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  • The Storyteller's Secret by Sejal Badani

    The Storyteller's Secret by Sejal Badani

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 69 ratings
    From the bestselling author of Trail of Broken Wings comes an epic story of the unrelenting force of love, the power of healing, and the invincible desire to dream. Nothing prepares Jaya, a New York journalist, for the heartbreak of her third miscarriage and the slow unraveling of her marriage in its wake...
  • The Lantern's Dance by Laurie R. King

    The Lantern's Dance by Laurie R. King

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes are caught up in a case that turns intensely personal, shining light on a past that even Holmes himself did not suspectAfter their recent adventures in Transylvania, Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes look forward to spending some time getting to know Holmes' son, the artist Damian Adler, and his family...
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  • Wild, Beautiful, and Free by Sophfronia Scott

    Wild, Beautiful, and Free by Sophfronia Scott

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    From award-winning author Sophfronia Scott comes the story of one young woman’s bold journey to reclaim her birthright and carve out her own place in a world that tells her she doesn’t belong. Born the daughter of an enslaved woman and a Louisiana plantation owner, Jeannette Bébinn is raised alongside her white half sister―until her father suddenly dies...
  • Chasing Moonlight by Raven St. Pierre

    Chasing Moonlight by Raven St. Pierre

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Bestselling author, Raven St. Pierre, returns with the third standalone in a breathtaking family saga filled with love, acceptance, and adversity. Jesse Peterson lives by the sweat of his brow and doesn’t hold back from defending his beliefs—even if that means getting dirty and breaking a few noses in the process...
  • A Royal Visit to Victory Street by Pam Howes

    A Royal Visit to Victory Street by Pam Howes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    From Amazon charts bestseller Pam Howes comes an emotional and uplifting saga about the power of family and a community trying to rebuild their lives after the terrible war that nearly destroyed everything…1956, Liverpool. With the shadow of the war looming over them and bomb craters littering the surrounding streets, hope feels far away for the residents of Victory Street...
  • Hope Like Wildflowers by Pepper Basham

    Hope Like Wildflowers by Pepper Basham

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An Appalachian Girl Seeks a Place to Belong   Return to the mountains of 1910s Appalachia with beloved author Pepper Basham to discover Kizzie McAdams's story. Kizzie McAdams spent her childhood longing to see beyond the mountains of home, but when her job as a servant in a landowner’s house results in an unplanned pregnancy, her world tips into uncertainty and heartbreak...
  • All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle

    All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    If you loved A Man Called Ove, then prepare to be delighted as Jamaican immigrant Hubert rediscovers the world he'd turned his back on this "warm, funny" novel (Good Housekeeping).In weekly phone calls to his daughter in Australia, widower Hubert Birdpaints a picture of the perfect retirement, packed with fun, friendship, and fulfillment. But it's a lie...
  • The Viscount and the Hellion by Alyssa Clarke

    The Viscount and the Hellion by Alyssa Clarke

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Anything can happen in a battle for love …even a kidnapping.Miss Fanny Fairbanks lost her love in the war, and currently goes through life carefully, lest the ton discovers their love child. The last thing she expected was to encounter a gentleman that looked exactly like her lost love, Simon Gracely, at a ball! She is certain that it is he. Worse this gentleman acts as if he does not know her...
  • When We Meet Again by Kristin Harmel

    When We Meet Again by Kristin Harmel

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author Kristin Harmel, a beautifully repackaged and updated edition of “one of her best” (RT Book Reviews) historical novels.Emily Emerson is used to being alone; her dad walked out on the family when she was a just a kid, her mom died when she was eighteen, and her beloved grandmother has just passed away as well...
  • Of Marriageable Age by Sharon Maas

    Of Marriageable Age by Sharon Maas

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    A spellbinding story of forbidden love, spanning three continents and three decades. Set against the Independence struggles of two British colonies, Of Marriageable Age is ultimately a story of personal triumph against a brutal fate, brought to life by a multicultural cast of characters:Savitri, intuitive and charismatic, grows up among the servants of a pre-war English household in the Raj...
  • Lady Violet Holds a Baby by Grace Burrowes

