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Outlaw  by Angus Donald

Outlaw

Angus Donald

"Meet the Godfather of Sherwood Forest. When he's caught stealing, young Alan Dale is forced to leave his family and go to live with a notorious band of outlaws in Sherwood Forest. Their leader is the infamous Robin Hood. A tough, bloodthirsty warrior, Robin...

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Karla  by Robert Christensen

Karla

Robert Christensen

''In 1944, Germany controlled Denmark. Their troops were onthe ground throughout the kingdom. The ruling monarch, the government, and parliament bowed to pressure and allowed for a so called peaceful occupation of Denmark. Most of the Danish exports crossed...

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Worth more than rubies  by Grace Burrowes

Worth more than rubies

Grace Burrowes

"Tertius Dundee, eleventh Duke of Dunfallon, sees the West Bartholomew Street Lending Library as a haven from pursuing matchmakers, but when he meets librarian Emerald Armstrong, he finds her generous and honest heart has him thinking of leaving his bachelor...

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Come to kill  by Wendy M. Wilson

Come to kill

Wendy M. Wilson

"He's all that's standing between his family and a hired assassin. And he's unarmed. After Sergeant Frank Hardy watches the invasion of a peaceful Maori village by the Armed Constabulary, with crops destroyed and innocent men imprisoned, he lays down his rifle...

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The last day in Paris  by Suzanne Kelman

The last day in Paris

Suzanne Kelman

"Paris, 1940: All over Paris, families are being pulled from their beds in the middle of the night. And ever since her husband was shot in cold blood, Brigitte Goldstein has known she is running out of time. She and her daughter Sophie are Jewish, so it won't...

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Queen of hearts  by Rhys Bowen

Queen of hearts

Rhys Bowen

"Lady Georgiana Rannoch, thirty-fifth in line for the British throne, knows how to play the part of an almost royal--but now she's off to Hollywood, where she must reprise her role as sleuth or risk starring in an all-too-convincing death scene... My mother,...

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Lords of the North  by Bernard Cornwell

Lords of the North

Bernard Cornwell

"The year is 878. Uhtred, the dispossessed son of a Northumbrian lord, has helped the Saxons of Wessex defeat the invading Danes. Now, finally free of his allegiance to the victorious, ungrateful King Alfred, he is heading home to rescue his stepsister, a...

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Oxherding tale  by Charles Johnson

Oxherding tale

Charles Johnson

"One night in the antebellum South, a slave owner and his African American butler stay up to all hours until, too drunk to face their wives, they switch places in each other's beds. The result is a hilarious imbroglio and an offspring--Andrew Hawkins, whose...

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Aphrodite and the duke  by J. J. McAvoy

Aphrodite and the duke

J. J. McAvoy

"Aphrodite Du Bell has always resented her name. While the members of the ton, and even the queen herself, praise her warm brown skin, perfect curls, and exquisite features, Aphrodite can't help but think that living up to the literal goddess of beauty is...

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Fatal by design  by Cara Devlin

Fatal by design

Cara Devlin

"A summer house party in the countryside takes a deadly turn after the abduction of a viscountess. After the shocking events of the spring, Audrey Sinclair and Hugh Marsden are adjusting to their new lives when an apparent highway robbery ends in the violent...

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Blessed are the dead  by Catherine Hanley

Blessed are the dead

Catherine Hanley

"April 1219: Edwin Weaver finds himself at Tickhill Castle under false pretences. Earl Warenne wants Tickhill for himself and is convinced that a royal order for the castle to be handed over has been hidden, so he's sent Edwin to find it and told him not to...

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Highcliffe house  by Megan Walker

Highcliffe house

Megan Walker

"The last thing Anna Lane wants to do is spend a week in Brighton with Graham Everett, who is hoping to make a financial investment with her father, but then she discovers a hidden warmth in her one-time rival in this enemies-to-lovers romance."--

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Ella  by Diane Richards

Ella

Diane Richards

"When fifteen-year-old Ella Fitzgerald's mother dies at the height of the Depression in 1932, the teenager goes to work for the mob to support herself and her family. When the law finally catches up, the 'ungovernable' adolescent is incarcerated in the New...

