemarie is lost to old bad habits without Annie’s support. It... more
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Betrayal on the Bowery (Gilded Gotham, Bk 2) by Kate Belli
In Gilded-Age New York, not all that glitters is gold in a chilling murder mystery that careens from the city's poshest sanctuaries to its meanest streets.
New York City, summer 1889. Society girl-turned-investigative journalist Genevieve Stewart and wealthy Daniel McCaffrey have arrived... more
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The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf
A woman receives an unexpected visitor during a deadly snowstorm... True crime writer Wylie Lark doesn’t mind being snowed in at the isolated farmhouse where she’s retreated to write her new book. A cozy fire, complete silence. It would be perfect, if not for the fact that decades... more
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Ordeal by Fire (Bradecote and Catchpoll, Bk 2) by Sarah Hawkswood
September 1143. Sergeant Catchpoll hopes a fire at a Worcester silversmith’s is just an accident, but when there is a second fire, and a charred corpse is discovered, he has no choice but to call in the undersheriff, Hugh Bradecote, to help find the culprit.
With further fires, a hooded... more
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An Art Lover's Guide to Paris and Murder (Countess of Harleigh, Bk 7) by Dianne Freem...
A delightful jaunt to the City of Light as Frances Wynn, the American-born Countess of Harleigh, encounters a murder scene at the Paris Exposition.
Frances and her husband, George, have two points of interest in Paris. One is an impromptu holiday to visit the Paris Exposition. The other is... more
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The Quarry Girls by Jess Lourey
Minnesota, 1977: For the teens of one close-knit community, summer means late-night swimming parties at the quarry, the county fair, and venturing into the tunnels beneath the city. But for two best friends, it’s not all fun and games. Heather and Brenda have a secret. Something they saw... more
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Who Cries for the Lost (Sebastian St. Cyr, Bk 18) by C. S. Harris
June 1815. The people of London wait breathlessly for news as Napoleon and the forces united against him hurtle toward their final reckoning at Waterloo. Among them is Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, frustrated to find himself sidelined while recovering from a dangerous wound he recently... more
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When Blood Lies (Sebastian St. Cyr, Bk 17) by C. S. Harris
March, 1815. The Bourbon King Louis XVIII has been restored to the throne of France, Napoleon is in exile on the isle of Elba, and Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, and his wife, Hero, have traveled to Paris in hopes of tracing his long-lost mother, Sophie, the errant Countess of Hendon. But... more
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The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young
In the small mountain town of Jasper, North Carolina, June Farrow is waiting for fate to find her. The Farrow women are known for their thriving flower farm—and the mysterious curse that has plagued their family line. The whole town remembers the madness that led to Susanna... more
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Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty
The plane is jam-packed. Every seat is taken. So of course the flight is delayed! Flight attendant Allegra Patel likes her job—she’s generally happy with her life, even if she can’t figure out why she hooks up with a man she barely speaks to—but today is her twenty-eighth... more
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The Wake (Buccmaster, Bk 1) by Paul Kingsnorth
In the aftermath of the Norman Invasion of 1066, William the Conqueror was uncompromising and brutal. English society was broken apart, its systems turned on their head. What is little known is that a fractured network of guerrilla fighters took up arms against the French... more
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What Cannot Be Said (Sebastian St. Cyr, Bk 19) by C. S. Harris
July 1815: The Prince Regent’s grandiose plans to celebrate Napoléon’s recent defeat at Waterloo are thrown into turmoil when Lady McInnis and her daughter Emma are found brutally murdered in Richmond Park, their bodies posed in a chilling imitation of the stone effigies... more
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Who Speaks for the Damned (Sebastian St. Cyr, Bk 15) by C. S. Harris
It's June 1814, and the royal families of Austria, Russia, and the German states have gathered in London at the Prince Regent's invitation to celebrate the defeat of Napoleon and the restoration of monarchical control throughout Europe. But the festive atmosphere is marred one warm... more
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The Mesmerist by Caroline Woods
Before hypnotism, there was Mesmerism. And in 1894 Minneapolis, in the wake of a national financial crisis, spiritualism of every stripe is all the rage, and women are dying under mysterious circumstances. But until a new guest lands at the Bethany Home for Unwed Mothers, refusing to speak or... more