    Lady Violet Holds a Baby by Grace Burrowes

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    If it’s not weddings, then hapless widows are expected to attending christenings… Lady Violet returns with St. Sevier to her family seat, and finds Derwent Hall at sixes and sevens upon the occasion of her nephew’s christening. Other guests have brought their children along to celebrate the occasion, and Sebastian MacHeath is on hand to serve as godfather...
  • The Musician by Tess Thompson

    The Musician by Tess Thompson

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fiona Barnes has a secret. One so big she's afraid it will destroy everything she holds dear. Not even her beloved music can save her.Li Wu has fought prejudice his entire life. But he's always felt safe and protected within the fierce love of the Barnes family. If only the object of his desire were free to be his, all would be well...
  • A Return of Devotion by Kristi Ann Hunter

    A Return of Devotion by Kristi Ann Hunter

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 9 ratings
    Daphne Blakemoor was perfectly happy living in her own secluded world for twelve years. She had everything she needed—loved ones, a true home, and time to indulge her imagination. But when ownership of the estate where she works as a housekeeper passes on, and the new marquis has an undeniable connection to her past, everything she's come to rely upon is threatened...
  • Catching Moondrops by Jennifer Erin Valent

    Catching Moondrops by Jennifer Erin Valent

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jessilyn Lassiter no longer has to convince people she's not a child. Having just turned 19 in the summer of 1938, her love for Luke Talley has never been more real. And Luke is finally beginning to care for her in the way she's always dreamed of...
  • Miss Devoted by Grace Burrowes

    Miss Devoted by Grace Burrowes

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Psyche Fremont has known two constants in life: Her passion for her art, and society’s determination to ignore her talent. She isn’t looking for anything other than a handsome model when she crosses paths with Michael Delancey, and he’s only interested in making a few discreet coins lounging about in the altogether...
  • At the Foot of the Cherry Tree by Alli Parker

    At the Foot of the Cherry Tree by Alli Parker

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A stirring story of love and hope, based on the incredible true story of Australia's first Japanese war bride and a love that changed a nation forever. Gordon Parker is just an eager eighteen-year-old Australian boy desperate to fight for his country, and Nobuko 'Cherry' Sakuramoto is a sixteen-year-old girl struggling to survive in Japan in the aftermath of World War II...
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    multicultural  historical  war  australia  japan  oceania
  • Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray by Anita Heiss

    Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray by Anita Heiss

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Gundagai, 1852The powerful Murrumbidgee River surges through town leaving death and destruction in its wake. It is a stark reminder that while the river can give life, it can just as easily take it away.Wagadhaany is one of the lucky ones. She survives...
  • The Lady of a Lyon by Linda Rae Sande

    The Lady of a Lyon by Linda Rae Sande

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She's a former courtesan. He was once her favorite client. Will a conniving earl thwart a matchmaker's efforts to see them reunited?Newly widowed viscountess and mother to a young boy, Annabelle reluctantly returns to London in the hopes of securing invitations to Society events...
  • Wedding Bells on Victory Street: Gripping and heartbreaking World War 2 saga fiction (The Bryant Sisters) by Pam Howes

    Wedding Bells on Victory Street: Gripping and heartbreaking World War 2 saga fiction (The Bryant Sisters) by Pam Howes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From Amazon bestseller Pam Howes comes a heartbreaking World War Two novel about a young woman trying to make the best of history’s darkest hour. Is a happy ever after impossible?Liverpool, 1943. For Bella Rogers, life is looking up...
  • The Hour Before Dawn: A sweeping, emotional tale of love, loss and secrets across time by Sara MacDonald

    The Hour Before Dawn: A sweeping, emotional tale of love, loss and secrets across time by Sara MacDonald

