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The Storyteller's Secret by Sejal Badani
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 70 ratingsFrom 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 Girl with the Diary by Shari J. Ryan]()
The Girl with the Diary by Shari J. Ryan
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 24 ratings“What if you never come back?” I asked.“I will find you, Amelia. I promise I will find you.”“What if you die trying?”Nazi-occupied Prague, 1942: Amelia is hiding in her closet when flashlights blind her and she’s captured by the SS. Out on the cobblestone street, she is shoved onto a freight train with hundreds of others. Hours pass as they travel in darkness... -
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![A Crying Shame by Rosie Goodwin]()
A Crying Shame by Rosie Goodwin
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsClaire Nightingale is haunted by the memory of childhood abuse and the painful choices she was forced to make. Longing to find peace, she knows she must first confront her demons.Moving to Solihull with her adopted daughter Nikki, she tries to make amends with the family she left behind... -
![The Book of Fate by Parinoush Saniee]()
The Book of Fate by Parinoush Saniee
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsA 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... -
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![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 KyivA 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... -
![The Oceans Between Us by Gill Thompson]()
The Oceans Between Us by Gill Thompson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsInspired 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 ratingsHaving 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 ratingsJessica 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... -
![The Dressmaker's Gift by Fiona Valpy]()
The Dressmaker's Gift by Fiona Valpy
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 55 ratingsA Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and Amazon Charts bestseller.From the bestselling author of The Beekeeper’s Promise comes a gripping story of three young women faced with impossible choices. How will history – and their families – judge them?Paris, 1940. With the city occupied by the Nazis, three young seamstresses go about their normal lives as best they can... -
![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 ratingsGifted 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 ratingsThe 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... -
![Rumors of War by Dean Hughes]()
Rumors of War by Dean Hughes
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 35 ratings"Every era has its own refiner's fire, and World War II put general Church membership and Utah to a test," Dean Hughes explains. In Children of the Promise, his first historical fiction series for adults, Dean shows through the eyes of the Thomas family how LDS families were tested to the limit. "Most people agree it was a fascinating time in world and American history... -
![The Wrath of the King by Danielle Bourdon]()
The Wrath of the King by Danielle Bourdon
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsRocked 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... -
![Champagne Widows: First Woman of Champagne, Veuve Clicquot by Rebecca Rosenberg]()
Champagne Widows: First Woman of Champagne, Veuve Clicquot by Rebecca Rosenberg
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsChampagne, France, 1800. Twenty-year-old Barbe-Nicole inherited Le Nez (an uncanny sense of smell) from her great-grandfather, a renowned champagne maker. She is determined to use Le Nez to make great champagne, but the Napoleon Code prohibits women from owning a business... -
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![The Time in Between by María Dueñas, Carlos Romão]()
The Time in Between by María Dueñas, Carlos Romão
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 45 ratingsThe Time In Between is a word-of-mouth phenomenon that catapulted María Dueñas, a debut author, to the top of Spain's bestseller lists.This sweeping novel, which combines the storytelling power of The Shadow of the Wind with the irresistible romance of Casablanca, moves at an unstoppable pace. Suddenly left abandoned and penniless in Morocco by her lover, Sira Quiroga forges a new identity... -
![Since You Went Away by Dean Hughes]()
Since You Went Away by Dean Hughes
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsMom, 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... -
![Beyond That, the Sea by Laura Spence-Ash]()
Beyond That, the Sea by Laura Spence-Ash
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 48 ratingsA 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 ownAs 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... -
![The Promise by Lesley Pearse]()
The Promise by Lesley Pearse
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsLondon 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 ratingsNew 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... -
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High Street by Anna Jacobs
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIn 1845 Annie Gibson can finally leave Salem Street. Her dreams of being able to open an elegant dressmaking salon in the High Street of Bilsden, a Lancashire mill town, have come true. And she is going to take her father and his second family with her, away from poverty, away from the Rows. But Annie has not left trouble behind. Someone is trying to undermine her business... -
![The Good Doctor of Warsaw by Elisabeth Gifford]()
The Good Doctor of Warsaw by Elisabeth Gifford
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSet 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.'Deeply in love and about to marry, students Misha and Sophia flee a Warsaw under Nazi occupation for a chance at freedom... -
![Survivor by Lesley Pearse]()
Survivor by Lesley Pearse
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsRussell, 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... -
![The House of Special Purpose by John Boyne]()
The House of Special Purpose by John Boyne
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsFrom the author of The Absolutist, a propulsive novel of the Russian Revolution and the fate of the Romanovs. Part love story, part historical epic, part tragedy, The House of Special Purpose illuminates an empire at the end of its reign. Eighty-year-old Georgy Jachmenev is haunted by his past—a past of death, suffering, and scandal that will stay with him until the end of his days... -
![Destiny's Path by Anna Jacobs]()
Destiny's Path by Anna Jacobs
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThree Blake sisters remain in the Swan River Colony in 1866 and two are quite happy to forge new lives for themselves there.The third, Xanthe, yearns to see the world. But even if she could afford to travel, could she persuade her beloved twin to let her go? Maia has fallen in love with their employer, and would surely be happiest staying behind with him... -
