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  • The Book of Fate by Parinoush Saniee

    The Book of Fate by Parinoush Saniee

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    A bestselling novel in Iran, despite being banned twice by the government, The Book of Fate follows a teenage girl in pre-revolutionary Iran through five turbulent decades, from before the 1979 revolution, through the Islamic Republic, and up to the present in this powerful story of friendship, passion, and hope...
  • The Orphans of Berlin: The BRAND NEW heartbreaking World War 2 historical novel by Jina Bacarr for 2022 by Jina Bacarr

    The Orphans of Berlin: The BRAND NEW heartbreaking World War 2 historical novel by Jina Bacarr for 2022 by Jina Bacarr

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    'A moving novel of strength and resistance in the face of evil but also an inspiring journey of resilience after loss. ' Erin Litteken, bestselling author of The Memory Keeper of Kyiv. A heartbreaking World War 2 novel that tells the story of two women’s fight for love, family and hope, as the world crumbles around them...
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  • The Lilac People by Milo Todd

    The Lilac People by Milo Todd

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Finalist for the New England Book Award. "Reminiscent of Anthony Doerr's All the Light We Cannot See . . . Heart-stopping in its suspense and dramatic reveals. " —The Boston Globe. A moving and deeply humane story about a trans man who must relinquish the freedoms of prewar Berlin to survive first the Nazis then the Allies, all while protecting the ones he loves...
  • The Oceans Between Us by Gill Thompson

    The Oceans Between Us by Gill Thompson

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Inspired by heartrending real events, a mother fights to find her son and a child battles for survival in this riveting debut novel. For readers of Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate, Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly, The Letter by Kathryn Hughes, and Remember Me by Lesley Pearse. A woman is found wandering injured in London after an air raid. She remembers nothing of who she is...
  • A Chance in a Million by T.A. Williams

    A Chance in a Million by T.A. Williams

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Having left the army to recover from a traumatic experience, Captain Jane Reed is on her way to Venice to assist Lady Veronica Cooper , a world-famous writer who has lost her mojo. Plagued by grief and sleepless nights, Jane soon finds a kindred spirit in Veronica, coping with her own loss after the death of her husband...
  • Jessica by Bryce Courtenay

    Jessica by Bryce Courtenay

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    Jessica is based on the inspiring true story of a young girl's fight for justice against tremendous odds. A tomboy, Jessica is the pride of her father, as they work together on the struggling family farm. One quiet day, the peace of the bush is devastated by a terrible murder...
  • Royal Secret: A Baby And A Betrayal by Holly Rayner

    Royal Secret: A Baby And A Betrayal by Holly Rayner

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gifted a family heirloom that raises more questions than it answers, Courtney sets out to uncover the mystery…. And soon finds herself on a path toward adventure, romance, and betrayal,. From painful loss, to new life…. Reeling from grief, Courtney Fuller makes an impulsive she’ll fly out to the tiny kingdom of Bergovia and discover her late grandmother’s story...
  • When We Meet Again by Dean Hughes

    When We Meet Again by Dean Hughes

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    The Thomas family members face ongoing challenges in the dark years at the close of WW2. Alex's values are tested as he works to complete an intelligence assignment in Germany while wondering if he'll ever see his beloved Anna and their son again. Wally struggles to survive the torture he endures as a POW, and Bobbi has to make a difficult choice between the men in her life...
  • The Wrath of the King by Danielle Bourdon

    The Wrath of the King by Danielle Bourdon

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Rocked by an unexpected attack, Latvala and its citizens find themselves at the mercy of a man whose sole intent is to shake up the monarchy. Queen for less than a year, Chey must choose between protecting the man she loves and protecting her unborn child. It's a decision that threatens to tear the fabric of her family apart...
  • Homeseeking by Karissa Chen

    Homeseeking by Karissa Chen

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780593712993. An epic and intimate tale of one couple across sixty years as world events pull them together and apart, illuminating the Chinese diaspora and exploring what it means to find home far from your homeland. A single choice can define an entire life...
  • Since You Went Away by Dean Hughes

