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In Need of a Good Wife

Kelly O. McNees

Richly detailed, vivid, and unforgettable, this is an extraordinary novel about three women challenging the American West—and unpredictable fate—for a future only the most daring can secure… For Clara Bixby, brokering mail-order...

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Published: Oct 2012

The Sister Queens

Sophie Perinot

Patient, perfect, and used to being first, Marguerite becomes Queen of France. But Louis IX is a religious zealot who denies himself the love and companionship his wife craves. Can she borrow enough of her sister's boldness to grasp ...

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Published: Mar 2012

Angelica

Arthur Phillips

From the bestselling author of The Egyptologist and Prague comes an even more accomplished and entirely surprising new novel. Angelica is a spellbinding Victorian ghost story, an intriguing literary and psychological puzzle, and a med...

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Published: Feb 2008

Lady of the Eternal City

Kate Quinn

Elegant, secretive Sabina may be Empress of Rome, but she still stands poised on a knife's edge. She must keep the peace between two deadly enemies: her husband Hadrian, Rome's brilliant and sinister Emperor; and battered warrior Vi...

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Published: Mar 2015

The Last Van Gogh

Alyson Richman

In 1890, Van Gogh arrives at Auvers-sur-Oise, a peaceful French village, to spend the summer under the care of Doctor Gachet, a homeopathic doctor and art collector, where the painter will spend the final days of his life creating mor...

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Published: Oct 2006

The Kept: A Novel (P.S.)

James Scott

Set in rural New York state at the turn of the twentieth century, superb new talent James Scott makes his literary debut with The Kept—a propulsive novel reminiscent of the works of Michael Ondaatje, Cormac McCarthy, and Bonnie Jo C...

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Published: Jan 2015

Warlock of Ancient Egypt

Wilbur Smith

After the death of his beloved Queen Lostris, Taita heads to the harsh deserts of North Africa to devote himself to a study of the occult, to become a warlock, and to fulfill his destiny to protect the dynasty of Lostris from the evil...

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Published: May 2001

The Four Graces

D. E. Stevenson

Little Women meets World War II in this heartwarming story from beloved author D.E. Stevenson Mr. Grace is vicar of a country parish in World War II England. Blessed with four grown-up daughters, three of whom live at home, he has con...

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Published: Jul 2014

A Hundred Flowers

Gail Tsukiyama

A powerful new novel about an ordinary family facing extraordinary times at the start of the Chinese Cultural Revolution  China, 1957. Chairman Mao has declared a new openness in society: "Let a hundred flowers bloom; let a hun...

Unabridged CD
Published: Aug 2012

The Life She Was Given

Ellen Marie Wiseman

From acclaimed author Ellen Marie Wiseman comes a vivid, daring novel about the devastating power of family secrets—beginning in the poignant, lurid world of a Depression-era traveling circus and coming full circle in the transforma...

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Published: Jul 2017

Island of Sweet Pies and Soldiers

Sara Ackerman

Hawaii, 1944. The Pacific battles of World War II continue to threaten American soil, and on the home front, the bonds of friendship and the strength of love are tested.Violet Iverson and her young daughter, Ella, are piecing their li...

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Published: Feb 2018

The Darling Dahlias and the Silver Do...

Susan Wittig Albert

The New York Times bestselling author of the China Bayles Mysteries takes readers back to Darling, Alabama, in the spring of 1933—where the women of the Darling Dahlias' garden club are betting their bottom dollar there's going to b...

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Published: Sep 2015

A Touch of Stardust: A Novel

Kate Alcott

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Dressmaker comes a blockbuster novel that takes you behind the scenes of the filming of Gone with the Wind, while turning the spotlight on the passionate romance between its dashing l...

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Published: Feb 2015

To Find a Mountain

Dani Amore

Benedetta Carlessimo is no stranger to hardship. Ever since her mother died, the sixteen-year-old Italian girl has cared for her rambunctious younger siblings without complaint. Then World War II arrives on her doorstep, leaving her f...

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Published: Oct 2014

The Atomic City Girls

Janet Beard

“Focuses on the little-known realities behind the Manhattan Project […] Readers who enjoyed Martha Hall Kelly’s Lilac Girls will appreciate this glimpse into the beliefs and attitudes that shaped America during World War II.”�...

