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Children of Dieppe by Joanne Madden

Seamless, compelling, and memorable… The brilliant combination of history and individual struggles elevates Madden’s engrossing debut, a sweeping tale that spans a time period from World War II until the 21st century. When Jim Nair lost his life during the…
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Book blurb: An Unexpected Father by George Fillis

A hymn to the power of love, friendship, perseverance, and doing things right… In An Unexpected Father, the second novel in the Collingwood Series, Fillis continues the extraordinary story of the young boy who was forced to leave his home…
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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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Beowulf: A Verse Translation from the Anglo-Saxon by Andrew B. F. Carnabuci

Magnificent and breathtaking… Carnabuci brings forth a modern translation of Beowulf composed by an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet more than a millennium ago in the Germanic and one of the oldest surviving works of literature in the language. When the ferocious…
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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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Inventor Anonymous: The shocking true story behind the world’s biggest patent monopoly, the Automobile Title by Kathleen Keith

An expertly woven and addictive offering… Filled with drama and suspense, this absorbing narrative chronicles one man’s journey as he fights political injustice and government autocracy. When sixteen-year-old Cecil Snyder left home in search of a better life, he had…
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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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The Curse of Conchobar―A Prequel to the Adirondack Spirit Series by David Fitz-Gerald

An engrossing, evocative tale of survival… Set in AD 549. Fitz-Gerald’s prequel to the Adirondack Spirit Series cleverly integrates a coming-of-age theme within a dramatic supernatural story. For as long as Conchobar has known, he has lived in the abbey…
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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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Death of the Cosset by Kimberly Jane Oswald

An electrifying debut… Oswald makes her foray into historical thriller genre with this excellent entry marked with desire and greed, obsession and fear, and murder. Thirty-two-year-old Egyptologist, Cassandra Seldon, is on a mission to find some kind of proof to…
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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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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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Days of Hope, Miles of Misery: Love and Loss on the Oregon Trail by Fred Dickey

A meticulously researched and effortlessly crafted tale that transports the reader to another world from history… Filled with the struggles and hazards of traveling the rugged, hostile Oregon Trail, Dickey’s epic story of limitless hopes, searing losses, and courageous pioneers…
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Driftless (Waldwick #3) by Kenneth Linde

Excellently crafted, incredible detailed… Linde explores age-old questions about marriage, family, and individual rights in this engrossing third installment in the Waldwick series. Fifteen years into their marriage, and Amy is feeling the disquiet of a marriage gone stale. Being…
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The Elixirist: A Novel by Avraham Azrieli

Utterly compelling… A sweetly exotic tale for young and old alike. The lands of ancient Israel supply the backdrop to Azrieli’s fascinating and deeply intriguing latest, which explores a young man’s path to self-discovery and enlightenment. Determined to win the…