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The invention of wings  by Sue Monk Kidd

The invention of wings

Sue Monk Kidd

"Sarah Grimké is the middle daughter. Her mother says she's difficult and her father says she's remarkable. On Sarah's eleventh birthday, Hetty 'Handful' Grimké is taken from the slave quarters she shares with her mother, wrapped in lavender ribbons, and...

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The studio girls  by Lisa Ireland

The studio girls

Lisa Ireland

"It's 1955, and four talented young women become best friends while living at the Hollywood Studio Club, the famous boarding house for movie hopefuls. Julia Newman is a rising star. As Goldstar Studios' 'new Grace Kelly', she has been sent to the club to keep...

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The two loves of Sophie Strom  by Sam Taylor

The two loves of Sophie Strom

Sam Taylor

"A house fire, Vienna, 1933: thirteen-year-old Max saves his parents and escapes unharmed, to face life as a Jew in 1930s Austria. In one unforgettable night, Max Spiegelman's life splits in two. As war looms and Nazism continues to rise, Max is forced into...

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Free  by Meg Keneally

Free

Meg Keneally

"Born into poverty in eighteenth-century England, her future was predetermined. But throughout her life Molly Thistle refused to follow the path laid out before her. Her headstrong nature, disdain for convention and desire for freedom were always destined to...

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The maiden of Florence  by Katie Hutton

The maiden of Florence

Katie Hutton

"Florence, 1584. Rumours are spreading about the virility of a prince marrying into the powerful Medici family. Orphan Giulia is chosen to put an end to the gossip. In return she will keep her life - and start a new one with a dowry and her own husband....

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The blue maiden  by Anna Noyes

The blue maiden

Anna Noyes

"It's 1825, four generations after Berggrund Island's women stood accused of witchcraft under the eye of their priest, now long dead. In his place is Pastor Silas, a widower with two wild young daughters, Beata and Ulrika. The sisters are outcasts:...

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The little Penguin bookshop  by Joanna Toye

The little Penguin bookshop

Joanna Toye

"When World War II breaks out, Carrie Anderson sets up a bookstall at her local train station in the hope of providing a sense of escapism for travellers, troops and evacuees. Driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and armed with a colourful array of Penguin...

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The Hazelbourne ladies motorcycle and flying club  by Helen Simonson

The Hazelbourne ladies motorcycle and flying club

Helen Simonson

"Constance Haverhill is without prospects. Her mother has just passed away, her brother is newly married, and now that the Great War is over, she has been asked to give up managing the estate she helped to run when the men all joined the army. It is suggested...

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Disturbing the dead  by Kelley Armstrong

Disturbing the dead

Kelley Armstrong

"Victorian Scotland is becoming less strange to modern-day homicide detective Mallory Atkinson. Though inhabiting someone else's body will always be unsettling, even if her employers know that she's not actually housemaid Catriona Mitchell, ever since the...

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The secret keepers  by Tilly Bagshawe

The secret keepers

Tilly Bagshawe

"Year after idyllic year, the Challant family retreat to their summer house on the glittering French Riviera. Until one stormy night in 1928 when a local boy suffers a fatal accident in the grounds. Overnight, it becomes a place of ghosts. As time unspools,...

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A gentleman in Moscow  by Amor Towles

A gentleman in Moscow

Amor Towles

"When, in 1922, thirty-year old Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, he is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel near the Kremlin. An indomitable man of erudition and wit, Rostov must now live...

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Regency  by Bronwyn Scott

Regency

Bronwyn Scott

"Breaking the rake's rules: Being bad has never felt so good! The first time Miss Bryn Rutherford meets Captain Kitt Sherard, he scales her balcony and kisses her breathless! And after years of trying to behave, she can't help but think Kitt's piratical...