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Published: Feb 2018

Mistress of the Ritz: A Novel

Melanie Benjamin

A captivating novel based on the story of the extraordinary real-life American woman who secretly worked for the French Resistance during World War II--while playing hostess to the invading Germans at the iconic H tel Ritz in Paris--f...

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Published: May 2020

Lucky Us

Amy Bloom

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND O: THE OPRAH MAGAZINE • Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader’s Circle for author chats and more.“My fath...

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Published: Jul 2015

The Paris Assignment: A Novel

Rhys Bowen

A courageous wife, mother, and resister confronts the devastation of World War II in a heartbreaking and hopeful novel by the bestselling author of The Venice Sketchbook and The Tuscan Child. Londoner Madeleine Grant is studying at t...

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Published: Aug 2023

The Chocolate Maker's Wife

Karen Brooks

Australian bestselling novelist Karen Brooks rewrites women back into history with this breathtaking novel set in 17th century London—a lush, fascinating story of the beautiful woman who is drawn into a world of riches, power, intri...

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Published: Aug 2019

In Another Time

Jillian Cantor

A sweeping historical novel that spans Germany, England, and the United States and follows a young couple torn apart by circumstance leading up to World War II—and the family secret that may prove to be the means for survival.Love ...

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Published: Mar 2019

Inamorata

Megan Chance

American artist Joseph Hannigan and his alluring sister, Sophie, have arrived in enchanting nineteenth-century Venice with a single-minded goal. The twins, who have fled scandal in New York, are determined to break into Venice's expat...

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Published: Jul 2014

Ralph Compton Fatal Justice (Ralph Co...

Ralph Compton

Years ago Marshal Asher Thrall shot mad-dog killer Ben Sharkey. And heÂ's just repaid the favor in spades. With a bullet still in his chest, Ash knows heÂ's a walking dead man. But heÂ's going to make sure Sharkey takes his last st...

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Published: Dec 2009

Redfield Farm of the Underground Rail...

Judith Redline Coopey

REDFIELD FARM explores the paradox between peoples' professed beliefs and their actions. The main characters are Quaker and live in a solidly Quaker community.Quakers are non-violent yet the actions of the two main characters will go ...

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Published: Aug 2010

Fools and Mortals: A Novel

Bernard Cornwell

New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell makes a dramatic departure with this enthralling, action-packed standalone novel that tells the story of the first production of A Midsummer Night's Dream—as related by William Shak...

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Published: Jan 2019

Sharpe's Fury (Richard Sharpe's Adven...

Bernard Cornwell

The year is 1811 and the French appear to have won their war in Portugal and Spain, with Spain fallen to the invader except for the sea-wrapped city of Cadiz. Captain Richard Sharpe has no business being in Cadiz, but an attack on a ...

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Published: Sep 2007

The Last Midwife

Sandra Dallas

SANDRA DALLAS is the author of fourteen novels, including A Quilt for Christmas, Fallen Women, True Sisters, The Bride's House, Whiter Than Snow, Prayers for Sale, Tallgrass and New Mercies. She is a former Denver bureau chief for Bus...

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Published: Oct 2016

Master and God

Lindsey Davis

Master and God is on the one hand a love story between Gaius Vinius Clodianus, a valiant but reluctant member of the Praetorian Guard, whose military career is as successful as his marital history is disastrous, and Flavia Lucilla, da...

Unabridged CD
Published: May 2012

To Lie with Lions: The Sixth Book of ...

Dorothy Dunnett

Having wrested his little son from his estranged wife, Nicholas embarks on a business trip to Iceland. As he confronts the challenges of the frozen wastelands, he runs up against his vengeful wife, whose secrets threaten to topple all...

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Published: Jul 1999

The Apple: Crimson Petal Stories

Michel Faber

The Crimson Petal and the White is one of the best-loved novels of recent years. Now a major BBC TV drama, it captured hearts and left readers desperate for more. In The Apple, Faber returns to Silver Street to find it still teeming w...

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Published: Sep 2011

Next to Love

Ellen Feldman

For fans of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, The Postmistress, and Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, a story of love, war, loss, and the scars they leave set during the years of World War II and its aftermath.  S...

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Published: May 2012
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