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  • Appalachian Song by Michelle Shocklee

    Appalachian Song by Michelle Shocklee

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Forever within the memories of my heart.Always remember, you are perfectly loved.Bertie Jenkins has spent forty years serving as a midwife for her community in the Great Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee. Out of all the mothers she’s tended, none affects her more than the young teenager who shows up on her doorstep, injured, afraid, and expecting, one warm June day in 1943...
  • Just Once: A Novel by Karen Kingsbury

    Just Once: A Novel by Karen Kingsbury

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The #1 New York Times bestselling author “known for her deeply heartfelt novels” ( Woman’s World ) writes a sweeping World War II love story about a young woman torn between two brothers.In 1941, beautiful Irvel Holland is too focused on her secret to take much notice of the war raging overseas...
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  • The Asylum Daughter by Rosie Darling

    The Asylum Daughter by Rosie Darling

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Born in the dark horrors of the Victorian Bedlam, Beth Thursday was a no-one. An inconsequential inconvenience.After eight years of dreaming of an unknown mother rescuing her from the workhouse, Beth is unexpectedly liberated to become an apprentice in Mr Whitaker's tailor's shop...
  • Within These Walls of Sorrow: A Novel of World War II Poland by Amanda Barratt

    Within These Walls of Sorrow: A Novel of World War II Poland by Amanda Barratt

    Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "As superbly written as it is haunting in its truth." --Kate Breslin, best-selling author of For Such a TimeZosia Lewandowska knows the brutal realities of war all too well. Within weeks of Germany's invasion of her Polish homeland, she lost the man she loves...
  • These High, Green Hills by Jan Karon

    These High, Green Hills by Jan Karon

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    For years, Mitford's sixtysomething rector has been happily married to his parish. Now he's also married to Cynthia, his vivacious next-door neighbor. For Father Tim, life in Mitford has never been so full of surprises. His wife is "aging" his already ancient kitchen walls, not to mention burning his draperies. The mountain boy he's learned to love as his own makes a heartrending decision...
  • On a Turning Tide by Ellie Dean

    On a Turning Tide by Ellie Dean

    Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cliffehaven, October 1944 As the Allied troops draw closer to victory, life at Beach View Boarding House is still full of uncertainty. Rosie’s plans for her wedding to Ron Reilly are plagued with misunderstandings. And when Ron takes on a secret assignment just days before they are due to say their vows, it seems their plans for a future together may be doomed...
  • The Christmas Orphan by Rosie Darling

    The Christmas Orphan by Rosie Darling

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    After her father’s sudden death little Jane Walker had been forced to sell flowers on the London streets to the wealthy in order to make ends meet. At the end of each day she would return to the terrible streets of Whitechapel where her heavily pregnant mother awaited her return...
  • Sealed With a Loving Kiss by Ellie Dean

    Sealed With a Loving Kiss by Ellie Dean

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The gripping new Second World War novel from Sunday Times Top Ten bestselling author of While We're Apart.After the death of her parents in a bombing raid, Mary Jones discovers a secret in the pages of father’s diaries. Her search for the truth brings her to Cliffehaven on the south coast...
  • An Orphan's Christmas Dream by Rosie Darling

    An Orphan's Christmas Dream by Rosie Darling

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    In the workhouse, little orphan Holly Green dreamed of a Christmas filled with roast beef and plum pudding. But Holly's beautiful Christmas dream was soon to contort into a cruel nightmare.One snowy Christmas Eve, two vulnerable little girls run away from the harsh workhouse, into the unknown and unforgiving world that was Victorian London...
  • The Women of Fishers Wharf by Tracy Baines

    The Women of Fishers Wharf by Tracy Baines

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Can you leave the past behind and embrace the future? - A brand new series from Tracy BainesGreat Grimsby, 1912Newlywed fisherman Alec Hardy decides to make a fresh start with his young wife Letty and move to the thriving fishing port of Grimsby in search of a brighter future...
  • A Mother's Choice by Kristin Noel Fischer