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Maud's line  by Margaret Verble

Maud's line

Margaret Verble

"Eastern Oklahoma, 1928. Eighteen-year-old Maud Nail lives with her rogue father and sensitive brother on one of the allotments parceled out by the U.S. government to the Cherokees when their land was confiscated for Oklahoma's statehood. Maud's days are...

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The poisonwood bible  by Barbara Kingsolver

The poisonwood bible

Barbara Kingsolver

"This story is told by the wife and four daughters of Nathan Price, a fierce, evangelical Baptist who takes his family and mission to the Belgian Congo in 1959. They carry with them everything they believe they will need from home, but soon find that all of it...

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The paying guests  by Sarah Waters

The paying guests

Sarah Waters

"It is 1922, and London is tense. Ex-servicemen are disillusioned, the out-of-work and the hungry are demanding change. And in South London, in a genteel Camberwell villa, a large silent house now bereft of brothers, husband and even servants, life is about to...

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The peculiar case of Lord Finsbury's diamonds  by Stephanie Laurens

The peculiar case of Lord Finsbury's diamonds

Stephanie Laurens

"Penelope Adair, wife and partner of amateur sleuth Barnaby Adair, is so hugely pregnant, she cannot even waddle. When Barnaby is summoned to assist Inspector Stokes of Scotland Yard in investigating the violent murder of a gentleman at a house party,...

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The curious case of Lady Latimer's shoes  by Stephanie Laurens

The curious case of Lady Latimer's shoes

Stephanie Laurens

"With her husband, amateur-sleuth the Honorable Barnaby Adair, decidedly eccentric fashionable matron Penelope Adair is attending the premier event opening the haut ton's Season when a body is discovered in the gardens. A lady has been struck down with a...

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The lost dresses of Italy  by M. A. McLaughlin

The lost dresses of Italy

M. A. McLaughlin

"Verona, 1947. Textile historian Marianne Baxter comes to post-war Italy with one thing on her mind: three pristine Victorian dresses, once owned by the famous poet Christina Rossetti. Hidden away in a trunk for nearly a century, they were recently discovered...

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Warriors of the storm  by Bernard Cornwell

Warriors of the storm

Bernard Cornwell

"A fragile peace reigns in Wessex, Mercia and East Anglia. King Alfred's son Edward and formidable daughter, Aethelflaed, rule the kingdoms. But all around the restless Northmen, eyeing the rich lands and wealthy churches, are mounting raids. Uhtred of...

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The Romanov brides  by Clare (Novelist) McHugh

The Romanov brides

Clare (Novelist) McHugh

"Despite Queen Victoria's dire warnings, princesses Alix and Ella fall in love with Russia and the Romanovs as Ella weds the tsar's brother and Alix marries the heir apparent to the Russian throne, leading to tragic consequences for themselves, their families...

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The grand illusion  by Syd Moore

The grand illusion

Syd Moore

"June 1940. As World War Two rages, Daphne Devine remains in London, performing each night as assistant to stage magician Jonty Trevelyan, aka the Grand Mystique. Then the secret service call. For, aware of Hitler's belief in the occult, the war office has set...

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The secret keeper  by Genevieve Graham

The secret keeper

Genevieve Graham

"Twin sisters Dot and Dash Wilson share many things, and while they are practically inseparable, they are nothing alike. Dot is fascinated by books, puzzles, and Morse code, a language taught to both girls by their father, a WWI veteran. Dash's days are filled...

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The orchids of Ashthorne Hall  by Rebecca Anderson

The orchids of Ashthorne Hall

Rebecca Anderson

"1887, the Cornwall coast. For years, rumors have flown through the village of Suttonsbury about Ashthorne Hall - that its occupants hoard pirate treasure, that a ghost walks its halls - but botanist Hyacinth Bell only cares about the estate's extensive,...

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The gentleman and the thief  by Sarah M. Eden

The gentleman and the thief

Sarah M. Eden

"From the moment Hollis Darby meets Ana Newport, he's smitten. Even though he's from a wealthy, established family and she isn't, he wishes he could have a life with her by his side. But Hollis has a secret: the deep coffers that have kept his family afloat...