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A rich, multi-generational saga, sweeping from Singapore to New Zealand. Perfect for fans of Santa Montefiore and Rosanna Ley. Singapore in the 1970s. A handsome army officer falls in love with the young daughter of his captain. Although she is determined to become a ballerina, Fleur falls deeply for David and abandons her aspirations to become an army wife and mother...
  • In His Father's Footsteps by Danielle Steel

    In His Father's Footsteps by Danielle Steel

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this powerful novel, #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel tells the story of two World War II concentration camp survivors, the life they build together, and the son who faces struggles of his own as a first generation American determined to be his own person and achieve success. When U.S...
  • Child Bride by Jennifer Smith Turner

    Child Bride by Jennifer Smith Turner

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In the segregated South of the mid-1900s, fourteen-year-old Nell bears witness to a world that embraces the oppression of women. She is fascinated with the prospect of being an independent person—but when she turns sixteen, she is married off and brought to the city of Boston as a bride. Nell is a shy girl who must quickly learn how to be a wife and mother...
  • No Honour by Awais Khan

    No Honour by Awais Khan

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A young woman defies convention in a small Pakistani village, with devastating results for her and her family. A stunning, immense beautiful novel about courage, family and the meaning of love, when everything seems lost… In sixteen-year-old Abida’s small Pakistani village, there are age-old rules to live by, and her family’s honour to protect...
  • Dreaming Spies by Laurie R. King

    Dreaming Spies by Laurie R. King

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE AGATHA AWARD FOR BEST HISTORICAL NOVEL •  NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST MYSTERIES OF THE YEAR BY THE SEATTLE TIMESLaurie R. King’s novels of suspense featuring Mary Russell and her husband, Sherlock Holmes, are critically acclaimed and beloved by readers for the author’s adept interplay of history and adventure...
  • The Hero and the Hellion by Ava Devlin

    The Hero and the Hellion by Ava Devlin

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One Last Scandal, for Old Time's Sake ... A  Hero's HomecomingLieutenant Callum Laughlin has spent four long years at war. Finally, he has enough status and fortune to return to Yorkshire and reclaim the woman of his dreams - a girl he could never have wed when he was a mere stable boy. What awaits him at Somerton is far from the warm welcome he imagined...
  • A River Too Deep by Sydney Tooman Betts

    A River Too Deep by Sydney Tooman Betts

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In the Spring of 1817, Alcy Callen and her father visit a step-uncle they have long presumed dead; but instead of enjoying a loving reunion, they are plunged into treachery and deceit. Nothing is as they expected and little is what it seems. Even the man who helps her escape is not the reliable suitor he appears...
  • The Lost Pearl by Emily Madden

    The Lost Pearl by Emily Madden

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A sweeping family saga of long lost love, for readers of Fiona McIntosh and Mary-Anne O'Connor. From Pearl Harbor to the shores of Sydney, a family secret that spans generations could unite a family – or destroy it...
  • The Lost Pearl by Emily Madden

    The Lost Pearl by Emily Madden

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A sweeping family saga of long lost love, for readers of Fiona McIntosh and Mary-Anne O'Connor.From Pearl Harbor to the shores of Sydney, a secret that spans generations could unite a family - or destroy it...
  • A More Perfect Union by Tammye Huf

    A More Perfect Union by Tammye Huf

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 8 ratings
    A breathtaking, romantic debut novel by Tammye Huf. Based on the true story of the author’s great-great grand-parents, A More Perfect Union is an epic love story between an Irish immigrant and a black slave, set in the pre-Civil War Southern state of Virginia in 1849 when inter-racial marriage was illegal...
  • A More Perfect Union by Tammye Huf

    A More Perfect Union by Tammye Huf

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Inspired by true events, A More Perfect Union is an epic story of love and courage, desperation and determination, and three people whose lives are inescapably entwined…Henry O’Toole sails to America in 1848 to escape the famine in Ireland, only to face anti-immigrant prejudice...
  • By Way of the Wilderness by Gilbert Morris