    A Mother's Choice by Kristin Noel Fischer

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    For thirty years, Nadine Kingsley has kept a heart-wrenching secret. When a letter arrives threatening to reveal the truth that could destroy her tight-knit family, Nadine embarks on a difficult journey to explain her painful decision, especially to her youngest daughter, Autumn. Meanwhile, Autumn Anderson, Speech Pathologist and mother of two, is struggling in her marriage...
  • In Perfect Time by Sarah Sundin

    In Perfect Time by Sarah Sundin

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Bold, sophisticated, and coy, flight nurse Lt. Kay Jobson collects hearts wherever she flies. So how can handsome C-47 pilot Lt. Roger Cooper be immune to her charms? In fact, he seems to do everything he can to avoid her. Still, as they cross the skies between Italy and southern France, evacuating the wounded and delivering paratroopers and supplies, every beat of their hearts draws them closer...
  • Alley Urchin by Josephine Cox

    Alley Urchin by Josephine Cox

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A captivating historical romance of revenge, hatred, lust and true love It is 1870 and Emma Grady has spent seven years of servitude as a convict in Australia. Now, having earned her ticket-of-leave, she is held by chains of honour and friendship...
  • The Enchanted Barn - Grace Livingston Hill [Modern Library Collection Edition] by Grace Livingston Hill

    The Enchanted Barn - Grace Livingston Hill [Modern Library Collection Edition] by Grace Livingston Hill

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The Hollisters, a bright, spirited, wholesome family, are compelled to move into the country. After many efforts to secure a home, Shirley, eldest of the Hollisters, contrives a way out by renting a magnificent old stone barn at a ridiculously low price, transforming it into a house...
  • The Snow Orphan’s Destiny by Daisy Carter

    The Snow Orphan’s Destiny by Daisy Carter

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    As the snow falls and secrets swirl around her, Penny is torn between two worlds. Does a gift hold the key to her past, and will her true destiny bring her the happiness she longs for?FREE WITH KINDLE UNLIMITED.Penny Frost understands that she’s had an unusual start in life. Taken in by a kind-hearted woman, she becomes part of the close-knit Bevan family of Sketty Lane...
  • Vagabonds by Josephine Cox

    Vagabonds by Josephine Cox

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A beautiful historical novel of survival, love, and redemption It is 1885 and Emma Grady has returned to her home town of Blackburn and been reunited with her lover Marlow. Now married, with a beautiful home, loving husband and wonderful son, she is still haunted by the past, unable to forget the cruelty of her uncle Caleb Crowther, who ignored her pleas to save her and her tragic first-born...
  • Courage of the Shipyard Girls by Nancy Revell

    Courage of the Shipyard Girls by Nancy Revell

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sunderland, 1942: Polly's heart and her future are hanging in the balance… Polly’s sweetheart Tommy has been declared missing while serving overseas, and although there is no certainty that he is dead, there is no guarantee that he will return home. Now Polly needs her friends more than ever, and the other women welders are ready to rally around her while she waits for news...
  • Abiding Hope by Jennifer H. Westall

    Abiding Hope by Jennifer H. Westall

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it." After three years of bloodshed in the jungles of the Philippines, guerrilla leader, Matthew Doyle, finds himself on the brink of freedom. The Americans are coming, bringing with them the promise of an end to the terror inflicted by the Japanese army on his mind, body, and soul...
  • Secrets She Kept by Cathy Gohlke

    Secrets She Kept by Cathy Gohlke

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    All her life, Hannah Sterling longed for a close relationship with her estranged mother. Following Lieselotte’s death, Hannah determines to unlock the secrets of her mother’s mysterious past and is shocked to discover a grandfather living in Germany...
  • The Orphan's Scandal by Jessica Weir