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Cameleer  by Xavier Paul

Cameleer

Xavier Paul

"CHARLOTTE 'CHARLY' HENDRICKS NEVER HAD IT EASY... Growing up on a remote central Australian cattle station in the late 1880s, under the control of a harsh father and domineering stepmother, Charly knew what it was to struggle. But when a devastating wildfire...

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Clinging  by Bruce (Australian writer) Ryan

Clinging

Bruce (Australian writer) Ryan

"DEATH SPLIT HIS FAMILY APART, NOW HALF A WORLD AWAY, GEORGE DEDICATES HIS LIFE TO FIGHTING THE INJUSTICE... Sweeping from early 1800s England to the early colonies of Australia, George Douglas is raised in an orphanage after the death of his mother and sister...

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Hidden yellow stars  by Rebecca Connolly

Hidden yellow stars

Rebecca Connolly

"Based on the true story of two World War II heroines who risked everything to save Jewish children from the Gestapo by hiding them throughout Belgium. Young schoolteacher Andrée Geulen secretly defies the Nazis in Belgium who are forcing Jews to wear a yellow...

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Lost kin  by Steve Anderson

Lost kin

Steve Anderson

"Occupied Munich, 1946: Irina, a Cossack refugee, confesses to murdering a GI, but American captain Harry Kaspar doesn't buy it. As Harry scours the devastated city for the truth, it leads him to his long-lost German brother, Max, who returned to Hitler's...

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The losing role  by Steve Anderson

The losing role

Steve Anderson

"In the last winter of WWII a failed German actor, Max Kaspar, is forced to join an absurdly desperate secret mission in which he must impersonate an enemy American officer. So Max cooks up his own fanatical plan--he'll use his false identity to escape tyranny...

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Liberated  by Steve Anderson

Liberated

Steve Anderson

"Can a lone American captain rescue justice in war-torn Germany? It's May 1945, the war's just over, and Harry Kaspar, an American captain in Germany, is about to take a new posting in the US occupation--running a Bavarian town named Heimgau. When Harry loses...

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The war orphan  by Anna Stuart

The war orphan

Anna Stuart

"Sixteen-year-old Tasha Ancel turns to take one last look at the imposing place that stole her freedom and her childhood. She has no idea how she continued to live when so many others did not. For the first time in months, her heart beats with hope for her...

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A nest of vipers  by Harini Nagendra

A nest of vipers

Harini Nagendra

"This latest novel in the Bangalore Detectives Club mystery series takes the reader deep into the historical era surrounding the visit by Edward, Prince of Wales, to Bangalore in 1921. When the prince begins a tour of a number of Indian cities, he encounters...

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A fine summer's day  by Charles Todd

A fine summer's day

Charles Todd

"On a fine summer's day in June 1914, Ian Ritledge is planning to propose to a woman he deeply loves, despite hints from his family and friends that she may not be the most suitable choice for a policeman's wife. To the north, another man in love - a Scottish...

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The telephone girls  by Patricia McBride

The telephone girls

Patricia McBride

"She's ready to serve. Even if it means heading straight into danger. England, 1940. Shedding a tear as she says goodbye to her new fiance when he leaves to fight, Lily Baker begins her own journey in the ATS. Thrilled after she wins the assignment to work in...

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At the stroke of midnight  by Jenni Keer

At the stroke of midnight

Jenni Keer

"It's 1923 and in a decade that promises excitement and liberation, Pearl Glenham and her father are invited to a mysterious country house party on the Dorset coast, by a total stranger. Her father claims not to have any prior association with Highcliffe...

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The Clarks factory girls at war  by May Ellis

The Clarks factory girls at war

May Ellis

"Can love blossom in times of trouble? Life-long friends Louisa, Jeannie and Kate are following in the footsteps of their families, working at the Clarks shoe factory. But when Britain declares war on Germany, the Somerset village of Street is shaken to its...

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The picture house girls  by Patricia McBride

The picture house girls

Patricia McBride

"Her fresh start is just beginning. But the world is on the brink of war. Lily Baker wants more from life. With one job at a textile factory and another at the local cinema, the working-class young woman determinedly saves her pennies for an education to get...

