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Sacajawea by Anna Lee Waldo
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsClad in a doeskin, alone and unafraid, she stood straight and proud before the onrushing forces of America's destiny: Sacajawea, child of a Shoshoni chief, lone woman on Lewis and Clark's historic trek -- beautiful spear of a dying nation. She knew many men, walked many miles...Categorized as:
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My Sister the Moon by Sue Harrison
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAn abused and unwanted daughter of the First Men Tribe, young Kiin knows the harsh realities of life in a frozen land at the top of the world... -
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![Embrace The Wild Land by Rosanne Bittner]()
Embrace The Wild Land by Rosanne Bittner
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAbigail Trent was very young when she left the world she knew to forge her destiny with a half-breed Cheyenne brave, Lone Eagle. But now, as Civil War raged across the land, their love was put to the harshest test of all. For even in the peaceful New Mexico territory, they couldn't escape the violence of a country in upheaval... -
![Soul of a Highlander by Melissa Mayhue]()
Soul of a Highlander by Melissa Mayhue
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsNine years ago, Faerie Magic saved Mairi MacKiernan at the cost of her dreams of happiness, snatching her from her life in 1272, and depositing her in the twenty-first century. Now, she must save the last Daughter of the MacKiernan family...who was murdered in 1295...Categorized as:
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![Savage Moon by Cassie Edwards]()
Savage Moon by Cassie Edwards
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn Savage Moon, bestselling author Cassie Edwards brings readers another passionate historical romance set on the American frontier. Misshi Bradley knew two lives. As a settler girl, she'd seen her family die, one by one, on the grueling trail west. Stolen by renegade Indians, she'd grown to womanhood with an Indian family... -
![Death on Beacon Hill by P.B. Ryan]()
Death on Beacon Hill by P.B. Ryan
“Death on Beacon Hill continues Ms. Ryan’s excellent Nell Sweeney series. The rich characterization and her strong evocation of place, coupled with a well-plotted tale, make for a rich story. Add a clever conclusion and Ms. Ryan delivers a fascinating read...Categorized as:
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![Innocent Bride by Betty Neels]()
Innocent Bride by Betty Neels
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA tender awakening... Aunt Thirza had been a lifeline to Katrina Gibbs, but her death left Katrina with little money and no marketable skills. She had inherited her aunt's small cottage in Dorset. She also, though she didn't know it, had Simon Glenville, the wonderful doctor who had cared for Aunt Thirza... -
![Good Wives by Louisa May Alcott]()
Good Wives by Louisa May Alcott
NOTE: Little Women is sometimes published in two volumes, entitled Little Women and Good Wives. Amy looked relieved, but naughty Jo took her at her word, for during the first call she sat with every limb gracefully composed, every fold correctly draped, calm as a summer sea, cool as a snowbank, and as silent as the sphinx. In vain Mrs...Categorized as:
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![Innocent Hearts by Radclyffe]()
Innocent Hearts by Radclyffe
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsKate Beecher, a young woman from Boston, looks ahead with a sense of restless longing to the life her family and friends expect her to embrace. She doesn't know what she wants, or who, until she moves with her family to the wild Montana Territory of the 1860's... -
![The Last Silk Dress by Ann Rinaldi]()
The Last Silk Dress by Ann Rinaldi
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsHigh-spirited, beautiful Susan Chilmark, fourteen, vows to do something meaningful to support the Confederacy during the Civil War. Despite the wishes of her mother, Susan and her best friend, Connie, collect silk dresses from all the ladies of Richmond to make a balloon that will be used to spy on the Yankees. But the issues behind the war aren't as obvious as Susan thinks... -
![Still Life With Murder by P.B. Ryan]()
Still Life With Murder by P.B. Ryan
“What a thoroughly charming book! A beautiful combination of entertaining characters, minute historical research, and a powerful evocation of time and place.” —NYT bestselling author Barbara Hambly Boston, 1868: The dawn of the Gilded Age, an era of burgeoning commerce and invention, of unimaginable new fortunes and lavish excess—for some...Categorized as:
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![No Greater Glory by Cindy Nord]()
No Greater Glory by Cindy Nord
Amid the carnage of war, he commandeers far more than just her home. Widowed plantation owner Emaline McDaniels has struggled to hold on to her late husband’s dreams. Despite the responsibilities resting on her slender shoulders, she’ll not let anyone wrest away what’s left of her way of life—particularly a Yankee officer who wants to set up winter camp on her land...Categorized as:
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![Girl in Blue by Ann Rinaldi]()
Girl in Blue by Ann Rinaldi
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsFrom acclaimed QUILT TRILOGY author Ann Rinaldi comes another gripping historical adventure. Here, a courageous girl disguises herself as a boy and fights in the Civil War. The year is 1861. When spirited teenager Sarah Louisa learns that she is to be married off to her despicable neighbor, she runs away from home... -
![My Name is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira]()
My Name is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsAn enthralling historical novel about a young woman's struggle to become a doctor during the Civil War In this stunning first novel, Mary Sutter is a brilliant, headstrong midwife from Albany, New York, who dreams of becoming a surgeon... -
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![Bride of a Stranger by Jennifer Blake]()
Bride of a Stranger by Jennifer Blake
Claire is too innocent to suspect that her marriage is a cruel farce, believing instead that the dangerous accidents that keep appearing in her path are just that?accidents. She wedded Justin Leroux suddenly and silently. He was the tall dark stranger of her girlhood dreams, and had finally come to take her away. She returns with him to Sans Songe, the Leroux family plantation in Louisiana...Categorized as:
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![On Agate Hill by Lee Smith]()
On Agate Hill by Lee Smith
Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA dusty box discovered in the wreckage of a once prosperous plantation on Agate Hill in North Carolina contains the remnants of an extraordinary life: diaries, letters, poems, songs, newspaper clippings, court records, marbles, rocks, dolls, and bones. It's through these treasured mementos that we meet Molly Petree... -
