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Sentimental and richly-detailed…
In this poignant, tautly-paced series, Knipfer elegantly explores grief, guilt, romance, and faith. Set on the shores of Lake Superior in Ontario during the mid-1890s, the first book in the series tells the coming-of-age story of…
Absolutely fascinating…
Set in 1928 in Arizona and California, Bruchman’s incredible latest tells the story of two young women trying to realize their dreams. A gold-plated pistol with a dreadful history that once belonged to an iconic director brings three…
The handsomely-crafted plot and a swift pace makes this historical thriller an engrossing read…
A devastating explosion at Black Tom Island in New York City opens Gordon’s richly detailed first installment in the Clash of the Patriots series set against…
Authenticate detail, artistic intuition, and luminous prose mark this fascinating historical tale…
A finalist for the Arthur Ellis Award, Shortell’s debut which details the assassination of the politician Thomas D’Arcy McGee and its aftermath, is both original in conception…
A thrilling, high-spirited tale…
Bernardi’s first in the Huscarl Chronicles series is both a fascinating coming-of-age story and a vivid, exciting portrayal of medieval warfare as the English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold fight ferocious battles with Vikings and…
A poignant, arresting debut…
Harms makes her dazzling foray into the world of fiction with this remarkable story about hunger, desperation, cruelty, and resilience which is set against the backdrop of WW II. Growing up in an isolated village in…
Poignant, highly suspenseful, and a richly detailed story…
Miller portrays trauma experienced by multitudes before, during, and immediately after the construction of Berlin Wall by the Russian-controlled communist government in this vivid and highly suspenseful narrative. It was an…
A poignant story of love, loss, and survival…
Set against the backdrop of the European Holocaust, Teitelman’s impressive book displays her penchant for revealing the darker side of the human heart. It is 1923 when seventeen-year-old Esther Grünspan arrives in…
Highly intriguing and gripping…
Stone’s entertaining first installment in The Lykanos Chronicles series set in the 1920s San Diego finds young and ambitious Daniel Archer trying to adjust to his new identity in a city which is rocked by brutal…
A remarkable page-turner…
A moving exploration of relationships, family dynamics, and notions of home, the final installment in Hillwilla Trilogy is a definite hit. It’s been five years since Beatrice Desmond settled on her llama farm in Seneca County,…
Intense and evocative…
Deeply engrossing and poignant, Woodard’s third in Shakertown Adventure series is designed to take the reader on a though-provoking journey through a time in a small southern town in America when personal dreams and misfortunes were…
A gripping tale…
Mitchell interweaves tangled history of people and places and explores the way lives of real people can evolve into the stuff of legends over time in her engrossing time-travel historical debut. Tragic death of Emma Barker’s…
Seductively readable…
Claire Gem brilliantly brings forth a blend of contemporary romance, historical fiction, and paranormal in Civil Hearts. Two years after losing her husband to brain cancer, Liv Larson buys a historic mansion in Camellia, a rural southern…
A powerful evocation of the everyday horrors faced by holocaust victims…
When We Were Brave is a vivid, heart-wrenching portrayal of holocaust years, as innocent victims grapple with loss, loneliness, and longing while the English and American forces fight…
With its pitch-perfect evocation of people and places from a bygone era and interesting premise, the novel is a must read for fans of historical fiction…
In Decanted Truths, Forde constructs a brilliant historical family saga populated with colorful…
An accomplished and absorbing novel…
Rosenberg brings forth a fine historical inspired by Elizabeth McCourt Tabor, better known as Baby Doe whose rags-to-riches and back to rags again story made her a famous figure in history. Resolutely independent, Baby…
Clever, eloquent, intimate, and emotionally revealing, The Secret Life of Mrs. London introduces a brilliant novelist in Rebecca Rosenberg…
In this fascinating read, Rebecca Rosenberg explores American novelist Jack London and his wife Charmian London’s seemingly made-in-heaven marriage. Love…