    The Orphan's Scandal by Jessica Weir

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Will the sins of the mother condemn the daughter to a life of loss?Heartwarming saga romance FREE on Kindle Unlimited. London, 1879. At just 13 years old, Florence Smith's life will change forever. Losing almost everything, she must grow up quickly and hope that a secret scandal does not come back to haunt her...
  • Blue Skies Tomorrow by Sarah Sundin

    Blue Skies Tomorrow by Sarah Sundin

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    In a time of peril, can they find the courage to confront their fears and embrace a love that lasts? When her husband becomes a casualty of the war in the Pacific, Helen Carlisle throws herself into volunteering for the war effort to conceal her feelings. But keeping up appearances as the grieving widow of a hometown hero is taking its toll. Soon something is going to give. Lt...
  • The Queen of Beauty by Petra Durst-Benning, Edwin Miles

    The Queen of Beauty by Petra Durst-Benning, Edwin Miles

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Petra Durst-Benning’s captivating historical novel pays homage to the trailblazing women of the early twentieth century—like Elizabeth Arden and Estée Lauder—who shaped culture, shattered convention, and strived to make the world around them more beautiful...
  • The Berlin Letters by Katherine Reay

    The Berlin Letters by Katherine Reay

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Near the end of the Cold War, a CIA code breaker discovers a symbol she recognizes from her childhood, which launches her across the world to the heart of Berlin just before the wall comes tumbling down...
  • Saltwick River Orphan: Historical Victorian Saga by Dolly Price

    Saltwick River Orphan: Historical Victorian Saga by Dolly Price

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Drugged and supposedly drowned by the mother who should have loved her, 6-year-old Gwendoline is dredged from the Saltwick River. Poverty-stricken but rich in love Mr. and Mrs. Paul love the tiny child as their own until hard times and tragedy drive them to the workhouse...
  • Christmas with the Shipyard Girls by Nancy Revell

    Christmas with the Shipyard Girls by Nancy Revell

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    THE SEVENTH NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING SHIPYARD GIRLS SERIES. ‘Nancy Revell knows how to stir the passions and soothe the heart!’ Northern Echo____________________________________________________________Sunderland, 1942: Christmas is fast approaching and with it comes a flurry of snow and surprises… Against all odds, Polly’s fiancé has finally returned home from the front line...
  • Come Tomorrow by Tess Thompson

    Come Tomorrow by Tess Thompson

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One chance meeting. A single act of kindness. Can young soulmates find each other in adulthood, or will hidden truths tear them apart?1904. Twelve-year-old Luci Quick never forgot the boy who saved her life that fateful Christmas Eve. But when he disappeared without a word after bringing her food, she was forced to focus on raising her baby sister when her mother suddenly died...
  • Women & Children First by Gill Paul

    Women & Children First by Gill Paul

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    She was the most magnificent ship ever built, yet on the eve of 14th April the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic, leaving the lucky ones floating in wooden rowing boats, and the rest struggling for their lives in the icy water...
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  • Orphan Christmas Miracle: Historical Victorian Romance by Rosie Swan

    Orphan Christmas Miracle: Historical Victorian Romance by Rosie Swan

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Will little Mae ever experience the miracle she prays for and once again meet the boy who gave her hope so many years before…Mae Chester, the Christmas miracle girl, loses her parents at a very tender age and is reluctantly received by her loveless uncle. Cold and unforgiving, he makes no secret of his disdain for the waiflike child...
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    victorian  christian  historical  length-long
  • The Lost Daughter by Iris Cole

    The Lost Daughter by Iris Cole

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Clary only wanted to find her mother. She couldn’t know the terrible price she would pay.Clary’s home is the foundling hospital where she has lived since birth. When a terrible tragedy occurs, Clary is blamed and thrown to the streets with her only possession - a token, left by her birth mother...
  • The Berlin Letters by Katherine Reay