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A wartime welcome from the Foyles bookshop girls  by Elaine (Novelist) Roberts

A wartime welcome from the Foyles bookshop girls

Elaine (Novelist) Roberts

"London, 1918: the world is being torn apart by war, but for the girls of London's Foyles bookshop, where there is friendship, there is hope... Ellen Beckford and her sister Mary are living under their father's shadow. Before their beloved mother died, they...

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Thor's revenge  by Donovan Cook

Thor's revenge

Donovan Cook

"A kingdom without a crown. A boy forsaken by his God. A warrior bent on revenge. After the bloody Battle of Jelling, Denmark's throne lies empty and chaos reigns as Jarl's jostle for power. Sven survives the bloodshed only to return home to find Ribe sacked...

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Odin's betrayal  by Donovan Cook

Odin's betrayal

Donovan Cook

"Two kingdoms destined for war, one boy caught in the eye of the storm... Francia AD853. After a failed Viking raid on the Frankish coast over 20-years-ago, Jarl Sven the Boar is forced to leave his only son, Torkel, as a hostage and warned never to raid...

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The elusive truth of Lily Temple  by Joanna Davidson Politano

The elusive truth of Lily Temple

Joanna Davidson Politano

"Lively and charming silent movie actress Lily Temple is everything private investigator Peter Driscoll is not. It makes sense, then, that combining forces would mean more cases solved and secrets revealed. Except for Lily's own - why a legendary missing...

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Rough trade  by Katrina Carrasco

Rough trade

Katrina Carrasco

"Washington Territory, 1888. With contacts on the docks and in the railroad, and with a buyers' market funneling product their way, Alma Rosales and her opium-smuggling crew are making a fortune. They spend their days moving product and their nights at the...

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Sword of the War God  by Tim Hodkinson

Sword of the War God

Tim Hodkinson

"436 AD. The Burgundars are confident of destroying Rome's legions. Their forces are strong and they have beaten the Romans in battle before. But they are annihilated, their king killed, his people scattered. Their fabled treasure is lost. For Rome has new...

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The sea cemetary  by Aslak Nore

The sea cemetary

Aslak Nore

"There is no love lost between the Oslo and Bergen branches of the powerful Falck family. So when its steely matriarch dies with no will to be found, the seeds of an inheritance dispute are sown. Yet her legacy could be more damaging still. A manuscript...

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The songbird of Hope Hill  by Kim Vogel Sawyer

The songbird of Hope Hill

Kim Vogel Sawyer

"Birdie Clarkson only recently started working at Lida's Palace, a house of ill repute at the edge of Tulsey, Texas. Abandoned and penniless, she turned to someone she thought was a friend, but instead it turned out to be a nightmare. She wants to leave, but...

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To seize a queen  by Fiona Buckley

To seize a queen

Fiona Buckley

"1594. Ursula Stannard is attending on her half-sister, Queen Elizabeth, when she receives an urgent summons from Sir Robert Cecil. Cornishman Master Roskilly was fished out of the sea by Sir Francis Godolphin, and has a shocking tale of being snatched by...

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The flower sisters  by Michelle Collins Anderson

The flower sisters

Michelle Collins Anderson

"At birth, Violet and Rose Flowers were identical, save for a tiny bluish-purple mark gracing Violet's slender neck. By nineteen, their temperaments distinguish them, as different as the flowers their mother named them for - Violet, wild and outgoing, and...

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The girl from the Grand Hotel  by Camille Aubray

The girl from the Grand Hotel

Camille Aubray

"Set in summer 1939 at the Côte d'Azur's Grand Hotel and inspired by true events, Annabel Faucon is drawn into the events and intrigue surrounding a fledgling film festival, visiting movie stars, and efforts to disrupt a Nazi communications...

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The outlaw Noble Salt  by Amy Harmon

The outlaw Noble Salt

Amy Harmon

"When infamous outlaw Butch Cassidy decides to go straight, he discovers that too many of the powerful men he crossed won't let bygones be bygones. To have a chance at a new life, he'll have to become someone else entirely. A brief, fateful encounter with the...