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![His Royal Highness by Stephanie Nicole Norris]()
His Royal Highness by Stephanie Nicole Norris
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... -
![The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams]()
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
Esme is born into a world of words. Motherless and irrepressibly curious, she spends her childhood in the Scriptorium, an Oxford garden shed in which her father and a team of dedicated lexicographers are collecting words for the very first Oxford English Dictionary. Young Esme’s place is beneath the sorting table, unseen and unheard... -
![Sophie's Choice by William Styron]()
Sophie's Choice by William Styron
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 60 ratingsThree 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... -
![Sander and Chey: Legacy by Danielle Bourdon]()
Sander and Chey: Legacy by Danielle Bourdon
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNote: 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... -
![The Memory of Us by Camille Di Maio]()
The Memory of Us by Camille Di Maio
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsJulianne Westcott was living the kind of life that other Protestant girls in prewar Liverpool could only dream about: old money, silk ball gowns, and prominent young men lining up to escort her. But when she learns of a blind-and-deaf brother, institutionalized since birth, the illusion of her perfect life and family shatters around her... -
![The Fortunate Ones by Catherine Hokin]()
The Fortunate Ones by Catherine Hokin
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsEvery 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 ratingsTwo 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... -
![Lights Out Liverpool by Maureen Lee]()
Lights Out Liverpool by Maureen Lee
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAs Britain stands alone against a monstrous enemy, the inhabitants of Pearl Street face hardship and heartbreak with courage and humour... -
![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 TzuThe 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 ratingsTwo 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... -
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![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... -
![The Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye]()
The Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye
Ashton, also known as Ashok, is born in India. His parents are an aristocratic English couple. When the boy is 6, cholera breaks out and kills everyone except for himself and his Hindu nurse. The nurse raises Ashton as her own son. He has a dark complexion, not so dark as the locals but enough to pass for one from the Northern parts of the country where people are paler... -
![Birds Without Wings by Louis de Bernières]()
Birds Without Wings by Louis de Bernières
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsIn 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... -
![The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer, Arthur Morey]()
The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer, Arthur Morey
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 45 ratingsA 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... -
![Never Meant to Stay by Trisha Das]()
Never Meant to Stay by Trisha Das
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsA bighearted romantic comedy about family and finding the perfect match set against the exuberant backdrop of contemporary Delhi. Home has always been a temporary arrangement for Samara Mansingh, a wayfaring wedding photographer and the daughter of a diplomat. When her father is uprooted once again, Samara needs a place to stay in Delhi. Next the Khanna family... -
![Forever Princess by Meg Cabot]()
Forever Princess by Meg Cabot
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... -
![Heir to Greyladies by Anna Jacobs]()
Heir to Greyladies by Anna Jacobs
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHampshire, 1900. With the sudden death of her father, the life of fifteen-year-old Harriet Benson changes forever. Forced from her home to escape the advances of her leering stepbrother Norris, Harriet is sent into service to provide for the family. Arriving at the grand Dalton House, she meets the owners' crippled son Joseph, with whom friendship soon blossoms... -
![Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum]()
Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 60 ratingsFor 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 ratingsThey 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 ratingsRebecca 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... -
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![Claiming My Duchess by Jessica Blake]()
Claiming My Duchess by Jessica Blake
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs 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... -
![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 ratings3 Wildly Funny Full-Length Novels + 1 Hilarious Bonus Short by international bestselling author Melanie SummersA 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 ClubAbsolutely brilliant…original…hilarious…I have to HIGHLY HIGHLY... -
![Beau of the Ball by Carol Moncado]()
Beau of the Ball by Carol Moncado
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe’s having a ball for her birthday.He’s a soldier on leave.Can she find him in time to claim her rightful inheritance?Castles & CourtshipsBook 1Royals of EyjaniaPrincess Angelina Quatremaine is about to reach the age of majority which means she’ll finally have access to the property her great-grandfather left her in Sargasso... -
![The Trader's Sister by Anna Jacobs]()
The Trader's Sister by Anna Jacobs
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIsmay Deagan has one wish in the world - to leave Ireland and join her brother, Bram, in Australia. However, her father has other ideas and orders her to marry their vicious neighbour Rory Flynn, even though she loathes him. But after Rory brutally attacks her Ismay realises she has to escape... -
![Sonnets from the Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning]()
Sonnets from the Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsElizabeth Barrett Browning was a prolific writer and reviewer in the Victorian period, and in her lifetime, her reputation as a poet was at least as great as that of her husband, poet Robert Browning. Some of her poetry has been noted in recent years for strong feminist themes, but the poems for which Elizabeth Barrett Browning is undoubtedly best know are Sonnets from the Portuguese... -
![Of Windmills and War by Diane Moody]()
Of Windmills and War by Diane Moody
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe 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...
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