    Since You Went Away by Dean Hughes

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Mom, when are you going to add two more stars to the banner in our window? " LaRue asked. "You obviously haven't looked. I sewed them on this morning. " All around Salt Lake City-and across the nation — the banners were showing up now. Each star represented a member of the household who was serving in the military...
  • The Promise by Lesley Pearse

    The Promise by Lesley Pearse

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    London 1914. Belle Reilly finally has the life she's dreamed of thanks to a devoted husband in Jimmy and the hat shop she's wanted to own since she was a child. But as the storm clouds of World War One begin to gather, Belle's already turbulent life is to change in ways she never imagined possible...
  • The Last Night in London by Karen White

    The Last Night in London by Karen White

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Karen White weaves a story of friendship past and present, love, and betrayal that moves between war-torn London during the Blitz and the present day. A captivating story of friendship, love and betrayal – and finding hope in the darkness of war. London, 1939...
  • The Good Doctor of Warsaw by Elisabeth Gifford

    The Good Doctor of Warsaw by Elisabeth Gifford

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Set in the ghettos of wartime Warsaw, this is a sweeping, poignant and heartbreaking tale, based on the true story of one of World War II's quiet heroes - Dr Janusz Korczak. 'You do not leave a sick child alone to face the dark and you do not leave a child at a time like this. '...
  • Survivor by Lesley Pearse

    Survivor by Lesley Pearse

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Russell, 1938. It is 1938 and Mariette is a defiant, strong willed and selfish 17 yr old. The small, gossipy town of Russell, New Zealand isn’t nearly big enough for Mariette’s ambitions and her devoted parents, Belle and Etienne, fear for her reputation...
  • Beyond That, the Sea by Laura Spence-Ash

    Beyond That, the Sea by Laura Spence-Ash

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 49 ratings
    A sweeping, tenderhearted love the tale of two families living through the Second World War on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean, and the young woman who calls them both her own. As German bombs fall over London in 1940, working-class parents Millie and Reginald Thompson make the impossible choice to send their eleven-year-old daughter, Beatrix, to America...
  • His Royal Highness by Stephanie Nicole Norris

    His Royal Highness by Stephanie Nicole Norris

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    To love him was forbidden, and it would come with a price. .. Princess Cadena Winthrope was well aware of the splintering heat that sizzled her flesh whenever Gemini was nearby. As her loyal guard, Gemini remained standing in the shadows, watching her every move—his gaze catching the dark corners of the room as well as her body's outline...
  • Sophie's Choice by William Styron

    Sophie's Choice by William Styron

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 60 ratings
    Three stories are told: a young Southerner wants to become a writer; a turbulent love-hate affair between a brilliant Jew and a beautiful Polish woman; and of an awful wound in that woman's past--one that impels both Sophie and Nathan toward destruction.
    Categorized as:
    war  contemporary  mystery  length-long  audiobook
  • Sander and Chey: Legacy by Danielle Bourdon

    Sander and Chey: Legacy by Danielle Bourdon

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Note: This book is meant to be read after the Royals series, books 1-5. * * *. After an unexpected demand from a neighboring king, Sander Ahtissari is forced to make a choice that could mean the life or death of his people. A blatant threat to his kingdom involves danger not just to the citizens of Latvala, but to his immediate family...
    Categorized as:
    royalty  suspense  contemporary  length-short
  • Forever Princess by Meg Cabot

    Forever Princess by Meg Cabot

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 57 ratings
    What's a Princess to do? It's Mia's senior year, and things seem great. She aced her senior project, got accepted to her dream college(s), and has her birthday gala coming up . . . not to mention prom, graduation, and Genovia's first-ever elections. What's not to love about her life? Well . . . Her senior project? It's a romance novel she secretly wrote, and no one wants to publish it...
  • The Fortunate Ones by Catherine Hokin

    The Fortunate Ones by Catherine Hokin

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Every day he stood exactly where he was directed. He listened for his number, shouted his answer in the freezing cold. He was ragged and he was starving, but he was alive. He was one of the fortunate ones whom fate had left standing. And he needed to stay that way. For Hannah. Berlin, 1941. Felix Thalberg, a printer’s apprentice, has the weight of the world on his shoulders...
  • A Sparrow in Terezin by Kristy Cambron