    The Berlin Letters by Katherine Reay

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Near the end of the Cold War, a CIA code breaker discovers a symbol she recognizes from her childhood, which launches her across the world to the heart of Berlin just before the wall comes tumbling down...
  • The Orphan of Howdall Heights by Catharine Dobbs

    The Orphan of Howdall Heights by Catharine Dobbs

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “Help me! Mother, Father, help me!” she cried, coughing and clutching at her throat. No help came… Tragedy strikes and snatches away Victoria Curzon from the peace and tranquillity of her family home.With her young life in ruins, a new world, miles away from everything familiar, is forced upon her...
  • 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...
  • The Workhouse Daughter by Rosie Darling

    The Workhouse Daughter by Rosie Darling

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Work hard and avoid the workhouse her Papa had always told her. But Papa was dead, and now six-year-old Amelia Gladstone was living in her darkest dreams. Life would have been unbearable if it weren’t for Robert Merriweather, a fellow workhouse orphan, who had more than a touch of daring and adventure about him...
  • The Cotton Mill Girl by Rosie Darling

    The Cotton Mill Girl by Rosie Darling

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The mill was set to break Lottie. Heston mill had already broken so many young lives, robbed innocents of digits and limbs, snuffed out the light behind so many eyes, all without a glimmer of remorse. Such was life for thousands in Victorian England. Why should Lottie be any different? But the mill was Lottie’s World; she knew nothing else...
  • The Italian Daughter by Soraya M. Lane

    The Italian Daughter by Soraya M. Lane

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    “Estee, I bought this ring the day after I saw you on stage, all those years ago. You’re the only woman I’ve ever loved.” Estee wanted to see it so badly, but instead she reached for Felix’s hand and gently closed it over the box. “No,” she whispered. “I want you to propose only when you’re truly free.”Italy, 1946: As Estee bids farewell to Felix her heart breaks...
  • Olav Audunssøn: I. Vows by Sigrid Undset

    Olav Audunssøn: I. Vows by Sigrid Undset

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The initial volume in the Nobel Prize–winning author’s tumultuous, epic story of medieval Norway—the first new English translation in nearly a century As a child, Olav Audunssøn is given by his dying father to an old friend, Steinfinn Toressøn, who rashly promises to raise the boy as his foster son and eventually marry him to his own daughter, Ingunn...
  • The Abandoned Waif's Christmas Miracle: Victorian Romance by Nell Harte

    The Abandoned Waif's Christmas Miracle: Victorian Romance by Nell Harte

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    In the small hours of Christmas morning, a shrouded figure moves quickly through the biting storm in the Old Nichol, a tiny bundle wrapped in tattered rags hidden beneath its coat. “I’m sorry” the figure whispers, as it places the bundle on the cold stone of the work-house steps, “There is no other way...
  • The London Lardy Orphan by Catharine Dobbs

    The London Lardy Orphan by Catharine Dobbs

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From a tender age, Clemmie is certain her father’s death was no accident. For as long as she can remember, Clemmie Price and her older sister grew up in the loving care of their father, a London baker famous for his Lardy cake. When he remarries, a sour note enters the sweet delights of the bakery, and their stepmother proves to be a heartless addition to the family...
  • Heir to Greyladies by Anna Jacobs

    Heir to Greyladies by Anna Jacobs

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Hampshire, 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...
  • Workhouse Girl and The Veiled Lady: Victorian Romance by Dolly Price

    Workhouse Girl and The Veiled Lady: Victorian Romance by Dolly Price

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Abandoned by all who should protect her the workhouse swallows the young life of Olivia Coomb. It also swallows her voice.Who could ever love a mute and broken girl like Olivia? Franklin Slater wants nothing more, but society slays his advances and Olivia is forced to flee once again.It seems that even the prayers of the voiceless fall on deaf ears...
  • Cotton Girl Orphan & The Stolen Man: Victorian Romance by Rosie Swan