![The Widow of the South by Robert Hicks]()
The Widow of the South by Robert Hicks
Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsTennessee, 1864. On a late autumn day, near a little town called Franklin, 10,000 men will soon lie dead or dying in a battle that will change many lives for ever. None will be more changed than Carrie McGavock, who finds her home taken over by the Confederate army and turned into a field hospital... -
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March by Geraldine Brooks
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 52 ratingsWinner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize For Fiction. From the author of the acclaimed YEAR OF WONDERS, an historical novel and love story set during a time of catastrophe, on the front lines of the American Civil War. Acclaimed author Geraldine Brooks gives us the story of the absent father from Louisa May Alcott's Little Women - and conjures a world of brutality, stubborn courage and transcendent love... -
![Enemy Women by Paulette Jiles]()
Enemy Women by Paulette Jiles
Rated: 3.62 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFor the Colleys of southeastern Missouri, the War between the States is a plague that threatens devastation, despite the family's avowed neutrality. For eighteen-year-old Adair Colley, it is a nightmare that tears apart her family and forces her and her sisters to flee...Categorized as:
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![Rhett Butler's People by Donald McCaig]()
Rhett Butler's People by Donald McCaig
Rated: 3.66 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsFully authorized by the Margaret Mitchell estate, Rhett Butler’s People is the astonishing and long-awaited novel that parallels the Great American Novel, Gone With The Wind. Twelve years in the making, the publication of Rhett Butler’s People marks a major and historic cultural event...Categorized as:
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![Blue Asylum by Kathy Hepinstall]()
Blue Asylum by Kathy Hepinstall
Rated: 3.58 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsAmid the mayhem of the Civil War, Virginia plantation wife Iris Dunleavy is put on trial and convicted of madness. It is the only reasonable explanation the court can see for her willful behavior, so she is sent away to Sanibel Asylum to be restored to a good, compliant woman...Categorized as:
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![Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley]()
Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley
Rated: 3.59 of 5 stars · 54 ratingsAlexandra Ripley brings us back to Tara and reintroduces us to the characters we remember so well: Rhett, Ashley, Mammy, Suellen, Aunt Pittypat, and, of course, Scarlett...Categorized as:
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![Gone Country by Lorelei James]()
Gone Country by Lorelei James
She’s a little bit country, and he’s…not. Arizona businessman and long-lost McKay love child Gavin Daniels has been awarded sole custody of his teenage daughter Sierra for one year. In order to steer Sierra back on track after a brush with the law, he pulls up stakes and heads to Wyoming, looking for support from his ranching family...even if he isn’t sure where they fit in the McKay dynamic...Categorized as:
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![Ride the Wind by Lucia St. Clair Robson]()
Ride the Wind by Lucia St. Clair Robson
In 1836, when she was nine years old, Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped by Comanche Indians. This is the story of how she grew up with them, mastered their ways, married one of their leaders, and became, in every way, a Comanche woman. It is also the story of a proud and innocent people whose lives pulsed with the very heartbeat of the land. It is the story of a way of life that is gone forever... -
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![Sold! In the Show Me State by Jessie Gussman]()
Sold! In the Show Me State by Jessie Gussman
The town outcast buys a date with Cowboy Crossing’s own A-List movie star.Ivory Haines is the daughter of the town’s resident retired prostitute and possibly the town drunk, although her mother wasn’t entirely certain.She resents her position in the town – and especially resents the teasing she’d been subjected to – and has vowed to show everyone that she is just as good as they are... -
![A Marriage of Convenience in the Show Me State by Jessie Gussman]()
A Marriage of Convenience in the Show Me State by Jessie Gussman
It is wonderful to read a book with a warm core of love and values at the center, that still asks important questions. -Amazon reviewerZane Hudson just got custody of his four young children. Only problem is, he can’t watch his kids and run his farm, too. He needs a permanent housekeeper...Categorized as:
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![A Secret Baby in the Show Me State by Jessie Gussman]()
A Secret Baby in the Show Me State by Jessie Gussman
A midnight tryst, an unknown admirer and a baby that is delivered to church with just a short note.On the day Deacon Hudson was set to be ordained, a bundle shows up at the church with a simple note on it. Deacon Hudson is the father. Take care of her.Deacon knows he’s not the father. The Immaculate Conception was a one time thing...Categorized as:
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![Issued to the Bride One Soldier by Cora Seton]()
Issued to the Bride One Soldier by Cora Seton
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsJack Sanders built his career as an army intelligence operative on his uncanny ability to anticipate what the enemy will do next--but he never anticipated the trouble he's landed in. Removed from duty, his future on the line, he'll have to accept a truly unusual mission to redeem himself... -
![In Honor's Defense by Karen Witemeyer]()
In Honor's Defense by Karen Witemeyer
Luke Davenport has been fighting all his life--for respect, for country, and most recently, for those unable to fight for themselves. But now that his Horsemen brothers are domesticated, he's left alone to battle the wildness within. When an opportunity arises to take a job on his own, he jumps at the chance.Damaris Baxter has mastered the art of invisibility... -
![Little Women by Louisa May Alcott]()
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Puffin in Bloom A new line of classics with gorgeously illustrated covers by renowned stationery brand Rifle Paper Co.'s lead artist, Anna Bond. Grown-up Meg, tomboyish Jo, timid Beth, and precocious Amy. The four March sisters couldn't be more different. But with their father away at war, and their mother working to support the family, they have to rely on one another...Categorized as:
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