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  • We Were the Lucky Ones: A Novel

    • ASIN: 0399563091
    • ISBN: 0399563091
    • Brand: Penguin Books
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Books

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERInspired by the incredible true story of one Jewish family separated at the start of World War II, determined to survive—and to reunite—We Were the Lucky Ones is a tribute to the triumph of hope and love against all odds.    “Love in the face of global adversity? It couldn't be more timely.” —Glamour   It is t... [Read More]

  • America's First Daughter: A Novel

    • ASIN: B00ZP4KE70
    • Manufacturer: William Morrow Paperbacks

    The New York Times and USA Today BestsellerIn a compelling, richly researched novel that draws from thousands of letters and original sources, bestselling authors Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie tell the fascinating, untold story of Thomas Jefferson's eldest daughter, Martha "Patsy" Jefferson Randolph--a woman who kept the secrets of our most enig... [Read More]

  • The Hideaway

    • ASIN: 0718084225
    • ISBN: 0718084225
    • Brand: HarperCollins Christian Pub.
    • Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson

    In this USA TODAY and Amazon Charts Bestseller, Sara is wrenched back to Sweet Bay, Alabama, by her grandmother’s will, where she learns more about Margaret Van Buren in the wake of her death than she ever knew in her life. After her last remaining family member dies, Sara Jenkins goes home to The Hideaway, her grandmother Mags’s ramshackle B&... [Read More]

  • Beneath a Scarlet Sky: A Novel

    • ASIN: 1503943372
    • ISBN: 1503943372
    • Brand: Lake Union Publishing
    • Manufacturer: Lake Union Publishing

    Soon to be a major television event from Pascal Pictures, starring Tom Holland.Based on the true story of a forgotten hero, the USA Today and #1 Amazon Charts bestseller Beneath a Scarlet Sky is the triumphant, epic tale of one young man’s incredible courage and resilience during one of history’s darkest hours. Pino Lella wants nothing to do wi... [Read More]

  • Sold on a Monday: A Novel

    • ASIN: B079JQDJB5
    • Manufacturer: Sourcebooks Landmark

    A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER  A USA TODAY BESTSELLER  A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER A NATIONAL INDIEBOUND BESTSELLER An unforgettable novel by Kristina McMorris, inspired by a stunning piece of history. 2 CHILDREN FOR SALEThe sign is a last resort. It sits on a farmhouse porch in 1931, but could be found anywhere in an era of breadlin... [Read More]

  • The Tuscan Child

    • ASIN: B074QL7WNM
    • Manufacturer: Lake Union Publishing

    From New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Rhys Bowen comes a haunting novel about a woman who braves her father’s hidden past to discover his secrets… “Pass the bread, the olives, and the wine. Oh, and a copy of The Tuscan Child to savor with them.” —NPRIn 1944, British bomber pilot Hugo Langley parachuted from his st... [Read More]

  • Ordinary Grace: A Novel

    • ASIN: B008J2G5Y6
    • Manufacturer: Atria Books

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE 2014 EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL WINNER OF THE 2014 DILYS AWARD A SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF 2013 From New York Times bestselling author William Kent Krueger, a brilliant new novel about a young man, a small town, and murder in the summer of 1961.“That was it. That was all of it. A grace so ordinary... [Read More]

  • The Tuscan Secret: An absolutely gripping, emotional, World War 2 historical novel

    • ASIN: 1786819597
    • ISBN: 1786819597
    • Manufacturer: Bookouture

    Il Mulino. An old crumbling mill, by a winding river, nestled in the Tuscan mountains. An empty home that holds memories of homemade pasta and Nonna’s stories by the fire, and later: the Nazi invasion, and a family torn apart by a heartbreaking betrayal.Anna is distraught when her beloved mother, Ines, passes away. She inherits a box of papers, h... [Read More]

  • Flight of the Sparrow: A Novel of Early America

    • ASIN: 0451466691
    • ISBN: 0451466691
    • Brand: Brown Amy Belding
    • Manufacturer: Berkley

    “A compelling, emotionally gripping”* novel of historical fiction—perfect for readers of America’s First Daughter.Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1676. Even before Mary Rowlandson was captured by Indians on a winter day of violence and terror, she sometimes found herself in conflict with her rigid Puritan community. Now, her home destroyed, her c... [Read More]