    By Way of the Wilderness by Gilbert Morris

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The always-compelling story of Moses, told as only master storyteller Gilbert Morris can deliver it. Readers will feel the sand beneath their feet as they follow Moses through his days in Pharaoh's court, his exile in the desert in Midian, his return to Egypt and confrontation with Pharaoh, to leading his people into the desert on their quest to reach the Promised Land. Lions of Judah Book 5...
  • Heartbreak Hotel by Kenya Wright

    Heartbreak Hotel by Kenya Wright

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    This is a steamy childhood friends to lovers romance set in the small beach town of Key West.___________“I would be your death wish. You should guard your heart when I’m around.”___________Yasmine’s world breaks apart when she finds her fiancé in bed with another...
  • Debauchery and the Earl by Mary Lancaster

    Debauchery and the Earl by Mary Lancaster

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Love plays havoc with the worst of intentions!The Earl of Calton is such an infamous rake that Josephine is not surprised when her sister names him as the father of her unborn child. The bored and world-weary Calton, however, is both astonished and intrigued to be held at gunpoint by a masked seductress and told he is to marry her sister or else...
  • Lord of the Privateers by Stephanie Laurens

    Lord of the Privateers by Stephanie Laurens

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Widely known as the lord of the privateers, Royd Frobisher expects to execute the final stage of the rescue mission his brothers have begun. What he does not expect is to be pressured into taking Isobel Carmichael his childhood sweetheart, former handfasted bride and current business partner with him. A force of nature, Isobel has a mission of her own: to find and bring a young cousin safely home...
  • The Duke’s Untamed Desire by Amy Jarecki

    The Duke’s Untamed Desire by Amy Jarecki

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    He's the most notorious rake in London...Though he uses the reputation to his advantage, the exotic Duke of Evesham is misunderstood and mysterious. He sidles around societal rules, especially when it comes to pursuing a wife. Though when he sets his sights on Lady Georgiana, the rules find a way of bending on their own accord...
  • Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda

    Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 57 ratings
    Somer's life is everything she imagined it would be — she's newly married and has started her career as a physician in San Francisco — until she makes the devastating discovery she never will be able to have children.The same year in India, a poor mother makes the heartbreaking choice to save her newborn daughter's life by giving her away...
  • Don't Wake a Sleeping Lyon: The Lyon's Den Connected World by Sara Adrien

    Don't Wake a Sleeping Lyon: The Lyon's Den Connected World by Sara Adrien

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 9 ratings
    The Widow of Whitehall will get them in the game, but what are they willing to put on the line for a match?Ada must marry soon or else she’ll lose access to the trust money her father left her. Can she gamble as Mrs...
  • Chasing the Butterfly by Jayme H. Mansfield

    Chasing the Butterfly by Jayme H. Mansfield

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From a vineyard in the south of France to the sophisticated city of Paris, Ella Moreau searches for the hope and love she lost as a young girl when her mother abandoned the family. Ella's journey is portrayed through a heartbroken child, a young woman's struggles during the tumultuous times surrounding World War II, and as a reflective adult...
  • Blink by Rick R. Reed

    Blink by Rick R. Reed

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Life can change in the blink of an eye. That's a truth Andy Slater learns as a young man in 1982, taking the Chicago 'L' to work every morning. Andy's life is laid out before him: a good job, marriage to his female college sweetheart, and the white picket fence existence he believes in. But when he sees Carlos Castillo for the first time, Carlos’s dark eyes and Latin appeal mesmerize him...
  • The Champion by Elizabeth Chadwick

    The Champion by Elizabeth Chadwick

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 23 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...
  • Whisper of the Moon Moth by Lindsay Jayne Ashford

