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A Girl Named Coco by Jennifer Spurgeon

Stirring, dreamy, and compelling… Thoroughly addictive. Spurgeon transports readers to 1800s wartime South in this layered and engrossing historical. When the wealthy plantation owner Albert Toussaint bought the young and beautiful Dinah along with four other slaves, he had no…
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Bloodroot by Daniel V. Meier Jr.

By turns heartbreaking and fascinating… A raw, powerful story. Meier returns with a stunning story about a man caught in the grip of treachery, passion, and the unescapable flow of history. England 1609. After a minor scuffle with his master,…
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Cape Nome – The Alaskan Adventures of Percy Hope – Book 2 by Neil Perry Gordon

A firecracker of a historical thriller… Gordon continues Percy Hope’s story, taking readers into the exhilarating world of gold rush, sinister conspiracies, and deadly betrayals. It is 1898. Once a desolate city, Cape Nome is now popular among aspiring gold…
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An Unexpected Father by George Fillis

A poignant, evocative and, engaging read… Engrossing and elegant, Fillis’ second installment in the Collingwood Series explores relationships, endurance, desires, and means of survival. Winson and Caitlin are man and wife now, much to the dismay of the latter’s father.…
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Keziah’s Song by Daryl Potter

A beautifully crafted historical fiction tale… Absolutely bewitching. Weaving historical detail into a rich story about the endurance of the human spirit in the face of adversity, Potter centers his excellent novel on the devastation of Jerusalem by Greek empire…
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The Light from Darkness by John W. Bebout

Compelling and transporting, a stirring story of hardship and love… Rich in evocative detail and human insight, Bebout’s historical tale set in the last months of the American Civil War tells the story of a young man as he makes…
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Helen’s Orphans by Ron Fritsch

Tender, compelling… A dazzling tale. History, myth, intrigue, and long-buried secrets mark this beautifully told tale by Fritsch that takes readers into two orphans’ search for answer to Helen’s elopement with the Trojan prince, Paris. Helen and her older sister,…
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The Other Side of Eden: A Novel by Fazle Chowdhury

A darkly twisted historical drama… Chowdhury’s latest is a darkly intriguing historical thriller filled with endless twists and political intrigue. The year is 1883. A man named Oman survives religious persecution in his native land along with his eight-year-old son…
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In the Shadow of Gold by Michael Kenneth Smith

Full of vivid details and fraught with the constant tension… A fascinating read. Smith’s richly drawn latest delves into the mystery of the lost Confederate Treasury during the US Civil War, offering a fictionalized version of the story. It’s 1865,…
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Amora by Grant J. Hallstrom

Sprawling, stirring… A fine and noble book. Hallstrom takes readers to ancient Rome for this compelling tale of a noblewomen whose conversion to Christianity shook the Roman empire. The birth of a son with a deformed leg creates a wedge…
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Letter from Belleau Wood (Covington Chronicles, #7) by Mary Lou Cheatham

Highly engrossing… a full-bodied historical drama. Two people grapple with lost love and heartache in Cheatham’s expansive seventh installment in the Covington Chronicles set in the first World War era. Growing up, Trudy Cameron has always thought she would marry…
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It Happened in Silence by Karla M. Jay

A haunting tale of family, friendship, injustice, resilience, and hope… In her evocative latest, the award-winning Jay takes a fascinating look at the interplay of social upheavals in Georgia in early 1920s as she tells the story of a young…
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Irene’s Secret Diary: Love, Romance, War and an Atom Bomb by Fred Fraikor

A meticulously researched, expertly executed historical thriller… Fraikor weaves historical detail, political intrigue, romance, mystery, and insidious sabotage into a gripping historical thriller that takes the reader into the 1940s top-secret world of the Manhattan project. Overcoming gender discrimination in…
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A Heart To Survive: First Novel in the Collingwood Series by George Fillis

Haunting, poignant, and compelling… Human trafficking, racial disparity, resilience, and courage mark Fillis’s earnest series kicker in the historical fiction series. With the civil war in full swing and Mao Zedong’s ruthless control of the nation, fourteen-year-old Tao Wen Shun,…
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Zachary’s Gold by Wes Snowden

Brilliantly written, utterly compelling… Set in the WWI and the post-WWI era, Snowden’s latest which tells the story of one man’s journey to retribution is rich in both physical detail and human insight. Trying to save an unarmed young German…
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Sadie’s Sin: The Zwi Migdal’s Reign of Terror by Neil Perry Gordon

A fast-paced, gripping historical drama… Gordon delivers an engrossing tale of love, sacrifice, and betrayal, set in 1924 in Poland and Argentina. Sadie Wollman, a young Jewess, falls in love with the war hero and university professor, Alexander Kaminski, and…
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The Photograph by Kat Karpenko

A poignant historical drama… Karpenko’s latest boldly captures the sweeping devastating “terror-famine” of the times from the perspective of a family caught in a Bolshevik domination. Stalin’s rise to power in 1928 sets off a tidal wave of social turmoil…
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Escape from the Lower East Side by Richard Peres

An eloquent tale of human aspirations and resilience… Murder, betrayal, loneliness, and perversity propel Peres’s excellent historical biography, featuring his great grandfather, who emigrated from Germany in 1851 to America. With astonishingly real details, Peres creates a convincing picture of…
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White Swan Wishes by Wes Snowden

A poignant examination of the intricacies of love… A tale of love, loss, and pain, Snowden’s latest is ripe with both emotional vulnerability and authenticity.  When 17-year-old Michael Grayson, the son of a New England scallop fishermen, met the lovely…
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Lily Fairchild by Don Gutteridge

A large, stately, and intensely powerful tale of loss, grief, and resilience… Set against the backdrop of Canadian frontier, Gutteridge’s intimate, deeply evocative novel displays his formidable gift for illuminating humanity’s fascinating ability to strive in the face of difficult…