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Lady's Rock  by Sue Lawrence

Lady's Rock

Sue Lawrence

"Highland Scotland was no place for a woman in the early 1500s. Life was turbulent and short, battles were waged, and sisters and daughters were traded as pawns in marriage. Catherine Campbell was one such young bride, betrothed to Lachlan Maclean and sent...

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The Skeleton Army  by Alis Hawkins

The Skeleton Army

Alis Hawkins

"Why should the devil have all the best tunes?The Salvation Army has come prancing and singing from the slums of London to the poorest quarters of Oxford, but along with its red hot gospel preaching and music hall songs it brings a prohibition message which...

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Only the brave  by Danielle Steel

Only the brave

Danielle Steel

"Sophia Alexander, the beautiful daughter of a famous surgeon in Berlin, has had to grow up faster than most young women. When her mother falls ill, Sophia must take charge of her younger sister, Theresa, and look after her father and the household, while also...

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How not to propose to a duke  by Louise Allen

How not to propose to a duke

Louise Allen

"Miss Danby's daring proposition for the duke : First, wealthy ironmaster's daughter Jessica Danby needs a titled husband. So, upon learning that Alexander, the Duke of Malvern, needs a rich wife, she makes a convenient proposal... Next, her impetuous marriage...

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The household  by Stacey Halls

The household

Stacey Halls

"London, 1847. In a quiet house in the countryside outside London, the finishing touches are being made to welcome a group of young women. The house and its location are top secret, its residents unknown to one another, but the girls have one thing in common:...

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Love will find a way  by Ellie Dean

Love will find a way

Ellie Dean

"Cliffehaven, December 1946. From a hill above the town of Cliffehaven, a young woman makes a heart-breaking choice that will change the course of her life forever. Hours later, a baby is found in the Nativity crib of the local church. Who could have left him...

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The garden  by Clare Beams

The garden

Clare Beams

"In 1948, Irene Willard, who's had five previous miscarriages in a quest to give her beloved husband the child he desperately desires and is now pregnant again, comes to an isolated house-cum-hospital in the Berkshires, run by a husband-and-wife team of...

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Murder in Rose Hill  by Victoria (Victoria E.) Thompson

Murder in Rose Hill

Victoria (Victoria E.) Thompson

"Midwife Sarah Malloy and her private investigator husband, Frank, must shine a light on the truth and catch the fiend who killed a young reporter in this new entry in the USA Today bestselling Gaslight Mystery series. Louisa Rodgers is working as a magazine...

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A murder most French  by Colleen Cambridge

A murder most French

Colleen Cambridge

"Tabitha Knight investigates the sudden death of a chef at a cooking school who poured himself a glass of wine from a rare vintage bottle. Set in midcentury Paris and starring Julia Child's fictional best friend, this magnifique reimagining of the iconic...

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Death and glory  by Will Thomas

Death and glory

Will Thomas

"In 1894, Cyrus Barker, London's premier enquiry agent, is entangled in a conspiracy to revive the American Civil War by prominent figures, long believed deceased. Private Enquiry agent Cyrus Barker, along with his partner Thomas Llewelyn, has a long,...

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The vaster wilds  by Lauren Groff

The vaster wilds

Lauren Groff

"1600s. A servant girl escapes from a settlement. She carries nothing with her but her wits, a few possessions, and the spark of god that burns hot within her. What she finds is beyond the limits of her imagination and will bend her belief of everything that...

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The girl with the red hair  by Imogen (Novelist) Matthews

The girl with the red hair

Imogen (Novelist) Matthews

"My heart thrashes inside my chest as I watch my best friend get dragged away by German soldiers. I run towards her, begging them to stop, but then I see the gun. 'No, please!' I shout as panicked tears stream down my face. 'Don't hurt her!' I'm the only one...