    A Sparrow in Terezin by Kristy Cambron

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Two women, one in the present day and one in 1942, each hope for a brighter future. But they'll both have to battle through their darkest days to reach it. "Today. "With the grand opening of her new gallery and a fairytale wedding months away, Sera James appears to have a charmed life...
  • Resilient Reign by Aleatha Romig

    Resilient Reign by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “He who does not trust enough will not be trusted. ” ~ Lao Tzu. The halls of Molave Palace and Annabella Castle have secrets that are meant to stay buried. As the reflective veil is ripped away, Princess Lucille is forced to accept the deception surrounding all that she once believed to be true...
  • Through The Storm by Maureen Lee

    Through The Storm by Maureen Lee

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Two years of war have taken a terrible toll on Pearl Street, Liverpool. German bombs have reduced some houses to rubble and most of the inhabitants have lost friends and family. While sisters Eileen and Sheila share the anxious burden of absent husbands, the conflict for others brings excitement and freedom...
  • Gruppenführer's Mistress by Ellie Midwood

    Gruppenführer's Mistress by Ellie Midwood

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    "Gruppenführer’s Mistress" is book two in the series “The Girl from Berlin,” which continues to follow Annalise’s story...
  • Birds Without Wings by Louis de Bernières

    Birds Without Wings by Louis de Bernières

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    In his first novel since Corelli’s Mandolin , Louis de Bernières creates a world, populates it with characters as real as our best friends, and launches it into the maelstrom of twentieth-century history. The setting is a small village in southwestern Anatolia in the waning years of the Ottoman Empire. Everyone there speaks Turkish, though they write it in Greek letters...
    Categorized as:
    war  contemporary  length-long  audiobook
  • The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer, Arthur Morey

    The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer, Arthur Morey

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 46 ratings
    A grand love story and an epic tale of three brothers whose lives are torn apart by war. Paris, 1937. Andras Lévi, a Hungarian Jewish architecture student, arrives from Budapest with a scholarship, a single suitcase, and a mysterious letter he has promised to deliver to C. Morgenstern on the rue de Sévigné...
    Categorized as:
    war  contemporary  military  length-epic  audiobook
  • Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum

    Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 61 ratings
    For fifty years, Anna Schlemmer has refused to talk about her life in Germany during World War II. Her daughter, Trudy, was only three when she and her mother were liberated by an American soldier and went to live with him in Minnesota. Trudy's sole evidence of the past is an old photograph: a family portrait showing Anna, Trudy, and a Nazi officer, the Obersturmfuhrer of Buchenwald...
  • The Prince's Bewildered Bride by Evangeline Kelly

    The Prince's Bewildered Bride by Evangeline Kelly

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    They told her she married a prince. Too bad she couldn’t remember the wedding…or anything else. Will her memories return in time to save her marriage or was it doomed from the beginning? When Prince Edward of Calais received a note implicating his wife in an affair, he was furious...
  • The Road Home by Ellen Emerson White

    The Road Home by Ellen Emerson White

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rebecca Phillips, 22, is a nurse in Vietnam who has seen endless bloodshed, horror, and suffering. When her helicopter crashes in the jungle, she faces a brutal showdown for survival that will change her forever. Named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults.
    Categorized as:
    war  contemporary  length-long
  • Claiming My Duchess by Jessica Blake

    Claiming My Duchess by Jessica Blake

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    As the Duke of Becktonas, I have it all. But it’s nothing without her. Second in line to the throne of a beautiful island nation, I have my pick of the sexiest women, fastest cars, whatever my heart desires. What I want is my freedom — so much that they call me The Runaway Duke. Some call me The Duke of Debauchery. Both are correct...
    Categorized as:
    royalty  humor  new adult  contemporary
  • The Crown Jewels Boxed Set (A Crown Jewels Romantic Comedy Series) by Melanie Summers