  • A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel

    • ASIN: B01COJUEZ0
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Books

  • White Rose, Black Forest

    • ASIN: B07416NFHL
    • Manufacturer: Lake Union Publishing

    An Amazon Charts bestseller.In the shadows of World War II, trust becomes the greatest risk of all for two strangers.December 1943. In the years before the rise of Hitler, the Gerber family’s summer cottage was filled with laughter. Now, as deep drifts of snow blanket the Black Forest, German dissenter Franka Gerber is alone and hopeless. Fervor ... [Read More]

  • Finding Rebecca

    • ASIN: B00KDOYEF0
    • Manufacturer: Lake Union Publishing

    Nothing could keep Christopher and Rebecca apart: not her abusive parents, or even the fiancé she brought home after running away to England. But when World War II finally strikes the island of Jersey, the Nazi invaders ship Rebecca to Europe as part of Hitler's Final Solution against the Jewish population.After Christopher and his family are depo... [Read More]

  • The German Midwife

    • ASIN: 0008340528
    • ISBN: 0008340528
    • Manufacturer: Avon

    The USA Today Best Seller.“A powerful, haunting debut”―Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice NetworkAn enthralling new tale of courage, betrayal and survival in the hardest of circumstances that readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, The Secret Orphan and The Man Who Broke into Auschwitz will love.Germany, 1944. A prison... [Read More]

  • In Farleigh Field: A Novel of World War II

    • ASIN: B01HBKAYMA
    • Manufacturer: Lake Union Publishing

    “Instantly absorbing, suspenseful, romantic, and stylish—like binge-watching a great British drama on Masterpiece Theater.” —Lee Child, New York Times bestselling authorWinner of the Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel, the Macavity Award for Best Historical Novel, and the Left Coast Crime Award for Best Historical Mystery.World War II c... [Read More]

  • The Secret Sense of Wildflower - Southern Historical Fiction, Best Book of 2012

    • ASIN: B007Z3U5BO
    • Manufacturer: Wild Lily Arts

    Named a Best Book of 2012 by Kirkus Reviews.Small southern towns have few secrets. But when a grieving daughter confronts the local bad boy, she exposes a dark history.Appalachia, 1941. Thirteen-year-old Louisa May "Wildflower" McAllister's heart still aches for her father. A year after her dad's tragic sawmill accident, she relies on her strength ... [Read More]

  • Surviving The Forest (A WW2 Historical Novel, Based on a True Story of a Jewish Holocaust Survivor)

    • ASIN: 1796269409
    • ISBN: 1796269409
    • Manufacturer: Independently published

    Five shots on Saturday morning changed their fate …She was a beautiful and happy young woman who lived a fairytale life. Shurka, her beloved husband and their two small children lived in a pretty house in a village in Poland, surrounded by a little garden with lilies. This was their life and nothing could harm it, or so they thought…WWII broke ... [Read More]

  • The Girls of Ennismore

    • ASIN: 1496709950
    • ISBN: 9781496709950
    • Brand: KENSINGTON
    • Manufacturer: Kensington

    Set in Ireland during the turbulent early 20th century, Patricia Falvey's sweeping novel explores an unlikely friendship between two girls of vastly different backgrounds, as each tries to overcome the barriers set by class and birthright...On a June morning in 1900, Rosie Killeen crosses the road that divides her family's County Mayo farm from the... [Read More]

  • An Orphan's War: One of the best historical fiction books you will read this year

    • ASIN: B076KFQTQD
    • Manufacturer: Avon

    War rages, but the women and children of Liverpool’s Dr Barnardo’s Home cannot give up hope. An Orphan’s War is a gripping saga about love and loss on the Home Front.LIVERPOOL, 1940When her childhood sweetheart Johnny is killed in action, Maxine Grey loses more than her husband – she loses her best friend. Desperate to make a difference in ... [Read More]

  • Queen Hereafter: A Novel of Margaret of Scotland

    • ASIN: B003E8AJ9M
    • Manufacturer: Broadway Books

  • To Hold the Throne: A Novel of the Last Maccabee Princess and King Herod the Great

    • ASIN: 1733988319
    • ISBN: 1733988319
    • Manufacturer: Palace Publishing

    AMAZON BESTSELLERHistorical figures and events meet page-turning fiction in Joni Okun's compelling debut novel. To Hold the Throne breathes life into the extraordinary story of King Herod the Great and Mariamne, the last Maccabee Princess, told in alternating points of view. Fueled by shifting political tides in Rome, the Triumvir Marc Antony disr... [Read More]

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