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The girl from the resistance  by Imogen (Novelist) Matthews

The girl from the resistance

Imogen (Novelist) Matthews

"1941, Nazi-occupied Holland. Trudi can hear the muffled sobs of two heartbroken little girls as they peer wide-eyed from their hiding place behind the bookcase. Rosy and Louisa's parents have been dragged away by soldiers. Now Trudi is the only one who can...

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Kemp  by Jonathan Lunn

Kemp

Jonathan Lunn

"There's no way out this time. Haunted by guilt and his sins, archer Martin Kemp is in Scotland to collect on a debt when war breaks out afresh. The border erupts in bloody violence. Stalked through heather and forest by French men-at-arms sent to stir up the...

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Kemp  by Jonathan Lunn

Kemp

Jonathan Lunn

"It is 1347 and the French, after a crushing defeat at Crécy, are licking their wounds while their king raises a new army. Locked into a fruitless siege, the English are camped in the marshes around Calais. Among them is foot soldier and archer Martin Kemp,...

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The murder of Mr. Ma  by John Shen Yen Nee

The murder of Mr. Ma

John Shen Yen Nee

"London, 1924. When shy academic Lao She meets larger-than-life Judge Dee Ren Jie, his life abruptly turns from books and lectures to daring chases and narrow escapes. Dee has come to London to investigate the murder of a man he'd known during World War I when...

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Ash dark as night  by Gary Phillips

Ash dark as night

Gary Phillips

"Los Angeles, 1965. Tempers have boiled over in the Watts neighborhood, sparked by the traffic stop of two Black motorists, the Frye brothers, by the Highway Patrol. Freelance crime photographer Harry Ingram is on the scene, capturing images of the cops as...

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The runaway girl  by Elsie Mason

The runaway girl

Elsie Mason

"1918. Fleeing from her past, Cathy Carmichael is new to the Sixteen Streets. She has nothing to her name, no plan and nowhere to go. Cathy thinks she's struck gold when she runs into Mrs Sturrocks, an elderly lady who offers her a room at her boarding house....

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All we were promised  by Ashton Lattimore

All we were promised

Ashton Lattimore

"The paths of three young Black women in pre-Civil War Philadelphia unexpectedly--and dangerously--collide in this dramatic debut novel inspired by the explosive history of a city at war with itself. Philadelphia, 1837. When nineteen-year-old Charlotte escaped...

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A noble scheme  by Roseanna M. White

A noble scheme

Roseanna M. White

"As part of England's most elite private investigation firm, Gemma and Graham must set aside their broken relationship to work together on a new case. Graham is determined to use this opportunity to win back the only woman he's ever loved, but there's no...

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A Spartan's sorrow  by Hannah Lynn

A Spartan's sorrow

Hannah Lynn

"She is a mother, a queen, a villain. However we remember her, her wrath will never be forgotten. Clytemnestra is no stranger to pain. As a wife and queen, she bears it with stoicism. But when her husband does the unthinkable, sacrificing one of their...

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Tuscan rose  by Belinda Alexandra

Tuscan rose

Belinda Alexandra

"A mysterious stranger known as 'the Wolf' leaves an infant with the sisters of Santo Spirito. A tiny silver key hidden in her wrappings is the one clue to the child's identity ... When Rosa turns fifteen, she must leave the nuns who have raised her and become...

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All the painted stars  by Emma Denny

All the painted stars

Emma Denny

"Oxfordshire, 1362. When Lily Barden discovers her best friend Johanna's hand in marriage is being awarded as the main prize at a tournament, she is determined to stop it. Disguised as a knight, she infiltrates the contest, preparing to fight for Jo's hand....

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A wild and heavenly place  by Robin Oliveira

A wild and heavenly place

Robin Oliveira

"Hailey MacIntyre seems conjured from the depths of Samuel Fiddes's loneliness. Caring for his young sister in the tenements of Glasgow, Scotland, Samuel has known only hunger, while Hailey has never known want. When Samuel saves Hailey's brother from a...

