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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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“Unforgettable . . . a powerful, page-turning tale of two extraordinary heroines who risk their lives rescuing stolen masterpieces during the Nazi occupation of Paris. A stunning read!” —Chanel Cleeton, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Our Last Days in Barcelona
From internationally bestselling author Bryn Turnbull comes a breathtaking novel about art...
From internationally bestselling author Bryn Turnbull comes a breathtaking novel about art...
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English
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From The New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Came Home comes a historical novel inspired by true events, and the extraordinary female lighthouse keepers of the past two hundred years.
“They call me a heroine, but I am not deserving of such accolades. I am just an ordinary young woman who did her duty.”
1838: Northumberland, England. Longstone Lighthouse on the Farne Islands has
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Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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A widow goes house-hunting in Barsetshire in this witty, moving novel by an author of “graceful stories of upper-class English life” ( The New York Times ). One rainy summer, amid the social and cultural changes of postwar England, Mrs. Macfadyen wrestles with the loss of her beloved husband after just five years of happiness. Life has left her uprooted--but where can she replant herself? The hunt for a new house (preferably not too close to her...
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Union Square & Co
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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The final, dramatic installment in Elodie Harper's Sunday Times bestselling Wolf Den Trilogy. Amara's journey has taken her far; from enslavement in Pompeii's wolf den brothel to her new life as a high-powered courtesan in Rome, but her story is not over yet. While Amara plays for power in Rome's imperial palace, those dearest to her remain in Pompeii. But it is 79 CE, and mighty Mount Vesuvius is about to make itself known . . . Readers of Jennifer...
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A Family’s History Is Lost to the Ravages of WWII in Southwest France 1942 Noémie Treves, a young, pregnant Jewish woman, had her entire world shattered when she is arrested and taken to the Camp de Rivesaltes transit camp in Southwest France. No sooner does she arrive, though, than she assists in helping two young girls scheduled for transport escape to a nearby maternity hospital. The matron there befriends her and changes her name to help hide...
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Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Legendary warriors, devastating sea battles, and a chance, finally, for vengeance. After a daring escape from a British prison, Philippe Kermorvant returns to France and gains command of a frigate in the Mediterranean, where France is trying to rebuild its decimated fleet. Facing overwhelming odds, the fleet is forced to flee for refuge to a fortified bay. The prospect of an interminable blockade looms, but Philippe is given leave from his command...
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Series
Lady Rivendale's Connections volume Book One
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ePublishing Works!
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Two Lives Saved, One Love Discovered, in A Season to be Sinful, a Historical Regency Romance from Jo Goodman An orphan raised in the sanctuary of a French abbey, Lily Sterling flees to the bustling city of London to escape the clutches of an unwanted English lord. But fate has other plans. She soon finds herself ensnared by the very man she sought to evade, once again escaping, this time into the dangerous streets of Holborn, where she takes in and...
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Regal House Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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In a bleak Mississippi farmhouse in 1918, Leona Pinson gives birth to an illegitimate son whose father she refuses to name, but who will, she is convinced, return from the war to rescue her from a hardscrabble life with a distant mother, a dangerous brother, and a dwarf aunt. When, instead, her lover returns with a wife in tow, her dreams are shattered. As her brother' s violence escalates and her aunt flees, Leona must rely on the help of Luther...
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Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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From the acclaimed author of Pillar of the Sky: “A great study of a character in conflict and a recommended read for lovers of Irish history.” --Historical Novel Society Set in Ireland during the eleventh century, The Kings in Winter follows the life of a clan chief torn between opposing factions in his own land while war with the Danes looms on the horizon. The chief of the ó Cullinanes, Muirtagh is a man of short stature but great heart. Though...
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University of New South Wales Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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The never-before-published novel by Charmian Clift.‘ In those days the end of the morning was always marked by the quarry whistle blowing the noon knock-off.Since everybody was out of bed very early, morning then was a long time, or even, if you came to think about it, a round time -- symmetrical anyway, and contained under a thin, radiant, dome shaped cover ... ' During the years of the Great Depression, Cressida Morley and her eccentric family...
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Regal House Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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The darkest days of Paris, 1790s. Riots ignite the street, classes struggle for power, and death rests at the foot of the guillotine. For Ani, the French Revolution is a catalyst for bringing down the corrupt aristocracy and avenging her fallen family, until she unwittingly befriends a high-ranking military nobleman who exposes the dark conspiracies of her own father' s past. Suspenseful twists, action-packed battles, narrow escapes, and daring feats...
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Chalice Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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Based on a true story. In 1824, Catherine, a Catholic spinster of 44, unexpectantly inherits millions. However, she doesn’t use it to climb the social ladder or snare a husband; she uses it to fulfill a lifelong dream of building a refuge for the poor and sick of Dublin, Ireland. That an unmarried woman would dare propose such a thing is so scandalous, even her own brother calls it “Kitty’s Folly.” Society turns against her. The Church tries...
14) Unsinkable
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Publisher
Harper Muse
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Unsinkable is a stand-alone historical novel about two women who survive against all odds and become legends. Violet Jessop is Miss Unsinkable. Daphne has survived calamity of her own"--
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Publisher
Harlequin/Love Inspired Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Claiming His Child Who would guess the most formidable adversary former gunslinger Hunter Mitchell ever faced would be a fiery, violet-eyed female? Now that he's served his time, Hunter intends to claim the daughter he's only just discovered. While the law is on his side this time, his daughter's devoted aunt certainly isn't. Annabeth Silks can't bear to let a onetime outlaw take little Sarah. As the daughter of an infamous madam, she knows the hardship...
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Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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In a world of gunpowder, smoke and blood, two men's love will rise above the chaos.
'Beautifully written ... will make your geeky heart sing sea shanties' The Times
In 1802, The Treaty of Amiens brings the French Revolutionary Wars to an end. After the drama of the past few years, Lieutenant Arthur Courtney returns home to England where he hopes to spend a blissful summer with his close friend, Hiram Nightingale.
But within weeks, HMS Loyal...
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Avon Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
His heart is unavailable. Luckily, her interest lies in the rest of him . . .
Though she was just a girl when they first met, Caroline Tolbertson's infatuation with David Cameron remains undimmed. Now fate has brought the handsome Scotsman back to Brighton for what promises to be an unforgettable summer. Soon, Caroline will have to choose a husband, but for now she is free to indulge her curiosity in things of a passionate nature.
That is, if David...
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Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In this novel by the author of The Berlin Stories, a listless pair of siblings in post-WWI London battle the constraints of society and their mother.
It's the 1920s-the wake of the Great War-and Britain is undergoing a transformation. The middle class is struggling, and the younger generation, feeling constrained by the values that once fueled the empire, is yearning to break free . . .
A new war is brewing in the slums of Kensington, London....
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Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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The king is dead. The fight to replace him begins...
1066 dawns on a fractious England. The death of Edward the Confessor has set in motion a chain of events that can no longer be stopped.
In London, Harald Godwinson, anointed king by Edward on his deathbed, girds the nation for war.
Across the channel in Normandy, Duke William prepares his invasion fleet to sail, supported by Harald's treacherous brother, Tostig, who has promised to help William...
20) Battle Lord
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Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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The battle for England is over. The fight for Wulfbury has just begun.
AD 1066. Cerdic is a prisoner of war. Captured after the Battle of Hastings, his fate is in the hands of the victorious Norman count Cynric, who is in no mood to feed and look after worthless Englishmen as the army moves inland. His survival depends on his ability to convince them of his value.
Cerdic's sole bargaining chip is his lordship of Wulfbury, a small stronghold in...
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