    The Crown Jewels Boxed Set (A Crown Jewels Romantic Comedy Series) by Melanie Summers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    3 Wildly Funny Full-Length Novels + 1 Hilarious Bonus Short by international bestselling author Melanie Summers. A gorgeously funny, romantic and seductive modern fairy-tale…. I have never laughed out loud so much in my life…incredibly funny, witty, romantic, swoony…wonderfully charming and deliriously dreamy…~MammieBabbie Book Club...
  • Of Windmills and War by Diane Moody

    Of Windmills and War by Diane Moody

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The rumblings of war in distant countries mattered little to Danny McClain. Growing up in Chicago, his world revolved around after-school jobs, a rescued beagle, his pen pal in Holland, and the Cubs’ chance to go to the World Series. Then, in December of 1941, during his first year at Northwestern University, news of the attack on Pearl Harbor hit much too close to home...
  • The Gown by Jennifer Robson

    The Gown by Jennifer Robson

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 44 ratings
    One of the most anticipated reads from InStyle, HelloGiggles, Hypable, Bookbub, and Bookriot! One of Real Simple's Best Historical Fiction novels of the year! “The Gown is marvelous and moving, a vivid portrait of female self-reliance in a world racked by the cost of war. ”--Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network...
  • I'll Be Seeing You by Suzanne Hayes, Loretta Nyhan

    I'll Be Seeing You by Suzanne Hayes, Loretta Nyhan

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    "I hope this letter gets to you quickly. We are always waiting, aren't we? Perhaps the greatest gift this war has given us is the anticipation. .. ". It's January 1943 when Rita Vincenzo receives her first letter from Glory Whitehall. Glory is an effervescent young mother, impulsive and free as a bird. Rita is a sensible professor's wife with a love of gardening and a generous, old soul...
  • Virgin for the Prince (Taken By A Trillionaire) by J. S. Scott

    Virgin for the Prince (Taken By A Trillionaire) by J. S. Scott

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    They’re at it again! J. S. Scott, Ruth Cardello, and Melody Anne come together for another royal novella trilogy. This is the second novella of a three novella set. Check the dates below for release dates on the first and third novella. Escape with three new princes as only these NYT’s bestselling authors could write them. Virgin for the Trillionaire: Ruth Cardello (April 25, 2017)...
    Categorized as:
    royalty  contemporary  virgin heroine
  • The Lost Wife by Alyson Richman

    The Lost Wife by Alyson Richman

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 46 ratings
    A rapturous novel of first love in a time of war-from the celebrated author of The Rhythm of Memory and The Last Van Gogh. In pre-war Prague, the dreams of two young lovers are shattered when they are separated by the Nazi invasion. Then, decades later, thousands of miles away in New York, there's an inescapable glance of recognition between two strangers. .
    Categorized as:
    war  contemporary  length-medium  audiobook
  • Bluebird by Genevieve Graham

    Bluebird by Genevieve Graham

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A dazzling novel set during the Great War and postwar Prohibition about a young nurse, a soldier, and a family secret that binds them together for generations to come—from USA TODAY and repeat #1 bestselling author Genevieve Graham. Present day...
  • The Invisible Wall: A Love Story That Broke Barriers by Harry Bernstein

    The Invisible Wall: A Love Story That Broke Barriers by Harry Bernstein

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    “There are places that I have never forgotten. A little cobbled street in a smoky mill town in the North of England has haunted me for the greater part of my life. It was inevitable that I should write about it and the people who lived on both sides of its ‘Invisible Wall. ’ ”. The narrow street where Harry Bernstein grew up, in a small English mill town, was seemingly unremarkable...
    Categorized as:
    war  contemporary  length-medium  audiobook
  • The Last Queen of India by Michelle Moran

    The Last Queen of India by Michelle Moran

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    1857, India. At nineteen years old, Sita is the shining star of Queen Lakshmi of India's imperial guard, having pledged herself to a life of celibacy in the name of protecting the young ruler. When Sita agrees to train Lakshmi in the art of military combat, a close friendship develops between the two women...
  • Universe of Two by Stephen P. Kiernan

    Universe of Two by Stephen P. Kiernan

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    From the critically acclaimed author of The Baker’s Secret and The Curiosity comes a novel of conscience, love, and redemption—a fascinating fictionalized account of the life of Charlie Fisk, a gifted mathematician who was drafted into Manhattan Project and ordered against his morals to build the detonator for the atomic bomb...
  • Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet by Xinran, Julia Lovell

    Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet by Xinran, Julia Lovell

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    It was 1994 when Xinran, a journalist and the author of The Good Women of China, received a telephone call asking her to travel four hours to meet an oddly dressed woman who had just crossed the border from Tibet into China. Xinran made the trip and met the woman, called Shu Wen, who recounted the story of her thirty-year odyssey in the vast landscape of Tibet...
    Categorized as:
    war  contemporary  length-short
  • War Criminal's Widow by Ellie Midwood

    War Criminal's Widow by Ellie Midwood

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    "War Criminal's Widow" is the third book in the series "The Girl from Berlin. " As soon as Annalise, a counterintelligence agent working for the American OSS office, thinks that all the dangers are finally behind, swept away by the protective hand of her high-ranking lover – the Chief of the RSHA Ernst Kaltenbrunner – she has to face an even bigger challenge...
  • 바다 사이 등대 by M.L. Stedman

    바다 사이 등대 by M.L. Stedman

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 75 ratings
    After four harrowing years on the Western Front, Tom Sherbourne returns to Australia and takes a job as the lighthouse keeper on Janus Rock, nearly half a day’s journey from the coast. To this isolated island, where the supply boat comes once a season, Tom brings a young, bold, and loving wife, Isabel...
  • The Long Flight Home by Alan Hlad

    The Long Flight Home by Alan Hlad

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Inspired by fascinating, true, yet little-known events during World War II, The Long Flight Home is a testament to the power of courage in our darkest hours—a moving, masterfully written story of love and sacrifice. It is September 1940—a year into the war—and as German bombs fall on Britain, fears grow of an impending invasion...
  • The Greatest Knight by Elizabeth Chadwick

    The Greatest Knight by Elizabeth Chadwick

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 35 ratings
    New York Times and USA Today Bestseller! Royal protector. Loyal servant. Forgotten hero. A penniless young knight with few prospects, William Marshal is plucked from obscurity when he saves the life of Henry II's formidable queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine. In gratitude, she appoints him tutor to the heir to the throne, the volatile and fickle Prince Henry...
  • What the Light Touches by Xavier Bosch, Samantha Mateo

    What the Light Touches by Xavier Bosch, Samantha Mateo

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Acclaimed author Xavier Bosch weaves an emotional tale of love and intrigue in this novel about a woman on the cusp of middle age, her beloved grandma, and a strange houseguest who changes everything. Seventeen-year-old Margaux doesn’t realize one photo could change the course of her life. But in German-occupied Paris of 1940, nothing makes sense anymore...
  • The Samurai's Garden by Gail Tsukiyama

    The Samurai's Garden by Gail Tsukiyama

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    A 20-year-old Chinese painter named Stephen is sent to his family's summer home in a Japanese coastal village to recover from a bout with tuberculosis. Here he is cared for by Matsu, a reticent housekeeper and a master gardener. Over the course of a remarkable year, Stephen learns Matsu's secret and gains not only physical strength, but also profound spiritual insight...
  • Triplets For The Exiled Prince by Layla Valentine

    Triplets For The Exiled Prince by Layla Valentine

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    He’s the tearaway prince who finally went too far,. Disinherited, exiled from his kingdom, and told to clean up his act. .. He’s about to find himself in three times more trouble! I’ve never been afraid to push the limits of my parents’ patience,. But exile really seems like a step too far. Landing in nowhere, Arizona, with ten dollars to my name,...
    Categorized as:
    royalty  contemporary  suspense  length-short
  • The Guardian of Secrets and Her Deathly Pact by Jana Petken

    The Guardian of Secrets and Her Deathly Pact by Jana Petken

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A historical family saga spanning four generations, from 1912, Kent, England, to Spain and its 1936-39 civil war. Celia and Ernesto's two sons march under opposing banners, whilst their daughters take different paths, one to the Catholic Church and the other to the battlefields, and in the shadow of war, an evil ghost from the past watches and waits for an opportunity to destroy the entire family...
    Categorized as:
    war  contemporary  length-epic
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