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The orphans on the train  by Gill Thompson

The orphans on the train

Gill Thompson

"1939. A girl with auburn hair looks anxiously out of the train window, watching the mountains of Europe pass by. War is on the horizon at home, and Kirsty finds herself heading to neutral Hungary to help in a school for Jewish children. Little does she know...

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The Covent Garden murder  by Mike Hollow

The Covent Garden murder

Mike Hollow

"December, 1940. Christmas is coming, but the season of goodwill is overshadowed by the death and destruction of the Blitz. In London's Covent Garden, where the glamour of theatreland rubs shoulders with the bustle of the capital's biggest fruit and vegetable...

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The nurse murders  by Jon Talton

The nurse murders

Jon Talton

"1936 Phoenix: Business has never been better for private investigator Gene Hammons in this young city of big ambitions and even bigger corruption. But when smuggled gold, kidnapping, blackmail, and a brutal murder intrude upon 'Happy Days are Here Again,'...

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1795  by Niklas Natt och Dag

1795

Niklas Natt och Dag

"The year is 1795 and evil lurks in the winding alleys of eighteenth-century Stockholm. The sinister, vengeful landowner, Tycho Ceton, remains at large after he set a devastating fire that claimed many lives. In 1795, the third and final instalment of Niklas...

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Lucky  by Jane Smiley

Lucky

Jane Smiley

"Before Jodie Rattler became a star, she was a girl growing up in St. Louis. One day in 1955, when she was just six years old, her Uncle Drew took her to the racetrack, where she got lucky--and that roll of two-dollar bills she won has never since left her...

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A mother's sorrow  by Margaret Dickinson

A mother's sorrow

Margaret Dickinson

"Sheffield, 1892. Patrick Halliday rules his family with a rod of iron. He's hard on both his wife and his elder daughter, Flora, but he spoils his youngest, Mary Ellen, because she reminds him of his beloved mother. When Mary Ellen, aged seventeen, finds that...

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Death in the details  by Katie Tietjen

Death in the details

Katie Tietjen

"Maple Bishop is ready to put WWII and the grief of losing her husband, Bill, behind her. But when she discovers that Bill left her penniless, Maple realizes she could lose her Vermont home next and sets out to make money the only way she knows how- by selling...

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The sweet blue distance  by Sara Donati

The sweet blue distance

Sara Donati

"In 1845 Carrie Ballentyne was forced to leave the only home she'd ever known in the mountains of upstate New York, and her separation from Bonner, Ballentyne, and Savard relatives weighs heavily. In time Carrie finds footing as a midwife, but she never feels...

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A killing on the hill  by Robert Dugoni

A killing on the hill

Robert Dugoni

"The Great Depression. High-level corruption. And a murder that's about to become Seattle's hottest mystery. It's the kind of story that can make a reporter's career. If he lives to write about it."--

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The Red Hollow  by Natalie Marlow

The Red Hollow

Natalie Marlow

"Warwickshire, 1934. Deep in a hamlet in the Warwickshire countryside, Red Hollow Hall is a male-only sanitorium run by the charismatic psychiatrist Dr Moon. However, all is not well, and Dr Moon's patients are leaving Red Hollow in droves. Recent...

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Code name Butterfly  by Embassie Susberry

Code name Butterfly

Embassie Susberry

"In the City of Light, one woman will stand against darkness. Paris, 1941. With Nazi occupation imminent, journalist Elodie Mitchell plans to return home to Chicago. But an unexpected invitation to a Josephine Baker show changes everything. Mistaken for the...

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Where hope prevails  by Janette Oke

Where hope prevails

Janette Oke

"When Beth Thatcher returns to Coal Valley, she has much to be excited about. She anticipates Jarrick's proposal of marriage and perhaps a spring wedding. The mine is expanding, and there are more schoolchildren than ever. But the town's rapid growth brings...

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Threepenny dreams  by Anna Jacobs

Threepenny dreams

Anna Jacobs

"Recently widowed, Hannah Firth is still young , young enough to dream of a new life. When her spiteful daughter-in- law uses her as an unpaid servant, Hannah tries to leave, but she is unaware of the depths that Patty's spite will lead her to."--Publisher.

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