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  • 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]

  • 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]

  • 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]

  • 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 Hideaway

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

    Now a USA TODAY and Amazon Charts Bestseller!“A story both powerful and enchanting: a don’t-miss novel in the greatest southern traditions of storytelling.” —Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times bestselling authorWhen her grandmother’s will wrenches Sara back home to Sweet Bay, Alabama, she learns more about Margaret Van Buren in the wake... [Read More]

  • The German Midwife: A new historical romance for 2019 from the USA Today best seller.

    • ASIN: B07KTJ8DSV
    • 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]

  • We Were the Lucky Ones: A Novel

    • ASIN: B01FRSZAUO
    • 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]

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

    • ASIN: B07NDYGQ45

    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 Silent Woman: The USA TODAY BESTSELLER - a gripping historical fiction (Cat Carlisle, Book 1)

    • ASIN: B076GVWSW1
    • Manufacturer: HQ Digital

    Would you sell your secrets?Catherine Carlisle is trapped in a loveless marriage and the threat of World War Two is looming. She sees no way out… that is until a trusted friend asks her to switch her husband’s papers in a desperate bid to confuse the Germans.Soon Catherine finds herself caught up in a deadly mixture of espionage and murder. Som... [Read More]

  • Best Fiction: Book Recommendations-Best Books & Best Short Stories, Including Best Young Adult Books & Good Reads Ranging from Best Historical Fiction to Best Love Stories & Serious Novels

    • ASIN: B00AJ6XFRA

    Take the luck out of finding a book to get lost in. Whether you seek the best fiction from contemporary authors or tried and true classics, reading recommendations encompass over 400 of the best books in 45 fiction genres, according to a team of book world insiders. The book recommendations include gripping novels of all stripes, from the best hist... [Read More]

  • The Watchmaker's Daughter (Glass and Steele Book 1)

    • ASIN: B01DK93WKW
    • Manufacturer: C.J. Archer

    USA Today bestselling series.India Steele is desperate. Her father is dead, her fiancé took her inheritance, and no one will employ her, despite years working for her watchmaker father. Indeed, the other London watchmakers seem frightened of her. Alone, poor, and at the end of her tether, India takes employment with the only person who'll accept h... [Read More]

  • The House of Closed Doors

    • ASIN: B008EWNCC4
    • Manufacturer: Aspidistra Press

    Heedless. Stubborn. Disgraced. Small town Illinois, 1870: "My stepfather was not particularly fond of me to begin with, and now that he'd found out about the baby, he was foaming at the mouth"Desperate to avoid marriage, Nell Lillington refuses to divulge the name of her child's father and accepts her stepfather's decision that the baby be born at ... [Read More]

  • Ordinary Grace: A Novel

    • ASIN: B008J2G5Y6
    • Brand: Unknown
    • 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]

  • What Once Was True: An Irish WW2 Story (The Robinswood Story Book 1)

    • ASIN: B07F1KTZDL

    New from USA TODAY Bestselling author, Jean Grainger,One House, two families and a war that changes everthing that once was true....Robinswood, Co Waterford, 1939. The once grand house is home to two very different families.Despite delusions of grandeur, Lord and Lady Kenefick and their adult children, live a life of decayed opulence as the money ... [Read More]

  • A Song for Bellafortuna: An Italian Historical Fiction Novel

    • ASIN: B00U8ZYF2Q
    • Manufacturer: Cefalutana Press

    A GRIPPING SICILIAN SAGA. A SWEEPING EPIC TALE OF LOVE, DRAMA, SACRIFICE, AND REDEMPTION, SET AMONG THE BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE OF SICILY. *WINNER OF THE B.R.A.G. MEDALLION AWARD IN HISTORICAL FICTIONThe beautiful, yet secluded, hilltop village of Bellafortuna, Sicily, is a great producer of wine and olive oil. The entire village prospers. However, aft... [Read More]

  • It All Comes Back to You: A Book Club Recommendation!

    • ASIN: B07GVN38FX
    • Manufacturer: The Art of Dixie

    "It All Comes Back to You is one of those stories you need to savor. You want to put the book down so as to have more to read tomorrow, but you can't. It becomes attached to you, a part of you."Dan Brown, Author of ReunionIt's 1947.War's over, cherry-print dresses, parking above the city lights, swing dancing.Beautiful, seventeen-year-old Violet li... [Read More]

  • Queen Hereafter: A Novel of Margaret of Scotland

    • ASIN: 0307452808
    • ISBN: 0307452808
    • Manufacturer: Broadway Books

    Refugee. Queen. Saint. Based on the lives of Saint Margaret of Scotland and her husband, King Malcolm III, in eleventh-century Scotland, a young woman strives to fulfill her destiny despite the risks... Shipwrecked on the Scottish coast, a young Saxon princess and her family—including the outlawed Edgar of England—ask sanctuary of the warrior-... [Read More]

  • What We Had: Birdie's story ~ 1929-1945 Historical Fiction

    • ASIN: B01MXGAS2D
    • Manufacturer: Heaven's Mountain Publishing, LLC

    A nasty twist of fate turns a beautiful beginning into a tangle of deceit and regret. From the foothills of North Carolina to the mountains of West Virginia, Birdie weaves her story with homespun simplicity, creating a tapestry that vibrates with the colors and textures of her life and times, spinning a tale from the years before the Great Depressi... [Read More]

  • Final Mission: Zion - A World War 2 Thriller

    • ASIN: B078VC5TTQ
    • Manufacturer: Autobahn Books

    ***JANUARY 2018 Brand New Release from Chuck Driskell*** In 1938, as the Third Reich is just beginning its reign of terror, hundreds of Jewish orphans are hidden away in Austria, in the midst of their underground escape to Palestine. The only man who knows their location is killed, leaving the children with precious little time to survive. The de... [Read More]

  • Send Down the Rain: New from the author of The Mountains Between Us and the New York Times bestseller Where the River Ends

    • ASIN: B072TN1NF2
    • Brand: Unknown
    • Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson

    "Martin's latest is another beautifully written winner. . . Amazingly heartfelt statements about love, loss and the true meaning of friendship will resonate deeply with readers." --RT Book ReviewsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Mountain Between Us comes a new, spellbinding story of buried secrets, lost love, and the promise of sec... [Read More]

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