    Whisper of the Moon Moth by Lindsay Jayne Ashford

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    From the author of The Color of Secrets and The Woman on the Orient Express comes a poignant novel inspired by the Hollywood legend—and the secrets of—actress Merle Oberon, famous for playing Cathy to Laurence Olivier’s Heathcliff in the film Wuthering Heights. For nineteen-year-old Estelle Thompson, going to the cinema is more than a way to pass the time…it’s a way out...
  • Caught by Janet Elizabeth Henderson

    Caught by Janet Elizabeth Henderson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He wants forever. She just wants his body. Neither of them want to give in. Mitch Harris has it all. As a successful music manager, who isn’t hard to look at, he has women falling at his feet. And that’s just the way he likes it. For years he’s laughed as, one by one, his buddies have found their women and settled down. He vowed it would never happen to him...
  • Forgotten by Jeanne Hardt

    Forgotten by Jeanne Hardt

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rumor has it, the war is about to end. But that doesn’t stop Billy Denton from running away to enlist. He’s lived a privileged life on the Wellesley estate, where slavery is seen as a necessary means to operate their textile production. Believing no human should be enslaved by another, he’s willing to fight—and even die—to change the future of the woman who holds his heart...
    Categorized as:
    multicultural  historical  length-long
  • Die Without You by Christine Gray

    Die Without You by Christine Gray

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “So, he gives me away like a harlot…as your property.”My voice cracks under the verdict dealt me. Hojo searches my face. He can clearly read my emotions upon my depressed face. “You are not my property, Kylenna.”Hope? I lick my dried, salty tears from my lips. “Then, it is as it was with my Mother when Musa sent her to your lands,” I begin...
  • Olga Dies Dreaming by Xóchitl González

    Olga Dies Dreaming by Xóchitl González

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 47 ratings
    It's 2017, and Olga and her brother, Pedro "Prieto" Acevedo, are bold-faced names in their hometown of New York. Prieto is a popular congressman representing their gentrifying Latinx neighborhood in Brooklyn while Olga is the tony wedding planner for Manhattan's powerbrokers.Despite their alluring public lives, behind closed doors things are far less rosy...
  • Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad: Stories by Damilare Kuku

    Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad: Stories by Damilare Kuku

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The anti-rom-com debut collection that took Nigeria by storm, featuring twelve outrageous, bold, and laugh-out-loud stories about the perils and pitfalls of dating men in Lagos, from a rising star of Nollywood. One night, you will calmly put a knife to your husband's penis and promise to cut it off...
  • Beneath a Marble Sky by John Shors

    Beneath a Marble Sky by John Shors

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    In 1632, the Emperor of Hindustan, Shah Jahan, overwhelmed with grief over the death of his beloved wife, Mumatz Mahal, commissioned the building of a grand mausoleum to symbolize the greatness of their love...
  • How To Wake A Sleeping Lady by Bree Wolf

    How To Wake A Sleeping Lady by Bree Wolf

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A forgotten love, a twist of fate, and a second chance at a happily-ever-after. Book 1 in the "Happy Ever Regency" series is now available. Read for FREE with Kindle Unlimited! After being swept out to sea, Nessa Barrett, Countess of Wentford, is nursed back to health at an abbey. While her body heals quickly, her mind remains lost to her...
  • No Land to Light On by Yara Zgheib

    No Land to Light On by Yara Zgheib

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Exit West meets An American Marriage in this breathtaking and evocative novel about a young Syrian couple in the throes of new love, on the cusp of their bright future…when a travel ban rips them apart on the eve of their son’s birth—from the author of The Girls at 17 Swann Street...
  • To Trust a Rogue by Christi Caldwell

    To Trust a Rogue by Christi Caldwell

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A rogue Marcus, the Viscount Wessex has carefully crafted the image of rogue and charmer for polite Society. Under that façade, however, dwells a man whose dreams were shattered almost eight years earlier by a young lady who captured his heart, pledged her love, and then left him, with nothing more than a curt note. A widow Eight years earlier, faced with no other choice, Mrs...
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