    Cotton Girl Orphan & The Stolen Man: Victorian Romance by Rosie Swan

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The Winchester home hides a terrible secret for the Cotton girl orphan, one that will change her life forever. **FREE to Read On Kindle Unlimited**There is a love so strong that it transcends distance and time. When Salome Cotton and Oliver Burnham meet as children, a deep and abiding friendship forms between them...
  • Ladies of the Lake by Cathy Gohlke

    Ladies of the Lake by Cathy Gohlke

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    After two young women’s deep bond is torn apart, what will it take to bring them together again? In The Ladies of the Lake , the beloved author of Saving Amelie and Night Bird Calling returns with a transformative new historical novel about the wonder and complexities of friendship, love, and belonging...
  • Ladies of the Lake by Cathy Gohlke

    Ladies of the Lake by Cathy Gohlke

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A historical novel about the wonder and complexities of friendship, love, and belonging. Band of Sisters.When she is forced to leave her beloved Prince Edward Island to attend Lakeside Ladies Academy after the death of her parents, the last thing Adelaide Rose MacNeill expects to find is three kindred spirits...
  • The Girl in the Picture by Kerry Barrett

    The Girl in the Picture by Kerry Barrett

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Two women. One house. Centuries of secrets East Sussex Coast, 1855 Violet Hargreaves is the lonely daughter of a widowed industrialist, and an aspiring Pre-Raphaelite painter. One day, the naïve eighteen-year-old meets Edwin; a mysterious and handsome man on the beach, who promises her a world beyond the small costal village she’s trapped in...
  • The Pit Brow Sisters by Hope Dawson

    The Pit Brow Sisters by Hope Dawson

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The sweet and heartbreaking Victorian romance saga of a young woman who loses nearly her entire family in the coal mines of Lancashire – FREE to read with Kindle Unlimited. Jenny Swift is born into a coal mining family in the north of England. As the eldest daughter, it's her responsibility to look after her three siblings. A duty that doesn't always sit well with her...
  • The Paper Daughters of Chinatown by Heather B. Moore

    The Paper Daughters of Chinatown by Heather B. Moore

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Based on true events, The Paper Daughters of Chinatown in a powerful story about a largely unknown chapter in history and the women who emerged as heroes.In the late nineteenth century, San Francisco is a booming city with a dark side, one in which a powerful underground organization—the criminal tong—buys and sells young Chinese women into prostitution and slavery...
  • Under Prairie Skies (Prairie Sky) by Cynthia Roemer

    Under Prairie Skies (Prairie Sky) by Cynthia Roemer

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ~ She thought she’d lost everything ~ Instead she found what she needed most. ~ Illinois ~ 1854 Becky Hollister wants nothing more than to live out her days on the prairie, building a life for herself alongside her future husband...
  • Through Thorny Ways by Jennifer Q. Hunt

    Through Thorny Ways by Jennifer Q. Hunt

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    With secrets dating back two generations, will Wisteria House unite or destroy an already-fractured family?Shrouded in scandal and secrets, Arilee Rutledge’s family is as tangled as the thorns surrounding their unwelcoming antebellum mansion. When her brother Davis returns from the Great War, she hopes they will make a new start after a season of devastation...
  • The ThornBearer by Pepper Basham

    The ThornBearer by Pepper Basham

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ashley Dougall has a terminal disease and forgiveness is the only cure. Ashley Dougall’s father stole her innocence, her selfish fiancé stole her heart, and unforgiveness is slowly stealing her life. Drawn by the desire to help others, she tries to escape haunting memories and enlists her services as a nurse in war-torn Europe...
  • The Thorn Bearer by Pepper Basham

    The Thorn Bearer by Pepper Basham

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ashley Dougall has a terminal disease and forgiveness is the only cure. Ashley Dougall’s father stole her innocence, her selfish fiancé stole her heart, and unforgiveness is slowly stealing her life. Drawn by the desire to help others, she tries to escape haunting memories and enlists her services as a nurse in war-torn Europe...
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